Stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1), a member of the CXC chemokine subfamily and its receptor CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4), were evaluated in inflamed dental pulps obtained from extracted human teeth that showed spontaneous pain and/or lingering pain in response to cold and/or heat stimulus and compared with control levels found in normal dental pulps obtained from healthy noncarious third molars.
Therefore, PDAC-derived CXCL12 seems to induce tumor infiltration by SC during early carcinogenesis and to attenuate pain, possibly resulting in delayed diagnosis in PDAC.
Many researchers have demonstrated that stromal cell-derived factor 1 (also named as CXCL12) and its cognate receptor C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) involved in mediating neuropathic and bone cancer pain.
Together, these results suggested that enhanced interaction between STAT3 and p300 mediated the epigenetic upregulation of CXCL12 in dorsal horn neurons, which contributed to the antitubulin chemotherapeutics-induced persistent pain.
Emerging evidence has demonstrated the involvement of stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF1, also known as CXCL12)-CXCR4 signaling in a variety of pain state.
Plantar incision also augmented the phosphorylation of NF-κB p65 in spinal cord.Pre intrathecal (i.t.) injection of PDTC, a specific NF-κB activation inhibitor, alleviated plantar incision-induced postsurgical pain and reduced the expression of CXCL12 in spinal cord.
Also, exogenous CXCL12 elicited pain hypersensitivity and NMDAR activation in naïve rats, which was reversed by the supplemental delivery of Anxa1<sub>2-26</sub>.
The effects of CXCL12 rat peptide, CXCL12 neutralizing antibody, CXCR4 antagonist, and astrocyte metabolic inhibitor on pain hypersensitivity were explored by behavioral tests in naive or SNL rats.