PMID- 23916509 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140515 LR - 20210702 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 552 DP - 2013 Sep 27 TI - Functional expression of TRPV1 and TRPA1 in rat vestibular ganglia. PG - 92-7 LID - S0304-3940(13)00665-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.07.019 [doi] AB - Both TRPV1 and TRPA1 are non-selective cation channels. They are co-expressed, and interact in sensory neurons such as dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and trigeminal ganglia (TG), and are involved in nociception, being activated by nociceptive stimuli. Immunohistological localization of TRPV1 in vestibular ganglion (VG) neurons has been reported. Although TRPA1 is co-expressed with TRPV1 in DRG and TG neurons, it is unclear whether TRPA1 channels are expressed in VG neurons. Moreover, it is unknown whether TRPV1 and TRPA1 channels are functional in VG neurons. We investigated the expression of TRPV1 and TRPA1 in rat VG neurons by RT-PCR, in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, and Ca(2+) imaging experiments. Both TRPV1 and TRPA1 RT-PCR products were amplified from the mRNA of rat VG neurons. In situ hybridization experiments showed TRPV1 and TRPA1 mRNA expression in the majority of VG neurons. Immunohistochemistry experiments confirmed TRPV1 protein expression. In Ca(2+) imaging experiments, capsaicin, a TRPV1 agonist, induced a significant increase in intracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) in rat primary cultured VG neurons, which was almost completely blocked by capsazepine, a TRPV1-specific antagonist. Cinnamaldehyde, a TRPA1 agonist, also caused an increase in [Ca(2+)]i, which was completely inhibited by HC030031, a TRPA1-specific antagonist. Moreover, in some VG neurons, a [Ca(2+)]i increase was evoked by both capsaicin and cinnamaldehyde in the same neuron. In summary, our histological and physiological studies reveal that TRPV1 and TRPA1 are expressed in VG neurons. It is suggested that TRPV1 and TRPA1 in VG neurons might participate in vestibular function and/or dysfunction such as vertigo. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Kamakura, Takefumi AU - Kamakura T AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. FAU - Ishida, Yusuke AU - Ishida Y FAU - Nakamura, Yukiko AU - Nakamura Y FAU - Yamada, Takahiro AU - Yamada T FAU - Kitahara, Tadashi AU - Kitahara T FAU - Takimoto, Yasumitsu AU - Takimoto Y FAU - Horii, Arata AU - Horii A FAU - Uno, Atsuhiko AU - Uno A FAU - Imai, Takao AU - Imai T FAU - Okazaki, Suzuyo AU - Okazaki S FAU - Inohara, Hidenori AU - Inohara H FAU - Shimada, Shoichi AU - Shimada S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130803 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (2-(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-7H-purin-7-yl)-N-(4-isopropylphenyl)acetamide) RN - 0 (Acetanilides) RN - 0 (Purines) RN - 0 (TRPA1 Cation Channel) RN - 0 (TRPC Cation Channels) RN - 0 (TRPV Cation Channels) RN - 0 (Trpa1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Trpv1 protein, rat) RN - 7864XYD3JJ (Acrolein) RN - LFW48MY844 (capsazepine) RN - S07O44R1ZM (Capsaicin) RN - SR60A3XG0F (cinnamaldehyde) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Acetanilides/pharmacology MH - Acrolein/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Capsaicin/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Molecular Imaging MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Purines/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - TRPA1 Cation Channel MH - TRPC Cation Channels/agonists/antagonists & inhibitors/biosynthesis/*physiology MH - TRPV Cation Channels/agonists/antagonists & inhibitors/biosynthesis/*physiology MH - Vestibular Nerve/drug effects/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ca(2+) imaging experiment OT - In situ hybridization OT - TRPA1 OT - TRPV1 OT - Vestibular ganglia EDAT- 2013/08/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/05/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/08/07 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/06/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/07/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/08/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/08/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/05/16 06:00 [medline] AID - S0304-3940(13)00665-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.07.019 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2013 Sep 27;552:92-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.07.019. Epub 2013 Aug 3.