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NEURON
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 133-141Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81144-7
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Acidosis is associated with inflammation and ischemia and activates cation channels in sensory neurons. Inflammation also induces expression of FMRFamide-like neuropeptides, which modulate pain. We found that neuropeptide FF (Phe-Leu-Phe-G In-Pro-Gln-Arg-Phe amide) and FMRFamide (Phe-Met-Arg-Phe amide) generated no current on their own but potentiated H+-gated currents from cultured sensory neurons and heterologously expressed ASIC and DRASIC channels. The neuropeptides slowed inactivation and induced sustained currents during acidification. The effects were specific; different channels showed distinct responses to the various peptides. These results suggest that acid-sensing ion channels may integrate multiple extracellular signals to modify sensory perception.
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