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Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation

Thermal sensitivity of isolated vagal pulmonary sensory neurons: role of transient receptor potential vanilloid receptors

¹Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky; and ²Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, ³Neuroscience and Center for Molecular Neurobiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Submitted 6 January 2006 ; accepted in final form 23 February 2006

A recent study has demonstrated that increasing the intrathoracic temperature from 36°C to 41°C induced a distinct stimulatory and sensitizing effect on vagal pulmonary C-fiber afferents in anesthetized rats (J Physiol 565: 295–308, 2005). We postulated that these responses are mediated through a direct activation of the temperature-sensitive transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) receptors by hyperthermia. To test this hypothesis, we studied the effect of increasing temperature on pulmonary sensory neurons that were isolated from adult rat nodose/jugular ganglion and identified by retrograde labeling, using the whole cell perforated patch-clamping technique. Our results showed that increasing temperature from 23°C (or 35°C) to 41°C in a ramp pattern evoked an inward current, which began to emerge after exceeding a threshold of 34.4°C and then increased sharply in amplitude as the temperature was further increased, reaching a peak current of 173 ± 27 pA (n = 75) at 41°C. The temperature coefficient, Q₁₀, was 29.5 ± 6.4 over the range of 35–41°C. The peak inward current was only partially blocked by pretreatment with capsazepine (I = 48.1 ± 4.7%, n = 11) or AMG 9810 (I = 59.2 ± 7.8%, n = 8), selective antagonists of the TRPV1 channel, but almost completely abolished (I = 96.3 ± 2.3%) by ruthenium red, an effective blocker of TRPV1–4 channels. Furthermore, positive expressions of TRPV1–4 transcripts and proteins in these neurons were demonstrated by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry experiments, respectively. On the basis of these results, we conclude that increasing temperature within the normal physiological range can exert a direct stimulatory effect on pulmonary sensory neurons, and this effect is mediated through the activation of TRPV1, as well as other subtypes of TRPV channels.

capsaicin; C fibers; airway reflexes; temperature; exercise; fever

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