TRPA1 and other TRP channels in migraine: Doc 321

Ever since their identification, interest in the role of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in health and disease has steadily increased. Robust evidence has underlined the role of TRP channels expressed in a subset of primary sensory neurons of the trigeminal ganglion to promote, by neuron...

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Published in:Journal of headache and pain 2013-08, Vol.14, p.1
Main Authors: Benemei, Silvia, Cesaris, Francesco De, Fusi, Camilla, Rossi, Eleonora, Lupi, Chiara, Geppetti, Pierangelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Gene expression
Migraine
Neurons
Peptides
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Summary:Ever since their identification, interest in the role of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in health and disease has steadily increased. Robust evidence has underlined the role of TRP channels expressed in a subset of primary sensory neurons of the trigeminal ganglion to promote, by neuronal excitation, nociceptive responses, allodynia and hyperalgesia. In particular, the TRP vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) and the TRP ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) are expressed in nociceptive neurons, which also express the sensory neuropeptides, tachykinins, and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), which mediate neurogenic inflammatory responses. Of interest, CGRP released from the trigeminovascular network of neurons is currently recognized as a main contributing mechanism of migraine attack. The ability of TRPA1 to sense and to be activated by an unprecedented series of exogenous and endogenous reactive molecules has now been extensively documented. Several of the TRPA1 activators are also known as triggers of migraine attack. Thus, TRP channels, and particularly TRPA1, may be proposed as novel pathways in migraine pathophysiology and as possible new targets for its treatment.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1129-2369
1129-2377
DOI:10.1186/1129-2377-14-71