Journal: Pain
Article Title: Kidney and brain-expressed protein upregulation in the anterior cingulate cortex mediates chronic post-thoracotomy pain by the phospho-protein kinase Mζ/glutamate receptor 1 signaling pathway and neuroinflammation in male rats
doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003849
Figure Lengend Snippet: Overexpression of KIBRA in ACC causes allodynia and activates p -PKMζ/GluR1 signaling pathways and neuroinflammation. (A) Experiment designs are shown. (B) Mechanical hyperalgesia ratio on 7, 14, and 21 days after thoracotomy or KIBRA overexpression. **** P < 0.0001 vs Thoracotomy pain group; the data were analyzed by Fisher exact test. (C and D) The threshold% and mechanical pain threshold at different time points for pain rats after injection of rAAV-CMV-wwc1-3xFLAG-WPREs or thoracotomy, * P < 0.05, *** P < 0.001, and **** P < 0.0001 vs Sham group, &&&& P < 0.00001 vs KIBRA + pain group, the data were analyzed by 2-way ANOVA followed by Tukey multiple comparisons test, n = 8 in Sham, n = 13 in Thoracotomy pain, n = 12 in KIBRA + pain, n = 8 in KIBRA + no pain group. (E-J) Representative blots and columnar statistical charts show KIBRA, p -PKMζ, PKMζ, GluR1, TNF-α, and IL-1β levels in ACC analyzed 21 days in Sham, KIBRA + pain, and KIBRA + no pain rats. The data were analyzed by 1-way ANOVA followed by Tukey multiple comparisons test, n = 4 in each group. ACC, anterior cingulate gyrus; ANOVA, analysis of variance; GluR1, glutamate receptor 1; IL-1β, interleukin-1β; KIBRA, kidney and brain-expressed protein; PKMζ, protein kinase Mζ; p -PKMζ, phosphorylated protein kinase Mζ; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α.
Article Snippet: Then the samples were dehydrated in 30% sucrose, and cut into slices at 35 μm for immunofluorescence with antibodies against KIBRA (bs-11570R; Bioss), GluR1 (ab174785; Abcam), p -PKMζ (sc174785; Santa Cruz), TNF-α (BS-1857; Bioworld), IL-1β (AF-401-NA; R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), neuron-specific nuclear protein (NeuN, MAB377; Millipore, Burlington, VT), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP, 3670s; Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA), ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba1, ab5076; Abcam), after incubation at 4°C overnight.
Techniques: Over Expression, Protein-Protein interactions, Injection