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Langguth M, Maranou E, Koskela SA, Elenius O, Kallionpää RE, Birkman EM, Pulkkinen OI, Sundvall M, Salmi M, Figueiredo CR. TIMP-1 is an activator of MHC-I expression in myeloid dendritic cells with implications for tumor immunogenicity. Genes Immun 2024; 25:188-200. [PMID: 38777826 PMCID: PMC11178497 DOI: 10.1038/s41435-024-00274-7] [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: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
Immune checkpoint therapies (ICT) for advanced solid tumors mark a new milestone in cancer therapy. Yet their efficacy is often limited by poor immunogenicity, attributed to inadequate priming and generation of antitumor T cells by dendritic cells (DCs). Identifying biomarkers to enhance DC functions in such tumors is thus crucial. Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1), recognized for its influence on immune cells, has an underexplored relationship with DCs. Our research reveals a correlation between high TIMP1 levels in metastatic melanoma and increased CD8 + T cell infiltration and survival. Network studies indicate a functional connection with HLA genes. Spatial transcriptomic analysis of a national melanoma cohort revealed that TIMP1 expression in immune compartments associates with an HLA-A/MHC-I peptide loading signature in lymph nodes. Primary human and bone-marrow-derived DCs secrete TIMP-1, which notably increases MHC-I expression in classical type 1 dendritic cells (cDC1), especially under melanoma antigen exposure. TIMP-1 affects the immunoproteasome/TAP complex, as seen by upregulated PSMB8 and TAP-1 levels of myeloid DCs. This study uncovers the role of TIMP-1 in DC-mediated immunogenicity with insights into CD8 + T cell activation, providing a foundation for mechanistic exploration and highlighting its potential as a new target for combinatorial immunotherapy to enhance ICT effectiveness.
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- Miriam Langguth
- Medical Immune Oncology Research Group (MIORG), Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Medical Immune Oncology Research Group (MIORG), Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Medical Immune Oncology Research Group (MIORG), Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Medical Immune Oncology Research Group (MIORG), Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Auria Biobank, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Laboratory Division, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520, Turku, Finland
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- Medical Immune Oncology Research Group (MIORG), Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Cancer Research Unit, Institute of Biomedicine, and FICAN West Cancer Center Laboratory, University of Turku, and Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520, Turku, Finland
- Department of Oncology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Medical Immune Oncology Research Group (MIORG), Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
- Cancer Research Unit, Institute of Biomedicine, and FICAN West Cancer Center Laboratory, University of Turku, and Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520, Turku, Finland.
- InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Tykistökatu 6, 20520, Turku, Finland.
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McKay L, Petrelli B, Pind M, Reynolds JN, Wintle RF, Chudley AE, Drögemöller B, Fainsod A, Scherer SW, Hanlon-Dearman A, Hicks GG. Risk and Resilience Variants in the Retinoic Acid Metabolic and Developmental Pathways Associated with Risk of FASD Outcomes. Biomolecules 2024; 14:569. [PMID: 38785976 PMCID: PMC11117505 DOI: 10.3390/biom14050569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2024] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that affects an estimated 2-5% of North Americans. FASD is induced by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) during pregnancy and while there is a clear genetic contribution, few genetic factors are currently identified or understood. In this study, using a candidate gene approach, we performed a genetic variant analysis of retinoic acid (RA) metabolic and developmental signaling pathway genes on whole exome sequencing data of 23 FASD-diagnosed individuals. We found risk and resilience alleles in ADH and ALDH genes known to normally be involved in alcohol detoxification at the expense of RA production, causing RA deficiency, following PAE. Risk and resilience variants were also identified in RA-regulated developmental pathway genes, especially in SHH and WNT pathways. Notably, we also identified significant variants in the causative genes of rare neurodevelopmental disorders sharing comorbidities with FASD, including STRA6 (Matthew-Wood), SOX9 (Campomelic Dysplasia), FDG1 (Aarskog), and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (TBX1). Although this is a small exploratory study, the findings support PAE-induced RA deficiency as a major etiology underlying FASD and suggest risk and resilience variants may be suitable biomarkers to determine the risk of FASD outcomes following PAE.
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- Leo McKay
- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 2V7, Canada
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
- Paul Albrechtsen Research Institute CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada
- Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P4, Canada
- Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12271, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics and McLaughlin Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada
- Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada
- Paul Albrechtsen Research Institute CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada
- Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P4, Canada
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Kim H, Roh D, Oh SB. EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Lazertinib Activates a Subset of Mouse Sensory Neurons Via TRPA1. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2024; 25:104435. [PMID: 38008390 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 10/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
Abstract
Lazertinib (JNJ-73841937, YH25448) is a mutant-selective irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting both the T790M and activating mutation while sparing wild-type epidermal growth factor receptor. Paresthesia is one of the most common adverse events seen with lazertinib treatment, suggesting that lazertinib could affect the sensory nervous system. However, the mechanism of action for this paresthesia remains unclear. In this study, we investigated whether and how lazertinib affects peripheral sensory neurons. Through Fura-2-based calcium imaging and whole-cell patch clamp recording in primary-cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons from adult mice, we found that application of lazertinib elicits spontaneous calcium responses in a subset of small-to-medium-sized neurons. Moreover, lazertinib induced spontaneous firings and hyperexcitability in a subset of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1-lineage DRG neurons and sensitized transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) response, while sparing transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 response. Lazertinib-responsive neurons were also responsive to capsaicin, further supporting that lazertinib selectively activates nociceptive neurons. Lazertinib-induced calcium responses were pharmacologically blocked with HC-030031 (TRPA1 antagonist) and MDL-12330A (adenylyl cyclase inhibitor), suggesting that lazertinib activates sensory neurons through indirect activation of TRPA1. However, unlike vincristine which produces peripheral neuropathy by axonal degeneration, lazertinib did not cause neurite fragmentation in cultured DRG neurons. Finally, intraplantar injection of lazertinib induced TRPA1-dependent pain-like behaviors in vivo. Collectively, our data suggest a direct effect of lazertinib on nociceptive sensory neurons via TRPA1 selective mechanisms, which could be a putative mechanism of lazertinib-induced sensory abnormalities in clinical patients. PERSPECTIVE: This article presents a TRPA1-dependent, lazertinib-induced activation of mouse sensory neurons in vitro and lazertinib-induced pain-like behaviors in vivo. The same mechanisms may underlie the clinical condition, suggesting that TRPA1 could be a potential therapeutic target to manage lazertinib-induced paresthesia.
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- Hayun Kim
- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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Cubillos P, Ditzer N, Kolodziejczyk A, Schwenk G, Hoffmann J, Schütze TM, Derihaci RP, Birdir C, Köllner JE, Petzold A, Sarov M, Martin U, Long KR, Wimberger P, Albert M. The growth factor EPIREGULIN promotes basal progenitor cell proliferation in the developing neocortex. EMBO J 2024; 43:1388-1419. [PMID: 38514807 PMCID: PMC11021537 DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00068-7] [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: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Neocortex expansion during evolution is linked to higher numbers of neurons, which are thought to result from increased proliferative capacity and neurogenic potential of basal progenitor cells during development. Here, we show that EREG, encoding the growth factor EPIREGULIN, is expressed in the human developing neocortex and in gorilla cerebral organoids, but not in the mouse neocortex. Addition of EPIREGULIN to the mouse neocortex increases proliferation of basal progenitor cells, whereas EREG ablation in human cortical organoids reduces proliferation in the subventricular zone. Treatment of cortical organoids with EPIREGULIN promotes a further increase in proliferation of gorilla but not of human basal progenitor cells. EPIREGULIN competes with the epidermal growth factor (EGF) to promote proliferation, and inhibition of the EGF receptor abrogates the EPIREGULIN-mediated increase in basal progenitor cells. Finally, we identify putative cis-regulatory elements that may contribute to the observed inter-species differences in EREG expression. Our findings suggest that species-specific regulation of EPIREGULIN expression may contribute to the increased neocortex size of primates by providing a tunable pro-proliferative signal to basal progenitor cells in the subventricular zone.
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- Paula Cubillos
- Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, TU Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, TU Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
- Center for feto/neonatal Health, TU Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- DRESDEN-concept Genome Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs, Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625, Hannover, Germany
- REBIRTH-Cluster of Excellence, Hannover, Germany
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
- MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, TU Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
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Karimi SA, Zahra FT, Martin LJ. IUPHAR review: Navigating the role of preclinical models in pain research. Pharmacol Res 2024; 200:107073. [PMID: 38232910 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2024.107073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
Abstract
Chronic pain is a complex and challenging medical condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Understanding the underlying mechanisms of chronic pain is a key goal of preclinical pain research so that more effective treatment strategies can be developed. In this review, we explore nociception, pain, and the multifaceted factors that lead to chronic pain by focusing on preclinical models. We provide a detailed look into inflammatory and neuropathic pain models and discuss the most used animal models for studying the mechanisms behind these conditions. Additionally, we emphasize the vital role of these preclinical models in developing new pain-relief drugs, focusing on biologics and the therapeutic potential of NMDA and cannabinoid receptor antagonists. We also discuss the challenges of TRPV1 modulation for pain treatment, the clinical failures of neurokinin (NK)- 1 receptor antagonists, and the partial success story of Ziconotide to provide valuable lessons for preclinical pain models. Finally, we highlight the overall success and limitations of current treatments for chronic pain while providing critical insights into the development of more effective therapies to alleviate the burden of chronic pain.
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- Seyed Asaad Karimi
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada; Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada.
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Chaker SC, Saad M, Mayes T, Lineaweaver WC. Burn Injury-related Growth Factor Expressions and Their Potential Roles in Burn-related Neuropathies. J Burn Care Res 2024; 45:25-31. [PMID: 37978864 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irad184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
Abstract
In the context of burn injury, growth factors (GFs) play a significant role in mediating the complex local and systematic processes that occur. Among the many systemic complications that arise following a burn injury, peripheral neuropathy remains one of the most common. Despite the broad understanding of the effects GFs have on multiple tissues, their potential implications in both wound healing and neuropathy remain largely unexplored. Therefore, this review aims to investigate the expression patterns of GFs prominent during the burn wound healing process and explore the potential contributions these GFs have on the development of burn-related peripheral neuropathy.
