Research Paper Volume 13, Issue 10 pp 13615—13625
The effect of IL-6/Piezo2 on the trigeminal neuropathic pain
- 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266000, China
- 2 Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, The Cranial Nerve Disease Center of Shanghai, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
Received: December 2, 2020 Accepted: March 4, 2021 Published: April 23, 2021
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.202887How to Cite
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Abstract
The nature of trigeminal neuropathic pain (TN) attacks is regarded as the ignition of ectopic action potentials from the trigeminal root following vascular compression, which seemed to be related to transmembrane proteins and inflammation factors. This study focused on the mechanosensitive channel Piezo2 and cytokine IL-6.
The chronic constriction injury of infraorbital nerve in SD rats was used to establish the TN model. The trigeminal ganglion was then achieved to perform immunocytochemistry studies.
A significant upregulation of Piezo2 and IL-6 was showed in the TN model rats. The Piezo2 positive accounted for 72.3±9.5% in those IL-6 positive neurons. The Piezo2 co-localized with CGRP, IB4 and NF-200 but not with GFAP, which implied that it was expressed in both the C-type and the A-type neurons. After administration of GsMTx4 or anti-rat IL-6 antibody in the TN model, the dynamic allodynia and pinprick hyperalgesia scores as well as the mechanical threshold changed significantly. In the sham-operation rates, with local administration of IL-6, an upregulation of Piezo2 was also exhibited.
Our study demonstrated that the up-regulation of Piezo2 in the pain afferent neurons following trigeminal nerve injury may play a role in the development of the neuralgia. Meanwhile, the expression of Piezo2 may be modulated by inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-6.
Abbreviations
TN: trigeminal neuropathic pain; IL-6: interleukin-6; TG: trigeminal ganglion; DRG: dorsal root ganglion; RI: rapidly inactivating.