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JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY & CYTOCHEMISTRY
Volume 61, Issue 7, Pages 529-547Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1369/0022155413491269
Keywords
unilateral nerve injury; remote neuroinflammation; satellite glial cells
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- European Regional Development Fund [CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068, SYLICA/286154 (FP7-REGPOT-2011-1)]
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Cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2R) plays a critical role in nociception. In contrast to cannabinoid receptor type 1 ligands, CB2R agonists do not produce undesirable central nervous system effects and thus promise to treat neuropathic pain that is often resistant to medical therapy. In the study presented here, we evaluated the bilateral distribution of the CB2R protein and messenger RNA (mRNA) in rat dorsal root ganglia (DRG) after unilateral peripheral nerve injury using immunohistochemistry, western blot, and in situ hybridization analysis. Unilateral chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve induced neuropathic pain behavior and bilateral elevation of both CB2R protein and mRNA in lumbar L4-L5 as well as cervical C7-C8 DRG when compared with naive animals. CB2R protein and mRNA were increased not only in DRG neurons but also in satellite glial cells. The fact that changes appear bilaterally and (albeit at a lower level) even in the remote cervical DRG can be related to propagation of neuroinflammation alongside the neuraxis and to the neuroprotective effects of CB2R.
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