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ArticleNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University2019

[Role of ZHX2 in regulating dorsal root ganglion μ-opioid receptor expression in mice with peripheral nerve injuryinduced pain hypersensitivity].

Hengwei Sheng, Kai Mo

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Article in Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hengwei ShengDepartment of Anesthesiology, General Hospital of Southern Theatre Command, Guangzhou 510010, China.
Kai MoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China.
Southern Medical University · CN

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objectiveTo investigate the role of zinc-fingers and homeoboxes 2 (ZHX2) in regulating μ-opioid receptor expression in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) in mice with peripheral nerve injury-induced pain hypersensitivity.

methodsForty-eight male adult C57BL6J mice were randomized into 4 groups and subjected to chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve or sham operation followed by microinjection of a specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) of ZHX2 or a negative control siRNA sequence (siNC) into the DRG. Seven days later, the mice were examined for changes in the hind paw withdrawal frequency (PWF), after which the DRG tissue was collected for detecting the expressions of μ-opioid receptor at the mRNA and protein levels using RT-qPCR and Western blotting. In another experiment, the DRG tissues were collected from 6 mice (21-day-old) for primary culture of the DRG neurons, which were transfected with ZHX2 siRNA or the siNC to observe the changes in the expressions of ZHX2 and μ-pioid receptor.

resultsMicroinjection of ZHX2 siRNA into the ipsilateral L3 and L4 DRGs significantly reversed CCI-induced μ-pioid receptor downregulation in the injured DRG and alleviated CCI-induced mechanical allodynia in the mice. In the cell experiment, ZHX2 knockdown obviously upregulated the mRNA and protein expressions of opioid receptor in the primary cultured DRG neurons.

conclusionsZHX2 knockdown in the DRG reverses CCI-induced down-regulation of μ opioid receptor to alleviate periphery nerve injury-induced pain hypersensitivity in mice.

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Ganglia, SpinalNeuralgiaAnimalsHomeodomain ProteinsHyperalgesiaMaleMiceRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, Opioid, muHomeodomain ProteinsReceptors, Opioid, muZhx2 protein, mousedorsal root ganglianerve injuryneuropathic painzinc-fingers and homeoboxes 2μ-opioid receptor

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