Research Progress of the Role and Mechanism of Extracellular Signal-regulated Protein Kinase 5 (ERK5) Pathway in Pathological Pain

Overview

Journal J Zhejiang Univ Sci B

Specialties Biology
General Medicine

Date 2016 Oct 6

PMID 27704743

Citations 8

Authors

Li-Na Yu

Li-Hong Sun

Min Wang

Min Yan

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Abstract

Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 5 (ERK5), also known as big mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 (MAPK1), is an important member of ERK family, which is a subfamily of the large MAPK family. ERK5 is expressed in many tissues, including the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons and the spinal cord. In this review, we focus on elaborating ERK5-associated pathway in pathological pain, in which the ERK5/CREB (cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-response element-binding protein) pathway plays a crucial role in the transduction of pain signal and contributes to pain hypersensitivity. ERK5 activation in the spinal dorsal horn occurs mainly in microglia. The activation of ERK5 can be mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. We also elaborate the relationship between ERK5 activation and nerve growth factor-tyrosine kinase A (NGF-TrkA), and the connection between ERK5 activation and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in pathological pain in detail.

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