Journal
NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY
Volume 30, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.13398
Keywords
acid-sensing ion channels; melastatin 8; oropharyngeal dysphagia; sensory function
Funding
- Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [PS09/01012, INT10/228, INT15/00026, INT16/00111, PI14/00453]
- Strategic Action Ciber [EHD16PI02]
- Catalan Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca [2009 SGR 708, 2014 SGR 789]
- Fundacio la Marato de TV3 [112310]
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Background Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is a prevalent disease with poor prognosis among older people and has no pharmacological treatment. Polymodal sensory receptors like the TRP or ASIC family receptors are potential targets to treat OD. TRPM8 agonists and acidic solutions can improve the swallow response in patients with OD, but little is known about the expression of TRPM8, ASIC1, and ASIC3 in the human oropharynx. The aim of this study was to assess the expression and localization of TRPM8, ASIC1, and ASIC3 in human samples of the oropharynx to lay the basis for new pharmacological treatments for OD. MethodsKey ResultsPathology-free samples from oropharyngeal regions innervated by cranial nerves V, IX, and X were obtained during major ENT surgery and processed to obtain mRNA (20 patients) or to be used in immunohistochemical assays (12 patients). TRPM8, ASIC1, and ASIC3 expression and localization were studied with RT-qPCR and fluorescent immunohistochemistry. ASIC3 was expressed in the 3 regions studied with similar levels and was localized on sensory fibers innervating the mucosa below the basal lamina of all studied regions. TRPM8 was also co-localized on the sensory fibers innervating the mucosa below the basal lamina of all studied regions. In contrast, ASIC1 was only found in the nerves innervating the tongue muscular fibers. Conclusions & InferencesTRPM8 and ASIC3 are found on submucosal sensory nerves in the human oropharynx. Our study lays the basis to use oropharyngeal TRPM8 and ASIC3 receptors as therapeutic targets to develop new active pharmacological treatments for OD patients.
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