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- Sara C Chaker
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232USA
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232USA
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- Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132USA
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232USA
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He L, Guo H, Wang H, Zhu K, Li D, Zhang C, Ai Y, Yang JJ. Rbfox1 regulates alternative splicing of Nrcam in primary sensory neurons to mediate peripheral nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain. Neurotherapeutics 2024; 21:e00309. [PMID: 38241164 PMCID: PMC10903086 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurot.2023.e00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2024] Open
Abstract
The primary sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) are subject to transcriptional alterations following peripheral nerve injury. These alterations are believed to play a pivotal role in the genesis of neuropathic pain. Alternative RNA splicing is a process that generates multiple transcript variants from a single gene, significantly contributing to the complexity of the transcriptome. However, little is known about the functional significance and control of alternative RNA splicing in injured DRG after spinal nerve ligation (SNL). In our study, we conducted a comprehensive transcriptome profiling and bioinformatic analysis to approach and identified a neuron-specific isoform of an RNA splicing regulator, RNA-binding Fox1 (Rbfox1, also known as A2BP1), as a crucial regulator of alternative RNA splicing in injured DRG after SNL. Notably, Rbfox1 expression is markedly reduced in injured DRG following peripheral nerve injury. Restoring this reduction effectively mitigates nociceptive hypersensitivity. Conversely, mimicking the downregulation of Rbfox1 expression generates neuropathic pain symptoms. Mechanistically, we uncovered that Rbfox1 may be a key factor influencing alternative RNA splicing of neuron-glial related cell adhesion molecule (NrCAM), a key neuronal cell adhesion molecule. In injured DRG after SNL, the downregulation of Rbfox1amplifies the insertion of exon 10 in Nrcam transcripts, leading to an increase in long Nrcam variants (L-Nrcam) and a corresponding decrease in short Nrcam variants (S-Nrcam) within injured DRG. In summary, our study supports the essential role of Rbfox1 in neuropathic pain within DRG, probably via the regulation of Nrcam splicing. These findings suggest that Rbfox1 could be a potential target for neuropathic pain therapy.
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- Long He
- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China; Department of Laboratory Animal Resources, Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Resources, Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
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Santi MD, Zhang M, Liu N, Viet CT, Xie T, Jensen DD, Amit M, Pan H, Ye Y. Repurposing EGFR Inhibitors for Oral Cancer Pain and Opioid Tolerance. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:1558. [PMID: 38004424 PMCID: PMC10674507 DOI: 10.3390/ph16111558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Oral cancer pain remains a significant public health concern. Despite the development of improved treatments, pain continues to be a debilitating clinical feature of the disease, leading to reduced oral mobility and diminished quality of life. Opioids are the gold standard treatment for moderate-to-severe oral cancer pain; however, chronic opioid administration leads to hyperalgesia, tolerance, and dependence. The aim of this review is to present accumulating evidence that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling, often dysregulated in cancer, is also an emerging signaling pathway critically involved in pain and opioid tolerance. We presented preclinical and clinical data to demonstrate how repurposing EGFR inhibitors typically used for cancer treatment could be an effective pharmacological strategy to treat oral cancer pain and to prevent or delay the development of opioid tolerance. We also propose that EGFR interaction with the µ-opioid receptor and glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor could be two novel downstream mechanisms contributing to pain and morphine tolerance. Most data presented here support that repurposing EGFR inhibitors as non-opioid analgesics in oral cancer pain is promising and warrants further research.
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- Maria Daniela Santi
- Translational Research Center, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA; (M.D.S.); (M.Z.); (N.L.); (D.D.J.)
- Pain Research Center, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA
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- Translational Research Center, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA; (M.D.S.); (M.Z.); (N.L.); (D.D.J.)
- Pain Research Center, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA
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- Translational Research Center, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA; (M.D.S.); (M.Z.); (N.L.); (D.D.J.)
- Pain Research Center, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA;
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (T.X.); (M.A.)
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- Translational Research Center, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA; (M.D.S.); (M.Z.); (N.L.); (D.D.J.)
- Pain Research Center, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (T.X.); (M.A.)
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- Center for Neuroscience and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA;
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- Translational Research Center, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA; (M.D.S.); (M.Z.); (N.L.); (D.D.J.)
- Pain Research Center, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA
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Wong C, Tavares-Ferreira D, Thörn Perez C, Sharif B, Uttam S, Amiri M, Lister KC, Hooshmandi M, Nguyen V, Séguéla P, Sonenberg N, Price TJ, Gkogkas CG, Khoutorsky A. 4E-BP1-dependent translation in nociceptors controls mechanical hypersensitivity via TRIM32/type I interferon signaling. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadh9603. [PMID: 37922363 PMCID: PMC10624345 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh9603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/05/2023]
Abstract
Activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) contributes to the development of chronic pain. However, the specific mechanisms by which mTORC1 causes hypersensitivity remain elusive. The eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) is a key mTORC1 downstream effector that represses translation initiation. Here, we show that nociceptor-specific deletion of 4E-BP1, mimicking activation of mTORC1-dependent translation, is sufficient to cause mechanical hypersensitivity. Using translating ribosome affinity purification in nociceptors lacking 4E-BP1, we identified a pronounced translational up-regulation of tripartite motif-containing protein 32 (TRIM32), an E3 ubiquitin ligase that promotes interferon signaling. Down-regulation of TRIM32 in nociceptors or blocking type I interferon signaling reversed the mechanical hypersensitivity in mice lacking 4E-BP1. Furthermore, nociceptor-specific ablation of TRIM32 alleviated mechanical hypersensitivity caused by tissue inflammation. These results show that mTORC1 in nociceptors promotes hypersensitivity via 4E-BP1-dependent up-regulation of TRIM32/interferon signaling and identify TRIM32 as a therapeutic target in inflammatory pain.
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- Calvin Wong
- Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- School of Behavioural and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- School of Behavioural and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75080, USA
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, University Campus, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Li S, Poelmans G, van Boekel RLM, Coenen MJH. Genome-wide association study on pharmacological outcomes of musculoskeletal pain in UK Biobank. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2023; 23:161-168. [PMID: 37587271 DOI: 10.1038/s41397-023-00314-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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The pharmacological management of musculoskeletal pain starts with NSAIDs, followed by weak or strong opioids until the pain is under control. However, the treatment outcome is usually unsatisfying due to inter-individual differences. To investigate the genetic component of treatment outcome differences, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in ~23,000 participants with musculoskeletal pain from the UK Biobank. NSAID vs. opioid users were compared as a reflection of the treatment outcome of NSAIDs. We identified one genome-wide significant hit in chromosome 4 (rs549224715, P = 3.88 × 10-8). Suggestive significant (P < 1 × 10-6) loci were functionally annotated to 18 target genes, including four genes linked to neuropathic pain processes or musculoskeletal development. Pathway and network analyses identified immunity-related processes and a (putative) central role of EGFR. However, this study should be viewed as a first step to elucidate the genetic background of musculoskeletal pain treatment.
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- Song Li
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Alachkar N, Norton D, Wolkensdorfer Z, Muldoon M, Paszek P. Variability of the innate immune response is globally constrained by transcriptional bursting. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1176107. [PMID: 37441161 PMCID: PMC10333517 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1176107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Transcription of almost all mammalian genes occurs in stochastic bursts, however the fundamental control mechanisms that allow appropriate single-cell responses remain unresolved. Here we utilise single cell genomics data and stochastic models of transcription to perform global analysis of the toll-like receptor (TLR)-induced gene expression variability. Based on analysis of more than 2000 TLR-response genes across multiple experimental conditions we demonstrate that the single-cell, gene-by-gene expression variability can be empirically described by a linear function of the population mean. We show that response heterogeneity of individual genes can be characterised by the slope of the mean-variance line, which captures how cells respond to stimulus and provides insight into evolutionary differences between species. We further demonstrate that linear relationships theoretically determine the underlying transcriptional bursting kinetics, revealing different regulatory modes of TLR response heterogeneity. Stochastic modelling of temporal scRNA-seq count distributions demonstrates that increased response variability is associated with larger and more frequent transcriptional bursts, which emerge via increased complexity of transcriptional regulatory networks between genes and different species. Overall, we provide a methodology relying on inference of empirical mean-variance relationships from single cell data and new insights into control of innate immune response variability.
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- Nissrin Alachkar
- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Liu M, Li X, Wang J, Ji Y, Gu J, Wei Y, Peng L, Tian C, Lv P, Wang P, Liu X, Li W. Identification and validation of Rab11a in Rat orofacial inflammatory pain model induced by CFA. Neurochem Int 2023:105550. [PMID: 37268020 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2023.105550] [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: 02/11/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Orofacial pain (OFP) is a clinically very common and the most troubling condition; however, there is few effective way to relieve OFP. Rab11a, a small molecule guanosine triphosphate enzyme, is one of the Rab member family playing a vital role in intracellular endocytosis and the pain process. Therefore, we investigated the hub genes of rat OFP model induced by Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA) via re-analyzing microarray data (GSE111160). We found that Rab11a acted as a key hub gene in the process of OFP. During the validation of Rab11a, the OFP model was established by peripheral injection of CFA, which decreased the head withdrawal threshold (HWT) and head withdrawal lantency (HWL). Rab11a was observed in NeuN of Sp5C instead of GFAP/IBA-1, and double-IF of Rab11a and Fos positive cells were increased on the 7th day after CFA modeling statistically. Rab11a protein expression in TG and Sp5C of CFA group was also significantly increased. Interestingly, injection of Rab11a-targeted short hairpin RNA (Rab11a-shRNA) into Sp5C could reverse the decrease in HWT and HWL and reduce the expression level of Rab11a. Electrophysiological recording further demonstrated that the activity of Sp5C neuron was improved in CFA group, while Rab11a-shRNA considerably decreased the enhancement of Sp5C neuronal activity. Finally, we detected the expression level of p-PI3K, p-AKT, and p-mTOR in Sp5C of rats after injecting the Rab11a-shRNA virus. To our surprise, CFA upregulated the phosphorylation of PI3K, AKT and mTOR in Sp5C, and Rab11a-shRNA downregulated these molecules' expression. Our data suggest that CFA activates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway through up-regulating Rab11a expression, which can induce OFP hyperalgesia development furtherly. Targeting Rab11a may be a novel treatment strategy for OFP.
