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Klemow K, Bartlow A, Crawford J, Kocher N, Shah J, Ritsick M. Medical Attributes of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum). OXIDATIVE STRESS AND DISEASE 2011. [DOI: 10.1201/b10787-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Leuner K, Kraus M, Woelfle U, Beschmann H, Harteneck C, Boehncke WH, Schempp CM, Müller WE. Reduced TRPC channel expression in psoriatic keratinocytes is associated with impaired differentiation and enhanced proliferation. PLoS One 2011; 6:e14716. [PMID: 21364982 PMCID: PMC3043053 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 01/16/2011] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Psoriasis is a characteristic inflammatory and scaly skin condition with typical histopathological features including increased proliferation and hampered differentiation of keratinocytes. The activation of innate and adaptive inflammatory cellular immune responses is considered to be the main trigger factor of the epidermal changes in psoriatic skin. However, the molecular players that are involved in enhanced proliferation and impaired differentiation of psoriatic keratinocytes are only partly understood. One important factor that regulates differentiation on the cellular level is Ca2+. In normal epidermis, a Ca2+ gradient exists that is disturbed in psoriatic plaques, favoring impaired keratinocyte proliferation. Several TRPC channels such as TRPC1, TRPC4, or TRPC6 are key proteins in the regulation of high [Ca2+]ex induced differentiation. Here, we investigated if TRPC channel function is impaired in psoriasis using calcium imaging, RT-PCR, western blot analysis and immunohistochemical staining of skin biopsies. We demonstrated substantial defects in Ca2+ influx in psoriatic keratinocytes in response to high extracellular Ca2+ levels, associated with a downregulation of all TRPC channels investigated, including TRPC6 channels. As TRPC6 channel activation can partially overcome this Ca2+ entry defect, specific TRPC channel activators may be potential new drug candidates for the topical treatment of psoriasis.
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- Kristina Leuner
- Institute of Pharmacology, Biocenter Niederursel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany.
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TRP Channels and Psychiatric Disorders. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2011; 704:987-1009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0265-3_51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Evidence for a supportive role of classical transient receptor potential 6 (TRPC6) in the exploration behavior of mice. Physiol Behav 2010; 102:245-50. [PMID: 21059368 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2010] [Revised: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Non-selective classical transient receptor potential (TRPC) cation channels share important roles in processes of neuronal development and function. To test the influence of TRPC6 activity on behavior, we developed a TRPC6-deficient (TRPC6(-/-)) mouse model in a BALB/c genetic background. Both, TRPC6(-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice were analyzed first for their general health and reflex status (modified SHIRPA protocol) and then in three different behavioral tests (marble-burying test, square open field and elevated star maze). No abnormalities were detected in the SHIRPA protocol. Most interestingly, TRPC6(-/-) mice showed no significant differences in anxiety in a marble-burying test, but demonstrated reduced exploration in the square open field and the elevated star maze. Therefore, TRPC6 channel activity may play a yet unknown role for exploration behavior.
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Foster RR, Welsh GI, Satchell SC, Marlow RD, Wherlock MD, Pons D, Mathieson PW, Bates DO, Saleem MA. Functional distinctions in cytosolic calcium regulation between cells of the glomerular filtration barrier. Cell Calcium 2010; 48:44-53. [PMID: 20674014 PMCID: PMC2937225 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2010.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2009] [Revised: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 06/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The importance of intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)]i) regulation in the glomerular filtration barrier (GFB) has recently been highlighted by mutations in the cation channel TRPC6, resulting in a renal-specific phenotype. We examined the effects of FFA, a tool that can activate TRPC6, on [Ca(2+)]i in human conditionally immortalised glomerular endothelial cells (ciGEnC) and human podocytes (ciPod) that form the GFB. Changes in [Ca(2+)]i stimulated by FFA were measured in Fura 2-AM loaded cells. In GEnC, cell activation by FFA was dependent on external Ca(2+), yet in ciPod it was not. Depletion of internal Ca(2+) stores with thapsigargin did not affect cell activation by FFA in ciGEnC, but inhibited it in ciPod in a nephrin-dependent manner, demonstrated using nephrin deficient (ND) ciPod in conjunction with nephrin rescue experiments. FFA induced [Ca(2+)]i store release in ciPod, but not in ciGEnC or ND ciPod. In parallel, there were differences in the localisation of overexpressed TRPC6 between ciGEnC and ciPod. Furthermore, co-transfection of nephrin with TRPC6 in HEK293 cells reduced the FFA-induced increase in [Ca(2+)]i and nephrin clustering altered TRPC6 distribution. In conclusion, cell activation by FFA in podocytes stimulates the opening of a Ca(2+) channel, probably TRPC6, in a nephrin-dependent manner with a different activation profile to GEnC.
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Vriens J, Nilius B, Vennekens R. Herbal compounds and toxins modulating TRP channels. Curr Neuropharmacol 2010; 6:79-96. [PMID: 19305789 PMCID: PMC2645550 DOI: 10.2174/157015908783769644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2007] [Revised: 07/19/2007] [Accepted: 08/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Although the benefits are sometimes obvious, traditional or herbal medicine is regarded with skepticism, because the mechanism through which plant compounds exert their powers are largely elusive. Recent studies have shown however that many of these plant compounds interact with specific ion channels and thereby modulate the sensing mechanism of the human body. Especially members of the Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels have drawn large attention lately as the receptors for plant-derived compounds such as capsaicin and menthol. TRP channels constitute a large and diverse family of channel proteins that can serve as versatile sensors that allow individual cells and entire organisms to detect changes in their environment. For this family, a striking number of empirical views have turned into mechanism-based actions of natural compounds. In this review we will give an overview of herbal compounds and toxins, which modulate TRP channels.
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- Joris Vriens
- Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Mol. Cell Biology, Division of Physiology, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 LEUVEN, Belgium
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Gibon J, Tu P, Bouron A. Store-depletion and hyperforin activate distinct types of Ca(2+)-conducting channels in cortical neurons. Cell Calcium 2010; 47:538-43. [PMID: 20621761 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2010.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Revised: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 05/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cortical neurons embryos (E13) from murine brain have a wide diversity of plasma membrane Ca(2+)-conducting channels. For instance, they express several types of transient receptor potential channels of C-type (TRPC) and hyperforin, a potent TRPC6-channel activator, controls the activity of TRPC6-like channels. In addition, E13 cortical neurons possess plasma membrane channels activated in response to the depletion of internal Ca(2+) pools. Since some TRPC channels seem to be involved in the activity of store-depletion-activated channels, we investigated whether hyperforin and the depletion of the Ca(2+) stores control similar or distinct Ca(2+) routes. Calcium imaging experiments performed with the fluorescent Ca(2+) indicator Fluo-4 showed that the TRPC3 channel blocker Pyr3 potently inhibits with an IC(50) of 0.5microM the entry of Ca(2+) triggered in response to the thapsigargin-dependent depletion of the Ca(2+) stores. On the other hand, Pyr3 does not block the hyperforin-sensitive Ca(2+) entry. In contrast to the hyperforin responses, the Ca(2+) entry through the store-depletion-activated channels is down-regulated by the competitive tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein and PP2. In addition, the immunosuppressant FK506, known to modulate several classes of Ca(2+)-conducting channels, strongly attenuates the entry of Ca(2+) through the store-depletion-activated channels, leaving the hyperforin-sensitive responses unaffected. Hence, the Zn(2+) chelator TPEN markedly attenuated the hyperforin-sensitive responses without modifying the thapsigargin-dependent Ca(2+) signals. Pyr3-insensitive channels are key components of the hyperforin-sensitive channels, whereas the thapsigargin-dependent depletion of the Ca(2+) stores of the endoplasmic reticulum activates Pyr3-sensitive channels. Altogether, these data support the notion that hyperforin and the depletion of the Ca(2+) pools control distinct plasma membrane Ca(2+)-conducting channels. This report further illustrates that, at the beginning of the corticogenesis, immature cortical neurons express diverse functional Ca(2+) channels.
