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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
Neuropeptides synthesized in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) have been implicated in neurogenic inflammation and nociception in experimental and clinical inflammatory arthritis. We examined the very early changes in response to adjuvant injection in a rat model of unilateral tibio-tarsal joint inflammation and subsequent monoarthritis. Within 30 min of adjuvant injection ipsilateral swelling and hyperalgesia were apparent, and marked increases in beta-preprotachykinin-A (beta-PPT-A) and alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-encoding mRNAs were observed in small-diameter L5 DRG neurones innervating the affected joint. This response was augmented by recruitment of additional small-diameter DRG neurones expressing beta-PPT-A and CGRP transcripts. The increased mRNA was paralleled by initial increases in L5 DRG content of the protein products, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide. Within 15 min of adjuvant injection there were increases in electrical activity in sensory nerves innervating a joint. Blockade of this activity prevented the rapid induction in beta-PPT-A and CGRP mRNA expression in DRG neurones. Increased expression of heteronuclear (intron E) beta-PPT-A RNA suggests that increases in beta-PPT-A mRNA levels were, at least in part, due to transcription. Pre-treatment with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide had no effect upon the early rise in neuropeptide mRNAS: This and the rapid time course of these changes suggest that increased sensory neural discharge and activation of a latent modulator of transcription are involved.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
372-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Arthritis, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Cycloheximide, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Freund's Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Injections, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Protein Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Radioimmunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Reflex, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Sciatic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Substance P, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Tachykinins, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Tarsus, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11299299-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Adjuvant-induced joint inflammation causes very rapid transcription of beta-preprotachykinin and alpha-CGRP genes in innervating sensory ganglia.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Endocrinology, Molecular Medicine Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study