Novel capsaicin-induced parameters of microcirculation in migraine patients revealed by imaging photoplethysmography
Files
Self archived version
published versionDate
2018Author(s)
Unique identifier
10.1186/s10194-018-0872-0Metadata
Show full item recordMore information
Self-archived item
Citation
Kamshilin, AA. Volynsky, MA. Khayrutdinova, O. Nurkhametova, D. Babayan, L. Amelin, AV. Mamontov, OV. Giniatullin, R. (2018). Novel capsaicin-induced parameters of microcirculation in migraine patients revealed by imaging photoplethysmography. Journal of headache and pain, 19 (1) , 43. 10.1186/s10194-018-0872-0.Rights
Abstract
Background
The non-invasive biomarkers of migraine can help to develop the personalized medication of this disorder. In testing of the antimigraine drugs the capsaicin-induced skin redness with activated TRPV1 receptors in sensory neurons associated with the release of the migraine mediator CGRP has already been widely used.
Methods
Fourteen migraine patients (mean age 34.6 ± 10.2 years) and 14 healthy volunteers (mean age 29.9 ± 9.7 years) participated in the experiment. A new arrangement of imaging photoplethysmography recently developed by us was used here to discover novel sensitive parameters of dermal blood flow during capsaicin applications in migraine patients.
Results
Blood pulsation amplitude (BPA) observed as optical-intensity waveform varying synchronously with heartbeat was used for detailed exploration of microcirculatory perfusion induced by capsicum patch application. The BPA signals, once having appeared after certain latent period, were progressively rising until being saturated. Capsaicin-induced high BPA areas were distributed unevenly under the patch, forming “hot spots.” Interestingly the hot spots were much more variable in migraine patients than in the control group. In contrast to BPA, a slow component of waveforms related to the skin redness changed significantly less than BPA highlighting the latter parameter as the potential sensitive biomarker of capsaicin-induced activation of the blood flow. Thus, in migraine patients, there is a non-uniform (both in space and in time) reaction to capsaicin, resulting in highly variable openings of skin capillaries.
Conclusion
BPA dynamics measured by imaging photoplethysmography could serve as a novel sensitive non-invasive biomarker of migraine-associated changes in microcirculation.
Keywords
Link to the original item
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s10194-018-0872-0Publisher
Springer NatureCollections
- Terveystieteiden tiedekunta [1735]