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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Potentiation of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 channel contributes to pruritogenesis in a rat model of liver disease |
| Creators Name: | Belghiti, M., Estevez-Herrera, J., Gimenez-Garzo, C., Gonzalez-Usano, A., Montoliu, C., Ferrer-Montiel, A., Felipo, V. and Planells-Cases, R. |
| Abstract: | Persistent pruritus is a common disabling dermatologic symptom associated with different etiologic factors. These include primary skin conditions, as well as neuropathic, psychogenic, or systemic disorders like chronic liver disease. Defective clearance of potential pruritogenic substances that activate itch-specific neurons innervating the skin is thought to contribute to cholestatic pruritus. However, because the underlying disease-specific pruritogens and itch-specific neuronal pathways and mechanism(s) are unknown, symptomatic therapeutic intervention often leads to no or only limited success. In the current study, we aimed to first validate rats with bile duct ligation (BDL) as a model for hepatic pruritus and then to evaluate the contribution of inflammation, peripheral neuronal sensitization, and specific signaling pathways and subpopulations of itch-responsive neurons to scratching behavior and thermal hypersensitivity. Chronic BDL rats displayed enhanced scratching behavior and thermal hyperalgesia indicative of peripheral neuroinflammation. BDL-induced itch and hypersensitivity involved a minor contribution of histaminergic/serotonergic receptors, but significant activation of protein-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) receptors, prostaglandin PGE2 formation, and potentiation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channel activity. The sensitization of dorsal root ganglion nociceptors in BDL rats was associated with increased surface expression of PAR2 and TRPV1 proteins and an increase in the number of PAR2- and TRPV1-expressing peptidergic neurons together with a shift of TRPV1 receptor expression to medium sized dorsal root ganglion neurons. These results suggest that pruritus and hyperalgesia in chronic cholestatic BDL rats are associated with neuroinflammation and involve PAR2-induced TRPV1 sensitization. Thus, pharmacological modulation of PAR2 and/or TRPV1 may be a valuable therapeutic approach for patients with chronic liver pruritus refractory to conventional treatments. |
| Keywords: | Bile Ducts, Cholestasis, Chronic Disease, Fluorescence Microscopy, Hot Temperature, Hyperalgesia, Liver Diseases, Mast Cells, Neurological Models, Neurons, PAR-2 Receptor, Pruritus, Signal Transduction, TRPV Cation Channels, Animals, Rats, Wistar Rats |
| Source: | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| ISSN: | 0021-9258 |
| Publisher: | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Volume: | 288 |
| Number: | 14 |
| Page Range: | 9675-9685 |
| Date: | 5 April 2013 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.455162 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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