Cdk5-mediated CRMP2 phosphorylation is necessary and sufficient for peripheral neuropathic pain

A Moutal, S Luo, TM Largent-Milnes, TW Vanderah… - Neurobiology of Pain, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain results from nerve injuries that cause ectopic firing and increased
nociceptive signal transmission due to activation of key membrane receptors and channels …

Differential expression of Cdk5-phosphorylated CRMP2 following a spared nerve injury

A Moutal, Y Ji, SS Bellampalli, R Khanna - Molecular brain, 2020 - Springer
Effective treatment of high-impact pain patients is one of the major stated goals of the
National Pain Strategy in the United States. Identification of new targets and mechanisms …

Phosphorylated CRMP2 regulates spinal nociceptive neurotransmission

J Yu, A Moutal, A Dorame, SS Bellampalli… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
The collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2) has emerged as a central node in
assembling nociceptive signaling complexes involving voltage-gated ion channels …

Conditional knockout of CRMP2 in neurons, but not astrocytes, disrupts spinal nociceptive neurotransmission to control the initiation and maintenance of chronic …

L Boinon, J Yu, CL Madura, A Chefdeville, DL Feinstein… - Pain, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Mechanistic studies principally focusing on primary afferent nociceptive neurons uncovered
the upregulation of collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2)—a dual trafficking …

Cysteine-rich protein 2, a novel downstream effector of cGMP/cGMP-dependent protein kinase I-mediated persistent inflammatory pain

A Schmidtko, W Gao, M Sausbier… - Journal of …, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
The cGMP/cGMP-dependent protein kinase I (cGKI) signaling pathway plays an important
role in spinal nociceptive processing. However, downstream targets of cGKI in this context …

CRMP2 and voltage-gated ion channels: potential roles in neuropathic pain

LA Chew, R Khanna - Neuronal Signaling, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Neuropathic pain represents a significant and mounting burden on patients and society at
large. Management of neuropathic pain, however, is both intricate and challenging …

Dissecting the role of the CRMP2–neurofibromin complex on pain behaviors

A Moutal, Y Wang, X Yang, Y Ji, S Luo, A Dorame… - Pain, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic disorder linked to inactivating mutations
or a homozygous deletion of the Nf1 gene, is characterized by tumorigenesis, cognitive …

Studies on CRMP2 SUMOylation–deficient transgenic mice identify sex-specific Nav1. 7 regulation in the pathogenesis of chronic neuropathic pain

A Moutal, S Cai, J Yu, HJ Stratton, A Chefdeville… - Pain, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The sodium channel Na v 1.7 is a master regulator of nociceptive input into the central
nervous system. Mutations in this channel can result in painful conditions and produce …

Blocking CRMP2 SUMOylation reverses neuropathic pain

A Moutal, ET Dustrude, TM Largent-Milnes… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Collapsin response mediator proteins 1− 5 (CRMPs1− 5) are a family of cytosolic proteins
that coordinate neuronal migration, axonal guidance, dendritic organization, dendritic spine …

MBD1 contributes to the genesis of acute pain and neuropathic pain by epigenetic silencing of Oprm1 and Kcna2 genes in primary sensory neurons

K Mo, S Wu, X Gu, M Xiong, W Cai… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
The transmission of normal sensory and/or acute noxious information requires intact
expression of pain-associated genes within the pain pathways of nervous system …