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- Miaomiao Liu
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tangdu Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Stomatology, The 960th Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Stomatology, The 960th Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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Basset J, Marchal L, Hovnanian A. EGFR Signaling Is Overactive in Pachyonychia Congenita: Effective Treatment with Oral Erlotinib. J Invest Dermatol 2023; 143:294-304.e8. [PMID: 36116508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a rare keratinizing disorder characterized by painful palmoplantar keratoderma for which there is no standard current treatment. PC is caused by dominant mutations in keratin (K) K6A, K6B, K6C, K16, or K17 genes involved in stress, wound healing, and epidermal barrier formation. Mechanisms leading to pain and painful palmoplantar keratoderma in PC remain elusive. In this study, we show overexpression of EGFR ligands epiregulin and TGF-α as well as HER1‒EGFR and HER2 in the upper spinous layers of PC lesions. EGFR activation was confirmed by upregulated MAPK/ERK and mTOR signaling. Abnormal late terminal keratinization was associated with elevated TGM1 activity. In addition, the calcium ion permeable channel TRPV3 was significantly increased in PC-lesional skin, suggesting a predominant role of the TRPV3/EGFR signaling complex in PC. We hypothesized that this complex contributes to promoting TGM1 activity and induces the expression and shedding of EGFR ligands. To counteract this biological cascade, we treated three patients with PC with oral erlotinib for 6‒8 months. The treatment was well-tolerated and led to an early, drastic, and sustained reduction of neuropathic pain with a major improvement of QOL. Our study provides evidence that targeted pharmacological inhibition of EGFR is an effective strategy in PC.
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- Justine Basset
- INSERM UMR 1163, Laboratory of Genetic Skin Diseases, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR 1163, Laboratory of Genetic Skin Diseases, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR 1163, Laboratory of Genetic Skin Diseases, Imagine Institute, Paris, France; University of Paris, Paris, France; Department of Genetics, Necker Hospital for Sick Children. Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
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Jayaswamy PK, Vijaykrishnaraj M, Patil P, Alexander LM, Kellarai A, Shetty P. Implicative role of epidermal growth factor receptor and its associated signaling partners in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Ageing Res Rev 2023; 83:101791. [PMID: 36403890 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2022.101791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays a pivotal role in early brain development, although its expression pattern declines in accordance with the maturation of the active nervous system. However, recurrence of EGFR expression in brain cells takes place during neural functioning decline and brain atrophy in order to maintain the homeostatic neuronal pool. As a consequence, neurotoxic lesions such as amyloid beta fragment (Aβ1-42) formed during the alternative splicing of amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer's disease (AD) elevate the expression of EGFR. This inappropriate peptide deposition on EGFR results in the sustained phosphorylation of the downstream signaling axis, leading to extensive Aβ1-42 production and tau phosphorylation as subsequent pathogenesis. Recent reports convey that the pathophysiology of AD is correlated with EGFR and its associated membrane receptor complex molecules. One such family of molecules is the annexin superfamily, which has synergistic relationships with EGFR and is known for membrane-bound signaling that contributes to a variety of inflammatory responses. Besides, Galectin-3, tissue-type activated plasminogen activator, and many more, which lineate the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-18) result in severe neuronal loss. Altogether, we emphasized the perspectives of cellular senescence up-regulated by EGFR and its associated membrane receptor molecules in the pathogenesis of AD as a target for a therapeutical alternative to intervene in AD.
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- Pavan K Jayaswamy
- Central Research Laboratory, KS. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Central Research Laboratory, KS. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Central Research Laboratory, KS. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Neurology, KS. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Department of General Medicine, KS. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Central Research Laboratory, KS. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India; Department of Biochemistry, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India.
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Gamble MC, Williams BR, Singh N, Posa L, Freyberg Z, Logan RW, Puig S. Mu-opioid receptor and receptor tyrosine kinase crosstalk: Implications in mechanisms of opioid tolerance, reduced analgesia to neuropathic pain, dependence, and reward. Front Syst Neurosci 2022; 16:1059089. [PMID: 36532632 PMCID: PMC9751598 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2022.1059089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Despite the prevalence of opioid misuse, opioids remain the frontline treatment regimen for severe pain. However, opioid safety is hampered by side-effects such as analgesic tolerance, reduced analgesia to neuropathic pain, physical dependence, or reward. These side effects promote development of opioid use disorders and ultimately cause overdose deaths due to opioid-induced respiratory depression. The intertwined nature of signaling via μ-opioid receptors (MOR), the primary target of prescription opioids, with signaling pathways responsible for opioid side-effects presents important challenges. Therefore, a critical objective is to uncouple cellular and molecular mechanisms that selectively modulate analgesia from those that mediate side-effects. One such mechanism could be the transactivation of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) via MOR. Notably, MOR-mediated side-effects can be uncoupled from analgesia signaling via targeting RTK family receptors, highlighting physiological relevance of MOR-RTKs crosstalk. This review focuses on the current state of knowledge surrounding the basic pharmacology of RTKs and bidirectional regulation of MOR signaling, as well as how MOR-RTK signaling may modulate undesirable effects of chronic opioid use, including opioid analgesic tolerance, reduced analgesia to neuropathic pain, physical dependence, and reward. Further research is needed to better understand RTK-MOR transactivation signaling pathways, and to determine if RTKs are a plausible therapeutic target for mitigating opioid side effects.
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- Mackenzie C. Gamble
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- Molecular and Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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Venom-derived pain-causing toxins: insights into sensory neuron function and pain mechanisms. Pain 2022; 163:S46-S56. [DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Yang X, Yuan C, Wang H, Wang Y, Liu M, Li Z, Zhang J. Changes in serum angiogenic factors among patients with acute pain and subacute pain. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:960460. [PMID: 35909446 PMCID: PMC9335149 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.960460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Screening serum biomarkers for acute and subacute pain is important for precise pain management. This study aimed to examine serum levels of angiogenic factors in patients with acute and subacute pain as potential biomarkers. Serum samples were collected from 12 healthy controls, 20 patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), 4 with low back pain (LBP), and 1 with trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Pain intensity in these patients was evaluated using the visual analog scale (VAS). The serum concentrations of 11 angiogenic biomarkers were examined by Milliplex Map Human Angiogenesis Magnetic Bead Panel 2. The pain assessment from VAS showed that all patients showed moderate and severe pain. Among 11 angiogenic factors, osteopontin (OPN), thrombospondin-2 (TSP-2), soluble platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (sPECAM-1), soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), and soluble epidermal growth factor receptors (sErbB2) were up-regulated and soluble interleukin-6 receptor α (sIL-6Rα) were down-regulated in patients with pain compared to the healthy participants (all P-values were < 0.005). Moreover, a linear regression model showed that the serum OPN concentration was correlated with pain intensity in patients with PHN (P = 0.03). There was no significant difference between the serum concentration of soluble epidermal growth factor receptors, sErbB3, soluble AXL, tenascin, and soluble neuropilin-1 in patients with acute and subacute pain and that of healthy controls. The results of this study provided new valuable insights into our understanding of angiogenic factors that may contribute to as mechanistic biomarkers of pain, and reveal the pathophysiological mechanism of pain. Clinical Trial Registration:www.chictr.org.cn, identifier ChiCTR2200061775.
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- Xuewei Yang
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medical Center, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medical Center, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medical Center, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medical Center, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medical Center, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medical Center, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- *Correspondence: Jun Zhang,
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Cameron MG, Kersten C. Prospective case series of neuropathic cancer pain in patients treated with an EGFR-inhibitor. Palliat Med 2022; 36:1154-1162. [PMID: 35656645 DOI: 10.1177/02692163221102003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Novel treatments of neuropathic pain are urgently needed. Rapid relief of neuropathic cancer pain in patients treated with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors have been reported. Experiments in rodent models confirm the pain relief and reveal novel mechanisms critically involving the EGFR. Clinical pain research is complicated and patients with advanced cancer are heterogeneous, often with complex, deteriorating clinical pictures, hampering feasibility of drug-trial procedures. ACTUAL CASE Prospective case series exploring the EGFR inhibition/neuropathic cancer pain association in order to inform planning clinical trials. POSSIBLE COURSES OF ACTION Symptom assessment method was tailored to what was ethical, feasible, and clinically relevant for each patient. FORMULATION OF A PLAN Patients with neuropathic cancer pain treated off-label with the monoclonal antibody panitumumab were studied to assess feasibility of different measurement tools. OUTCOME Fourteen of 20 patients (70%) experienced clinically significant pain relief. There was good concordance in patient and physician-reported outcomes. LESSONS Results support panitumumab's potential to be of significant benefit to patients with refractory neuropathic cancer pain. Findings also reinforce the difficulty of using conventional drug trial endpoints and designs in this population. VIEW Innovative research methods must be considered for much needed pivotal trials.
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- Department of Research, Sørlandet Hospital Trust, Kristiansand, Norway
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Zhang YG, Chen HW, Zhang HX, Wang K, Su J, Chen YR, Wang XR, Fu ZF, Cui M. EGFR Activation Impairs Antiviral Activity of Interferon Signaling in Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells During Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:894356. [PMID: 35847084 PMCID: PMC9279666 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.894356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The establishment of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection in brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) is thought to be a critical step to induce viral encephalitis with compromised blood–brain barrier (BBB), and the mechanisms involved in this process are not completely understood. In this study, we found that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is related to JEV escape from interferon-related host innate immunity based on a STRING analysis of JEV-infected primary human brain microvascular endothelial cells (hBMECs) and mouse brain. At the early phase of the infection processes, JEV induced the phosphorylation of EGFR. In JEV-infected hBMECs, a rapid internalization of EGFR that co-localizes with the endosomal marker EEA1 occurred. Using specific inhibitors to block EGFR, reduced production of viral particles was observed. Similar results were also found in an EGFR-KO hBMEC cell line. Even though the process of viral infection in attachment and entry was not noticeably influenced, the induction of IFNs in EGFR-KO hBMECs was significantly increased, which may account for the decreased viral production. Further investigation demonstrated that EGFR downstream cascade ERK, but not STAT3, was involved in the antiviral effect of IFNs, and a lowered viral yield was observed by utilizing the specific inhibitor of ERK. Taken together, the results revealed that JEV induces EGFR activation, leading to a suppression of interferon signaling and promotion of viral replication, which could provide a potential target for future therapies for the JEV infection.
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- Ya-Ge Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Min Cui
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Geniposide Alleviates Neuropathic Pain in CCI Rats by Inhibiting the EGFR/PI3K/AKT Pathway And Ca 2+ Channels. Neurotox Res 2022; 40:1057-1069. [PMID: 35699893 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-022-00531-5] [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: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Neuropathic pain (NP) is a common disorder among individuals worldwide, but there is still no effective treatment for NP. The EGFR pathway promotes NP nociceptive sensitization and represents a potential therapeutic target. Geniposide is abundant in natural plants and has various pharmacological activities, such as analgesia and anti-inflammation properties, which can improve NP, but the specific mechanisms have not been elucidated. The present study first predicted and molecularly docked geniposide targets, suggesting that geniposide may play a role in improving NP by targeting EGFR. This study further clarified that geniposide alleviates NP and improves the inflammatory response using a chronic constriction injury (CCI) model, whereas the administration of an EGFR agonist weakens the above effects of geniposide. Analysis of transcriptome data further suggests that geniposide not only improves CCI symptoms by reducing EGFR/PI3K/AKT pathway activity but also may exert anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the Ca2+ signaling pathway. The above results affirm the potential value of geniposide in the treatment of NP and lay the foundation for further clinical application.
