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PLOS ONE
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183322
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- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [01EY1103]
- Land Schleswig-Holstein within the funding programme Open Access Publikationsfonds
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Background C-fibers express transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. These high-voltage gated channels function as integrators of different physical stresses (e.g. heat, protons, ATP). Additionally channel activation can be induced by capsaicin. Topically applied, capsaicin elicits burning pain, heat and mechanical hyperalgesia and serves as a human surrogate model for pain. It was suggested that the TRPV1-variant rs8065080 (1911A>G) plays a pivotal role in patients with neuropathic pain syndromes. We investigated the effect of this TRPV1-SNP on thermal sensitivity and superficial skin perfusion in 25 healthy subjects. Methods and findings Nine subjects being homozygous TRPV1 wild type (AA), 8 heterozygous (AG) and 8 homozygous variant (GG) carriers were selected out of a pool of genotyped healthy individuals. Under physiological conditions (no capsaicin application), there was no statistical significant difference in thermal thresholds or skin perfusion between carriers of different TRPV 11199A>G genotypes. However, intra-individual calculations (Delta% pre vs. post capsaicin) revealed (1) less warm-detection in AA/AG (-82.1%) compared to GG (-13.1%) and (2) a gain of heat pain sensitivity in AA/AG (+ 22.2%) compared to GG carriers (+ 15.6%) after adjustment for perfusion measurements ((1) p = 0.009, (2) p = 0.021). Conclusion Presence of homozygous variant TRPV1 genotype (GG) demonstrated less capsaicin-induced warm hypoesthesia in warm-detection and less capsaicin-induced heat pain sensitivity suggesting an altered channel function. This demonstrates not only the functional influence of TRPV1 rs8065080 polymorphism itself; it further more underpins the relevance of genotyping-based approaches in both patients and surrogate models of neuropathic pain in healthy volunteers.
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