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Oxytocin inhibits the activity of acid‐sensing ion channels through the vasopressin, V1A receptor in primary sensory neurons

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Qiu, Fang, Qiu, Chun‐Yu, Cai, Huilan, Liu, Ting‐Ting, Qu, Zu‐Wei, Yang, Zhifan, Li, Jia‐Da, Zhou, Qun‐Yong +1 more·2014·British Journal of Pharmacology

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A growing number of studies have demonstrated that oxytocin (OT) plays an analgesic role in modulation of nociception and pain. Most work to date has focused on the central mechanisms of OT analgesia, but little is known about whether peripheral mechanisms are also involved. Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are distributed in peripheral sensory neurons and participate in nociception. Here, we investigated the effects of OT on the activity of ASICs in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Electrophysiological experiments were performed on neurons from rat DRG. Nociceptive behaviour was induced by acetic acid in rats and mice lacking vasopressin, V1A receptors. KEY RESULTS: OT inhibited the functional activity of native ASICs. Firstly, OT dose-dependently decreased the amplitude of ASIC currents in DRG neurons. Secondly, OT inhibition of ASIC currents was mimicked by arginine vasopressin (AVP) and completely blocked by the V1A receptor antagonist SR49059, but not by the OT receptor antagonist L-368899. Thirdly, OT altered acidosis-evoked membrane excitability of DRG neurons and significantly decreased the amplitude of the depolarization and number of action potentials induced by acid stimuli. Finally, peripherally administered OT or AVP inhibited nociceptive responses to intraplantar injection of acetic acid in rats. Both OT and AVP also induced an analgesic effect on acidosis-evoked pain in wild-type mice, but not in V1A receptor knockout mice. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: These results reveal a novel peripheral mechanism for the analgesic effect of OT involving the modulation of native ASICs in primary sensory neurons mediated by V1A receptors.

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Authors
Qiu, F., Qiu, C., Cai, H., Liu, T., Qu, Z., Yang, Z., Li, J., Zhou, Q., & Hu, W.
Affiliations
  • Hubei University of Science and Technology (CN)
  • Hubei University (CN)
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
Corresponding author
Hu, Wang‐Ping
Venue
British Journal of Pharmacology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-05-27
Volume
171
Issue
12
Pages
3065-3076
ISSN
  • 0007-1188 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5381
OpenAlex
W1540241568
Cited by
67
References
74
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FWCI
5.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • British Journal of Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
Keywords
oxytocin, acid-sensing ion channels, vasopressin V1a receptor, dorsal root ganglion neurons, primary sensory neurons, peripheral analgesia, acid-induced pain, nociception, vasopressin, acetic acid-induced writhing
MeSH terms
Action Potentials, Analgesics, Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Ganglia, Spinal, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Oxytocin, Sensory Receptor Cells, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Receptors, Vasopressin, Mice, Knockout, Acetic Acid, Nociception, Nociceptive Pain, Acid Sensing Ion Channels, Acid Sensing Ion Channel Blockers

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