• Neuroscience letters · Dec 2006

    Participation of peripheral group I and II metabotropic glutamate receptors in the development or maintenance of IL-1beta-induced mechanical allodynia in the orofacial area of conscious rats.

    • Chang Y Jung, Sang Y Lee, Hyo S Choi, Eun J Lim, Min K Lee, Gwi Y Yang, Seung R Han, Dong H Youn, and Dong K Ahn.
    • Department of Oral Physiology and BrainKorea 21, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook University, Daegu, South Korea.
    • Neurosci. Lett. 2006 Dec 6; 409 (3): 173-8.

    AbstractThe present study investigated the role of peripheral groups I and II metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) in interleukin (IL)-1beta-induced mechanical allodynia in the orofacial area of rats. Subcutaneous injection of 10 pg of IL-1beta decreased air-puff thresholds ipsilateral or contralateral to the injection site. The decrease in air-puff thresholds appeared 10 min after the injection of IL-1beta and IL-1beta-induced mechanical allodynia persisted for over 3 h. Pre-treatment with 7-(hydroxyimino) cyclopropa[b] chromen-1a-carboxylate ethyl ester (CPCCOEt) or 2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine hydrochloride (MPEP), a mGluR1 or mGluR5 antagonist, blocked IL-1beta-induced mechanical allodynia and mirror-image mechanical allodynia produced by a subcutaneous injection of 10 pg of IL-1beta. However, post-treatment with CPCCOEt or MPEP did not affect changes in behavioral responses, which were produced by the IL-1beta injection. Pre-treatment, as well as post-treatment with (2R,4R)-4-aminopyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate (APDC), a group II mGluR agonist, blocked either IL-1beta-induced mechanical allodynia or mirror-image mechanical allodynia. The anti-allodynic effects of APDC were abolished by pre-treatment with (2S)-2-amino-2[(1S,2S)-2-carboxycycloprop-1-yl]-3-(xanth-9-yl) propanoic acid (LY341495), a group II mGluR antagonist. These results indicate that peripheral group II mGluRs are involved in the development and maintenance of IL-1beta-induced mechanical allodynia, while peripheral group I mGluRs are involved in the development of IL-1beta-induced mechanical allodynia. Based on our observations, the peripheral application of group II mGluR agonists may be of therapeutic value in treating inflammatory pain.

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