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SUBMITTER: Stratiievska A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312403 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stratiievska Anastasiia A Nelson Sara S Senning Eric N EN Lautz Jonathan D JD Smith Stephen Ep SE Gordon Sharona E SE
eLife 20181218
Although it has been known for over a decade that the inflammatory mediator NGF sensitizes pain-receptor neurons through increased trafficking of TRPV1 channels to the plasma membrane, the mechanism by which this occurs remains mysterious. NGF activates phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), the enzyme that generates PI(3,4)P<sub>2</sub> and PIP<sub>3</sub>, and PI3K activity is required for sensitization. One tantalizing hint came from the finding that the N-terminal region of TRPV1 interacts direct ...[more]