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Pain-Induced Negative Affect Is Mediated via Recruitment of The Nucleus Accumbens Kappa Opioid System

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Negative affective states affect quality of life for patients suffering from pain. These maladaptive emotional states can lead to involuntary opioid overdose and many neuropsychiatric comorbidities. Uncovering the mechanisms responsible for pain-induced negative affect is critical in addressing these comorbid outcomes. The nucleus accumbens (NAc) shell, which integrates the aversive and rewarding valence of stimuli, exhibits plastic adaptations in the presence of pain. In discrete regions of the NAc, activation of the kappa opioid receptor (KOR) decreases the reinforcing properties of rewards and induces aversive behaviors. Using complementary techniques, we report that in vivo recruitment of NAc shell dynorphin neurons, acting through KOR, is necessary and sufficient to drive pain-induced negative affect. Taken together, our results provide evidence that pain-induced adaptations in the kappa opioid system within the NAc shell represent a functional target for therapeutic intervention that could circumvent pain-induced affective disorders. VIDEO ABSTRACT.

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Authors
Massaly, N., Copits, B. A., Wilson-Poe, A. R., Hipólito, L., Markovic, T., Yoon, H. J., Liu, S., Walicki, M. C., Bhatti, D. L., Sirohi, S., Klaas, A., Walker, B. M., Neve, R., Cahill, C. M., Shoghi, K. I., Gereau, R. W., McCall, J. G., Al-Hasani, R., Bruchas, M. R., & Morón, J. A.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (US)
  • Washington State University (US)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author
Bruchas, Michael R.
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-05
Volume
102
Issue
3
Pages
564-573.e6
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2922000881
Cited by
200
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 12
FWCI
13.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (DA041781, DA042581, DA042499, DA041883, DA045463)
  • Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (DA033396, DA037152, R01-NS106953, AA020394, K99/R00-DA038725, K99-DA041467)
  • Philippe Foundation
  • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University (16-014)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
nucleus accumbens shell, kappa opioid receptor, opioid overdose, aversive behavior, reward processing
MeSH terms
Affect, Animals, Dynorphins, Inflammation, Neural Inhibition, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Nucleus Accumbens, Pain, Receptors, Opioid, kappa, Mood Disorders, Mice, Rats

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