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Query: UMLS:C0030193 (pain)
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Current analgesic therapies for treatment of neuropathic pain are unsatisfactory. Neuropathic pain is, therefore, undertreated and there is a significant need for a better pharmacotherapy. Increasing evidence indicate that histone deacetylation is a critical step in nerve injury pain. To obtain an innovative treatment for the management of neuropathic pain, we investigated the pharmacological effects produced by the new histone deacetylase (HDAC)-1 selective inhibitor, LG325, in a mouse model of trauma-induced peripheral mononeuropathy provoked by spared nerve injury (SNI). LG325 dose-dependently ameliorated the mechanical allodynia of SNI mice with a prolonged effect that was still significant 150min after administration. The intensity of the antiallodynic effect was comparable to that produced by pregabalin and morphine, used as analgesic reference drugs. Conversely, The HDAC1-HDAC6 inhibitor LG322, used as structurally-related reference compound, showed a less favourable antinociceptive profile. The antihyperalgesic activity of LG325 was devoid of any alteration in animals' gross behaviour and did not impair locomotor activity at the highest effective dose. SNI mice showed a significant increase in the HDAC1 protein levels within spinal cord in coincidence with the nociceptive phenotype. Treatment with LG325 completely reversed the increased expression of HDAC1. These data illustrate the antihyperalgesic efficacy of LG325 indicating that selectively targeting HDAC1 could have promising therapeutic potential for neuropathic pain management.
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PMID:The new HDAC1 inhibitor LG325 ameliorates neuropathic pain in a mouse model. 2882 96

Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) interfere with the epigenetic process of histone acetylation and are known to have analgesic properties in models of chronic inflammatory pain. Administration of a selective HDAC1 inhibitor (LG325) in SNI-subjected mice significantly attenuated behavior related to injury-induced pain. Understanding the HDAC1 pathway in epigenetic regulation of pathological pain is of great medical relevance. Spared nerve injury (SNI) mice showed a significant increase in the HDAC1 protein levels within spinal cord in coincidence with the nociceptive phenotype at 1 and 3 weeks after nerve injury. No variation in HDAC3, DNMT3a, AcH3, MBD3 and MeCP2 levels was detected. Increased expression of HDAC1 is accompanied by activation of the JNK-c-Jun signaling pathway. A robust spinal JNK-1 overphosphorylation was observed post nerve-injury along with a selective JNK-dependent increase in p-c-Jun and HDAC1 protein levels. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments showed the presence of a heterodimeric complex between HDAC1 and c-Jun in SNI mice indicating that these transcription factors can act together to regulate transcription through heterodimerization. Stimulation of c-Jun phosphorylation was prevented by the selective HDAC1 inhibitor LG325. We found that HDAC1 was associated with c-Jun in nuclei of spinal dorsal horn astrocytes expressing JNK. On the other hand, the presence of HDAC1 and c-Jun interaction was not detected in control mice. These findings provide new insights into the mechanisms underlying the anti-nociceptive activity of HDAC inhibitors. Taken together, these data support a role for histone deacetylase in the emergence of neuropathic pain.
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PMID:The HDAC1/c-JUN complex is essential in the promotion of nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain through JNK signaling. 2947 55