Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a multifactorial upper airway disease with unclear etiology. Neuronal Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) and Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channels have been implicated in the pathogenesis of CRS. We aimed to detect the expression of extraneuronal TRPV1 and TRPA1 receptors in nasal polyp (NP) tissue samples.
Methodology: Samples were obtained from fourty-two CRS pateints with nasal polyp and sixteen healthy controls to measure receptor gene expression by quantitative PCR, protein localization by immunohistochemistry and cytokine profile by multiplex bead immunoassay.
Results: Non-neuronal TRPV1, TRPA1 receptors were expressed in biopsy samples of NP. A population of mast cells and macrophages were immunopositive for TRPV1 and TRPA1. A fraction of plasma cells expressed TRPV1 but not TRPA1 and neither receptor was present on eosinophils. The local gene expression of extraneuronal TRPV1, TRPA1 receptors was also proven. TRPV1 mRNA levels were significantly increased in CRSwNP patients with asthma and allergic rhinitis compared to their NP counterparts.
Conclusions: Elevated TRPV1 levels in comorbid asthma and allergy may have a function in CRSwNP. Subpopulation-specific TRPV1 presence on plasma and mast cells can indicate delicate roles in regulating activation and release of inflammatory mediators.
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Development, optimization, and calibration of human transient receptor potential (TRP) channel Ca mobilization assays for TRPM8, TRPV1, and TRPA1 are described. Heterologous expression of hTRPM8 in HEK293T cells was required for anti-TRPM8 antibody staining and TRPM8 agonist induced Ca mobilization signals which were both used to optimize transfection efficiency. FLIPR Calcium 6 dye concentration, loading time, and TRPM8 transfected cell seeding density were optimized and a DMSO tolerance of ≤0.
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Center for Research on Harmful Effects of Biological and Chemical Hazards, Departments of Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 69 Svetozar Markovic Street, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
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