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Defaye M, Iftinca MC, Gadotti VM, Basso L, Abdullah NS, Cumenal M, Agosti F, Hassan A, Flynn R, Martin J, Soubeyre V, Poulen G, Lonjon N, Vachiery-Lahaye F, Bauchet L, Mery PF, Bourinet E, Zamponi GW, Altier C. The neuronal tyrosine kinase receptor ligand ALKAL2 mediates persistent pain. J Clin Invest 2022; 132:154317. [PMID: 35608912 PMCID: PMC9197515 DOI: 10.1172/jci154317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase known for its oncogenic potential that is involved in the development of the peripheral and central nervous system. ALK receptor ligands ALKAL1 and ALKAL2 were recently found to promote neuronal differentiation and survival. Here, we show that inflammation or injury enhanced ALKAL2 expression in a subset of TRPV1+ sensory neurons. Notably, ALKAL2 was particularly enriched in both mouse and human peptidergic nociceptors, yet weakly expressed in nonpeptidergic, large-diameter myelinated neurons or in the brain. Using a coculture expression system, we found that nociceptors exposed to ALKAL2 exhibited heightened excitability and neurite outgrowth. Intraplantar CFA or intrathecal infusion of recombinant ALKAL2 led to ALK phosphorylation in the lumbar dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Finally, depletion of ALKAL2 in dorsal root ganglia or blocking ALK with clinically available compounds crizotinib or lorlatinib reversed thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia induced by inflammation or nerve injury, respectively. Overall, our work uncovers the ALKAL2/ALK signaling axis as a central regulator of nociceptor-induced sensitization. We propose that clinically approved ALK inhibitors used for non–small cell lung cancer and neuroblastomas could be repurposed to treat persistent pain conditions.
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- Manon Defaye
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- INSERM, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Parisien M, Lima LV, Dagostino C, El-Hachem N, Drury GL, Grant AV, Huising J, Verma V, Meloto CB, Silva JR, Dutra GGS, Markova T, Dang H, Tessier PA, Slade GD, Nackley AG, Ghasemlou N, Mogil JS, Allegri M, Diatchenko L. Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the development of chronic pain. Sci Transl Med 2022; 14:eabj9954. [PMID: 35544595 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj9954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The transition from acute to chronic pain is critically important but not well understood. Here, we investigated the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the transition from acute to chronic low back pain (LBP) and performed transcriptome-wide analysis in peripheral immune cells of 98 participants with acute LBP, followed for 3 months. Transcriptomic changes were compared between patients whose LBP was resolved at 3 months with those whose LBP persisted. We found thousands of dynamic transcriptional changes over 3 months in LBP participants with resolved pain but none in those with persistent pain. Transient neutrophil-driven up-regulation of inflammatory responses was protective against the transition to chronic pain. In mouse pain assays, early treatment with a steroid or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) also led to prolonged pain despite being analgesic in the short term; such a prolongation was not observed with other analgesics. Depletion of neutrophils delayed resolution of pain in mice, whereas peripheral injection of neutrophils themselves, or S100A8/A9 proteins normally released by neutrophils, prevented the development of long-lasting pain induced by an anti-inflammatory drug. Analysis of pain trajectories of human subjects reporting acute back pain in the UK Biobank identified elevated risk of pain persistence for subjects taking NSAIDs. Thus, despite analgesic efficacy at early time points, the management of acute inflammation may be counterproductive for long-term outcomes of LBP sufferers.
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- Marc Parisien
- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma 43126, Italy
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen 6525, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Center for Pain Research and Innovation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Center for Translational Pain Medicine and Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Pain Therapy Service, Policlinico of Monza Hospital, Monza 20900, Italy.,Pain Management and Neuromodulation Centre, Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte, Morges 1110, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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Dourson AJ, Willits A, Raut NG, Kader L, Young E, Jankowski MP, Chidambaran V. Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms influencing acute to chronic postsurgical pain transitions in pediatrics: Preclinical to clinical evidence. Can J Pain 2022; 6:85-107. [PMID: 35572362 PMCID: PMC9103644 DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2021.2021799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Background Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) in children remains an important problem with no effective preventive or therapeutic strategies. Recently, genomic underpinnings explaining additional interindividual risk beyond psychological factors have been proposed. Aims We present a comprehensive review of current preclinical and clinical evidence for genetic and epigenetic mechanisms relevant to pediatric CPSP. Methods Narrative review. Results Animal models are relevant to translational research for unraveling genomic mechanisms. For example, Cacng2, p2rx7, and bdnf mutant mice show altered mechanical hypersensitivity to injury, and variants of the same genes have been associated with CPSP susceptibility in humans; similarly, differential DNA methylation (H1SP) and miRNAs (miR-96/7a) have shown translational implications. Animal studies also suggest that crosstalk between neurons and immune cells may be involved in nociceptive priming observed in neonates. In children, differential DNA methylation in regulatory genomic regions enriching GABAergic, dopaminergic, and immune pathways, as well as polygenic risk scores for enhanced prediction of CPSP, have been described. Genome-wide studies in pediatric CPSP are scarce, but pathways identified by adult gene association studies point to potential common mechanisms. Conclusions Bench-to-bedside genomics research in pediatric CPSP is currently limited. Reverse translational approaches, use of other -omics, and inclusion of pediatric/CPSP endophenotypes in large-scale biobanks may be potential solutions. Time of developmental vulnerability and longitudinal genomic changes after surgery warrant further investigation. Emergence of promising precision pain management strategies based on gene editing and epigenetic programing emphasize need for further research in pediatric CPSP-related genomics.
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- Adam J. Dourson
- Department of Anesthesia, Division of Pain Management, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Division of Pain Management, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Division of Pain Management, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Division of Pain Management, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,USA
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A peptide toxin in ant venom mimics vertebrate EGF-like hormones to cause long-lasting hypersensitivity in mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2112630119. [PMID: 35131940 PMCID: PMC8851504 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2112630119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The targeting of mammalian ErbB receptor signaling by a venom toxin to cause hypersensitivity is a mode of action that has not previously been described. Natural selection of a defensive toxin to target ErbB signaling provides compelling independent evidence for a fundamental role of this receptor and its ligands in mammalian pain. The evolution of a toxin in ant venom to mimic a vertebrate nociceptive hormone serves as an example of both convergent evolution and molecular mimicry, illustrating how natural selection can shape the gene product of one organism to resemble that of another. Venoms are excellent model systems for studying evolutionary processes associated with predator–prey interactions. Here, we present the discovery of a peptide toxin, MIITX2-Mg1a, which is a major component of the venom of the Australian giant red bull ant Myrmecia gulosa and has evolved to mimic, both structurally and functionally, vertebrate epidermal growth factor (EGF) peptide hormones. We show that Mg1a is a potent agonist of the mammalian EGF receptor ErbB1, and that intraplantar injection in mice causes long-lasting hypersensitivity of the injected paw. These data reveal a previously undescribed venom mode of action, highlight a role for ErbB receptors in mammalian pain signaling, and provide an example of molecular mimicry driven by defensive selection pressure.
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Epiregulin as an Alternative Ligand for Leptin Receptor Alleviates Glucose Intolerance without Change in Obesity. Cells 2022; 11:cells11030425. [PMID: 35159237 PMCID: PMC8834548 DOI: 10.3390/cells11030425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The leptin receptor (LepR) acts as a signaling nexus for the regulation of glucose uptake and obesity, among other metabolic responses. The functional role of LepR under leptin-deficient conditions remains unclear. This study reports that epiregulin (EREG) governed glucose uptake in vitro and in vivo in Lepob mice by activating LepR under leptin-deficient conditions. Single and long-term treatment with EREG effectively rescued glucose intolerance in comparative insulin and EREG tolerance tests in Lepob mice. The immunoprecipitation study revealed binding between EREG and LepR in adipose tissue of Lepob mice. EREG/LepR regulated glucose uptake without changes in obesity in Lepob mice via mechanisms, including ERK activation and translocation of GLUT4 to the cell surface. EREG-dependent glucose uptake was abolished in Leprdb mice which supports a key role of LepR in this process. In contrast, inhibition of the canonical epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathway implicated in other EREG responses, increased glucose uptake. Our data provide a basis for understanding glycemic responses of EREG that are dependent on LepR unlike functions mediated by EGFR, including leptin secretion, thermogenesis, pain, growth, and other responses. The computational analysis identified a conserved amino acid sequence, supporting an evolutionary role of EREG as an alternative LepR ligand.
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Vollert J, Wang R, Regis S, Yetman H, Lembo AJ, Kaptchuk TJ, Cheng V, Nee J, Iturrino J, Loscalzo J, Hall KT, Silvester JA. Genotypes of Pain and Analgesia in a Randomized Trial of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:842030. [PMID: 35401282 PMCID: PMC8983929 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.842030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a highly prevalent chronic pain disorder with multiple underlying mechanisms and few treatments that have been demonstrated to be effective in placebo controlled trials. One potential reason may be the use of composite outcomes, such as the IBS Symptom Severity Scale (IBS-SSS) which includes descriptive items related to pain frequency and pain intensity as well as bowel dysfunction and bloating. We investigated if different features of IBS pain have distinct genetic associations and if these may be moderated by sex hormones. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Adult outpatients with moderately severe IBS (>175 on IBS-SSS) enrolled in a clinical trial reported IBS-SSS at baseline and after 6 weeks of therapy. METHODS Fixed effects modeling was used to test the effect of COMT rs4680 genotype to change in pain severity (rated 0-100) and pain frequency (defined as number of days with pain in the past 10 days) from baseline to week 6 with IBS treatment. Parallel exploratory genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were also performed to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with change in pain severity or pain frequency across all participants. RESULTS A total of 212 participants (74% female) were included. The COMT rs4680 met allele was associated with decreased pain severity over the course of the trial in gene dosage models [beta(SE) -5.9 (2.6), P = 0.028]. Exploratory GWAS for change in pain frequency identified 5 SNPs in close proximity on chromosome 18 near L3MBTL4 which reached genome-wide significance (all P < 5.0E-8). This effect was not mediated by changing estradiol levels. There was also a region of chromosome 7 with 24 SNPs of genome-wide suggestive significance for change in pain severity (all P < 1.0E-5). CONCLUSIONS Previously reported association between COMT rs4680 genotype and treatment response as measured by IBS-SSS is related to pain severity, but not pain frequency. We also identified new candidate genes associated with changes in IBS pain severity (SNX13) and pain frequency (L3MBTL4) in response to treatment. Further studies are needed to understand these associations and genetic determinants of different components of IBS-SSS. ClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier: NCT0280224.
