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Fight fire with fire: Neurobiology of capsaicin-induced analgesia for chronic pain. Pharmacol Ther 2020; 220:107743. [PMID: 33181192 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2020.107743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Capsaicin, the pungent ingredient in chili peppers, produces intense burning pain in humans. Capsaicin selectively activates the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), which is enriched in nociceptive primary afferents, and underpins the mechanism for capsaicin-induced burning pain. Paradoxically, capsaicin has long been used as an analgesic. The development of topical patches and injectable formulations containing capsaicin has led to application in clinical settings to treat chronic pain conditions, such as neuropathic pain and the potential to treat osteoarthritis. More detailed determination of the neurobiological mechanisms of capsaicin-induced analgesia should provide the logical rationale for capsaicin therapy and help to overcome the treatment's limitations, which include individual differences in treatment outcome and procedural discomfort. Low concentrations of capsaicin induce short-term defunctionalization of nociceptor terminals. This phenomenon is reversible within hours and, hence, likely does not account for the clinical benefit. By contrast, high concentrations of capsaicin lead to long-term defunctionalization mediated by the ablation of TRPV1-expressing afferent terminals, resulting in long-lasting analgesia persisting for several months. Recent studies have shown that capsaicin-induced Ca2+/calpain-mediated ablation of axonal terminals is necessary to produce long-lasting analgesia in a mouse model of neuropathic pain. In combination with calpain, axonal mitochondrial dysfunction and microtubule disorganization may also contribute to the longer-term effects of capsaicin. The analgesic effects subside over time in association with the regeneration of the ablated afferent terminals. Further determination of the neurobiological mechanisms of capsaicin-induced analgesia should lead to more efficacious non-opioidergic analgesic options with fewer adverse side effects.
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Moran MM, Szallasi A. Targeting nociceptive transient receptor potential channels to treat chronic pain: current state of the field. Br J Pharmacol 2018; 175:2185-2203. [PMID: 28924972 PMCID: PMC5980611 DOI: 10.1111/bph.14044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Revised: 08/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Control of chronic pain is frequently inadequate and/or associated with intolerable adverse effects, prompting a frantic search for new therapeutics and new therapeutic targets. Nearly two decades of preclinical and clinical research supports the involvement of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in temperature perception, nociception and sensitization. Although there has been considerable excitement around the therapeutic potential of this channel family since the cloning and identification of TRPV1 cation channels as the capsaicin receptor more than 20 years ago, only modulators of a few channels have been tested clinically. TRPV1 channel antagonists have suffered from side effects related to the channel's role in temperature sensation; however, high dose formulations of capsaicin have reached the market and shown therapeutic utility. A number of potent, small molecule antagonists of TRPA1 channels have recently advanced into clinical trials for the treatment of inflammatory and neuropathic pain, and TRPM8 antagonists are following closely behind for cold allodynia. TRPV3, TRPV4, TRPM2 and TRPM3 channels have also been of significant interest. This review discusses the preclinical promise and status of novel analgesic agents that target TRP channels and the challenges that these compounds may face in development and clinical practice. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Recent Advances in Targeting Ion Channels to Treat Chronic Pain. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v175.12/issuetoc.
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- Clinical LaboratoriesBaptist Medical CenterJacksonvilleFLUSA
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Chung MK, Campbell JN. Use of Capsaicin to Treat Pain: Mechanistic and Therapeutic Considerations. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2016; 9:ph9040066. [PMID: 27809268 PMCID: PMC5198041 DOI: 10.3390/ph9040066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Capsaicin is the pungent ingredient of chili peppers and is approved as a topical treatment of neuropathic pain. The analgesia lasts for several months after a single treatment. Capsaicin selectively activates TRPV1, a Ca2+-permeable cationic ion channel that is enriched in the terminals of certain nociceptors. Activation is followed by a prolonged decreased response to noxious stimuli. Interest also exists in the use of injectable capsaicin as a treatment for focal pain conditions, such as arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions. Recently injection of capsaicin showed therapeutic efficacy in patients with Morton’s neuroma, a painful foot condition associated with compression of one of the digital nerves. The relief of pain was associated with no change in tactile sensibility. Though injection evokes short term pain, the brief systemic exposure and potential to establish long term analgesia without other sensory changes creates an attractive clinical profile. Short-term and long-term effects arise from both functional and structural changes in nociceptive terminals. In this review, we discuss how local administration of capsaicin may induce ablation of nociceptive terminals and the clinical implications.
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- Man-Kyo Chung
- Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland, School of Dentistry, Program in Neuroscience, Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Antinociceptive effect and mechanism of action of isatin, N-methyl isatin and oxopropyl isatin in mice. Life Sci 2016; 151:189-198. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2016.02.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Revised: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rosato PC, Leib DA. Neuronal Interferon Signaling Is Required for Protection against Herpes Simplex Virus Replication and Pathogenesis. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1005028. [PMID: 26153886 PMCID: PMC4495997 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Interferon (IFN) responses are critical for controlling herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). The importance of neuronal IFN signaling in controlling acute and latent HSV-1 infection remains unclear. Compartmentalized neuron cultures revealed that mature sensory neurons respond to IFNβ at both the axon and cell body through distinct mechanisms, resulting in control of HSV-1. Mice specifically lacking neural IFN signaling succumbed rapidly to HSV-1 corneal infection, demonstrating that IFN responses of the immune system and non-neuronal tissues are insufficient to confer survival following virus challenge. Furthermore, neurovirulence was restored to an HSV strain lacking the IFN-modulating gene, γ34.5, despite its expected attenuation in peripheral tissues. These studies define a crucial role for neuronal IFN signaling for protection against HSV-1 pathogenesis and replication, and they provide a novel framework to enhance our understanding of the interface between host innate immunity and neurotropic pathogens. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a ubiquitous virus that can cause cold sores, blindness, and even death from encephalitis. There is no vaccine against HSV, and although antiviral drugs can control HSV-1, it persists because it establishes lifelong latent infections in neurons. Humans with deficiencies in innate immunity have significant problems controlling HSV infections. In this study we therefore sought to elucidate the role of neuronal innate immunity in the control of viral infection. Sensory neurons, in which HSV resides, have projection which that extend long distances to innervate the skin, the initial site of HSV infection. We found that neurons can respond to interferon beta, a molecule that strongly stimulates innate immunity and inhibits virus growth, at both the cell body and at the end of these long projections. Moreover, we found that this interferon response of neurons is critical for controlling HSV infection in vivo and that the interferon responses of non-neuronal cells are insufficient to provide protection. Our results have important implications for understanding how the nervous system defends itself against virus infections.
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- Pamela C. Rosato
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Anand P, Bley K. Topical capsaicin for pain management: therapeutic potential and mechanisms of action of the new high-concentration capsaicin 8% patch. Br J Anaesth 2011; 107:490-502. [PMID: 21852280 PMCID: PMC3169333 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 404] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Topical capsaicin formulations are used for pain management. Safety and modest efficacy of low-concentration capsaicin formulations, which require repeated daily self-administration, are supported by meta-analyses of numerous studies. A high-concentration capsaicin 8% patch (Qutenza™) was recently approved in the EU and USA. A single 60-min application in patients with neuropathic pain produced effective pain relief for up to 12 weeks. Advantages of the high-concentration capsaicin patch include longer duration of effect, patient compliance, and low risk for systemic effects or drug-drug interactions. The mechanism of action of topical capsaicin has been ascribed to depletion of substance P. However, experimental and clinical studies show that depletion of substance P from nociceptors is only a correlate of capsaicin treatment and has little, if any, causative role in pain relief. Rather, topical capsaicin acts in the skin to attenuate cutaneous hypersensitivity and reduce pain by a process best described as 'defunctionalization' of nociceptor fibres. Defunctionalization is due to a number of effects that include temporary loss of membrane potential, inability to transport neurotrophic factors leading to altered phenotype, and reversible retraction of epidermal and dermal nerve fibre terminals. Peripheral neuropathic hypersensitivity is mediated by diverse mechanisms, including altered expression of the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 or other key ion channels in affected or intact adjacent peripheral nociceptive nerve fibres, aberrant re-innervation, and collateral sprouting, all of which are defunctionalized by topical capsaicin. Evidence suggests that the utility of topical capsaicin may extend beyond painful peripheral neuropathies.
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- P Anand
- Peripheral Neuropathy Unit, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Area A, Ground Floor, Du Cane Road, London W12 ONN, UK.
