PMID- 22553040 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120625 LR - 20211021 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 18 DP - 2012 May 2 TI - PI3-kinase/Akt pathway-regulated membrane insertion of acid-sensing ion channel 1a underlies BDNF-induced pain hypersensitivity. PG - 6351-63 LID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4479-11.2012 [doi] AB - Central neural plasticity plays a key role in pain hypersensitivity. This process is modulated by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and also involves the type 1a acid-sensing ion channel (ASIC1a). However, the interactions between the BDNF receptor, tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB), and ASIC1a are unclear. Here, we show that deletion of ASIC1 gene suppressed the sustained mechanical hyperalgesia induced by intrathecal BDNF application in mice. In both rat spinal dorsal horn neurons and heterologous cell cultures, the BDNF/TrkB pathway enhanced ASIC1a currents via phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) cascade and phosphorylation of cytoplasmic residue Ser-25 of ASIC1a, resulting in enhanced forward trafficking and increased surface expression. Moreover, in both rats and mice, this enhanced ASIC1a activity was required for BDNF-mediated hypersensitivity of spinal dorsal horn nociceptive neurons and central mechanical hyperalgesia, a process that was abolished by intrathecal application of a peptide representing the N-terminal region of ASIC1a encompassing Ser-25. Thus, our results reveal a novel mechanism underlying central sensitization and pain hypersensitivity, and reinforce the critical role of ASIC1a channels in these processes. FAU - Duan, Bo AU - Duan B AD - Institute of Neuroscience and State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. FAU - Liu, Di-Shi AU - Liu DS FAU - Huang, Yu AU - Huang Y FAU - Zeng, Wei-Zheng AU - Zeng WZ FAU - Wang, Xiang AU - Wang X FAU - Yu, Hui AU - Yu H FAU - Zhu, Michael X AU - Zhu MX FAU - Chen, Zhe-Yu AU - Chen ZY FAU - Xu, Tian-Le AU - Xu TL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (ASIC1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Acid Sensing Ion Channels) RN - 0 (Asic1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Sodium Channels) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) SB - IM MH - Acid Sensing Ion Channels MH - Animals MH - *Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor MH - Cell Membrane/*metabolism MH - Hyperalgesia/*chemically induced/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/*metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Sodium Channels/*metabolism PMC - PMC6622133 EDAT- 2012/05/04 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/26 06:00 PMCR- 2012/11/02 CRDT- 2012/05/04 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/05/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/11/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 32/18/6351 [pii] AID - 3765486 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4479-11.2012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2012 May 2;32(18):6351-63. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4479-11.2012.