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Neurosci Lett ; 786: 136816, 2022 08 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35901909

ABSTRACT

Mechanical allodynia has been studied in chronic naltrexone-treated people (N.T.P.) and rats (N.T.R.). After persistent naltrexone administration, patients acquired static and dynamic mechanical allodynia, as measured by von Frey filament (vFf) and brush stimulations. Pregabalin and levodopa administrations in N.T.P. significantly reduced allodynic behaviour, albeit these molecules did not completely stop it. As evidenced by the deployment of the vFf, subchronic treatment with Naltrexone delivered peripherally or intrathecally induced allodynic behaviour in rats. Increased expressions of two pain markers, pERK1/2 and PKCγ, in the spinal dorsal horn laminae were associated with naltrexone-induced allodynic behaviour. After vFf stimulation, pERK1/2 expression was substantially higher (p < 0.001) in superficial spinal dorsal horn laminae than in non-stimulated or naive non-stimulated rats. In addition, when compared to control rats, N.T.R. showed a substantial (p < 0.001) increase in PKCγ expression. PKCγ expression was found to be strong in lamina IIi and laminae III-IV. A cellular mechanism is proposed for the naltrexone effect. In both people and rats, Naltrexone induces static mechanical allodynia, according to this study.


Subject(s)
Hyperalgesia , Naltrexone , Animals , Humans , Hyperalgesia/chemically induced , Hyperalgesia/drug therapy , Hyperalgesia/metabolism , Naltrexone/pharmacology , Pain , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn/metabolism
2.
Physiol Behav ; 194: 497-504, 2018 10 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29928887

ABSTRACT

We explored the molecular and behavioral effects of a perineural Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated inflammatory priming on the development and maintenance of painful post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathy (PPTTN) following infra-orbital nerve chronic constriction injury (CCI-IoN) in rats. Rats were pretreated with repetitive perineural injections in the vicinity of the IoN of either LPS or vehicle (Vhcl) before being submitted to CCI-IoN. Orofacial pain-like behaviors (response to Von Frey Filament testing and spontaneous isolated face grooming) were measured during the period of LPS injections (three weeks) and following CCI-IoN surgery (two weeks). Local LPS administration induced an early pain-like behavior (i.e. an increase in spontaneous pain [SP] or mechanical static allodynia [MSA]) in both conditions, and following CCI-IoN, MSA and SP developed earlier and more severely in LPS-pretreated rats than in the control group. Ipsilateral increases of key neuropathic pain mRNA markers in the IoN parenchyma, trigeminal ganglia (TG) and spinal trigeminal nucleus caudalis (Sp5C) were observed in CCI-IoN injured animals as compared to controls. Although no significant molecular differences could be observed within the IoN parenchyma between LPS and Vhcl-pretreated animals, a significant increase of key inflammatory cytokine Interleukin 1 beta (IL - 1ß) could be found in the TG of LPS-pretreated CCI-injured animals versus controls. Finally, a higher increase of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in ipsilateral Sp5C of LPS-pretreated animals was observed as compared to Sp5C of Vhcl-pretreated animals. These results suggest a key role of inflammatory priming in the development and maintenance of PPTTN implicating IL-1ß/iNOS-dependent central sensitization mechanisms.


Subject(s)
Inflammation/physiopathology , Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology , Maxillary Nerve/physiopathology , Neuralgia/physiopathology , Trigeminal Nerve Injuries/physiopathology , Animals , Hyperalgesia/complications , Hyperalgesia/physiopathology , Inflammation/chemically induced , Inflammation/complications , Interleukin-1beta/metabolism , Male , Maxillary Nerve/metabolism , Neuralgia/complications , Neuralgia/metabolism , Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/metabolism , Pain Measurement , Peripheral Nerve Injuries/complications , Peripheral Nerve Injuries/physiopathology , Rats , Trigeminal Ganglion/metabolism , Trigeminal Nerve Injuries/complications , Trigeminal Nerve Injuries/metabolism , Trigeminal Nucleus, Spinal/metabolism
3.
Neuroscience ; 382: 69-79, 2018 07 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29746991

