2011年10月
TRPA1 underlies a sensing mechanism for O-2
Nature Chemical Biology
- 巻
- 7
- 号
- 10
- 開始ページ
- 701
- 終了ページ
- 711
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1038/NCHEMBIO.640
- 出版者・発行元
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Oxygen (O-2) is a prerequisite for cellular respiration in aerobic organisms but also elicits toxicity. To understand how animals cope with the ambivalent physiological nature of O-2, it is critical to elucidate the molecular mechanisms responsible for O-2 sensing. Here our systematic evaluation of transient receptor potential (TRP) cation channels using reactive disulfides with different redox potentials reveals the capability of TRPA1 to sense O-2. O-2 sensing is based upon disparate processes: whereas prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs) exert O-2-dependent inhibition on TRPA1 activity in normoxia, direct O-2 action overrides the inhibition via the prominent sensitivity of TRPA1 to cysteine-mediated oxidation in hyperoxia. Unexpectedly, TRPA1 is activated through relief from the same PHD-mediated inhibition in hypoxia. In mice, disruption of the Trpa1 gene abolishes hyperoxia- and hypoxia-induced cationic currents in vagal and sensory neurons and thereby impedes enhancement of in vivo vagal discharges induced by hyperoxia and hypoxia. The results suggest a new O-2-sensing mechanism mediated by TRPA1.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1038/NCHEMBIO.640
- ISSN : 1552-4450
- PubMed ID : 21873995
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000295027100014