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KMID : 0848120160410030141
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International Journal of Oral Biology
2016 Volume.41 No. 3 p.141 ~ p.147
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Effects of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitrogen Species on the Excitability of Spinal Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons
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Park Joo-Young
Park A-Reum
Chun Sang-Woo
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Abstract
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitrogen species (RNS) are both important signaling molecules involved in pain transmission in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Xanthine oxidase (XO) is a well-known enzyme for the generation of superoxide anions (O2 ?-), while S-nitroso-N-acetyl-DLpenicillamine (SNAP) is a representative nitric oxide (NO) donor. In this study, we used patch clamp recording in spinal slices of rats to investigate the effects of O2 ?- and NO on the excitability of substantia gelatinosa (SG) neurons. We also used confocal scanning laser microscopy to measure XO- and SNAP-induced ROS and RNS production in live slices. We observed that the ROS level increased during the perfusion of xanthine and xanthine oxidase (X/XO) compound and SNAP after the loading of 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescin diacetate (H2DCF-DA), which is an indicator of intracellular ROS and RNS. Application of ROS donors such as X/XO, β -nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), and 3-morpholinosydnomimine (SIN-1) induced a membrane depolarization and inward currents. SNAP, an RNS donor, also induced membrane depolarization and inward currents. X/XO-induced inward currents were significantly decreased by pretreatment with phenyl N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN; nonspecific ROS and RNS scavenger) and manganese(III) tetrakis(4-benzoic acid) porphyrin (MnTBAP; superoxide dismutase mimetics). Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (NAME; NO scavenger) also slightly decreased X/XO-induced inward currents, suggesting that X/XO-induced responses can be involved in the generation of peroxynitrite (ONOO-). Our data suggest that elevated ROS, especially O2 ?-, NO and ONOO-, in the spinal cord can increase the excitability of the SG neurons related to pain transmission.
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KEYWORD
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substantia gelatinosa neuron , superoxide , nitric oxide , excitation , patch clamp
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