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Zhuang J, Gao X, Zhao L, Wei W, Xu F. Neurokinin 1 and 2 Receptors Are Involved in PEG 2- and Citric Acid-Induced Cough and Ventilatory Responses. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2022; 306:103952. [PMID: 35905863 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2022.103952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Exposure to aerosolized citric acid (CA, 150mM) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2, 0.43mM) for 10min in guinea pigs reportedly produces the distinct cough patterns (Type I vs. II) and ventilatory responses (long-lasting hyperventilation vs. brief tachypnea) even though triggering the same cough numbers. Type I and II coughs are primarily mediated by activation of TRPV1 and EP3 receptors (a PGE2 receptor) of vagal C-fibers respectively. Substance P (SP) and neurokinin A (NKA) released by vagal pulmonary sensory fibers peripherally are capable of affecting CA-induced cough and ventilation via preferentially activating neurokinin 1 and 2 receptors (NK1R and NK2R) respectively. This study aimed to define the impacts of CA- and PGE2-exposure on pulmonary SP and NKA levels and the roles of NK1R and NK2R in modulating CA- and PGE2-evoked cough and ventilatory responses. In unanesthetized guinea pigs, we determined: 1) pulmonary SP and NKA contents induced by the CA- or PGE2-exposure; 2) effects of CP-99994 and SR-48968 (a NK1R and a NK2R antagonist respectively) given by intraperitoneal injection (IP) or aerosol inhalation (IH) on the CA- and PGE2-evoked cough and ventilatory responses; and 3) immunocytochemical expressions of NK1R/NK2R in vagal C-neurons labeled by TRPV1 or EP3 receptors. We found that CA- and PGE2-exposure evoked Type I and II cough respectively associated with different degrees of increases in pulmonary SP and NKA. Applications of CP-99994 and SR-48968 via IP and IH efficiently suppressed the cough responses to CA with less impact on the cough response to PGE2. These antagonists inhibited or blocked the ventilatory response to CA and caused hypoventilation in response to PGE2. Moreover, NK1R and NK2R were always co-expressed in vagal C-neurons labeled by TRPV1 or EP3 receptors. These results suggest that SP and NKA endogenously released by CA- and PGE2-exposure play important roles in generating the cough and ventilatory responses to CA and PGE2, at least in part, via activation of NK1R and NK2R expressed in vagal C-neurons (pulmonary C-neurons).
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- Jianguo Zhuang
- Pathophysiology Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108
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- Pathophysiology Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108
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- Pathophysiology Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108; Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Pathophysiology Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108; Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Pathophysiology Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108.
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Chen W, McRoberts JA, Ennes HS, Marvizon JC. cAMP signaling through protein kinase A and Epac2 induces substance P release in the rat spinal cord. Neuropharmacology 2021; 189:108533. [PMID: 33744339 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Using neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R) internalization to measure of substance P release in rat spinal cord slices, we found that it was induced by the adenylyl cyclase (AC) activator forskolin, by the protein kinase A (PKA) activators 6-Bnz-cAMP and 8-Br-cAMP, and by the activator of exchange protein activated by cAMP (Epac) 8-pCPT-2-O-Me-cAMP (CPTOMe-cAMP). Conversely, AC and PKA inhibitors decreased substance P release induced by electrical stimulation of the dorsal root. Therefore, the cAMP signaling pathway mediates substance P release in the dorsal horn. The effects of forskolin and 6-Bnz-cAMP were not additive with NMDA-induced substance P release and were decreased by the NMDA receptor blocker MK-801. In cultured dorsal horn neurons, forskolin increased NMDA-induced Ca2+ entry and the phosphorylation of the NR1 and NR2B subunits of the NMDA receptor. Therefore, cAMP-induced substance P release is mediated by the activating phosphorylation by PKA of NMDA receptors. Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, but not by TRPV1 or TRPA1, also contributed to cAMP-induced substance P release. Activation of PKA was required for the effects of forskolin and the three cAMP analogs. Epac2 contributed to the effects of forskolin and CPTOMe-cAMP, signaling through a Raf - mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway to activate Ca2+ channels. Epac1 inhibitors induced NK1R internalization independently of substance P release. In rats with latent sensitization to pain, the effect of 6-Bnz-cAMP was unchanged, whereas the effect of forskolin was decreased due to the loss of the stimulatory effect of Epac2. Hence, substance P release induced by cAMP decreases during pain hypersensitivity.
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- Wenling Chen
- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA.
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Marvizon JC, Chen W, Fu W, Taylor BK. Neuropeptide Y release in the rat spinal cord measured with Y1 receptor internalization is increased after nerve injury. Neuropharmacology 2019; 158:107732. [PMID: 31377198 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.107732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) modulates nociception in the spinal cord, but little is known about its mechanisms of release. We measured NPY release in situ using the internalization of its Y1 receptor in dorsal horn neurons. Y1 receptor immunoreactivity was normally localized to the cell surface, but addition of NPY to spinal cord slices increased the number of neurons with Y1 internalization in a biphasic fashion (EC50s of 1 nM and 1 μM). Depolarization with KCl, capsaicin, or the protein kinase A activator 6-benzoyl-cAMP also induced Y1 receptor internalization, presumably by releasing NPY. NMDA receptor activation in the presence of BVT948, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatases, also released NPY. Electrical stimulation of the dorsal horn frequency-dependently induced NPY release; and this was decreased by the Y1 antagonist BIBO3304, the Nav channel blocker lidocaine, or the Cav2 channel blocker ω-conotoxin MVIIC. Dorsal root immersion in capsaicin, but not its electrical stimulation, also induced NPY release. This was blocked by CNQX, suggesting that part of the NPY released by capsaicin was from dorsal horn neurons receiving synapses from primary afferents and not from the afferent themselves. Mechanical stimulation in vivo, with rub or clamp of the hindpaw, elicited robust Y1 receptor internalization in rats with spared nerve injury but not sham surgery. In summary, NPY is released from dorsal horn interneurons or primary afferent terminals by electrical stimulation and by activation of TRPV1, PKA or NMDA receptors in. Furthermore, NPY release evoked by noxious and tactile stimuli increases after peripheral nerve injury.
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- Juan Carlos Marvizon
- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, 900 Veterans Ave., Warren Hall Building, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11310 Wilshire Blvd., Building 115, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA.
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, 900 Veterans Ave., Warren Hall Building, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11310 Wilshire Blvd., Building 115, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research and the Pittsburgh Project to end Opioid Misuse, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Intracellular emetic signaling cascades by which the selective neurokinin type 1 receptor (NK 1R) agonist GR73632 evokes vomiting in the least shrew (Cryptotis parva). Neurochem Int 2018; 122:106-119. [PMID: 30453005 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2018.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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To characterize mechanisms involved in neurokinin type 1 receptor (NK1R)-mediated emesis, we investigated the brainstem emetic signaling pathways following treating least shrews with the selective NK1R agonist GR73632. In addition to episodes of vomiting over a 30-min observation period, a significant increase in substance P-immunoreactivity in the emetic brainstem dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMNX) occurred at 15 min post an intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection GR73632 (5 mg/kg). In addition, time-dependent upregulation of phosphorylation of several emesis -associated protein kinases occurred in the brainstem. In fact, Western blots demonstrated significant phosphorylations of Ca2+/calmodulin kinase IIα (CaMKIIα), extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase1/2 (ERK1/2), protein kinase B (Akt) as well as α and βII isoforms of protein kinase C (PKCα/βII). Moreover, enhanced phospho-ERK1/2 immunoreactivity was also observed in both brainstem slices containing the dorsal vagal complex emetic nuclei as well as in jejunal sections from the shrew small intestine. Furthermore, our behavioral findings demonstrated that the following agents suppressed vomiting evoked by GR73632 in a dose-dependent manner: i) the NK1R antagonist netupitant (i.p.); ii) the L-type Ca2+ channel (LTCC) antagonist nifedipine (subcutaneous, s.c.); iii) the inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) antagonist 2-APB (i.p.); iv) store-operated Ca2+ entry inhibitors YM-58483 and MRS-1845, (i.p.); v) the ERK1/2 pathway inhibitor U0126 (i.p.); vi) the PKC inhibitor GF109203X (i.p.); and vii) the inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt pathway LY294002 (i.p.). Moreover, NK1R, LTCC, and IP3R are required for GR73632-evoked CaMKIIα, ERK1/2, Akt and PKCα/βII phosphorylation. In addition, evoked ERK1/2 phosphorylation was sensitive to inhibitors of PKC and PI3K. These findings indicate that the LTCC/IP3R-dependent PI3K/PKCα/βII-ERK1/2 signaling pathways are involved in NK1R-mediated vomiting.
