Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 and transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 contribute to the progression of colonic inflammation in dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in mice: Links to calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P

• Published in: Journal of pharmacological sciences 2018-03, Vol.136 (3), p.121-132
• Main Authors: Utsumi, Daichi, Matsumoto, Kenjiro, Tsukahara, Takuya, Amagase, Kikuko, Tominaga, Makoto, Kato, Shinichi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Calcitonin gene-related peptide; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide - genetics; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide - metabolism; Capsaicin; Capsaicin - adverse effects; Colitis - chemically induced; Colitis - genetics; Colonic inflammation; Dextran Sulfate - adverse effects; Disease Models, Animal; Disease Progression; Male; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Nerve Fibers - metabolism; Pain - genetics; Substance P; Substance P - genetics; Substance P - metabolism; Transient receptor potential channels; TRPA1 Cation Channel - physiology; TRPV Cation Channels - physiology; Up-Regulation - drug effects
• ISSN: 1347-8613; 1347-8648
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2017.12.012

Transient receptor potential (TRP) vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) and TRP ankyrin 1 (TRPA1), which are non-selective cation channels, play important roles in the sensation of pain. This study investigated the roles of TRPV1 and TRPA1 in dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced murine colitis. DSS (2%) administered for 7 days caused severe colitis that was significantly less severe in TRPV1-deficient (TRPV1KO) and TRPA1-deficient (TRPA1KO) mice than that in wild-type (WT) mice. Similar colitis attenuations were observed in TRPV1KO and TRPA1KO mice but not in WT mice that had been transplanted with bone marrow cells from WT, TRPA1KO, or TRPV1KO mice. DSS treatment upregulated calcitonin gene-relative peptide (CGRP)- and substance P (SP)-positive nerve fibers in the colonic mucosa of WT mice. TRPV1KO and TRPA1KO mice showed significant reductions in the DSS-induced upregulation of SP, but the DSS-induced upregulation of CGRP was not reduced. Sensory deafferentation evoked by pretreatment with high doses of capsaicin markedly exacerbated DSS-induced colitis with reductions in DSS-induced upregulation of SP- and CGRP-positive nerve fibers. These findings suggest that neuronal TRPV1 and TRPA1 contribute to the progression of colonic inflammation. While these responses may be mediated by the upregulation of SP-mediated deleterious mechanisms, CGRP may be associated with protective mechanisms.