PMID- 27329776 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161226 LR - 20181202 IS - 1744-8069 (Electronic) IS - 1744-8069 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2016 TI - Further observations on the behavioral and neural effects of bone marrow stromal cells in rodent pain models. LID - 10.1177/1744806916658043 [doi] LID - 1744806916658043 AB - BACKGROUND: Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) have shown potential to treat chronic pain, although much still needs to be learned about their efficacy and mechanisms of action under different pain conditions. Here, we provide further convergent evidence on the effects of BMSCs in rodent pain models. RESULTS: In an orofacial pain model involving injury of a tendon of the masseter muscle, BMSCs attenuated behavioral pain conditions assessed by von Frey filaments and a conditioned place avoidance test in female Sprague-Dawley rats. The antihyperalgesia of BMSCs in females lasted for <8 weeks, which is shorter than that seen in males. To relate preclinical findings to human clinical conditions, we used human BMSCs. Human BMSCs (1.5 M cells, i.v.) attenuated mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia induced by spinal nerve ligation and suppressed spinal nerve ligation-induced aversive behavior, and the effect persisted through the 8-week observation period. In a trigeminal slice preparation, BMSC-treated and nerve-injured C57B/L mice showed reduced amplitude and frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents, as well as excitatory synaptic currents evoked by electrical stimulation of the trigeminal nerve root, suggesting inhibition of trigeminal neuronal hyperexcitability and primary afferent input by BMSCs. Finally, we observed that GluN2A (N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit 2A) tyrosine phosphorylation and protein kinase Cgamma (PKCg) immunoreactivity in rostral ventromedial medulla was suppressed at 8 weeks after BMSC in tendon-injured rats. CONCLUSIONS: Collectively, the present work adds convergent evidence supporting the use of BMSCs in pain control. As PKCg activity related to N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation is critical in opioid tolerance, these results help to understand the mechanisms of BMSC-produced long-term antihyperalgesia, which requires opioid receptors in rostral ventromedial medulla and apparently lacks the development of tolerance. FAU - Guo, Wei AU - Guo W AD - University of Maryland School of Denstistry. FAU - Chu, Yu-Xia AU - Chu YX AD - University of Maryland School of DenstistryUniversity of Maryland School of DentistryUniversity of Maryland School of DentristryUniversity of Maryland School of DentistryUniversity of Maryland School of Dentistry. FAU - Imai, Satoshi AU - Imai S AD - University of Maryland School of DenstistryUniversity of Maryland School of DentistryUniversity of Maryland School of DentristryUniversity of Maryland School of DentistryUniversity of Maryland School of Dentistry. FAU - Yang, Jia-Le AU - Yang JL AD - University of Maryland School of Dentistry. FAU - Zou, Shiping AU - Zou S AD - University of Maryland School of Dentristry. FAU - Mohammad, Zaid AU - Mohammad Z AD - University of Maryland School of Dentistry. FAU - Wei, Feng AU - Wei F AD - University of Maryland School of DenstistryUniversity of Maryland School of DentistryUniversity of Maryland School of DentristryUniversity of Maryland School of DentistryUniversity of Maryland School of Dentistry. FAU - Dubner, Ronald AU - Dubner R AD - University of Maryland School of Dentistry. FAU - Ren, Ke AU - Ren K AD - University of Maryland School of DenstistryUniversity of Maryland School of DentistryUniversity of Maryland School of DentristryUniversity of Maryland School of DentistryUniversity of Maryland School of Dentistry kren@umaryland.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 DE025137/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - DE021804/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - DE025137/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - NS019296/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160621 PL - United States TA - Mol Pain JT - Molecular pain JID - 101242662 RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 36B82AMQ7N (Naloxone) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (protein kinase C gamma) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Behavior, Animal MH - Brain/*pathology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Naloxone/pharmacology MH - Neuralgia/metabolism/pathology/*therapy MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Protein Kinase C/metabolism MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism MH - Synapses/drug effects/pathology MH - Tendons/drug effects/pathology MH - Trigeminal Nerve/drug effects/pathology PMC - PMC4956005 EDAT- 2016/06/23 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/27 06:00 PMCR- 2016/06/21 CRDT- 2016/06/23 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/06/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/06/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 12/0/1744806916658043 [pii] AID - 10.1177_1744806916658043 [pii] AID - 10.1177/1744806916658043 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Mol Pain. 2016 Jun 21;12:1744806916658043. doi: 10.1177/1744806916658043. 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