Antinociceptive effects of the GPR55 Antagonist CID16020046 injected into the rat anterior cingulate cortex
Okine, Bright N. Mc Laughlin, Gemma Gaspar, Jessica C. Harhen, Brendan Roche, Michelle Finn, David P.
Okine, Bright N.
Mc Laughlin, Gemma
Gaspar, Jessica C.
Harhen, Brendan
Roche, Michelle
Finn, David P.
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2020-07-13
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Okine, Bright N., Mc Laughlin, Gemma, Gaspar, Jessica C., Harhen, Brendan, Roche, Michelle, & Finn, David P. (2020). Antinociceptive Effects of the GPR55 Antagonist CID16020046 Injected into the Rat Anterior Cingulate Cortex. Neuroscience, 443, 19-29. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.07.013
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The G-protein coupled receptor, GPR55, modulates nociceptive processing. Given the expression of GPR55 in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a key brain region involved in the cognitive and affective dimensions of pain, the present study tested the hypothesis that GPR55 signalling in the ACC facilitates inflammatory pain behaviour in rats. The expression of GPR55 in the ACC was confirmed by both western blotting and immunostaining, with evidence for neuronal localisation. Microinjection of the selective GPR55 antagonist CID16020046 into the ACC of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats significantly reduced second phase formalin-evoked nociceptive behaviour compared with vehicle-treated controls. CID16020046 administration was associated with a reduction in phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), a downstream target of GPR55 activation, in the ACC. Intra-ACC administration of CID16020046 prevented the formalin-induced increases in expression of mRNA coding for the immediate early gene and marker of neuronal activity, c-Fos, in the ipsilateral dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Intra-plantar injection of formalin reduced tissue levels of the endogenous GPR55 ligand 2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoinositol (2-AGPI) in the ACC, likely reflecting its increased release/utilisation. These data suggest that endogenous activation of GPR55 signalling and increased ERK phosphorylation in the ACC facilitates inflammatory pain via top-down modulation of descending pain control. (C) 2020 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Elsevier
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10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.07.013
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