PMID- 24312267 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141217 LR - 20220129 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 11 DP - 2013 TI - B-type natriuretic peptide-induced delayed modulation of TRPV1 and P2X3 receptors of mouse trigeminal sensory neurons. PG - e81138 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0081138 [doi] LID - e81138 AB - Important pain transducers of noxious stimuli are small- and medium-diameter sensory neurons that express transient receptor vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) channels and/or adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-gated P2X3 receptors whose activity is upregulated by endogenous neuropeptides in acute and chronic pain models. Little is known about the role of endogenous modulators in restraining the expression and function of TRPV1 and P2X3 receptors. In dorsal root ganglia, evidence supports the involvement of the natriuretic peptide system in the modulation of nociceptive transmission especially via the B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) that activates the natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A) to downregulate sensory neuron excitability. Since the role of BNP in trigeminal ganglia (TG) is unclear, we investigated the expression of BNP in mouse TG in situ or in primary cultures and its effect on P2X3 and TRPV1 receptors of patch-clamped cultured neurons. Against scant expression of BNP, almost all neurons expressed NPR-A at membrane level. While BNP rapidly increased cGMP production and Akt kinase phosphorylation, there was no early change in passive neuronal properties or responses to capsaicin, alpha,beta-meATP or GABA. Nonetheless, 24 h application of BNP depressed TRPV1 mediated currents (an effect blocked by the NPR-A antagonist anantin) without changing responses to alpha,beta-meATP or GABA. Anantin alone decreased basal cGMP production and enhanced control alpha,beta-meATP-evoked responses, implying constitutive regulation of P2X3 receptors by ambient BNP. These data suggest a slow modulatory action by BNP on TRPV1 and P2X3 receptors outlining the role of this peptide as a negative regulator of trigeminal sensory neuron excitability to nociceptive stimuli. FAU - Vilotti, Sandra AU - Vilotti S AD - Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy. FAU - Marchenkova, Anna AU - Marchenkova A FAU - Ntamati, Niels AU - Ntamati N FAU - Nistri, Andrea AU - Nistri A LA - eng GR - GGP10082/TI_/Telethon/Italy PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131127 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Receptors, Purinergic P2X3) RN - 0 (TRPV Cation Channels) RN - 0 (TRPV1 protein, mouse) RN - 114471-18-0 (Natriuretic Peptide, Brain) RN - EC 4.6.1.2 (Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor) RN - EC 4.6.1.2 (atrial natriuretic factor receptor A) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Mice MH - Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/genetics/*metabolism MH - Nociception MH - Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Purinergic P2X3/*metabolism MH - Sensory Receptor Cells/*metabolism MH - TRPV Cation Channels/*metabolism MH - Trigeminal Ganglion/*cytology/physiology PMC - PMC3842315 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2013/12/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/18 06:00 PMCR- 2013/11/27 CRDT- 2013/12/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/10/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/12/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/11/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-13-27747 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0081138 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2013 Nov 27;8(11):e81138. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081138. eCollection 2013.