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Goswami C, Kuhn J, Dina OA, Fernández-Ballester G, Levine JD, Ferrer-Montiel A, Hucho T. Estrogen destabilizes microtubules through an ion-conductivity-independent TRPV1 pathway. J Neurochem 2011; 117:995-1008. [PMID: 21480900 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07270.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Recently, we described estrogen and agonists of the G-protein coupled estrogen receptor GPR30 to induce protein kinase C (PKC)ε-dependent pain sensitization. PKCε phosphorylates the ion channel transient receptor potential, vanilloid subclass I (TRPV1) close to a novel microtubule-TRPV1 binding site. We now modeled the binding of tubulin to the TRPV1 C-terminus. The model suggests PKCε phosphorylation of TRPV1-S800 to abolish the tubulin-TRPV1 interaction. Indeed, in vitro PKCε phosphorylation of TRPV1 hindered tubulin-binding to TRPV1. In vivo, treatment of sensory neurons and F-11 cells with estrogen and the GPR30 agonist, G-1, resulted in microtubule destabilization and retraction of microtubules from filopodial structures. We found estrogen and G-1 to regulate the stability of the microtubular network via PKC phosphorylation of the PKCε-phosphorylation site TRPV1-S800. Microtubule disassembly was not, however, dependent on TRPV1 ion conductivity. TRPV1 knock-down in rats inverted the effect of the microtubule-modulating drugs, Taxol and Nocodazole, on estrogen-induced and PKCε-dependent mechanical pain sensitization. Thus, we suggest the C-terminus of TRPV1 to be a signaling intermediate downstream of estrogen and PKCε, regulating microtubule-stability and microtubule-dependent pain sensitization.
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- Chandan Goswami
- Department for Molecular Human Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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Rogers-Cotrone T, Burgess MP, Hancock SH, Hinckley J, Lowe K, Ehrich MF, Jortner BS. Vacuolation of sensory ganglion neuron cytoplasm in rats with long-term exposure to organophosphates. Toxicol Pathol 2010; 38:554-9. [PMID: 20448080 DOI: 10.1177/0192623310369343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cytoplasmic vacuolation of sensory neurons has been reported to occur within the dorsal root ganglia in studies investigating various neuropathic conditions including the effects of neurotoxic chemicals. In this study, we investigated this lesion in adult (98-119 days old) male Long-Evans rats, after multiple exposures to two organophosphates (tri-ortho-tolyl phosphate [TOTP] and chlorpyrifos) and the modifying effects of concurrent corticosterone. Tri-ortho-tolyl phosphate was administered by gavage (75, 150, or 300 mg/kg) every other day between days 14 and 28 and between days 49 and 63, chlorpyrifos (60 mg/kg) was administered subcutaneously on days 7 and 42, and corticosterone was provided in the drinking water throughout the study at a concentration of 400 microg/mL. Although relatively uncommon, there was an increase in frequency of cytoplasmic vacuoles seen in treatment groups having multiple exposures to TOTP. They were characterized as peripherally located, single-limiting membrane-bound structures in the neuronal perikarya. There was no associated cell death, even when vacuoles were large. This is the initial report of an association of this change following exposure to neurotoxic organophosphates.
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- T Rogers-Cotrone
- Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.
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Marcon R, Luiz AP, Werner MFDP, Freitas CS, Baggio CH, Nascimento FPD, Soldi C, Pizzolatti MG, Santos ARS. Evidence of TRPV1 receptor and PKC signaling pathway in the antinociceptive effect of amyrin octanoate. Brain Res 2009; 1295:76-88. [PMID: 19646975 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2009] [Revised: 07/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Previous studies from our group investigated the antinociceptive property of amyrin octanoate, a synthetic compound derivative from natural precursor alpha, beta-amyrin, against nociceptive response induced by acetic acid and formalin. Here, we investigated some of the mechanisms of action underlying the antinociceptive effects of amyrin octanoate. Amyrin octanoate given intraperitoneally (0.001-1 mg /kg) or intrathecally (10-1000 ng /site) caused dose-dependent and long-lasting inhibition of acetic acid-induced visceral nociception, with mean ID(50) values of 0.003 (0.001-0.005) mg/kg and 122.4 (60.8-246.6) ng/site, respectively. In the capsaicin- and glutamate-induced paw licking, amyrin octanoate caused significant and dose-dependent inhibition of both nociceptive responses, with ID(50) values of 1.36 and 0.04 mg/kg, respectively. Furthermore, amyrin octanoate also reduced significantly the nociception caused by intrathecal injection of glutamate, substance P and capsaicin, with inhibitions of 36+/-11%, 67+/-10% and 78+/-5%, respectively. The antinociception caused by amyrin octanoate in the acetic acid test was significantly attenuated by neonatal pretreatment of mice with capsaicin, but seems to involve mechanisms independent of G(i/o) protein, opioidergic, serotonergic, noradrenergic and cholinergic system, since it was not affected by pertussis toxin, naloxone, yohimbine, mecamylamine or atropine. In addition, amyrin octanoate reduced thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia induced by bradykinin and phorbol myristate acetate in rats, without affecting similar responses caused by prostaglandin E(2). Taken together, the present results shown that octanoate amyrin produces antinociceptive and antihyperalgesic effects, through an interaction with capsaicin-sensitive fibers and the inhibition of the PKC signaling pathway.
