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Mol Ther ; 32(6): 1739-1759, 2024 Jun 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38556794

RESUMO

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating condition currently lacking treatment. Severe SCI causes the loss of most supraspinal inputs and neuronal activity caudal to the injury, which, coupled with the limited endogenous capacity for spontaneous regeneration, can lead to complete functional loss even in anatomically incomplete lesions. We hypothesized that transplantation of mature dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) genetically modified to express the NaChBac sodium channel could serve as a therapeutic option for functionally complete SCI. We found that NaChBac expression increased the intrinsic excitability of DRG neurons and promoted cell survival and neurotrophic factor secretion in vitro. Transplantation of NaChBac-expressing dissociated DRGs improved voluntary locomotion 7 weeks after injury compared to control groups. Animals transplanted with NaChBac-expressing DRGs also possessed higher tubulin-positive neuronal fiber and myelin preservation, although serotonergic descending fibers remained unaffected. We observed early preservation of the corticospinal tract 14 days after injury and transplantation, which was lost 7 weeks after injury. Nevertheless, transplantation of NaChBac-expressing DRGs increased the neuronal excitatory input by an increased number of VGLUT2 contacts immediately caudal to the injury. Our work suggests that the transplantation of NaChBac-expressing dissociated DRGs can rescue significant motor function, retaining an excitatory neuronal relay activity immediately caudal to injury.


Assuntos
Gânglios Espinais , Locomoção , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal , Gânglios Espinais/metabolismo , Animais , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/metabolismo , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/terapia , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/genética , Canais de Sódio/metabolismo , Canais de Sódio/genética , Ratos , Feminino , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Neurônios/metabolismo , Camundongos , Expressão Gênica , Bainha de Mielina/metabolismo , Sobrevivência Celular
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Mol Pain ; 19: 17448069231197102, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37578145

RESUMO

Neurosensory disorders such as pain and pruritus remain a major health problem greatly impacting the quality of life, and often increasing the risk of mortality. Current pre-clinical models to investigate dysfunction of sensory neurons have shown a limited clinical translation, in part, by failing to mimic the compartmentalized nociceptor anatomy that exhibits a central compartment containing the soma and a peripheral one harboring the axon endings with distinct molecular and cellular environmental composition. Thus, there is a need to validate compartmentalized preclinical neurosensory models for investigating the pathophysiology of peripheral sensory disorders and to test drug candidates. Here, we have addressed this issue and developed a microfluidic-based preclinical nociceptor model and validated it for investigating inflammatory and neuropathic peripheral disorders. We show that this model reproduces the peripheral sensitization and resolution produced by an inflammatory soup and by the chemotherapeutic drug paclitaxel. Furthermore, compartmentalized nociceptor primary cultures were amenable to co-culture with keratinocytes in the axonal compartment. Interaction of axonal endings with keratinocytes modulated neuronal responses, consistent with a crosstalk between both cell types. These findings pave the way towards translational pre-clinical sensory models for skin pathophysiological research and drug development.


Assuntos
Gânglios Espinais , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico , Humanos , Qualidade de Vida , Paclitaxel/farmacologia , Axônios , Células Receptoras Sensoriais/fisiologia
3.
Mol Pain ; 19: 17448069231204191, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37710969

