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Gulf War Agents Pyridostigmine Bromide and Permethrin Cause Hypersensitive Nociception That Is Restored After Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Gulf War Agents Pyridostigmine Bromide and Permethrin Cause Hypersensitive Nociception That Is Restored After Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Damir Nizamutdinov, Sanjib Mukherjee, Chenghao Deng, Harald M Stauss, Lee A Shapiro

Neurotoxicology. 2018 Dec;69:93-96.

PMID: 30273628

Abstract:

Gulf war illness (GWI) is a chronic multi-symptom disease that afflicts 25-33% of troops that were deployed in the 1990-1991 Gulf War. GWI symptoms include cognitive, behavioral and emotional deficits, as well as migraines and pain. It is possible that exposure to Gulf War agents and prophylactics contributed to the reported symptomology. Pyridostigmine bromide (PB) and permethrin (PER) were given to protect from nerve gas attacks and insect vector born disease, respectively. Previous studies have demonstrated that 10 days of exposure to these chemicals can cause symptoms analogous to those observed in GWI, including impairment of long-term memory in mice. Other studies using this model have shown chronic neuroinflammation, and chronic neuroinflammation can lead to altered nociceptive sensitivity. At 10-weeks after the 10-day PB and PER exposure paradigm, we observed lowered nociceptive threshold on the Von Frey test that was no longer evident at 28 weeks and 38 weeks post-exposure. We further determined that vagus nerve stimulation, initiated at 38 weeks after exposure, restores the lowered nociceptive sensitivity. Therefore, stimulating the vagus nerve appears to influence nociception. Future studies are need to elucidate possible mechanisms of this effect.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP101268-A	Pyridostigmine bromide		101-26-8	Price

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