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The Neuropeptide Y System Regulates Both Mechanical and Histaminergic Itch
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- Gao, Tianle (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap,Chinese Acad Med Sci, Inst Mat Med, Beijing, Peoples R China
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- Ma, Haisha (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Genetisk utvecklingsbiologi
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- Xu, Bo, 1980- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap
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- Bergman, Jessica (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap
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- Larhammar, Dan, 1956- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Farmakologi
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- Lagerström, Malin C. (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Genetisk utvecklingsbiologi
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- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2018
- 2018
- English.
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In: Journal of Investigative Dermatology. - : ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. - 0022-202X .- 1523-1747. ; 138:11, s. 2405-2411
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- Itch is a somatosensory modality that serves to alert an organism to harmful elements removable by scratching, such as parasites and chemical irritants. Recently, ablation or silencing of neuropeptide Y (NPY)-expressing spinal interneurons was reported to selectively enhance mechanical itch, whereas chemical itch was unaffected. We examined the effect of activating the NPY/Y-1 receptor system on scratch behavior in mice. We found that intrathecal administration of the Y-1 agonist [Leu(31), Pro(34)]-NPY (LP-NPY) attenuated itch behavior induced by application of 0.07 g von Frey filament in the nape of the neck compared with saline treatment, indicating that activation of the spinal NPY/Y-1 system dampens mechanical itch. However, intrathecal administration of LP-NPY also attenuated chemically induced scratching provoked by intradermal application of histamine or the mast cell degranulator 48/80 (histaminergic itch), and the latter effect could be reversed by administration of the Y-1 antagonist BIBO3304. Intrathecal application of the native nonselective agonist NPY also attenuated histamine or 48/80-induced scratching. Our analyses emphasize the importance of including additional quantitative parameters to characterize the full spectrum of itch behavior and show that the NPY/Y-1 system dampens both mechanically and chemically induced scratching and hence is shared by the two submodalities of itch.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Biokemi och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)
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