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REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE
卷 45, 期 12, 页码 955-963出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2020-101411
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- Major Project of 'Science and Technology Innovation Fund' of Nanjing Medical University [2017NJMUCX004]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20161033]
Background and objectives Gap junctions play a pivotal role in contributing to the formation of astroglial networks and in chronic pain. However, the mechanisms underlying the dysfunction of astroglial gap junctions in chronic pain have not been fully elucidated. Methods Chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve was used to establish rat neuropathic pain model. C6 cells were used to perform experiments in vitro. Von Frey hairs and Hargreave's method were used to determine the withdrawal threshold of rats. Protein expression was detected by immunofluorescence and western blotting. Results Astragaloside IV (AST IV) significantly attenuated neuropathic pain and suppressed the excitation of spinal astrocytes in rats with CCI. The antinociceptive effect of AST IV was reversed by the gap junction decoupler carbenoxolone (CBX). AST IV inhibited the high expression of phosphorylated connexin 43 (p-Cx43) and p-c-Jun N-terminal kinase (p-JNK) in spinal cord of rats with CCI. JNK inhibitor alleviated neuropathic pain, which was reversed by CBX. JNK inhibitor decreased the high expression of p-Cx43 in both rats with CCI and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-treated C6 cells. Additionally, the analgesic effect of AST IV was reversed by the adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium (K-ATP) channel blocker, glibenclamide (Glib). Glib abolished the inhibitory effects of AST IV on p-JNK and p-Cx43 both in vivo and in vitro. K-ATP channel opener (KCO) mimicked the inhibitory effects of AST IV on p-JNK and p-Cx43 in TNF-alpha-treated C6 cells. Conclusion Our results indicate that the sciatic nerve CCI induces the dysfunction of gap junctions in the spinal cord by activating K-ATP/JNK signaling to contribute to neuropathic pain. AST IV attenuates neuropathic pain via regulating the K-ATP-JNK gap junction axis.
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