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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Effect of Gabapentin in a Neuropathic Pain Model in Mice Overexpressing Human Wild-Type or Human Mutated Torsin A.

Damiana Scuteri, Laura Rombolà, Silvia Natoli, Antonio Pisani, Paola Bonsi, Chizuko Watanabe, Giacinto Bagetta, Paolo Tonin, Maria Tiziana Corasaniti

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Damiana ScuteriPharmacotechnology Documentation and Transfer Unit, Preclinical and Translational Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5846-7058
Laura RombolàPreclinical and Translational Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1727-3158
Silvia NatoliDepartment of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3758-5375
Antonio PisaniDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8432-594X
Paola BonsiIRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00179 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5940-9028
Chizuko WatanabeDepartment of Physiology and Anatomy, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai 981-8558, Japan.
Giacinto BagettaPharmacotechnology Documentation and Transfer Unit, Preclinical and Translational Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8540-6218
Paolo ToninRegional Center for Serious Brain Injuries, S. Anna Institute, 88900 Crotone, Italy.
Maria Tiziana CorasanitiSchool of Hospital Pharmacy, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro and Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6472-0697
University of Calabria · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · ITFondazione Santa Lucia · ITIstituto S.Anna Crotone · ITMagna Graecia University · ITTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University · JP

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health ''Ricerca Finalizzata 2005'' (Contract: PS- neuro ex 56/05/15; Duration: 01/07/2007 - 30/06/2010)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDYT1 dystonia is the most common form of early-onset inherited dystonia, which is caused by mutation of torsin A (TA) belonging to the "ATPases associated with a variety of cellular activities" (AAA + ATPase). Dystonia is often accompanied by pain, and neuropathic pain can be associated to peripherally induced movement disorder and dystonia. However, no evidence exists on the effect of gabapentin in mice subjected to neuropathic pain model overexpressing human normal or mutated TA.

methodsMice subjected to L5 spinal nerve ligation (SNL) develop mechanical allodynia and upregulation of the α2δ-1 L-type calcium channel subunit, forming a validated experimental model of neuropathic pain. Under these experimental conditions, TA is expressed in dorsal horn neurons and astrocytes and colocalizes with α2δ-1. Similar to this subunit, TA is overexpressed in dorsal horn 7 days after SNL. This model has been used to investigate (1) basal mechanical sensitivity; (2) neuropathic pain phases; and (3) the effect of gabapentin, an α2δ-1 ligand used against neuropathic pain, in non-transgenic (NT) C57BL/6 mice and in mice overexpressing human wild-type (hWT) or mutant (hMT) TA.

resultsIn comparison to non-transgenic mice, the threshold for mechanical sensitivity in hWT or hMT does not differ (Kruskal-Wallis test = 1.478;

conclusionsThese data lend support to the investigation on the role of TA in the molecular machinery engaged during neuropathic pain.

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