NAAA-regulated lipid signaling governs the transition from acute to chronic pain

Y Fotio, KM Jung, F Palese, A Obenaus, AM Tagne… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Chronic pain affects 1.5 billion people worldwide but remains woefully undertreated.
Understanding the molecular events leading to its emergence is necessary to discover …

NAAA-regulated lipid signaling in monocytes controls the induction of hyperalgesic priming in mice

Y Fotio, A Mabou Tagne, E Squire, H Lee… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Circulating monocytes participate in pain chronification but the molecular events that cause
their deployment are unclear. Using a mouse model of hyperalgesic priming (HP), we show …

N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA), a new path to unleash PPAR-mediated analgesia

BK Taylor - Pain, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The nuclear receptor superfamily includes retinoid, thyroid hormone, steroid and
peroxisome proliferator-activated (PPAR) receptors. Unlike plasma membrane receptors that …

Genetic blockade of NAAA cell-specifically regulates fatty acid ethanolamides (FAEs) metabolism and inflammatory responses

X Xie, Y Li, S Xu, P Zhou, L Yang, Y Xu, Y Qiu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
N-Acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA) is a lysosomal enzyme responsible for the
hydrolysis of fatty acid ethanolamides (FAEs). However, the role of NAAA in FAEs …

Ablation of PM20D1 reveals N-acyl amino acid control of metabolism and nociception

JZ Long, AM Roche, CA Berdan… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
N-acyl amino acids (NAAs) are a structurally diverse class of bioactive signaling lipids
whose endogenous functions have largely remained uncharacterized. To clarify the …

[HTML][HTML] NAPE-PLD regulates specific baseline affective behaviors but is dispensable for inflammatory hyperalgesia

I Chen, LB Murdaugh, C Miliano, Y Dong… - Neurobiology of Pain, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract N-acyl-ethanolamine (NAEs) serve as key endogenous lipid mediators as revealed
by manipulation of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), the primary enzyme responsible for …

Synergistic antinociceptive effects of concomitant NAAA and peripheral FAAH inhibition

AM Tagne, Y Fotio, PS Uppal, D Piomelli - Experimental Neurology, 2022 - Elsevier
The intracellular lipid amidases, fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) and N-acylethanolamine
acid amidase (NAAA), terminate the actions of anandamide and palmitoylethanolamide …

Selective N-acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing acid amidase inhibition reveals a key role for endogenous palmitoylethanolamide in inflammation

C Solorzano, C Zhu, N Battista… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Identifying points of control in inflammation is essential to discovering safe and effective
antiinflammatory medicines. Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) is a naturally occurring lipid …

A pro-nociceptive phenotype unmasked in mice lacking fatty-acid amide hydrolase

LM Carey, RA Slivicki, E Leishman, B Cornett… - Molecular …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Fatty-acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is the major enzyme responsible for degradation of
anandamide, an endocannabinoid. Pharmacological inhibition or genetic deletion of FAAH …

Targeting NAAA counters dopamine neuron loss and symptom progression in mouse models of parkinsonism

F Palese, S Pontis, N Realini, A Torrens… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The lysosomal cysteine hydrolase N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA) deactivates
palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), a lipid-derived PPAR-α agonist that is critically involved in the …