| Title: |
Sex-specific role of RNA-binding protein, pAUF1, on prolonged hypersensitivity after repetitive ischemia with reperfusion injury. |
| Authors: |
Quijas, Meranda M.1 (AUTHOR) quijas.meranda@cchmc.org, Queme, Luis F.1 (AUTHOR) lqueme@une.edu, Woodke, Samantha T.1 (AUTHOR) woodke.4@buckeyemail.osu.edu, Weyler, Alex A.1 (AUTHOR) aaw00011@mix.wvu.edu, Buesing, Dana2 (AUTHOR) selmdr@ucmail.uc.edu, Butterfield, Ally1 (AUTHOR) alyssa.butterfield@cchmc.org, Joshi, Diya P.1 (AUTHOR) joshidi@mail.uc.edu, Mitxelena-Balerdi, Irati1 (AUTHOR) iratimitxelena@gmail.com, Ulrich-Lai, Yvonne M.2 (AUTHOR) ULRICHYM@UCMAIL.UC.EDU, Jankowski, Michael P.1,3,4 (AUTHOR) michael.jankowski@cchmc.org |
| Source: |
PAIN. Mar2025, Vol. 166 Issue 3, p693-707. 15p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*COMPLEX regional pain syndromes, *DORSAL root ganglia, *REPERFUSION injury, *RNA-binding proteins, *GENE expression |
| Abstract: |
Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. In a model of repeated ischemic injury to the muscles, sensory neuron expression of AUF1 modulates sex-specific behavioral responses and dorsal root ganglion gene expression patterns. Repetitive ischemia with reperfusion (I/R) injury is a common cause of myalgia. Ischemia with reperfusion injuries occur in many conditions that differentially affect males and females including complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia. Our preclinical studies have indicated that primary afferent sensitization and behavioral hypersensitivity caused by I/R injury may be due to sex-specific gene expression in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and distinct upregulation of growth factors and cytokines in the affected muscles. To determine how these unique gene expression programs may be established in a sex-dependent manner in a model that more closely mimics clinical scenarios, we used a developed prolonged ischemic myalgia model in mice whereby animals experience repeated I/R injuries and compared behavioral results with unbiased and targeted screening strategies in male and female DRG. Several distinct proteins were found to be differentially expressed in male and female DRG, including phosphorylated AU-rich element RNA-binding protein (pAUF1), which is known to regulate gene expression. Nerve-specific siRNA-mediated knockdown of AUF1 inhibited prolonged hypersensitivity in females only, whereas overexpression of AUF1 in male DRG neurons increased pain-like responses. AUF1 knockdown was able to specifically inhibit repeated I/R-induced gene expression in females potentially downstream of prolactin receptor signaling. Data suggest RNA-binding proteins such as pAUF1 may underlie the sex-specific effects on DRG gene expression that modulates behavioral hypersensitivity after repeated I/R injury through prolactin signaling. This study may aid in finding distinct receptor differences related to the evolution of acute to chronic ischemic muscle pain development between sexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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