Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX 77555-1069, USA.
Mol Pain. 2017 Jan-Dec;13:1744806917716234. doi: 10.1177/1744806917716234.
Primary sensory neurons are responsible for transmitting sensory information from the peripheral to the central nervous system. Their responses to incoming stimulation become greatly enhanced and prolonged following inflammation, giving rise to exaggerated nociceptive responses and chronic pain. The inflammatory mediator, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), released from the inflamed tissue surrounding the terminals of sensory neurons contributes to the abnormal pain responses. PGE2 acts on G protein-coupled EP receptors to activate adenylyl cyclase, which catalyzes the conversion of adenosine triphosphate to cyclic adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (cAMP). Under normal conditions, cAMP activates primarily protein kinase A. After inflammation, cAMP also activates the exchange proteins activated by cAMP (Epacs) to produce exaggerated PGE2-mediated hyperalgesia. The role of cAMP-Epac signaling in the generation of hypersensitivity is the topic of this review.
初级感觉神经元负责将感觉信息从外周传递到中枢神经系统。在炎症后,它们对传入刺激的反应大大增强和延长,导致疼痛反应过度和慢性疼痛。炎症介质前列腺素 E2(PGE2)从感觉神经元末梢周围的炎症组织中释放出来,有助于异常疼痛反应。PGE2 作用于 G 蛋白偶联的 EP 受体,激活腺苷酸环化酶,催化三磷酸腺苷转化为环腺苷酸 3′,5′-单磷酸(cAMP)。在正常情况下,cAMP 主要激活蛋白激酶 A。炎症后,cAMP 还激活由 cAMP 激活的交换蛋白(Epacs),产生夸大的 PGE2 介导的痛觉过敏。本文综述了 cAMP-Epac 信号在过敏反应产生中的作用。