Mechanism Study of Warm Transduction From Keratinocytes to Downstream TRPA1 in DRG Neurons
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1) School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China;2) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China (32000705), Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association of Chinese Medicine (2021-QNRC2-B11), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2020-JYB-XJSJJ-026).

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    Objective The warm sensors located in keratinocytes have the ability to directly detect warm temperature, with TRPA1 in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons being a potential mediator of the downstream transduction process. The present study aimed to elucidate the mechanism by which warm information is transmitted from keratinocytes to TRPA1.Methods TRPA1-transfected HKE293T cells as well as DRG neuron cells from wild-type and TRPA1 knockout mice were cultured separately, and stimulated with warm temperatures using a perfusion apparatus. Single cell calcium imaging was used to monitor calcium influx during stimulation, and the role of H2O2 in this process was also examined. Additionally, RNA-seq analysis was performed on primary keratinocytes cultured at different temperatures to identify potential candidates responsible for keratinocytes-TRPA1 warm transduction.Results Our finding indicated that TRPA1-transfected HEK293T cells or DRG neurons could be activated by warm temperature in the presence of H2O2. However, when TRPA1 was knocked out or blocked by HC-030031, the H2O2-potentiated warm response was significantly reduced. Moreover, Chemokine C—C motif ligand 2 (CCL2) and decorin (DCN), two H2O2 related factors, exhibited different expression patterns in keratinocytes cultured at 33℃ and 37℃, respectively. This result is consistent with previous research showing that mice stimulated at 37℃ induced more DRG activation than those stimulated at 33℃.Conclusion H2O2 can potentiate the TRPA1-dependent warm response, and H2O2-related factors in keratinocytes can be affected by warm temperature, suggesting the possible role of H2O2 related factors in warm transduction from keratinocytes to downstream TRPA1 in DRG neurons.

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ZHENG Tian-Yuan, WANG Lei, JIANG Yan, LIU Xiao-Ling. Mechanism Study of Warm Transduction From Keratinocytes to Downstream TRPA1 in DRG Neurons[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2023,50(12):2991-2999

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  • Received:May 26,2023
  • Revised:December 10,2023
  • Accepted:August 11,2023
  • Online: December 22,2023
  • Published: December 20,2023