PMID- 28629826 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170918 LR - 20170918 IS - 1879-0038 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1119 (Linking) VI - 627 DP - 2017 Sep 5 TI - Silencing of FKBP51 alleviates the mechanical pain threshold, inhibits DRG inflammatory factors and pain mediators through the NF-kappaB signaling pathway. PG - 169-175 LID - S0378-1119(17)30479-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.gene.2017.06.029 [doi] AB - Neuropathic pain is chronic pain caused by lesions or diseases of the somatosensory system, currently available analgesics provide only temporal relief. The precise role of FK506 binding protein 51 (FKBP51) in neuropathic pain induced by chronic constriction injury (CCI) is not clear. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects and possible mechanisms of FKBP51 in neuropathic pain in the rat model of CCI. Our results showed that FKBP51 was obviously upregulated in a time-dependent manner in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) of CCI rats. Additionally, silencing of FKBP51 remarkably attenuated mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia as reflected by paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) and paw withdrawal latency (PWL) in CCI rats. Moreover, knockdown of FKBP51 reduced the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha, IL-1beta and IL-6), nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in the DRG of CCI rats. Furthermore, we revealed that inhibition of FKBP51 greatly suppressed the activation of the NF-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling in the DRG of CCI rats. Interestingly, similar to the FKBP51 siRNA (si-FKBP51), ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (PDTC, an inhibitor of NF-kappaB) also alleviated neuropathic pain and neuro-inflammation, indicating that knockdown of FKBP51 alleviated neuropathic pain development of CCI rats by inhibiting the activation of NF-kappaB signaling pathway. Taken together, our findings indicate that FKBP51 may serve as a novel therapeutic target for neuropathic pain. CI - Copyright (c) 2017. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Yu, Hong-Mei AU - Yu HM AD - Department of Anesthesia, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 061000, PR China. Electronic address: hongmeiyuhmy@163.com. FAU - Wang, Qi AU - Wang Q AD - Department of Anesthesia, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 061000, PR China. FAU - Sun, Wen-Bo AU - Sun WB AD - Department of Anesthesia, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 061000, PR China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170616 PL - Netherlands TA - Gene JT - Gene JID - 7706761 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - EC 5.2.1.- (Tacrolimus Binding Proteins) RN - EC 5.2.1.8 (tacrolimus binding protein 5) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cytokines/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ganglia, Spinal/cytology/*metabolism MH - *Gene Silencing MH - Male MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Neuralgia/*genetics/metabolism MH - *Pain Threshold MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Signal Transduction MH - Tacrolimus Binding Proteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Touch OTO - NOTNLM OT - FKBP51 OT - NF-kappaB signaling OT - Neuro-inflammation OT - Neuropathic pain EDAT- 2017/06/21 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/19 06:00 CRDT- 2017/06/21 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/06/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/06/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0378-1119(17)30479-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.gene.2017.06.029 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gene. 2017 Sep 5;627:169-175. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.06.029. Epub 2017 Jun 16.