Role of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 receptors in rodent models of meningeal nociception - Experiments in vitro

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 843-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C. Denner ◽  
B. Vogler ◽  
K. Messlinger ◽  
R. De Col
Author(s):  
Evgeniy Borodin

A search was carried out for potential ligands to TRPM8 - a representative of the family of cationic channels with a transient receptor potential involved in the development of bronchial hypersensitivity and the occurrence of bronchospasm in response to low temperatures. We used a structural design and molecular docking using the autodock software package (http://autodock.scripps.edu/), which allows automated testing of many potential ligands for TRPM8. Docking was carried out with tyrosine 745 (Y745) amino acid residue as a critical residue for channel sensitivity to menthol, a classic TRPM8 agonist. The selection of potential candidates for the role of drugs intended for the treatment of bronchial cold hyperreactivity using in silico methods can be supplemented by testing their biological activity in vitro experiments with cell and tissue cultures and in vivo with experimental animals.


Biomolecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 765
Author(s):  
Federica Maggi ◽  
Maria Beatrice Morelli ◽  
Massimo Nabissi ◽  
Oliviero Marinelli ◽  
Laura Zeppa ◽  
...  

Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are improving their importance in different cancers, becoming suitable as promising candidates for precision medicine. Their important contribution in calcium trafficking inside and outside cells is coming to light from many papers published so far. Encouraging results on the correlation between TRP and overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in cancer patients are available, and there are as many promising data from in vitro studies. For what concerns haematological malignancy, the role of TRPs is still not elucidated, and data regarding TRP channel expression have demonstrated great variability throughout blood cancer so far. Thus, the aim of this review is to highlight the most recent findings on TRP channels in leukaemia and lymphoma, demonstrating their important contribution in the perspective of personalised therapies.


Cancers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Santoni ◽  
Consuelo Amantini

Recently, the finding of cancer stem cells in brain tumors has increased the possibilitiesfor advancing new therapeutic approaches with the aim to overcome the limits of current availabletreatments. In addition, a role for ion channels, particularly of TRP channels, in developing neuronsas well as in brain cancer development and progression have been demonstrated. Herein, we focuson the latest advancements in understanding the role of TRPV2, a Ca2+ permeable channel belongingto the TRPV subfamily in neurogenesis and gliomagenesis. TRPV2 has been found to be expressedin both neural progenitor cells and glioblastoma stem/progenitor-like cells (GSCs). In developingneurons, post-translational modifications of TRPV2 (e.g., phosphorylation by ERK2) are required tostimulate Ca2+ signaling and nerve growth factor-mediated neurite outgrowth. TRPV2overexpression also promotes GSC differentiation and reduces gliomagenesis in vitro and in vivo.In glioblastoma, TRPV2 inhibits survival and proliferation, and induces Fas/CD95-dependentapoptosis. Furthermore, by proteomic analysis, the identification of a TRPV2 interactome-basedsignature and its relation to glioblastoma progression/recurrence, high or low overall survival anddrug resistance strongly suggest an important role of the TRPV2 channel as a potential biomarkerin glioblastoma prognosis and therapy.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katelyn E. Sadler ◽  
Francie Moehring ◽  
Stephanie I. Shiers ◽  
Lauren J. Laskowski ◽  
Alexander R. Mikesell ◽  
...  

AbstractPersistent tactile pain is a poorly managed symptom of inflammatory and neuropathic injury. To develop therapies for this maladaptive sensation, the underlying molecular mediators must be identified. Using knockout mice and pharmacological inhibitors, we identified transient receptor canonical 5 (TRPC5) as a key contributor to the persistent tactile pain that occurs in many inflammatory and neuropathic preclinical rodent models. TRPC5 inhibition was effective in injuries associated with elevated levels of the bioactive phospholipid lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). Exogenous application of LPC induced TRPC5-dependent behavioral mechanical allodynia, neuronal mechanical hypersensitivity, and spontaneous pain. In vitro, LPC activated both homomeric mouse and human TRPC5 channels, which upon examination of human dorsal root ganglia tissue, were expressed in 75% of human sensory neurons. Based on these results, TRPC5 inhibitors should be pursued as personalized therapy for spontaneous and tactile pain in conditions where elevated LPC is a biomarker.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki Kashiwadani ◽  
Yurina Higa ◽  
Mitsutaka Sugimura ◽  
Tomoyuki Kuwaki

