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Anesth Analg 2006;102:462-467
© 2006 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000194334.69103.50


ANESTHETIC PHARMACOLOGY

Local Anesthetics Suppress Nerve Growth Factor-Mediated Neurite Outgrowth by Inhibition of Tyrosine Kinase Activity of TrkA

Mayumi Takatori, MD*, Yoshihiro Kuroda, PhD{dagger}, and Munetaka Hirose, MD*

*Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; and {dagger}Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Munetaka Hirose, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyoku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. Address e-mail to hirose{at}koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.

Local anesthetics (LAs) suppress sympathetic sprouting, which correlates with neuropathic pain. However, the precise mechanism of the suppression is unknown. Nerve growth factor (NGF) contributes to the sympathetic sprouting, and NGF signaling starts with NGF-stimulated autophosphorylation of TrkA, which is a high affinity receptor of NGF. We examined the effects of lidocaine, bupivacaine, and procaine on NGF signaling under suppression of NGF-stimulated neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells, which is a cellular model of sympathetic sprouting. To investigate the effect of these LAs on NGF-mediated neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells, cells were incubated with 40, 400, and 4000 µM of each LA. The effect of LAs on NGF-stimulated TrkA activity was examined to analyze autophosphorylation of TrkA using immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting. Cytotoxic effects of LAs on PC12 cells were also assessed by lactate dehydrogenase release and by propidium iodide staining. Lidocaine (400 µM), bupivacaine (40 and 400 µM), or procaine (4000 µM) suppressed either neurite outgrowth or autophosphorylation significantly without cytotoxicity. The inhibition of NGF-stimulated tyrosine kinase activity of TrkA might be involved in the mechanisms of suppression of neurite outgrowth induced by LAs.




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