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Kamata H, Karibe H, Sato I. Comparison of the expression of neurotransmitter and muscular genesis markers in the postnatal male mouse masseter and trigeminal ganglion during development. J Neurosci Res 2017; 96:1043-1055. [PMID: 29265492 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is released by motor neurons and affects skeletal muscle fiber and transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1), an important marker of pain modulation. However, the expression of CGRP and TRPV1 in the trigeminal ganglion (TG) during changes and in feeding patterns has not been described. We used real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization to investigate the mRNA expression levels of CGRP and TRPV1 in the TG. The expression of myosin heavy-chain (MyHC) isoforms was also investigated in the masseter muscle (MM) during the transition from sucking to mastication, an important functional trigger for muscle. The mRNA and protein levels of CGRP increased in the MM and TG from postnatal day 10 (P10) to P20 in male mice. The protein levels of TRPV1 were almost constant in the TG from P10 to P20, in contrast to increases in the MM. The mRNA abundance of TRPV1 in the TG and MM was increased from P10 to P20. The localization of an antisense probe was used to count CGRP cell numbers and found to differentiate the ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular nerve divisions of the TG. In particular, the number of CGRP+ cells per 10,000 μm2 in the maxillary and mandibular divisions of the TG gradually changed from P10 to P20. The expression of CGRP and TRPV1 in the TG and MM and the patterns of expression of different MyHC isoforms were affected by changes in feeding during male mouse development.
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- Hiroaki Kamata
- Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Nippon Dental University Graduate School of Life Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, Nippon Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, Nippon Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, Nippon Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Chen W, Ennes HS, McRoberts JA, Marvizón JC. Mechanisms of μ-opioid receptor inhibition of NMDA receptor-induced substance P release in the rat spinal cord. Neuropharmacology 2017; 128:255-268. [PMID: 29042318 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The interaction between NMDA receptors and μ-opioid receptors in primary afferent terminals was studied by using NMDA to induce substance P release, measured as neurokinin 1 receptor internalization. In rat spinal cord slices, the μ-opioid receptor agonists morphine, DAMGO and endomorphin-2 inhibited NMDA-induced substance P release, whereas the antagonist CTAP right-shifted the concentration response of DAMGO. In vivo, substance P release induced by intrathecal NMDA after priming with BDNF was inhibited by DAMGO. ω-Conotoxins MVIIC and GVIA inhibited about half of the NMDA-induced substance P release, showing that it was partially mediated by the opening of voltage-gated calcium (Cav) channels. In contrast, DAMGO or ω-conotoxins did not inhibit capsaicin-induced substance P release. In cultured DRG neurons, DAMGO but not ω-conotoxin inhibited NMDA-induced increases in intracellular calcium, indicating that μ-opioid receptors can inhibit NMDA receptor function by mechanisms other than inactivation of Cav channels. Moreover, DAMGO decreased the ω-conotoxin-insensitive component of the substance P release. Potent inhibition by ifenprodil showed that these NMDA receptors have the NR2B subunit. Activators of adenylyl cyclase and protein kinase A (PKA) induced substance P release and this was decreased by the NMDA receptor blocker MK-801 and by DAMGO. Conversely, inhibitors of adenylyl cyclase and PKA, but not of protein kinase C, decreased NMDA-induced substance P release. Hence, these NMDA receptors are positively modulated by the adenylyl cyclase-PKA pathway, which is inhibited by μ-opioid receptors. In conclusion, μ-opioid receptors inhibit NMDA receptor-induced substance P release through Cav channel inactivation and adenylyl cyclase inhibition.
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- Wenling Chen
- Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11310 Wilshire Blvd., Building 115, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA; Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, 900 Veterans Ave., Warren Hall Building, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, 900 Veterans Ave., Warren Hall Building, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, 900 Veterans Ave., Warren Hall Building, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11310 Wilshire Blvd., Building 115, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA; Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, 900 Veterans Ave., Warren Hall Building, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Capsaicin, Nociception and Pain. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21060797. [PMID: 27322240 PMCID: PMC6273518 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21060797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Capsaicin, the pungent ingredient of the hot chili pepper, is known to act on the transient receptor potential cation channel vanilloid subfamily member 1 (TRPV1). TRPV1 is involved in somatic and visceral peripheral inflammation, in the modulation of nociceptive inputs to spinal cord and brain stem centers, as well as the integration of diverse painful stimuli. In this review, we first describe the chemical and pharmacological properties of capsaicin and its derivatives in relation to their analgesic properties. We then consider the biochemical and functional characteristics of TRPV1, focusing on its distribution and biological effects within the somatosensory and viscerosensory nociceptive systems. Finally, we discuss the use of capsaicin as an agonist of TRPV1 to model acute inflammation in slices and other ex vivo preparations.
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μ-Opioid receptor inhibition of substance P release from primary afferents disappears in neuropathic pain but not inflammatory pain. Neuroscience 2014; 267:67-82. [PMID: 24583035 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Opiate analgesia in the spinal cord is impaired during neuropathic pain. We hypothesized that this is caused by a decrease in μ-opioid receptor inhibition of neurotransmitter release from primary afferents. To investigate this possibility, we measured substance P release in the spinal dorsal horn as neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R) internalization in rats with chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve. Noxious stimulation of the paw with CCI produced inconsistent NK1R internalization, suggesting that transmission of nociceptive signals by the injured nerve was variably impaired after CCI. This idea was supported by the fact that CCI produced only small changes in the ability of exogenous substance P to induce NK1R internalization or in the release of substance P evoked centrally from site of nerve injury. In subsequent experiments, NK1R internalization was induced in spinal cord slices by stimulating the dorsal root ipsilateral to CCI. We observed a complete loss of the inhibition of substance P release by the μ-opioid receptor agonist [D-Ala(2), NMe-Phe(4), Gly-ol(5)]-enkephalin (DAMGO) in CCI rats but not in sham-operated rats. In contrast, DAMGO still inhibited substance P release after inflammation of the hind paw with complete Freund's adjuvant and in naïve rats. This loss of inhibition was not due to μ-opioid receptor downregulation in primary afferents, because their colocalization with substance P was unchanged, both in dorsal root ganglion neurons and primary afferent fibers in the dorsal horn. In conclusion, nerve injury eliminates the inhibition of substance P release by μ-opioid receptors, probably by hindering their signaling mechanisms.
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Bardoni R. Role of presynaptic glutamate receptors in pain transmission at the spinal cord level. Curr Neuropharmacol 2014; 11:477-83. [PMID: 24403871 PMCID: PMC3763755 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x11311050002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Nociceptive primary afferents release glutamate, activating postsynaptic glutamate receptors on spinal cord dorsal horn neurons. Glutamate receptors, both ionotropic and metabotropic, are also expressed on presynaptic terminals, where they regulate neurotransmitter release. During the last two decades, a wide number of studies have characterized the properties of presynaptic glutamatergic receptors, particularly those expressed on primary afferent fibers. This review describes the subunit composition, distribution and function of presynaptic glutamate ionotropic (AMPA, NMDA, kainate) and metabotropic receptors expressed in rodent spinal cord dorsal horn. The role of presynaptic receptors in modulating nociceptive information in experimental models of acute and chronic pain will be also discussed.