AbstractWe had recently reported that linalool odor exposure induced significant analgesic effects in mice and that the effects were disappeared in olfactory-deprived mice in which the olfactory epithelium was damaged, thus indicating that the effects were triggered by chemical senses evoked by linalool odor exposure. However, the peripheral neuronal mechanisms, including linalool receptors that contribute toward triggering the linalool odor-induced analgesia, still remain unexplored. In vitro studies have shown that the transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) responded to linalool, thus raising the possibility that TRPA1 expressed on the trigeminal nerve terminal detects linalool odor inhaled into the nostril and triggers the analgesic effects. To address this hypothesis, we measured the behavioral pain threshold for noxious mechanical stimulation in TRPA1-deficient mice. In contrast to our expectation, we found a significant increase in the threshold after linalool odor exposure in TRPA1-deficient mice, indicating the analgesic effects of linalool odor even in TRPA1-deficient mice. Furthermore, intranasal application of TRPA1 selective antagonist did not alter the analgesic effect of linalool odor. These results showed that the linalool odor-induced analgesia was triggered by a TRPA1-independent pathway in mice.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 3360
Author(s):  
Mee-Ra Rhyu ◽  
Yiseul Kim ◽  
Vijay Lyall

In addition to the sense of taste and olfaction, chemesthesis, the sensation of irritation, pungency, cooling, warmth, or burning elicited by spices and herbs, plays a central role in food consumption. Many plant-derived molecules demonstrate their chemesthetic properties via the opening of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) and transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channels. TRPA1 and TRPV1 are structurally related thermosensitive cation channels and are often co-expressed in sensory nerve endings. TRPA1 and TRPV1 can also indirectly influence some, but not all, primary taste qualities via the release of substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) from trigeminal neurons and their subsequent effects on CGRP receptor expressed in Type III taste receptor cells. Here, we will review the effect of some chemesthetic agonists of TRPA1 and TRPV1 and their influence on bitter, sour, and salt taste qualities.


2001 ◽  
Vol 355 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia TROST ◽  
Christiane BERGS ◽  
Nina HIMMERKUS ◽  
Veit FLOCKERZI

The mammalian gene products, transient receptor potential (trp)1 to trp7, are related to the Drosophila TRP and TRP-like ion channels, and are candidate proteins underlying agonist-activated Ca2+-permeable ion channels. Recently, the TRP4 protein has been shown to be part of native store-operated Ca2+-permeable channels. These channels, most likely, are composed of other proteins in addition to TRP4. In the present paper we report the direct interaction of TRP4 and calmodulin (CaM) by: (1) retention of in vitro translated TRP4 and of TRP4 protein solubilized from bovine adrenal cortex by CaM–Sepharose in the presence of Ca2+, and (2) TRP4–glutathione S-transferase pull-down experiments. Two domains of TRP4, amino acid residues 688–759 and 786–848, were identified as being able to interact with CaM. The binding of CaM to both domains occurred only in the presence of Ca2+ concentrations above 10µM, with half maximal binding occurring at 16.6µM (domain 1) and 27.9µM Ca2+ (domain 2). Synthetic peptides, encompassing the two putative CaM binding sites within these domains and covering amino acid residues 694–728 and 829–853, interacted directly with dansyl–CaM with apparent Kd values of 94–189nM. These results indicate that TRP4/Ca2+-CaM are parts of a signalling complex involved in agonist-induced Ca2+ entry.


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