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Interleukin 1beta facilitates bone cancer pain in rats by enhancing NMDA receptor NR-1 subunit phosphorylation.

Abstract
It has been shown that interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) facilitates nociception during neuropathic and inflammatory pain, but its involvement in bone cancer pain and its mechanisms have not previously been established. This study is an investigation of IL-1beta spinal expression and the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor (NMDAR) NR1 subunit phosphorylation during cancer pain, co-localization of IL-1 receptor type I (IL-1RI) and NMDAR in the spinal cord, and the effects of IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) on NMDAR1 (NR1) phosphorylation and hyperalgesia in a rat model of bone cancer pain. Cancer was induced by injecting AT-3.1 prostate cancer cells into the tibia of the male Copenhagen rat. Phosphorylation of NR1, an essential subunit of the NMDAR, is known to modulate NMDAR activity and facilitate pain. Mechanical hyperalgesia, established by a decrease in paw withdrawal pressure threshold (PWPT), was measured at baseline and 2 h after IL-1ra treatment. IL-1ra was given (i.t.) daily for 7 days between days 13 and 19 after the cancer cell inoculation. Spinal cords were removed for Western blot to measure IL-1beta and NR1 phosphorylation and for double immunostaining of IL-1RI and NR1. The data showed that 1) spinal IL-1beta was up-regulated and NR1 phosphorylation was increased, 2) IL-1ra at 0.1 mg/rat significantly (P<0.05) inhibited mechanical hyperalgesia, increasing PWPT on day 14 from 71.1+/-3.1-85.3+/-4.6 g and on day 19 from 73.5.0+/-3.5-87.1+/-3.7 g, and inhibited NR1 phosphorylation compared with saline control, and 3) IL-1RI is localized in NR1-immunoreactive neurons within the spinal cord. The results suggest that spinal IL-1beta enhances NR1 phosphorylation to facilitate bone cancer pain.
AuthorsR-X Zhang, B Liu, A Li, L Wang, K Ren, J-T Qiao, B M Berman, L Lao
JournalNeuroscience (Neuroscience) Vol. 154 Issue 4 Pg. 1533-8 (Jul 17 2008) ISSN: 1873-7544 [Electronic] United States
PMID18554806 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Chemical References
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
  • Interleukin-1beta
  • NR1 NMDA receptor
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antirheumatic Agents (pharmacology)
  • Blotting, Western
  • Bone Neoplasms (complications)
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Hyperalgesia (physiopathology)
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein (pharmacology)
  • Interleukin-1beta (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Neurons (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Pain (etiology, physiopathology)
  • Phosphorylation
  • Rats
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Spinal Cord (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Up-Regulation

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