scholarly journals Increased TRPV4 expression in non-myelinating Schwann cells is associated with demyelination after sciatic nerve injury

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaona Feng ◽  
Yasunori Takayama ◽  
Nobuhiko Ohno ◽  
Hirosato Kanda ◽  
Yi Dai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Sciatic Nerve ◽  
Schwann Cells ◽  
Nerve Injury ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential ◽  
Receptor Potential ◽  
Functional Expression ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid ◽  
Sciatic Nerves ◽  
Transient Receptor

AbstractTransient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is a non-selective calcium-permeable cation channel that is widely expressed and activated in various neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Schwann cells (SCs) are primary glia cells that wrap around axons to form the myelin sheath in the peripheral nervous system. However, whether TRPV4 is expressed and functions in SCs is unclear. Here, we demonstrate functional expression of TRPV4 in mouse SCs and investigated its physiological significance. Deletion of TRPV4 did not affect normal myelin development for SCs in sciatic nerves in mice. However, after sciatic nerve cut injury, TRPV4 expression levels were remarkably increased in SCs following nerve demyelination. Ablation of TRPV4 expression impaired the demyelinating process after nerve injury, resulting in delayed remyelination and functional recovery of sciatic nerves. These results suggest that local activation of TRPV4 could be an attractive pharmacological target for therapeutic intervention after peripheral nerve injury.

scholarly journals Functional coupling between TRPV4 channel and TMEM16F modulates human trophoblast fusion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Pengfei Liang ◽  
Ke Zoe Shan ◽  
Liping Feng ◽  
Yong Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Fusion ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential ◽  
Receptor Potential ◽  
Functional Expression ◽  
Activation Mechanism ◽  
Functional Coupling ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid ◽  
Human Trophoblast ◽  
Phospholipid Scramblase ◽  
Transient Receptor

TMEM16F, a Ca2+-activated phospholipid scramblase (CaPLSase), is critical for placental trophoblast syncytialization, HIV infection, and SARS-CoV2-mediated syncytialization. How TMEM16F is activated during cell fusion is unclear. Here, we used trophoblasts as a model for cell fusion and demonstrated that Ca2+ influx through Ca2+ permeable transient receptor potential vanilloid channel TRPV4 is critical for TMEM16F activation and subsequent human trophoblast fusion. GSK1016790A, a TRPV4 specific agonist, robustly activates TMEM16F in trophoblasts. Patch-clamp electrophysiology demonstrated that TRPV4 and TMEM16F are functionally coupled within Ca2+ microdomains in human trophoblasts. Pharmacological inhibition or gene silencing of TRPV4 hindered TMEM16F activation and subsequent trophoblast syncytialization. Our study uncovers the functional expression of TRPV4 and a physiological activation mechanism of TMEM16F in human trophoblasts, thus providing us with novel strategies to regulate CaPLSase activity as a critical checkpoint of physiologically- and disease-relevant cell fusion events.

scholarly journals Osmoregulatory thirst in mice lacking the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) and/or type 4 (TRPV4) receptor

2014 ◽  
Vol 307 (9) ◽  
pp. R1092-R1100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Kinsman ◽  
James Cowles ◽  
Jennifer Lay ◽  
Sarah S. Simmonds ◽  
Kirsteen N. Browning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential ◽  
Receptor Potential ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid ◽  
Consistent Finding ◽  
Cellular Dehydration ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Transient Receptor

Recent studies suggest the ability of the central nervous system to detect changes in osmolality is mediated by products of the genes encoding the transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) or vanilloid-4 (TRPV4) channel. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether deletion of TRPV1 and/or TRPV4 channels altered thirst responses to cellular dehydration in mice. Injection of 0.5 or 1.0 M NaCl produced dose-dependent increases in cumulative water intakes of wild-type (WT), TRPV1−/−, TRPV4−/−, and TRPV1−/−V4−/− mice. However, there were no differences in cumulative water intakes between WT versus any other strain despite similar increases in plasma electrolytes and osmolality. Similar results were observed after injection of hypertonic mannitol. This was a consistent finding regardless of the injection route (intraperitoneal vs. subcutaneous) or timed access to water (delayed vs. immediate). There were also no differences in cumulative intakes across strains after injection of 0.15 M NaCl or during a time-controlled period (no injection). Chronic hypernatremia produced by sole access to 2% NaCl for 48 h also produced similar increases in water intake across strains. In a final set of experiments, subcutaneous injection of 0.5 M NaCl produced similar increases in the number of Fos-positive nuclei within the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and median preoptic nucleus across strains but significantly smaller number in the subfornical organ of WT versus TRPV1−/−V4−/− mice. Collectively, these findings suggest that TRPV1 and/or TRPV4 channels are not the primary mechanism by which the central nervous system responds to cellular dehydration during hypernatremia or hyperosmolality to increase thirst.

Functional Expression of an Osmosensitive Cation Channel, Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4, in Rat Vestibular Ganglia

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takefumi Kamakura ◽  
Makoto Kondo ◽  
Yoshihisa Koyama ◽  
Yukiko Hanada ◽  
Yusuke Ishida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transient Receptor Potential ◽  
Receptor Potential ◽  
Functional Expression ◽  
Ruthenium Red ◽  
Cation Channel ◽  
Trigeminal Ganglia ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid ◽  
Trpv Channels ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Transient Receptor

Transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) 4 is a nonselective cation channel expressed in sensory neurons such as those in the dorsal root and trigeminal ganglia, kidney, and inner ear. TRPV4 is activated by mechanical stress, heat, low osmotic pressure, low pH, and phorbol derivatives such as 4α-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (4α-PDD). We investigated the expression of TRPV4 in rat vestibular ganglion (VG) neurons. The TRPV4 gene was successfully amplified from VG neuron mRNA using reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Furthermore, immunoblotting showed positive expression of TRPV4 protein in VG neurons. Immunohistochemistry indicated that TRPV4 was localized predominantly on the plasma membrane of VG neurons. Calcium (Ca2+) imaging of VG neurons showed that 4α-PDD and/or hypotonic stimuli caused an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) that was almost completely inhibited by ruthenium red, a selective antagonist of TRPV channels. Interestingly, a [Ca2+]i increase was evoked by both hypotonic stimuli and 4α-PDD in approximately 38% of VG neurons. These data indicate that TRPV4 is functionally expressed in VG neurons as an ion channel and that TRPV4 likely participates in VG neurons for vestibular neurotransmission as an osmoreceptor and/or mechanoreceptor.

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