Vascular endothelial growth factor-A is involved in intramuscular carrageenan-induced cutaneous mechanical hyperalgesia through the vascular endothelial growth factor-A receptor 1 and transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 pathways

Author:

Ueda Takashi1,Watanabe Masaya12,Miwa Youko1,Shibata Yasuhiro1,Kumamoto Natsuko1,Ugawa Shinya1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Neuroscience and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Mizuho-Cho, Mizuho-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi

2. Institute of Physiology and Medicine, Jobu University, Shinmachi, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan

Abstract

Objectives Vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) plays a leading role in angiogenesis and pain hypersensitivity in cancer and chronic pain. It is not only induced by ischemic conditions but is also highly correlated with proalgesic cytokines, both of which are prominent in inflammatory muscle pain. However, the molecular basis of the involvement of VEGF-A in muscle pain remains unknown. Methods In the present study, we performed behavioral and pharmacological analyses to determine the possible involvement of VEGF-A in the development of inflammatory muscle pain and the associated signal transduction pathway. Results Unilateral intramuscular injection of carrageenan, a classical model of inflammatory muscle pain, increased VEGF-A gene expression in the tissues surrounding the injection site. Intramuscular administration of recombinant VEGF-A165 on the same side induced cutaneous mechanical hyperalgesia during the acute and subacute phases. The application of a specific VEGFR1 antibody on the same side significantly reduced the mechanical hyperalgesia induced by carrageenan or VEGF-A165 injection, whereas both a VEGFR2-neutralizing antibody and a VEGFR2 antagonist showed limited effects. Local preinjection of capsazepine, a transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) antagonist, also inhibited VEGF-A165-induced hyperalgesia. Finally, intramuscular VEGF-A165-induced mechanical hyperalgesia was not found in TRPV1 knockout mice during the subacute phase. Conclusions These findings suggest that inflammatory stimuli increase interstitial VEGF-A165, which in turn induces cutaneous mechanical pain via the VEGFR1-mediated TRPV1 nociceptive pathway during inflammatory muscle pain. VEGFR1 could be a novel therapeutic target for inflammation-induced muscle pain.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

General Neuroscience

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