ABSTRACT

Accumulated evidences suggest important roles of glial GAP-junctions in pain. However, only a few studies have explored the role of neuronal GAP-junctions or electrical synapses in neuropathic pain (NP). Therefore, the present study explores the role of connexin 36 (Cx36) in NP using the chronic constriction injury of the infraorbital nerve (CCI-IoN) model in rat. A significant increase in Cx36 labeling was observed in the medullary dorsal horn (MDH) of CCI-IoN-lesioned compared to sham rats. The expression of Cx36 in CCI-IoN-lesioned rats revealed a rostroventral gradient of punctuate labeling within lamina IIo of the MDH. Cx36-positive somata and processes were also observed in MDH laminae IIi and III-V. These somata were mostly of the Gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) and occasionally Glycine transporter 2 (GlyT2) cell subtypes. Moreover the GABA cell subtypes are highly coupled in lamina IIo as revealed by the intense Cx36 staining in this lamina. Pharmacological Cx36 blockade by intracisternal administration of mefloquine decreased significantly the mechanical allodynia observed in CCI-IoN-lesioned rats. Altogether, our findings demonstrated that Cx36 play an important role in mechanical allodynia by coupling GABA cells. Increasing cell coupling by enhancing Cx36 expression favors neuropathic pain while disrupting this coupling alleviates it. This mechanism may constitute a novel target for the treatment of orofacial mechanical allodynia.


Subject(s)
Connexins/metabolism , Electrical Synapses/physiology , Facial Pain/physiopathology , Neuralgia/physiopathology , Animals , GABAergic Neurons/metabolism , Hyperalgesia/physiopathology , Male , Posterior Horn Cells/metabolism , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn/physiopathology , Gap Junction delta-2 Protein
4.
Pain Med ; 18(8): 1593-1594, 2017 08 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28371806
5.
J Oral Facial Pain Headache ; 31(1): 7-18, 2017.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28118416

ABSTRACT

Painful posttraumatic trigeminal neuropathy (PPTTN) is a chronic condition that is difficult to endure and has a poorly understood pathophysiology. Treatment options are limited and often unsatisfactory due to insufficient efficacy and significant adverse effects. Botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A), initially used in the management of pathologically sustained or twisting muscular contractions, has recently been advocated for treatment of neuropathic pain. Its action is not limited to the blockage of acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction, but also includes inhibition of exocytosis of other neurotransmitters by interfering with the SNARE complexes of synaptic membranes. When injected into the painful location, the toxin can be taken up by peripheral terminals of nociceptive afferent nerve fibers, and this action suppresses peripheral and central release of algogenic neurotransmitters such as glutamate or substance P, thus promoting analgesia. Several randomized controlled trials in humans have provided emerging evidence for the therapeutic use of BTX-A in neuropathic pain states, including trigeminal neuralgia. This evidence, in addition to its good safety profile and long-lasting effect, suggests that BTX-A could be a potential novel treatment for PPTTN.


Subject(s)
Botulinum Toxins, Type A/therapeutic use , Facial Injuries/complications , Neuralgia/drug therapy , Trigeminal Neuralgia/drug therapy , Botulinum Toxins, Type A/adverse effects , Humans , Neuralgia/etiology , Neuralgia/physiopathology , Pain Measurement , Spinal Diseases/drug therapy , Trigeminal Neuralgia/etiology , Trigeminal Neuralgia/physiopathology
6.
Eur J Pain ; 20(5): 857-8, 2016 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27059101
7.
J Headache Pain ; 17: 11, 2016.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26885825

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: This study investigated mesencephalic dopamine depletion effects on static mechanical allodynia (SMA) elicited by chronic constriction of the infraorbitary nerve (CCI-IoN). METHODS: Dopamine depletion (6-OHDA administration into the medial forebrain bundle) effects on CCI-IoN-induced SMA were explored using behavioral (nocifensive behavior score upon non-noxious stimuli using von Frey filament), pharmacological (bromocriptine injections) and immunohistochemical (PKCγ and pERK1/2) techniques. RESULTS: The central dopamine depletion increased significantly the SMA score. Intraperitoneal and intracisternal injections of bromocriptine alleviated the allodynic behavior observed in both CCI-IoN and CCI-IoN + 6-OHDA animal groups. At the cellular level, dopamine depletion induced a significant increase in PKCγ expression in the medullary dorsal horn (MDH) in rat with CCI-IoN + 6-OHDA when compared to sham animals (CCI-IoN only). Similarly, after static non-noxious stimuli, the expression of pain marker proteins pERK1/2 within the MDH revealed significantly a higher number of positive cells in CCI-IoN + 6-OHDA rats when compared to the CCI-IoN group. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that nigrostriatal dopamine depletion exacerbates the neuropathic pain resulting from CCI-IoN. This effect is probably due to an action through descending pain inhibitory systems which increased pain sensitization at the MDH level. It demonstrates also an analgesic effect elicited by D2R activation at the segmental level.