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- Rodrigo Marcon
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88049-900, SC, Brazil
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Kissin I. Vanilloid-induced conduction analgesia: selective, dose-dependent, long-lasting, with a low level of potential neurotoxicity. Anesth Analg 2008; 107:271-81. [PMID: 18635498 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318162cfa3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Vanilloid agonists (capsaicin, resiniferatoxin, [RTX]) applied to the peripheral nerves provide conduction blockade. In contrast to the analgesic component of conduction anesthesia produced by local anesthetics, vanilloid agonists provide conduction analgesia not associated with suppression of motor or sensory functions not related to pain. Vanilloid agonists provide conduction analgesia selectively because their effect on the nerve trunks is limited to C- and ADelta-fibers. RTX is much more potent than capsaicin and has a wider therapeutic window. In rat experiments, perineural RTX produced a long-lasting thermal and mechanical hypoalgesia with a very wide separation between effective concentrations (from 0.00003% to 0.001%) providing an effect lasting from several hours to several weeks. A nerve block with RTX prevented the development of thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia as well as pain behavior in a model of incisional pain. RTX-induced conduction blockade has an inherent drawback of TRPV1 agonists, the initial excitation (pain); therefore, a local anesthetic should be injected to prevent it. When RTX was applied to the rat's sciatic nerve in doses necessary to provide conduction analgesia, the frequency of unmyelinated fiber degeneration was more than an order of magnitude lower than that with the therapeutic concentration of lidocaine. These promising results should be confirmed by experiments in species other than rodents (pigs, sheep). Taken together, the data indicate possible clinical applicability of vanilloid-induced conduction analgesia.
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- Igor Kissin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Knox RJ, Keen KL, Luchansky L, Terasawa E, Freyer H, Barbee SJ, Kaczmarek LK. Comparative effects of sodium pyrithione evoked intracellular calcium elevation in rodent and primate ventral horn motor neurons. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 366:48-53. [PMID: 18053804 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2007] [Accepted: 11/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Oral administration of sodium pyrithione (NaP) causes hindlimb weakness in rodents, but not in primates. Previous work using Aplysia neurons has demonstrated that NaP produces a persistent influx of Ca(2+) ions across the plasma membrane. To determine whether this also occurs in mammalian neurons and whether this could underlie the inter-species difference between rodents and primates, we have tested the effects of NaP on intracellular Ca(2+) levels ([Ca(2+)](i)) in rat and monkey motor neurons in vitro. Motor neurons present in spinal cord slices from rhesus monkey embryos (E37 and 56) and from rat E16 were dissected and cultured on glass coverslips. Following 2 weeks (rhesus) or 2-3 days (rat) in culture, neurons were loaded with fura-PE3/AM, and examined for [Ca(2+)](i) changes in response to NaP. Rhesus motor neurons were identified by immunostaining for Islet-1 (MN specific antigen) and neuron specific enolase (NSE). Motor neurons from both species exhibited dose-dependent NaP-evoked increases in [Ca(2+)](i) However, the dose-response curve for the Rhesus motor neurons was significantly shifted to the right of the rat dose-response curve, whereas the overall amplitude of the Ca(2+) rise was similar in both species. As shown previously for the Aplysia neurons, the action of NaP is attenuated by SKF 96365, an inhibitor of store-operated calcium entry. In contrast the action of NaP is unaffected by nifedipine and tetrodotoxin, blockers of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) and Na(+) channels, respectively, or by ouabain, an inhibitor of the plasma membrane Na(+)/K(+) ATPase. Our results indicate that the NaP-induced increase in [Ca(2+)](i) is conserved across species and suggest that the toxicological sensitivity of rodent over primate to pyrithione could be due to the enhanced sensitivity of rodent motor neurons to NaP-evoked intracellular Ca(2+) elevation.
