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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2013

Peripheral TGF-β1 signaling is a critical event in bone cancer-induced hyperalgesia in rodents.

Qian Xu, Xiao-Meng Zhang, Kai-Zheng Duan, Xi-Yao Gu, Mei Han, Ben-Long Liu, Zhi-Qi Zhao, Yu-Qiu Zhang

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qian XuInstitute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Xiao-Meng Zhang
Kai-Zheng Duan
Xi-Yao Gu
Mei Han
Ben-Long Liu
Zhi-Qi Zhao
Yu-Qiu Zhang
Fudan University · CNState Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pain is the most common symptom of bone cancer. TGF-β, a major bone-derived growth factor, is largely released by osteoclast bone resorption during the progression of bone cancer and contributes to proliferation, angiogenesis, immunosuppression, invasion, and metastasis. Here, we further show that TGF-β1 is critical for bone cancer-induced pain sensitization. We found that, after the progression of bone cancer, TGF-β1 was highly expressed in tumor-bearing bone, and the expression of its receptors, TGFβRI and TGFβRII, was significantly increased in the DRG in a rat model of bone cancer pain that is based on intratibia inoculation of Walker 256 mammary gland carcinoma cells. The blockade of TGF-β receptors by the TGFβRI antagonist SD-208 robustly suppressed bone cancer-induced thermal hyperalgesia on post-tumor day 14 (PTD 14). Peripheral injection of TGF-β1 directly induced thermal hyperalgesia in intact rats and wide-type mice, but not in Trpv1(-/-) mice. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from DRG neurons showed that transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV1) sensitivity was significantly enhanced on PTD 14. Extracellular application of TGF-β1 significantly potentiated TRPV1 currents and increased [Ca(2+)]i in DRG neurons. Pharmacological studies revealed that the TGF-β1 sensitization of TRPV1 and the induction of thermal hyperalgesia required the TGF-βR-mediated Smad-independent PKCε and TGF-β activating kinase 1-p38 pathways. These findings suggest that TGF-β1 signaling contributes to bone cancer pain via the upregulation and sensitization of TRPV1 in primary sensory neurons and that therapeutic targeting of TGF-β1 may ameliorate the bone cancer pain in advanced cancer.

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AnimalsBehavior, AnimalBlotting, WesternBone NeoplasmsCarcinoma 256, WalkerElectrophysiological PhenomenaFemaleHyperalgesiaImmunohistochemistryMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMiceMice, Knockoutp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPatch-Clamp TechniquesPeripheral Nervous SystemMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase Kinasesp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProtein Kinase CSmad ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor beta1TRPV1 receptorTRPV Cation Channelsbone cancer paindorsal root ganglionpatch clampTGF-βthermal hyperalgesiaTRPV1

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PMID24305807
PMCPMC6618781
OpenAlexW2027639035

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