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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the response and relationship of glial cells and neurons in lumbar spinal cord to hyperalgesia induced by the unilateral subcutaneous formalin injection into the hindpaw of rats. It was demonstrated that Fos/NeuN immunoreactive (-IR) neurons, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-IR astrocytes and OX42-IR microglia were distributed in dorsal horn of lumbar spinal cord, predominantly in the superficial layer. In the time-course studies, GFAP-IR astrocytes were firstly detected, OX42-IR microglia were sequentially observed, Fos/NeuN-IR neurons were found slightly late. Immunoelectron microscopy studies established that many heterotypic gap junctions (HGJs), which consisting of Cx43-IR astrocytic process on one side and Cx32-IR dendrite on the other side, were present in superficial layer of dorsal horn. Ninety-one HGJs were found in 100 areas of experimental rats and occupied 91%, while only 39% HGJs were found in control rats. In experimental rats pretreated with intrathecal (i.t.) application of the carbenoxolone (a gap junction blocker) or fluorocitrate (a glial metabolic inhibitor), the paw withdrawal thermal latency was prolonged than those application of the sterile saline (i.t.). It suggests that spinal cord glial cells may play an important role for modulation of hyperalgesia induced by noxious stimuli through HGJs which located between astrocytes and neurons.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD11b, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Biological Markers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carbenoxolone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Citrates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Connexins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ITGAM protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NeuN protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/fluorocitrate
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0168-0102
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
442-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Afferent Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Antigens, CD11b, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Carbenoxolone, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Citrates, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Connexins, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Gap Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Hyperalgesia, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Nociceptors, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Pain, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Posterior Horn Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16759728-Rats, Sprague-Dawley
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The lumbar spinal cord glial cells actively modulate subcutaneous formalin induced hyperalgesia in the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Neurosciences, The Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road, Xi'an 710032, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't