Figure 6.

Selective peripheral translocation of NaV1.8 mRNA after SNE injury. A: Sodium channel mRNA levels in naive, contralateral, and ipsilateral sciatic nerve. Black columns: ipsilateral side. White columns: contralateral side. B: Sodium channel mRNA levels in contralateral and ipsilateral L4 and L5 DRG. Black columns: ipsilateral side. Grey columns: contralateral side. Note that NaV1.8 showed a significant 10.8-fold increase in the ipsilateral sciatic nerve (*; p < 0.05, Mann-Whitney) and that this increase did not occur in the DRG. NaV1.6 showed a 3.48-fold increase in the nerve, but this did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.19, Mann-Whitney). NaV1.5 showed an 80.2% decrease in the ipsilateral nerve, but this also did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.079, Mann-Whitney) Ipsilateral NaV1.5, NaV1.6, NaV1.7, and NaV1.9 mRNA levels decreased by 28.6%, 39.8%, 54.1%, and 54.9%, respectively, but the downregulation only reached statistical significance for NaV1.7 (p < 0.05, Mann-Whitney). All samples were normalized externally against the mean contralateral expression and internally against 18s rRNA expression (n = 3–7). Means and standard errors are shown for convenience; parametric analyses of non-parametric data returned similar results.