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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2023

TSLP in DRG neurons causes the development of neuropathic pain through T cells.

Yuka Ino, Motoyo Maruyama, Masumi Shimizu, Rimpei Morita, Atsuhiro Sakamoto, Hidenori Suzuki, Atsushi Sakai

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuka InoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan.
Motoyo MaruyamaDepartment of Pharmacology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan.
Masumi ShimizuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan.
Rimpei MoritaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan.
Atsuhiro SakamotoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan.
Hidenori SuzukiDepartment of Pharmacology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan.
Atsushi SakaiDepartment of Pharmacology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan. sa19@nms.ac.jp.
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Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP16K10986
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeripheral nerve injury to dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons develops intractable neuropathic pain via induction of neuroinflammation. However, neuropathic pain is rare in the early life of rodents. Here, we aimed to identify a novel therapeutic target for neuropathic pain in adults by comprehensively analyzing the difference of gene expression changes between infant and adult rats after nerve injury.

methodsA neuropathic pain model was produced in neonatal and young adult rats by spared nerve injury. Nerve injury-induced gene expression changes in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) were examined using RNA sequencing. Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and its siRNA were intrathecally injected. T cells were examined using immunofluorescence and were reduced by systemic administration of FTY720.

resultsDifferences in changes in the transcriptome in injured DRG between infant and adult rats were most associated with immunological functions. Notably, TSLP was markedly upregulated in DRG neurons in adult rats, but not in infant rats. TSLP caused mechanical allodynia in adult rats, whereas TSLP knockdown suppressed the development of neuropathic pain. TSLP promoted the infiltration of T cells into the injured DRG and organized the expressions of multiple factors that regulate T cells. Accordingly, TSLP caused mechanical allodynia through T cells in the DRG.

conclusionThis study demonstrated that TSLP is causally involved in the development of neuropathic pain through T cell recruitment.

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NeuralgiaThymic Stromal LymphopoietinAnimalsCytokinesGanglia, SpinalHyperalgesiaNeuronsRatsT-LymphocytesCytokinesThymic Stromal LymphopoietinCathepsin SCXCL13Dorsal root ganglionIL-24InfantNeuropathic painT cellThymic stromal lymphopoietin

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