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FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.611179
Keywords
visceral pain; neonatal maternal deprivation; spinal dorsal horn; ASIC1; NKCC1
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31730040, 81920108016]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China
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The study revealed that the ASIC1-NKCC1 signaling pathway is involved in chronic visceral pain in rats with neonatal maternal deprivation. The upregulation of ASIC1 and NKCC1 expression and the impact of specific inhibitors on synaptic transmission provide insights into the mechanisms underlying chronic visceral pain.
Aims: To determine whether acid-sensing ion channel 1 (ASIC1)-sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter 1 (NKCC1) signaling pathway participates in chronic visceral pain of adult rats with neonatal maternal deprivation (NMD). Methods: Chronic visceral pain was detected by colorectal distension (CRD). Western blotting and Immunofluorescence were performed to detect the expression and location of ASIC1 and NKCC1. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings were performed to record spinal synaptic transmission. Results: The excitatory synaptic transmission was enhanced and the inhibitory synaptic transmission was weakened in the spinal dorsal horn of NMD rats. ASIC1 and NKCC1 protein expression in the spinal dorsal horn was significantly up-regulated in NMD rats. Incubation of Amiloride reduced the amplitude of mEPSCs. Incubation of Bumetanide (BMT) increased the amplitude of mIPSCs. Intrathecal injection of ASIC1 or NKCC1 inhibitors reversed the threshold of CRD in NMD rats. Also, Amiloride treatment significantly reversed the expression of NKCC1 in the spinal dorsal horn of NMD rats. Conclusion: Our data suggest that the ASIC1-NKCC1 signaling pathway is involved in chronic visceral pain in NMD rats.
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