PMID- 28668500 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180803 LR - 20180803 IS - 1872-8111 (Electronic) IS - 0168-0102 (Linking) VI - 125 DP - 2017 Dec TI - Toll-like receptor-4/p38 MAPK signaling in the dorsal horn contributes to P2X4 receptor activation and BDNF over-secretion in cancer induced bone pain. PG - 37-45 LID - S0168-0102(16)30336-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neures.2017.06.006 [doi] AB - Our previous research suggested that the P2X4 receptor (P2X4R) expression in microglia was involved in the activation of toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) in the dorsal horn in the rat model of cancer induced bone pain (CIBP). In this study, we focused on whether TLR4- mitogen-activated protein kinases, p38 (p38 MAPK) contributes to P2X4R activation and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) over-secretion in CIBP. In in vitro experiment, the results showed that BDNF expression evoked by ATP stimulation was dependent on TLR4-p38. In in vivo experiment, the results demonstrated that an intrathecal injection of TLR4 siRNA alleviated nociception induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus ATP or CIBP with decreased expression of P2X4R, TLR4, BDNF, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and phosphorylated-p38 MAPK (p-p38 MAPK). Moreover, injection with p38MAPK inhibitor SB203580 resulted in an identical pattern compared with treatment with TLR4 siRNA. Our results demonstrate that the activation of TLR4-p38MAPK-P2X4R signaling in microglial possibility plays an important role in the process of nociceptive transmission in CIBP, suggesting new mechanism and potential therapeutic targets for CIBP. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Ireland Ltd and Japan Neuroscience Society. All rights reserved. FAU - Meng, Xiao-Wen AU - Meng XW AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address: lingximxw@163.com. FAU - Gao, Jian-Ling AU - Gao JL AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address: gjlsz7883@163.com. FAU - Zuo, Jian-Ling AU - Zuo JL AD - Brain Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address: jzuo919@126.com. FAU - Wang, Li-Na AU - Wang LN AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address: wangln@suda.edu.cn. FAU - Liu, Si-Lan AU - Liu SL AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address: szliusl@126.com. FAU - Jin, Xiao-Hong AU - Jin XH AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address: kxhwsy@163.com. FAU - Yao, Ming AU - Yao M AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: jxyaoming@163.com. FAU - Namaka, Michael AU - Namaka M AD - College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, Apotex Centre, 319- 750 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Electronic address: namakamp@ms.umanitoba.ca. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170628 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Res JT - Neuroscience research JID - 8500749 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Receptors, Purinergic P2X4) RN - 0 (Tlr4 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone Neoplasms/drug therapy/*metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Microglia/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Pain/metabolism MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Purinergic P2X4/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn/drug effects/metabolism MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/*metabolism MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/drug effects/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - Cancer induced bone pain OT - Microglia OT - P2X4 receptors OT - Phosphorylated-p38 MAPK OT - Toll-like receptor-4 EDAT- 2017/07/03 06:00 MHDA- 2018/08/04 06:00 CRDT- 2017/07/03 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/06/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/08/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/03 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0168-0102(16)30336-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neures.2017.06.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Res. 2017 Dec;125:37-45. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2017.06.006. Epub 2017 Jun 28.