大鼠背根神经节的磷酸化蛋白质组学分析揭示mTOR是骨癌痛和电针镇痛的潜在靶点。
Phosphoproteomic Profiling of Rat's Dorsal Root Ganglia Reveals mTOR as a Potential Target in Bone Cancer Pain and Electro-Acupuncture's Analgesia.
作者信息
Wang Wen, Zhou You, Cai Yangqian, Wang Sisi, Shao Fangbing, Du Junying, Fang Junfan, Liu Jinggen, Shao Xiaomei, Liu Boyi, Fang Jianqiao, Liang Yi
机构信息
Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Quzhou Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Quzhou, China.
出版信息
Front Pharmacol. 2021 Apr 29;12:593043. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.593043. eCollection 2021.
Bone cancer pain (BCP) is a clinical refractory mixed pain involving neuropathic and inflammatory pain, with the underlying mechanisms remaining largely unknown. Electro-acupuncture (EA) can partly alleviate BCP according to previous research. We aim to explore the proteins and major pathways involved in BCP and EA treatment through phosphoproteomic profiling. BCP rat model was built by tibial inoculation of MRMT-1 mammary gland carcinoma cells. Mechanical hyperalgesia determined by paw withdrawal thresholds (PWTs) and bone destruction manifested on the radiographs confirmed the success of modeling, which were attenuated by EA treatment. The differentially expressed phosphorylated proteins (DEPs) co-regulated by BCP modeling and EA treatment in rat dorsal root ganglions (DRGs) were analyzed through PEX100 Protein microarray. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis revealed that DEPs were significantly enriched in mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway. The phosphorylations of mTOR at Ser2448 and Thr2446 were increased in BCP and downregulated by EA. In addition, the phosphorylation of S6K and Akt, markers of the mTOR complex, were also increased in BCP and downregulated by EA. Inhibition of mTOR signaling alleviated the PWTs of BCP rats, while the mTOR agonist impaired the analgesic effect of EA. Thus, our study provided a landscape of protein phosphorylation changes in DRGs of EA-treated BCP rats and revealed that mTOR signaling can be potentially targeted to alleviate BCP by EA treatment.
骨癌痛(BCP)是一种临床难治性混合性疼痛,涉及神经性疼痛和炎性疼痛,其潜在机制在很大程度上仍不清楚。根据先前的研究,电针(EA)可以部分缓解BCP。我们旨在通过磷酸化蛋白质组分析来探索参与BCP和EA治疗的蛋白质及主要信号通路。通过胫骨接种MRMT-1乳腺癌细胞建立BCP大鼠模型。通过爪部撤离阈值(PWTs)测定的机械性痛觉过敏以及X线片上显示的骨质破坏证实建模成功,而EA治疗可使其减轻。通过PEX100蛋白质芯片分析大鼠背根神经节(DRGs)中由BCP建模和EA治疗共同调控的差异表达磷酸化蛋白(DEPs)。京都基因与基因组百科全书(KEGG)分析显示,DEPs在雷帕霉素靶蛋白(mTOR)信号通路中显著富集。在BCP中,mTOR的Ser2448和Thr2446位点的磷酸化增加,而EA可使其下调。此外,mTOR复合物的标志物S6K和Akt的磷酸化在BCP中也增加,且EA可使其下调。抑制mTOR信号可减轻BCP大鼠的PWTs,而mTOR激动剂则会削弱EA的镇痛效果。因此,我们的研究提供了EA治疗的BCP大鼠DRGs中蛋白质磷酸化变化的概况,并揭示mTOR信号通路可能是EA治疗缓解BCP的潜在靶点。