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- Jan Vollert
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.,Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Mannheim Center of Translational Neuroscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.,Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.,Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.,Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.,Department of General Medicine Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.,Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.,Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.,Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.,Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.,Division of Gastroenterology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.,Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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Ao Z, Cai H, Wu Z, Krzesniak J, Tian C, Lai YY, Mackie K, Guo F. Human Spinal Organoid-on-a-Chip to Model Nociceptive Circuitry for Pain Therapeutics Discovery. Anal Chem 2021; 94:1365-1372. [PMID: 34928595 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The discovery of new pain therapeutics targeting human nociceptive circuitry is an emerging, exciting, and rewarding field. However, current models for evaluating prospective new therapeutics [e.g., animals and two-dimensional (2D) in vitro cultures] fail to fully recapitulate the complexity of human nociceptive neuron and dorsal horn neuron biology, significantly limiting the development of novel pain therapeutics. Here, we report human spinal organoid-on-a-chip devices for modeling the biology and electrophysiology of human nociceptive neurons and dorsal horn interneurons in nociceptive circuitry. Our device can be simply made through the integration of a membrane with a three-dimensional (3D)-printed organoid holder. By combining air-liquid interface culture and spinal organoid protocols, our devices can differentiate human stem cells into human sensori-spinal-cord organoids with dorsal spinal cord interneurons and sensory neurons. By easily transferring from culture well plates to the multiple-electrode array (MEA) system, our device also allows the plug-and-play measurement of organoid activity for testing nociceptive modulators (e.g., mustard oil, capsaicin, velvet ant venom, etc.). Our organoid-on-a-chip devices are cost-efficient, scalable, easy to use, and compatible with conventional well plates, allowing the plug-and-play measurement of spinal organoid electrophysiology. By the integration of human sensory-spinal-cord organoids with our organoid-on-a-chip devices, our method may hold the promising potential to screen and validate novel therapeutics for human pain medicine discovery.
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- Zheng Ao
- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Koleck TA, Lor M. Do Limited English Proficiency and Language Moderate the Relationship Between Mental Health and Pain? Pain Manag Nurs 2021; 23:443-451. [PMID: 34824021 PMCID: PMC9124227 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2021.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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AIM To explore whether the relationship between mental health diagnosis (i.e., mood or neurotic, stress-related, or somatoform disorder) and pain is moderated by language in patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). Southeast Asian languages (i.e., Hmong, Lao, Khmer) and Spanish were compared with English. METHOD A retrospective data mining study was conducted (n = 79,109 visits). Pain scores, language, mental health diagnoses, age, sex, race, ethnicity, and pain diagnosis were obtained from electronic medical records. Cragg two-equation hurdle regression explored: (1) the effect of patient language and mental health diagnosis on pain and (2) the interaction between language and mental health diagnosis on pain. RESULTS Visits were primarily for female (62.45%), White (80.10%), not Hispanic/Latino (96.06%), and English-speaking (97.85%) patients. Spanish or Southeast Asian language increased chances of reporting any pain (i.e., pain score of 0 versus ≥1) and pain severity in visits with pain scores ≥1, whereas mental health diagnosis decreased chances of reporting any pain and pain severity. The combination of Southeast Asian language and mood disorder contributed to higher chances of reporting any pain (odds ratio [OR] = 1.78, p<.001) but no difference in severity. A similar trend was observed for Southeast Asian language and neurotic disorder (OR = 1.29, p=.143). In contrast, the combination of Spanish language and mood (p = .066) or neurotic (p = .289) disorder contributed to lower pain severity but did not change the chances of reporting any pain. CONCLUSIONS LEP and patient language should be considered during pain assessment within the context of mental health.
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- Theresa A Koleck
- University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pttsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing, Madison, Wisconsin
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Aczél T, Körtési T, Kun J, Urbán P, Bauer W, Herczeg R, Farkas R, Kovács K, Vásárhelyi B, Karvaly GB, Gyenesei A, Tuka B, Tajti J, Vécsei L, Bölcskei K, Helyes Z. Identification of disease- and headache-specific mediators and pathways in migraine using blood transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis. J Headache Pain 2021; 22:117. [PMID: 34615455 PMCID: PMC8493693 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-021-01285-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent data suggest that gene expression profiles of peripheral white blood cells can reflect changes in the brain. We aimed to analyze the transcriptome of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and changes of plasma metabolite levels of migraineurs in a self-controlled manner during and between attacks. METHODS Twenty-four patients with migraine were recruited and blood samples were collected in a headache-free (interictal) period and during headache (ictal) to investigate disease- and headache-specific alterations. Control samples were collected from 13 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers. RNA was isolated from PBMCs and single-end 75 bp RNA sequencing was performed using Illumina NextSeq 550 instrument followed by gene-level differential expression analysis. Functional analysis was carried out on information related to the role of genes, such as signaling pathways and biological processes. Plasma metabolomic measurement was performed with the Biocrates MxP Quant 500 Kit. RESULTS We identified 144 differentially-expressed genes in PBMCs between headache and headache-free samples and 163 between symptom-free patients and controls. Network analysis revealed that enriched pathways included inflammation, cytokine activity and mitochondrial dysfunction in both headache and headache-free samples compared to controls. Plasma lactate, succinate and methionine sulfoxide levels were higher in migraineurs while spermine, spermidine and aconitate were decreased during attacks. CONCLUSIONS It is concluded that enhanced inflammatory and immune cell activity, and oxidative stress can play a role in migraine susceptibility and headache generation.
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- Timea Aczél
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Molecular Pharmacology Research Group and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Pécs Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs Medical School, Szigeti út 12, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
- MTA-SZTE Neuroscience Research Group, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
- Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Studies, University of Szeged, Temesvári krt. 31, Szeged, H-6726, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Molecular Pharmacology Research Group and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Pécs Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs Medical School, Szigeti út 12, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary
- Szentágothai Research Centre, Bioinformatics Research Group, Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary
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- Szentágothai Research Centre, Bioinformatics Research Group, Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary
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- Szentágothai Research Centre, Bioinformatics Research Group, Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary
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- Szentágothai Research Centre, Bioinformatics Research Group, Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary
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- Szentágothai Research Centre, Bioinformatics Research Group, Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
- MTA-SZTE Neuroscience Research Group, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
- MTA-SZTE Neuroscience Research Group, University of Szeged, Semmelweis u. 6, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Molecular Pharmacology Research Group and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Pécs Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs Medical School, Szigeti út 12, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Molecular Pharmacology Research Group and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Pécs Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs Medical School, Szigeti út 12, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary.
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Tu NH, Inoue K, Chen E, Anderson BM, Sawicki CM, Scheff NN, Tran HD, Kim DH, Alemu RG, Yang L, Dolan JC, Liu CZ, Janal MN, Latorre R, Jensen DD, Bunnett NW, Edgington-Mitchell LE, Schmidt BL. Cathepsin S Evokes PAR 2-Dependent Pain in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients and Preclinical Mouse Models. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:4697. [PMID: 34572924 PMCID: PMC8466361 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13184697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) pain is more prevalent and severe than pain generated by any other form of cancer. We previously showed that protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR2) contributes to oral SCC pain. Cathepsin S is a lysosomal cysteine protease released during injury and disease that can activate PAR2. We report here a role for cathepsin S in PAR2-dependent cancer pain. We report that cathepsin S was more active in human oral SCC than matched normal tissue, and in an orthotopic xenograft tongue cancer model than normal tongue. The multiplex immunolocalization of cathepsin S in human oral cancers suggests that carcinoma and macrophages generate cathepsin S in the oral cancer microenvironment. After cheek or paw injection, cathepsin S evoked nociception in wild-type mice but not in mice lacking PAR2 in Nav1.8-positive neurons (Par2Nav1.8), nor in mice treated with LY3000328 or an endogenous cathepsin S inhibitor (cystatin C). The human oral SCC cell line (HSC-3) with homozygous deletion of the gene for cathepsin S (CTSS) with CRISPR/Cas9 provoked significantly less mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia, as did those treated with LY3000328, compared to the control cancer mice. Our results indicate that cathepsin S is activated in oral SCC, and that cathepsin S contributes to cancer pain through PAR2 on neurons.
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- Nguyen Huu Tu
- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia;
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
- Hillman Cancer Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
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- Pathology Department, New York University (NYU) Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA;
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (R.L.); (N.W.B.)
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (R.L.); (N.W.B.)
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (R.L.); (N.W.B.)
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Neuroscience Institute, New York University (NYU) Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia;
- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA; (N.H.T.); (K.I.); (E.C.); (C.M.S.); (N.N.S.); (H.D.T.); (D.H.K.); (R.G.A.); (L.Y.); (J.C.D.); (D.D.J.)
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Neuroscience Institute, New York University (NYU) Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Morphine promotes microglial activation by upregulating the EGFR/ERK signaling pathway. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256870. [PMID: 34520454 PMCID: PMC8439491 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although they represent the cornerstone of analgesic therapy, opioids, such as morphine, are limited in efficacy by drug tolerance, hyperalgesia and other side effects. Activation of microglia and the consequent production of proinflammatory cytokines play a key pathogenic role in morphine tolerance, but the exact mechanisms are not well understood. This study aimed to investigate the regulatory mechanism of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on microglial activation induced by morphine in mouse microglial BV-2 cells. In this research, BV-2 cells were stimulated with morphine or pretreated with AG1478 (an inhibitor of EGFR). Expression levels of cluster of differentiation molecule 11b (CD11b), EGFR, and phospho-EGFR were detected by immunofluorescence staining. Cell signaling was assayed by Western blot. The migration ability of BV-2 cells was tested by Transwell assay. The production of interleukin-1beta (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in the cell supernatant was determined by ELISA. We observed that the expression of CD11b induced by morphine was increased in a dose- and time- dependent manner in BV-2 cells. Phosphorylation levels of EGFR and ERK1/2, migration of BV-2 cells, and production of IL-1β and TNFα were markedly enhanced by morphine treatment. The activation, migration, and production of proinflammatory cytokines in BV-2 cells were inhibited by blocking the EGFR signaling pathway with AG1478. The present study demonstrated that the EGFR/ERK signaling pathway may represent a novel pharmacological strategy to suppress morphine tolerance through attenuation of microglial activation.
