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NERVOUS SYSTEM CELL BIOLOGY

Mouse colon sensory neurons detect extracellular acidosis via TRPV1

Department of Pharmacology, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Submitted 16 August 2006 ; accepted in final form 16 January 2007

Extracellular acidification contributes to pain by activating or modulating nociceptor activity. To evaluate acidic signaling from the colon, we characterized acid-elicited currents in thoracolumbar (TL) and lumbosacral (LS) dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons identified by content of a fluorescent dye (DiI) previously injected into the colon wall. In 13% of unidentified LS DRG neurons (not labeled with DiI) and 69% of LS colon neurons labeled with DiI, protons activated a sustained current that was significantly and reversibly attenuated by the transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) antagonist capsazepine. In contrast, 63% of unidentified LS DRG neurons and 4% of LS colon neurons exhibited transient amiloride-sensitive acid-sensing ion channel (ASIC) currents. The peak current density of acid-elicited currents was significantly reduced in colon sensory neurons from TRPV1-null mice, supporting predominant expression of TRPV1 in LS colon sensory neurons, which was also confirmed immunohistochemically. Similar to LS colon DRG neurons, acid-elicited currents in TL colon DRG neurons were mediated predominantly by TRPV1. However, the pH producing half-activation of responses significantly differed between TL and LS colon DRG neurons. The properties of acid-elicited currents in colon DRG neurons suggest differential contributions of ASICs and TRPV1 to colon sensation and likely nociception.

visceral pain; dorsal root ganglion neurons; acid-sensing ion channel; capsaicin receptor; acid-evoked currents; transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor 1

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