Journal: Pain
Article Title: Potentiation of visualized exosomal miR-1306-3p from primary sensory neurons contributes to chronic visceral pain via spinal P2X3 receptors
doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003537
Figure Lengend Snippet: Sorted PSN-derived exosomal miR-1306-3p activated spinal P2X3R and enhanced synaptic transmission, thus leading to visceral pain. (A) Schematic diagram and representative images of sorting PSN-derived exosomes from spinal dorsal horn. (B) The expressions of miR-1306-3p, miR-1949, miR-185-5p, and miR-324-5p were detected in the PSN-derived exosomes from spinal dorsal horn of CON and NMD mice by Q-PCR (n = 4 mice for each group, *** P < 0.001, 2-way ANOVA followed by Sidak post hoc test). (C) Fluorescent representation of co-localization of GFP (green), P2X3R (red), and DAPI (blue) in the spinal dorsal horn. Scale bar = 50 μm. Representative 3D confocal images on the right was the enlarged view in the white box of merge. Scale bar = 20 μm. (D) Representative traces of sEPSCs were recorded in the T13 to L2 spinal dorsal horn neurons before and after the incubation of miR-1306-3p and Gefapixant. Histogram of the amplitude and frequency of sEPSCs in Pre, miR-1306-3p, and miR-1306-3p+Gefapixant group (n = 10 cells from 4 mice for each group, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey post hoc test). (E) Statistical diagram of the visceral pain threshold in NMD mice after injection of antagomir-miR-1306-3p or antagomir-negative control (antagomir-NC) at Pre, 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 hours (antagomir-NC: n = 6 mice, antagomir-miR-1306-3p: n = 7 mice, ** P < 0.01, 2-way ANOVA followed by Sidak post hoc test). (F) Statistical diagram of the visceral pain threshold in NMD mice after injection of Gefapixant at Pre, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, and 8 hours (n = 7 mice for each group, * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, 2-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett post hoc test). (G) Histogram of the visceral pain thresholds in CON mice treated with agomir-negative control (agomir-NC) or agomir-miR-1306-3p at Pre, 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 hours, respectively (n = 6 mice for each group, *** P < 0.001, 2-way ANOVA followed by Sidak post hoc test). (H) Histogram of the visceral pain thresholds in CON mice treated with agomir-miR-1306-3p+NS or agomir-miR-1306-3p+Gefapixant at Pre, 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 hours, respectively (n = 6 mice for each group, * P < 0.05, *** P < 0.001, 2-way ANOVA followed by Sidak post hoc test). ANOVA, analysis of variance; NMD, neonatal maternal deprivation; PSN, primary sensory neuron; Q-PCR, real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction; sEPSC, spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic current.
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies were anti-Rab27a (1:200, Cat no. 168013; Synaptic Systems, Göttingen, Germany, RRID: AB_887766), anti-GFP-FITC (1:500, Cat no. ab6662; Abcam, Cambridge, United Kingdom, RRID: AB_305635), anti-CD63 (1:100, Cat no. sc-5275; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, RRID: AB_627877), anti-NeuN (1:50, Cat no. MAB377; Merck Millipore, Burlington, MA, RRID: AB_2298772), anti-glutamine synthetase (1:500, Cat no. ab64613; Abcam, RRID: AB_1140869), anti-CGRP (calcitonin gene-related peptide) (1:100, Cat no. C7113; Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, RRID: AB_259000), anti-IB4 + -FITC (1:200, Cat no. L-1104; Vector Laboratories, Newark, CA, RRID: AB_2336498), anti-NF200 (1:200, Cat no. ab213128; Abcam, RRID: AB_3073795), anti-GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein) (1:100, Cat no. 3670; Cell Signaling Technology, RRID: AB_561049), anti-Iba-1 (1:100, Cat no. ab5076; Abcam, RRID: AB_2224402), and P2X3R (1:200, Cat no. APR-026; Alomone Labs, Jerusalem, Israel, RRID: AB_2341052).
Techniques: Derivative Assay, Transmission Assay, Incubation, Injection, Negative Control, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction