title: The role of the polymorphonuclear leukocyte in hyperalgesia.
abstract: The results of recent studies of the mechanism of leukotriene B4-induced hyperalgesia suggest a dependence on polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs). In this study, we addressed the contribution of PMNLs to hyperalgesia evoked by the peptide chemotactic factors N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) and the anaphylatoxin fragment of the fifth component of the complement pathway (C5a). Local injection of glycogen, which attracts but does not activate PMNLs, produced a marked shift to the left (toward lower concentrations) in the concentration dependence curve of fMLP-induced hyperalgesia. In addition, PMNL repletion by transfusion with syngeneic PMNLs reestablished fMLP-induced hyperalgesia in PMNL-depleted rats. Finally, supernatants from rat and human PMNLs, that had been stimulated with fMLP in vitro, produced hyperalgesia in PMNL-depleted rats. Preliminary characterization of the hyperalgesia-inducing activity released by stimulated PMNLs indicated that it is lipid in nature. The nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory indomethacin did not attenuate C5a and fMLP-induced hyperalgesia. Thus, the hyperalgesia produced by fMLP and C5a is similar to that produced by leukotriene B4 in that it is dependent on PMNLs and independent of the cyclo-oxygenation of arachidonic acid. Taken together, these data suggest that structurally diverse PMNL-chemotactic factors produce hyperalgesia by a novel mechanism, involving PMNL-derived factors.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D003182:Complement C5 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015936:Complement C5a; D006801:Humans; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000097:blood*; D006941:Hyperesthesia / Q000097:blood*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D003182:Complement C5; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D015936:Complement C5a; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D007213:Indomethacin