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- Rita Bardoni
- Department of Biomedical, metabolic and neural sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Ferrini F, Russo A, Salio C. Fos and pERK immunoreactivity in spinal cord slices: Comparative analysis of in vitro models for testing putative antinociceptive molecules. Ann Anat 2013; 196:217-23. [PMID: 24447791 DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2013.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2013] [Revised: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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To detect central neuron activation, expression of the transcription factor Fos and phosphorylation of the protein kinase ERK (pERK) can be visualized by immunocytochemistry. These approaches have been extensively used to quantify the activation of nociceptive neurons in the spinal dorsal horn (DH) following peripheral stimulation in vivo. Here we propose an alternative and simplified in vitro model to investigate Fos and pERK expression based on the stimulation of acutely dissected spinal cord slices to mimic acute inflammatory changes in DH. Transverse slices were obtained from postnatal (P8-P12) CD1 mice and were treated for 5 min with capsaicin (CAP, 2 μM). CAP induces a strong release of glutamate from primary afferent terminals which, in turn, excites spinal DH neurons. Since ERK phosphorylation and Fos expression occur following different time frames, two distinct protocols were used to detect their activation. Thus, for studying Fos immunoreactivity CAP-treated slices were left for 3h in Krebs solution after stimulation. Instead, for studying pERK immunoreactivity slices were maintained in Krebs solution for only 15 min after stimulation. Both Fos and pERK were significantly up-regulated following CAP challenge. To validate our model we tested the efficacy of octreotide (OCT, 1 μM) in preventing the CAP effect on Fos and pERK expression. OCT is a synthetic antinociceptive analog of somatostatin, one of the neuropeptides involved in the negative modulation of pain signals in DH. After CAP, OCT reduced the response to both Fos and pERK. Our data validate the use of Fos and pERK immunoreactivity in vitro to investigate the activation of spinal nociceptive pathways and testing potentially antinociceptive molecules.
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- Francesco Ferrini
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy.
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Taylor BK, Fu W, Kuphal KE, Stiller CO, Winter MK, Chen W, Corder GF, Urban JH, McCarson KE, Marvizon JC. Inflammation enhances Y1 receptor signaling, neuropeptide Y-mediated inhibition of hyperalgesia, and substance P release from primary afferent neurons. Neuroscience 2013; 256:178-94. [PMID: 24184981 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is present in the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn and inhibits spinal nociceptive processing, but the mechanisms underlying its anti-hyperalgesic actions are unclear. We hypothesized that NPY acts at neuropeptide Y1 receptors in the dorsal horn to decrease nociception by inhibiting substance P (SP) release, and that these effects are enhanced by inflammation. To evaluate SP release, we used microdialysis and neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R) internalization in rat. NPY decreased capsaicin-evoked SP-like immunoreactivity in the microdialysate of the dorsal horn. NPY also decreased non-noxious stimulus (paw brush)-evoked NK1R internalization (as well as mechanical hyperalgesia and mechanical and cold allodynia) after intraplantar injection of carrageenan. Similarly, in rat spinal cord slices with dorsal root attached, [Leu(31), Pro(34)]-NPY inhibited dorsal root stimulus-evoked NK1R internalization. In rat dorsal root ganglion neurons, Y1 receptors colocalized extensively with calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). In dorsal horn neurons, Y1 receptors were extensively expressed and this may have masked the detection of terminal co-localization with CGRP or SP. To determine whether the pain inhibitory actions of Y1 receptors are enhanced by inflammation, we administered [Leu(31), Pro(34)]-NPY after intraplantar injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) in rat. We found that [Leu(31), Pro(34)]-NPY reduced paw clamp-induced NK1R internalization in CFA rats but not uninjured controls. To determine the contribution of increased Y1 receptor-G protein coupling, we measured [(35)S]GTPγS binding simulated by [Leu(31), Pro(34)]-NPY in mouse dorsal horn. CFA inflammation increased the affinity of Y1 receptor G-protein coupling. We conclude that Y1 receptors contribute to the anti-hyperalgesic effects of NPY by mediating the inhibition of SP release, and that Y1 receptor signaling in the dorsal horn is enhanced during inflammatory nociception.
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- B K Taylor
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Division of Pharmacology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Effects of general anesthetics on substance P release and c-Fos expression in the spinal dorsal horn. Anesthesiology 2013; 119:433-42. [PMID: 23708866 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e31829996b6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The authors examined in vivo the effects of general anesthetics on evoked substance P release (primary afferent excitability) and c-Fos expression (neuronal activation) in superficial dorsal horn. METHODS Rats received saline, propofol (100 mg/kg), pentobarbital (50 mg/kg), isoflurane (2 minimum alveolar concentration), nitrous oxide (66%), or fentanyl (30 μg/kg). During anesthesia, rats received intraplantar 5% formalin (50 μl) to left hind paw. Ten minutes later, rats underwent transcardial perfusion with 4% paraformaldehyde. Substance P release from small primary afferents was assessed by incidence of neurokinin 1 receptor internalization in the superficial dorsal horn. In separate studies, rats were sacrificed after 2 h and c-Fos expression measured. RESULTS Intraplantar formalin-induced robust neurokinin 1 receptor internalization in ipsilateral dorsal horn (ipsilateral: 54 ± 6% [mean ± SEM], contralateral: 12 ± 2%; P < 0.05; n = 4). Fentanyl, but not propofol, pentobarbital, isoflurane, nor nitrous oxide alone inhibited neurokinin 1 receptor internalization. However, 2 minimum alveolar concentration isoflurane + nitrous oxide reduced neurokinin 1 receptor internalization (27 ± 3%; P < 0.05; n = 5). All agents reduced c-Fos expression (control: 34 ± 4, fentanyl: 8 ± 2, isoflurane: 12 ± 3, nitrous oxide: 11 ± 2, isoflurane + nitrous oxide: 12 ± 1, pentobarbital: 11 ± 2, propofol: 13 ± 3; P < 0.05; n = 3). CONCLUSION General anesthetics at anesthetic concentrations block spinal neuron activation through a mechanism that is independent of an effect on small primary afferent peptide release. The effect of fentanyl alone and the synergistic effect of isoflurane and nitrous oxide on substance P release suggest a correlative rationale for the therapeutic use of these anesthetic protocols by blocking nociceptive afferent transmitter release and preventing the initiation of cascade, which is immediately postsynaptic to the primary afferent.
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Metabotropic glutamate antagonists alone and in combination with morphine: comparison across two models of acute pain and a model of persistent, inflammatory pain. Behav Pharmacol 2013; 22:785-93. [PMID: 21971021 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0b013e32834d13a2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The present study examined the effects of the mGluR1 antagonist JNJ16259685 (JNJ) and the mGluR5 antagonist 2-methyl-6-phenylethynylpyridine (MPEP) alone and in combination with morphine in two acute pain models (hotplate, warm water tail-withdrawal), and a persistent, inflammatory pain model (capsaicin). In the hotplate and warm water tail-withdrawal procedures, JNJ and MPEP were ineffective when administered alone. In both procedures, JNJ potentiated morphine antinociception. In the hotplate procedure, MPEP potentiated morphine antinociception at the highest dose examined, whereas in the warm water tail-withdrawal procedure MPEP attenuated morphine antinociception at a moderate dose and potentiated morphine antinociception at a high dose. For both JNJ and MPEP, the magnitude of this morphine potentiation was considerably greater in the hotplate procedure. In the capsaicin procedure, the highest dose of MPEP produced intermediate levels of antihyperalgesia and also attenuated the effects of a dose of morphine that produced intermediate levels of antihyperalgesia. In contrast, JNJ had no effect when administered alone in the capsaicin procedure and did not alter morphine-induced antihyperalgesia. The present findings suggest that the effects produced by mGluR1 and mGluR5 antagonists alone and in combination with morphine can be differentiated in models of both acute and persistent pain.