RESUMO

Benzydamine is an active pharmaceutical compound used in the oral care pharmaceutical preparation as NSAID. Beside from its anti-inflammatory action, benzydamine local application effectively reliefs pain showing analgesic and anaesthetic properties. Benzydamine mechanism of action has been characterized on inflammatory cell types and mediators highlighting its capacity to inhibit pro-inflammatory mediators' synthesis and release. On the other hand, the role of benzydamine as neuronal excitability modulator has not yet fully explored. Thus, we studied benzydamine's effect over primary cultured DRG nociceptors excitability and after acute and chronic inflammatory sensitization, as a model to evaluate relative nociceptive response. Benzydamine demonstrated to effectively inhibit neuronal basal excitability reducing its firing frequency and increasing rheobase and afterhyperpolarization amplitude. Its effect was time and dose-dependent. At higher doses, benzydamine induced changes in action potential wavelength, decreasing its height and slightly increasing its duration. Moreover, the compound reduced neuronal acute and chronic inflammatory sensitization. It inhibited neuronal excitability mediated either by an inflammatory cocktail, acidic pH or high external KCl. Notably, higher potency was evidenced under inflammatory sensitized conditions. This effect could be explained either by modulation of inflammatory and/or neuronal sensitizing signalling cascades or by direct modulation of proalgesic and action potential firing initiating ion channels. Apparently, the compound inhibited Nav1.8 channel but had no effect over Kv7.2, Kv7.3, TRPV1 and TRPA1. In conclusion, the obtained results strengthen the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect of benzydamine, highlighting its mode of action on local pain and inflammatory signalling.


Assuntos
Benzidamina , Humanos , Benzidamina/metabolismo , Benzidamina/farmacologia , Benzidamina/uso terapêutico , Dor/tratamento farmacológico , Dor/metabolismo , Nociceptores/metabolismo , Inflamação/tratamento farmacológico , Inflamação/metabolismo , Anti-Inflamatórios/uso terapêutico , Analgésicos/farmacologia , Analgésicos/uso terapêutico , Analgésicos/metabolismo
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Exp Dermatol ; 32(7): 999-1006, 2023 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37009806

RESUMO

Thermoregulation and heat dissipation by sweat production and evaporation are vital for human survival. However, hyperhidrosis or excessive perspiration might affect people's quality of life by causing discomfort and stress. The prolonged use of classical antiperspirants, anticholinergic medications or botulinum toxin injections for persistent hyperhidrosis might produce diverse side effects that limit their clinical use. Inspired by botox molecular mode of action, we used an in silico molecular modelling approach to design novel peptides to target neuronal acetylcholine exocytosis by interfering with the Snapin-SNARE complex formation. Our exhaustive design rendered the selection of 11 peptides that decreased calcium-dependent vesicle exocytosis in rat DRG neurons, reducing αCGRP release and TRPV1 inflammatory sensitization. The most potent peptides were palmitoylated peptides SPSR38-4.1 and SPSR98-9.1 that significantly suppressed acetylcholine release in vitro in human LAN-2 neuroblastoma cells. Noteworthy, local acute and chronic administration of SPSR38-4.1 peptide significantly decreased, in a dose-dependent manner, pilocarpine-induced sweating in an in vivo mouse model. Taken together, our in silico approach lead to the identification of active peptides able to attenuate excessive sweating by modulating neuronal acetylcholine exocytosis, and identified peptide SPSR38-4.1 as a promising new antihyperhidrosis candidate for clinical development.


Assuntos
Antiperspirantes , Hiperidrose , Humanos , Ratos , Camundongos , Animais , Antiperspirantes/farmacologia , Qualidade de Vida , Acetilcolina/farmacologia , Acetilcolina/uso terapêutico , Hiperidrose/tratamento farmacológico , Hiperidrose/etiologia , Peptídeos/química , Exocitose/fisiologia , Neurônios/fisiologia
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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(7)2023 Apr 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37047692

RESUMO

The goal of this Special Issue, entitled "Membrane Channels in Health and Diseases (https://www [...].


Assuntos
Canais Iônicos
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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(1)2023 Jan 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36614186

RESUMO

The thermosensory transient receptor potential (thermoTRP) family of ion channels is constituted by several nonselective cation channels that are activated by physical and chemical stimuli functioning as paradigmatic polymodal receptors. Gating of these ion channels is achieved through changes in temperature, osmolarity, voltage, pH, pressure, and by natural or synthetic chemical compounds that directly bind to these proteins to regulate their activity. Given that thermoTRP channels integrate diverse physical and chemical stimuli, a thorough understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying polymodal gating has been pursued, including the interplay between stimuli and differences between family members. Despite its complexity, recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy techniques are facilitating this endeavor by providing high-resolution structures of these channels in different conformational states induced by ligand binding or temperature that, along with structure-function and molecular dynamics, are starting to shed light on the underlying allosteric gating mechanisms. Because dysfunctional thermoTRP channels play a pivotal role in human diseases such as chronic pain, unveiling the intricacies of allosteric channel gating should facilitate the development of novel drug-based resolving therapies for these disorders.


