The role of mu opioid receptors on excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla in neuropathic pain
Moffa, J. C.; Gao, A.; Kalyanaraman, V.; Heitmeier, M.; Copits, B. A.
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Descending projections from the brain to the spinal cord can regulate painful stimulus processing and are modulated by endogenous and exogenous opioids. We investigated the role of mu opioid receptors (MORs) in GABAergic vs. glutamatergic neurons of the rostral ventral medulla (RVM) in a mouse model of chronic neuropathic pain. We found that activating glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the RVM both result in antinociception [BC1.1]at baseline, but glutamatergic neurons enhance pain responses after nerve injury. [BC2.1]We then interrogated the role of RVM MOR signaling on neuropathic pain by using CRISPR/Cas9 to delete MOR in glutamatergic or GABAergic RVM neurons. We found that MOR knockout in glutamatergic and GABAergic RVM neurons precipitates early neuropathic pain onset with no effect on chronic pain intensity. These results suggest that RVM MOR signaling modulates hypersensitivity in the early phase of injury, but chronic neuropathic pain is largely independent of mu opioid receptor signaling.
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