PMID- 36122679 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221108 LR - 20221116 IS - 1873-6300 (Electronic) IS - 0891-0618 (Linking) VI - 125 DP - 2022 Nov TI - Transient receptor potential melastatin-7 in the rat dorsal root ganglion. PG - 102163 LID - S0891-0618(22)00093-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2022.102163 [doi] AB - AIMS: Transient receptor potential melastatin-7 (TRPM7) is a selective cation permeable channel which plays important roles in cellular and developmental biology such as cell proliferation, survival, differentiation and migration. This channel is also known to be necessary for transmitter release in the peripheral nervous system. In this study, immunohistochemistry for TRPM7 was conducted in the rat lumbar dorsal root ganglion (DRG). METHODS: Triple immunofluorescence methods were used to demonstrate distribution of TRPM7 and its relationship to other TRP channels in the DRG. Retrograde tracing and double immunofluorescence methods were also performed to know peripheral targets of DRG neurons containing TRPM7 and TRP vanilloid 1 (TRPV1). In addition, transection of the sciatic nerve was conducted to demonstrate an effect of the nerve injury on TRPM7expression in the DRG. RESULTS: TRPM7-immunoreactivity was expressed by 53.9% of sensory neurons in the 4th lumbar DRG. TRPM7-immunoreactive (-IR) DRG neurons mostly had small (<600 microm(2)) and medium-sized (600-1200 microm(2)) cell bodies. By triple and double immunofluorescence methods, approximately 70% of TRPM7-IR DRG neurons contained TRPV1-immunoreactivity. Although the number of DRG neurons co-expressing TRPM7 and TRPM8 was small in the DRG, almost all of TRPM8-IR DRG neurons co-expressed TRPM7-immunoreactivity. By combination of retrograde tracing method and immunohistochemistry, TRPM7 was expressed by half of DRG neurons innervating the plantar skin (61.9%) and gastrocnemius muscle (51.2%), and 79.6% of DRG neurons innervating the periosteum. Co-expression of TRPM7 and TRPV1 among periosteum DRG neurons (75.7%) was more abundant than among cutaneous (53.2%) and muscular (40.4%) DRG neurons. DRG neurons which co-expressed these ion channels in the periosteum had smaller cell bodies compared to the skin and muscle. In addition, the sciatic nerve transection decreased the number of TRPM7-IR neurons in the DRG (approximately 60% reduction). The RT-qPCR analysis also demonstrated reduction of TRPM7 mRNA in the injured DRG. CONCLUSION: The present study suggests that TRPM7 is mainly located in small nociceptors in the DRG. The content of TRPM7 in DRG neurons is probably different among their peripheral targets. TRPM7 in DRG neurons may be able to respond to noxious stimulation from their peripheral tissues. The nerve injury can decrease the level of TRPM7 mRNA and protein in DRG neurons. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Yajima, Takehiro AU - Yajima T AD - Division of Oral and Craniofacial Anatomy, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. FAU - Sato, Tadasu AU - Sato T AD - Division of Oral and Craniofacial Anatomy, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. Electronic address: tadasu@dent.tohoku.ac.jp. FAU - Hosokawa, Hiroshi AU - Hosokawa H AD - Department of Intelligence Science and Technology, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. FAU - Kondo, Teruyoshi AU - Kondo T AD - Department of Animal Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University of Health and Welfare, Nobeoka 882-8508, Japan. FAU - Ichikawa, Hiroyuki AU - Ichikawa H AD - Division of Oral and Craniofacial Anatomy, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220917 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chem Neuroanat JT - Journal of chemical neuroanatomy JID - 8902615 RN - 0 (TRPM Cation Channels) RN - 0 (TRPV Cation Channels) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Trpm7 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Rats MH - Animals MH - *Ganglia, Spinal/metabolism MH - *TRPM Cation Channels/metabolism MH - TRPV Cation Channels/metabolism MH - Sensory Receptor Cells/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dorsal root ganglion OT - Immunohistochemistry OT - TRPM7 OT - TRPM8 OT - TRPV1 OT - TRPV2 COIS- Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/09/20 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/09 06:00 CRDT- 2022/09/19 19:24 PHST- 2021/12/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/19 19:24 [entrez] AID - S0891-0618(22)00093-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2022.102163 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chem Neuroanat. 2022 Nov;125:102163. doi: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2022.102163. Epub 2022 Sep 17.