Assuntos
Canais de Potencial de Receptor Transitório , Humanos , Canais de Potencial de Receptor Transitório/metabolismo , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Temperatura , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Fenômenos Biofísicos
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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(19)2023 Oct 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37834342

RESUMO

The protein transient receptor potential melastatin type 8 (TRPM8), a non-selective, calcium (Ca2+)-permeable ion channel is implicated in several pathological conditions, including neuropathic pain states. In our previous research endeavors, we have identified ß-lactam derivatives with high hydrophobic character that exhibit potent and selective TRPM8 antagonist activity. This work describes the synthesis of novel derivatives featuring C-terminal amides and diversely substituted N'-terminal monobenzyl groups in an attempt to increase the total polar surface area (TPSA) in this family of compounds. The primary goal was to assess the influence of these substituents on the inhibition of menthol-induced cellular Ca2+ entry, thereby establishing critical structure-activity relationships. While the substitution of the tert-butyl ester by isobutyl amide moieties improved the antagonist activity, none of the N'-monobencyl derivatives, regardless of the substituent on the phenyl ring, achieved the activity of the model dibenzyl compound. The antagonist potency of the most effective compounds was subsequently verified using Patch-Clamp electrophysiology experiments. Furthermore, we evaluated the selectivity of one of these compounds against other members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channel family and some receptors connected to peripheral pain pathways. This compound demonstrated specificity for TRPM8 channels. To better comprehend the potential mode of interaction, we conducted docking experiments to uncover plausible binding sites on the functionally active tetrameric protein. While the four main populated poses are located by the pore zone, a similar location to that described for the N-(3-aminopropyl)-2-[(3-methylphenyl)methoxy]-N-(2-thienylmethyl)-benzamide (AMTB) antagonist cannot be discarded. Finally, in vivo experiments, involving a couple of selected compounds, revealed significant antinociceptive activity within a mice model of cold allodynia induced by oxaliplatin (OXA).


Assuntos
Canais de Cátion TRPM , Canais de Potencial de Receptor Transitório , Camundongos , Animais , Canais de Cátion TRPM/metabolismo , beta-Lactamas , Canais de Potencial de Receptor Transitório/metabolismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Antígenos
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Int J Mol Sci ; 23(5)2022 Feb 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35269831

RESUMO

Transient receptor potential melastatin subtype 8 (TRPM8) is a cation channel extensively expressed in sensory neurons and implicated in different painful states. However, the effectiveness of TRPM8 modulators for pain relief is still a matter of discussion, since structurally diverse modulators lead to different results, depending on the animal pain model. In this work, we described the antinociceptive activity of a ß-lactam derivative, RGM8-51, showing good TRPM8 antagonist activity, and selectivity against related thermoTRP channels and other pain-mediating receptors. In primary cultures of rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, RGM8-51 potently reduced menthol-evoked neuronal firing without affecting the major ion conductances responsible for action potential generation. This compound has in vivo antinociceptive activity in response to cold, in a mouse model of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy. In addition, it reduces cold, mechanical and heat hypersensitivity in a rat model of neuropathic pain arising after chronic constriction of the sciatic nerve. Furthermore, RGM8-51 exhibits mechanical hypersensitivity-relieving activity, in a mouse model of NTG-induced hyperesthesia. Taken together, these preclinical results substantiate that this TRPM8 antagonist is a promising pharmacological tool to study TRPM8-related diseases.


