ArticleCell calcium2009
Carvacrol is a novel inhibitor of Drosophila TRPL and mammalian TRPM7 channels.
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- Neuroprotective role of carvacrol in ischemic brain injury: a systematic review of preclinical evidence and proposed TRPM7 involvement.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Multimodal targets of (-)-α-thujone mediating avoidance behavior of a stored-products pest, Tribolium castaneum, in response to irritant stimuli.Pest management science · 2026Article
- TRPM7 in Peripheral and Central Immune Cells: Emerging Roles in Neuroinflammation and Neurological Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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- Synergistic activity of carvacrol in combination with permethrin against permethrin resistant Rhipicephalus annulatus.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The TRPM7 inhibitor carvacrol suppresses angiogenesis and vasculogenic mimicry in triple-negative breast cancer.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- Peripheral Antinociception Induced by Carvacrol in the Formalin Test Involves the Opioid Receptor-NO-cGMP-KMetabolites · 2025Article
- HL-TRP channel is required for various repellents for the parthenogenetic Haemaphysalis longicornis.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- TRPM7 Mediates Neuropathic Pain by Activating mTOR Signaling in Astrocytes after Spinal Cord Injury in Rats.Molecular neurobiology · 2024Article
- Drugs acting at TRPM7 channels inhibit seizure-like activity.Epilepsia open · 2023Article
- Olfactory training with essential oils for patients with post-COVID-19 smell dysfunction: A case series.European journal of integrative medicine · 2023Article
- Involvement of TRPM7 Channel on the Induction of Diabetic Neuropathic Pain in Mice: Protective Role of Selenium and Curcumin.Biological trace element research · 2023Article
- Pathophysiological Roles of Transient Receptor Potential (Trp) Channels and Zinc Toxicity in Brain Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Ion Channels in Gliomas-From Molecular Basis to Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Cell death induction and protection by activation of ubiquitously expressed anion/cation channels. Part 3: the roles and properties of TRPM2 and TRPM7.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Review
- Carvacrol Inhibits Expression of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 7 Channels and Alleviates Zinc Neurotoxicity Induced by Traumatic Brain Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders-Plants and Potential Mechanisms of Action of Their Constituents.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Insecticidal Activity ofInsects · 2022Article
- A novel antagonist of TRPM2 and TRPV4 channels: Carvacrol.Metabolic brain disease · 2022Article
- The Beneficial Effect of Carvacrol in HL-1 Cardiomyocytes Treated with LPS-G: Anti-Inflammatory Pathway Investigations.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are essential components of biological sensors that detect changes in the environment in response to a myriad of stimuli. A major difficulty in the study of TRP channels is the lack of pharmacological agents that modulate most members of the TRP superfamily. Notable exceptions are the thermoTRPs, which respond to either cold or hot temperatures and are modulated by a relatively large number of chemical agents. In the present study we demonstrate by patch clamp whole cell recordings from Schneider 2 and Drosophila photoreceptor cells that carvacrol, a known activator of the thermoTRPs, TRPV3 and TRPA1 is an inhibitor of the Drosophila TRPL channels, which belongs to the TRPC subfamily. We also show that additional activators of TRPV3, thymol, eugenol, cinnamaldehyde and menthol are all inhibitors of the TRPL channel. Furthermore, carvacrol also inhibits the mammalian TRPM7 heterologously expressed in HEK cells and ectopically expressed in a primary culture of CA3-CA1 hippocampal brain neurons. This study, thus, identifies a novel inhibitor of TRPC and TRPM channels. Our finding that the activity of the non-thermoTRPs, TRPL and TRPM7 channels is modulated by the same compound as thermoTRPs, suggests that common mechanisms of channel modulation characterize TRP channels.
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