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Activation of spinal mu- and delta-opioid receptors potently inhibits substance P release induced by peripheral noxious stimuli. J Neurosci 2011; 31:13068-77. [PMID: 21917790 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1817-11.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Over the past few years, δ-opioid receptors (DOPRs) and μ-opioid receptors (MOPRs) have been shown to interact with each other. We have previously seen that expression of MOPR is essential for morphine and inflammation to potentiate the analgesic properties of selective DOPR agonists. In vivo, it is not clear whether MOPRs and DOPRs are expressed in the same neurons. Indeed, it was recently proposed that these receptors are segregated in different populations of nociceptors, with MOPRs and DOPRs expressed by peptidergic and nonpeptidergic fibers, respectively. In the present study, the role and the effects of DOPR- and MOPR-selective agonists in two different pain models were compared. Using preprotachykinin A knock-out mice, we first confirmed that substance P partly mediates intraplantar formalin- and capsaicin-induced pain behaviors. These mice had a significant reduction in pain behavior compared with wild-type mice. We then measured the effects of intrathecal deltorphin II (DOPR agonist) and DAMGO (MOPR agonist) on pain-like behavior, neuronal activation, and substance P release following formalin and capsaicin injection. We found that both agonists were able to decrease formalin- and capsaicin-induced pain, an effect that was correlated with a reduction in the number of c-fos-positive neurons in the superficial laminae of the lumbar spinal cord. Finally, visualization of NK(1) (neurokinin 1) receptor internalization revealed that DOPR and MOPR activation strongly reduced formalin- and capsaicin-induced substance P release via direct action on primary afferent fibers. Together, our results indicate that functional MOPRs and DOPRs are both expressed by peptidergic nociceptors.
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Ferrini F, Salio C, Lossi L, Gambino G, Merighi A. Modulation of inhibitory neurotransmission by the vanilloid receptor type 1 (TRPV1) in organotypically cultured mouse substantia gelatinosa neurons. Pain 2010; 150:128-140. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2009] [Revised: 01/28/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zhang G, Chen W, Lao L, Marvizón JCG. Cannabinoid CB1 receptor facilitation of substance P release in the rat spinal cord, measured as neurokinin 1 receptor internalization. Eur J Neurosci 2010; 31:225-37. [PMID: 20074214 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The contribution of CB1 receptors in the spinal cord to cannabinoid analgesia is still unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of CB1 receptors on substance P release from primary afferent terminals in the spinal cord. Substance P release was measured as neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptor internalization in lamina I neurons. It was induced in spinal cord slices by dorsal root stimulation and in live rats by a noxious stimulus. In spinal cord slices, the CB1 receptor antagonists AM251, AM281 and rimonabant partially but potently inhibited NK1 receptor internalization induced by electrical stimulation of the dorsal root. This was due to an inhibition of substance P release and not of NK1 receptor internalization itself, because AM251 and AM281 did not inhibit NK1 receptor internalization induced by exogenous substance P. The CB1 receptor agonist ACEA increased NK1 receptor internalization evoked by dorsal root stimulation. The effects of AM251 and ACEA cancelled each other. In vivo, AM251 injected intrathecally decreased NK1 receptor internalization in spinal segments L5 and L6 induced by noxious hind paw clamp. Intrathecal AM251 also produced analgesia to radiant heat stimulation of the paw. The inhibition by AM251 of NK1 receptor internalization was reversed by antagonists of mu-opioid and GABA(B) receptors. This indicates that CB1 receptors facilitate substance P release by inhibiting the release of GABA and opioids next to primary afferent terminals, producing disinhibition. This results in a pronociceptive effect of CB1 receptors in the spinal cord.
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- Guohua Zhang
- Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
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Chen W, Zhang G, Marvizón JCG. NMDA receptors in primary afferents require phosphorylation by Src family kinases to induce substance P release in the rat spinal cord. Neuroscience 2010; 166:924-34. [PMID: 20074620 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2009] [Revised: 12/16/2009] [Accepted: 01/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The function of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in primary afferents remains controversial, in particular regarding their ability to evoke substance P release in the spinal cord. The objective of this study was, first, to confirm that substance P release evoked by NMDA is mediated by NMDA receptors in primary afferent terminals. Second, we investigated whether these NMDA receptors are inactivated in some conditions, which would explain why their effect on substance P release was not observed in some studies. Substance P release was induced in spinal cord slices and measured as neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptor internalization in lamina I neurons. NMDA (combined with d-serine) induced NK1 receptor internalization with a half of the effective concentration (EC50) of 258 nM. NMDA-induced NK1 receptor internalization was abolished by the NK1 receptor antagonist L-703,606, confirming that is was caused by substance P release, by NMDA receptor antagonists (MK1801 and ifenprodil), showing that it was mediated by NMDA receptors containing the NR2B subunit, and by preincubating the slices with capsaicin, showing that the substance P release was from primary afferents. However, it was not affected by lidocaine and omega-conotoxin MVIIA, which block Na+ channels and voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, respectively. Therefore, NMDA-induced substance P release does not require firing of primary afferents or the opening of Ca2+ channels, which is consistent with the idea that NMDA receptors induce substance P directly by letting Ca2+ into primary afferent terminals. Importantly, NMDA-induced substance P release was eliminated by preincubating the slices for 1 h with the Src family kinase inhibitors PP1 and dasatinib, and was substantially increased by the protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor BVT948. In contrast, PP1 did not affect NK1 receptor internalization induced by capsaicin. These results show that tyrosine-phosphorylation of these NMDA receptors is regulated by the opposite actions of Src family kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases, and is required to induce substance P release.
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- W Chen
- Center for Neurobiology of Stress, CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Gupta S, Bhatt DK, Boni LJ, Olesen J. Improvement of the Closed Cranial Window Model in Rats by Intracarotid Infusion of Signalling Molecules Implicated in Migraine. Cephalalgia 2009; 30:27-36. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01888.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Intravital microscopy on a closed cranial window allows one to measure change in the diameter of cranial blood vessels after intravenous (i.v.) administration of pharmacodynamic substances. Putative targets being pursued in migraine are large vasodilating peptide molecules such as calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase polypeptide (PACAP)-38. High i.v. doses are required to study their craniovascular pharmacology. Unfortunately, this leads to a drop in blood pressure (BP) that subsequently causes blood vessels to dilate by autoregulation. Hence it is difficult to decipher what effect is caused by direct receptor agonist interaction or contributed by autoregulation. In the present study we infused substances with an ingenious indwelling catheter in the common carotid artery in rats. Intracarotidly seven-, 12- and 17-fold lower doses of CGRP, PACAP-38 and capsaicin were required, respectively, compared with i.v. infusion to induce the same dilation in dural artery. Dilating intracarotid (i.c.) doses caused no or a minimal fall in BP, whereas equi-responsive i.v. doses caused a marked BP reduction. The CGRP blocking potential of olcegepant was amplified by > 20 times on i.c. infusion. Pial artery responses to CGRP did not change with i.c. infusion, demonstrating that dilations after i.v. CGRP are mediated by autoregulation rather than through specific receptors. We applied CGRP topically, which induced concentration-dependent dural vasodilation, but no effect on pial artery or on BP. In conclusion, this new approach offers an improvement of the existing model by allowing more accurate assessment of effects of pharmaca on the cranial vasculature without inducing significant systemic effects.
