title: TRPV1 shows dynamic ionic selectivity during agonist stimulation.
abstract: Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is an ion channel that is gated by noxious heat, capsaicin and other diverse stimuli. It is a nonselective cation channel that prefers Ca2+ over Na+. These permeability characteristics, as in most channels, are widely presumed to be static. On the contrary, we found that activation of native or recombinant rat TRPV1 leads to time- and agonist concentration-dependent increases in relative permeability to large cations and changes in Ca2+ permeability. Using the substituted cysteine accessibility method, we saw that these changes were attributable to alterations in the TRPV1 selectivity filter. TRPV1 agonists showed different capabilities for evoking ionic selectivity changes. Furthermore, protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation of Ser800 in the TRPV1 C terminus potentiated agonist-evoked ionic selectivity changes. Thus, the qualitative signaling properties of TRPV1 are dynamically modulated during channel activation, a process that probably shapes TRPV1 participation in pain, cytotoxicity and neurotransmitter release.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Sensory Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: Man-Kyo
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Ali D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Caterina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000494:pharmacology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007477:Ions / Q000378:metabolism*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018689:Sensory System Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D050916:TRPV Cation Channels / Q000819:agonists* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D007477:Ions; D018689:Sensory System Agents; D050916:TRPV Cation Channels; C493921:TRPV1 protein, mouse; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D002211:Capsaicin