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ArticleExperimental brain research2014

Role of spinal GABAA receptor reduction induced by stress in rat thermal hyperalgesia.

Xuelian Ma, Weiying Bao, Xiujun Wang, Zhilong Wang, Qiaoran Liu, Zhenyu Yao, Di Zhang, Hong Jiang, Shuang Cui

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Article in Experimental brain research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Xuelian MaDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China, xuelianma@sdu.edu.cn.
Weiying Bao
Xiujun Wang
Zhilong Wang
Qiaoran Liu
Zhenyu Yao
Di Zhang
Hong Jiang
Shuang Cui
Shandong University · CNFourth People’s Hospital of Jinan · CNSongjiang District Central Hospital · CN

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Abstract

The mechanisms underlying stress-induced hyperalgesia (SIH) remain poorly understood. Recent findings have provided strong evidence indicating that SIH could be related, at least in part, to alterations in spinal cord GABA activity. In the present study, we first investigated how acute restraint stress impacted pain responses as assessed using the tail flick immersion test. These results showed that rats developed hyperalgesia at 6 h after being subjected to 1-h acute restraint stress. Second, we measured the activation of spinal neurons and alterations in expression of GABAA receptor β2 and β3 subunits as related to stress-induced hyperalgesia. Results from Western blot and immunofluorescence assays showed that c-fos protein increased in the dorsal horn of the lumbar spinal cord and GABAA receptor β2 and β3 subunit proteins decreased significantly at 6 h after exposure to 1 h of acute restraint stress. Finally, the effects of spinal GABAA receptor alteration on SIH were evaluated. These results showed that intrathecal administration of muscimol inhibited hyperalgesia induced by stress while bicuculline enhanced hyperalgesia in the control groups. Taken together, the present data reveal that GABAA receptor β2 and β3 decrease following 1 h of acute restraint stress and may play a critical role in SIH.

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Analysis of VarianceAnimalsBicucullineDisease Models, AnimalGABA-A Receptor AgonistsGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsGene Expression RegulationHyperalgesiaMaleMuscimolProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosRatsRats, WistarReaction TimeReceptors, GABA-ASpinal CordBicucullineGABA-A Receptor AgonistsGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsMuscimolProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosReceptors, GABA-A

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