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- Ronald J Knox
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8066, USA
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Nagumo Y, Han J, Arimoto M, Isoda H, Tanaka T. Capsaicin induces cofilin dephosphorylation in human intestinal cells: The triggering role of cofilin in tight-junction signaling. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 355:520-5. [PMID: 17303079 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2007] [Accepted: 02/01/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Previously, we demonstrated that capsaicin induces tight-junction (TJ) opening in human intestinal Caco-2 cells. In order to clarify the mechanism underlying the TJ opening action of capsaicin, we performed a proteomics study on capsaicin-treated Caco-2 cells. Phosphorylated cofilin was decreased significantly by capsaicin treatment. In addition, capsaicin induced Ca2+ influx in Caco-2 cells and there was a clear correlation between Ca2+) influx and cofilin dephosphorylation (activation). The Ca2+-chelating reagent EGTA blocked the cofilin dephosphorylation induced by both capsaicin and ionomycin, suggesting that the dephosphorylation was mediated by Ca2+ influx. Finally, transepithelial electrical resistance measurements showed that TJ opening accompanied cofilin dephosphorylation. Our data suggest that TJ opening is mediated by cofilin dephosphorylation, which is caused by capsaicin stimuli, including Ca2+ influx. This is the first report of capsaicin action via the dephosphorylation of cofilin in human intestinal cells.
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- Yoko Nagumo
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Andre E, Ferreira J, Malheiros A, Yunes RA, Calixto JB. Evidence for the involvement of vanilloid receptor in the antinociception produced by the dialdeydes unsaturated sesquiterpenes polygodial and drimanial in rats. Neuropharmacology 2004; 46:590-7. [PMID: 14975683 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2003.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2003] [Revised: 10/06/2003] [Accepted: 10/14/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This study investigated whether or not the neonatal treatment of rats with the sesquiterpenes polygodial or drimanial could cause persistent antinociception similar to that induced by capsaicin. Rats were injected subcutaneously 48 h after birth with capsaicin (50 mg/kg), polygodial (150 mg/kg), drimanial (150 mg/kg) or vehicle (1ml/kg). Six to eight weeks later, rats were tested in models of nociception. Treatment of rats with capsaicin, polygodial or drimanial produced significant inhibition of the first phase and, to a lesser extent, the second phase of formalin-induced nociception. A significant reduction in Complete Freund's Adjuvant and capsaicin-induced hyperalgesia was observed in the animals neonatally treated with capsaicin, polygodial or drimanial compared with vehicle-treated rats. Moreover, both sesquiterpenes caused inhibition of plasma extravasation induced by injection of capsaicin. The neonatal treatment with capsaicin, polygodial or drimanial significantly decreased [3H]-resiniferatoxin binding sites in the rat spinal cord, but only capsaicin neonatal treatment significantly reduced the expression of TRPV1 in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) when assessed by Western blot. These results extend our previous findings demonstrating that the neonatal treatment of rats with polygodial or drimanial, similar to that reported for capsaicin, produced persistent antinociception in adult animals associated with TRPV1 down-regulation in the spinal cord, but not TRPV1 expression in DRG.
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- Eunice Andre
- Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88015-420 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Avelino A, Cruz C, Cruz F. Nerve growth factor regulates galanin and c-jun overexpression occurring in dorsal root ganglion cells after intravesical resiniferatoxin application. Brain Res 2002; 951:264-9. [PMID: 12270505 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03171-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Galanin and c-jun expression after a single bladder instillation of resiniferatoxin was studied by immunocytochemistry in L6 dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons of the rat. The role of nerve growth factor depletion in causing that effect was also investigated. Three days after instillation of a 100 nM resiniferatoxin solution a marked increase in the number of galanin and c-Jun immunoreactive DRG cells was evident bilaterally. The increments were still present at 8 days and disappeared 1 month after treatment. Systemic administration of nerve growth factor, 100 microg/kg, prevented both overexpressions. Results suggest that the changes induced in bladder sensory neurons by intravesical resiniferatoxin are due, at least in part, to the temporary deprivation of bladder-derived neurotrophic factors, namely nerve growth factor, in those neurons.
