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ArticleMolecular neurobiology2016

ASIC3 Is Required for Development of Fatigue-Induced Hyperalgesia.

Nicholas S Gregory, Renan G Brito, Maria Cláudia G Oliveira Fusaro, Kathleen A Sluka

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Article in Molecular neurobiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicholas S GregoryNeuroscience Graduate Program, Pain Research Program, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, 1-248 MEB, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Renan G BritoDepartment of Physiology, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Brazil.
Maria Cláudia G Oliveira FusaroFaculdade de Ciências Aplicadas, State University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil.
Kathleen A SlukaNeuroscience Graduate Program, Pain Research Program, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, 1-248 MEB, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. kathleen-sluka@uiowa.edu.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRUniversidade Federal de Sergipe · BRUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007337 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI GEYER, PAMELA K., LENTZ, STEVEN R · 1985 to 2020
$15.9M
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Pain ResearchT32NS045549 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI KATHLEEN A SLUKA, Yuriy M Usachev · 2004 to 2026
$3.7M
Role of ASIC3 in the Etiology of FibromyalgiaR01AR053509 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SLUKA, KATHLEEN A · 2006 to 2010
$3.2M
Central Mechanisms involved in the interactions between muscle pain and exerciseR01AR061371 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SLUKA, KATHLEEN A · 2012 to 2016
$2.3M
Central contributions to pathobiology of fibromyalgiaR01AR052316 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SLUKA, KATHLEEN A · 2005 to 2009
$1.5M
NIAMS NIH HHS AR053509NIAMS NIH HHS AR061371NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR052316NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR053509NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR061371NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007337NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS045549
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An acute bout of exercise can exacerbate pain, hindering participation in regular exercise and daily activities. The mechanisms underlying pain in response to acute exercise are poorly understood. We hypothesized that proton accumulation during muscle fatigue activates acid-sensing ion channel 3 (ASIC3) on muscle nociceptors to produce hyperalgesia. We investigated the role of ASIC3 using genetic and pharmacological approaches in a model of fatigue-enhanced hyperalgesia. This model uses two injections of pH 5.0 saline into muscle in combination with an electrically induced fatigue of the same muscle just prior to the second injection of acid to induce mechanical hyperalgesia. We show a significant decrease in muscle force and decrease in muscle pH after 6 min of electrical stimulation. Genetic deletion of ASIC3 using knockout mice and pharmacological blockade of ASIC3 with APETx2 in muscle prevents the fatigue-enhanced hyperalgesia. However, ASIC3(-/-) mice and APETx2 have no effect on the fatigue response. Genetic deletion of ASIC3 in primary afferents innervating muscle using an HSV-1 expressing microRNA (miRNA) to ASIC3 surprisingly had no effect on the development of the hyperalgesia. Muscle fatigue increased the number of macrophages in muscle, and removal of macrophages from muscle with clodronate liposomes prevented the development of fatigue-enhanced hyperalgesia. Thus, these data suggest that fatigue reduces pH in muscle that subsequently activates ASIC3 on macrophages to enhance hyperalgesia to muscle insult.

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Muscle FatigueAcid Sensing Ion ChannelsAnimalsDown-RegulationElectric StimulationFemaleGene DeletionGene Knockdown TechniquesHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationHyperalgesiaMacrophagesMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMuscle ContractionMuscle, SkeletalPainAcid Sensing Ion ChannelsASIC3 protein, mouseSodium ChlorideAcidASICExerciseHyperalgesiaMacrophagePainProton

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PMID25577172
PMCPMC4499332
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