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Pergolizzi JV, Varrassi G, Magnusson P, Breve F, Raffa RB, Christo PJ, Chopra M, Paladini A, LeQuang JA, Mitchell K, Coluzzi F. Pharmacologic agents directed at the treatment of pain associated with maladaptive neuronal plasticity. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2021; 23:105-116. [PMID: 34461795 DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2021.1970135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The definition of nociplastic pain in 2016 has changed the way maladaptive chronic pain is viewed in that it may emerge without neural lesions or neural disease. Many endogenous and pharmacologic substances are being investigated for their role in treating the pain associated with neuronal plasticity. AREAS COVERED The authors review promising pharmacologic agents for the treatment of pain associated with maladaptive neuronal plasticity. The authors then provide the reader with their expert opinion and provide their perspectives for the future. EXPERT OPINION An imbalance between the amplification of ascending pain signals and the poor activation of descending inhibitory signals may be at the root of many chronic pain syndromes. The inhibitory activity of noradrenaline reuptake may play a role in neuropathic and nociplastic analgesia. A better understanding of the brain's pain matrix, its signaling cascades, and the complex bidirectional communication between the immune system and the nervous system may help meet the urgent and unmet medical need for safe, effective chronic pain treatment, particularly for pain with a neuropathic and/or nociplastic component.
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- Centre for Research and Development, Region Gävleborg/Uppsala University, Gävle, Sweden.,Department of Medicine, Cardiology Research Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, USA
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- College of Pharmacy (Adjunct), University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.,Temple University School of Pharmacy (Professor Emeritus), Philadelphia, USA
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- Associate Professor, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Department Medical and Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy
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Yang Y, Chen Z, Hu R, Sun Y, Xiang Lv, Yan J, Jiang H. Activation of the spinal EGFR signaling pathway in a rat model of cancer-induced bone pain with morphine tolerance. Neuropharmacology 2021; 196:108703. [PMID: 34260958 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP) is considered to be one of the most difficult pain conditions to treat. Morphine, an analgesic drug, is widely used in clinical practice, and long-term use of morphine can lead to drug tolerance. Recent reports have suggested that inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) may have analgesic effects in cancer patients suffering from pain. Therefore, we sought to determine whether EGFR signaling was involved in morphine tolerance (MT) in a rat model of cancer-induced bone pain. In this study, Walker 256 mammary gland carcinoma cells were inoculated into the tibias of rats to provoke cancer-induced bone pain. Then, morphine was intrathecally administered twice daily for seven consecutive days to induce drug tolerance. We observed sustained increased in the protein levels of EGFR, p-EGFR, ERK1/2, and p-ERK1/2 during the development of morphine tolerance in rats with cancer-induced bone pain by western blotting. The EGFR level was significantly increased in the MT and CIBP + MT groups, and EGFR was colocalized with markers of microglia and neurons in the spinal cords of rats. Inhibition of EGFR by a small molecule inhibitor markedly attenuated the degree of morphine tolerance and decreased the number of microglia, and the protein levels of EGFR, p-EGFR, ERK1/2, and p-ERK1/2 were also reduced. In summary, our results suggest that the activation of the EGFR signaling pathway in spinal microglia plays an important modulatory role in the development of morphine tolerance and that inhibition of EGFR may provide a new therapeutic option for cancer-induced bone pain.
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- Yaqiong Yang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Center for Specialty Strategy Research of Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Center for Specialty Strategy Research of Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Center for Specialty Strategy Research of Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Center for Specialty Strategy Research of Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Center for Specialty Strategy Research of Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Center for Specialty Strategy Research of Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Center for Specialty Strategy Research of Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai, PR China.
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Tang J, Su Q, Zhang X, Qin W, Liu H, Liang M, Yu C. Brain Gene Expression Pattern Correlated with the Differential Brain Activation by Pain and Touch in Humans. Cereb Cortex 2021; 31:3506-3521. [PMID: 33693675 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Genes involved in pain and touch sensations have been studied extensively, but very few studies have tried to link them with neural activities in the brain. Here, we aimed to identify genes preferentially correlated to painful activation patterns by linking the spatial patterns of gene expression of Allen Human Brain Atlas with the pain-elicited neural responses in the human brain, with a parallel, control analysis for identification of genes preferentially correlated to tactile activation patterns. We identified 1828 genes whose expression patterns preferentially correlated to painful activation patterns and 411 genes whose expression patterns preferentially correlated to tactile activation pattern at the cortical level. In contrast to the enrichment for astrocyte and inhibitory synaptic transmission of genes preferentially correlated to tactile activation, the genes preferentially correlated to painful activation were mainly enriched for neuron and opioid- and addiction-related pathways and showed significant overlap with pain-related genes identified in previous studies. These findings not only provide important evidence for the differential genetic architectures of specific brain activation patterns elicited by painful and tactile stimuli but also validate a new approach to studying pain- and touch-related genes more directly from the perspective of neural responses in the human brain.
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- Jie Tang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Department of Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for China, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin 300060, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, School of Medical Imaging, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, P.R. China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, P.R. China
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Foxo1 selectively regulates static mechanical pain by interacting with Nav1.7. Pain 2021; 162:490-502. [PMID: 32868747 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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ABSTRACT Mechanical allodynia is a debilitating condition for millions of patients with chronic pain. Mechanical allodynia can manifest in distinct forms, including brush-evoked dynamic and filament-evoked static allodynia. In the nervous system, the forkhead protein Foxo1 plays a critical role in neuronal structures and functions. However, the role of Foxo1 in the somatosensory signal remains unclear. Here, we found that Foxo1 selectively regulated static mechanical pain. Foxo1 knockdown decreased sensitivity to static mechanical stimuli in normal rats and attenuated static mechanical allodynia in rat models for neuropathic, inflammatory, and chemotherapy pain. Conversely, Foxo1 overexpression selectively enhanced sensitivity to static mechanical stimuli and provoked static mechanical allodynia. Furthermore, Foxo1 interacted with voltage-gated sodium Nav1.7 channels and increased the Nav1.7 current density by accelerating activation rather than by changing the expression of Nav1.7 in dorsal root ganglia neurons. In addition, the serum level of Foxo1 was found to be increased in chronic pain patients and to be positively correlated with the severity of chronic pain. Altogether, our findings suggest that serum Foxo1 level could be used as a biological marker for prediction and diagnosis of chronic pain. Moreover, selective blockade of Foxo1/Nav1.7 interaction may offer a new therapeutic approach in patients with mechanical pain.
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Borges JP, Mekhail K, Fairn GD, Antonescu CN, Steinberg BE. Modulation of Pathological Pain by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:642820. [PMID: 34054523 PMCID: PMC8149758 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.642820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Chronic pain has been widely recognized as a major public health problem that impacts multiple aspects of patient quality of life. Unfortunately, chronic pain is often resistant to conventional analgesics, which are further limited by their various side effects. New therapeutic strategies and targets are needed to better serve the millions of people suffering from this devastating disease. To this end, recent clinical and preclinical studies have implicated the epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway in chronic pain states. EGFR is one of four members of the ErbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases that have key roles in development and the progression of many cancers. EGFR functions by activating many intracellular signaling pathways following binding of various ligands to the receptor. Several of these signaling pathways, such as phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, are known mediators of pain. EGFR inhibitors are known for their use as cancer therapeutics but given recent evidence in pilot clinical and preclinical investigations, may have clinical use for treating chronic pain. Here, we review the clinical and preclinical evidence implicating EGFR in pathological pain states and provide an overview of EGFR signaling highlighting how EGFR and its ligands drive pain hypersensitivity and interact with important pain pathways such as the opioid system.
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- Jazlyn P Borges
- Neurosciences and Mental Health Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Neurosciences and Mental Health Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Tian L, Chen Y, Chang S, Xu L, Zhou X, Mao Q, Liang L. Antisense oligonucleotides targeting alternative splicing of Nrcam exon 10 suppress neurite outgrowth of ganglion sensory neurons in vitro. Neuroreport 2021; 32:548-554. [PMID: 33850082 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Neuron-glial-related cell adhesion molecule (NrCAM) is a neuronal cell adhesion molecule that has been shown to be involved in several cellular processes in the peripheral nervous system, including neurite outgrowth. We recently reported that alternative splicing of Nrcam mRNA at exon 10 in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) contributes to the peripheral mechanism of neuropathic pain. Specially, Nrcam antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) targeting Nrcam exon 10, attenuated neuropathic pain hypersensitivities in mice. Here, we investigated the effect of Nrcam ASO on neurite outgrowth of DRG neurons in vitro. By immunostaining DRG neurons with different DRG markers, Nrcam ASO significantly reduced neurite lengths in neurofilament 200-, calcitonin gene-related peptide and isolectin B4-positive neurons in primary DRG neuronal culture. Moreover, Nrcam ASO activates epidermal growth factor receptor, which may mediate the effect of Nrcam ASO on neurite outgrowth of cultured DRG neurons. These results provide evidence that Nrcam ASO suppresses neurite outgrowth in DRG neurons by regulating alternative splicing of Nrcam gene at exon 10 and activation of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling, indicating the differential roles of NrCAM variants/isoforms in neurite outgrowth.
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- Lixia Tian
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences
- Institute of Neuroscience, Translational Medicine Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences
- Institute of Neuroscience, Translational Medicine Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences
- Institute of Neuroscience, Translational Medicine Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences
- Institute of Neuroscience, Translational Medicine Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences
- Institute of Neuroscience, Translational Medicine Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, PR China
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It has recently been shown that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) contributes to the pathogenesis of pain. We scanned genetic markers within genes coding for receptors of the EGFR family (EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, and ERBB4) and their ligands (AREG, BTC, EGF, EPGN, EREG, HBEGF, MUC4, NRG1, NRG2, NRG3, NRG4, and TGFA) for association with self-reported pain intensity in patients with chronic facial pain who participated in the Orofacial Pain: Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment (OPPERA) cohort. We found that only epiregulin (EREG) was associated with pain. The strongest effect was observed for a minor allele at rs6836436 in EREG, which was associated with lower chronic pain intensity. However, the same allele was associated with higher facial pain intensity among cases with recent onset of facial pain. Similar trends were observed in an independent cohort of UK Biobank (UKB) where the minor allele at rs6836436 was associated with a higher number of acute pain sites but a lower number of chronic pain sites. Expression quantitative trait loci analyses established rs6836436 as a loss-of-function variant of EREG. Finally, we investigated the functional role of EREG using mouse models of chronic and acute pain. Injecting mice with an EREG monoclonal antibody reversed established mechanosensitivity in the complete Freund's adjuvant and spared nerve injury models of chronic pain. However, the EREG monoclonal antibody prolonged allodynia when administered during the development of complete Freund's adjuvant-induced mechanosensitivity and enhanced pain behavior in the capsaicin model of acute pain.
