The Beneficial Effects of Heme Oxygenase 1 and Hydrogen Sulfide Activation in the Management of Neuropathic Pain, Anxiety- and Depressive-like Effects of Paclitaxel in Mice


Por: Roch, G, Batalle, G, Bai, X, Pouso-Vazquez, E, Rodriguez, L, Pol, O

Publicada: 1 ene 2022
Resumen:
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy constitutes an unresolved clinical problem that severely decreases the quality of the patient's life. It is characterized by somatosensory alterations, including chronic pain, and a high risk of suffering mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. Unfortunately, an effective treatment for this neuropathology is yet to be found. We investigated the therapeutic potential of cobalt protoporphyrin IX (CoPP), a heme oxygenase 1 inducer, and morpholin-4-ium 4-methoxyphenyl(morpholino) phosphinodithioate dichloromethane complex (GYY4137), a slow hydrogen sulfide (H2S) donor, in a preclinical model of paclitaxel (PTX)-induced peripheral neuropathy (PIPN) in mice. At three weeks after PTX injection, we evaluated the effects of the repetitive administration of 5 mg/kg of CoPP and 35 mg/kg of GYY4137 on PTX-induced nociceptive symptoms (mechanical and cold allodynia) and on the associated emotional disturbances (anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors). We also studied the mechanisms that could mediate their therapeutic properties by evaluating the expression of key proteins implicated in the development of nociception, oxidative stress, microglial activation, and apoptosis in prefrontal cortex (PFC) and dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of mice with PIPN. Results demonstrate that CoPP and GYY4137 treatments inhibited both the nociceptive symptomatology and the derived emotional alterations. These actions were mainly mediated through potentiation of antioxidant responses and inhibiting oxidative stress in the DRG and/or PFC of mice with PIPN. Both treatments normalized some plasticity changes and apoptotic reactions, and GYY4137 blocked microglial activation induced by PTX in PFC. In conclusion, this study proposes CoPP and GYY4137 as good candidates for treating neuropathic pain, anxiety- and depressive-like effects of PTX.

Filiaciones:
Roch, G:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08041, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Neurociencies, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08193, Spain

Batalle, G:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08041, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Neurociencies, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08193, Spain

Bai, X:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08041, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Neurociencies, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08193, Spain

Pouso-Vazquez, E:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08041, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Neurociencies, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08193, Spain

Rodriguez, L:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08041, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Neurociencies, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08193, Spain

Pol, O:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08041, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Neurociencies, Grp Neurofarmacol Mol, Barcelona 08193, Spain
ISSN: 20763921
Editorial
MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, Suiza
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 11 Número: 1
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WOS Id: 000758481200001
ID de PubMed: 35052626
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