PMID- 31014242 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200128 LR - 20200930 IS - 1471-2202 (Electronic) IS - 1471-2202 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Apr 24 TI - Involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in chronic intermittent stress-induced enhanced mechanical allodynia in a rat model of burn pain. PG - 17 LID - 10.1186/s12868-019-0500-1 [doi] LID - 17 AB - BACKGROUND: Reports show that stressful events before injury exacerbates post-injury pain. The mechanism underlying stress-induced heightened thermal pain is unclear. Here, we examined the effects of chronic intermittent stress (CIS) on nociceptive behaviors and brain-derived nerve growth factor (BDNF) system in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hypothalamus of rats with and without thermal injury. RESULTS: Unstressed rats showed transient mechanical allodynia during stress exposure. Stressed rats with thermal injury displayed persistent exacerbated mechanical allodynia (P < 0.001). Increased expression of BDNF mRNA in the PFC (P < 0.05), and elevated TrkB and p-TrkB (P < 0.05) protein levels in the hypothalamus were observed in stressed rats with thermal injury but not in stressed or thermally injured rats alone. Furthermore, administration of CTX-B significantly reduced stress-induced exacerbated mechanical allodynia in thermally injured rats (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: These results indicate that BDNF-TrkB signaling in PFC and hypothalamus contributes to CIS-induced exacerbated mechanical allodynia in thermal injury state. FAU - Sosanya, Natasha M AU - Sosanya NM AD - Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA. FAU - Garza, Thomas H AU - Garza TH AD - Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA. FAU - Stacey, Winfred AU - Stacey W AD - Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA. FAU - Crimmins, Stephen L AU - Crimmins SL AD - Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA. FAU - Christy, Robert J AU - Christy RJ AD - Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA. FAU - Cheppudira, Bopaiah P AU - Cheppudira BP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8352-7729 AD - Battlefield Pain Management Research Group, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234-4504, USA. bopaiah.p.cheppudira.ctr@mail.mil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20190424 PL - England TA - BMC Neurosci JT - BMC neuroscience JID - 100966986 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Peptides, Cyclic) RN - 0 (cyclotraxin-B) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Ntrk2 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - Burns/complications/physiopathology MH - Hyperalgesia/complications/*metabolism/physiopathology/prevention & control MH - Hypothalamus/metabolism MH - Male MH - Pain/complications/*physiopathology MH - Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Prefrontal Cortex/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Receptor, trkB/metabolism MH - Stress, Physiological/*physiology PMC - PMC6480655 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - Chronic intermittent stress OT - Cyclotraxin-B OT - Mechanical allodynia OT - Thermal injury OT - TrkB OT - p-TrkB COIS- The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be considered as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense. The authors declare that they have no financial competing interests. EDAT- 2019/04/25 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/29 06:00 PMCR- 2019/04/24 CRDT- 2019/04/25 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/04/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12868-019-0500-1 [pii] AID - 500 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12868-019-0500-1 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Neurosci. 2019 Apr 24;20(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12868-019-0500-1.