• Pain physician · Nov 2015

    Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 5 in the Cerebrospinal Fluid-Contacting Nucleus Contributes to Neuropathic Pain in Rats.

    • Chun-Guang Wang, Si-Yuan Song, Yan-Ling Ding, Shu-Qin Guo, Xin Liu, Shi Hao, Xin Li, Na Chen, Yu Zhang, and Li-Cai Zhang.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, The NO.1 Center Hospital Of Bao Ding City, Baoding, 071000, Hebei, China.
    • Pain Physician. 2015 Nov 1; 18 (6): E1073-81.

    BackgroundThe activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) have been observed in synaptic plasticity processes of learning and memory in neuropathic pain. Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting nucleus (CSF-CN) has been identified with the onset and persistence of neuropathic pain. However, whether extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 5 (ERK5), a member of MAPKs, in CSF-CN participates in neuropathic pain has not been studied yet.ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to identify the role of ERK5 in CSF-CN on the formation and development of neuropathic pain, and to investigate its possible mechanism.Study DesignControlled animal study.SettingUniversity laboratory.MethodsAfter a chronic constriction injury (CCI) model was produced, BIX02188 was dissolved in 1% DMSO and injected into the lateral ventricles LV in a volume of 3 μl with different doses (0.1 μg, 1 μg, 10 μg). Mechanical allodynia and thermal hypersensitivity behavioral test, immunofluorescence, and western blot technique were used in this research.ResultFollowing CCI, mechanical allodynia and thermal hypersensitivity were developed within a day, peaked at 14 days, and persisted for 21 days. ERK5 was remarkably activated by CCI in CSF-CN. Moreover, selective inhibiting of p-ERK5 expression in CSF-CN by BIX02188 could significantly relieve CCI-induced mechanical allodynia and thermal hypersensitivity, accompanying with the decreased phosphorylation of cAMP response-element binding protein (CREB) in CSF-CN.LimitationsMore underlying mechanism(s) of the role of ERK5 in CSF-CN on the formation and development of neuropathic pain will be needed to explore in future research.ConclusionThese findings suggest activation of ERK5 in CSF-CN might contribute to the onset and development of neuropathic pain and its role might be partly accomplished by p-CREB.

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