Ayumi Fukazawa, Amane Hori, Juan A Estrada, Han-Kyul Kim, Norio Hotta, Gary A Iwamoto, Scott A Smith, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, Masaki Mizuno
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我们之前报道过胰岛素增强了小背根神经节(DRG)神经元对机械刺激的反应。然而,胰岛素诱导的感觉神经元对机械刺激反应增强的机制尚不清楚。瞬时受体电位香草样蛋白4 (TRPV4)在DRG神经元中作为机械敏感通道表达,并在机械刺激下被激活。因此,我们假设胰岛素通过增强TRPV4通道的敏化来增强小DRG神经元对机械刺激的反应。免疫荧光法检测TRPV4、胰岛素受体(insulin receptor, IR)和c -纤维标记物外周蛋白(peripherin)在DRG小神经元中的共定位,结果显示TRPV4阳性的DRG小神经元中有53±10%与IR和外周蛋白共定位。在体外培养的DRG神经元全细胞膜片钳记录中,胰岛素作用5 min后机械激活电流显著增加(P = 0.0137),而TRPV4拮抗剂HC067047抑制了这种增强。我们进一步使用western blotting检测胰岛素对培养DRG神经元IR信号通路蛋白表达的影响。胰岛素培养的DRG神经元中Akt显著升高(phospho-Akt: P = 0.0007, phospho/total Akt ratio: P = 0.0183)。此外,阻断IR信号激酶、磷酸肌醇3激酶(PI3K)和PKC可抑制胰岛素诱导的TRPV4激动剂诱导电流的增强(PI3K: P = 0.0074, PKC: P = 0.0028)。总之,我们的研究结果表明,胰岛素诱导的小DRG神经元机械反应的增强是通过增强TRPV4通道的敏化发生的。
Insulin potentiates mechanical responses in small dorsal root ganglion neurons by increasing the sensitization of TRPV4 channels.
We have previously reported that insulin potentiates the response to mechanical stimuli in small dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. However, the mechanisms underlying the insulin-induced potentiated responsiveness to mechanical stimulation in sensory neurons remain unclear. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is expressed as a mechanosensitive channel in DRG neurons and is activated by mechanical stimuli. We therefore hypothesized that insulin augments the response to mechanical stimulation in small DRG neurons by enhancing sensitization of TRPV4 channels. Co-localization of TRPV4, insulin receptor (IR) and the C-fiber marker peripherin in small DRG neurons was evaluated by immunofluorescence demonstrating 53 ± 10 % of TRPV4-positive small DRG neurons were co-localized with IR and peripherin. In in vitro whole-cell patch clamp recordings from cultured DRG neurons, mechanically-activated currents were significantly increased 5 min after the application of insulin (P = 0.0137) and such augmentation was suppressed by TRPV4 antagonist HC067047. We further examined the impact of insulin on expression of the IR signaling pathway proteins in cultured DRG neurons using western blotting. Akt was significantly increased in cultured DRG neurons incubated with insulin (phospho-Akt: P = 0.0007, phospho/total Akt ratio: P = 0.0183). Furthermore, blocking IR signaling kinases, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and PKC, suppressed the insulin-induced augmentation in TRPV4 agonist-induced currents (PI3K: P = 0.0074, PKC: P = 0.0028). Collectively, our results suggest that insulin-induced potentiation of mechanical response in small DRG neurons occurs through enhanced sensitization of TRPV4 channels.
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