2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Age related modulation on the mechanism of onset of mechanical hyperalgesia in the oral cavity
Project/Area Number |
20K18619
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 57050:Prosthodontics-related
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Research Institution | Nihon University |
Principal Investigator |
URATA Kentaro 日本大学, 歯学部, 専任講師 (60754398)
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Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | 老化 / 口腔粘膜 / 疼痛 / 機械アロディニア / SAMP8 / マクロファージ / CCL2 / 三叉神経節 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We investigated the effect of aging on oral mucosal pain, focusing on trigeminal ganglion (TG) macrophages that change into inflammatory type M1/anti-inflammatory type M2. Older mice (SAMP8) and younger mice (SAMR1) with incised palatal mucosa were used. SAMP8 showed enhanced mechanical allodynia after incision and increased M1/CCL2 co-expression in TGs compared to SAMR1. Intra-TG administration of CCL2 neutralizing antibody suppressed mechanical allodynia in SAMP8. Intra-TG administration of CCL2 to non-incised SAMP8 increased CCR2/Nav1.8 co-expression in TG and caused mechanical allodynia. Aging increases macrophage disposition toward M1, suggesting that M1-derived CCL2 enhances mechanical allodynia.
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Free Research Field |
口腔生理学,歯科補綴学 口腔粘膜疼痛,口腔粘膜感覚に及ぼす老化の影響
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
総義歯装着中の高齢患者への診療時に,顎堤粘膜の潰瘍の有無と疼痛の有無とが相関しない場面に遭遇することがある.老化が疼痛へ及ぼす影響は,皮膚では多く報告を認めるが,口腔粘膜を調べた報告は少なく不明な現状にある.本研究の結果,口腔粘膜損傷後の機械刺激による疼痛は老化により増強し,この疼痛増強は,損傷部を支配する三叉神経節中のマクロファージの性質が老化により炎症性へ亢進する事が関与する事を明らかにした.老化による口腔粘膜疼痛受容機構の変調原因の一端を解明したことは学術的意義を持ち,高齢者に対する歯科臨床に有用な新規治療法の開発や診断法の開発に対し重要な基礎データを与える社会的意義を持つものと考える.
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