Assuntos
Neuralgia , Canais de Cátion TRPM , Analgésicos/farmacologia , Analgésicos/uso terapêutico , Animais , Temperatura Baixa , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Gânglios Espinais/fisiologia , Camundongos , Neuralgia/tratamento farmacológico , Ratos , Células Receptoras Sensoriais , beta-Lactamas
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Molecules ; 28(1)2022 Dec 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36615367

RESUMO

The rapid advances of 3D techniques for the structural determination of proteins and the development of numerous computational methods and strategies have led to identifying highly active compounds in computer drug design. Molecular docking is a method widely used in high-throughput virtual screening campaigns to filter potential ligands targeted to proteins. A great variety of docking programs are currently available, which differ in the algorithms and approaches used to predict the binding mode and the affinity of the ligand. All programs heavily rely on scoring functions to accurately predict ligand binding affinity, and despite differences in performance, none of these docking programs is preferable to the others. To overcome this problem, consensus scoring methods improve the outcome of virtual screening by averaging the rank or score of individual molecules obtained from different docking programs. The successful application of consensus docking in high-throughput virtual screening highlights the need to optimize the predictive power of molecular docking methods.


Assuntos
Proteínas , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Ligação Proteica , Ligantes , Consenso , Proteínas/química
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Bioorg Chem ; 115: 105231, 2021 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34388485

RESUMO

The analgesic peptide DD04107 (Pal-EEMQRR-NH2) and its acetylated analogue inhibit α-calcitonin gene-related peptide (α-CGRP) exocytotic release from primary sensory neurons. Examining the crystal structure of the SNARE-Synaptotagmin-1(Syt1) complex, we hypothesized that these peptides could inhibit neuronal exocytosis by binding to Syt1, hampering at least partially its interaction with the SNARE complex. To address this hypothesis, we first interrogate the role of individual side-chains on the inhibition of α-CGRP release, finding that E1, M3, Q4 and R6 residues were crucial for activity. CD and NMR conformational analysis showed that linear peptides have tendency to adopt α-helical conformations, but the results with cyclic analogues indicated that this secondary structure is not needed for activity. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) measurements demonstrate a direct interaction of some of these peptides with Syt1-C2B domain, but not with Syt7-C2B region, indicating selectivity. As expected for a compound able to inhibit α-CGRP release, cyclic peptide derivative Pal-E-cyclo[EMQK]R-NH2 showed potent in vivo analgesic activity, in a model of inflammatory pain. Molecular dynamics simulations provided a model consistent with KD values for the interaction of peptides with Syt1-C2B domain, and with their biological activity. Altogether, these results identify Syt1 as a potential new analgesic target.


Assuntos
Analgésicos/farmacologia , Lipopeptídeos/farmacologia , Dor/tratamento farmacológico , Sinaptotagmina I/antagonistas & inibidores , Analgésicos/síntese química , Analgésicos/química , Animais , Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/antagonistas & inibidores , Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/metabolismo , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Exocitose/efeitos dos fármacos , Lipopeptídeos/síntese química , Lipopeptídeos/química , Masculino , Camundongos , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Estrutura Molecular , Dor/metabolismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Sinaptotagmina I/metabolismo
11.
Int J Mol Sci ; 22(5)2021 Feb 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33673444

