Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19371346›Full record

ArticleBritish journal of pharmacology2009

Primary afferents with TRPM8 and TRPA1 profiles target distinct subpopulations of rat superficial dorsal horn neurones.

Paul J Wrigley, Hyo-Jin Jeong, Christopher W Vaughan

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in British journal of pharmacology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Anti-seizure effects of WS-3, a TRPM8 agonist, on focal onset seizure mouse model via reduction of extracellular glutamate levels.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
    Article
  2. Activation of TRPA1 and TRPM3 triggers CaThe Journal of physiology · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paul J WrigleyPain Management Research Institute, Kolling Institute, Level 13, University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia. pwrigley@med.usyd.edu.au
Hyo-Jin Jeong
Christopher W Vaughan
University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeThe transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, transient receptor potential melastatin-1 (TRPM8) and transient receptor potential ankyrin-1 (TRPA1), are expressed in subpopulations of sensory neurones and have been proposed to mediate innocuous and noxious cold sensation respectively. The aim of this study was to compare TRPM8 and TRPA1 modulation of glutamatergic afferent transmission within the spinal dorsal horn. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Whole cell patch clamp recordings were made from rat spinal cord slices in vitro to examine the effect of TRP agonists and temperature on glutamatergic excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs). KEY

resultsIcilin (3 or 100 micromol.L(-1)), menthol (200 micromol.L(-1)) and capsaicin (1 micromol.L(-1)) reduced the amplitude of primary afferent evoked EPSCs in subpopulations of lamina I and II neurones. In a subpopulation of superficial neurones, innocuous cold (threshold 29 degrees C), 3 micromol.L(-1) icilin (EC50 1.5 micromol.L(-1)) and menthol (EC50 263 micromol.L(-1)) increased the rate of spontaneous miniature EPSCs. In the majority of lamina I and II neurones, 100 micromol.L(-1) icilin (EC50 79 micromol.L(-1)), allyl isothiocyanate (EC50 226 micromol.L(-1)), cinnamaldehyde (EC50 38 micromol.L(-1)) and capsaicin (1 micromol.L(-1)) increased miniature EPSC rate. The response to 100 micromol.L(-1), but not 3 micromol.L(-1) icilin, was abolished by ruthenium red, while neither was affected by iodoresiniferatoxin. Responsiveness to 3 micromol.L(-1), but not to 100 micromol.L(-1) icilin, was highly predictive of innocuous cold responsiveness. Neurones responding to 3 micromol.L(-1) icilin and innocuous cold were located more superficially than those responding to 100 micromol.L(-1) icilin. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Activation of TRPM8 and TRPA1 presynaptically modulated glutamatergic transmission onto partially overlapping but distinct populations of superficial dorsal horn neurones. Spinal TRPM8 and TRPA1 channels may therefore provide therapeutic targets in cold hyperesthesia.

Indexed as

Afferent PathwaysAnimalsAnkyrinsCalcium ChannelsCold TemperatureExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsGlutamic AcidIn Vitro TechniquesMaleMentholPatch-Clamp TechniquesPosterior Horn CellsPyrimidinonesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySynaptic TransmissionAnkyrinsCalcium ChannelsGlutamic AcidicilinMentholPyrimidinonesTRPA1 Cation ChannelTrpa1 protein, ratTRPC Cation ChannelsTrpm8 protein, ratTRPM Cation Channels

Identifiers

PMID19371346
PMCPMC2707984
OpenAlexW2171021918

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.