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- Title
Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels in Airway Toxicity and Disease: An Update.
- Authors
Müller, Isabel; Alt, Philipp; Rajan, Suhasini; Schaller, Lena; Geiger, Fabienne; Dietrich, Alexander
- Abstract
Our respiratory system is exposed to toxicants and pathogens from both sides: the airways and the vasculature. While tracheal, bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells form a natural barrier in the airways, endothelial cells protect the lung from perfused toxic compounds, particulate matter and invading microorganism in the vascular system. Damages induce inflammation by our immune response and wound healing by (myo)fibroblast proliferation. Members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily of ion channel are expressed in many cells of the respiratory tract and serve multiple functions in physiology and pathophysiology. TRP expression patterns in non-neuronal cells with a focus on TRPA1, TRPC6, TRPM2, TRPM5, TRPM7, TRPV2, TRPV4 and TRPV6 channels are presented, and their roles in barrier function, immune regulation and phagocytosis are summarized. Moreover, TRP channels as future pharmacological targets in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cystic and pulmonary fibrosis as well as lung edema are discussed.
- Subjects
LUNGS; TRP channels; CARDIOVASCULAR system; RESPIRATORY organs; ION channels; CHRONIC obstructive pulmonary disease
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2022, Vol 11, Issue 18, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells11182907