PMID- 25460045 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150825 LR - 20181202 IS - 1873-3913 (Electronic) IS - 0898-6568 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 2 DP - 2015 Feb TI - Thyronamine induces TRPM8 channel activation in human conjunctival epithelial cells. PG - 315-25 LID - S0898-6568(14)00361-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.11.015 [doi] AB - 3-Iodothyronamine (T1AM), an endogenous thyroid hormone (TH) metabolite, induces numerous responses including a spontaneously reversible body temperature decline. As such an effect is associated in the eye with increases in basal tear flow and thermosensitive transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8) channel activation, we determined in human conjunctival epithelial cells (IOBA-NHC) if T1AM also acts as a cooling agent to directly affect TRPM8 activation at a constant temperature. RT-PCR and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) along with immunocytochemistry probed for TRPM8 gene and protein expression whereas functional activity was evaluated by comparing the effects of T1AM with those of TRPM8 mediators on intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]i) and whole-cell currents. TRPM8 gene and protein expression was evident and icilin (20muM), a TRPM8 agonist, increased Ca(2+) influx as well as whole-cell currents whereas BCTC (10muM), a TRPM8 antagonist, suppressed these effects. Similarly, either temperature lowering below 23 degrees C or T1AM (1muM) induced Ca(2+) transients that were blocked by this antagonist. TRPM8 activation by both 1microM T1AM and 20muM icilin prevented capsaicin (CAP) (20muM) from inducing increases in Ca(2+) influx through TRP vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) activation, whereas BCTC did not block this response. CAP (20muM) induced a 2.5-fold increase in IL-6 release whereas during exposure to 20muM capsazepine this rise was completely blocked. Similarly, T1AM (1muM) prevented this response. Taken together, T1AM like icilin is a cooling agent since they both directly elicit TRPM8 activation at a constant temperature. Moreover, there is an inverse association between changes in TRPM8 and TRPV1 activity since these cooling agents blocked both CAP-induced TRPV1 activation and downstream rises in IL-6 release. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Khajavi, Noushafarin AU - Khajavi N AD - Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Klinik fur Augenheilkunde, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Reinach, Peter S AU - Reinach PS AD - Biological Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY 10036, USA; School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, PR China. FAU - Slavi, Nefeli AU - Slavi N AD - Biological Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY 10036, USA. FAU - Skrzypski, Marek AU - Skrzypski M AD - Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, Poland. FAU - Lucius, Alexander AU - Lucius A AD - Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Klinik fur Augenheilkunde, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Strauss, Olaf AU - Strauss O AD - Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Klinik fur Augenheilkunde, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Kohrle, Josef AU - Kohrle J AD - Institut fur Experimentelle Endokrinologie, Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Mergler, Stefan AU - Mergler S AD - Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Klinik fur Augenheilkunde, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: stefan.mergler@charite.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141121 PL - England TA - Cell Signal JT - Cellular signalling JID - 8904683 RN - 0 (3-iodothyronamine) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Pyrimidinones) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (TRPM Cation Channels) RN - 0 (TRPM8 protein, human) RN - 0 (TRPV Cation Channels) RN - 0 (TRPV1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Thyronines) RN - CS70PZQ4QJ (icilin) RN - S07O44R1ZM (Capsaicin) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Capsaicin/pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Conjunctiva/cytology/physiology MH - Epithelial Cells/cytology/drug effects/physiology MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-6/metabolism MH - Membrane Potentials/*drug effects MH - Patch-Clamp Techniques MH - Pyrimidinones/pharmacology MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - TRPM Cation Channels/genetics/*metabolism MH - TRPV Cation Channels/metabolism MH - Thyronines/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Calcium transient receptor potential melastatin 8 channel OT - Human conjunctival epithelium OT - Intracellular Ca(2+), thyronamine, interleukin (IL)-6, dry eye syndrome, planar patch-clamp technique EDAT- 2014/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/26 06:00 CRDT- 2014/12/03 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/10/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/11/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/12/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/26 06:00 [medline] AID - S0898-6568(14)00361-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.11.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Signal. 2015 Feb;27(2):315-25. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.11.015. Epub 2014 Nov 21.