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J Neurophysiol 63: 966-970, 1990;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 63, Issue 5 966-970, Copyright © 1990 by APS

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The 15-lipoxygenase product, 8R,15S-diHETE, stereospecifically sensitizes C-fiber mechanoheat nociceptors in hairy skin of rat

D. M. White, A. I. Basbaum, E. J. Goetzl and J. D. Levine
Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

1. This study examined the effects of the 15-lipoxygenase product of arachidonic acid metabolism, (8R,15S)-dihydroxyicosa-(5E-9,11,13Z)tetraenoic acid (8R,15S-diHETE), on mechanical thresholds and thermal responses of saphenous nerve cutaneous C-fiber nociceptors that innervate the hairy skin of the rat hindpaw. Single C-fiber mechanoheat nociceptors (C-MH) that had von Frey hair (VFH) thresholds greater than 5 g and were activated by a noxious heat stimulus were chosen for study. We also studied the effects of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a cyclooxygenase product of arachidonic acid metabolism, on these nociceptors. 2. The 63 C-MHs studied had a conduction velocity of 0.82 +/- 0.03 m/s (mean +/- SE) and a mechanical threshold of 13.4 +/- 2.4 g. In a subgroup of these (n = 24), the thermal threshold was measured as (44 +/- 1 degree C) (mean +/- SE). 3. 8R,15S-diHETE produced a significant decrease in mechanical threshold of C-MHs (n = 33). The 8R,15S-diHETE-induced sensitization of C-MHs to mechanical stimuli was completely antagonized by coadministration with a stereoisomer, 8S,15S-diHETE (n = 10). 4. The mechanical threshold of C-MHs (n = 10), previously injected with the combination of 8R,15S-diHETE and 8S,15S-diHETE, was significantly reduced by a subsequent injection of PGE2. In a separate group of C-MHs (n = 7), PGE2 was co-injected with 8S,15S-diHETE, which failed to antagonize the sensitizing effect of PGE2 on mechanical threshold. 5. 8R,15S-diHETE also sensitized C-MHs (n = 9) to a thermal stimulus consisting of 37 degrees C for 5 min.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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