Activity-dependent central sensitization (CS)

Attachments:

• Central sensitization

1. Glutamate
   1. NMDR
      1. Induction
         1. antagonists

            Annotations:

            • blocking NMDRs by non-competitive/ competitive anta>> prevents and reverses hyperexcitability of nociceptive neurons
         2. subunit deletion

            Annotations:

            • abolishes NMDA synaptic inputs and acute activity-dependent central sensitization
      2. Maintenance

         Annotations:

         •    o   SP and CGRP>> remove the Mg block by depolarisation o   Glutamate>> generates an inward Ca current  o   >> activates intracellular pathways>> Contributes to maintenance of CS   
   2. mGluRs
      1. Group I

         Annotations:

         • mGluR1 and 5) are coupled with Gαq-proteins (whose activation causes an increase of [Ca2+]
         1. Induction
      2. Group II

         Annotations:

         • mGluR 2 and 3
         1. blocks induction
      3. Group III

         Annotations:

         • mGluR4, 6, 7 and 8) are coupled with Gαi/o-proteins
      4. Lamina

         Annotations:

         • There is a lamina-specific pattern of expression has been characterized for mGluR1α (lamina V), mGluR5 (laminas I-II), mGluR2/3 (lamina II inner),suggesting precise and distinct physiological roles for the different subtypes
   3. Kainate (KA)
   4. AMPAR
2. NMDR
3. Substance P (SP)
   1. Neurokinin 1 (NK1)
      1. Induction

         Annotations:

         • Ablation of NK1-positive neurons in the spinal cord leads to a reduction in capsaicin-evoked central sensitization   
4. CGRP

   Annotations:

   • Calcitonin gene-related peptide  Enhances the release of BDNF
   2. CGRP1 receptor

      Annotations:

      • participates in central sensitization through postsynaptic CGRP1 receptors, which activate PKA and PKC

   3. Annotations:

      • potentiates the effects of SP
5. BDNF

   Annotations:

   • brain-derived neurotrophic factor  may contribute to its involvement in migraine and other primary headaches
   • release in enhanced by CGRP
   1. trkB receptor

      1. Annotations:

         • BDNF enhances NMDAR-mediated C-fiber–evoked responses and causes activation of several signaling pathways in spinothalamic track neurons, including ERK,and PKC
6. Signalling pathways
   1. Induction

      Attachments:

      • Central sensitization
      1. Role for Ca
         1. NMDAR Phosphorylation (P)
         2. AMPAR (P)
         3. activates PKC/ CAMKII
   2. Maintenance

      Attachments:

      • Central sensitization
   3. multiple pathways

      Attachments:

      • Central sensitization
7. NO

1. Homosynaptic
2. Heterosynaptic

1. Inflammatory
2. Neuropathic

1. Early
2. Late

1. Induced by short latency (seconds)
2. intense, repeated, or sustained nociceptor inputs
3. Long-lasting
4. Multiple pathways for induction

   Attachments:

   • Central sensitization
   1. NMDAR
   2. AMPAR
   3. Why?
      1. Interaction needed
      2. Parallel inputs