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- S Gupta
- Department of Neurology, Glostrup Research
Institute, Glostrup Hospital, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen,
Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Glostrup Research
Institute, Glostrup Hospital, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen,
Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Glostrup Research
Institute, Glostrup Hospital, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen,
Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Glostrup Research
Institute, Glostrup Hospital, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen,
Glostrup, Denmark
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Adelson D, Lao L, Zhang G, Kim W, Marvizón JCG. Substance P release and neurokinin 1 receptor activation in the rat spinal cord increase with the firing frequency of C-fibers. Neuroscience 2009; 161:538-53. [PMID: 19336248 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.03.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2008] [Revised: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 03/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Both the firing frequency of primary afferents and neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R) internalization in dorsal horn neurons increase with the intensity of noxious stimulus. Accordingly, we studied how the pattern of firing of primary afferent influences NK1R internalization. In rat spinal cord slices, electrical stimulation of the dorsal root evoked NK1R internalization in lamina I neurons by inducing substance P release from primary afferents. The stimulation frequency had pronounced effects on NK1R internalization, which increased up to 100 Hz and then diminished abruptly at 200 Hz. Peptidase inhibitors increased NK1R internalization at frequencies below 30 Hz, indicating that peptidases limit the access of substance P to the receptor at moderate firing rates. NK1R internalization increased with number of pulses at all frequencies, but maximal internalization was substantially lower at 1-10 Hz than at 30 Hz. Pulses organized into bursts produced the same NK1R internalization as sustained 30 Hz stimulation. To determine whether substance P release induced at high stimulation frequencies was from C-fibers, we recorded compound action potentials in the sciatic nerve of anesthetized rats. We observed substantial NK1R internalization when stimulating at intensities evoking a C-elevation, but not at intensities evoking only an Adelta-elevation. Each pulse in trains at frequencies up to 100 Hz evoked a C-elevation, demonstrating that C-fibers can follow these high frequencies. C-elevation amplitudes declined progressively with increasing stimulation frequency, which was likely caused by a combination of factors including temporal dispersion. In conclusion, the instantaneous firing frequency in C-fibers determines the amount of substance P released by noxious stimuli.
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- D Adelson
- Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Building 115, Room 119, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
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Acute inflammation induces segmental, bilateral, supraspinally mediated opioid release in the rat spinal cord, as measured by mu-opioid receptor internalization. Neuroscience 2009; 161:157-72. [PMID: 19298846 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2009] [Revised: 02/28/2009] [Accepted: 03/04/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The objective of this study was to measure opioid release in the spinal cord during acute and long-term inflammation using mu-opioid receptor (MOR) internalization. In particular, we determined whether opioid release occurs in the segments receiving the noxious signals or in the entire spinal cord, and whether it involves supraspinal signals. Internalization of neurokinin 1 receptors (NK1Rs) was measured to track the intensity of the noxious stimulus. Rats received peptidase inhibitors intrathecally to protect opioids from degradation. Acute inflammation of the hind paw with formalin induced moderate MOR internalization in the L5 segment bilaterally, whereas NK1R internalization occurred only ipsilaterally. MOR internalization was restricted to the lumbar spinal cord, regardless of whether the peptidase inhibitors were injected in a lumbar or thoracic site. Formalin-induced MOR internalization was substantially reduced by isoflurane anesthesia. It was also markedly reduced by a lidocaine block of the cervical-thoracic spinal cord (which did not affect the evoked NK1R internalization) indicating that spinal opioid release is mediated supraspinally. In the absence of peptidase inhibitors, formalin and hind paw clamp induced a small amount of MOR internalization, which was significantly higher than in controls. To study spinal opioid release during chronic inflammation, we injected complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) in the hind paw and peptidase inhibitors intrathecally. Two days later, no MOR or NK1R internalization was detected. Furthermore, CFA inflammation decreased MOR internalization induced by clamping the inflamed hind paw. These results show that acute inflammation, but not chronic inflammation, induces segmental opioid release in the spinal cord that involves supraspinal signals.
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Han SK, Park SA, Jeon JG, Chang KW, Ahn DK, Oh SB, Park SJ. Functional type I vanilloid receptor expression by substantia gelatinosa neurons of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis in mice. Neurosci Lett 2009; 452:228-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.01.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Revised: 01/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nazarian A, Gu G, Gracias NG, Wilkinson K, Hua XY, Vasko MR, Yaksh TL. Spinal N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and nociception-evoked release of primary afferent substance P. Neuroscience 2008; 152:119-27. [PMID: 18222611 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.11.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2007] [Revised: 11/13/2007] [Accepted: 11/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dorsal horn N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors contribute significantly to spinal nociceptive processing through an effect postsynaptic to non-primary glutamatergic axons, and perhaps presynaptic to the primary afferent terminals. The present study sought to examine the regulatory effects of NMDA receptors on primary afferent release of substance P (SP), as measured by neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1r) internalization in the spinal dorsal horn of rats. The effects of intrathecal NMDA alone or in combination with D-serine (a glycine site agonist) were initially examined on basal levels of NK1r internalization. NMDA alone or when co-administered with D-serine failed to induce NK1r internalization, whereas activation of spinal TRPV1 receptors by capsaicin resulted in a notable NK1r internalization. To determine whether NMDA receptor activation could potentiate NK1r internalization or pain behavior induced by a peripheral noxious stimulus, intrathecal NMDA was given prior to an intraplantar injection of formalin. NMDA did not alter the formalin-induced NK1r internalization nor did it enhance the formalin paw flinching behavior. To further characterize the effects of presynaptic NMDA receptors, the NMDA antagonists DL-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP-5) and MK-801 were intrathecally administered to assess their regulatory effects on formalin-induced NK1r internalization and pain behavior. AP-5 had no effect on formalin-induced NK1r internalization, whereas MK-801 produced only a modest reduction. Both antagonists, however, reduced the formalin paw flinching behavior. In subsequent in vitro experiments, perfusion of NMDA in spinal cord slice preparations did not evoke basal release of SP or calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Likewise, perfusion of NMDA did not enhance capsaicin-evoked release of the two peptides. These results suggest that presynaptic NMDA receptors in the spinal cord play little if any role on the primary afferent release of SP.
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- A Nazarian
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Chen W, Song B, Zhang G, Marvizón JCG. Effects of veratridine and high potassium on micro-opioid receptor internalization in the rat spinal cord: stimulation of opioid release versus inhibition of internalization. J Neurosci Methods 2008; 170:285-93. [PMID: 18377995 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 01/23/2008] [Accepted: 01/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Veratridine and high K+-induced micro-opioid receptor (MOR) internalization in rat spinal cord slices by evoking opioid release. Veratridine induced up to 75% MOR internalization but showed an atypical concentration-response: its effect increased steeply from 5 microM to 10 microM, and declined thereafter to disappear at 100 microM. At 100 microM, veratridine also inhibited of MOR internalization induced by exogenous endomorphin-2. This inhibition was caused by Na+ entry, since the Na+ ionophore monensin (50 microM) also inhibited endomorphin-induced MOR internalization. In contrast, veratridine induced neurokinin 1 receptor internalization (by evoking substance P release) without any inhibition at high concentrations. KCl evoked up to 80% MOR internalization, which disappeared in the presence of lidocaine or in the absence of peptidase inhibitors, indicating that it involved neuronal firing and peptide release. Unlike veratridine, KCl did not inhibit MOR internalization at high concentrations. However, both KCl and veratridine evoked more MOR internalization when applied for 2 min than for 20 min because of a direct inhibition of MOR internalization with the longer incubation times. These results show that short incubations with 20 microM veratridine or 30 mM KCl are optimal stimuli to evoke opioid release and MOR internalization in the spinal cord.
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- Wenling Chen
- Center for Neurobiology of Stress, CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90073, United States
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Sex differences in NMDA antagonist enhancement of morphine antihyperalgesia in a capsaicin model of persistent pain: comparisons to two models of acute pain. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2007; 89:127-36. [PMID: 18221780 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2007] [Revised: 11/21/2007] [Accepted: 12/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In acute pain models, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists enhance the antinociceptive effects of morphine to a greater extent in males than females. The purpose of this investigation was to extend these findings to a persistent pain model which could be distinguished from acute pain models on the basis of the nociceptive fibers activated, neurochemical substrates, and duration of the nociceptive stimulus. To this end, persistent hyperalgesia was induced by administration of capsaicin in the tail of gonadally intact F344 rats, following which the tail was immersed in a mildly noxious thermal stimulus, and tail-withdrawal latencies measured. For comparison, tests were conducted in two acute pain models, the hotplate and warm water tail-withdrawal procedures. In males, the non-competitive NMDA antagonist dextromethorphan enhanced the antihyperalgesic effect of low to moderate doses of morphine in a dose-and time-dependent manner. Across the doses and pretreatment times examined, enhancement was not observed in females. Enhancement of morphine antinociception by dextromethorphan was seen in both males and females in the acute pain models, with the magnitude of this effect being greater in males. These findings demonstrate a sexually-dimorphic interaction between NMDA antagonists and morphine in a persistent pain model that can be distinguished from those observed in acute pain models.
