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Study reveals how female hormones trigger opioid production for pain suppression
Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic pain.
Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found. This stops pain signals before they get to the brain.
The discovery could help with developing new treatments for chronic pain. It may also explain why some painkillers work better for women than men and why postmenopausal women experience more pain.
The work reveals an entirely new role for T regulatory immune cells (T-regs), which are known for their ability to reduce inflammation.
“The fact that there’s a sex-dependent influence on these cells – driven by estrogen and progesterone – and that it’s not related at all to any immune function is very unusual,” said Elora Midavaine, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow. She is the first author of the study, which was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. It appears April 4 in Science.
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