Physical exe rcise effectively alleviates chronic pain associated with complex regional pain syndrome type-Ⅰ.However,the mechanism of exe rcise-induced analgesia has not been clarified.Recent studies have shown that ...Physical exe rcise effectively alleviates chronic pain associated with complex regional pain syndrome type-Ⅰ.However,the mechanism of exe rcise-induced analgesia has not been clarified.Recent studies have shown that the specialized pro-resolving lipid mediator resolvin E1 promotes relief of pathologic pain by binding to chemerin receptor 23 in the nervous system.However,whether the resolvin E1-chemerin receptor 23 axis is involved in exercise-induced analgesia in complex regional pain syndrome type-Ⅰ has not been demonstrated.In the present study,a mouse model of chronic post-ischemia pain was established to mimic complex regional pain syndrome type-Ⅰ and subjected to an intervention involving swimming at different intensities.Chronic pain was reduced only in mice that engaged in high-intensity swimming.The resolvin E1-chemerin receptor 23 axis was clearly downregulated in the spinal cord of mice with chronic pain,while high-intensity swimming restored expression of resolvin E1 and chemerin receptor 23.Finally,shRNA-mediated silencing of chemerin receptor 23in the spinal cord reve rsed the analgesic effect of high-intensity swimming exercise on chronic post-ischemic pain and the anti-inflammato ry pola rization of microglia in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord.These findings suggest that high-intensity swimming can decrease chronic pain via the endogenous resolvin E1-chemerin receptor 23 axis in the spinal cord.展开更多
Induction of beige fat for thermogenesis is a potential therapy to improve homeostasis against obesity.β3-adrenoceptor(β3-AR),a type of G protein-coupled receptor(GPCR),is believed to mediate the thermogenesis of br...Induction of beige fat for thermogenesis is a potential therapy to improve homeostasis against obesity.β3-adrenoceptor(β3-AR),a type of G protein-coupled receptor(GPCR),is believed to mediate the thermogenesis of brown fat in mice.However,β3-AR has low expression in human adipose tissue,precluding its activation as a standalone clinical modality.This study aimed at identifying a potential GPCR target to induce beige fat.We found that chemerin chemokine-like receptor 1(CMKLR1),one of the novel GPCRs,mediated the development of beige fat via its two ligands,chemerin and resolvin E1(RvE1).The RvE1 levels were decreased in the obese mice,and RvE1 treatment led to a substantial improvement in obese features and augmented beige fat markers.Inversely,despite sharing the same receptor as RvE1,the chemerin levels were increased in obesogenic conditions,and chemerin treatment led to an augmented obese phenotype and a decline of beige fat markers.Moreover,RvE1 and chemerin induced or restrained the development of beige fat,respectively,via the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1(mTORC1)signaling pathway.We further showed that RvE1 and chemerin regulated mTORC1 signaling differentially by forming hydrogen bonds with different binding sites of CMKLR1.In conclusion,our study showed that RvE1 and chemerin affected metabolic homeostasis differentially,suggesting that selectively modulating CMKLR1 may be a potential therapeutic target for restoring metabolic homeostasis.展开更多
基金National Key R&D Program of China,Nos.2019YFA0110300 (to LZ),2021YFA1201400 (to LZ)Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai,No.21ZR1468600 (to LZ)Open Fund of the Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology (Shanxi Medical University),Ministry of Education,No.KLMEC/SXMU-201910 (to XJ)。
文摘Physical exe rcise effectively alleviates chronic pain associated with complex regional pain syndrome type-Ⅰ.However,the mechanism of exe rcise-induced analgesia has not been clarified.Recent studies have shown that the specialized pro-resolving lipid mediator resolvin E1 promotes relief of pathologic pain by binding to chemerin receptor 23 in the nervous system.However,whether the resolvin E1-chemerin receptor 23 axis is involved in exercise-induced analgesia in complex regional pain syndrome type-Ⅰ has not been demonstrated.In the present study,a mouse model of chronic post-ischemia pain was established to mimic complex regional pain syndrome type-Ⅰ and subjected to an intervention involving swimming at different intensities.Chronic pain was reduced only in mice that engaged in high-intensity swimming.The resolvin E1-chemerin receptor 23 axis was clearly downregulated in the spinal cord of mice with chronic pain,while high-intensity swimming restored expression of resolvin E1 and chemerin receptor 23.Finally,shRNA-mediated silencing of chemerin receptor 23in the spinal cord reve rsed the analgesic effect of high-intensity swimming exercise on chronic post-ischemic pain and the anti-inflammato ry pola rization of microglia in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord.These findings suggest that high-intensity swimming can decrease chronic pain via the endogenous resolvin E1-chemerin receptor 23 axis in the spinal cord.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81570764)Guangzhou Science and Technology Project(201807010069)+2 种基金Shenzhen Science and Technology Project(JCYJ20190807154205627)Guangdong Natural Science Fund(2020A1515010365)Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine and Clinical Translation Research of Hakka Population(2018B030322003KF01)received by Zhonghan Yang。
文摘Induction of beige fat for thermogenesis is a potential therapy to improve homeostasis against obesity.β3-adrenoceptor(β3-AR),a type of G protein-coupled receptor(GPCR),is believed to mediate the thermogenesis of brown fat in mice.However,β3-AR has low expression in human adipose tissue,precluding its activation as a standalone clinical modality.This study aimed at identifying a potential GPCR target to induce beige fat.We found that chemerin chemokine-like receptor 1(CMKLR1),one of the novel GPCRs,mediated the development of beige fat via its two ligands,chemerin and resolvin E1(RvE1).The RvE1 levels were decreased in the obese mice,and RvE1 treatment led to a substantial improvement in obese features and augmented beige fat markers.Inversely,despite sharing the same receptor as RvE1,the chemerin levels were increased in obesogenic conditions,and chemerin treatment led to an augmented obese phenotype and a decline of beige fat markers.Moreover,RvE1 and chemerin induced or restrained the development of beige fat,respectively,via the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1(mTORC1)signaling pathway.We further showed that RvE1 and chemerin regulated mTORC1 signaling differentially by forming hydrogen bonds with different binding sites of CMKLR1.In conclusion,our study showed that RvE1 and chemerin affected metabolic homeostasis differentially,suggesting that selectively modulating CMKLR1 may be a potential therapeutic target for restoring metabolic homeostasis.
