RFamide (RFa)-related peptides modulate pain processing in the mammalian CNS. The effects of these peptides are generally considered as 'anti-opioid'. They also decrease the rate of desensitization of acid-sensing ionic channels (ASICs), putative nociceptors in dorsal root ganglia neurons [C. Askwith et al. (2000) Neuron, 26, 133-141]. We have tested the role of mollusc-derived peptide, FMRFa (Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide) and its synthetic analogues in peripheral nociception. Here we demonstrate that RFa-related peptides powerfully excite the majority of C-fibres in the skin-nerve preparation of rat: 76% of 55 tested fibres with the conduction velocity below 2 m/s responded with long-lasting discharges to the application of peptides (20 microm). When injected subcutaneously in vivo (mice), they initiate nociceptive behaviour. We confirm the data on humans [S. Ugawa et al. (2002) J. Clin. Invest., 110, 1185-1190]: the activation of C-fibres by acid is inhibited by channel blocker of ASICs, amiloride. However, there is no correlation in the sensitivity of C-fibres to RFa peptides, protons and amiloride: 74% of tested RFa-sensitive C-fibres were insensitive to protons and in 67% of cases the response to peptides was insensitive to amiloride. Thus, powerful excitatory/algogenic action of RFa-related peptides cannot be interpreted solely in terms of their interaction with ASICs. The peptides do not activate any conductance in the somatic membrane of dorsal root ganglion neurons of rats and probably affect still unidentified molecular target(s) responsible for nociceptive signalling.
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