Persistent Activity of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 in the Periaqueductal Gray Constrains Emergence of Chronic Neuropathic Pain
- Authors
- Chung, G.; Shim, H.G.; Kim, C.Y.; Ryu, H.-H.; Jang, D.C.; Kim, S.H.; Lee, J.; Kim, C.-E.; Kim, Y.K.; Lee, Y.-S.; Kim, J.; Kim, S.K.; Worley, P.F.; Kim, S.J.
- Issue Date
- Dec-2020
- Publisher
- CELL PRESS
- Keywords
- calcium oscillation; chronic pain; descending pain modulation; homer1a; intrinsic excitability; metabotropic glutamate receptor 5; neuropathic pain; periaqueductal gray; persistent activity
- Citation
- CURRENT BIOLOGY, v.30, no.23, pp.4631
- Journal Title
- CURRENT BIOLOGY
- Volume
- 30
- Number
- 23
- Start Page
- 4631
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/79772
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.008
- ISSN
- 0960-9822
- Abstract
- Pain sensation is powerfully modulated by signal processing in the brain, and pain becomes chronic with the dysfunction of the pain modulatory system; however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. We found that the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) in the periaqueductal gray (PAG), the key area of endogenous pain modulation, is persistently active in normal conditions to maintain an appropriate sensory perception. In the neuropathic pain condition, Homer1a, an activity-dependent immediate early gene product, disrupted the persistent mGluR5 activity resulting in chronic pain. Remarkably a single-time blockage of the mGluR5 resulted in chronic neuropathic pain-like symptoms even in the absence of nerve injury. The decline of mGluR5 activity induced the pain modulatory dysfunction with a profound reduction of excitability of PAG neurons. These findings uncover the role of the persistent mGluR5 activity in vivo and provide new insight into how pain becomes chronic with the maladaptive coping of the PAG to pain sensation. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.Chung et al. show that metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 is persistently active to regulate neuronal excitability and calcium oscillations in periaqueductal gray neurons. They find that persistent activity of this receptor drives the pain modulatory system, and its conditional inactivation is sufficient for chronic neuropathic pain. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.
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