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Ding X, Mountain DJH, Subramanian V, Singh K, Williams CA. The effect of high cervical spinal cord stimulation on the expression of SP, NK-1 and TRPV1 mRNAs during cardiac ischemia in rat. Neurosci Lett 2007; 424:139-44. [PMID: 17714867 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2007] [Revised: 07/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is used to reduce angina that accompanies cardiac ischemia, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms mediating this effect. We studied the expression of SP, neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor, and transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) mRNA in the rat spinal cord at thoracic 4 (T4), cervical 2 (C2) and caudal brain stem by RT-PCR during intermittent occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (CoAO), during sustained SCS by itself at the C2 spinal segment, and during sustained SCS plus intermittent CoAO. Only SP mRNA was increased significantly in T4 and brainstem during CoAO, while SCS decreased the mRNA levels of SP, NK-1 and TRPV1 significantly in T4 and the brainstem. SCS attenuated the increase of SP and TRPV1 mRNA levels at T4 level induced by intermittent CoAO when the stimulation was applied prior to the initiation of the cardiac ischemia. These results support the role for SP as a putative neurotransmitter for the myocardial ischemia-sensitive afferent neuron signal to the spinal level. They suggest that modification of the ischemic cardiac nociceptive afferent signal by SCS involves a change in SP and TRPV1 expression.
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- Xiaohui Ding
- Department of Physiology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614-1708, United States
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Ferrini F, Salio C, Vergnano AM, Merighi A. Vanilloid receptor-1 (TRPV1)-dependent activation of inhibitory neurotransmission in spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons of mouse. Pain 2007; 129:195-209. [PMID: 17317009 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2006] [Revised: 01/02/2007] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Inhibitory neurotransmission in spinal cord dorsal horn is mainly mediated by gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) and glycine. By patch clamp recordings and correlative immunocytochemistry, we studied here the effect of 2 microM capsaicin-induced vanilloid receptor-1 (TRPV1) activation on IPSCs in spinal lamina II neurons from post-natal mice. Specificity was confirmed after pre-incubation with the competitive antagonist SB366791 (10 microM). After a single capsaicin pulse, an intense increase of spontaneous IPSC (sIPSC) frequency was observed in the presence of NBQX 10 microM (62/81 neurons; approximately 76%) or NBQX 10 microM + AP-5 20-100 microM (27/42 neurons; approximately 64%). Only a subpopulation (approximately 40%) of responsive neurons showed a significant amplitude increase. Seventy-two percent of the neurons displayed pure GABA(A) receptor-mediated sIPSCs, whereas the remaining ones showed mixed GABAergic/glycinergic events. After two consecutive capsaicin pulses, frequency rises were very similar, and both significantly higher than controls. When the second pulse was given in the presence of 4 microM L732,138, a selective antagonist of the substance P (SP) preferred receptor NK1, we observed a significant loss in frequency increase (63.90% with NBQX and 52.35% with NBQX + AP-5). TTX (1 microM) largely (approximately 81.5%) blocked the effect of capsaicin. These results show that TRPV1 activation on primary afferent fibers releases SP. The peptide then excites inhibitory neurons in laminae I, III and IV, leading to an increased release of GABA/glycine in lamina II via a parallel alternative pathway to glutamate.
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- Francesco Ferrini
- Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
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Zeng J, Thomson LM, Aicher SA, Terman GW. Primary afferent NMDA receptors increase dorsal horn excitation and mediate opiate tolerance in neonatal rats. J Neurosci 2006; 26:12033-42. [PMID: 17108177 PMCID: PMC6674867 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2530-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Repeated exposure to opiates produces analgesic tolerance, which limits their clinical usefulness. Whole-cell voltage-clamped lamina I cells in spinal slices from opiate-tolerant neonatal rats show an increase in miniature, spontaneous, and primary afferent-evoked EPSCs when compared with lamina I cells from opiate-naive rat spinal slices. This increased excitation can be blocked by the NMDA receptor (NMDAR) antagonist APV, apparently acting at NMDARs on primary afferents. Consistent with these results, electron microscopy demonstrates an increased incidence of NMDARs in substance P-containing spinal dorsal horn primary afferent terminals in opiate-tolerant rats. Moreover, superfusion of spinal slices from opiate-tolerant rats with NMDA produces a reversible increase in miniature EPSC (mEPSC) frequency in contrast to a decrease in mEPSC frequency produced by NMDA in opiate-naive slices. Finally, NMDAR antagonists inhibit the expression of opiate tolerance both in inhibiting EPSCs in spinal slices and in inhibiting behavioral nociceptive responses to heat. NMDAR antagonists have been reported in many studies to inhibit morphine analgesic tolerance. Our studies suggest that an increase in primary afferent NMDAR expression and activity mediates a hypersensitivity to noxious stimuli and causes the inhibition of opiate efficacy, which defines tolerance.
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MESH Headings
- Afferent Pathways/drug effects
- Afferent Pathways/metabolism
- Afferent Pathways/ultrastructure
- Aging/physiology
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Drug Tolerance/physiology
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/physiology
- Ganglia, Spinal/drug effects
- Ganglia, Spinal/metabolism
- Ganglia, Spinal/ultrastructure
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Neurons, Afferent/drug effects
- Neurons, Afferent/metabolism
- Neurons, Afferent/ultrastructure
- Nociceptors/drug effects
- Nociceptors/metabolism
- Pain/drug therapy
- Pain/metabolism
- Pain/physiopathology
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Posterior Horn Cells/drug effects
- Posterior Horn Cells/metabolism
- Posterior Horn Cells/ultrastructure
- Presynaptic Terminals/drug effects
- Presynaptic Terminals/metabolism
- Presynaptic Terminals/ultrastructure
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/drug effects
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism
- Spinal Nerve Roots/drug effects
- Spinal Nerve Roots/metabolism
- Substance P/metabolism
- Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
- Synaptic Transmission/physiology
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- Jinsong Zeng
- Department of Anesthesiology and the Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Huang JK, Cheng HH, Huang CJ, Kuo CC, Chen WC, Liu SI, Hsu SS, Chang HT, Lu YC, Tseng LL, Chiang AJ, Chou CT, Jan CR. Effect of capsazepine on cytosolic Ca2+ levels and proliferation of human prostate cancer cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2006; 20:567-74. [PMID: 16271848 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2005.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2005] [Revised: 09/02/2005] [Accepted: 09/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Capsazepine has been widely used as a selective antagonist of vanilloid type 1 receptors; however, its other in vitro effect on most cell types is unknown. In human PC3 prostate cancer cells, the effect of capsazepine on intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)](i)) and cytotoxicity was investigated by using fura-2 and tetrazolium, respectively. Capsazepine caused a rapid rise in [Ca(2+)](i) in a concentration-dependent manner with an EC(50) value of 75 microM. Capsazepine-induced [Ca(2+)](i) rise was reduced by 60% by removal of extracellular Ca(2+), suggesting that the capsazepine-induced [Ca(2+)](i) rise was contributed by extracellular Ca(2+) influx and intracellular Ca(2+). Consistently, the capsazepine (200 microM)-induced [Ca(2+)](i) rise was decreased by La(3+) by half. In Ca(2+)-free medium, thapsigargin, an inhibitor of the endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase, caused a monophasic [Ca(2+)](i) rise, after which the effect of capsazepine on [Ca(2+)](i) was inhibited by 80%. Conversely, pretreatment with capsazepine partly reduced thapsigargin-induced [Ca(2+)](i) rise. U73122, an inhibitor of phospholipase C, abolished histamine (an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent Ca(2+) mobilizer)-induced, but not capsazepine-induced, [Ca(2+)](i) rise. These findings suggest that in human PC3 prostate cancer cells, capsazepine increases [Ca(2+)](i) by evoking Ca(2+) influx and releasing Ca(2+) from the endoplasmic reticulum via a phospholiase C-independent manner. Overnight incubation with capsazepine (200 microM) killed 37% of cells, which could not be prevented by chelating intracellular Ca(2+) with BAPTA.
