Upregulation of TRPM3 drives hyperexcitability in nociceptors innervating inflamed tissue.
Mulier, M.; Van Ranst, N.; Corthout, N.; Munck, S.; Vanden Berghe, P.; Vriens, J.; Voets, T.; Moilanen, L.
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Genetic ablation or pharmacological inhibition of the heat-activated cation channel TRPM3 alleviates heat hyperhyperalgesia in animal models of inflammation, but the mechanisms whereby the channel contributes to inflammatory pain are unknown. Here, we induced unilateral inflammation of the hind paw in mice, and directly compared expression and function of TRPM3 and two other heat-activated TRP channels (TRPV1 and TRPA1) in sensory neurons innervating the ipsilateral and contralateral paw. We detected increased Trpm3 mRNA levels in dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating the inflamed paw, as well as augmented TRP channel-mediated calcium responses, both in the cell bodies and the intact peripheral endings of nociceptors. Notably, inflammation provoked a pronounced increase in nociceptors co-expressing functional TRPM3 with TRPV1 and TRPA1, and pharmacological inhibition of TRPM3 caused normalization of TRPV1- and TRPA1-mediated responses. These new insights into the mechanisms underlying inflammatory heat hypersensitivity provide a rationale for developing TRPM3 antagonists to treat pathological pain.
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