選択的な蜘蛛の毒素は,機械的な痛みに関する Nav1.1 経路の役割を明らかにしている

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Jeremiah D Osteen¹, Volker Herzig², John Gilchrist³

¹Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.

|June 10, 2016

まとめ

クモの毒素は,電圧ゲートナトリウムチャネルNav1.1を明らかにします.

科学分野:

神経科学
痛みに関する研究
分子生物学

背景:

ボルテージゲートされたナトリウム (Nav) 経路は,特に痛みの経路におけるニューロンのアクションポテンシャルにとって極めて重要です.
現在の痛みを和らげる戦略は,すべてのNavチャネルを非選択的にターゲットにしています.
痛みのサブタイプ特有の役割を理解するには,選択的なナビチャンネル変調器が必要です.

研究の目的:

Nav1.1チャネルサブタイプを選択的に活性化するクモの毒素を特定し,特徴づけること.
痛覚と痛みのシグナル伝達におけるNav1.1チャネルの役割を明らかにする.

主な方法:

ヘテロスコドラ・マキュラタの毒素の識別と特徴付け
毒素の選択性とNav1.1の活性化を評価するための電気生理学的研究.
痛み反応と過敏性を評価するためのマウスの行動分析.
刺激性腸症候群のマウスモデルを用いて,腸の感覚繊維におけるNav1.1発現の調査.

主要な成果:

クモの毒素は選択的に Nav1.1 チャンネルサブタイプを活性化します
Nav1.1を発現する繊維は,モダリティ特有の痛覚受容体として機能し,機械的な痛みを媒介する.
Nav1.1の活性化により,神経性炎症なしに痛みを誘発する.
Nav1.1の活性化により,機械的刺激に対して過敏になるが,熱的刺激に対してはそうではない.
Nav1.1は高値の腸内機敏繊維で発現し,刺激性腸症候群の痛みに関連しています.

結論:

Nav1.1チャネルは,機械的な痛みを媒介する上で,これまで認識されていない重要な役割を果たしています.
選択的Nav1.1アクティベーターは,痛みのメカニズムを研究するための貴重なツールです.
Nav1.1チャネルは,胃腸疾患を含む,機械的な痛み状態の潜在的な治療標的である.

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