Subject(s)
Dopamine/metabolism , Facial Pain/metabolism , Hyperalgesia/metabolism , Neuralgia/metabolism , Substantia Nigra/metabolism , Animals , Behavior, Animal , Constriction, Pathologic/complications , Disease Models, Animal , Facial Pain/etiology , Hyperalgesia/etiology , Male , Neuralgia/etiology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
8.
J Oral Facial Pain Headache ; 29(1): 70-82, 2015.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25635962

ABSTRACT

AIMS: To explore the possible relationship between protein kinase C gamma (PKCγ) and phosphorylated forms of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 (pERK1/2) in the rat medullary dorsal horn and the facial hypersensitivity indicative of dynamic mechanical allodynia (DMA) following chronic constriction of the infraorbital nerve (CCI-IoN). METHODS: A well-established rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain involving CCI-IoN was used. Facial mechanical hypersensitivity was tested with non-noxious dynamic mechanical stimulation (air-puff), and the medullary dorsal horn was examined immunohistochemically using PKCγ and pERK1/2 as pain markers. Statistical analysis was performed using Student t test or one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). RESULTS: Increased PKCγ and pERK1/2 expressions within the medullary dorsal horn were associated with DMA following CCI-IoN. A segmental network composed of PKCγ-positive cells located in medullary dorsal horn laminae II/III, contacting more superficially located pERK1/2-expressing cells, was identified. Ultrastructural analysis confirmed the presence of PKCγ to pERK1/2-positive cells. Moreover, intracisternal administration of the selective PKCγ inhibitor KIG31-I blocked both the DMA and pERK1/2 expression in a dose-dependent manner. Although the number of pERK1/2-positive cells was significantly elevated with air-puff stimulation, DMA rats not receiving air-puff stimulation showed significant pERK1/2 expression, suggesting they were experiencing spontaneous pain. CONCLUSION: PKCγ cells in the medullary dorsal horn may be involved in DMA following CCI-IoN through the activation of pERK1/2-expressing cells, which then may relay non-nociceptive information to lamina I cells in the medullary dorsal horn.


Subject(s)
Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/physiology , Nociception/physiology , Posterior Horn Cells/enzymology , Protein Kinase C/physiology , Touch/physiology , Trigeminal Neuralgia/physiopathology , Animals , Biomarkers/analysis , Disease Models, Animal , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/analysis , Facial Pain/enzymology , Facial Pain/physiopathology , Hyperalgesia/enzymology , Hyperalgesia/physiopathology , Immunohistochemistry , Isoenzymes/analysis , Isoenzymes/antagonists & inhibitors , Isoenzymes/physiology , MAP Kinase Signaling System/physiology , Male , Neural Pathways/enzymology , Neural Pathways/physiopathology , Neural Pathways/ultrastructure , Orbit/innervation , Phosphorylation , Posterior Horn Cells/physiology , Posterior Horn Cells/ultrastructure , Protein Kinase C/analysis , Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Trigeminal Neuralgia/enzymology , Trigeminal Neuralgia/pathology
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Brain Behav ; 4(3): 368-80, 2014 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24944866

