Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine.
Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, and.
J Clin Invest. 2021 Aug 2;131(15). doi: 10.1172/JCI146323.
Patients with neuropathic pain often experience comorbid psychiatric disorders. Cellular plasticity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is assumed to be a critical interface for pain perception and emotion. However, substantial efforts have thus far been focused on the intracellular mechanisms of plasticity rather than the extracellular alterations that might trigger and facilitate intracellular changes. Laminin, a key element of the extracellular matrix (ECM), consists of one α-, one β-, and one γ-chain and is implicated in several pathophysiological processes. Here, we showed in mice that laminin β1 (LAMB1) in the ACC was significantly downregulated upon peripheral neuropathy. Knockdown of LAMB1 in the ACC exacerbated pain sensitivity and induced anxiety and depression. Mechanistic analysis revealed that loss of LAMB1 caused actin dysregulation via interaction with integrin β1 and the subsequent Src-dependent RhoA/LIMK/cofilin pathway, leading to increased presynaptic transmitter release probability and abnormal postsynaptic spine remodeling, which in turn orchestrated the structural and functional plasticity of pyramidal neurons and eventually resulted in pain hypersensitivity and anxiodepression. This study sheds new light on the functional capability of ECM LAMB1 in modulating pain plasticity and identifies a mechanism that conveys extracellular alterations to intracellular plasticity. Moreover, we identified cingulate LAMB1/integrin β1 signaling as a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of neuropathic pain and associated anxiodepression.
患有神经性疼痛的患者常伴有并存的精神障碍。扣带前皮质(ACC)中的细胞可塑性被认为是疼痛感知和情绪的关键接口。然而,迄今为止,大量的努力都集中在可塑性的细胞内机制上,而不是可能引发和促进细胞内变化的细胞外改变上。层粘连蛋白是细胞外基质(ECM)的一个关键组成部分,由一条α链、一条β链和一条γ链组成,并与多种病理生理过程有关。在这里,我们在小鼠中表明,ACC 中的层粘连蛋白β 1(LAMB1)在外周神经病变时显著下调。ACC 中的 LAMB1 敲低会加剧疼痛敏感性,并诱导焦虑和抑郁。机制分析表明,LAMB1 的缺失通过与整合素β1 的相互作用导致肌动蛋白失调,随后Src 依赖性 RhoA/LIMK/cofilin 途径,导致突触前递质释放概率增加和异常的突触后棘突重塑,从而协调锥体神经元的结构和功能可塑性,并最终导致疼痛敏感性增加和焦虑抑郁。这项研究为 ECM LAMB1 调节疼痛可塑性的功能能力提供了新的认识,并确定了一种将细胞外改变传递给细胞内可塑性的机制。此外,我们确定了扣带 LAMB1/整合素β1 信号作为治疗神经性疼痛和相关焦虑抑郁的有前途的治疗靶点。
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