title: Perspectives of TRPV1 Function on the Neurogenesis and Neural Plasticity.
abstract: The development of new strategies to renew and repair neuronal networks using neural plasticity induced by stem cell graft could enable new therapies to cure diseases that were considered lethal until now. In adequate microenvironment a neuronal progenitor must receive molecular signal of a specific cellular context to determine fate, differentiation, and location. TRPV1, a nonselective calcium channel, is expressed in neurogenic regions of the brain like the subgranular zone of the hippocampal dentate gyrus and the telencephalic subventricular zone, being valuable for neural differentiation and neural plasticity. Current data show that TRPV1 is involved in several neuronal functions as cytoskeleton dynamics, cell migration, survival, and regeneration of injured neurons, incorporating several stimuli in neurogenesis and network integration. The function of TRPV1 in the brain is under intensive investigation, due to multiple places where it has been detected and its sensitivity for different chemical and physical agonists, and a new role of TRPV1 in brain function is now emerging as a molecular tool for survival and control of neural stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Hontaneda 2664, 2341386 Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Barrantes
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Hontaneda 2664, 2341386 Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cordova
authors.affiliation: Institute of Computational Comparative Medicine, Nanotechnology Innovation Center of Kansas State, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5802, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Poblete
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Hontaneda 2664, 2341386 Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Hontaneda 2664, 2341386 Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marchant
authors.affiliation: INSERM, U846, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, 18 Avenue Doyen Lépine, 69500 Bron, France; Université de Lyon, 69003 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wianny
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Hontaneda 2664, 2341386 Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Olivero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D058953:Neural Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D055495:Neurogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D050916:TRPV Cation Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D050916:TRPV Cation Channels; C494482:TRPV1 protein, human