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- Title
Extracellular Cations Sensitize and Gate Capsaicin Receptor TRPV1 Modulating Pain Signaling.
- Authors
Ahern, Gerard P.; Brooks, Ian M.; Miyares, Rosa Linda; Wang, Xiang-bin
- Abstract
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels detect diverse sensory stimuli, including alterations in osmolarity. However, a molecular detector of noxious hypertonic stimuli has not yet been identified. We show here that acute pain-related behavior evoked by elevated ionic strength is abolished in TRP vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1)-null mice and inhibited by iodoresiniferatoxin, a potent TRPV1 antagonist. Electrophysiological recordings demonstrate a novel form of ion channel modulation by which extracellular Na+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ ions sensitize and activate the capsaicin receptor, TRPV1. At room temperature, increasing extracellular Mg2+ (from 1 to 5 mM) or Na+ (+50 mM) increased ligand-activated currents up to fourfold, and 10 mM Mg2+ reduced the EC50 for activation by capsaicin from 890 to 450 nM. Moreover, concentrations of divalent cations > 10 mM directly gate the receptor. These effects occur via electrostatic interactions with two glutamates (E600 and E648) formerly identified as proton-binding residues. Furthermore, phospholipase C-mediated signaling enhances the effects of cations, and physiological concentrations of cations contribute to the bradykinin-evoked activation of TRPV1 and the sensitization of the receptor to heat. Thus, the modulation of TRPV 1 by cationic strength may contribute to inflammatory pain signaling.
- Subjects
TRP channels; HYPERTONIC solutions; IONS; ION channels; MEMBRANE proteins
- Publication
Journal of Neuroscience, 2005, Vol 25, Issue 21, p5109
- ISSN
0270-6474
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0237-05.2005