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Cho C, Deol HK, Martin LJ. Bridging the Translational Divide in Pain Research: Biological, Psychological and Social Considerations. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:603186. [PMID: 33935700 PMCID: PMC8082136 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.603186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A gap exists between translating basic science research into effective pain therapies in humans. While preclinical pain research has primarily used animal models to understand biological processes, a lesser focus has been toward using animal models to fully consider other components of the pain experience, such as psychological and social influences. Herein, we provide an overview of translational studies within pain research by breaking them down into purely biological, psychological and social influences using a framework derived from the biopsychosocial model. We draw from a wide landscape of studies to illustrate that the pain experience is highly intricate, and every attempt must be made to address its multiple components and interactors to aid in fully understanding its complexity. We highlight our work where we have developed animal models to assess the cognitive and social effects on pain modulation while conducting parallel experiments in people that provide proof-of-importance for human pain modulation. In some instances, human pain research has sparked the development of novel animal models, with these animal models used to better understand the complexity of phenomena considered to be uniquely human such as placebo responses and empathy.
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- Chulmin Cho
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Wang Y, Li H, Xue C, Chen H, Xue Y, Zhao F, Zhu MX, Cao Z. TRPV3 enhances skin keratinocyte proliferation through EGFR-dependent signaling pathways. Cell Biol Toxicol 2021; 37:313-330. [PMID: 32535744 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-020-09536-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Transient receptor potential vanilloid 3 (TRPV3) is highly expressed in skin keratinocytes where it forms Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channels to regulate various cutaneous functions. TRPV3 expression is upregulated in many skin disorders. Here, we examined how TRPV3 affects keratinocyte proliferation and investigated the underlying mechanism. Topical application of TRPV3 agonist, carvacrol, increased skin thickness in wild type (WT) mice but not in TRPV3 knockout (KO) mice. Carvacrol promoted proliferation of human keratinocytes HaCaT cells at concentrations ≤ 100 μM, but at 300 μM, it decreased cell viability, suggesting a nonmonotonic proliferative effect. Suppression of TRPV3 expression abolished carvacrol-induced cell proliferation while overexpression of TRPV3 enhanced HaCaT cell proliferation. Carvacrol also stimulated Ca2+ influx and proliferation of primary keratinocytes prepared from WT but not TRPV3 KO mice, suggesting that carvacrol-stimulated cell proliferation was dependent on TRPV3-mediated Ca2+ influx. Mechanistic investigation demonstrated that carvacrol stimulated TGFα release and increased phosphorylation levels of EGFR, PI3K, and NF-κB, effects abolished by suppression of TRPV3 expression and CaMKII inhibition. Moreover, inhibition of CaMKII, EGFR, PI3K, or NF-κB diminished carvacrol-induced cell proliferation. We conclude that while strong activation of TRPV3 may cause cell death, moderate activation of TRPV3 promotes cell proliferation in keratinocytes through Ca2+/CaMKII→TGFα/EGFR→PI3K→NF-κB signaling. Graphical abstract Headlights 1. Carvacrol induces epidermal hyperplasia and keratinocyte proliferation. 2. TRPV3 mediates carvacrol-induced epidermal hyperplasia and keratinocyte proliferation. 3. TRPV3 acts through Ca2+/CaMKII→TGFα/EGFR→PI3K→NF-κB signaling to promote keratinocyte proliferation.
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- Yujing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for TCM Evaluation and Translational Development, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for TCM Evaluation and Translational Development, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for TCM Evaluation and Translational Development, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, 210042, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for TCM Evaluation and Translational Development, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for TCM Evaluation and Translational Development, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, Jiangsu, China.
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Cameron MG, Kersten C. Differential effects of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in a single patient with neuropathic pain. BMJ Case Rep 2021; 14:e239385. [PMID: 33771774 PMCID: PMC8006768 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Neuropathic pain (NP) represents an unmet medical need, where analgesic responses to different epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFR-Is) have been described. The human EGFR family of receptors consists of four members (human epidermal growth factor receptor, HER 1-4), signalling via different homodimer and heterodimer combinations. A 52-year-old man was treated with the EGFR-I cetuximab in a trial of severe NP. Pain scores decreased dramatically after blinded cetuximab, but not after placebo. On pain recurrence after the trial, he was prescribed the oral EGFR-Is erlotinib, gefitinib, and lapatinib without relief. However, treatment with the pan-HER-inhibitor afatinib was effective. After 4 years on afatinib, pain control remains excellent with manageable side effects. This is the first reported observation of differential effects of EGFR-Is on NP in the same patient and the first report describing NP relief with afatinib. Further understanding of the underlying pathophysiology could lead to development of EGFR-Is specifically targeting NP.
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- Center for Cancer Treatment, Southern Norway Hospital Trust, Kristiansand, Norway
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Wangzhou A, Paige C, Neerukonda SV, Naik DK, Kume M, David ET, Dussor G, Ray PR, Price TJ. A ligand-receptor interactome platform for discovery of pain mechanisms and therapeutic targets. Sci Signal 2021; 14:14/674/eabe1648. [PMID: 33727337 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.abe1648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In the peripheral nervous system, ligand-receptor interactions between cells and neurons shape sensory experience, including pain. We set out to identify the potential interactions between sensory neurons and peripheral cell types implicated in disease-associated pain. Using mouse and human RNA sequencing datasets and computational analysis, we created interactome maps between dorsal root ganglion (DRG) sensory neurons and an array of normal cell types, as well as colitis-associated glial cells, rheumatoid arthritis-associated synovial macrophages, and pancreatic tumor tissue. These maps revealed a common correlation between the abundance of heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HBEGF) in peripheral cells with that of its receptor EGFR (a member of the ErbB family of receptors) in DRG neurons. Subsequently, we confirmed that increased abundance of HBEGF enhanced nociception in mice, likely acting on DRG neurons through ErbB family receptors. Collectively, these interactomes highlight ligand-receptor interactions that may lead to treatments for disease-associated pain and, furthermore, reflect the complexity of cell-to-neuron signaling in chronic pain states.
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- Andi Wangzhou
- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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Yousuf MS, Shiers SI, Sahn JJ, Price TJ. Pharmacological Manipulation of Translation as a Therapeutic Target for Chronic Pain. Pharmacol Rev 2021; 73:59-88. [PMID: 33203717 PMCID: PMC7736833 DOI: 10.1124/pharmrev.120.000030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Dysfunction in regulation of mRNA translation is an increasingly recognized characteristic of many diseases and disorders, including cancer, diabetes, autoimmunity, neurodegeneration, and chronic pain. Approximately 50 million adults in the United States experience chronic pain. This economic burden is greater than annual costs associated with heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. Treatment options for chronic pain are inadequately efficacious and riddled with adverse side effects. There is thus an urgent unmet need for novel approaches to treating chronic pain. Sensitization of neurons along the nociceptive pathway causes chronic pain states driving symptoms that include spontaneous pain and mechanical and thermal hypersensitivity. More than a decade of preclinical research demonstrates that translational mechanisms regulate the changes in gene expression that are required for ongoing sensitization of nociceptive sensory neurons. This review will describe how key translation regulation signaling pathways, including the integrated stress response, mammalian target of rapamycin, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), and mitogen-activated protein kinase-interacting kinases, impact the translation of different subsets of mRNAs. We then place these mechanisms of translation regulation in the context of chronic pain states, evaluate currently available therapies, and examine the potential for developing novel drugs. Considering the large body of evidence now published in this area, we propose that pharmacologically manipulating specific aspects of the translational machinery may reverse key neuronal phenotypic changes causing different chronic pain conditions. Therapeutics targeting these pathways could eventually be first-line drugs used to treat chronic pain disorders. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Translational mechanisms regulating protein synthesis underlie phenotypic changes in the sensory nervous system that drive chronic pain states. This review highlights regulatory mechanisms that control translation initiation and how to exploit them in treating persistent pain conditions. We explore the role of mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin and mitogen-activated protein kinase-interacting kinase inhibitors and AMPK activators in alleviating pain hypersensitivity. Modulation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2α phosphorylation is also discussed as a potential therapy. Targeting specific translation regulation mechanisms may reverse changes in neuronal hyperexcitability associated with painful conditions.
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- Muhammad Saad Yousuf
- Center for Advanced Pain Studies, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (M.S.Y., S.I.S., T.J.P.) and 4E Therapeutics Inc, Austin, Texas (J.J.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Pain Studies, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (M.S.Y., S.I.S., T.J.P.) and 4E Therapeutics Inc, Austin, Texas (J.J.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Pain Studies, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (M.S.Y., S.I.S., T.J.P.) and 4E Therapeutics Inc, Austin, Texas (J.J.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Pain Studies, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (M.S.Y., S.I.S., T.J.P.) and 4E Therapeutics Inc, Austin, Texas (J.J.S.)
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McFarland AJ, Yousuf MS, Shiers S, Price TJ. Neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 interactions with the peripheral nervous system: implications for COVID-19 and pain. Pain Rep 2021; 6:e885. [PMID: 33458558 PMCID: PMC7803673 DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000000885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus that infects cells through the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor, aided by proteases that prime the spike protein of the virus to enhance cellular entry. Neuropilin 1 and 2 (NRP1 and NRP2) act as additional viral entry factors. SARS-CoV-2 infection causes COVID-19 disease. There is now strong evidence for neurological impacts of COVID-19, with pain as an important symptom, both in the acute phase of the disease and at later stages that are colloquially referred to as "long COVID." In this narrative review, we discuss how COVID-19 may interact with the peripheral nervous system to cause pain in the early and late stages of the disease. We begin with a review of the state of the science on how viruses cause pain through direct and indirect interactions with nociceptors. We then cover what we currently know about how the unique cytokine profiles of moderate and severe COVID-19 may drive plasticity in nociceptors to promote pain and worsen existing pain states. Finally, we review evidence for direct infection of nociceptors by SARS-CoV-2 and the implications of this potential neurotropism. The state of the science points to multiple potential mechanisms through which COVID-19 could induce changes in nociceptor excitability that would be expected to promote pain, induce neuropathies, and worsen existing pain states.
