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Published online before print March 7, 2006
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Klinik für Anaesthesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Germany
@ To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: alexander.brack{at}charite.de.
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Polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) are recruited in early inflammation and are believed to contribute to inflammatory pain. However, studies demonstrating a hyperalgesic role of PMN did not examine selective PMN recruitment or did not document effective PMN recruitment. We hypothesized that hyperalgesia does not develop after chemokine-induced PMN selective recruitment and is independent of PMN infiltration in complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA)-induced, local inflammation. PMN were recruited by intraplantar injection of CXC chemokine ligand 1 (CXCL1; keratinocyte-derived chemokine), CXCL2/3 (macrophage inflammatory protein-2), or CFA, with or without preceding systemic PMN depletion. Chemokine inoculation resulted in dose (0-30 µg)- and time (0-12 h)-dependent, selective recruitment of PMN as quantified by flow cytometry. CXCL2/3, but not CXCL1, was less effective at high doses, probably as a result of significant down-regulation of CXC chemokine receptor 2 expression on blood PMN. Neither chemokine caused mechanical or thermal hyperalgesia as determined by the Randall-Selitto and Hargreaves test, respectively, despite comparable expression of activation markers (i.e., CD11b, CD18, and L-selectin) on infiltrating PMN. In contrast, CFA injection induced hyperalgesia, independent of PMN recruitment. c-Fos mRNA and immunoreactivity in the spinal cord were increased significantly after inoculation of CFA, independent of PMN migration but not of CXCL2/3. Measurement of potential hyperalgesic mediators showed that hyperalgesia correlated with local prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) but not with interleukin-1
production. In summary, hyperalgesia, local PGE2 production, and spinal c-Fos expression occur after CFA-induced inflammation but not after CXCL1- or CXCL2/3-induced, selective PMN recruitment. Thus, PMN seem to be less important in inflammatory hyperalgesia than previously thought.
Key Words: chemokine • CXCR2 • neutrophil • hyperalgesia • complete Freund’s adjuvant
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