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Endothelin potentiates TRPV1 via ETA receptor-mediated activation of protein kinase C.
Molecular pain - 14 Nov 2007
Plant Tim D, Zöllner Christian, Kepura Frauke, Mousa Shaaban S, Eichhorst Jenny, Schaefer Michael, Furkert Jens, Stein Christoph, Oksche Alexander
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Endothelin-1 (ET-1) both stimulates nociceptors and sensitizes them to noxious stimuli, an effect probably mediated by the ETA receptor (ETAR) expressed in sensory neurons. The cellular mechanisms of this ET-1-mediated effect are only poorly understood. TRPV1, the heat-, pH- and capsaicin-sensitive cation channel already known to be modulated by a number of cellular mediators released in response to...
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