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- Jong-Khing Huang
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan
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Kondo I, Marvizon JCG, Song B, Salgado F, Codeluppi S, Hua XY, Yaksh TL. Inhibition by spinal mu- and delta-opioid agonists of afferent-evoked substance P release. J Neurosci 2006; 25:3651-60. [PMID: 15814796 PMCID: PMC6725388 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0252-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Opioid mu- and delta-receptors are present on the central terminals of primary afferents, where they are thought to inhibit neurotransmitter release. This mechanism may mediate analgesia produced by spinal opiates; however, when they used neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R) internalization as an indicator of substance P release, Trafton et al. (1999) noted that this evoked internalization was altered only modestly by morphine delivered intrathecally at spinal cord segment S1-S2. We reexamined this issue by studying the effect of opiates on NK1R internalization in spinal cord slices and in vivo. In slices, NK1R internalization evoked by dorsal root stimulation at C-fiber intensity was abolished by the mu agonist [D-Ala2, N-Me-Phe4, Gly-ol5]-enkephalin (DAMGO) (1 microM) and decreased by the delta agonist [D-Phe2,5]-enkephalin (DPDPE) (1 microM). In vivo, hindpaw compression induced NK1R internalization in ipsilateral laminas I-II. This evoked internalization was significantly reduced by morphine (60 nmol), DAMGO (1 nmol), and DPDPE (100 nmol), but not by the kappa agonist trans-(1S,2S)-3,4-dichloro-N-mathyl-N-[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)cyclohexyl]-benzeneacetamide hydrochloride (200 nmol), delivered at spinal cord segment L2 using intrathecal catheters. These doses of the mu and delta agonists were equi-analgesic as measured by a thermal escape test. Lower doses neither produced analgesia nor inhibited NK1R internalization. In contrast, morphine delivered by percutaneous injections at S1-S2 had only a modest effect on thermal escape, even at higher doses. Morphine decreased NK1R internalization after systemic delivery, but at a dose greater than that necessary to produce equivalent analgesia. All effects were reversed by naloxone. These results indicate that lumbar opiates inhibit noxious stimuli-induced neurotransmitter release from primary afferents at doses that are confirmed behaviorally as analgesic.
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MESH Headings
- 3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer/pharmacology
- Afferent Pathways/metabolism
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/pharmacology
- Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Administration Routes
- Drug Interactions
- Electric Stimulation/methods
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-/pharmacology
- Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-/pharmacology
- Functional Laterality
- Immunochemistry/methods
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Microscopy, Confocal/methods
- Morphine/administration & dosage
- Naloxone/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Pain Measurement
- Physical Stimulation/methods
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Neurokinin-1/metabolism
- Spinal Cord/drug effects
- Spinal Cord/radiation effects
- Spinal Nerve Roots/radiation effects
- Substance P/metabolism
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- Ichiro Kondo
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Fukuoka T, Noguchi K. Chapter 15 Expression Patterns and Histological Aspects of TRP Channels in Sensory Neurons. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(06)57014-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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SONG B, MARVIZÓN JCG. N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and large conductance calcium-sensitive potassium channels inhibit the release of opioid peptides that induce mu-opioid receptor internalization in the rat spinal cord. Neuroscience 2005; 136:549-62. [PMID: 16203108 PMCID: PMC1435407 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2005] [Revised: 06/28/2005] [Accepted: 08/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Endogenous opioids in the spinal cord play an important role in nociception, but the mechanisms that control their release are poorly understood. To simultaneously detect all opioids able to activate the mu-opioid receptor, we measured mu-opioid receptor internalization in rat spinal cord slices stimulated electrically or chemically to evoke opioid release. Electrical stimulation of the dorsal horn in the presence of peptidase inhibitors produced mu-opioid receptor internalization in half of the mu-opioid receptor neurons. This internalization was rapidly abolished by N-methyl-D-aspartate (IC50=2 microM), and N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonists prevented this effect. mu-Opioid receptor internalization evoked by high K+ or veratridine was also inhibited by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation. N-methyl-D-aspartate did not affect mu-opioid receptor internalization induced by exogenous endomorphins, confirming that the effect of N-methyl-D-aspartate was on opioid release. We hypothesized that this inhibition was mediated by large conductance Ca2+-sensitive K+ channels BK(Ca2+). Indeed, inhibition by N-methyl-D-aspartate was prevented by tetraethylammonium and by the selective BK(Ca2+) blockers paxilline, penitrem A and verruculogen. Paxilline did not increase mu-opioid receptor internalization in the absence of N-methyl-D-aspartate, indicating that it does not produce an increase in opioid release unrelated to the inhibition by N-methyl-d-aspartate. The BK(Ca2+) involved appears to be a subtype with slow association kinetics for iberiotoxin, which was effective only with long incubations. The BK(Ca2+) opener NS-1619 also inhibited the evoked mu-opioid receptor internalization, and iberiotoxin prevented this effect. We concluded that Ca2+ influx through N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors causes the opening of BK(Ca2+) and hyperpolarization in opioid-containing dorsal horn neurons, resulting in the inhibition of opioid release. Since mu-opioid receptors in the dorsal horn mediate analgesia, inhibition of spinal opioid release could contribute to the hyperalgesic actions of spinal N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.
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- *Corresponding author. Tel: +1-310-478-3711x41850; fax: +1-310-312-9289. E-mail address: (J. C. G. Marvizón)
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Tóth A, Boczán J, Kedei N, Lizanecz E, Bagi Z, Papp Z, Edes I, Csiba L, Blumberg PM. Expression and distribution of vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) in the adult rat brain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 135:162-8. [PMID: 15857679 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 339] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2004] [Revised: 12/10/2004] [Accepted: 12/13/2004] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The vanilloid receptor (TRPV1 or VR1) is a molecular integrator of various painful stimuli, including capsaicin, acid, and high temperature. It can also be activated by endogenous ligands, like the cannabinoid 1 receptor (CB1) agonist anandamide. TRPV1 is well characterized at the terminals of sensory nerves involved in the pain pathway. There is also evidence that TRPV1 is expressed in the brain but little is known about its function. Here, using commercially available specific antibodies to investigate the localization of TRPV1 in the brain of the rat, we report that TRPV1 was expressed in hippocampus, cortex, cerebellum, olfactory bulb, mesencephalon and hindbrain. Immunohistochemical analyses showed high expression in the cell bodies and dendrites of neurons in the hippocampus and in the cortex. To address the question of subcellular localization, immunoelectronmicroscopy was used. TRPV1-like staining was detected in the synapses (mostly, but not exclusively in post-synaptic dendritic spines), on the end feet of astrocytes and in pericytes. In summary, TRPV1 expression shows wide distribution in the brain of the rat, being found in astrocytes and pericytes as well as in neurons. Its localization is consistent with multiple functions within the central nervous system, including the regulation of brain vasculature.
