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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
卷 62, 期 18, 页码 2027-2035出版社
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5107-2
关键词
pain; glycine; prostaglandin; spinal cord; dorsal horn; synapse; protein kinase A; synaptic inhibition
Alterations in synaptic transmission within the spinal cord dorsal horn play a key role in the development of pathological pain. While N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and activity-dependent synaptic plasticity have been the focus of research for many years, recent evidence attributes very specific functions to inhibitory glycinergic and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurotransmission in the generation of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. The central component of inflammatory pain originates from a disinhibition of dorsal horn neurons, which are relieved from glycinergic neurotransmission by the inflammatory mediator prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)). PGE(2) activates prostaglandin E receptors of the EP2 subtype and leads to a protein kinase A-dependent phosphorylation and inhibition of glycine receptors containing the alpha 3 subunit (GlyR alpha 3). This GlyR alpha 3 is distinctly expressed in the superficial dorsal horn, where nociceptive afferents terminate. Other but probably very similar disinhibitory mechanisms may well contribute to abnormal pain occurring after peripheral nerve injury.
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