Depolarization induces nociceptor sensitization by CaV1.2-mediated PKA-II activation.

Depolarization drives neuronal plasticity. However, whether depolarization drives sensitization of peripheral nociceptive neurons remains elusive. By high-content screening (HCS) microscopy, we revealed that depolarization of cultured sensory neurons rapidly activates protein kinase A type II (PKA-II) in nociceptors by calcium influx through CaV1.

DOG1 is commonly expressed in pancreatic adenocarcinoma but unrelated to cancer aggressiveness.

Background: DOG1 (ANO1; TMEM16A) is a voltage-gated calcium-activated chloride and bicarbonate channel. DOG1 is physiologically expressed in Cajal cells, where it plays an important role in regulating intestinal motility and its expression is a diagnostic hallmark of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Data on a possible role of DOG1 in pancreatic cancer are rare and controversial.

Oncostatin M induces hyperalgesic priming and amplifies signaling of cAMP to ERK by RapGEF2 and PKA.

Hyperalgesic priming is characterized by enhanced nociceptor sensitization by pronociceptive mediators, prototypically PGE . Priming has gained interest as a mechanism underlying the transition to chronic pain. Which stimuli induce priming and what cellular mechanisms are employed remains incompletely understood.

A Hierarchical, Data-Driven Approach to Modeling Single-Cell Populations Predicts Latent Causes of Cell-To-Cell Variability.

All biological systems exhibit cell-to-cell variability. Frameworks exist for understanding how stochastic fluctuations and transient differences in cell state contribute to experimentally observable variations in cellular responses. However, current methods do not allow identification of the sources of variability between and within stable subpopulations of cells.

Synergistic regulation of serotonin and opioid signaling contributes to pain insensitivity in Nav1.7 knockout mice.

Genetic loss of the voltage-gated sodium channel Na1.7 (Na1.7) results in lifelong insensitivity to pain in mice and humans.

Translocator protein (18 kDa) (TSPO) is expressed in reactive retinal microglia and modulates microglial inflammation and phagocytosis.

Background: The translocator protein (18 kDa) (TSPO) is a mitochondrial protein expressed on reactive glial cells and a biomarker for gliosis in the brain. TSPO ligands have been shown to reduce neuroinflammation in several mouse models of neurodegeneration. Here, we analyzed TSPO expression in mouse and human retinal microglia and studied the effects of the TSPO ligand XBD173 on microglial functions.