期刊
NEUROSCIENCE
卷 137, 期 3, 页码 999-1013出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.10.008
关键词
inflammation; pain; glutamate; kainate acid; complete Freund's adjuvant
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS27910, NS40700, NS11255] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [P01NS011255, R01NS040700, R01NS027910, R29NS027910] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
This study investigates contributions of peripheral kainate receptors to acute nociception and persistent inflammatory pain in rat. Immunohistochemical analysis of kainate receptor expression using antibodies recognizing glutamate receptor subunits 5, 6, and 7 demonstrates that 28% of unmyelinated axons in normal digital nerve are positively labeled. Following intraplantar injection of complete Freund's adjuvant, a significant increase in glutamate receptor subunits 5, 6, and 7-labeled axons occurs at 2 days (40%), but not 7 (31 %) or 14 days (28%) post-complete Freund's adjuvant. In behavioral studies, we confirm an increased mechanical sensitivity in complete Freund's adjuvant-injected hind paws. Furthermore, activation of kainate receptors following intraplantar injection of 1.0 mM kainate in normal animals results in a mechanical sensitivity similar to that observed in inflamed animals. A 1.0 mM kainate injection into inflamed hind paws further enhances the mechanical sensitivity. Injection of the non-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (0.1 mM) reverses complete Freund's adjuvant-induced mechanical sensitivity through a local effect. In single unit recordings from nociceptors in a glabrous skin-nerve preparation, mechanical sensitization is present in inflamed skin evidenced by a decrease in mechanical threshold and an increase in discharge rate during a suprathreshold, constant force stimulus. Thermal sensitization is also present evidenced by a decrease in heat threshold. There is a dose-dependent increase in kainateinduced nociceptor activity in both normal and inflamed skin but the kainate required to induce activation is reduced in inflamed skin. Although proportions of kainate-activated nociceptors are the same in normal and inflamed skin, the kainate-induced mean discharge rate is significantly enhanced in inflamed skin. Exposure of normal and inflamed nociceptors to 0.3 mM kainate sensitizes fibers to re-application of kainate and heat. This sensitization is blocked in the presence of 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione or the glutamate receptor subunit 5 selective antagonist 3S,4aR,6S, BaR-6-[4-carboxy-phenyl) methyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-decahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid. The data indicate that peripheral kainate receptors not only play an important role in normal nociception but also contribute to mechanical sensitivity and heat sensitization accompanying inflammatory pain. (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IBRO.
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