Hyperalgesic priming in the rat demonstrates marked sexual dimorphism
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Hyperalgesic priming in the rat demonstrates marked sexual dimorphism
Abstract
In male rats, carrageenan (CAR)-induced inflammation or exposure to a selective protein kinase C epsilon (PKC epsilon ) agonist (psi epsilon RACK) produces prolongation of the hyperalgesia induced by a subsequent exposure to an inflammatory mediator, a phenomenon referred to as hyperalgesic priming. Since many chronic inflammatory conditions are sexually dimorphic, we tested the hypothesis that hyperalgesic priming is sexually dimorphic. Prior injection of CAR or psi epsilon RACK produced a prolongation of the hyperalgesia induced by a subsequent injection of prostaglandin E(2), from less than 3 h to greater than 24 h, but only in male rats. In ovariectomized female rats priming with CAR and psi epsilon RACK produced hyperalgesic priming effects similar to that observed in the male rat, and this effect was reversed by estrogen replacement. While gonadectomy in males had no effect on CAR and psi epsilon RACK induced hyperalgesic priming, female phenotype was observed following implantation of estrogen in males. Thus, mechanisms mediating the development of hyperalgesic priming produced by inflammation are suppressed by estrogen. This regulation of priming by estrogen appears to occur at or downstream of the activation of PKC epsilon.
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