RESUMO

Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 8 (TRPM8) is a Ca2+ non-selective ion channel implicated in a variety of pathological conditions, including cancer, inflammatory and neuropathic pain. In previous works we identified a family of chiral, highly hydrophobic ß-lactam derivatives, and began to intuit a possible effect of the stereogenic centers on the antagonist activity. To investigate the influence of configuration on the TRPM8 antagonist properties, here we prepare and characterize four possible diastereoisomeric derivatives of 4-benzyl-1-[(3'-phenyl-2'-dibenzylamino)prop-1'-yl]-4-benzyloxycarbonyl-3-methyl-2-oxoazetidine. In microfluorography assays, all isomers were able to reduce the menthol-induced cell Ca2+ entry to larger or lesser extent. Potency follows the order 3R,4R,2'R > 3S,4S,2'R ≅ 3R,4R,2'S > 3S,4S,2'S, with the most potent diastereoisomer showing a half inhibitory concentration (IC50) in the low nanomolar range, confirmed by Patch-Clamp electrophysiology experiments. All four compounds display high receptor selectivity against other members of the TRP family. Furthermore, in primary cultures of rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, the most potent diastereoisomers do not produce any alteration in neuronal excitability, indicating their high specificity for TRPM8 channels. Docking studies positioned these ß-lactams at different subsites by the pore zone, suggesting a different mechanism than the known N-(3-aminopropyl)-2-[(3-methylphenyl)methoxy]-N-(2-thienylmethyl)-benzamide (AMTB) antagonist.


Assuntos
Neurônios/metabolismo , Fenilalanina/farmacologia , Canais de Cátion TRPM/antagonistas & inibidores , beta-Lactamas/farmacologia , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Gânglios Espinais/metabolismo , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Fenilalanina/análogos & derivados , Fenilalanina/química , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , beta-Lactamas/química
12.
FASEB J ; 33(7): 8263-8279, 2019 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30969795

RESUMO

The voltage-dependent potassium (Kv) channel Kv1.3 regulates leukocyte proliferation, activation, and apoptosis, and altered expression of this channel is linked to autoimmune diseases. Thus, the fine-tuning of Kv1.3 function is crucial for the immune system response. The Kv1.3 accessory protein, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily E (KCNE) subunit 4, acts as a dominant negative regulatory subunit to both enhance inactivation and induce intracellular retention of Kv1.3. Mutations in KCNE4 also cause immune system dysfunction. Although the formation of Kv1.3-KCNE4 complexes has profound consequences for leukocyte physiology, the molecular determinants involved in the Kv1.3-KCNE4 association are unknown. We now show that KCNE4 associates with Kv1.3 via a tetraleucine motif situated within the carboxy-terminal domain of this accessory protein. This motif would function as an interaction platform, in which Kv1.3 and Ca2+/calmodulin compete for the KCNE4 interaction. Finally, we propose a structural model of the Kv1.3-KCNE4 complex. Our experimental data and the in silico structure suggest that the KCNE4 interaction hides a forward-trafficking motif within Kv1.3 in addition to adding a strong endoplasmic reticulum retention signature to the Kv1.3-KCNE4 complex. Thus, the oligomeric composition of the Kv1.3 channelosome fine-tunes the precise balance between anterograde and intracellular retention elements that control the cell surface expression of Kv1.3 and immune system physiology.-Solé, L., Roig, S. R., Sastre, D., Vallejo-Gracia, A., Serrano-Albarrás, A., Ferrer-Montiel, A., Fernández-Ballester, G., Tamkun, M. M., Felipe, A. The calmodulin-binding tetraleucine motif of KCNE4 is responsible for association with Kv1.3.


Assuntos
Canal de Potássio Kv1.3/metabolismo , Leucócitos/metabolismo , Canais de Potássio de Abertura Dependente da Tensão da Membrana/metabolismo , Motivos de Aminoácidos , Animais , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Canal de Potássio Kv1.3/genética , Leucócitos/citologia , Camundongos , Canais de Potássio de Abertura Dependente da Tensão da Membrana/genética , Ratos
13.
Int J Mol Sci ; 21(19)2020 Sep 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32998392

