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痛み を 抑制 する 神経 回路
Amber L Alhadeff1, Zhenwei Su1, Elen Hernandez1
1Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Cell
|March 24, 2018
まとめ
飢えは特定の脳の回路を活性化することで 炎症性痛みの影響を軽減します この研究は,痛みを抑えるためにパラブラキアル核でAgRPニューロンとニューロペプチドYのシグナル伝達を含む神経経路を特定しました.
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- 痛みに関する研究
- メタボリックシグナル
背景:
- 生き残るには 飢えと痛みのバランスを取らねばなりません
- これらの生存信号を優先する 神経機構はよく理解されていません
研究 の 目的:
- 炎症性疼痛に対する知覚と反応に飢餓がどのように影響するかを調査する.
- この相互作用に関与する神経回路と分子経路を特定する
主な方法:
- 異なる飢餓状態における炎症性痛みに対する行動反応を研究するためにネズミのモデルを使用した.
- アグウティ関連タンパク質 (AgRP) を発現するニューロンの役割とその投影を調査した.
- パラブラキアル核 (PBN) のニューロペプチドY (NPY) 信号伝達の関与を調べた.
主要な成果:
- 飢えは 炎症性痛みに対する 行動的および感情的反応を弱めるが 急性痛感には影響しない.
- AgRPニューロンの活性化が,この反発性の効果を中心的に制御する.
- AgRP → PBNニューロンを刺激すると,飢えによる痛みの軽減を模倣するので,パラブラキアル核 (PBN) へのAgRP投影は極めて重要です.
- ニューロペプチドY (NPY) のシグナル伝達は,特にPNBのNPYY1受容体を通して,飢餓の抗ノシセプティブ効果を媒介する.
結論:
- AgRPニューロンと PBNへの投影を含む特定の神経回路は,炎症性痛みに対する飢餓の優先順位を仲介します.
- PBNにおけるNPY Y1受容体のシグナリングは,痛みを抑制する潜在的な治療標的を表しています.
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