Activation of mechanosensitive ion channels by ultrasound

YC Chu, J Lim, A Chien, CC Chen, JL Wang - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mechanosensitive channels (MSCs) play an important role in how cells transduce
mechanical stimuli into electrical or chemical signals, which provides an interventional …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of action of the peptide toxins targeting human and rodent acid-sensing ion channels and relevance to their in vivo analgesic effects

C Verkest, M Salinas, S Diochot, E Deval, E Lingueglia… - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are voltage-independent H+-gated cation channels
largely expressed in the nervous system of rodents and humans. At least six isoforms …

[HTML][HTML] The role of zinc in modulating acid-sensing ion channel function

AW Sun, MH Wu, M Vijayalingam, MJ Wacker, XP Chu - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are proton-gated, voltage-independent sodium channels
widely expressed throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems. They are involved …

[HTML][HTML] Ocular surface ion-channels are closely related to dry eye: Key research focus on innovative drugs for dry eye

S Yang, Y Wu, CY Wang, X Jin - Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Abundant ion-channels, including various perceptual receptors, chloride channels,
purinergic receptor channels, and water channels that exist on the ocular surface, play an …

[HTML][HTML] Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Are Novel Targets of APETx-like Toxins from the Sea Anemone Heteractis magnifica

RS Kalina, IE Kasheverov, SG Koshelev, OV Sintsova… - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are prototypical ligand-gated ion channels,
provide cholinergic signaling, and are modulated by various venom toxins and drugs in …

Photomodulation of the ASIC1a acidic pocket destabilizes the open state

ML Rook, TW McCullock, T Couch, JD Lueck… - Protein …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Acid‐sensing ion channels (ASICs) are important players in detecting extracellular
acidification throughout the brain and body. ASICs have large extracellular domains …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis defines a broader FMRFamide-gated sodium channel family and determinants of neuropeptide sensitivity

M Dandamudi, H Hausen, T Lynagh - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
FMRFamide (Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide, FMRFa) and similar neuropeptides are important
physiological modulators in most invertebrates, but the molecular basis of FMRFa activity at …

[HTML][HTML] Dual Modulator of ASIC Channels and GABAA Receptors from Thyme Alters Fear-Related Hippocampal Activity

AP Kalinovskii, AP Pushkarev, AD Mikhailenko… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are proton-gated ion channels that mediate nociception
in the peripheral nervous system and contribute to fear and learning in the central nervous …

TRIOL inhibits rapid intracellular acidification and cerebral ischemic injury: the role of glutamate in neuronal metabolic reprogramming

DD Xue, CL Wei, YH Zhou, K Wang… - ACS Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As one of the key injury incidents, tissue acidosis in the brain occurs very quickly within
several minutes upon the onset of ischemic stroke. Glutamate, an excitatory amino acid …

[HTML][HTML] Glutamate acts on acid-sensing ion channels to worsen ischaemic brain injury

K Lai, I Pritišanac, ZQ Liu, HW Liu, LN Gong, MX Li… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Glutamate is traditionally viewed as the first messenger to activate NMDAR (N-methyl-d-
aspartate receptor)-dependent cell death pathways in stroke,, but unsuccessful clinical trials …