RESUMO

Oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy is characterized by an acute hyperexcitability syndrome triggered/exacerbated by cold. The mechanisms underlying oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy are unclear, but the alteration of ion channel expression and activity plays a well-recognized central role. Recently, we found that oxaliplatin leads to cytosolic acidification in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Here, we investigated the early impact of oxaliplatin on the proton-sensitive TREK potassium channels. Following a 6-h oxaliplatin treatment, both channels underwent a transcription upregulation that returned to control levels after 42 h. The overexpression of TREK channels was also observed after in vivo treatment in DRG cells from mice exposed to acute treatment with oxaliplatin. Moreover, both intracellular pH and TREK channel transcription were similarly regulated after incubation with amiloride, an inhibitor of the Na+/H+ exchanger. In addition, we studied the role of oxaliplatin-induced acidification on channel behavior, and, as expected, we observed a robust positive modulation of TREK channel activity. Finally, we focused on the impact of this complex modulation on capsaicin-evoked neuronal activity finding a transient decrease in the average firing rate following 6 h of oxaliplatin treatment. In conclusion, the early activation of TREK genes may represent a mechanism of protection against the oxaliplatin-related perturbation of neuronal excitability.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/efeitos adversos , Gânglios Espinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Oxaliplatina/efeitos adversos , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/genética , Canais de Potássio de Domínios Poros em Tandem/genética , Trocador 1 de Sódio-Hidrogênio/genética , Potenciais de Ação/efeitos dos fármacos , Potenciais de Ação/fisiologia , Amilorida/farmacologia , Animais , Capsaicina/farmacologia , Bloqueadores do Canal de Sódio Epitelial/farmacologia , Gânglios Espinais/metabolismo , Gânglios Espinais/patologia , Humanos , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Modelos Biológicos , Neurônios/metabolismo , Neurônios/patologia , Técnicas de Patch-Clamp , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/induzido quimicamente , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/metabolismo , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/patologia , Canais de Potássio de Domínios Poros em Tandem/agonistas , Canais de Potássio de Domínios Poros em Tandem/metabolismo , Cultura Primária de Células , Trocador 1 de Sódio-Hidrogênio/antagonistas & inibidores , Trocador 1 de Sódio-Hidrogênio/metabolismo , Ativação Transcricional
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Int J Mol Sci ; 20(1)2019 Jan 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30609840

RESUMO

We have tested the hypothesis that neuropathic pain acting as a stressor drives functional plasticity in the sympathoadrenal system. The relation between neuropathic pain and adrenal medulla function was studied with behavioral, immunohistochemical and electrophysiological techniques in rats subjected to chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve. In slices of the adrenal gland from neuropathic animals, we have evidenced increased cholinergic innervation and spontaneous synaptic activity at the splanchnic nerve⁻chromaffin cell junction. Likewise, adrenomedullary chromaffin cells displayed enlarged acetylcholine-evoked currents with greater sensitivity to α-conotoxin RgIA, a selective blocker of α9 subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, as well as increased exocytosis triggered by voltage-activated Ca2+ entry. Altogether, these adaptations are expected to facilitate catecholamine output into the bloodstream. Last, but most intriguing, functional and immunohistochemical data indicate that P2X3 and P2X7 purinergic receptors and transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) channels are overexpressed in chromaffin cells from neuropathic animals. These latter observations are reminiscent of molecular changes characteristic of peripheral sensitization of nociceptors following the lesion of a peripheral nerve, and suggest that similar phenomena can occur in other tissues, potentially contributing to behavioral manifestations of neuropathic pain.


Assuntos
Neuralgia/patologia , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X3/metabolismo , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X7/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPV/metabolismo , Acetilcolina/farmacologia , Trifosfato de Adenosina/análogos & derivados , Trifosfato de Adenosina/farmacologia , Medula Suprarrenal/metabolismo , Medula Suprarrenal/patologia , Animais , Capsaicina/farmacologia , Catecolaminas/metabolismo , Células Cromafins/citologia , Células Cromafins/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cromafins/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Potenciais Evocados/efeitos dos fármacos , Exocitose/efeitos dos fármacos , Gânglios Espinais/patologia , Gânglios Espinais/fisiologia , Masculino , Potenciais da Membrana/efeitos dos fármacos , Neuralgia/metabolismo , Neurônios/patologia , Neurônios/fisiologia , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X3/genética , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X7/genética , Canais de Cátion TRPV/genética
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Arch Biochem Biophys ; 660: 36-52, 2018 12 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30342013

