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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 5, 3025-3029, Copyright © 1985 by Society for Neuroscience

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The role of the polymorphonuclear leukocyte in hyperalgesia

JD Levine, J Gooding, P Donatoni, L Borden and EJ Goetzl

The results of recent studies of the mechanism of leukotriene B4- induced hyperalgesia suggest a dependence on polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs). In this study, we addressed the contribution of PMNLs to hyperalgesia evoked by the peptide chemotactic factors N- formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) and the anaphylatoxin fragment of the fifth component of the complement pathway (C5a). Local injection of glycogen, which attracts but does not activate PMNLs, produced a marked shift to the left (toward lower concentrations) in the concentration dependence curve of fMLP-induced hyperalgesia. In addition, PMNL repletion by transfusion with syngeneic PMNLs reestablished fMLP-induced hyperalgesia in PMNL-depleted rats. Finally, supernatants from rat and human PMNLs, that had been stimulated with fMLP in vitro, produced hyperalgesia in PMNL-depleted rats. Preliminary characterization of the hyperalgesia-inducing activity released by stimulated PMNLs indicated that it is lipid in nature. The nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory indomethacin did not attenuate C5a and fMLP-induced hyperalgesia. Thus, the hyperalgesia produced by fMLP and C5a is similar to that produced by leukotriene B4 in that it is dependent on PMNLs and independent of the cyclo-oxygenation of arachidonic acid. Taken together, these data suggest that structurally diverse PMNL- chemotactic factors produce hyperalgesia by a novel mechanism, involving PMNL-derived factors.


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