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Pain constitutes the major non motor syndrome in Parkinson's disease (PD) and includes neuropathic pain; however current drug therapies used to alleviate it have only limited efficacy. This is probably due to poor understanding of the mechanisms underlying it. AIMS: We investigated a major class of trigeminal neuropathic pain, dynamic mechanical allodynia (DMA), in a rat model of PD and in which a bilateral 6-hydroxy dopamine (6-OHDA) injection was administered to produce a lesion of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Lesioned animals presented significant DMA in the orofacial area that occurred from 4 days to 5 weeks post-injury. To investigate a segmental implication in the neuropathic pain induced by dopamine depletion, the expression of the isoform gamma of the protein kinase C (PKCg) and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 (pERK1/2) was explored in the medullary dorsal horn (MDH). There was a high increase in PKCg expression in the III and IIi laminae of the MDH of lesioned-animals compared to shams. pERK1/2 expression was also significantly high in the ipsilateral MDH of lesioned rats in response to non-noxious tactile stimulus of the orofacial region. Since pERK1/2 is expressed only in response to nociceptive stimuli in the dorsal spinal horn, the current study demonstrates that non-noxious stimuli evoke allodynic response. Intraperitoneal and intracisternal administrations of bromocriptine, a dopamine 2 receptor (D2R) agonist, significantly decreased DMA compared to control rats injected with saline. These data demonstrate for the first time that nigrostriatal dopaminergic depletion produces trigeminal neuropathic pain that at least involves a segmental mechanism. In addition, bromocriptine was shown to have a remarkable analgesic effect on this neuropathic pain symptom.


Subject(s)
Corpus Striatum/physiopathology , Dopaminergic Neurons/drug effects , Hyperalgesia/chemically induced , Parkinson Disease, Secondary/physiopathology , Substantia Nigra/physiopathology , Trigeminal Neuralgia/chemically induced , Animals , Corpus Striatum/drug effects , Corpus Striatum/metabolism , Disease Models, Animal , Dopaminergic Neurons/metabolism , Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism , Hyperalgesia/metabolism , Hyperalgesia/physiopathology , Male , Neural Pathways/drug effects , Neural Pathways/metabolism , Neural Pathways/physiopathology , Oxidopamine , Pain Measurement , Parkinson Disease, Secondary/metabolism , Phosphorylation , Physical Stimulation , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Substantia Nigra/drug effects , Substantia Nigra/metabolism , Trigeminal Neuralgia/metabolism , Trigeminal Neuralgia/physiopathology
10.
Behav Brain Res ; 262: 1-7, 2014 Apr 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24361908

ABSTRACT

Dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease has been attributed to dopamine replacement therapies and/or a lesion of the dopaminergic system. Dopaminergic neuronal loss targets the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area (VTA). We hypothesize that dopamine replacement therapy is responsible for the potential reinforcement effect in Parkinson's disease, by acting on the neuronal reward circuitry. We previously demonstrated that the posterior (p) VTA, which projects to the nucleus accumbens (NAc), is implicated in the motivational effect of dopamine receptor agonists in 6-OHDA bilateral pVTA-lesioned drug-free animals. In the present study we investigated the implication of the anterior (a) VTA in the potential reinforcement effect of dopamine receptor agonists. Using the conditioned place preference (CPP) behavioral paradigm, we investigated the motivational effects of dopamine receptor agonists (bromocriptine and pramipexole), and cocaine in rats with a 6-OHDA bilateral lesion of the aVTA. Bromocriptine and pramipexole did not induce a significant CPP at 1mg/kg in both sham and bilateral 6-OHDA-lesioned rats. However bromocriptine induced CPP only at a dose of 3mg/kg in both animal groups. Moreover cocaine, which is known to increase dopamine release, induced reinforcing effects in both 6-OHDA-lesioned and sham rats. Our data show a lack of involvement of aVTA dopamine neurons in the motivational effects of bromocriptine, pramipexole and cocaine.


Subject(s)
Benzothiazoles/pharmacology , Bromocriptine/pharmacology , Cocaine/pharmacology , Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology , Dopaminergic Neurons/drug effects , Motivation/drug effects , Ventral Tegmental Area/drug effects , Animals , Conditioning, Psychological/drug effects , Male , Motivation/physiology , Motor Activity/drug effects , Pramipexole , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Ventral Tegmental Area/physiology
11.
Behav Brain Res ; 252: 24-31, 2013 Sep 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23727149