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- Amelia J. McFarland
- Department of Neuroscience and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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An Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Analgesic Effect of Jakyak-Gamcho Decoction: A Network Pharmacology Study. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2020; 2020:6628641. [PMID: 33343676 PMCID: PMC7732394 DOI: 10.1155/2020/6628641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Herbal drugs have drawn substantial interest as effective analgesic agents; however, their therapeutic mechanisms remain to be fully understood. To address this question, we performed a network pharmacology study to explore the system-level mechanisms that underlie the analgesic activity of Jakyak-Gamcho decoction (JGd; Shaoyao-Gancao-Tang in Chinese and Shakuyaku-Kanzo-To in Japanese), an herbal prescription consisting of Paeonia lactiflora Pallas and Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer. Based on comprehensive information regarding the pharmacological and chemical properties of the herbal constituents of JGd, we identified 57 active chemical compounds and their 70 pain-associated targets. The JGd targets were determined to be involved in the regulation of diverse biological activities as follows: calcium- and cytokine-mediated signalings, calcium ion concentration and homeostasis, cellular behaviors of muscle and neuronal cells, inflammatory response, and response to chemical, cytokine, drug, and oxidative stress. The targets were further enriched in various pain-associated signalings, including the PI3K-Akt, estrogen, ErbB, neurotrophin, neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction, HIF-1, serotonergic synapse, JAK-STAT, and cAMP pathways. Thus, these data provide a systematic basis to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the analgesic activity of herbal drugs.
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Ray PR, Wangzhou A, Ghneim N, Yousuf MS, Paige C, Tavares-Ferreira D, Mwirigi JM, Shiers S, Sankaranarayanan I, McFarland AJ, Neerukonda SV, Davidson S, Dussor G, Burton MD, Price TJ. A pharmacological interactome between COVID-19 patient samples and human sensory neurons reveals potential drivers of neurogenic pulmonary dysfunction. Brain Behav Immun 2020; 89:559-568. [PMID: 32497778 PMCID: PMC7263237 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus infects cells of the airway and lungs in humans causing the disease COVID-19. This disease is characterized by cough, shortness of breath, and in severe cases causes pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) which can be fatal. Bronchial alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and plasma from mild and severe cases of COVID-19 have been profiled using protein measurements and bulk and single cell RNA sequencing. Onset of pneumonia and ARDS can be rapid in COVID-19, suggesting a potential neuronal involvement in pathology and mortality. We hypothesized that SARS-CoV-2 infection drives changes in immune cell-derived factors that then interact with receptors expressed by the sensory neuronal innervation of the lung to further promote important aspects of disease severity, including ARDS. We sought to quantify how immune cells might interact with sensory innervation of the lung in COVID-19 using published data from patients, existing RNA sequencing datasets from human dorsal root ganglion neurons and other sources, and a genome-wide ligand-receptor pair database curated for pharmacological interactions relevant for neuro-immune interactions. Our findings reveal a landscape of ligand-receptor interactions in the lung caused by SARS-CoV-2 viral infection and point to potential interventions to reduce the burden of neurogenic inflammation in COVID-19 pulmonary disease. In particular, our work highlights opportunities for clinical trials with existing or under development rheumatoid arthritis and other (e.g. CCL2, CCR5 or EGFR inhibitors) drugs to treat high risk or severe COVID-19 cases.
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- Pradipta R Ray
- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA.
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Neuroimmunology and Behavior Research Group, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, Pain Neurobiology Research Group, USA.
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Pettersson N, Kragsbjerg F, Hamrin A, Bergman S, Forsblad-d'Elia H, Karling P. Increased chronic pain in patients with ulcerative colitis is mostly associated to increased disease activity. A cross-sectional case-control study. Scand J Gastroenterol 2020; 55:1193-1199. [PMID: 32946699 DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2020.1820567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUNDS/AIMS Musculoskeletal symptoms are common in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), but no study has compared the prevalence of chronic pain to controls from a general population. METHODS Patients with UC (n = 1164) and controls (n = 3867) were sent questionnaires comprising demography, history of pain, pain localization and UC patients' Patient-Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index. Chronic regional pain (ChRP) and chronic widespread pain (ChWP) were defined as having pain for at least 3 months. RESULTS The response rate for the patients with UC was 49.0% and for the control persons 61.7% (p < .001). The reported prevalence of ChRP and ChWP was higher in patients with UC versus controls (33.1% vs. 24.2%; p < .001 and 19.8% vs. 12.5%; p < .001). The patients with UC reported significantly more pain in the regions 'lower back', 'hip/upper leg' and 'lower leg/foot' compared to controls. The patients with P-SCCAI ≥ 5 (n = 121) reported more ChWP than patients with P-SCCAI <5 (n = 426) (46.3% vs. 12.7%; p < .001) and controls (n = 2425) (46.3 vs. 12.5%; p < .001) in all body regions. No significant difference in ChWP was found between patients with P-SCCAI <5 and controls (12.7% vs. 12.5%; p = .917). CONCLUSIONS Patients with UC reported more chronic pain than controls from the general population, especially from the lower back and hip region. Higher UC disease activity was associated with more pain in all body regions.
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- Nina Pettersson
- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Sundsvall-Härnösand Hospital, Sundsvall, Sweden
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- Primary Health Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,FoU Spenshult, Halmstad, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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A disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain 17-epidermal growth factor receptor signaling contributes to oral cancer pain. Pain 2020; 161:2330-2343. [PMID: 32453136 PMCID: PMC9244849 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cancer cells secrete pronociceptive mediators that sensitize adjacent sensory neurons and cause pain. Identification and characterization of these mediators could pinpoint novel targets for cancer pain treatment. In this study, we identified candidate genes in cancer cell lines that encode for secreted or cell surface proteins that may drive nociception. To undertake this work, we used an acute cancer pain mouse model, transcriptomic analysis of publicly available human tumor-derived cell line data, and a literature review. Cancer cell line supernatants were assigned a phenotype based on evoked nociceptive behavior in an acute cancer pain mouse model. We compared gene expression data from nociceptive and nonnociceptive cell lines. Our analyses revealed differentially expressed genes and pathways; many of the identified genes were not previously associated with cancer pain signaling. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and disintegrin metalloprotease domain 17 (ADAM17) were identified as potential targets among the differentially expressed genes. We found that the nociceptive cell lines contained significantly more ADAM17 protein in the cell culture supernatant compared to nonnociceptive cell lines. Cytoplasmic EGFR was present in almost all (>90%) tongue primary afferent neurons in mice. Monoclonal antibody against EGFR, cetuximab, inhibited cell line supernatant-induced nociceptive behavior in an acute oral cancer pain mouse model. We infer from these data that ADAM17-EGFR signaling is involved in cancer mediator-induced nociception. The differentially expressed genes and their secreted protein products may serve as candidate therapeutic targets for oral cancer pain and warrant further evaluation.
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Mecklenburg J, Zou Y, Wangzhou A, Garcia D, Lai Z, Tumanov AV, Dussor G, Price TJ, Akopian AN. Transcriptomic sex differences in sensory neuronal populations of mice. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15278. [PMID: 32943709 PMCID: PMC7499251 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72285-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Many chronic pain conditions show sex differences in their epidemiology. This could be attributed to sex-dependent differential expression of genes (DEGs) involved in nociceptive pathways, including sensory neurons. This study aimed to identify sex-dependent DEGs in estrous female versus male sensory neurons, which were prepared by using different approaches and ganglion types. RNA-seq on non-purified sensory neuronal preparations, such as whole dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and hindpaw tissues, revealed only a few sex-dependent DEGs. Sensory neuron purification increased numbers of sex-dependent DEGs. These DEG sets were substantially influenced by preparation approaches and ganglion types [DRG vs trigeminal ganglia (TG)]. Percoll-gradient enriched DRG and TG neuronal fractions produced distinct sex-dependent DEG groups. We next isolated a subset of sensory neurons by sorting DRG neurons back-labeled from paw and thigh muscle. These neurons have a unique sex-dependent DEG set, yet there is similarity in biological processes linked to these different groups of sex-dependent DEGs. Female-predominant DEGs in sensory neurons relate to inflammatory, synaptic transmission and extracellular matrix reorganization processes that could exacerbate neuro-inflammation severity, especially in TG. Male-selective DEGs were linked to oxidative phosphorylation and protein/molecule metabolism and production. Our findings catalog preparation-dependent sex differences in neuronal gene expressions in sensory ganglia.
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- Jennifer Mecklenburg
- Department of Endodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA
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- Departments of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Department of Endodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
- Department of Pharmacology, The School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA.
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Kersten C, Cameron MG, Bailey AG, Fallon MT, Laird BJ, Paterson V, Mitchell R, Fleetwood-Walker SM, Daly F, Mjåland S. Relief of Neuropathic Pain Through Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibition: A Randomized Proof-of-Concept Trial. PAIN MEDICINE 2020; 20:2495-2505. [PMID: 31106835 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnz101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Case reports and a case series have described relief of neuropathic pain (NP) after treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFR-Is). These observations are supported by preclinical findings. The aim of this trial was to explore a potential clinical signal supporting the therapeutic efficacy of EGFR-Is in NP. METHODS In a proof-of-concept trial using a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design, 14 patients with severe, chronic, therapy-resistant NP due to compressed peripheral nerves or complex regional pain syndrome were randomized to receive a single infusion of the EGFR-I cetuximab and placebo in crossover design, followed by a single open-label cetuximab infusion. RESULTS The mean reduction in daily average pain scores three to seven days after single-blinded cetuximab infusion was 1.73 points (90% confidence interval [CI] = 0.80 to 2.66), conferring a 1.22-point greater reduction than placebo (90% CI = -0.10 to 2.54). Exploratory analyses suggested that pain reduction might be greater in the 14 days after treatment with blinded cetuximab than after placebo. The proportion of patients who reported ≥50% reduction in average pain three to seven days after cetuximab was 36% (14% after placebo), and comparison of overall pain reduction suggests a trend in favor of cetuximab. Skin rash (grade 1-2) was the most frequent side effect (12/14, 86%). CONCLUSIONS This small proof-of-concept evaluation of an EGFR-I against NP did not provide statistical evidence of efficacy. However, substantial reductions in pain were reported, and confidence intervals do not rule out a clinically meaningful treatment effect. Evaluation of EGFR-I against NP therefore warrants further investigation.
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- Christian Kersten
- Sørlandet Hospital, Center for Cancer Treatment, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Sørlandet Hospital, Center for Cancer Treatment, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Frontier Science (Scotland) Ltd, Kingussie, Scotland
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- Sørlandet Hospital, Center for Cancer Treatment, Kristiansand, Norway
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