Pluripotential GluN1 (NMDA NR1): Functional Significance in Cellular Nuclei in Pain/Nociception
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The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors function as plasma membrane ionic channels and take part in very tightly controlled cellular processes activating neurogenic and inflammatory pathways. In particular, the NR1 subunit (new terminology: GluN1) is required for many neuronal and non-neuronal cell functions, including plasticity, survival, and differentiation. Physiologic levels of glutamate agonists and NMDA receptor activation are required for normal neuronal functions such as neuronal development, learning, and memory. When glutamate receptor agonists are present in excess, binding to NMDA receptors produces neuronal/CNS/PNS long-term potentiation, conditions of acute pain, ongoing severe intractable pain, and potential excitotoxicity and pathology. The GluNR1 subunit (116 kD) is necessary as the anchor component directing ion channel heterodimer formation, cellular trafficking, and the nuclear localization that directs functionally specific heterodimer formation, cellular trafficking, and nuclear functions. Emerging studies report the relevance of GluN1 subunit composition and specifically that nuclear GluN1 has major physiologic potential in tissue and/or subnuclear functioning assignments. The shift of the GluN1 subunit from a surface cell membrane to nuclear localization assigns the GluN1 promoter immediate early gene behavior with access to nuclear and potentially nucleolar functions. The present narrative review addresses the nuclear translocation of GluN1, focusing particularly on examples of the role of GluN1 in nociceptive processes.
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Previous studies have shown that non-neuronal cells can regulate central sensitization by modulating synaptic plasticity.
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The Introduction (page unavailable) reports activated non-neuronal cells in contexts relevant to pain and describes NMDA receptors as important to synaptic plasticity. Section 3 (page unavailable) reports that blocking NMDA receptors reversed sensitization of dorsal horn neurons. The review does not establish the claimed link—that non-neuronal cells regulate central sensitization by modulating synaptic plasticity. (LLM, conf=0.72)
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Nociplastic pain: the prominent role of non-neuronal cells in central and peripheral sensitization
Lai, W., Tang, X., Chen, S., Zhou, Y., Qi, Z., Cao, M., Yuan, C., Yu, J., & Wen, C. (2026) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2026.1677310 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
“Previous studies have shown that non-neuronal cells can regulate central sensitization by modulating synaptic plasticity (12, 13).”
- Authors
- McNearney, T. A., & Westlund, K. N.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- Corresponding author
- Westlund, Karin N.
- ORCID
- Westlund, Karin N.
- Venue
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2023-08-25
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 13196
- ISSN
- 1422-0067 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10488196
- OpenAlex
- W4386162009
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- 1
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- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Sealy Endowment (NS32778, NS11255, AR48371 AR48371, BX002695)
- NIH (NS32778, NS11255, AR48371 AR48371, BX002695)
- P01 (NS32778, NS11255, AR48371 AR48371, BX002695)
- R21 (NS32778, NS11255, AR48371 AR48371, BX002695)
- Dana Foundation (NS32778, NS11255, AR48371 AR48371, BX002695)
- anonymous UTMB endowment (NS32778, NS11255, AR48371 AR48371, BX002695)
- Merit Review Award (NS32778, NS11255, AR48371 AR48371, BX002695)
- Office of Research and Development, Medical Research Service, United States Department of Veterans Affairs (NS32778, NS11255, AR48371 AR48371, BX002695)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
- Keywords
- GluN1, NMDA receptor 1, nuclear translocation, nociception, pain, glutamate receptors, subnuclear localization, nucleolus, immediate early genes, excitotoxicity, long-term potentiation, receptor heterodimerization, intracellular trafficking
- MeSH terms
- Cell Nucleus, Humans, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Pain, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, N-Methylaspartate, Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, Nociception
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