Astrocytic NDRG2 is critical in the maintenance of neuropathic pain.

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Hao ChengJun Tang

Abstract

Activation of astrocytes and abnormal synaptic glutamate metabolism are closely associated with the induction and maintenance of neuropathic pain (NP), but the exact mechanism underlying this association remains unclear. N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2), a novel tumor-suppressor protein and stress-response gene, is involved in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases. However, its role in nociceptive transduction has rarely been investigated. Here, we found that NDRG2, which was mainly expressed in the astrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS), was increased in the spinal cord of a spinal nerve ligation (SNL) rat model for NP. Suppression of NDRG2 by intrathecal injection of an NDRG2-RNAi-adenovirus significantly alleviated SNL-induced mechanical and thermal hypersensitivity, as well as elevated astrocytic glutamate transporter 1 (GLT-1) expression and downregulated pro-inflammatory cytokine levels, in the spinal dorsal horn of rats on Day 10 after SNL. Furthermore, in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated primary astrocytic cultures derived from neonatal rats, inhibition of NDRG2 significantly reversed both the LPS-induced activation of astrocytes and decreased expression of GLT-1. By contrast, overex...Continue Reading

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