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Acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antioxidant activity of the water extracts of several Hypericum species. Food Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.11.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Leuner K, Heiser JH, Derksen S, Mladenov MI, Fehske CJ, Schubert R, Gollasch M, Schneider G, Harteneck C, Chatterjee SS, Müller WE. Simple 2,4-diacylphloroglucinols as classic transient receptor potential-6 activators--identification of a novel pharmacophore. Mol Pharmacol 2009; 77:368-77. [PMID: 20008516 DOI: 10.1124/mol.109.057513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The naturally occurring acylated phloroglucinol derivative hyperforin was recently identified as the first specific canonical transient receptor potential-6 (TRPC6) activator. Hyperforin is the major antidepressant component of St. John's wort, which mediates its antidepressant-like properties via TRPC6 channel activation. However, its pharmacophore moiety for activating TRPC6 channels is unknown. We hypothesized that the phloroglucinol moiety could be the essential pharmacophore of hyperforin and that its activity profile could be due to structural similarities with diacylglycerol (DAG), an endogenous nonselective activator of TRPC3, TRPC6, and TRPC7. Accordingly, a few 2-acyl and 2,4-diacylphloroglucinols were tested for their hyperforin-like activity profiles. We used a battery of experimental models to investigate all functional aspects of TRPC6 activation, including ion channel recordings, Ca(2+) imaging, neurite outgrowth, and inhibition of synaptosomal uptake. Phloroglucinol itself was inactive in all of our assays, which was also the case for 2-acylphloroglucinols. For TRPC6 activation, the presence of two symmetrically acyl-substitutions with appropriate alkyl chains in the phloroglucinol moiety seems to be an essential prerequisite. Potencies of these compounds in all assays were comparable with that of hyperforin for activating the TRPC6 channel. Finally, using structure-based modeling techniques, we suggest a binding mode for hyperforin to TRPC6. Based on this modeling approach, we propose that DAG is able to activate TRPC3, TRPC6, and TRPC7 because of higher flexibility within the chemical structure of DAG compared with the rather rigid structures of hyperforin and the 2,4-diacylphloroglucinol derivatives.
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- K Leuner
- Institute of Pharmacology, Goethe University, Biocenter N260, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
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Tu P, Gibon J, Bouron A. The TRPC6 channel activator hyperforin induces the release of zinc and calcium from mitochondria. J Neurochem 2009; 112:204-13. [PMID: 19845832 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06446.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Hyperforin, an extract of the medicinal plant hypericum perforatum (also named St John's wort), possesses antidepressant properties. Recent data showed that it elevates the intracellular concentration of Ca(2+) by activating diacylglycerol-sensitive C-class of transient receptor potential (TRPC6) channels without activating the other isoforms (TRPC1, TRPC3, TRPC4, TRPC5, and TRPC7). This study was undertaken to further characterize the cellular neuronal responses induced by hyperforin. Experiments conducted on cortical neurons in primary culture and loaded with fluorescent probes for Ca(2+) (Fluo-4) and Zn(2+) (FluoZin-3) showed that it not only controls the activity of plasma membrane channels but it also mobilizes these two cations from internal pools. Experiments conducted on isolated brain mitochondria indicated that hyperforin, like the inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone (FCCP), collapses the mitochondrial membrane potential. Furthermore, it promotes the release of Ca(2+) and Zn(2+) from these organelles via a ruthenium red-sensitive transporter. In fact, hyperforin exerts complex actions on CNS neurons. This antidepressant not only triggers the entry of cations via plasma membrane TRPC6 channels but it displays protonophore-like properties. As hyperforin is now use to probe the functions of native TRPC6 channels, our data indicate that caution is required when interpreting results obtained with this antidepressant.
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- Peng Tu
- UMR CNRS 5249, Grenoble, France
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Aydar E, Yeo S, Djamgoz M, Palmer C. Abnormal expression, localization and interaction of canonical transient receptor potential ion channels in human breast cancer cell lines and tissues: a potential target for breast cancer diagnosis and therapy. Cancer Cell Int 2009; 9:23. [PMID: 19689790 PMCID: PMC2737535 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-9-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Accepted: 08/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ca2+ is known to be involved in a number of metastatic processes including motility and proliferation which can result in store-depletion of Ca2+. Up regulation of genes which contribute to store operated channel (SOC) activity may plausibly be necessary for these processes to take place efficiently. TRPC proteins constitute a family of conserved Ca2+-permeable channels that have been shown to contribute to SOC activity. RESULTS In breast cancer biopsy tissues, TRPC3 and TRPC6 were the predominant TRPC genes expressed with TRPC3 and TRPC6 being significantly up regulated compared to normal breast tissue. In the lowly metastatic breast cancer cell line MCF-7, TRPC6 was the chief TRPC gene expressed while in the highly metastatic breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 both TRPC3 and TRPC6 were the predominant TRPC genes expressed. Western blotting, immunoconfocal analysis and immunoprecipitation experiments confirmed that the MDA-MB-231 cell line expressed both TRPC3 and TRPC6 protein with the majority of protein being intracellular. TRPC3 and TRPC6 were found to be in an immunoprecipitatble complex and co-localize within the cell. To demonstrate the potential of targeting TRP channels in breast cancer, hyperforin reportably a specific activator of TRPC6 significantly reduced the growth and viability of the breast cancer cell lines but had no effect on the non-cancerous breast cell line. Silencing of TRPC6 in MDA-MB-231 cells resulted in a significant reduction in cell growth but not viability. CONCLUSION TRPC channels may be potential future targets for breast cancer diagnosis and therapy and deserve further investigation to evaluate their role in cancer cell physiology.
