RRC ID 17494
著者 Walsh J, Tighe O, Lai D, Harvey R, Karayiorgou M, Gogos JA, Waddington JL, O'Tuathaigh CM.
タイトル Disruption of thermal nociceptive behaviour in mice mutant for the schizophrenia-associated genes NRG1, COMT and DISC1.
ジャーナル Brain Res
Abstract Abnormalities in pain perception, especially altered warmth and heat pain sensitivity, have been reported in schizophrenia. Therefore, genes associated with schizophrenia, including neuregulin-1 (NRG1), catechol-O-methyltranferase (COMT) and disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 (DISC1), may play a role in modulating the physiological and psychological effects of pain stimuli in such patients. Thermal pain sensitivity was assessed in NRG1, COMT and DISC1 mutant mice, and the anti-nociceptive effects of acute Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) were compared in NRG1 and COMT mutants. At baseline, deletion of NRG1 and DISC1 each reduced thermal pain sensitivity, while deletion of COMT increased pain sensitivity. Neither NRG1 nor COMT deletion altered the anti-nociceptive effects of acute systemic THC (8.0mg/kg). These results indicate a differential contribution of NRG1 and DISC1 vis-à-vis COMT to the processing of thermal nociceptive stimuli and extend their phenotypic relationship to psychotic illness.
巻・号 1348
ページ 114-9
公開日 2010-8-12
DOI 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.06.027
PII S0006-8993(10)01362-4
PMID 20561508
MeSH Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / therapeutic use Analysis of Variance Animals Behavior, Animal / drug effects Behavior, Animal / physiology Catechol O-Methyltransferase / deficiency Catechol O-Methyltransferase / genetics* Dronabinol / therapeutic use Female Hyperalgesia / drug therapy Hyperalgesia / genetics* Hyperalgesia / physiopathology Male Mice Mice, Knockout Mutagenesis / genetics Nerve Tissue Proteins / deficiency Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics* Neuregulin-1 / deficiency Neuregulin-1 / genetics* Pain Measurement Pain Threshold / drug effects* Reaction Time / drug effects Sex Factors
IF 2.733
引用数 14
WOS 分野 NEUROSCIENCES
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC02324