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Brain Sci. 2019 Oct 31;9(11). doi: 10.3390/brainsci9110303.

Electrical Stimulation of C6 Glia-Precursor Cells In Vitro Differentially Modulates Gene Expression Related to Chronic Pain Pathways.

Brain sciences

Ricardo Vallejo, David C Platt, Jonathan A Rink, Marjorie A Jones, Courtney A Kelley, Ashim Gupta, Cynthia L Cass, Kirk Eichenberg, Alejandro Vallejo, William J Smith, Ramsin Benyamin, David L Cedeño

Affiliations

  1. Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61704, USA. [email protected].
  2. Department of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA. [email protected].
  3. Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA. [email protected].
  4. Department of Biology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA. [email protected].
  5. Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA. [email protected].
  6. Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61704, USA. [email protected].
  7. Department of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA. [email protected].
  8. Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61704, USA. [email protected].
  9. Department of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA. [email protected].
  10. South Texas Orthopaedic Research Institute, Laredo, TX 78045, USA. [email protected].
  11. Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61704, USA. [email protected].
  12. Department of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA. [email protected].
  13. Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA. [email protected].
  14. Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61704, USA. [email protected].
  15. Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61704, USA. [email protected].
  16. Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. [email protected].
  17. Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61704, USA. [email protected].
  18. Department of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA. [email protected].
  19. College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign-Urbana, IL 61801, USA. [email protected].
  20. Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61704, USA. [email protected].
  21. Department of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 31683631 PMCID: PMC6896182 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci9110303

Abstract

Glial cells comprise the majority of cells in the central nervous system and exhibit diverse functions including the development of persistent neuropathic pain. While earlier theories have proposed that the applied electric field specifically affects neurons, it has been demonstrated that electrical stimulation (ES) of neural tissue modulates gene expression of the glial cells. This study examines the effect of ES on the expression of eight genes related to oxidative stress and neuroprotection in cultured rodent glioma cells. Concentric bipolar electrodes under seven different ES types were used to stimulate cells for 30 min in the presence and absence of extracellular glutamate. ES consisted of rectangular pulses at 50 Hz in varying proportions of anodic and cathodic phases. Real-time reverse-transcribed quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to determine gene expression using the ∆∆C

Keywords: cell culture; electrical stimulation; gene expression; glial cells; oxidative stress

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