Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 129, Issue 1, Pages 169-178Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12614
Keywords
angiogenesis; CXCR4; cytokine; epigenetics; sciatic nerve
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [24590730, 24592356]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24592356, 24590730] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Chronic neuroinflammation may be a critical component of intractable inflammatory diseases, including neuropathic pain. Because angiogenesis as a result of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling plays a pivotal role in inflammation, we focused on the mechanisms of VEGF-regulated neuropathic pain in mice. The mRNA and protein expression of VEGFA were up-regulated in the injured sciatic nerve after partial sciatic nerve ligation (PSL). VEGFA was localized to accumulated macrophages and neutrophils derived from bone marrow. Up-regulation of VEGFA was mediated by histone H3 acetylation and trimethylation in its promoter region. VEGF receptors (VEGFR1 and VEGFR2) were localized to vascular endothelial cells or macrophages. By ex vivo fluorescence imaging and immunohistochemistry using DiI fluorescence, progression of angiogenesis was observed in the injured sciatic nerve after PSL. Perineural administration of pharmacological inhibitors of VEGFA and VEGFR tyrosine kinases prevented tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia caused by PSL. Moreover, we determined the contribution of VEGF- and CXC-chemokine receptor 4-expressing angiogenic macrophages to neuropathic pain. Taken together, VEGFA is up-regulated in injured peripheral nerves and participates in angiogenesis and prolonged pain behaviors through its receptors. We propose that VEGFA-related components may underlie peripheral sensitization leading to neuropathic pain.
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