Journal article
Expression of α1-adrenoceptors on peripheral nociceptive neurons
Neuroscience, Vol.175(C), pp.300-314
2011
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether α1-adrenoceptors are expressed on primary nociceptive afferents that innervate healthy skin. Skin and dorsal root ganglia were collected from adult male Wistar rats and assessed using fluorescence immunohistochemistry with antibodies directed against α1-adrenoceptors alone or in combination with specific labels including myelin basic protein and neurofilament 200 (markers of myelinated nerve fibres), protein gene product 9.5 (a pan-neuronal marker), tyrosine hydroxylase (sympathetic neurons), isolectin B4 (IB4: non-peptidergic sensory neurons), calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) and transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) (peptidergic sensory neurons). Double labelling in dorsal root ganglia confirmed the expression of α1-adrenoceptors within sub-populations of CGRP, IB4 and TRPV1 immunoreactive neurons. Myelinated and unmyelinated sensory nerve fibres in the skin expressed α1-adrenoceptors whereas sympathetic nerve fibres did not. The expression of α1-adrenoceptors on C- and A-delta nociceptive afferent fibres provides a histochemical substrate for direct excitation of these fibres by adrenergic agonists. This may help to explain the mechanism of sensory-sympathetic coupling that sometimes develops on surviving primary nociceptive afferents in neuropathic pain states.
Details
- Title
- Expression of α1-adrenoceptors on peripheral nociceptive neurons
- Authors/Creators
- L.F. Dawson (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityJ.K. Phillips (Author/Creator) - Australian School of Advanced MedicineP.M. Finch (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityJ.J. Inglis (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityP.D. Drummond (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Neuroscience, Vol.175(C), pp.300-314
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Identifiers
- 991005541459307891
- Copyright
- © 2011 IBRO
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 1.43 Anesthesiology
- 1.43.135 Neuropathic Pain
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