RESUMO

Pain is a prevalent complex medical problem, characterized by physically debilitating and mentally destabilizing conditions. Current pain therapeutics mainly include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and narcotics (opioids), but they exhibit limitations in efficacy, unwanted side effects and the problem of drug abuse. To overcome these issues, the discovery of different molecular players within pain pathways could lead to new opportunities for therapeutic intervention. Among other strategies, peptides could be powerful pharmaceutical agents for effective opioid-free medications for pain treatment. This review is a compendium of representative non-opioid analgesic peptides acting directly or indirectly at different ion channels and receptors distributed in nociceptive pathways. They include peptides targeting Ca2+, Na+ and K+ voltage-gated ion channels, the neuronal nicotinic receptors (nAChR), transient receptor potential channels (TRP), and different non-opioid G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), like the calcitonin gen-related peptide (CGRP), cannabinoid, bradykinin and neurotensin receptors, among others. Peptides engineered from protein-protein interactions among pain-related receptors and regulatory proteins also led to new therapeutic approaches for pain management. Following some successful examples, already in the clinics or under clinical trials, the improved understanding of pain mechanisms, and the advances in peptide permeation and/or delivery, could afford new analgesic peptides in the near future.


Assuntos
Analgésicos não Narcóticos/farmacologia , Animais , Humanos , Canais Iônicos/metabolismo , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1863(1): 115-27, 2016 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26516054

RESUMO

The expression and function of TRPV1 are influenced by its interaction with cellular proteins. Here, we identify Whirlin, a cytoskeletal PDZ-scaffold protein implicated in hearing, vision and mechanosensory transduction, as an interacting partner of TRPV1. Whirlin associates with TRPV1 in cell lines and in primary cultures of rat nociceptors. Whirlin is expressed in 55% of mouse sensory C-fibers, including peptidergic and non-peptidergic nociceptors, and co-localizes with TRPV1 in 70% of them. Heterologous expression of Whirlin increased TRPV1 protein expression and trafficking to the plasma membrane, and promoted receptor clustering. Silencing Whirlin expression with siRNA or blocking protein translation resulted in a concomitant degradation of TRPV1 that could be prevented by inhibiting the proteasome. The degradation kinetics of TRPV1 upon arresting protein translation mirrored that of Whirlin in cells co-expressing both proteins, suggesting a parallel degradation mechanism. Noteworthy, Whirlin expression significantly reduced TRPV1 degradation induced by prolonged exposure to capsaicin. Thus, our findings indicate that Whirlin and TRPV1 are associated in a subset of nociceptors and that TRPV1 protein stability is increased through the interaction with the cytoskeletal scaffold protein. Our results suggest that the Whirlin­TRPV1 complex may represent a novel molecular target and its pharmacological disruption might be a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of peripheral TRPV1-mediated disorders.


Assuntos
Regulação da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Complexos Multiproteicos/metabolismo , Nociceptores/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPV/biossíntese , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Camundongos , Complexos Multiproteicos/genética , Nociceptores/citologia , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma/genética , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma/metabolismo , Estabilidade Proteica , Proteólise , RNA Interferente Pequeno , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Canais de Cátion TRPV/genética
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Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr ; 1859(9 Pt B): 1615-1628, 2017 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28432033

RESUMO

The transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channel family is involved in a diversity of physiological processes including sensory and homeostatic functions, as well as muscle contraction and vasomotor control. Their dysfunction contributes to the etiology of several diseases, being validated as therapeutic targets. These ion channels may be activated by physical or chemical stimuli and their function is highly influenced by signaling molecules activated by extracellular signals. Notably, as integral membrane proteins, lipid molecules also modulate their membrane location and function either by direct interaction with the channel structure or by modulating the physico-chemical properties of the cellular membrane. This lipid-based modulatory effect is being considered an alternative and promising approach to regulate TRP channel dysfunction in diseases. Here, we review the current progress in this exciting field highlighting a complex channel regulation by a large diversity of lipid molecules and suggesting some diseases that may benefit from a membrane lipid therapy. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Membrane Lipid Therapy: Drugs Targeting Biomembranes edited by Pablo V. Escribá.