ABSTRACT

Dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease has been attributed to dopamine replacement therapies and/or a lesion of the dopaminergic system. The dopaminergic neuronal loss targets the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area (VTA). We hypothesize that dopamine replacement therapy is responsible for the potential reinforcement effect in Parkinson's disease by acting on the neuronal reward circuitry. Therefore this study was designed to explore the potential motivational effect of dopamine replacement therapy in bilateral VTA-lesioned animals. The posterior (p)VTA, which project to the nucleus accumbens (NAc) constitutes the major dopamine neuronal circuitry implicated in addictive disorders. Using the conditioned place preference (CPP) behavioral paradigm, we investigated the motivational effects of dopamine receptor agonists, and cocaine in rat with a 6-OHDA bilateral lesion of the pVTA. Amongst the dopamine receptor agonists used in this study only the D2R and D3R agonists (bromocriptine, PD128907 and pramipexole), induced a significant CPP in pVTA-lesioned animals. Dopamine receptor agonists did not induce behavioral sensitization in sham animals. Moreover, confocal D2R immunostaining analysis showed a significant increase in the number of D2R per cell body in the NAc shell of pVTA lesioned rats compared to sham. This result correlated, for the first time, the dopamine receptor agonists effect with DR2 overexpression in the NAc shell of pVTA-lesioned rats. In addition, cocaine, which is known to increase dopamine release, induced behavioral sensitization in sham group but not in dopamine deprived group. Thus, the later result highlighted the importance of pVTA-NAc dopaminergic pathway in positive reinforcements. Altogether these data suggested that the implication of the dopamine replacement therapy in the appearance of dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease is probably due to both neuronal degeneration in the posterior VTA and dopamine receptor sensitization in the dopamine depleted NAc.


Subject(s)
Conditioning, Operant/drug effects , Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology , Reinforcement, Psychology , Ventral Tegmental Area/drug effects , Ventral Tegmental Area/injuries , Adrenergic Agents/toxicity , Analysis of Variance , Animals , Body Weight/drug effects , Brain/drug effects , Brain/metabolism , Brain/pathology , Cocaine/pharmacology , Disease Models, Animal , Dopamine/metabolism , Dopamine Antagonists/pharmacology , Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/pharmacology , Gait Disorders, Neurologic/chemically induced , Male , Motivation/drug effects , Oxidopamine/toxicity , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Receptors, Dopamine/classification , Receptors, Dopamine/metabolism , Time Factors , Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase/metabolism , Ventral Tegmental Area/metabolism
12.
Neurobiol Dis ; 33(1): 89-95, 2009 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18852047

ABSTRACT

Dynamic mechanical allodynia is a widespread symptom of neuropathic pain for which mechanisms are still poorly understood. The present study investigated the organization of dynamic mechanical allodynia processing in the rat insular cortex after chronic constriction injury to the infraorbital nerve (IoN-CCI). Two weeks after unilateral IoN-CCI, rats showed a dramatic bilateral trigeminal dynamic mechanical allodynia. Light, moving stroking of the infraorbital skin resulted in strong, bilateral upregulation of extracellular-signal regulated kinase phosphorylation (pERK-1/2) in the insular cortex of IoN-CCI animals but not sham rats, in whose levels were similar to those of unstimulated IoN-CCI rats. pERK-1/2 was located in neuronal cells only. Stimulus-evoked pERK-1/2 immunopositive cell bodies displayed rostrocaudal gradient and layer selective distribution in the insula, being predominant in the rostral insula and in layers II-III of the dysgranular and to a lesser extent, of the agranular insular cortex. In layers II-III of the rostral dysgranular insular cortex, intense pERK also extended into distal dendrites, up to layer I. These results demonstrate that trigeminal nerve injury induces a significant alteration in the insular cortex processing of tactile stimuli and suggest that ERK phosphorylation contributes to the mechanisms underlying abnormal pain perception under this condition.


Subject(s)
Cerebral Cortex/physiopathology , Pain/physiopathology , Touch Perception , Trigeminal Nerve Diseases/physiopathology , Analysis of Variance , Animals , Immunohistochemistry , Male , Neurons/metabolism , Neurons/ultrastructure , Pain Threshold/physiology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Temporal Lobe/physiopathology , Touch/physiology , Up-Regulation , eIF-2 Kinase/metabolism
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