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SUBMITTER: Masuda T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4990655 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Masuda Takahiro T Ozono Yui Y Mikuriya Satsuki S Kohro Yuta Y Tozaki-Saitoh Hidetoshi H Iwatsuki Ken K Uneyama Hisayuki H Ichikawa Reiko R Salter Michael W MW Tsuda Makoto M Inoue Kazuhide K
Nature communications 20160812
Activation of purinergic receptors in the spinal cord by extracellular ATP is essential for neuropathic hypersensitivity after peripheral nerve injury (PNI). However, the cell type responsible for releasing ATP within the spinal cord after PNI is unknown. Here we show that PNI increases expression of vesicular nucleotide transporter (VNUT) in the spinal cord. Extracellular ATP content ([ATP]e) within the spinal cord was increased after PNI, and this increase was suppressed by exocytotic inhibito ...[more]