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ReviewAnnual review of physiology2006

Insights on TRP channels from in vivo studies in Drosophila.

Baruch Minke, Moshe Parnas

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Review in Annual review of physiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Baruch MinkeDepartment of Physiology and Kühne Minerva Center for Studies of Visual Transduction, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. minke@md.huji.ac.il
Moshe Parnas

Funding

GENETIC DISSECTION OF PHOTOTRANSDUCTIONR01EY003529 · NEI · HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM · PI MINKE, BARUCH · 1985 to 2011
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS EY 03529NEI NIH HHS R01 EY003529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels mediate responses in a large variety of signaling mechanisms. Most studies on mammalian TRP channels rely on heterologous expression, but their relevance to in vivo tissues is not entirely clear. In contrast, Drosophila TRP and TRP-like (TRPL) channels allow direct analyses of in vivo function. In Drosophila photoreceptors, activation of TRP and TRPL is mediated via the phosphoinositide cascade, with both Ca2+ and diacylglycerol (DAG) essential for generating the light response. In tissue culture cells, TRPL channels are constitutively active, and lipid second messengers greatly facilitate this activity. Inhibition of phospholipase C (PLC) completely blocks lipid activation of TRPL, suggesting that lipid activation is mediated via PLC. In vivo studies in mutant Drosophila also reveal an acute requirement for lipid-producing enzyme, which may regulate PLC activity. Thus, PLC and its downstream second messengers, Ca2+ and DAG, constitute critical mediators of TRP/TRPL gating in vivo.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalmodulinDrosophilaPhotoreceptor Cells, InvertebrateSignal TransductionTRPC Cation ChannelsType C PhospholipasesCalmodulinTRPC Cation ChannelsType C Phospholipases

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PMID16460287
PMCPMC1934413
OpenAlexW2159900956

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