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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
卷 568, 期 -, 页码 29-34出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.03.038
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Diabetic neuropathic pain; Anterior cingulate cortex; Glutamatergic transmission; Protein kinase M zeta
Peripheral neuropathic pain is a common complication in the diabetic patients, and the underlying central mechanism remains unclear. Forebrain anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is critically involved in the supraspinal perception of physical and affective components of noxious stimulus and pain modulation. Excitatory glutamatergic transmission in the ACC extensively contributed to the maintenance of negative affective component of chronic pain. The present study examined the adaptation of glutamatergic transmission in the ACC in rats with diabetic neuropathic pain. Injection with streptozotocin (STZ) induced hyperglycemia, thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia in the rats. In these rats, significant enhanced basal glutamatergic transmission was observed in the ACC neurons. The increased presynaptic glutamate release and enhanced conductance of postsynaptic glutamate receptors were also observed in the ACC neurons of these modeled rats. Increased phosphorylation of PKM zeta, but not the expression of total PKM zeta, was also observed in the ACC. Microinjection of PKM zeta inhibitor ZIP into ACC attenuated the upregulation of glutamate transmission and painful behaviors in STZ-injected rats. These results revealed a substantial central sensitization in the ACC neurons in the rodents with diabetic neuropathic pain, which may partially underlie the negative affective components of patients with diabetic neuropathic pain. (c) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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