Excitatory neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus mediate the interruptive effect of inflammatory pain on a sustained attention task

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BACKGROUND: Attentional deficits are among the most common pain-induced cognitive disorders. Pain disrupts attention and may excessively occupy attentional resources in pathological states, leading to daily function impairment and increased disability. However, the neural circuit mechanisms by which pain disrupts attention are incompletely understood.

METHODS: We used a three-choice serial reaction time task (3CSRTT) to construct a sustained-attention task model in male C57BL/6J mice. Formalin or complete Freund's adjuvant was injected into a paw to establish an inflammatory pain model. We measured changes in 3CSRTT performance in the two inflammatory pain models, and investigated the neural circuit mechanisms of pain-induced attentional deficits.

RESULTS: Acute inflammatory pain impaired 3CSRTT performance, while chronic inflammatory pain had no effect. Either inhibition of the ascending pain pathway by blockade of the conduction of nociceptive signals in the sciatic nerve using the local anesthetic lidocaine or chemogenetic inhibition of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIα (CaMKIIα) neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN) attenuated the acute inflammatory pain-induced impairment of 3CSRTT performance, while chemogenetic activation of CaMKIIα neurons in the LPBN disrupted the 3CSRTT. Furthermore, the activity of CaMKIIα neurons in the LPBN was significantly lower on Day 2 after complete Freund's adjuvant injection than on the day of injection, which correlated with the recovery of 3CSRTT performance during chronic inflammatory pain.

CONCLUSIONS: Activation of excitatory neurons in the LPBN is a mechanism by which acute inflammatory pain disrupts sustained attention. This finding has implications for the treatment of pain and its cognitive comorbidities.

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ErratumIn: J Transl Med. 2024 Feb 29;22(1):217. - PMID 38424600

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Journal of translational medicine - 21(2023), 1 vom: 10. Dez., Seite 896

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zheng, Huan-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yu-Meng [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yao [VerfasserIn]
Cen, Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-81-2
Acute pain
Ascending pain pathways
Attentional deficits
Chronic pain
Freund's Adjuvant
Journal Article
Lateral parabrachial nucleus
Sustained attention

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Electronic

ErratumIn: J Transl Med. 2024 Feb 29;22(1):217. - PMID 38424600

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12967-023-04583-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365637653