title: Protein kinase A-dependence of the supraspinally mediated analgesic effects of gabapentin on thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity.
abstract: We have recently shown that gabapentin generates protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent presynaptic inhibition of GABAergic synaptic transmission in locus coeruleus (LC) neurons only under neuropathic states. To verify behaviorally this in vitro electrophysiological finding, the PKA inhibitor H-89 was injected intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) before supraspinal application of gabapentin in mice developing thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity after peripheral nerve injury. H-89 dose-dependently attenuated the analgesic effects of i.c.v.-injected gabapentin, suggesting that PKA-dependent removal of GABAergic inhibition of LC neurons is the most plausible synaptic mechanism underlying the supraspinally mediated analgesic effects of gabapentin involving activation of the descending noradrenergic pain-inhibitory system.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of CNS Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takasu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanabe
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000077206:Gabapentin; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D008125:Locus Coeruleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D000700:Analgesics; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D007546:Isoquinolines; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D013449:Sulfonamides; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; C063509:N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide