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Notch signaling pathway: a new target for neuropathic pain therapy

The Journal of Headache and Pain volume 24, Article number: 87 (2023) Cite this article

Abstract

The Notch gene, a highly evolutionarily conserved gene, was discovered approximately 110 years ago and has been found to play a crucial role in the development of multicellular organisms. Notch receptors and their ligands are single-pass transmembrane proteins that typically require cellular interactions and proteolytic processing to facilitate signal transduction. Recently, mounting evidence has shown that aberrant activation of the Notch is correlated with neuropathic pain. The activation of the Notch signaling pathway can cause the activation of neuroglia and the release of pro-inflammatory factors, a key mechanism in the development of neuropathic pain. Moreover, the Notch signaling pathway may contribute to the persistence of neuropathic pain by enhancing synaptic transmission and calcium inward flow. This paper reviews the structure and activation of the Notch signaling pathway, as well as its potential mechanisms of action, to provide novel insights for future treatments of neuropathic pain.

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Introduction

Neuropathic pain is chronic pain caused by lesion or diseases of the somatosensory system. Neuropathic pain has various etiologies and complex pathogenesis, with an incidence of 6.9% to 10% [1,2,3,4]. It is regarded as one of the most significant health problems in modern society [5]. The common characteristics of neuropathic pain include hyperalgesia, abnormal pain, and spontaneous pain [2, 3, 6]. Examples of common neuropathic pain encountered in clinics are postherpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, complex regional pain syndrome, and diabetic peripheral neuralgia [7]. Drug therapy is currently the main therapeutic approach for neuropathic pain [7]. Despite the availability of a variety of drugs, the therapeutic effect is limited and accompanied by side effects. Clinically, there is still a need for the development of safe and effective drugs, as the current therapeutic options are not satisfactory [8].

The duration of neuropathic pain is often longer than the time of injury and some cases persist throughout life [9]. Chronic neuropathic pain may trigger concomitant anxiety and depression, significantly impairing patients' quality of life and contributing to the overall disease burden [4, 10]. Emerging research has indicated that the activation of glial cells and related signaling pathways assume an integral role in the development and sustenance of neuropathic pain [6].

The Notch gene, originally discovered by Morgan and his colleagues in the mutant drosophila in 1917, was named after the "notch" observed on the edge of the wings of drosophila melanocytosis resulting from partial function loss of this gene [11,12,13]. Notch homologs were subsequently identified in several metazoans such as Caenorhabditis elegans and Xenopus, all of which exhibited similar structures and signal components [14,15,16]. The Notch is highly conserved in evolution, widely found in both vertebrates and invertebrates, and plays a critical role in various physiological and pathological developmental processes including cell proliferation and migration, immune responses, angiogenesis, metastasis, memory, and neurological disorders, among others [17,18,19,20]. Therefore, the abnormality in the Notch signaling pathway can lead to serious pathological damage.

In recent decades, research has uncovered that activation of the Notch signaling pathway governs synaptic differentiation and transmission in the hippocampus [21, 22]. The Notch pathway is crucial in inducing and preserving neuropathic pain at the spinal level [22, 23]. The existing experimental evidence indicates that the activation of the Notch signaling pathway is involved in the pathological process of neuropathic pain. In this review, we present a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the structure, distribution, function, activation, and possible mechanisms for neuropathic pain of the Notch signaling pathway.

Notch signaling pathway

Notch signaling pathway structure

The Notch signaling pathway participates in numerous aspects of physical development, such as cell differentiation, tissue development, and organogenesis, as well as the occurrence and development of various diseases [17, 24]. Therefore, comprehending the structure of the Notch signaling pathway is an essential requirement for exploring the pathogenesis of these diseases. The Notch gene encodes a membrane protein receptor that is composed of three components: the Notch receptor, the Notch ligand (DSL protein), and the DNA binding sequence CSL (CBF1/Su(H)/Lag-1) [25, 26].

Notch receptor

The Notch receptor is a type I transmembrane protein with a single-pass domain, expressing on the cell membrane surface [27,28,29,30]. In mammals, there are four different Notch receptors, Notch1-4, each of which is encoded by a distinct gene. Notch1 and Notch2 are involved in the entire physical development and are widely expressed in many tissues of adult mammals, while Notch3 is predominantly expressed in vascular smooth muscle and pericytes, and Notch4 is highly expressed in endothelial cells [30]. It has been discovered that all Notch receptors, except Notch4, play a role in the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain. The expression of Notch1-3 in specific regions of the pain circuit is shown in Table 1. Notch1 is involved in regulating synaptic activity [31], Notch2 induces various intracellular responses associated with neuropathic pain [32], and Notch3 is associated with the differentiation and maturation of spinal cord neurons [33], the precise mechanisms require further investigation. All Notch receptors consist of three regions: the extracellular region (NEC), the transmembrane region (TM), and the intracellular region (NICD/ICN) [19, 26, 34, 35].

Table 1 Expression of Notch receptor in specific region in the pain circuit
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Extracellular region (NEC)

The extracellular region of Notch receptors is a structural domain comprised of 29–36 tandems epidermal growth factor (EGF) sequences and three cysteine-rich Lin Notch repeats [17, 20, 26, 29]. Its primary function is to initiate notch signaling by binding ligands. In mammals, Notch1 and Notch2 contain 36 EGF-like repeats; Notch3 contains 34 EGF-like repeats, and Notch4 contains 29 EGF-like repeats [42].

Transmembrane region (TM)

In the transmembrane region, an S3 cleavage is situated between glycine 1–1743 and valine 1–1744. The hydrolysis of the Notch receptor at the S3 site, including that of the Presenilin (mutant progerin) protein, cleaves the Notch receptor into the intracellular region ICN and a short transmembrane fragment. The Notch receptor's single transmembrane structural domain concludes with a C-terminal "stop translocation" signal comprising of 3–4 arginine/lysine (Arg/Lys) residues [43].

Intracellular domain (NICD/ICN)

The intracellular domain (NICD) of the Notch receptor localizes to the nucleus and represents the final outcome of Notch receptor activation [43]. This region primarily consists of one RAM (RBP2J kappa associated molecular) domain, seven anchor protein repeats (ankyrin repeats, ANK), two nuclear localization signals (NLS), one translation initiation region (translational active domain, TAD), and a PEST region (Proline, P (proline); Glutamate, E (glutamate); Serine, S (serine); Threonine, T (threonine)) [24, 29, 44]. The RAM region binds to DNA-binding protein (C2 promoter-binding factor (CBF)); while the ANK domains enhance Notch activation and facilitate interactions with other proteins. The PEST region plays an important role in the degradation of the Notch receptor [43, 44]. All four Notch receptors contain seven ANK structural domains and a PEST region. Notch1 and Notch2 possess the transcriptional activation domain (TAD), which is absent in Notch3 and Notch4. The NICD domain serves as the active form of the Notch receptor, and it’s binding to transcriptional activators initiates the activation of Notch target genes [19].

Notch ligand

Notch ligands, also known as DSL proteins, have been shown to exist in mammals in the form of five Notch ligands [43, 45, 46]: delta-like ligand 1 (DLL1), delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3), delta-like ligand 4 (DLL4), jagged-1 (JAG1) and jagged-2 (JAG2), each with both unique and redundant functions. The Delta-like family is distinguished from the Serrate family by the presence or absence of a cysteine-rich (CR) structural domain [47]. Notch ligands are transmembrane proteins that possess a conserved molecular structure, abbreviated as Delta/Serrate/Lag2, comprising an extracellular region with multiple EGF-R structural domains and DSL structural domains (cysteine-rich) that contain Notch receptor binding sites, thereby explaining Notch interactions, and short but distinctive intracellular structural domains [26, 30].

Notch ligands bind to Notch receptors on neighboring cells as well as on the same cell, which leads to activation or inhibition of Notch signaling [27, 48, 49]. This interaction occurs between the extracellular structural domains of Notch receptors and the DSL domains of Notch ligands.

DSL contains a 45 amino acid sequence consisting of six cysteines and three glycines [19]. In addition to the canonical DSL ligands, there are also atypical ligands that lack the DSL structural domain. These non-canonical ligands are a structurally diverse group of proteins that include integrally and glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked membrane proteins, which modulate Notch receptor activity [50].

DNA binding sequence CSL

CBF-1 (C-promoter binding factor-1) is a transcriptional repressor, called RBP-JK (recombination signal binding protein-Jk) in mammals [51], which recognizes and binds to a specific DNA sequence located at the promoter of Notch-inducible genes (GTGGGAA). It plays a key role in the Notch signaling pathway. Moreover, CBF-1 activates transcription by binding to the RAM and ANK structural domains of the Intracellular Domain of Notch (ICN), the binding of ICN displaces the SMRT co-inhibitor and the HDACase bound to it, thus relieving transcriptional repression. In the absence of NICD (ICN), Su(H)/CBFI recruits the blocker protein SMRT and histone deacetylase (HDAC) to repress gene transcription [37, 47, 52].

Notch signaling pathway activation

The canonical NOTCH signaling pathway

The canonical Notch signaling pathway is also known as the CBF-1/RBP-Jκ-dependent pathway, as depicted in Fig. 1. The activation of the Notch signaling pathway involves three cleavage events [53,54,55]: the first cleavage site, S1, takes place in the extracellular region between the arginine residue at 1654 and the tyramine residue in 1655. By the action of Furin protease in the Golgi complex, the Notch monomer is cleaved into two subunits: the Notch extracellular domain (NEC) and the Notch transmembrane fragment (NTM), which associate non-covalently through calcium-dependent bonds to form a heterodimeric Notch receptor complex located on the cell membrane surface. The second cleavage site, S2, is located in the extracellular proximal membrane region between residues 1710 alanine-1711 valine. When the Notch receptor binds to the ligand, it is cleaved into two fragments by the action of Metal Loprotease (ML)/Tumour Necrosis Factor-α converting enzyme (TACE) or Kuz, which belongs to ADAM (A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease) metalloproteinase family, to release the extracellular fragment. The N-terminal fragment (extracellular region) is phagocytosed by ligand-expressing cells, while the C-terminal cleavage product is further cleaved at the third cleavage site (S3) in the transmembrane region (located between residues 1743 glycine and 1744 valine) by γ-secretase, presenilin, and various cofactors, to release the activated form of Notch protein, NICD (ICN).

Fig. 1
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Schematic diagram of the canonical Notch signaling pathway. NEC, Notch extra-cellular domain; NTM, membrane-tethered intra-cellular domain; ADAM, A Disintegrin, and Metalloprotease; NICD, Notch intracellular domain; MAML, Mastermind; Co-R, Co-Repressors; CSL, CSL from CBF1 in vertebrates, suppressor of hairless in Drosophila, Lag-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans, RBP-Jκ in mammals

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Upon NICD (ICN) entering the nucleus and binding CSL proteins (CBF1, Su(H), LAG1) through the RAM domain and CDC/ankyrin repeats, it recruits the nuclear transcriptional activator protein family MAML (mastermind-like) to form a ternary complex transcriptional activator (NICD-CSL-MAML). Once this complex is formed, Notch target genes encoding basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors such as HES (hairy/enhancer of split) and HEY (Hey-hairy/enhancer–of–split related with YRPW motif family members) are activated. These transcription factors promote the expression of downstream genes, thereby promoting cell proliferation and inhibiting cell differentiation [52, 56]. MAML (mastermind-like family members) acetylates histones by recruiting histone acetyltransferase 300p (HDAC) [53]. The binding of NICD to CSL proteins transforms CSL proteins from transcriptional repressors to transcriptional activators, thereby activating the transcription of the target gene.

The noncanonical NOTCH signaling pathway

The noncanonical Notch signaling pathway also known as the CSL non-dependent pathway involves interactions with other signaling pathways that occur upstream of the interactions between Notch ICD and CSL. The mature Notch receptor located on the cell membrane is activated partly by binding to its ligand and partly by endocytosed into the cytosol independent of the ligand. It then returns to the cell membrane to be degraded in the lysosome or activated in the endosome [57, 58]. Endosomes are known to contain ADAM and γ-secretase [47, 59]. Activation of the atypical Notch signaling pathway can be accomplished by binding non-typical ligands and does not require the excision of Notch receptors [44]. The ANK region of the Notch receptor binds to the intracellular zinc finger protein Deltex and represses the transcription factor E47.

Notch signaling pathway regulation

At the extracellular level

The regulation of the notch signaling pathway at the extracellular level occurs in two distinct ways: firstly, through interactions with the extracellular segment of Notch, thereby impacting the binding of the normal Notch receptor to the ligand and subsequent signal transduction, involving factors such as Fringe, Wingless, Scabrous, among others. Secondly, active fragments of receptors and ligands are produced via the action of metalloproteinases, which disrupt the binding of normal Notch receptors and ligands, such as Kuzbanian, Fhrin, and similar proteins.

At the intracellular level

At the intracellular level, regulatory molecules are primarily regulated by two ways: proteolysis and protein–protein interactions. The primary regulatory molecules encompass Presenilins protease; Deltex, a protein containing a zinc finger that acts as a negative regulator of the Notch signaling pathway; and Numb, a membrane-bound protein.

At the nucleus level

At the intranuclear level, the expression of genes resulting from Notch activation is mainly regulated by two intranuclear proteins, Mastermind and Groucho. Mastermind, which has been found to bind to specific structures in chromatin, can upregulate or downregulate gene expression. On the other hand, Groucho, a non-basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein, interacts with the DNA binding protein bHLH, E(sp1)/HES, to synergistically repress transcription. Studies have shown that Groucho is capable of binding to histone H3 on chromatin, causing transcriptional arrest.

Notch mediates the mechanism of action of neuropathic pain

According to the available literature, the Notch signaling pathway may play a role in the induction and maintenance of neuropathic pain through three mechanisms: activation of glial cells, enhancement of synaptic transmission, and alteration of ion channels (Fig. 2).

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Mechanisms of Notch signaling pathways involved in neuropathic pain

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Activated neuroglia

Neuroglia can be classified into two primary categories: microglia and macroglia (consisting of astrocytes and oligodendrocytes) [60]. The involvement of glial cells in the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain was initially reported in the 1990s [61,62,63,64]. Following nerve injury, astrocyte activation increases [65], releasing a plethora of factors such as nitric oxide (NO) [66], prostaglandins (PGs) [67], excitatory amino acids [68], cytokines (like TNF-α and IL-1β) [69] and ATP [70], which mediate pain hypersensitivity. Microglia is the primary immune cell in the central nervous system (CNS) and is the first and most critical line of immune-mediated defense. In neuropathic pain cases, microglia at spinal cord level become activated initially [71] and remain active for several weeks [72,73,74]. Activated microglia continuously release many pro-inflammatory mediators (like IL-1, IL-6, IL12), and express characteristic markers (such as CD11b, TLR4, CD14, and complement receptor 3 associated with the immune response (CR3)), resulting in a persistent pain state in the organism.

The Notch-RBP-Jκ signaling pathway has been discovered to regulate microglia polarization, neuroinflammation, and neuropathic pain by stimulating the translation of IRF8 [75,76,77]. Gui et al. [78] found that inhibition of the Notch-RBP-Jκ signaling pathway by Koumine reduced M1 polarization and inflammation in spinal microglia and improved diabetic neuropathic pain in rats. Following nerve injury, the Notch receptor combines with its ligand, which activates the Notch signaling pathway, and released an active signal fragment NICD [79, 80]. The NICD then enters the nucleus and forms a transcriptional activation complex with the transcription factor RBP-Jκ, which stimulates translation and enhances the synthesis of IRF8. This, in turn, contributes to the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, leading to rapid microglia polarization [76, 79, 81] and the induction of neuropathic pain. The Notch pathway interacts with many other signaling pathways and studies have shown that transcription activator 3 (Stat3) is an important transcription factor in A1 astrocytes [82]. Li et al. [83] found that Jagged1, the ligand of the Notch receptor, is expressed with microglia and neurons, while the Notch1 receptor is expressed on astrocytes and neurons. Upon nerve injury, microglia are activated and Jagged1 located in microglia binds to Notch receptors on astrocytes, inducing Notch pathway activation. Qian et al. [84] found that upon activation of the Notch pathway, the activating fragment NICD binds to Stat3 to promote its phosphorylation and then enters the nucleus to promote the transformation of A1 (pro-inflammatory) astrocytes, which plays a significant role in the maintenance of neuropathic pain.

Altering ion channels

The voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) plays a significant role in the transduction of neuropathic pain. The accessory α2δ1 subunit of VGCC is predominantly present in the presynaptic terminal and is associated with synaptic development and the progression of neuropathic pain through its interaction with TSP secreted by astrocytes [85, 86]. Moreover, the α2δ1 subunit interacts directly with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors to initiate presynaptic NMDA receptor activation [87], which is integral to neurotransmitter release, synaptic plasticity and neuropathic pain [88, 89]. Following nerve injury, upregulation of α2δ subunit expression occurs [90], and α2δ calcium channels are activated by conjugation with TSP or NMDA receptors at the presynaptic end of neurons, triggering an influx of Ca2 + and increased neuronal excitability. This, in turn, stimulates downstream signaling of protein kinase C (PKC) and transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) and transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channel, ultimately inducing neuropathic pain.

Several studies have shown that the Notch signalling pathway enhances calcium influx in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) [91]. Upon nerve injury, activation of the Notch signaling pathway involves γ-secretase in the processing of Notch receptor [92], the γ-secretase activity requires progerin, and its mutants can impede proteolytic processing of Notch receptors, resulting in changes in store-operated Ca2 + entry (SOCE) [93, 94]. SOCE plays a role in Ca2 + endocytosis [95, 96], sustains Ca2 + elevation after store mobilization, and enhances secretion in certain cell types [97]. SOCE also activates transcription [98], alters synaptic transmission [99], and enhances Ca2 + endocytosis [100], leading to heightened neuronal excitability, which then triggers a subsequent cascade of signaling events that induce neuropathic pain.

