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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-14
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A distinct subset of sensory neurons are thought to directly sense changes in thermal energy through their termini in the skin. Very little is known about the molecules that mediate thermoreception by these neurons. Vanilloid Receptor 1 (VR1), a member of the TRP family of channels, is activated by noxious heat. Here we describe the cloning and characterization of TRPM8, a distant relative of VR1. TRPM8 is specifically expressed in a subset of pain- and temperature-sensing neurons. Cells overexpressing the TRPM8 channel can be activated by cold temperatures and by a cooling agent, menthol. Our identification of a cold-sensing TRP channel in a distinct subpopulation of sensory neurons implicates an expanded role for this family of ion channels in somatic sensory detection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
705-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Antipruritics, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Calcium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Cold Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Menthol, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-TRPC Cation Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Thermoreceptors, pubmed-meshheading:11893340-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
A TRP channel that senses cold stimuli and menthol.
pubmed:affiliation
Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't