Direct Gαq gating is the sole mechanism for TRPM8 inhibition caused by bradykinin receptor activation

X Zhang - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Activation of Gα q-coupled receptors by inflammatory mediators inhibits cold-sensing
TRPM8 channels, aggravating pain and inflammation. Both Gα q and the downstream …

PI(4,5)P2 regulates the activation and desensitization of TRPM8 channels through the TRP domain

T Rohács, CMB Lopes, I Michailidis… - Nature neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
The subjective feeling of cold is mediated by the activation of TRPM8 channels in
thermoreceptive neurons by cold or by cooling agents such as menthol. Here, we …

TRPM channels in human diseases

I Jimenez, Y Prado, F Marchant, C Otero, F Eltit… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The transient receptor potential melastatin (TRPM) subfamily belongs to the TRP cation
channels family. Since the first cloning of TRPM1 in 1989, tremendous progress has been …

mGluR6 deletion renders the TRPM1 channel in retina inactive

Y Xu, A Dhingra, ME Fina, C Koike… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
In darkness, glutamate released from photoreceptors activates the metabotropic glutamate
receptor 6 (mGluR6) on retinal ON bipolar cells. This activates the G protein Go, which then …

Structural mechanism of TRPM7 channel regulation by intracellular magnesium

E Schmidt, C Narangoda, W Nörenberg… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Zn2+, Mg2+ and Ca2+ are essential divalent cations implicated in many metabolic
processes and signalling pathways. An emerging new paradigm is that the organismal …

TRPM7 channels in hippocampal neurons detect levels of extracellular divalent cations

WL Wei, HS Sun, ME Olah, X Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Exposure to low Ca2+ and/or Mg2+ is tolerated by cardiac myocytes, astrocytes, and
neurons, but restoration to normal divalent cation levels paradoxically causes Ca2+ …

Promiscuous G-protein-coupled receptor inhibition of transient receptor potential melastatin 3 ion channels by Gβγ subunits

O Alkhatib, R da Costa, C Gentry, T Quallo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Transient receptor potential melastatin 3 (TRPM3) is a nonselective cation channel that is
inhibited by Gβγ subunits liberated following activation of Gαi/o protein-coupled receptors …

TRPM3 in brain (patho) physiology

K Held, BI Tóth - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Already for centuries, humankind is driven to understand the physiological and pathological
mechanisms that occur in our brains. Today, we know that ion channels play an essential …

Structures of the TRPM5 channel elucidate mechanisms of activation and inhibition

Z Ruan, E Haley, IJ Orozco, M Sabat, R Myers… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Ca2+-activated TRPM5 channel plays essential roles in taste perception and
insulin secretion. However, the mechanism by which Ca2+ regulates TRPM5 activity …

Selective Gαi subunits as novel direct activators of transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) 4 and TRPC5 channels

JP Jeon, C Hong, EJ Park, JH Jeon, NH Cho… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
The ubiquitous transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels function as non-
selective, Ca 2+-permeable channels and mediate numerous cellular functions. It is …