RALY participates in nerve trauma-induced nociceptive hypersensitivity through triggering Eif4g2 gene expression in primary sensory neurons

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Peripheral nerve trauma-induced dysregulation of pain-associated genes in the primary sensory neurons of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) contributes to neuropathic pain genesis. RNA-binding proteins participate in gene transcription. We hypothesized that RALY, an RNA-binding protein, participated in nerve trauma-induced dysregulation of DRG pain-associated genes and nociceptive hypersensitivity.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Immunohistochemistry staining showed that RALY was expressed exclusively in the nuclei of DRG neurons. Peripheral nerve trauma caused by chronic constriction injury (CCI) of unilateral sciatic nerve produced time-dependent increases in the levels of Raly mRNA and RALY protein in injured DRG. Blocking this increase through DRG microinjection of adeno-associated virus 5 (AAV5)-expressing Raly shRNA reduced the CCI-induced elevation in the amount of eukaryotic initiation factor 4 gamma 2 (Eif4g2) mRNA and Eif4g2 protein in injured DRG and mitigated the development and maintenance of CCI-induced nociceptive hypersensitivity, without altering basal (acute) response to noxious stimuli and locomotor activity. Mimicking DRG increased RALY through DRG microinjection of AAV5 expressing Raly mRNA up-regulated the expression of Eif4g2 mRNA and Eif4g2 protein in the DRG and led to hypersensitive responses to noxious stimuli in the absence of nerve trauma. Mechanistically, CCI promoted the binding of RALY to the promoter of Eif4g2 gene and triggered its transcriptional activity.

CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Our findings indicate that RALY participates in nerve trauma-induced nociceptive hypersensitivity likely through transcriptionally triggering Eif4g2 expression in the DRG. RALY may be a potential target in neuropathic pain management.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:181

Enthalten in:

British journal of pharmacology - 181(2024), 5 vom: 28. März, Seite 735-751

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Dilip [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Xiaozhou [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Zhiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Shaogen [VerfasserIn]
Munoz, Daisy [VerfasserIn]
Bekker, Alex [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Huijuan [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Yuan-Xiang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dorsal root ganglion
Eif4g2
Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group C
Journal Article
Nerve trauma
Neuropathic pain
RALY
RALY protein, human
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 07.02.2024

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/bph.16259

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362780749