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Spinal cord fractalkine (CX3CL1) signaling is critical for neuronal sensitization in experimental nonspecific, myofascial low back pain

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JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 125, 期 5, 页码 1598-1611

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AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00348.2020

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dorsal horn neurons; in vivo electrophysiology; low back pain; neuron-to-microglia signaling; spinal sensitization

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  1. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [TR 236/24-1, ME 492/16-1]

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Fractalkine signaling plays a critical role in the sensitization of dorsal horn neurons induced by repetitive nociceptive stimuli, suggesting it may be a potential target for preventing nonspecific, myofascial low back pain. Blocking fractalkine signaling with neutralizing antibodies prevents spinal sensitization, while intrathecal administration of fractalkine induces similar sensitization patterns as nociceptive stimuli.
Neuroactive substances released by activated microglia contribute to hyperexcitability of spinal dorsal horn neurons in many animal models of chronic pain. An important feedback loop mechanism is via release of fractalkine (CX3CL1) from primary afferent terminals and dorsal horn neurons and binding to CX3CR1 receptors on microglial cells. We studied the involvement of fractalkine signaling in latent and manifest spinal sensitization induced by two injections of nerve growth factor (NGF) into the lumbar multifidus muscle as a model for myofascial low back pain. Single dorsal horn neurons were recorded in vivo to study their receptive fields and spontaneous activity. Under intrathecal vehicle application, the two NGF injections led to an increased proportion of neurons responding to stimulation of deep tissues (41%), to receptive field expansion into the hindlimb (15%), and to resting activity (53%). Blocking fractalkine signaling by continuous intrathecal administration of neutralizing antibodies completely prevented these signs of spinal sensitization to a similar extent as in a previous study with the microglia inhibitor minocycline. Reversely, fractalkine itself induced similar sensitization in a dose-dependent manner (for 200 ng/mL.: 45% deep tissue responses, 24% receptive field expansion, and 45% resting activity) as repeated nociceptive stimulation by intramuscular NGF injections. A subsequent single NGF injection did not have an additive effect. Our data suggest that neuron-to-microglia signaling via the CX3CL1-CX3CR1 pathway is critically involved in the initiation of nonspecific, myofascial low back pain through repetitive nociceptive stimuli. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Blocking fractalkine signaling by neutralizing antibodies completely prevented spinal sensitization induced by repetitive mild nociceptive input [2 nerve growth factor (NGF) injections into the multifidus muscle] Conversely, fractalkine given intrathecally caused the same pattern of spinal sensitization as the nociceptive NGF injections. Fractalkine signaling is critically involved in sensitization of dorsal horn neurons induced by repeated nociceptive low back muscle stimulation and may hence be a potential target for the prevention of nonspecific, myofascial low back pain.

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