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- Ebru Aydar
- London Metropolitan University, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 166-220 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB, UK.
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Rothley M, Schmid A, Thiele W, Schacht V, Plaumann D, Gartner M, Yektaoglu A, Bruyère F, Noël A, Giannis A, Sleeman JP. Hyperforin and aristoforin inhibit lymphatic endothelial cell proliferationin vitroand suppress tumor-induced lymphangiogenesisin vivo. Int J Cancer 2009; 125:34-42. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Tadros MG, Mohamed MR, Youssef AM, Sabry GM, Sabry NA, Khalifa AE. Proapoptotic and prepulse inhibition (PPI) disrupting effects of Hypericum perforatum in rats. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2009; 122:561-566. [PMID: 19171186 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 01/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE St. John's wort extract is commonly used as a wound healing, anti-inflammatory, anxiolytic, diuretic, antibiotic, antiviral and cancer chemoprotective agent. It also has nootropic and/or antiamnestic effects. AIM OF THE STUDY Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of startle response is a valuable paradigm for sensorimotor gating processes. A previous study indicated that single administration of St. John's wort extract (500 mg/kg) caused PPI disruption in rats. The effect of antiamnestic doses of the extract on PPI has not been investigated despite the coexistence of impaired memory and PPI deficit in some neurological disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS The effects of acute (500 mg/kg) and chronic (200mg/kg for 3 days) administration of St. John's wort extract were investigated for its antiamnestic activity. The effects of administration of the antiamnestic dose of the extract and hyperforin, its main active component, were tested on PPI of an acoustic startle response in rats. This study also investigated the proapoptotic effect of hyperforin in animals, demonstrating PPI deficit, by electrophoresis of DNA isolated from selected brain areas. RESULTS Disruption of PPI resulted after treatment of rats with an antiamnestic dose of the extract (200mg/kg for 3 days) and with hyperforin. Gel electrophoresis showed DNA fragmentation of the cortices of hyperforin-treated animals exhibiting PPI deficit. CONCLUSIONS The exacerbating effect of St. John's wort extract on PPI deficit may provide a limitation for using the extract to manage cognitive disturbance in psychotic and Huntington's disease patients manifesting PPI deficit.
