PMID- 37068390 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230501 LR - 20230502 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 660 DP - 2023 Jun 11 TI - Role of the blood-spinal cord barrier: An adheren junction regulation mechanism that promotes chronic postsurgical pain. PG - 65-72 LID - S0006-291X(23)00422-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.04.021 [doi] AB - Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is a serious postoperative complication with high incidence, and its pathogenesis involves neuroimmune interactions and the breakdown of the blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB), the decreased level of adheren junction (AJ)-related proteins is an important cause of BSCB injury. Vascular endothelial-cadherin (VE-cadherin) and p120 catenin (p120) constitute the endothelial barrier adheren junction. The Src/p120/VE-cadherin pathway is involved in the regulation of the endothelial barrier function. However, the role of the BSCB-AJ regulatory mechanism in CPSP has not been reported. In this study, we established a skin/muscle incision and retraction (SMIR) model and evaluated the paw withdrawal threshold (PWT), the effects of an Src inhibitor and p120 knockdown on p-Src, p120 and VE-cadherin expression, as well as BSCB-AJ function in rat spinal cord were observed to explore the regulation of BSCB-AJ function by the p-Src/p120/VE-cadherin pathway in promoting SMIR-induced CPSP. The levels of p-Src, p120 and VE-cadherin in the spinal cord were detected by Western blot. Meanwhile, BSCB permeability test was used to detect the changes in BCSB function. Finally, the spatial and temporal localization of p120 in spinal cord was detected by immunofluorescence. Our findings indicated that p-Src/p120/VE-cadherin could induce BSCB-AJ dysfunction and promote the development of CPSP. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhao, Qihong AU - Zhao Q AD - Medical College, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China. FAU - Yao, Ju AU - Yao J AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China. FAU - Meng, Bei AU - Meng B AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China. FAU - Shen, Shiren AU - Shen S AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China. FAU - Cao, Su AU - Cao S AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China. Electronic address: 5200439@ntu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230411 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Cadherins) RN - 0 (Catenins) RN - 0 (Delta Catenin) SB - IM MH - Rats MH - Animals MH - *Cadherins/metabolism MH - *Catenins/metabolism MH - Delta Catenin MH - Spinal Cord/metabolism MH - Fetal Blood/metabolism MH - Pain, Postoperative OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adheren junction OT - Blood-spinal cord barrier OT - Chronic postsurgical pain OT - Neurovascular unit OT - VE-cadherin OT - p120 COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2023/04/18 06:00 MHDA- 2023/05/01 06:42 CRDT- 2023/04/17 18:04 PHST- 2023/03/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/03/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/01 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/17 18:04 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(23)00422-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.04.021 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2023 Jun 11;660:65-72. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.04.021. Epub 2023 Apr 11.