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ArticlePain2025

Modelling inflammation-induced peripheral sensitization in a dish-more complex than expected?

Yuening Li, Amy Lock, Laura Fedele, Irene Zebochin, Alba Sabate, Matthew Siddle, Silvia Cainarca, Pascal Röderer, Katharina Montag, Paola Tarroni and 4 more

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Article in Pain, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Human Dorsal Root Ganglia Neuronal Cell Line to Study Nociceptive Signaling: A New Pipeline for Pain Therapy.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  2. Design and optimization of in situ self-functionalizing stress sensors.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Yuening LiWolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre (SPaRC), Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Amy LockWolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre (SPaRC), Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Laura FedeleWolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre (SPaRC), Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Irene ZebochinWolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre (SPaRC), Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Alba SabateULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Gosselies, Belgium.
Matthew SiddleInstitute of Liver Studies, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Silvia CainarcaAxxam SpA, Openzone, Bresso, Milan, Italy.
Pascal RödererInstitute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn Medical Faculty & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Katharina MontagAxxam SpA, Openzone, Bresso, Milan, Italy.
Paola TarroniAxxam SpA, Openzone, Bresso, Milan, Italy.
Oliver BrüstleInstitute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn Medical Faculty & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Tanya ShawCentre for Inflammation Biology & Cancer Immunology, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Leonie TaamsCentre for Inflammation Biology & Cancer Immunology, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Franziska DenkWolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre (SPaRC), Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4883-4234

Funding

Horizon 2020 116072Medical Research Council MR/N013700/1Wellcome Trust 218452/Z/19/ZWellcome Trust 224257Wellcome Trust 224257/Z/21/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractPeripheral sensitization of nociceptors is believed to be a key driver of chronic pain states. Here, we sought to study the effects of a modified version of inflammatory soup on the excitability of human stem cell-derived sensory neurons. For this, we used a preexisting and a novel stem cell line, modified to stably express the calcium sensor GCamP6f. Upon treatment with inflammatory soup, we observed no changes in neuronal transcription or functional responses upon calcium imaging and only a very minor increase in resting membrane potential (RMP) via whole cell patch clamping: control RMP (-71.31 ± 1.1 mV) vs inflammatory soup RMP (-67.74 ± 1.29 mV), uncorrected 2-tailed independent samples t test, P = 0.0383. Similarly, small changes were observed when treating mouse primary sensory neurons with inflammatory soup. A semi-systematic reexamination of past literature further indicated that observed effects of inflammatory mediators on dissociated sensory neuron cultures are generally small. We conclude that modelling inflammation-induced peripheral sensitization in vitro is nontrivial and will require careful selection of mediators and/or more complex, longitudinal multicellular setups. Especially in the latter, our novel GCamP6f-induced pluripotent stem cell line may be of value.

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InflammationSensory Receptor CellsAnimalsCalciumCells, CulturedGanglia, SpinalHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMembrane PotentialsMiceCalciumCalcium imagingGcampInflammationIPSCPainPatch clampingStem cell–derived sensory neurons

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PMID40009350
PMCPMC12168811

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