Peripheral inflammation-induce increase of AMPA-mediated currents and Ca2+ transients in the presence of cylothiazide in the rat substantia gelatinosa neurons

Nana Voitenko, G. Gerber, D. Youn, M. Randic

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Abstract

This study employing a rodent model of acute pain investigated the influence of carrageenan-induced inflammation on the ability of S-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor activation to induce membrane currents and rises in cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in the rat substantia gelatinosa (SG) neurons using simultaneous whole-cell patch-clamp recording and fura-2 calcium imaging in spinal cord slices of L4-L5 segments. The novel finding of this study is that carrageenan-induced inflammation, in the presence of cyclothiazide, an inhibitor of AMPA receptor desensitization, produces a sustained facilitation of the AMPA-mediated membrane current and rises in [Ca2+]i in both the soma and proximal dendrites of SG neurons recorded on the injected side 3 h after the induction of inflammation. These results suggest that in carrageenan-inflamed rats AMPA receptors undergo some alterations that influence AMPA receptors desensitization and/or sensitivity to cyclothiazide.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)461-469
Number of pages9
JournalCell Calcium
Volume35
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2004

Keywords

  • AMPA
  • Gelatinosa
  • Inflammation
  • Substantia

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