PMID- 23884949 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131017 LR - 20220409 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 30 DP - 2013 Jul 24 TI - TrkB.T1 contributes to neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury through regulation of cell cycle pathways. PG - 12447-63 LID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0846-13.2013 [doi] AB - Spinal cord injury (SCI) frequently causes severe, persistent central neuropathic pain that responds poorly to conventional pain treatments. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling appears to contribute to central sensitization and nocifensive behaviors in certain animal models of chronic pain through effects mediated in part by the alternatively spliced truncated isoform of the BDNF receptor tropomyosin-related kinase B.T1 (trkB.T1). Mechanisms linking trkB.T1 to SCI-induced chronic central pain are unknown. Here, we examined the role of trkB.T1 in central neuropathic pain after spinal cord contusion. Genetic deletion of trkB.T1 in mice significantly reduced post-SCI mechanical hyperesthesia, locomotor dysfunction, lesion volumes, and white matter loss. Whole genome analysis, confirmed at the protein level, revealed that cell cycle genes were upregulated in trkB.T1(+/+) but not trkB.T1(-/-) spinal cord after SCI. TGFbeta-induced reactive astrocytes from WT mice showed increased cell cycle protein expression that was significantly reduced in astrocytes from trkB.T1(-/-) mice that express neither full-length trkB nor trkB.T1. Administration of CR8, which selectively inhibits cyclin-dependent kinases, reduced hyperesthesia, locomotor deficits, and dorsal horn (SDH) glial changes after SCI, similar to trkB.T1 deletion, without altering trkB.T1 protein expression. In trkB.T1(-/-) mice, CR8 had no effect. These data indicate that trkB.T1 contributes to the pathobiology of SCI and SCI pain through modulation of cell cycle pathways and suggest new therapeutic targets. FAU - Wu, Junfang AU - Wu J AD - Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1579, USA. FAU - Renn, Cynthia L AU - Renn CL FAU - Faden, Alan I AU - Faden AI FAU - Dorsey, Susan G AU - Dorsey SG LA - eng GR - R01 NR010207/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NR013601/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS054221/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural 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 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/cytology/physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Cell Cycle/physiology MH - Hyperesthesia/genetics/pathology/physiopathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Neuralgia/genetics/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Posterior Horn Cells/physiology MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Receptor, trkB/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Recovery of Function/physiology MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - Spinal Cord Injuries/genetics/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Up-Regulation/physiology PMC - PMC3721848 EDAT- 2013/07/26 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/18 06:00 PMCR- 2014/01/24 CRDT- 2013/07/26 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/01/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 33/30/12447 [pii] AID - 0846-13 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0846-13.2013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2013 Jul 24;33(30):12447-63. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0846-13.2013.