Role of Trpv1 and Trpv4 in surgical incision-induced tissue swelling and Fos-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of mice

Publication date: 21 June 2018 Source:Neuroscience Letters, Volume 678 Author(s): Yasuhito Motojima, Haruki Nishimura, Hiromichi Ueno, Satomi Sonoda, Kazuaki Nishimura, Kentaro Tanaka, Reiko Saito, Mitsuhiro Yoshimura, Takashi Maruyama, Takanori Matsuura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Makoto Kawasaki, Hideo Ohnishi, Akinori Sakai, Yoichi Ueta Pain management remains a major concern regarding the treatment of postoperative patients. Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are considered to be new therapeutic targets for pain control. We investigated whether the genes Trpv1 and Trpv4 are involved in hind paw swelling caused after surgical incision in mice or in incision-induced Fos-like immunoreactivity (Fos-LI) levels in the central nervous system. Mice were divided into four groups: wild-type (WT) control, WT incision, Trpv1 knockout (Trpv1 −/−) incision, and Trpv4 knockout (Trpv4 −/−) incision. Mice were anesthetized, and only those in the incision, and not control, groups received a surgical incision to their right plantar hind paw. Changes in paw diameter and in Fos-LI levels in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN), paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, and central amygdala were evaluated 2 h after the incision. There was no significant difference in the paw diameter among groups. In contrast, in laminae I–II of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and PVN, Fos-LI was significantly higher in all incision ...
Source: Neuroscience Letters - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research