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Voltage-Dependent Interaction of Capsaicine and Protons on TRPV1-Receptors
E A Tsvetkov1,2, N N Potatieva1, K V Bolshakov1,2
1Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEPhB RAS), pr. Torez 44, St. Petersburg, 194223, Russia.
Abstract:
The interaction of TRPV1-receptors agonists (capsaicin and protons) has been studied on cultured CHO cells transfected by TRPV1-receptors. Using the whole-cell patch-clamp approach, it was shown that summation of the currents induced by agonist application was dependent on the membrane potential. The TRPV1-mediated currents induced by the pH and Capsaicin demonstrated arithmetical summation at potentials between 40--40 mV, while they were potentiated at potentials below -40 mV. Currents induced by the pH and Capsaicin combined were higher in comparison with the arithmetic sum of the currents induced by the pH and Capsaicin applied separately at such potentials. Such a potential dependence seems to be a base of the sensitization that is induced by inflammation or pain, when concentrations of proinflammatory mediators acting as TRPV1 agonists are increasing. Further depolarization induced by TRPV1 activation doesn't generate potentiation, which might serve as a protective mechanism to restrict their activity.
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