期刊
PAIN
卷 125, 期 3, 页码 216-224出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.05.024
关键词
catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT); pain perception; single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); haplotype; COMT val158met polymorphism; sensitivity to heat pain; sensitivity to ischemic pain; sensitivity to pressure pain; temporal summation of heat pain; pain sensitivity; windup
资金
- NIAAA NIH HHS [AA000301] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AR/AI-44030, AR/AI-44564] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAMS NIH HHS [5-P60 AR-30701-14] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDCR NIH HHS [DE00366, DE007333, DE07509, DE16558] Funding Source: Medline
Variations in the gene encoding catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) are linked to individual differences in pain sensitivity. A single nucleotide polymorphisin (SNP) in codon 158 (val(158)met), which affects CONIT protein stability, has been associated with the human experience of pain. We recently demonstrated that three common COMT haplotypes, which affect the efficiency of COMT translation, are strongly associated with a global measure of pain sensitivity derived from individuals' responses to noxious thermal, ischemic, and pressure stimuli. Specific haplotypes were associated with low (LPS), average (APS), or high (UPS) pain sensitivity. Although these haplotypes included the val(158)met SNP, a significant association with val(158)met variants was not observed. In the present study, we examined the association between CONIT genotype and specific pain-evoking stimuli. Threshold and tolerance to thermal, ischemic, and mechanical stimuli, as well as temporal summation to heat pain, were determined. LPS/LPS homozygotes had the least, APS/APS homozygotes had average, and APS/HPS heterozygotes had the greatest pain responsiveness. Associations were strongest for measures of thermal pain. However, the rate of temporal summation of heat pain did not differ between haplotype combinations. In contrast, the val(158)met genotype was associated with the rate of temporal summation of heat pain, but not with the other pain measures. This suggests that the val(158)met SNP plays a primary role in variation in temporal summation of pain, but that other SNPs of the COMT haplotype exert a greater influence on resting nociceptive sensitivity. Here, we propose a mechanism whereby these two genetic polymorphisms differentially affect pain perception. (c) 2006 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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