Coexistence of two forms of LTP in ACC provides a synaptic mechanism for the interactions between anxiety and chronic pain

Kohei Koga, Giannina Descalzi, Tao Chen, Hyoung-Gon Ko, Jinshan Lu, Shermaine Li, Junehee Son, TaeHyun Kim, Chuljung Kwak, Richard L Huganir, Ming-Gao Zhao, Bong-Kiun Kaang, Graham L Collingridge, Min Zhuo

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Abstract

Chronic pain can lead to anxiety and anxiety can enhance the sensation of pain. Unfortunately, little is known about the synaptic mechanisms that mediate these re-enforcing interactions. Here we characterized two forms of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC); a presynaptic form (pre-LTP) that requires kainate receptors and a postsynaptic form (post-LTP) that requires N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Pre-LTP also involves adenylyl cyclase and protein kinase A and is expressed via a mechanism involving hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels. Interestingly, chronic pain and anxiety both result in selective occlusion of pre-LTP. Significantly, microinjection of the HCN blocker ZD7288 into the ACC in vivo produces both anxiolytic and analgesic effects. Our results provide a mechanism by which two forms of LTP in the ACC may converge to mediate the interaction between anxiety and chronic pain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)377-389
Number of pages13
JournalNeuron
Volume85
Issue number2
Early online date31 Dec 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jan 2015

Keywords

  • Analgesics
  • Animals
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic Pain
  • Gyrus Cinguli
  • Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels
  • Long-Term Potentiation
  • Mice
  • Neurons
  • Pyrimidines
  • Receptors, Kainic Acid
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Synaptic Transmission

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