Role of peripheral hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-modulated channel pacemaker channels in acute and chronic pain models in the rat.

Abstract:

:Hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-modulated (HCN) channels contribute to rhythmic spontaneous activity in the heart and CNS. Ectopic spontaneous neuronal activity has been implicated in the development and maintenance of acute and chronic hyperalgesia, allodynia and spontaneous pain. Previously, we documented that systemic administration of ZD7288, a specific blocker of pacemaker current (I(h)), decreased ectopic activity in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and reversed tactile allodynia in spinal nerve ligated (SNL) rats [Chaplan SR, Guo HQ, Lee DH, Luo L, Liu C, Kuei C, Velumian AA, Butler MP, Brown SM, Dubin AE (2003) Neuronal hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker channels drive neuropathic pain. J Neurosci 23:1169-1178]. Spontaneous pain is the chief clinical manifestation of peripheral nerve injury; however, a role for I(h) in spontaneous pain has not been described. Here, in further rat studies, we report that systemic administration of ZD7288 reversed spontaneous pain induced by mild thermal injury (MTI) and tactile allodynia induced by SNL and MTI. In contrast, ZD7288 did not reduce thermal hyperalgesia. An important locus of action appears to be in the skin since intraplantar (local) administration of ZD7288 completely suppressed tactile allodynia arising from MTI and SNL and reduced spontaneous pain due to MTI. Immunohistochemical staining of plantar skin sections detected HCN1-HCN4 expression in mechanosensory structures (e.g., Meissner's corpuscles and Merkel cells). Collectively, these data suggest that expression and modulation of I(h) in the peripheral nervous system, including specialized sensory structures, may play a significant role in sensory processing and contribute to spontaneous pain and tactile allodynia.

journal_name

Neuroscience

journal_title

Neuroscience

authors

Luo L,Chang L,Brown SM,Ao H,Lee DH,Higuera ES,Dubin AE,Chaplan SR

doi

10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.10.048

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-02-23 00:00:00

pages

1477-85

issue

4

eissn

0306-4522

issn

1873-7544

pii

S0306-4522(06)01392-3

journal_volume

144

pub_type

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