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  • Title: Cdk5 contributes to inflammation-induced thermal hyperalgesia mediated by the p38 MAPK pathway in microglia.
    Author: Fang-Hu, Zhang HH, Yang BX, Huang JL, Shun JL, Kong FJ, Peng-Xu, Chen ZG, Lu JM.
    Journal: Brain Res; 2015 Sep 04; 1619():166-75. PubMed ID: 25819553.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The mechanisms underlying cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5)-mediated thermal hyperalgesia induced by inflammation remain poorly understood. In the present study, we examined thermal hyperalgesia provoked by peripheral injection of complete Freund׳s adjuvant (CFA) to test for Cdk5 signaling in the spinal dorsal horns of rats through the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signaling pathway, which is known to function in mediating inflammatory pain. METHODS: We induced the inflammatory pain model by plantar injection of CFA and compared the inhibitory effects of roscovitine and SB203580 on thermal hyperalgesia. We measured localization of Cdk5, p35, OX-42, and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in the dorsal horn at 1 and 3 days after CFA injection using immunohistochemistry, and we measured protein levels of OX-42 and phosphorylated-p38 (p-p38) using Western blot analysis. Tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) was measured by ELISA. RESULTS: The maximum thermal hyperalgesia induced by CFA occurred at 1d following injection and decreased until 5 d. We found colocalization of the Cdk5 activator p35, the microglial marker OX-42 and p-p38 in the same microglial cells and neurons of the spinal cord at day 1 after CFA injection; however, we saw no colocalization of p35 and GFAP, a marker of activated astrocytes. The thermal hyperalgesia induced by CFA was inhibited by intrathecal administration of the Cdk5 inhibitor roscovitine and by the p38 inhibitor SB203580. Furthermore, the expression of OX-42, p-p38, and TNF-a was remarkably increased from days 1 to 5 post-CFA injection and were significantly reversed by roscovitine between 1 and 3 days. CONCLUSIONS: Cdk5, an upstream regulator of p38 and TNF-a, mediates CFA-induced thermal hyperalgesia. As such, pharmacological blocking of the generation of p-p38 mediated by Cdk5 may present a novel approach for diminishing inflammatory pain. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI: Spinal cord injury.
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