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Spinal astrocyte aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 mediates ethanol metabolism and analgesia in mice.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the targets in the CNS that mediate ethanol analgesia. This study explores the role of spinal astrocyte aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2), a key ethanol-metabolising enzyme, in the analgesic effects of ethanol in mice.

Methods

Astrocyte and hepatocyte ALHD2-deficient mice were generated and tested in acute and chronic pain models. Cell-type-specific distribution of ALDH2 was analysed by RNA in situ hybridisation in spinal slices from astrocytic ALDH2-deficient mice and their wild-type littermates. Spinal ethanol metabolites and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content were measured using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.

Results

ALDH2 mRNA was expressed in both astrocytes and neurones in spinal cord slices. Astrocyte ALDH2-deficient mice had decreased expression of ALDH2 mRNA in astrocytes, but not in neurones. Astrocyte ALDH2 deficiency inhibited ethanol-derived acetate, but not acetaldehyde content in spinal cord tissues. Depletion of spinal astrocyte ALDH2 selectively inhibited ethanol-induced anti-nociceptive effect, but not the effect of ethanol, on motor function. Astrocyte ALDH2 deficiency abolished ethanol-induced GABA elevation. The ethanol metabolite acetate produced anti-nociception and increased GABA synthesis in a manner similar to ethanol. I.T. delivery of either GABAA or GABAB receptor antagonists prevented ethanol and acetate-induced analgesia.

Conclusions

These findings provide evidence that ALDH2 in spinal astrocytes mediates spinal ethanol metabolism and ethanol-induced analgesic effects by promoting GABA synthesis and GABAergic transmission in spinal cord.

SUBMITTER: Jin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8362281 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Spinal astrocyte aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 mediates ethanol metabolism and analgesia in mice.

Jin Shiyun S   Cinar Resat R   Hu Xudong X   Lin Yuhong Y   Luo Guoxiang G   Lovinger David M DM   Zhang Ye Y   Zhang Li L  

British journal of anaesthesia 20210429 2


<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about the targets in the CNS that mediate ethanol analgesia. This study explores the role of spinal astrocyte aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2), a key ethanol-metabolising enzyme, in the analgesic effects of ethanol in mice.<h4>Methods</h4>Astrocyte and hepatocyte ALHD2-deficient mice were generated and tested in acute and chronic pain models. Cell-type-specific distribution of ALDH2 was analysed by RNA in situ hybridisation in spinal slices from astrocytic ALDH  ...[more]

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