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Pain hypersensitivity resulting from peripheral nerve injury depends on pathological microglial activation in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. This microglial activity is critically modulated by P2X7 receptors (P2X7R) and ATP stimulation of these receptors produces mechanical allodynia, a defining feature of neuropathic pain. Peripheral nerve injury increases P2X7R expression and potentiates its cation channel function in spinal microglia. Here, we report a means to preferentially block the potentiation of P2X7R function by delivering a membrane permeant small interfering peptide that targets Y, a putative tyrosine phosphorylation site within the P2X7R intracellular C-terminal domain. Intrathecal administration of this palmitoylated peptide (P2X7R) transiently reversed mechanical allodynia caused by peripheral nerve injury in both male and female rats. Furthermore, targeting Y suppressed P2X7R-mediated release of cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha and blocked the adoptive transfer of mechanical allodynia caused by intrathecal injection of P2X7R-stimulated microglia. Thus, Y site-specific modulation of P2X7R is an important microglial mechanism in neuropathic pain.

Intrathecal delivery of a palmitoylated peptide targeting Y382-384 within the P2X7 receptor alleviates neuropathic pain