PMID- 31157834 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191206 LR - 20200309 IS - 1552-5783 (Electronic) IS - 0146-0404 (Print) IS - 0146-0404 (Linking) VI - 60 IP - 7 DP - 2019 Jun 3 TI - Remodeling of Substance P Sensory Nerves and Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 8 (TRPM8) Cold Receptors After Corneal Experimental Surgery. PG - 2449-2460 LID - 10.1167/iovs.18-26384 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: To investigate changes in corneal nerves positive to substance P (SP) and transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8) and gene expression in the trigeminal ganglia (TG) following corneal surgery to unveil peripheral nerve mechanism of induced dry eye-like pain (DELP). METHODS: Surgery was performed on mice by removing the central epithelial and anterior stromal nerves. Mice were euthanized at different times up to 15 weeks. Immunostaining was performed with TRPM8, SP, or protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5) antibodies, and epithelial nerve densities were calculated. The origin of TRPM8- and SP-TG neurons were analyzed by retrograde tracing. Gene expression in TG was studied by real-time PCR analysis. RESULTS: SP-positive epithelial corneal nerves were more abundant than TRPM8 and were expressed in different TG neurons. After injury, epithelial nerve regeneration occurs in two distinct stages. An early regeneration of the remaining epithelial bundles reached the highest density on day 3 and then rapidly degraded. From day 5, the epithelial nerves originated from the underlying stromal nerves were still lower than normal levels by week 15. The SP- and TRPM8-positive nerve fibers followed the same pattern as the total nerves. TRPM8-positive terminals increased slowly and reached only half of normal values by 3 months. Corneal sensitivity gradually increased and reached normal values on day 12. Corneal injury also induced significant changes in TG gene expression, decreasing trpm8 and tac1 genes. CONCLUSIONS: Abnormal SP expression, low amounts of TRPM8 terminals, and hypersensitive nerve response occur long after the injury and changes in gene expression in the TG suggest a contribution to the pathogenesis of corneal surgery-induced DELP. FAU - He, Jiucheng AU - He J AD - Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. AD - Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. FAU - Pham, Thang Luong AU - Pham TL AD - Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. FAU - Kakazu, Azucena H AU - Kakazu AH AD - Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. FAU - Bazan, Haydee E P AU - Bazan HEP AD - Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. AD - Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 EY019465/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - United States TA - Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci JT - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science JID - 7703701 RN - 0 (TRPM Cation Channels) RN - 0 (TRPM8 protein, mouse) RN - 33507-63-0 (Substance P) RN - EC 3.4.19.12 (Ubiquitin Thiolesterase) RN - EC 3.4.19.12 (Uchl1 protein, mouse) SB - IM EIN - Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 Jul 1;60(8):2860. PMID: 31260036 MH - Animals MH - Cold Temperature MH - Corneal Injuries/*metabolism MH - Epithelium, Corneal/*innervation MH - Female MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*physiology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Models, Animal MH - Nerve Regeneration/physiology MH - Neuronal Plasticity/*physiology MH - Ophthalmic Nerve/*physiology MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Substance P/*genetics/metabolism MH - TRPM Cation Channels/*genetics/metabolism MH - Tears/physiology MH - Ubiquitin Thiolesterase/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC6545819 EDAT- 2019/06/04 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/18 06:00 PMCR- 2019/06/01 CRDT- 2019/06/04 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/06/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2735524 [pii] AID - IOVS-18-26384R2 [pii] AID - 10.1167/iovs.18-26384 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 Jun 3;60(7):2449-2460. doi: 10.1167/iovs.18-26384.