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- António Avelino
- Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine of Oporto, IBMC of University of Oporto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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Schicho R, Donnerer J. Nerve growth factor stimulates synthesis of calcitonin gene-related peptide in dorsal root ganglion cells during sensory regeneration in capsaicin-treated rats. Neurosci Res 1999; 35:183-7. [PMID: 10605941 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(99)00083-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Administration of human recombinant nerve growth factor (rhNGF) into one hindpaw of capsaicin-treated rats can locally facilitate the regeneration of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-containing primary sensory neurons (Schicho, R., Skofitsch, G., Donnerer, J., 1999. Brain Res. 815, 60-69). In this study we used in situ hybridization histochemistry (ISH) to determine synthesis of CGRP mRNA in lumbar L4 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells during NGF-induced regeneration. Whereas 8 days after the capsaicin treatment alone (50 mg/kg s.c.) CGRP mRNA expression in DRG cells was reduced to 40-60% of control levels, the additional intraplantar injections of rhNGF (5 x 4 microg) during this time period were able to raise CGRP mRNA expression again. The increase in CGRP expression was seen ipsi- and contralaterally and it was more pronounced in small- and medium-sized (about 110% of control levels), than in large-sized CGRP-producing cells (70% of controls). The percentage of the CGRP-expressing neurons in capsaicinized and in capsaicin + NGF-treated animals stayed unaltered. In conclusion, the present results demonstrate that NGF-induced regeneration of capsaicin-lesioned sensory afferents is accompanied by an elevated production of CGRPmRNA mainly in small- and medium-sized DRG cells.
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- R Schicho
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Graz, Austria
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Kano M, Kawakami T, Hori H, Hashimoto Y, Tao Y, Ishikawa Y, Takenaka T. Effects of ALCAR on the fast axoplasmic transport in cultured sensory neurons of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Neurosci Res 1999; 33:207-13. [PMID: 10211764 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(99)00012-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effects of acetyl-L-carnitine (ALCAR) on fast axoplasmic transport were studied in cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons of diabetic rats. Three-month-old male rats were used 7 days after streptozotocin injection. Neurons obtained from ganglia were cultured with a high concentration of glucose. The amount and the mean velocity of retrogradely transported particles, reduced in the diabetic animal, were transiently recovered by 1 mM ALCAR. The number of particles moving at 0.8-1.2 microm/s, considered to be lysosomes, increased in the velocity distribution. ALCAR did not modify the amount and mean velocity of anterograde particles which were unaffected by diabetes, or of bidirectional particles in neurons of control rats. This study suggests that diabetic neuropathy may be relieved by ALCAR via recovering retrograde axoplasmic transport.
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- M Kano
- Department of Physiology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan
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Schicho R, Skofitsch G, Donnerer J. Regenerative effect of human recombinant NGF on capsaicin-lesioned sensory neurons in the adult rat. Brain Res 1999; 815:60-9. [PMID: 9974123 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)01094-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nerve growth factor (NGF) has the ability to increase the content of peptide transmitter in intact primary sensory afferents of the adult rat. We have previously shown that NGF can also induce a refill of peptide transmitters in capsaicin-depleted peptidergic nerve terminals of the rat paw skin upon intraplantar injection. The present study was aimed at investigating the neurochemical, immunohistochemical and functional recovery of peripheral and central terminals of capsaicin-lesioned afferents following administration of recombinant human NGF-beta (rhNGF-beta). The systemic capsaicin treatment in adult rats by 50 mg/kg s.c. (day 0) was followed by intraplantar rhNGF-beta injections (4 micrograms each) into one hind paw on days 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and by the analysis on day 8. The content of the marker peptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) showed a 100% NGF-induced recovery in the peripheral (sciatic nerve) and central axons (lumbar dorsal roots) on the side of the NGF treatment and also in the contralateral sciatic nerve and lumbar dorsal roots. In the terminals of the hind paw skin, the recovery of the CGRP content, as measured by radioimmunoassay, was 100% in the plantar and 80% in the dorsal skin ipsilaterally, and 55% in the dorsal and plantar hind paw skin contralaterally. In the lumbar dorsal spinal cord, CGRP content recovered by 85% bilaterally. The morphological appearance of the sensory nerve terminals was visualized by CGRP-immunohistochemistry. In the paw skin, the CGRP-immunoreactive (CGRP-IR) nerve endings were restricted to a fragmentary subepidermal plexus after the capsaicin treatment, whereas the subsequent NGF treatment caused a bilateral recovery of the subepidermal plexus and an intact reinnervation of the epidermis and blood vessels with free nerve terminals. The capsaicin-induced fragmentation of the CGRP terminal plexus in laminae I and II of the lumbar spinal dorsal horn was also markedly repaired on both sides by the intraplantar NGF injections. The NGF treatment caused the CGRP nerve terminals in the spinal cord to regain their ability of releasing transmitter upon capsaicin stimulation as shown in tissue slice superfusion experiments. These results show that within one week, rhNGF-beta can induce a complete reinnervation of skin and spinal cord with intact CGRP-IR nerve terminals after an acute capsaicin lesion.
