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ArticleBiomedicines2021

GPR171 Activation Modulates Nociceptor Functions, Alleviating Pathologic Pain.

Pyung Sun Cho, Han Kyu Lee, Young In Choi, Seung In Choi, Ji Yeon Lim, Minseok Kim, Hyun Kim, Sung Jun Jung, Sun Wook Hwang

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Article in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pyung Sun ChoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Han Kyu LeeDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-0949-3345
Young In ChoiDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6666-3304
Seung In ChoiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Ji Yeon LimDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Minseok KimDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4239-6245
Hyun KimDepartment of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7210-5798
Sung Jun JungDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1051-6495
Sun Wook HwangDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8460-7480
Korea University · KRHanyang University · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2017R1A2B2001817; 2017M3C7A1025600; 2019R1A4A1029000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modulation of the function of somatosensory neurons is an important analgesic strategy, requiring the proposal of novel molecular targets. Many G-protein-coupled receptors (GPRs) have been deorphanized, but the receptor locations, outcomes due to their activations, and their signal transductions remain to be elucidated, regarding the somatosensory nociceptor function. Here we report that GPR171, expressed in a nociceptor subpopulation, attenuated pain signals via Gi/o-coupled modulation of the activities of nociceptive ion channels when activated by its newly found ligands. Administration of its natural peptide ligand and a synthetic chemical ligand alleviated nociceptor-mediated acute pain aggravations and also relieved pathologic pain at nanomolar and micromolar ranges. This study suggests that functional alteration of the nociceptor neurons by GPR171 signaling results in pain alleviation and indicates that GPR171 is a promising molecular target for peripheral pain modulation.

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analgesiaGPR171nociceptorpainTRP channel

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PMID33807709
PMCPMC8001436
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