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40. Blocking the Spinal Fbxo3/CARM1/K+ Channel Epigenetic Silencing Pathway as a Strategy for Neuropathic Pain Relief.

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Hsieh, Ming-Chun, Ho, Yu-Cheng, Lai, Cheng-Yuan, Wang, Hsueh-Hsiao, Yang, Po-Sheng, Cheng, Jen-Kun, Chen, Gin-Den, Ng, Soo-Cheen, Lee, An-Sheng, Tseng, Kuang-Wen, Lin, Tzer-Bin, and Peng, Hsien-Yu

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Many epigenetic regulators are involved in pain-associated spinal plasticity. Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1), an epigenetic regulator of histone arginine methylation, is a highly interesting target in neuroplasticity. However, its potential contribution to spinal plasticity–associated neuropathic pain development remains poorly explored. Here, we report that nerve injury decreased the expression of spinal CARM1 and induced allodynia. Moreover, decreasing spinal CARM1 expression by Fbxo3-mediated CARM1 ubiquitination promoted H3R17me2 decrement at the K+ channel promoter, thereby causing K+ channel epigenetic silencing and the development of neuropathic pain. Remarkably, in naïve rats, decreasing spinal CARM1 using CARM1 siRNA or a CARM1 inhibitor resulted in similar epigenetic signaling and allodynia. Furthermore, intrathecal administration of BC-1215 (a novel Fbxo3 inhibitor) prevented CARM1 ubiquitination to block K+ channel gene silencing and ameliorate allodynia after nerve injury. Collectively, the results reveal that this newly identified spinal Fbxo3-CARM1-K+ channel gene functional axis promotes neuropathic pain. These findings provide essential insights that will aid in the development of more efficient and specific therapies against neuropathic pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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48. Periaqueductal Gray Glutamatergic Transmission Governs Chronic Stress-Induced Depression

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Ho, Yu-Cheng, Lin, Tzer-Bin, Hsieh, Ming-Chun, Lai, Cheng-Yuan, Chou, Dylan, Chau, Yat-Pang, Chen, Gin-Den, and Peng, Hsien-Yu

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The mechanisms underlying chronic stress-induced dysfunction of glutamatergic transmission that contribute to helplessness-associated depressive disorder are unknown. We investigated the relationship of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors and stress, and the neuroplastic changes of stress-induced depression-like behavior in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG). We conducted whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiological recordings in the vlPAG neurons. Depression-like behavior was assayed using tail suspension test and sucrose preference test. Surface and cytosolic glutamate receptor 1 (GluR1) AMPA receptor expression was analyzed using western blotting. Phosphorylated GluR1 expression was quantified using western blotting and immunohistochemical analysis. Unpredictable inescapable foot shock stress caused reduction in glutamatergic transmission originating from both presynaptic and postsynaptic loci in the vlPAG that was associated with behavioral despair and anhedonia in chronic stress-induced depression. Pharmacological inhibition of GluR1 function in the vlPAG caused depression-like behavior. Diminished glutamatergic transmission was due to reduced glutamate release presynaptically and enhanced GluR1-endocytosis from the cell surface postsynaptically. Chronic stress-induced neuroplastic changes and maladaptive behavior were reversed and mimicked by administration of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) antagonist and agonist, respectively. However, chronic stress did not affect γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-mediated inhibitory synaptic transmission in the vlPAG. These results demonstrate that depression-like behavior is associated with remarkable reduction in glutamatergic, but not GABAergic, transmission in the vlPAG. These neuroplastic changes and maladaptive behavior are attributed to GR-dependent mechanisms. As reduced GluR1-associated responses in the vlPAG contribute to chronic stress-induced neuroplastic changes, this cellular mechanism may be a critical component in the pathogenesis of stress-associated neuropsychiatric disorders.

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2018
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