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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-30
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic delivery of anti-nociceptive molecules by means of cell grafts near the pain processing centers of the spinal cord is a newly developing technique for the treatment of neuropathic pain. The rat neuronal cell line, RN33B, derived from E13 rat brainstem raphe and immortalized with the SV40 temperature-sensitive allele of large T antigen (tsTag), was transfected with rat brain-derived neurotrophic factor cDNA (BDNF), and the BDNF-synthesizing cell line, 33BDNF.4, was isolated. The 33BDNF.4 cells synthesized mature BDNF protein at permissive temperature (33 degrees C), when the cells were proliferating, and during differentiation at non-permissive temperature (39 degrees C) in vitro. The bio-active BDNF protein was also secreted by the cells during both growth conditions, as measured by ELISA analysis of BDNF content and secretion. The bio-activity of the BDNF in 33BDNF.4 cell conditioned media was assessed by neurite outgrowth from E15 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cultures. A control cell line, 33V1, transfected with the vector alone, did not synthesize or secrete any significant BDNF at either growth condition. Both cell lines were used as grafts in a model of chronic neuropathic pain induced by unilateral chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve. Pain-related behaviors, including cold and tactile allodynia and thermal and tactile hyperalgesia, were evaluated after CCI in the affected hindpaw. When 33BDNF.4 and 33V1 cells were transplanted in the lumbar subarachnoid space of the spinal cord 1 week after CCI, they survived greater than 7 weeks on the pia mater around the spinal cord and the 33BDNF.4 cells continued to synthesize BDNF in vivo. Furthermore, the tactile and cold allodynia and tactile and thermal hyperalgesia induced by CCI was significantly reduced during the 2-7 week period after grafts of 33BDNF.4 cells. The maximal effect on chronic pain behaviors with the BDNF grafts occurred 2-3 weeks after transplant and the anti-nociceptive effects of the BDNF cell grafts was permanent. Transplants of the control 33V1 cells had no effect on the allodynia and hyperalgesia induced by CCI and these cells did not synthesize BDNF in vivo. These data suggest that a chronically applied, low local dose of BDNF supplied by transplanted cells near the spinal dorsal horn was able to reverse the development of chronic neuropathic pain following CCI. The use of neural cell lines that are able to deliver anti-nociceptive molecules, such as BDNF, in a model of chronic pain offers a novel approach to pain management and such 'biologic minipumps' can be developed for safe use in humans.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0304-3959
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-210
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Cold Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Hyperalgesia, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Ligation, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Pain, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Pain Management, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Sciatic Neuropathy, pubmed-meshheading:10779676-Transfection
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Lumbar transplant of neurons genetically modified to secrete brain-derived neurotrophic factor attenuates allodynia and hyperalgesia after sciatic nerve constriction.
pubmed:affiliation
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't