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Review
. 2024:1461:3-13.
doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-4584-5_1.

Thermosensation and TRP Channels

Makoto Tominaga  1   2   3 , Makiko Kashio  4   5   6
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Thermosensation and TRP Channels

Makoto Tominaga et al. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2024.

Abstract

Somatosensory neurons can sense external temperature by converting sensation of temperature information to neural activity via afferent input to the central nervous system. Various populations of somatosensory neurons have specialized gene expression, including expression of thermosensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels. Thermosensitive TRP channels are responsible for thermal transduction at the peripheral ends of somatosensory neurons and can sense a wide range of temperatures. Here we focus on several thermosensitive TRP channels including TRPV1, TRPV4, TRPM2, TRPM3, TRPM8, TRPC5, and TRPA1 in sensory neurons. TRPV3, TRPV4, and TRPC5 are also involved in somatosensation in nonneuronal cells and tissues. In particular, we discuss whether skin senses ambient temperatures through TRPV3 and TRPV4 activation in skin keratinocytes and the involvement of TRPM2 expressed by hypothalamic neurons in thermosensation in the brain.

Keywords: ANO1; Dorsal root ganglion; TMEM79; TRPA1; TRPC5; TRPM2; TRPM3; TRPM8; TRPV1; TRPV3; TRPV4; Thermosensitive TRP channel; Trigeminal ganglion.

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