PMID- 32767851 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210119 LR - 20210119 IS - 1601-6343 (Electronic) IS - 1601-6335 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Feb TI - Involvement of astrocytes activation in orofacial hyperalgesia induced by experimental tooth movement. PG - 147-154 LID - 10.1111/ocr.12418 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to investigate the involvement of astrocytes in the medullary dorsal horn (MDH) in the orofacial hyperalgesia induced by experimental tooth movement (ETM) and related mechanism. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Experimental tooth movement was produced with nickel-titanium alloy closed-coil spring fixed between the left maxillary first molar and the left upper incisor. Fluorocitrate was administrated through medullary subarachnoid at 3 days after ETM. Pressure pain threshold (PPT) in masseter cutaneous area was measured. The expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and c-Fos in MDH was measured using immunofluoroscence staining. The expression of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and phosphorylated N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor subunit NR1 (p-NR1) was measured with Western blotting. RESULTS: Experimental tooth movement-induced orofacial hyperalgesia from 1 to 9 days as the PPT was significantly reduced (P < .05). Immunofluoroscence staining showed that the expression of c-Fos in MDH was dramatically upregulated at 1 day and 3 days after ETM, while GFAP expression with both immunofluoroscence staining and Western blotting was significantly enhanced at 3 days and 7 days after ETM. Western blotting analysis indicated that the expression of IL-1beta and p-NR1 in MDH was significantly enhanced at 3 days after ETM. Furthermore, we found that fluorocitrate administration at 3 days after ETM could markedly suppress the expression of c-Fos, GFAP, IL-1beta and p-NR1 and attenuate the reduction of PPT induced by ETM. CONCLUSION: Astrocyte activation in MDH is involved in the mechanical hyperalgesia, and the subsequent upregulated IL-1beta and overexpression of p-NR1 may participate in this process. CI - (c) 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Li, Cui-Xia AU - Li CX AD - State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Liu, Jia AU - Liu J AD - State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Zhou, Kai-Xiang AU - Zhou KX AD - Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Zhao, Wen-Jun AU - Zhao WJ AD - Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Zhao, Yan AU - Zhao Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Jin, Zuo-Lin AU - Jin ZL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7871-110X AD - State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Gu, Ze-Xu AU - Gu ZX AD - State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. LA - eng GR - 81571000/National Nature Science Foundation of China/ GR - 81970960/National Nature Science Foundation of China/ GR - 81701002/National Nature Science Foundation of China/ GR - ZZQP003/General Equipment Department of People's Liberation Army Youth Project/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200914 PL - England TA - Orthod Craniofac Res JT - Orthodontics & craniofacial research JID - 101144387 RN - 0 (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Astrocytes MH - Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein MH - *Hyperalgesia MH - Pain Threshold MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley OTO - NOTNLM OT - astrocytes OT - experimental tooth movement OT - fluorocitrate OT - medullary dorsal horn OT - orofacial hyperalgesia EDAT- 2020/08/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/20 06:00 CRDT- 2020/08/09 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/ocr.12418 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Orthod Craniofac Res. 2021 Feb;24(1):147-154. doi: 10.1111/ocr.12418. Epub 2020 Sep 14.