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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2008

Tunable calcium current through TRPV1 receptor channels.

Damien S K Samways, Baljit S Khakh, Terrance M Egan

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Phosphoinositide regulation of TRPV1 revisited.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2015
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  14. Principles and properties of ion flow in P2X receptors.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2014
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  16. TRPV1: a stress response protein in the central nervous system.American journal of neurodegenerative disease · 2012
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  17. Calcium-dependent decrease in the single-channel conductance of TRPV1.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2011
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  18. Activity-dependent targeting of TRPV1 with a pore-permeating capsaicin analog.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2011
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3 authors.

Damien S K SamwaysDepartment of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA. samwaysds@slu.edu
Baljit S Khakh
Terrance M Egan

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TRPV1 receptors are polymodal cation channels that open in response to diverse stimuli including noxious heat, capsaicin, and protons. Because Ca2+ is vital for TRPV1 signaling, we sought to precisely measure its contribution to TRPV1 responses and discovered that the Ca2+ current was tuned by the mode of activation. Using patch clamp photometry, we found that the fraction of the total current carried by Ca2+ (called the Pf%) was significantly smaller for TRPV1 currents evoked by protons than for those evoked by capsaicin. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we discovered that the smaller Pf% was due to protonation of three acidic amino acids (Asp646, Glu648, and Glu651) that are located in the mouth of the pore. Thus, in keeping with recent reports of time-dependent changes in the ionic permeability of some ligand-gated ion channels, we now show for the first time that the physiologically important Ca2+ current of the TRPV1 receptor is also dynamic and depends on the mode of activation. This current is significantly smaller when the receptor is activated by a change in pH, owing to atomic scale interactions of H+ and Ca2+ with the fixed negative charge of side chains in the pore.

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AnimalsCalciumCell LineHumansMembrane PotentialsMutationRatsTRPV Cation ChannelsCalciumTRPV1 receptorTRPV Cation Channels

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PMID18775990
PMCPMC2581567

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