Enhancing synaptic transmission

Sustained stimulation due to nerve injury and inflammation can result in enhanced synaptic transmission, diminished inhibition, and synaptic plasticity [101], along with activation of Aδ and C fibers releasing the excitatory neurotransmitter, glutamate. Glutamate combines with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, and the decreased activation threshold of NMDA receptors results in altered excitability of sensory neurons in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, giving rise to a persistent rise in the frequency of synaptic activity. This is evidenced by increased spontaneous and evoked neuronal firing, expanded sensory fields, and ultimately, the development of spontaneous pain and nociceptive hyperalgesia [102].

Studies have shown that Notch1 affects the expression and composition of NMDA receptors and that increased Notch1 expression leads to increased glutamatergic transmission [21]. Research indicated that Notch1 is located in the synapse [22], is upregulated in response to neuronal activity, and amplifies neuronal excitation and synaptic transmission [103,104,105]. This amplification results in an imbalance of glutamate/GABA transmission, leading to central sensitization and persistent pain after nerve injury.

Discussion

Neuropathic pain is a chronic pain triggered by various factors including incisions, autoimmune diseases, nerve compression, and channel lesions [106], with complex pathological mechanisms. In the past decades, there has been a great deal of clinical and basic medical research into neuropathic pain. However, most of the potential pathological mechanisms are not yet accurately understood owing to the complex and diverse etiology. The current clinical treatment for neuropathic pain mainly involves analgesic drugs, surgery, spinal cord stimulation [107], transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [108], and other technical means, with a lack of specific treatment targeting the underlying mechanism.

Recently, studies have identified the Notch signaling pathway as a new target in neuropathic pain pathogenesis [69, 83, 109], Notch signaling is activated during the development of neuropathic pain, activating astrocytes and microglia and causing mechanical allodynia. It is well known that mechanical allodynia is a major feature of neuropathic pain. Li et al. [83], and Xie et al. [75], found that dose-dependent administration of Jagged1 (a ligand for the Notch receptor) resulted in significant activation of both Notch signaling and glial cells, inducing mechanical allodynia. Also, Duan et al. [40] discovered that the downregulation of Hes1, an effector of Notch signaling, attenuated neuropathic pain. Moreover, Sun et al. [23], Yang et al. [81], and Qin et al. [39] found that DAPT (an inhibitor of Notch signaling) down-regulated Notch expression, inhibited glial cell transformation and reversed mechanical allodynia. This suggests that JAG-1, Hes-1 and γ-secretase could be targets of the Notch signaling pathway. However, only DAPT, an inhibitor targeting γ-secretase, has been studied, and no inhibitors targeting JAG-1 and Hes-1 have been reported in the literature.

Current studies have shown that DAPT enters the rat or mouse mainly by both intrathecal catheter and intraperitoneal injection, targeting the gamma-secretase, a key enzyme in the Notch signaling pathway. Studies have shown that both modes of administration have been studied experimentally in spinal cord tissue or in the DRG or ACC. Whether Notch inhibitors that do not cross the blood–brain barrier can reduce pain has not been reported in the literature. More importantly, the results of spinal transcriptome sequencing in our previous experimental study showed that Notch signaling pathway was significantly upregulated and Notch1 gene expression was significantly increased in the SNI model, once again confirming that the Notch signaling pathway plays a key role in neuropathic pain.

Thus, the discovery of the Notch signaling pathway as a novel aspect of neuropathic pain pathogenesis and its potential targeting holds promise. We have compiled a list of potential FDA-approved therapeutic agents targeting Notch for other conditions that may be used for neuropathic pain treatment (Table 2).

Table 2 Potential therapeutic agents against Notch
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Future perspective

In this review we systematically describe the mechanisms of Notch signaling pathways in the induction and maintenance of neuropathic pain, intimately related to excitatory synaptic transmission, neuroglia activation, and calcium inward flow, and there may be undiscovered pathogenic mechanisms. Recently, Numerous studies on the mechanisms of the Notch signaling pathway in the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain have revealed possible therapeutic targets. At present, most studies have been conducted at the animal level. Moreover, drug treatments targeting the Notch signaling pathway have only been experimented with in other disease models. Therefore, further future studies are necessary to be conducted both clinically and at a basic level to provide data to support the targeted treatment of neuropathic pain.

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Zhang, Y., Wang, T., Wu, S. et al. Notch signaling pathway: a new target for neuropathic pain therapy. J Headache Pain 24, 87 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-023-01616-y

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