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- Attila Tóth
- Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Promotion Section, Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Lao L, Marvizón JCG. GABAA receptor facilitation of neurokinin release from primary afferent terminals in the rat spinal cord. Neuroscience 2005; 130:1013-27. [PMID: 15652997 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Our goal was to test the following hypotheses: 1) GABA(A) receptors facilitate neurokinin release from primary afferent terminals; 2) they do this by suppressing an inhibitory effect of GABA(B) receptors; 3) the activation of these two receptors is controlled by the firing frequency of primary afferents. We evoked neurokinin release by stimulating the dorsal root attached to spinal cord slices, and measured it using neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R) internalization. Internalization evoked by root stimulation at 1 Hz (but not at 100 Hz) was increased by the GABA(A) receptor agonists muscimol (effective concentration of drug for 50% of the increase [EC50] 3 microM) and isoguvacine (EC50 4.5 microM). Internalization evoked by root stimulation at 100 Hz was inhibited by the GABA(A) receptor antagonists bicuculline (effective concentration of drug for 50% of the inhibition [IC50] 2 microM) and picrotoxin (IC50 243 nM). Internalization evoked by incubating the root with capsaicin (to selectively recruit nociceptive fibers) was increased by isoguvacine and abolished by picrotoxin. Therefore, GABA(A) receptors facilitate neurokinin release. Isoguvacine-facilitated neurokinin release was inhibited by picrotoxin, low Cl-, low Ca2+, Ca2+ channel blockers and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonists. Bumetanide, an inhibitor of the Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl- cotransporter, inhibited isoguvacine-facilitated neurokinin release, but this could be attributed to a direct inhibition of GABA(A) receptors. The GABA(B) agonist baclofen inhibited NK1R internalization evoked by 100 Hz root stimulation (IC50 1.5 microM), whereas the GABA(B) receptor antagonist (2S)-3-[[(1S)-1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)ethyl]amino-2-hydroxypropyl](phenylmethyl) phosphinic acid (CGP-55845) increased NK1R internalization evoked by 1 Hz root stimulation (EC50 21 nM). Importantly, baclofen inhibited isoguvacine-facilitated neurokinin release, and CGP-55845 reversed the inhibition of neurokinin release by bicuculline. In conclusion, 1) GABA(B) receptors located presynaptically in primary afferent terminals inhibit neurokinin release; 2) GABA(A) receptors located in GABAergic interneurons facilitate neurokinin release by suppressing GABA release onto these GABA(B) receptors; 3) high frequency firing of C-fibers stimulates neurokinin release by activating GABA(A) receptors and inhibiting GABA(B) receptors, whereas low frequency firing inhibits neurokinin release by the converse mechanisms.
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- L Lao
- Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women's Health, CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Teng HP, Huang CJ, Yeh JH, Hsu SS, Lo YK, Cheng JS, Cheng HH, Chen JS, Jiann BP, Chang HT, Huang JK, Jan CR. Capsazepine elevates intracellular Ca2+ in human osteosarcoma cells, questioning its selectivity as a vanilloid receptor antagonist. Life Sci 2004; 75:2515-26. [PMID: 15363657 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2003] [Accepted: 04/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Capsazepine is thought to be a selective antagonist of vanilloid type 1 receptors; however, its other in vitro effect on different cell types is unclear. In human MG63 osteosarcoma cells, the effect of capsazepine on intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)](i)) and cytotoxicity was explored by using fura-2 and tetrazolium, respectively. Capsazepine caused a rapid rise in [Ca(2+)](i) in a concentration-dependent manner with an EC(50) value of 100 microM. Capsazepine-induced [Ca(2+)](i) rise was partly reduced by removal of extracellular Ca(2+), suggesting that the capsazepine-induced [Ca(2+)](i) rise was composed of extracellular Ca(2+) influx and intracellular Ca(2+). In Ca(2+)-free medium, thapsigargin, an inhibitor of the endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase, caused a monophasic [Ca(2+)](i) rise, after which the increasing effect of capsazepine on [Ca(2+)](i) was inhibited by 75%. Conversely, pretreatment with capsazepine to deplete intracellular Ca(2+) stores totally prevented thapsigargin from releasing more Ca(2+). U73122, an inhibitor of phospholipase C, abolished histamine (an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent Ca(2+) mobilizer)-induced, but not capsazepine-induced, [Ca(2+)](i) rise. Overnight treatment with 1-100 microM capsazepine inhibited cell proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. These findings suggest that in human MG63 osteosarcoma cells, capsazepine increases [Ca(2+)](i) by stimulating extracellular Ca(2+) influx and also by causing intracellular Ca(2+) release from the endoplasmic reticulum via a phospholiase C-independent manner. Capsazepine may be mildly cytotoxic.
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- Hsiu-Peng Teng
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan
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Bae YC, Oh JM, Hwang SJ, Shigenaga Y, Valtschanoff JG. Expression of vanilloid receptor TRPV1 in the rat trigeminal sensory nuclei. J Comp Neurol 2004; 478:62-71. [PMID: 15334649 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Little is known about the central projection patterns of trigeminal afferent neurons expressing the vanilloid receptor TRPV1 and their coexpression of neuromodulatory peptides. To address these issues, we examined the distribution of TRPV1-positive neurons in the trigeminal ganglion (TG) and trigeminal sensory nuclei principalis (Vp), oralis (Vo), interpolaris (Vi), and caudalis (Vc) in the rat via light and electron microscopy. In addition, we studied the colocalization of TRPV1-positive neurons with substance P (SP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) via confocal microscopy. In TG, only small and medium-sized neurons were immunopositive for TRPV1. The staining for TRPV1 was found in axon collaterals in the dorsal parts of Vp, Vo, and Vi and in terminals and fibers throughout lamina I and the outer zone of lamina II (IIo) of Vc. With electron microscopy, TRPV1-positive fibers in the ascending and descending trigeminal tracts were found to be unmyelinated. Almost all TRPV1-positive terminals in Vc contained numerous large dense-core vesicles and formed synaptic contacts with single small dendrites. Multiple immunofluorescence revealed a high degree of colocalization of TRPV1 with SP and CGRP in TG neurons as well as in fibers and terminals confined to laminae I and IIo of Vc. These results suggest that the central projections of unmyelinated (C) afferents sensitive to noxious heat and capsaicin are organized differently between Vc and the rostral trigeminal nuclei and that Vc may play a role in the development of hyperalgesia.
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- Yong Chul Bae
- Department of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 700-412, Korea.
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Dorsal horn neurons firing at high frequency, but not primary afferents, release opioid peptides that produce micro-opioid receptor internalization in the rat spinal cord. J Neurosci 2003. [PMID: 14534251 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-27-09171.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To determine what neural pathways trigger opioid release in the dorsal horn, we stimulated the dorsal root, the dorsal horn, or the dorsolateral funiculus (DLF) in spinal cord slices while superfusing them with peptidase inhibitors to prevent opioid degradation. Internalization of mu-opioid receptors (MOR) and neurokinin 1 receptors (NK1R) was measured to assess opioid and neurokinin release, respectively. Dorsal root stimulation at low, high, or mixed frequencies produced abundant NK1R internalization but no MOR internalization, indicating that primary afferents do not release opioids. Moreover, capsaicin and NMDA also failed to produce MOR internalization. In contrast, dorsal horn stimulation elicited MOR internalization that increased with the frequency, being negligible at <10 Hz and maximal at 500 Hz. The internalization was abolished by the MOR antagonist D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Arg-Thr-Pen-Thr-NH2 (CTAP), in the presence of low Ca2+ and by the Na+ channel blocker lidocaine, confirming that it was caused by opioid release and neuronal firing. DLF stimulation in "oblique" slices (encompassing the DLF and the dorsal horn of T11-L4) produced MOR internalization, but only in areas near the stimulation site. Moreover, cutting oblique slices across the dorsal horn (but not across the DLF) eliminated MOR internalization in areas distal to the cut, indicating that it was produced by signals traveling in the dorsal horn and not via the DLF. These findings demonstrate that some dorsal horn neurons release opioids when they fire at high frequencies, perhaps by integrating signals from the rostral ventromedial medulla, primary afferents, and other areas of the spinal cord.
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