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Nociceptor-immune interactomes reveal insult-specific immune signatures of pain

ABSTRACT: Inflammatory pain associated with tissue injury and infection largely results from the heightened sensitivity of the peripheral terminals of nociceptor sensory neurons as a consequence of exposure to inflammatory mediators. Targeting immune-derived inflammatory ligands, such as prostaglandin E2, reduces inflammatory pain, but more effective and safer therapies are needed. However, the diversity of immune cell and sensory neuron types, their ligands, and receptors make it challenging to map the immune mechanisms that contribute to inflammatory pain. We, therefore, used single-cell transcriptomics to explore which specific immune cell types affect the development of pain in diverse inflammatory pain models. We found that both the magnitude of macrophage and neutrophil recruitment and the injury-triggered transcriptional program in Cx3cr1 high and MHCII+ dermal macrophages closely mirror the kinetics of inflammatory pain hypersensitivity. We constructed a comprehensive list of potential cell-cell interactions covering receptors, ligands, and metabolites, and generated injury-specific neuroimmune interactomes based on immune cell and sensory neuron single-cell transcriptomic data. This analysis revealed both interactions common to multiple inflammatory pain models and those specific to a particular condition and uncovered immune mediators not previously identified as pain modulators.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE255686 | GEO | 2024/05/28

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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