Neuron-associated macrophage proliferation in the sensory ganglia is associated with peripheral nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain involving CX3CR1 signaling

© 2023, Guimarães, Aníbal-Silva et al..

Resident macrophages are distributed across all tissues and are highly heterogeneous due to adaptation to different tissue-specific environments. The resident macrophages of the sensory ganglia (sensory neuron-associated macrophages, sNAMs) are in close contact with the cell body of primary sensory neurons and might play physiological and pathophysiological roles. After peripheral nerve injury, there is an increase in the population of macrophages in the sensory ganglia, which have been implicated in different conditions, including neuropathic pain development. However, it is still under debate whether macrophage accumulation in the sensory ganglia after peripheral nerve injury is due to the local proliferation of resident macrophages or a result of blood monocyte infiltration. Here, we confirmed that the number of macrophages increased in the sensory ganglia after the spared nerve injury (SNI) model in mice. Using different approaches, we found that the increase in the number of macrophages in the sensory ganglia after SNI is a consequence of the proliferation of resident CX3CR1+ macrophages, which participate in the development of neuropathic pain, but not due to infiltration of peripheral blood monocytes. These proliferating macrophages are the source of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF and IL-1b. In addition, we found that CX3CR1 signaling is involved in the sNAMs proliferation and neuropathic pain development after peripheral nerve injury. In summary, these results indicated that peripheral nerve injury leads to sNAMs proliferation in the sensory ganglia in a CX3CR1-dependent manner accounting for neuropathic pain development. In conclusion, sNAMs proliferation could be modulated to change pathophysiological conditions such as chronic neuropathic pain.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

eLife - 12(2023) vom: 31. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guimarães, Rafaela M [VerfasserIn]
Aníbal-Silva, Conceição E [VerfasserIn]
Davoli-Ferreira, Marcela [VerfasserIn]
Gomes, Francisco Isaac F [VerfasserIn]
Mendes, Atlante [VerfasserIn]
Cavallini, Maria C M [VerfasserIn]
Fonseca, Miriam M [VerfasserIn]
Damasceno, Samara [VerfasserIn]
Andrade, Larissa P [VerfasserIn]
Colonna, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Rivat, Cyril [VerfasserIn]
Cunha, Fernando Q [VerfasserIn]
Alves-Filho, José C [VerfasserIn]
Cunha, Thiago M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CCR2
CX3CR1
Cytokines
Immunology
Inflammation
Journal Article
Macrophages
Monocytes
Mouse
Nerve injury

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.06.2023

Date Revised 18.06.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.78515

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357569776