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Targeting CXCR2 in Nociceptive Sensory Neurons Offers Novel Therapeutic Potentials for Postoperative Pain.

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Authors: Yushuang Pan1, Peiyi Li1, Yufeng Chen1, Zishan Dong2, Yuanyuan Li3, Boyu Liu1, Yan Tai4, Chuan Wang5, Jianqiao Fang1, Chengyu Yin6, Boyi Liu1
  1. Department of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third Clinical Medical College, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Neurology of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
  2. Department of Pathophysiology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Critical Disease Mechanism and Intervention, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
  3. Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
  4. Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
  5. College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, China
  6. Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Dates: received 30 April 2026; accepted 31 July 2026; published online 11 August 2026; in print August 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY
Identifiers: DOI 10.1002/advs.77085 · PMID 42579274 · PMCID PMC13460279 · OpenAlex W7202155421
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: human (organism), pain (population), cellular / molecular (subfield)
Methods: Statistics
Keywords: CXCR2, dorsal root ganglia, postoperative pain, TRPA1, TRPV1
Topic: Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (Physiology, Medicine), according to OpenAlex
Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China (82305369, 82505322, 82505747, 82474625); Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Funds (LQN25H270018, LZ23H270001); The Key Project of Precision Medicine Joint Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (H2025201097); National High Level Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Clinical Research Funding (DZMG-XZYY-23001)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 63 references in the paper

Abstract

Postoperative pain impairs patients’ quality of life. Mechanisms underlying postoperative pain remain incompletely understood. We investigated postoperative pain in a mouse model of skin plus deep tissue incision (INC). We found Cxcl5 was among the top upregulated genes in incision site, which was produced from both incised skin and muscle. Single‐cell RNA‐sequencing reveals elevated human CXCL5 gene expression in human skin wounds. Neutralizing CXCL5 abrogated INC pain. Global knockout of CXCL5 receptor CXCR2 improved INC pain, but markedly delayed wound healing. Cxcr2 conditional knockout in nociceptive sensory neurons improved INC pain without affecting wound healing and local inflammation. CXCR2 expression and its coupling with TRPA1 were enhanced in DRG neurons innervating the incised site, resulting in neuron hyperexcitability upon CXCL5 stimulation. CXCL5 further enhances TRPV1 activity via neuronal CXCR2‐mediated signaling in DRG neurons innervating the incised site. Neuronal CXCR2‐mediated TRPV1/TRPA1 modulation synergistically contributes to heat and mechanical hypersensitivities of INC pain. Targeted Cxcr2 knockdown in incision site‐innervating DRG neurons ameliorates INC pain. Our work reveals a critical role of neuronal CXCR2 signaling in nociceptive sensory neurons that mediates INC pain via concurrently activating TRPA1 and sensitizing TRPV1. Targeting sensory neuronal CXCR2 represents a promising strategy for INC pain without affecting wound healing.

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Pan, Y., Li, P., Chen, Y., Dong, Z., Li, Y., Liu, B., Tai, Y., Wang, C., Fang, J., Yin, C., & Liu, B. (2026). Targeting CXCR2 in Nociceptive Sensory Neurons Offers Novel Therapeutic Potentials for Postoperative Pain. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), e77085. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.77085

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@article{pan2026targeting,
author = {Pan, Yushuang and Li, Peiyi and Chen, Yufeng and Dong, Zishan and Li, Yuanyuan and Liu, Boyu and Tai, Yan and Wang, Chuan and Fang, Jianqiao and Yin, Chengyu and Liu, Boyi},
title = {{Targeting CXCR2 in Nociceptive Sensory Neurons Offers Novel Therapeutic Potentials for Postoperative Pain}},
journal = {Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
pages = {e77085},
publisher = {Wiley},
issn = {2198-3844},
doi = {10.1002/advs.77085},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.77085},
pmid = {42579274},
pmcid = {PMC13460279}
}

RIS

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AU - Pan, Yushuang
AU - Li, Peiyi
AU - Chen, Yufeng
AU - Dong, Zishan
AU - Li, Yuanyuan
AU - Liu, Boyu
AU - Tai, Yan
AU - Wang, Chuan
AU - Fang, Jianqiao
AU - Yin, Chengyu
AU - Liu, Boyi
TI - Targeting CXCR2 in Nociceptive Sensory Neurons Offers Novel Therapeutic Potentials for Postoperative Pain
T2 - Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
J2 - Adv Sci (Weinh)
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/11
SP - e77085
SN - 2198-3844
PB - Wiley
DO - 10.1002/advs.77085
UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.77085
LA - en
ER -

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