Specific expression of spinal Fos after PAR-2 stimulation in mast cell-depleted rats
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in NeuroReport
- Vol. 13 (4) , 511-514
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200203250-00031
Abstract
Protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) in the sensory neurons may be involved in nociceptive processing. We attempted to detect and characterize specific expression of spinal Fos, a marker of nociception, in mast cell-depleted rats. Intraplantar (i.pl.) administration of not only the PAR-2 agonist SLIGRL-NH2, but also the control peptide LSIGRL-NH2, induced Fos expression in naive rats, whereas only the former specifically produced Fos expression in mast cell-depleted rats. This Fos expression was blocked by intrathecal DAMGO, a μ-opioid agonist, and, in part, by i.pl. calphostin C, a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor. Thus, specific expression of spinal Fos following peripheral PAR-2 activation is detectable in mast cell-depleted rats, suggesting activation of spinal nocice-ptive neurons, which is partially mediated by activation of PKC.Keywords
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