Nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain.
Nerve injury leads to sensitization mechanisms in the peripheral and central nervous system which involve transcriptional and post-transcriptional modifications in sensory nerves. To assess protein regulations in the spinal cord after injury of the sciatic nerve in the Spared Nerve Injury model (SNI...
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doaj-d797c250cff64419ab5294caede1f7a22020-11-25T02:29:40ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-04-0164e1927010.1371/journal.pone.0019270Nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain.Hilmar Nils KühleinIrmgard TegederChristine MöserHee-Young LimAnnett HäusslerKatharina SpiethIngo JennesRolf MarschalekTobias BeckhausMichael KarasMarkus FauthCorina EhnertGerd GeisslingerEllen NiederbergerNerve injury leads to sensitization mechanisms in the peripheral and central nervous system which involve transcriptional and post-transcriptional modifications in sensory nerves. To assess protein regulations in the spinal cord after injury of the sciatic nerve in the Spared Nerve Injury model (SNI) we performed a proteomic analysis using 2D-difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE) technology. Among approximately 2300 protein spots separated on each gel we detected 55 significantly regulated proteins after SNI whereof 41 were successfully identified by MALDI-TOF MS. Out of the proteins which were regulated in the DIGE analyses after SNI we focused on the carboxypeptidase A inhibitor latexin because protease dysfunctions contribute to the development of neuropathic pain. Latexin protein expression was reduced after SNI which could be confirmed by Western Blot analysis, quantitative RT-PCR and in-situ hybridisation. The decrease of latexin was associated with an increase of the activity of carboxypeptidase A indicating that the balance between latexin and carboxypeptidase A was impaired in the spinal cord after peripheral nerve injury due to a loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons. This may contribute to the development of cold allodynia because normalization of neuronal latexin expression in the spinal cord by AAV-mediated latexin transduction or administration of a small molecule carboxypeptidase A inhibitor significantly reduced acetone-evoked nociceptive behavior after SNI. Our results show the usefulness of proteomics as a screening tool to identify novel mechanisms of nerve injury evoked hypernociception and suggest that carboxypeptidase A inhibition might be useful to reduce cold allodynia.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3084808?pdf=render |
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Hilmar Nils Kühlein Irmgard Tegeder Christine Möser Hee-Young Lim Annett Häussler Katharina Spieth Ingo Jennes Rolf Marschalek Tobias Beckhaus Michael Karas Markus Fauth Corina Ehnert Gerd Geisslinger Ellen Niederberger |
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Hilmar Nils Kühlein Irmgard Tegeder Christine Möser Hee-Young Lim Annett Häussler Katharina Spieth Ingo Jennes Rolf Marschalek Tobias Beckhaus Michael Karas Markus Fauth Corina Ehnert Gerd Geisslinger Ellen Niederberger Nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain. PLoS ONE |
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Hilmar Nils Kühlein Irmgard Tegeder Christine Möser Hee-Young Lim Annett Häussler Katharina Spieth Ingo Jennes Rolf Marschalek Tobias Beckhaus Michael Karas Markus Fauth Corina Ehnert Gerd Geisslinger Ellen Niederberger |
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Nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain. |
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Nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain. |
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Nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain. |
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Nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain. |
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Nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain. |
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nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain. |
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Nerve injury leads to sensitization mechanisms in the peripheral and central nervous system which involve transcriptional and post-transcriptional modifications in sensory nerves. To assess protein regulations in the spinal cord after injury of the sciatic nerve in the Spared Nerve Injury model (SNI) we performed a proteomic analysis using 2D-difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE) technology. Among approximately 2300 protein spots separated on each gel we detected 55 significantly regulated proteins after SNI whereof 41 were successfully identified by MALDI-TOF MS. Out of the proteins which were regulated in the DIGE analyses after SNI we focused on the carboxypeptidase A inhibitor latexin because protease dysfunctions contribute to the development of neuropathic pain. Latexin protein expression was reduced after SNI which could be confirmed by Western Blot analysis, quantitative RT-PCR and in-situ hybridisation. The decrease of latexin was associated with an increase of the activity of carboxypeptidase A indicating that the balance between latexin and carboxypeptidase A was impaired in the spinal cord after peripheral nerve injury due to a loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons. This may contribute to the development of cold allodynia because normalization of neuronal latexin expression in the spinal cord by AAV-mediated latexin transduction or administration of a small molecule carboxypeptidase A inhibitor significantly reduced acetone-evoked nociceptive behavior after SNI. Our results show the usefulness of proteomics as a screening tool to identify novel mechanisms of nerve injury evoked hypernociception and suggest that carboxypeptidase A inhibition might be useful to reduce cold allodynia. |
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