A non-pungent resiniferatoxin analogue, phorbol 12-phenylacetate 13 acetate 20-homovanillate, reveals vanilloid receptor subtypes on rat trigeminal ganglion neurons

Neuroscience
L LiuS A Simon

Abstract

Capsaicin, the vanilloid responsible for the pungent taste of hot peppers, binds to receptors found primarily in polymodal nociceptors. Capsaicin initially stimulates polymodal nociceptors and subsequently inhibits them from responding to a variety of stimuli. This property makes it useful clinically as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory compound. There is mounting, albeit indirect, evidence for the existence of several subtypes of vanilloid receptors. One such piece of evidence comes from studying analogues of capsaicin, such as phorbol 12-phenylacetate 13 acetate 20-homovanillate. This compound binds to (capsaicin) vanilloid receptors on sensory neurons, but unlike capsaicin it is non-pungent and does not produce hypothermia. To determine how sensory neurons respond to phorbol 12-phenylacetate 13 acetate 20-homovanillate, and to compare these responses with those evoked by capsaicin, whole-cell patch-clamp measurements were performed on cultured rat trigeminal ganglion neurons. It was found that 63% of the neurons held at -60 mV were activated by 3 microM, phorbol 12-phenylacetate 13 acetate 20-homovanillate, and 87% of these were also activated by 1 microM capsaicin. In a given neuron, phorbol 12-phenylacetate 13 acetate 20-...Continue Reading

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