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Lipídeos de Membrana/fisiologia , Canais de Potencial de Receptor Transitório/fisiologia , Animais , Doenças Cardiovasculares/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Inflamação/tratamento farmacológico , Lipídeos de Membrana/uso terapêutico , Doenças Metabólicas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/tratamento farmacológico , Dermatopatias/tratamento farmacológico
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 111(51): 18345-50, 2014 Dec 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25489075

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Proalgesic sensitization of peripheral nociceptors in painful syndromes is a complex molecular process poorly understood that involves mobilization of thermosensory receptors to the neuronal surface. However, whether recruitment of vesicular thermoTRP channels is a general mechanism underlying sensitization of all nociceptor types or is subtype-specific remains controversial. We report that sensitization-induced Ca(2+)-dependent exocytotic insertion of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) receptors to the neuronal plasma membrane is a mechanism specifically used by peptidergic nociceptors to potentiate their excitability. Notably, we found that TRPV1 is present in large dense-core vesicles (LDCVs) that were mobilized to the neuronal surface in response to a sensitizing insult. Deletion or silencing of calcitonin-gene-related peptide alpha (αCGRP) gene expression drastically reduced proalgesic TRPV1 potentiation in peptidergic nociceptors by abrogating its Ca(2+)-dependent exocytotic recruitment. These findings uncover a context-dependent molecular mechanism of TRPV1 algesic sensitization and a previously unrecognized role of αCGRP in LDCV mobilization in peptidergic nociceptors. Furthermore, these results imply that concurrent secretion of neuropeptides and channels in peptidergic C-type nociceptors facilitates a rapid modulation of pain signaling.


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Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/fisiologia , Exocitose/fisiologia , Nociceptores/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPV/metabolismo , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Animais , Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/genética , Inativação Gênica , Hiperalgesia/metabolismo , Hiperalgesia/fisiopatologia , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Peptídeos/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Substância P/genética
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1848(9): 1818-27, 2015 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25838124

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Transient receptor potential (TRP) proteins are a family of ion channels central for sensory signaling. These receptors and, in particular, those involved in thermal sensing are also involved in pain signaling. Noteworthy, thermosensory receptors are polymodal ion channels that respond to both physical and chemical stimuli, thus integrating different environmental clues. In addition, their activity is modulated by algesic agents and lipidergic substances that are primarily released in pathological states. Lipids and lipid-like molecules have been found that can directly activate some thermosensory channels or modulate their activity by either potentiating or inhibiting it. To date, more than 50 endogenous lipids that can regulate TRP channel activity in sensory neurons have been described, thus representing the majority of known endogenous TRP channel modulators. Lipid modulators of TRP channels comprise lipids from a variety of metabolic pathways, including metabolites of the cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase and cytochrome-P450 pathways, phospholipids and lysophospholipids. Therefore, TRP-channels are able to integrate and interpret incoming signals from the different metabolic lipid pathways. Taken together, the large number of lipids that can activate, sensitize or inhibit neuronal TRP-channels highlights the pivotal role of these molecules in sensory biology as well as in pain transduction and perception. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Lipid-protein interactions. Guest Editors: Amitabha Chattopadhyay and Jean-Marie Ruysschaert.


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Lipídeos de Membrana/metabolismo , Dor/fisiopatologia , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Canais de Potencial de Receptor Transitório/metabolismo , Animais , Humanos , Lipídeos de Membrana/química , Modelos Moleculares , Ligação Proteica , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Células Receptoras Sensoriais/metabolismo , Canais de Potencial de Receptor Transitório/química
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