Genetic Control of Nociceptive Sensory Neuron Development and Pain Behavior

伤害性感觉神经元发育和疼痛行为的遗传控制

基本信息

批准号：
8489281
负责人：
QIUFU MA
金额：
$ 39.84万
依托单位：
DANA-FARBER CANCER INST
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2007-08-01 至 2017-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8489281
关键词：
Acute Address Affect Afferent Neurons Alleles Arthralgia Biological Assay Bone Pain Caliber Chronic Clinic Complex Conflict (Psychology)Cutaneous Defect Development Disinhibition Epidermis Foundations Free Nerve Ending Funding Genes Genetic Genetic Programming Glutamate Transporter Goals Hair follicle structure Homeobox Genes Inflammation Injury Joints Knock-out Knockout Mice Knowledge Lesion Maps Measures Mechanics Mechanoreceptors Mediating Merkel Cells Modality Molecular Mus Muscle Myalgia Nerve Neurites Neurons Nociception Nociceptors Organ Pain Pain Disorder Pathway interactions Perception Physiological Play Population Role Sensory Series Skin Spinal Ganglia Stimulus Synapses Temperature Testing Thinking Tissues Variant Visceral Visceral pain Work base bone chronic pain clinically relevant clinically significant insight mechanical allodynia neuron development pain behavior painful neuropathy programs transcription factor

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-range goal is to identify the genetic programs controlling the formations of specific sensory pathways and to gain insight into the molecular and cellular basis of pain perception. In this renewal application, we try to address two major knowledge gaps. First, most clinically relevant pain is derived from deep tissues, such as muscle, joint, bone, and visceral organs. Despite this clinical significance, the molecular and cellular basis of "deep" pain is still poorly understood, which is in stark contrast to the tremendous progress made in the past decades in understanding cutaneous pain. In Aim 1 studies, we will establish a molecular map for sensory neurons innervating distinct deep tissues. We will also determine if Meis1 represents the first transcription factor that controls the development of deep tissue sensory neurons. Second, the cellular basis of mechanical allodynia (pain evoked by innocuous mechanical stimuli), a hallmark for most, if not all, chronic pain disorders, needs further clarification. In case of neuropathic pain, it was proposed that central disinhibition will allow low threshold myelinated A¿ mechanoreceptors to directly activate the pain pathways. However, a recent study proposed that unmyelinated low threshold c- mechanoreceptors, marked by the expression of the vesticular glutamate transporter VGLUT3, may play an essential role in the readout of the mechanical allodynia. Our preliminary genetic fate-mapping studies show that VGLUT3 lineage neurons are in fact composed of both 1) unmyelinated c-mechanoreceptors that form free nerve endings in the skin epidermis and lanceolate endings around hair follicles, and 2) myelinated m-mechanoreceptors that form the Merkel-cell neurite complex. In Aim 2, we will determine if Zfp521, a transcription factor expressed exclusively in VGLUT3 lineage c-mechanoreceptor, is necessary for the development of these c-mechnaoreceptors. We will also determine if mechanical allodynia is differentially affected in mice that will have a selective developmental defect in VGLUT3 lineage c- mechanoreceptors or a defect in the VGLUT3-expressing Merkel cell-neurite complex. Together, these studies will gain insight into 1) the genetic programs that control the formation of the deep tissue pain pathways, and 2) the identities of low threshold mechanoreceptors mediating the readout of mechanical allodynia.

描述（由申请人提供）：长期目标是确定控制特定感觉通路形成的遗传程序，并深入了解疼痛感知的分子和细胞基础。在这个更新申请中，我们试图解决两个主要问题。首先，大多数与临床相关的疼痛来自深层组织，例如肌肉、关节、骨骼和内脏器官，尽管具有这种临床意义，但分子疼痛仍然存在。对“深层”疼痛的细胞基础仍然知之甚少，这与过去几十年在理解皮肤疼痛方面取得的巨大进展形成鲜明对比。在目标 1 研究中，我们将建立支配不同深层组织的感觉神经元的分子图谱。我们还将确定 Meis1 是否代表控制深部组织感觉神经元发育的第一个转录因子，其次是机械性异常性疼痛（无害的机械刺激引起的疼痛）的细胞基础，机械性异常性疼痛是大多数（如果不是全部）慢性疼痛疾病的标志。 , 需要进一步澄清，在神经性疼痛的情况下，有人提出中枢去抑制将允许低阈值有髓鞘A¿然而，最近的一项研究提出，以前庭谷氨酸转运蛋白 VGLUT3 的表达为标志的无髓鞘低阈值 c-机械感受器可能在机械异常性疼痛的读出中发挥重要作用。 -映射研究表明，VGLUT3 谱系神经元实际上由 1) 无髓鞘 c 机械感受器组成，它们在皮肤中形成自由神经末梢毛囊周围的表皮和披针形末端，以及 2) 形成默克尔细胞神经突复合体的有髓 m 机械感受器在目标 2 中，我们将确定 Zfp521（一种仅在 VGLUT3 谱系 c 机械感受器中表达的转录因子）对于我们还将确定机械异常性疼痛在具有选择性发育的小鼠中是否受到不同的影响。 VGLUT3 谱系 c-机械感受器缺陷或表达 VGLUT3 的默克尔细胞神经突复合物缺陷，这些研究将深入了解 1) 控制深部疼痛组织通路形成的遗传程序，以及 2) 特性。低阈值机械感受器介导机械异常性疼痛的读出。