Xenon reduces activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) in rat dorsal root ganglion cells and in human TRPV1-expressing HEK293 cells |
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Authors: | White John P M Calcott Guy Jenes Agnes Hossein Mahmuda Paule Cleoper C Santha Peter Davis John B Ma Daqing Rice Andrew S C Nagy Istvan |
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Affiliation: | Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Section, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369, Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, United Kingdom. |
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Abstract: | AimsXenon provides effective analgesia in several pain states at sub-anaesthetic doses. Our aim was to examine whether xenon may mediate its analgesic effect, in part, through reducing the activity of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1), a receptor known to be involved in certain inflammatory pain conditions.Main methodsWe studied the effect of xenon on capsaicin-evoked cobalt uptake in rat cultured primary sensory neurons and in human TRPV1 (hTRPV1)-expressing human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) cells. We also examined xenon's effect on the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) in the rat spinal dorsal horn evoked by hind-paw injection of capsaicin.Key findingsXenon (75%) reduced the number of primary sensory neurons responding to the TRPV1 agonist, capsaicin (100 nM–1 μM) by ~ 25% to ~ 50%. Xenon reduced the number of heterologously-expressed hTRPV1 activated by 300 nM capsaicin by ~ 50%. Xenon (80%) reduced by ~ 40% the number of phosporylated ERK1/2-expressing neurons in rat spinal dorsal horn resulting from hind-paw capsaicin injection.SignificanceXenon substantially reduces the activity of TRPV1 in response to noxious stimulation by the specific TRPV1 agonist, capsaicin, suggesting a possible role for xenon as an adjunct analgesic where hTRPV1 is an active contributor to the excitation of primary afferents which initiates the pain sensation. |
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