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GABAA α5 subunit-containing receptors do not contribute to reversal of inflammatory-induced spinal sensitization as indicated by the unique selectivity profile of the GABAA receptor allosteric modulator NS16085

de Lucas, A. Garcia, Ahring, P.K., Larsen, J.S., Rivera-Arconada, I., Lopez-Garcia, J.A., Mirza, N.R., Munro, G.·2015·Biochemical Pharmacology

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GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) mediate robust analgesia in animal models of pathological pain. Restoration of diminished spinal GABAA-α2 and -α3 subunit-containing receptor function is a principal contributor to this analgesia, albeit involvement of GABAA-α5-receptors has not been excluded. Thus, we compared NS11394 and TPA023 (PAMs with selectivity/efficacy at GABAA-α2/α3/α5 receptors) with TP003 (a reportedly GABAA-α3 selective PAM) against spinal sensitization. However, in-house electrophysiology studies designed to confirm the selectivity of TPA023 and TP003 for human GABAA receptors did not corroborate published data, with TP003 displaying considerable GABAA-α5 receptor efficacy. Therefore, we identified a novel PAM, NS16085, which possesses negligible efficacy at GABAA-α5 receptors, but with GABAA-α2/α3 efficacy equivalent to NS11394. At the GABAA-α1 receptor the compound gives low level of negative modulation further separating it from the other compounds. Rat pups with carrageenan-induced hindpaw inflammatory hyperalgesia were used to make ex vivo spinal dorsal root-evoked ventral root recordings. Some spontaneous activity and large numbers of spikes to repetitive stimulation of dorsal roots at C-fibre intensity, indicative of wind-up and sensitization were observed. Equimolar concentrations of NS11394, TP003 and NS16085 all attenuated wind-up to a similar degree; TPA023 was clearly less effective. In adult rats, NS16085 (3-30 mg/kg, p.o.) dose-dependently reduced formalin-induced hindpaw flinching with efficacy comparable to NS11394. Thus, potentiation of GABAA-α2 and-α3 receptors is sufficient to depress spinal sensitization and mediate analgesia after inflammatory injury. Positive modulation at GABAA-α5-receptors is apparently dispensable for this process, an important consideration given the role of this receptor subtype in cognitive function.

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  • α3GABAARs have been implicated in anxiety, fear and/or response to chronic stress, with contradictory findings.

    “In addition, γ2GABAARs [11], α1GABAARs [10, 12], α3GABAARs [13] (but see [14-16] for contradictory findings), and more recently, α5GABAARs [16-18, 4] have been implicated in anxiety, fear and/or response to chronic stress.”

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Authors
de Lucas, A. G., Ahring, P. K., Larsen, J. S., Rivera-Arconada, I., Lopez-Garcia, J. A., Mirza, N. R., & Munro, G.
Affiliations
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • Saniona (Denmark) (DK)
  • Universidad de Alcalá (ES)
  • NeuroSearch (Denmark) (DK)
Corresponding author
Munro, G.
Venue
Biochemical Pharmacology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-02
Volume
93
Issue
3
Pages
370-379
ISSN
0006-2952 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2076336044
Cited by
32
References
45
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1
FWCI
1.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biochemical Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
Keywords
GABAA receptor, positive allosteric modulators, receptor subtype selectivity, spinal sensitization, inflammatory hyperalgesia, wind-up, analgesia, pathological pain, carrageenan, formalin test
MeSH terms
Allosteric Regulation, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Benzimidazoles, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Humans, Hyperalgesia, Inflammation, Male, Organ Culture Techniques, Pain, Pain Measurement, Pyridines, Receptors, GABA-A, Spinal Nerve Roots, Xenopus laevis, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Rats, Wistar, GABA Modulators, Rats

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