PMID- 35626730 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220531 LR - 20220716 IS - 2073-4409 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4409 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 10 DP - 2022 May 19 TI - Slack Potassium Channels Modulate TRPA1-Mediated Nociception in Sensory Neurons. LID - 10.3390/cells11101693 [doi] LID - 1693 AB - The transient receptor potential (TRP) ankyrin type 1 (TRPA1) channel is highly expressed in a subset of sensory neurons where it acts as an essential detector of painful stimuli. However, the mechanisms that control the activity of sensory neurons upon TRPA1 activation remain poorly understood. Here, using in situ hybridization and immunostaining, we found TRPA1 to be extensively co-localized with the potassium channel Slack (K(Na)1.1, Slo2.2, or Kcnt1) in sensory neurons. Mice lacking Slack globally (Slack(-/-)) or conditionally in sensory neurons (SNS-Slack(-/-)) demonstrated increased pain behavior after intraplantar injection of the TRPA1 activator allyl isothiocyanate. By contrast, pain behavior induced by the TRP vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) activator capsaicin was normal in Slack-deficient mice. Patch-clamp recordings in sensory neurons and in a HEK cell line transfected with TRPA1 and Slack revealed that Slack-dependent potassium currents (I(KS)) are modulated in a TRPA1-dependent manner. Taken together, our findings highlight Slack as a modulator of TRPA1-mediated, but not TRPV1-mediated, activation of sensory neurons. FAU - Zhou, Fangyuan AU - Zhou F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5620-6775 AD - Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. FAU - Metzner, Katharina AU - Metzner K AD - Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. FAU - Engel, Patrick AU - Engel P AD - Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. FAU - Balzulat, Annika AU - Balzulat A AD - Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. FAU - Sisignano, Marco AU - Sisignano M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7581-0951 AD - Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt/ZAFES, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. FAU - Ruth, Peter AU - Ruth P AD - Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tubingen, 72076 Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Lukowski, Robert AU - Lukowski R AD - Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tubingen, 72076 Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Schmidtko, Achim AU - Schmidtko A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7270-5075 AD - Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. FAU - Lu, Ruirui AU - Lu R AD - Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220519 PL - Switzerland TA - Cells JT - Cells JID - 101600052 RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Potassium Channels) RN - 0 (Potassium Channels, Sodium-Activated) RN - 0 (Slo2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (TRPA1 Cation Channel) RN - 0 (Transient Receptor Potential Channels) RN - 0 (Trpa1 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - *Nociception MH - Pain/metabolism MH - Potassium Channels/metabolism MH - Potassium Channels, Sodium-Activated MH - Sensory Receptor Cells/metabolism MH - TRPA1 Cation Channel/metabolism MH - *Transient Receptor Potential Channels/metabolism PMC - PMC9140117 OTO - NOTNLM OT - TRPA1 OT - dorsal root ganglia OT - mice OT - pain OT - slack COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/05/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/01 06:00 PMCR- 2022/05/19 CRDT- 2022/05/28 01:13 PHST- 2022/02/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/05/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/05/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/05/28 01:13 [entrez] PHST- 2022/05/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cells11101693 [pii] AID - cells-11-01693 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cells11101693 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cells. 2022 May 19;11(10):1693. doi: 10.3390/cells11101693.