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- Mariane G Tadros
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Tu P, Kunert-Keil C, Lucke S, Brinkmeier H, Bouron A. Diacylglycerol analogues activate second messenger-operated calcium channels exhibiting TRPC-like properties in cortical neurons. J Neurochem 2009; 108:126-38. [PMID: 19094061 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05752.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The lipid diacylglycerol (DAG) analogue 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG) was used to verify the existence of DAG-sensitive channels in cortical neurons dissociated from E13 mouse embryos. Calcium imaging experiments showed that OAG increased the cytosolic concentration of Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]i) in nearly 35% of the KCl-responsive cells. These Ca(2+) responses disappeared in a Ca(2+)-free medium supplemented with EGTA. Mn(2+) quench experiments showed that OAG activated Ca(2+)-conducting channels that were also permeant to Ba(2+). The OAG-induced Ca(2+) responses were unaffected by nifedipine or omega-conotoxin GVIA (Sigma-Aldrich, Saint-Quentin Fallavier, France) but blocked by 1-[beta-(3-(4-Methoxyphenyl)propoxy)-4-methoxyphenethyl]-1H-imidazole hydrochloride (SKF)-96365 and Gd(3+). Replacing Na(+) ions with N-methyl-D-glucamine diminished the amplitude of the OAG-induced Ca(2+) responses showing that the Ca(2+) entry was mediated via Na(+)-dependent and Na(+)-independent mechanisms. Experiments carried out with the fluorescent Na(+) indicator CoroNa Green showed that OAG elevated [Na(+)]i. Like OAG, the DAG lipase inhibitor RHC80267 increased [Ca(2+)]i but not the protein kinase C activator phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. Moreover, the OAG-induced Ca(2+) responses were not regulated by protein kinase C activation or inhibition but they were augmented by flufenamic acid which increases currents through C-type transient receptor potential protein family (TRPC) 6 channels. In addition, application of hyperforin, a specific activator of TRPC6 channels, elevated [Ca(2+)]i. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings showed that hyperforin activated non-selective cation channels. They were blocked by SKF-96365 but potentiated by flufenamic acid. Altogether, our data show the presence of hyperforin- and OAG-sensitive Ca(2+)-permeable channels displaying TRPC6-like properties. This is the first report revealing the existence of second messenger-operated channels in cortical neurons.
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- Peng Tu
- CNRS UMR 5249, Grenoble, France
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Foster RR, Zadeh MAH, Welsh GI, Satchell SC, Ye Y, Mathieson PW, Bates DO, Saleem MA. Flufenamic acid is a tool for investigating TRPC6-mediated calcium signalling in human conditionally immortalised podocytes and HEK293 cells. Cell Calcium 2009; 45:384-90. [PMID: 19232718 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2009.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2008] [Revised: 01/07/2009] [Accepted: 01/15/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mutations in the cation channel TRPC6 result in a renal-specific phenotype of familial nephrotic syndrome, affecting intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) signalling in the glomerular podocyte. Tools to study native TRPC6 activity are scarce, although there has been recent success with flufenamic acid (FFA). We confirm the specificity of FFA for TRPC6 both in an artificial expression system and in a human conditionally immortalised podocyte cell line (ciPod). Cells were loaded with fura-2AM and changes in intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) were calculated. 200microM FFA induced an increase in [Ca(2+)](i) in HEK293 cells with native TRPC6 expression, which was enhanced by overexpression of TRPC6 and completely blocked in the absence of extracellular calcium. Expressed TRPC7 did not significantly affect the response to FFA whereas expressed TRPC3 reduced it. FFA also induced an increase ciPod in [Ca(2+)](i), which was inhibited using SKF96365 and 2-APB, but not indomethacin. In ciPod, adenovirus (Ad-v) wild type (WT) TRPC6 increased [Ca(2+)](i) activity to FFA compared to native TRPC6, whereas activity was significantly reduced with Ad-v dominant negative (DN) TRPC6. The niflumic acid (NFA) induced increase in [Ca(2+)](i) in ciPod was not affected by Ad-v TRPC6 DN, and in HEK293 cells was not affected by WT TRPC6. In conclusion, FFA activates TRPC6 [Ca(2+)](i) signalling in both ciPod and HEK293 cells independently of TRPC3 and TRPC7, and independently of properties of the fenamate family.
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Hu G, Oboukhova EA, Kumar S, Sturek M, Obukhov AG. Canonical transient receptor potential channels expression is elevated in a porcine model of metabolic syndrome. Mol Endocrinol 2009; 23:689-99. [PMID: 19221052 DOI: 10.1210/me.2008-0350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Plasma epinephrine and heart rate are elevated in metabolic syndrome, suggesting enhanced catecholamine secretion from the adrenal medulla. Canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) channels are implicated in mediating hormone-induced Ca(2+) influx and catecholamine secretion in adrenomedullary chromaffin cells. We studied the pattern of TRPC expression in the pig adrenal medulla and investigated whether adrenal TRPC expression is altered in prediabetic metabolic syndrome Ossabaw miniature pigs. We used a combination of molecular biological, biochemical, and fluorescence imaging techniques. We determined the sequence of pig TRPC1 and TRPC3-7 channels. We found that the pig adrenal medulla expressed predominantly TRPC1, TRPC5, and TRPC6 transcripts. The expression level of these TRPCs was significantly elevated in the adrenal medulla from pigs with metabolic syndrome. Interestingly, aldosterone, which is endogenously secreted in the adjacent adrenal cortex, increased TRPC1, TRPC5, and TRPC6 expression in adrenal chromaffin cells isolated from metabolic syndrome but not control pigs. Spironolactone, a blocker of mineralocorticoid receptors, inhibited the aldosterone effect. Dexamethasone also increased TRPC5 expression in metabolic syndrome chromaffin cells. The amplitude of hormone-induced divalent cation influx correlated with the level of TRPC expression in adrenal chromaffin cells. Orai1/Stim1 protein expression was not significantly altered in the metabolic syndrome adrenal medulla when compared with the control. We propose that in metabolic syndrome, abnormally elevated adrenal TRPC expression may underlie increased plasma epinephrine and heart rate. The excess of plasma catecholamines and increased heart rate are risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Thus, TRPCs are potential therapeutic targets in the fight against cardiovascular disease.