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- R Schicho
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Graz, Austria
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Takenaka T, Kawakami T, Hori H, Hashimoto Y, Hiruma H, Kusakabe T. Axoplasmic transport and its signal transduction mechanism. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 48:413-20. [PMID: 10021495 DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.48.413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Neuron requires a continual supply of materials synthesized in the cell body, for example a wide range of soluble proteins, membranous components, and various organelles. The transported materials are needed to replace constituents that turn over in the membrane and organelles of the fiber and also are needed to bring substances participating in energy metabolism. Other transported components are neurotransmitters or transmitter-related components supplied to the nerve terminals for the release and subsequent excitation of postsynaptic cells. Moreover, neurotropic substances and modulators are released from the nerve terminals to affect the functional state of the neuron. Conversely, some materials are conveyed back to the cell body. These include organelles, lysosomes, nerve growth factor, and selected small molecules such as adenosine, Ca2+, and some neurotransmitters. Axoplasmic transport is thought to be fundamental for a variety of neuronal cell functions. Thus it may be considered that axoplasmic transport relates to the dynamic physiological activity of neurons; in other words, axoplasmic transport is supposed to express the physiological activity of neurons. In turn, as in the case for many other physiological functions, axoplasmic transport is possibly controlled by neuronal, hormonal, and immunological systems. Since axoplasmic transport supplies neuron materials toward the synapses and back to the cell body, a feedback system of regulatory mechanisms of a variety of neuronal functions might be operated through axoplasmic transport pathways. Although axoplasmic transport is the important neuronal function, its regulation is poorly understood. In this review, we focus on the dynamics of organelle transport and its regulatory mechanisms mediated by neurotransmitters.
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- T Takenaka
- Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Yokohama City University, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan.
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Goshima Y, Kawakami T, Hori H, Sugiyama Y, Takasawa S, Hashimoto Y, Kagoshima-Maezono M, Takenaka T, Misu Y, Strittmatter SM. A novel action of collapsin: collapsin-1 increases antero- and retrograde axoplasmic transport independently of growth cone collapse. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 1997; 33:316-28. [PMID: 9298768 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4695(199709)33:3<316::aid-neu9>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Chick collapsin-1, a member of the semaphorin family, has been implicated in axonal pathfinding as a repulsive guidance cue. Collapsin-1 induces growth cone collapse via a pathway which may include CRMP-62 and heterotrimeric G proteins. CRMP-62 protein is related to UNC-33, a nematode neuronal protein required for appropriately directed axonal extension. Mutations in unc-33 affect neural microtubules, the basic cytoskeletal elements for axoplasmic transport. Using computer-assisted video-enhanced differential interference contrast microscopy, we now demonstrate that collapsin-1 potently promotes axoplasmic transport. Collapsin-1 doubles the number of antero- and retrograde-transported organelles but not their velocity. Collapsin-1 decreases the number of stationary organelles, suggesting that the fraction of time during which a particle is moving is increased. Collapsin-1-stimulated transport occurs by a mechanism distinct from that causing growth cone collapse. Pertussis toxin (PTX) but not its B oligomer blocks collapsin-induced growth cone collapse. The holotoxin does not affect collapsin-stimulated axoplasmic transport. Mastoparan and a myelin protein NI-35 induce PTX-sensitive growth cone collapse but do not stimulate axoplasmic transport. These results provide evidence that collapsin has a unique property to activate axonal vesicular transport systems. There are at least two distinct pathways through which collapsin exerts its actions in developing neurons.
