Effect of cholesterol depletion on the pore dilation of TRPV1
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

The TRPV1 ion channel is expressed in nociceptors, where pharmacological modulation of its function may offer a means of alleviating pain and neurogenic inflammation processes in the human body. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of cholesterol depletion of the cell on ion-permeability of the TRPV1 ion channel. The ion-permeability properties of TRPV1 were assessed using whole-cell patch-clamp and YO-PRO uptake rate studies on a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line expressing this ion channel. Prolonged capsaicin-induced activation of TRPV1 with N-methyl-D-glucamine (NMDG) as the sole extracellular cation, generated a biphasic current which included an initial outward current followed by an inward current. Similarly, prolonged proton-activation (pH 5.5) of TRPV1 under hypocalcemic conditions also generated a biphasic current including a fast initial current peak followed by a larger second one. Patch-clamp recordings of reversal potentials of TRPV1 revealed an increase of the ion-permeability for NMDG during prolonged activation of this ion channel under hypocalcemic conditions. Our findings show that cholesterol depletion inhibited both the second current, and the increase in ion-permeability of the TRPV1 channel, resulting from sustained agonist-activation with capsaicin and protons (pH 5.5). These results were confirmed with YO-PRO uptake rate studies using laser scanning confocal microscopy, where cholesterol depletion was found to decrease TRPV1 mediated uptake rates of YO-PRO. Hence, these results propose a novel mechanism by which cellular cholesterol depletion modulates the function of TRPV1, which may constitute a novel approach for treatment of neurogenic pain.

MβCD

NMDG

YO-PRO

Ion-permeability

Cholesterol

Acidic pH

TRPV1

Capsaicin

Författare

Erik Jansson

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Fysikalisk kemi

Carolina Trkulja

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Fysikalisk kemi

Aikeremu Ahemaiti

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Fysikalisk kemi

Maria Millingen

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Fysikalisk kemi

Gavin Jeffries

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Fysikalisk kemi

Kent Eric Jardemark

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Fysikalisk kemi

Owe Orwar

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Fysikalisk kemi

Molecular Pain

17448069 (eISSN)

Vol. 9 1 1

Ämneskategorier

Fysikalisk kemi

DOI

10.1186/1744-8069-9-1

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2017-10-07