Anxiety enhances pain in a model of osteoarthritis and is associated with altered endogenous opioid function and reduced opioid analgesia

Abstract. Introduction:. Negative affect, including anxiety and depression, is prevalent in chronic pain states such as osteoarthritis (OA) and associated with greater use of opioid analgesics, potentially contributing to present and future opioid crises. Objectives:. We tested the hypothesis that t...

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Autores principales: Amanda Lillywhite, Stephen G. Woodhams, Sara V. Gonçalves, David J.G. Watson, Li Li, James J. Burston, Peter R.W. Gowler, Meritxell Canals, David A. Walsh, Gareth J. Hathway, Victoria Chapman
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5ec1331b06bf473e8821f26c427d85142021-11-25T07:59:39ZAnxiety enhances pain in a model of osteoarthritis and is associated with altered endogenous opioid function and reduced opioid analgesia2471-253110.1097/PR9.0000000000000956https://doaj.org/article/5ec1331b06bf473e8821f26c427d85142021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000956https://doaj.org/toc/2471-2531Abstract. Introduction:. Negative affect, including anxiety and depression, is prevalent in chronic pain states such as osteoarthritis (OA) and associated with greater use of opioid analgesics, potentially contributing to present and future opioid crises. Objectives:. We tested the hypothesis that the interaction between anxiety, chronic pain, and opioid use results from altered endogenous opioid function. Methods:. A genetic model of negative affect, the Wistar–Kyoto (WKY) rat, was combined with intra-articular injection of monosodium iodoacetate (MIA; 1 mg) to mimic clinical presentation. Effects of systemic morphine (0.5–3.5 mg·kg−1) on pain behaviour and spinal nociceptive neuronal activity were compared in WKY and normo-anxiety Wistar rats 3 weeks after MIA injection. Endogenous opioid function was probed by the blockade of opioid receptors (0.1–1 mg·kg−1 systemic naloxone), quantification of plasma β-endorphin, and expression and phosphorylation of spinal mu-opioid receptor (MOR). Results:. Monosodium iodoacetate–treated WKY rats had enhanced OA-like pain, blunted morphine-induced analgesia, and greater mechanical hypersensitivity following systemic naloxone, compared with Wistar rats, and elevated plasma β-endorphin levels compared with saline-treated WKY controls. Increased MOR phosphorylation at the master site (serine residue 375) in the spinal cord dorsal horn of WKY rats with OA-like pain (P = 0.0312) indicated greater MOR desensitization. Conclusions:. Reduced clinical analgesic efficacy of morphine was recapitulated in a model of high anxiety and OA-like pain, in which endogenous opioid tone was altered, and MOR function attenuated, in the absence of previous exogenous opioid ligand exposure. These findings shed new light on the mechanisms underlying the increased opioid analgesic use in high anxiety patients with chronic pain.Amanda LillywhiteStephen G. WoodhamsSara V. GonçalvesDavid J.G. WatsonLi LiJames J. BurstonPeter R.W. GowlerMeritxell CanalsDavid A. WalshGareth J. HathwayVictoria ChapmanWolters KluwerarticleAnesthesiologyRD78.3-87.3ENPAIN Reports, Vol 6, Iss 4, p e956 (2021)
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topic Anesthesiology
RD78.3-87.3
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RD78.3-87.3
Amanda Lillywhite
Stephen G. Woodhams
Sara V. Gonçalves
David J.G. Watson
Li Li
James J. Burston
Peter R.W. Gowler
Meritxell Canals
David A. Walsh
Gareth J. Hathway
Victoria Chapman
Anxiety enhances pain in a model of osteoarthritis and is associated with altered endogenous opioid function and reduced opioid analgesia
description Abstract. Introduction:. Negative affect, including anxiety and depression, is prevalent in chronic pain states such as osteoarthritis (OA) and associated with greater use of opioid analgesics, potentially contributing to present and future opioid crises. Objectives:. We tested the hypothesis that the interaction between anxiety, chronic pain, and opioid use results from altered endogenous opioid function. Methods:. A genetic model of negative affect, the Wistar–Kyoto (WKY) rat, was combined with intra-articular injection of monosodium iodoacetate (MIA; 1 mg) to mimic clinical presentation. Effects of systemic morphine (0.5–3.5 mg·kg−1) on pain behaviour and spinal nociceptive neuronal activity were compared in WKY and normo-anxiety Wistar rats 3 weeks after MIA injection. Endogenous opioid function was probed by the blockade of opioid receptors (0.1–1 mg·kg−1 systemic naloxone), quantification of plasma β-endorphin, and expression and phosphorylation of spinal mu-opioid receptor (MOR). Results:. Monosodium iodoacetate–treated WKY rats had enhanced OA-like pain, blunted morphine-induced analgesia, and greater mechanical hypersensitivity following systemic naloxone, compared with Wistar rats, and elevated plasma β-endorphin levels compared with saline-treated WKY controls. Increased MOR phosphorylation at the master site (serine residue 375) in the spinal cord dorsal horn of WKY rats with OA-like pain (P = 0.0312) indicated greater MOR desensitization. Conclusions:. Reduced clinical analgesic efficacy of morphine was recapitulated in a model of high anxiety and OA-like pain, in which endogenous opioid tone was altered, and MOR function attenuated, in the absence of previous exogenous opioid ligand exposure. These findings shed new light on the mechanisms underlying the increased opioid analgesic use in high anxiety patients with chronic pain.
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author Amanda Lillywhite
Stephen G. Woodhams
Sara V. Gonçalves
David J.G. Watson
Li Li
James J. Burston
Peter R.W. Gowler
Meritxell Canals
David A. Walsh
Gareth J. Hathway
Victoria Chapman
author_facet Amanda Lillywhite
Stephen G. Woodhams
Sara V. Gonçalves
David J.G. Watson
Li Li
James J. Burston
Peter R.W. Gowler
Meritxell Canals
David A. Walsh
Gareth J. Hathway
Victoria Chapman
author_sort Amanda Lillywhite
title Anxiety enhances pain in a model of osteoarthritis and is associated with altered endogenous opioid function and reduced opioid analgesia
title_short Anxiety enhances pain in a model of osteoarthritis and is associated with altered endogenous opioid function and reduced opioid analgesia
title_full Anxiety enhances pain in a model of osteoarthritis and is associated with altered endogenous opioid function and reduced opioid analgesia
title_fullStr Anxiety enhances pain in a model of osteoarthritis and is associated with altered endogenous opioid function and reduced opioid analgesia
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety enhances pain in a model of osteoarthritis and is associated with altered endogenous opioid function and reduced opioid analgesia
title_sort anxiety enhances pain in a model of osteoarthritis and is associated with altered endogenous opioid function and reduced opioid analgesia
publisher Wolters Kluwer
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/5ec1331b06bf473e8821f26c427d8514
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