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- Y Goshima
- Department of Pharmacology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Compounds related to capsaicin and its ultrapotent analog, resiniferatoxin (RTX), collectively referred to as vanilloids, interact at a specific membrane recognition site (vanilloid receptor), expressed almost exclusively by primary sensory neurons involved in nociception and neurogenic inflammation. Desensitization to vanilloids is a promising therapeutic approach to mitigate neuropathic pain and pathological conditions (e.g. vasomotor rhinitis) in which neuropeptides released from primary sensory neurons play a major role. Capsaicin-containing preparations are already commercially available for these purposes. The use of capsaicin, however, is severely limited by its irritancy, and the synthesis of novel vanilloids with an improved pungency/desensitization ratio is an on-going objective. This review highlights the emerging evidence that the vanilloid receptor is not a single receptor but a family of receptors, and that these receptors recognize not simply RTX and capsaicin structural analogs but are broader in their ligand-binding selectivity. We further focus on ligand-induced messenger plasticity, a recently discovered mechanism underlying the analgesic actions of vanilloids. Lastly, we give a brief overview of the current clinical uses of vanilloids and their future therapeutic potential. The possibility is raised that vanilloid receptor subtype-specific drugs may be synthesized, devoid of the undesirable side-effects of capsaicin.
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- A Szallasi
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Farkas-Szallasi T, Bennett GJ, Blumberg PM, Hökfelt T, Lundberg JM, Szallasi A. Vanilloid receptor loss is independent of the messenger plasticity that follows systemic resiniferatoxin administration. Brain Res 1996; 719:213-8. [PMID: 8782884 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00065-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Resiniferatoxin (RTX) depletes vanilloid (capsaicin) receptors from lumbar dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of the rat. In addition, RTX causes changes in neuropeptide and nitric oxide synthase expression in lumbar DRG neurons, similar to those described following axotomy; this latter phenomenon is referred to as messenger plasticity. These findings suggested that vanilloid receptor loss may be part of the plasticity that follows RTX treatment. Here we show that vanilloid receptor expression, as detected by [3H]RTX autoradiography, is not changed in lumbar DRGs of axotomized rats, nor is it altered in a rat model (chronic constriction injury) of neuropathic pain. Thus, the in vivo expression of vanilloid receptors detected by specific [3H]RTX binding does not require the presence of intraaxonally transported trophic factors such as nerve growth factor. We conclude that messenger plasticity and vanilloid receptor loss are mediated by distinct mechanisms.
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Kano M, Tashiro H, Kawakami T, Takenaka T, Gotoh H. Differential suppression of axoplasmic transport: effects of light irradiation to the growth cone of cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons. Cell Mol Neurobiol 1995; 15:297-306. [PMID: 7553730 DOI: 10.1007/bf02089941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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1. Growth cones of cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons from mice were irradiated using a mercury lamp. 2. The flux of particles of fast retrograde axoplasmic transport decreased promptly after light irradiation without a change in velocity. 3. That of anterograde transport decreased as well, but with a significant latency. The decrease in anterograde flux was attributed to decreased velocity of particles. 4. Video-enhanced contrast microscopy of growth cones revealed transient swelling of growth cones and transient stagnation of particles in growth cones. 5. The longer the neurite, the larger the latency of the change of the anterograde transport; peripheral information was calculated to be conveyed to the cell body at a speed of 6 microns/min. 6. The mechanism of this information conveyance and the export of materials from the cell body are discussed.
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- M Kano
- Laboratory for Photobiology, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Sendai, Japan
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Kano M, Kawakami T, Hikawa N, Hori H, Takenaka T, Gotoh H. Bradykinin-responsive cells of dorsal root ganglia in culture: cell size, firing, cytosolic calcium, and substance P. Cell Mol Neurobiol 1994; 14:49-57. [PMID: 7525064 DOI: 10.1007/bf02088588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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1. We analyze bradykinin-sensitive cells of the mouse dorsal root ganglion in culture from the viewpoints of cell size, electrical responses, and Ca2+ concentration change due to bradykinin and immunocytochemistry of substance P. 2. Sixteen percent of cells in the cell group 26-30 microns in diameter fired in response to 10 microM bradykinin. None of other cell groups showed a firing response to bradykinin. 3. We measured a cytosolic Ca2+ change due to bradykinin using a Ca(2+)-sensitive fluorescent dye, Fura 2. The rapid rise (peak time, 20 sec) in the Ca2+ concentration was ascribed to Ca2+ release from intracellular Ca2+ stores. The profound change in the Ca2+ concentration was observed again in the cell group 26-30 microns in diameter. Seventeen percent of cells in this group increased the Ca2+ concentration by approximately seven times that at resting level. 4. Among cells which increase Ca2+ concentration responding to bradykinin, 83% of them contain substance P (an immunocytochemical study). 5. We conclude that 16-17% of the cell group 26-30 microns in diameter of the dorsal root ganglia in culture are polymodal nociceptors and respond to bradykinin.
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- M Kano
- Laboratory for Photobiology, Institute for Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Miyagi, Japan
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