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- Guoqing Hu
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Abramowitz J, Birnbaumer L. Physiology and pathophysiology of canonical transient receptor potential channels. FASEB J 2009; 23:297-328. [PMID: 18940894 PMCID: PMC2630793 DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-119495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 09/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The existence of a mammalian family of TRPC ion channels, direct homologues of TRP, the visual transduction channel of flies, was discovered during 1995-1996 as a consequence of research into the mechanism by which the stimulation of the receptor-Gq-phospholipase Cbeta signaling pathway leads to sustained increases in intracellular calcium. Mammalian TRPs, TRPCs, turned out to be nonselective, calcium-permeable cation channels, which cause both a collapse of the cell's membrane potential and entry of calcium. The family comprises 7 members and is widely expressed. Many cells and tissues express between 3 and 4 of the 7 TRPCs. Despite their recent discovery, a wealth of information has accumulated, showing that TRPCs have widespread roles in almost all cells studied, including cells from excitable and nonexcitable tissues, such as the nervous and cardiovascular systems, the kidney and the liver, and cells from endothelia, epithelia, and the bone marrow compartment. Disruption of TRPC function is at the root of some familial diseases. More often, TRPCs are contributing risk factors in complex diseases. The present article reviews what has been uncovered about physiological roles of mammalian TRPC channels since the time of their discovery. This analysis reveals TRPCs as major and unsuspected gates of Ca(2+) entry that contribute, depending on context, to activation of transcription factors, apoptosis, vascular contractility, platelet activation, and cardiac hypertrophy, as well as to normal and abnormal cell proliferation. TRPCs emerge as targets for a thus far nonexistent field of pharmacological intervention that may ameliorate complex diseases.
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- Joel Abramowitz
- Transmembrane Signaling Group, Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Müller M, Essin K, Hill K, Beschmann H, Rubant S, Schempp CM, Gollasch M, Boehncke WH, Harteneck C, Müller WE, Leuner K. Specific TRPC6 channel activation, a novel approach to stimulate keratinocyte differentiation. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:33942-54. [PMID: 18818211 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801844200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The protective epithelial barrier in our skin undergoes constant regulation, whereby the balance between differentiation and proliferation of keratinocytes plays a major role. Impaired keratinocyte differentiation and proliferation are key elements in the pathophysiology of several important dermatological diseases, including atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. Ca(2+) influx plays an essential role in this process presumably mediated by different transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. However, investigating their individual role was hampered by the lack of specific stimulators or inhibitors. Because we have recently identified hyperforin as a specific TRPC6 activator, we investigated the contribution of TRPC6 to keratinocyte differentiation and proliferation. Like the endogenous differentiation stimulus high extracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](o)), hyperforin triggers differentiation in HaCaT cells and in primary cultures of human keratinocytes by inducing Ca(2+) influx via TRPC6 channels and additional inhibition of proliferation. Knocking down TRPC6 channels prevents the induction of Ca(2+)- and hyperforin-induced differentiation. Importantly, TRPC6 activation is sufficient to induce keratinocyte differentiation similar to the physiological stimulus [Ca(2+)](o). Therefore, TRPC6 activation by hyperforin may represent a new innovative therapeutic strategy in skin disorders characterized by altered keratinocyte differentiation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Margarethe Müller
- Institute of Pharmacology, Biocenter Niederursel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, 60439 Frankfurt, Germany
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