کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4319870 | 1290835 | 2008 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Paracrine-like excitation of low-threshold mechanoceptive C-fibers innervating rat hairy skin is mediated by substance P via NK-1 receptors
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علم عصب شناسی
علوم اعصاب سلولی و مولکولی
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چکیده انگلیسی
We reported previously that C-fibers innervating rat skin can be excited by short trains of electrical shocks ('tetanus') applied to neighboring nerves. Since these nerves were disconnected from the CNS, the cross-talk is located peripherally. Here we tested if low-threshold mechanoceptive (LTM) C-fibers can be excited by this cross-talk and if this process is mediated by substance P (SP) via neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptors. In urethane anesthetized rats we found that 80% (56/71) of LTM C-fibers, recorded in the lateral cutaneous branch of the dorsal ramus (CBDR) of T10 spinal nerve, were excited by a 10 s, 20 Hz tetanus of the T9 CBDR. Compared to the spontaneous pre-tetanic firing frequency of 1.62 ± 0.40 impulses/30 s, the frequency significantly increased to 3.74 ± 0.99, 3.17 ± 0.69 and 2.92 ± 0.63 impulses/30 s, at 30, 60 and 90 s after the tetanus, respectively, and declined to the baseline frequency thereafter. When injected into their receptive fields, SP mimicked the tetanically induced increase of firing rate, whereas the NK-1 receptor antagonist WIN 51708 blocked the excitation in most fibers. The excitation was significantly diminished in adult rats that were neonatally treated with capsaicin, a treatment that destroys most SP-expressing afferent fibers. Thus, we conclude that peptidergic primary afferents are functionally linked with adjacent LTM C-fibers in a non-synaptic, paracrine-like signaling pathway via SP and NK-1 receptors, and perhaps also other agents as well. We propose that this cross-talk has evolved as a mechanism regulating the mechanoceptive characteristics of LTM C-fibers, presumably contributing to pain sensation elicited by tactile stimuli ('allodynia').
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brain Research Bulletin - Volume 75, Issue 1, 31 January 2008, Pages 138-145
Journal: Brain Research Bulletin - Volume 75, Issue 1, 31 January 2008, Pages 138-145
نویسندگان
Shi-Hong Zhang, Qi-Xin Sun, Ze'ev Seltzer, Dong-Yuan Cao, Hui-Sheng Wang, Zhong Chen, Yan Zhao,