2023
Genetic, electrophysiological, and pathological studies on patients with SCN9A‐related pain disorders
Yuan J, Cheng X, Matsuura E, Higuchi Y, Ando M, Hashiguchi A, Yoshimura A, Nakachi R, Mine J, Taketani T, Maeda K, Kawakami S, Kira R, Tanaka S, Kanai K, Dib‐Hajj F, Dib‐Hajj S, Waxman S, Takashima H. Genetic, electrophysiological, and pathological studies on patients with SCN9A‐related pain disorders. Journal Of The Peripheral Nervous System 2023, 28: 597-607. PMID: 37555797, DOI: 10.1111/jns.12590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxysmal extreme pain disorderPainful peripheral neuropathyPain disordersSCN9A mutationsPeripheral neuropathyNovel SCN9A mutationsVoltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7Sodium channel Nav1.7Steady-state fast inactivationGene panel sequencingPatch-clamp analysisAutonomic neuropathyNeuropathic painSCN9A geneClinical featuresUnderlying pathogenesisPathological studiesPatientsChannel Nav1.7EM phenotypePhenotypic spectrumNeuropathyNav1.7 channelsPatch-clamp systemElectrophysiological analysis
2020
Two independent mouse lines carrying the Nav1.7 I228M gain-of-function variant display dorsal root ganglion neuron hyperexcitability but a minimal pain phenotype
Chen L, Wimalasena NK, Shim J, Han C, Lee SI, Gonzalez-Cano R, Estacion M, Faber CG, Lauria G, Dib-Hajj S, Woolf CJ, Waxman SG. Two independent mouse lines carrying the Nav1.7 I228M gain-of-function variant display dorsal root ganglion neuron hyperexcitability but a minimal pain phenotype. Pain 2020, 162: 1758-1770. PMID: 33323889, PMCID: PMC8119301, DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall fiber neuropathyDorsal root ganglion neuron hyperexcitabilityNeuron hyperexcitabilityMouse linesIdiopathic small fiber neuropathyIntraepidermal nerve fiber lossPainful small fiber neuropathyFunction variantsDRG neuron hyperexcitabilityNerve fiber lossSodium channel Nav1.7Multielectrode array recordingsNeuropathic painThermal hyperalgesiaDRG neuronsFiber lossPain disordersSensory dysfunctionNeuropathy phenotypePain phenotypesM miceSensory neuronsHyperexcitabilityChannel Nav1.7Independent mouse lines
2018
Nav1.7 is phosphorylated by Fyn tyrosine kinase which modulates channel expression and gating in a cell type-dependent manner
Li Y, Zhu T, Yang H, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman S, Yu Y, Xu TL, Cheng X. Nav1.7 is phosphorylated by Fyn tyrosine kinase which modulates channel expression and gating in a cell type-dependent manner. Molecular Pain 2018, 14: 1744806918782229. PMID: 29790812, PMCID: PMC6024516, DOI: 10.1177/1744806918782229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsND7/23 cellsDRG neuron excitabilityModulation of Nav1.7New pain therapeuticsVoltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7Fyn kinaseWhole-cell recordingsSodium channel Nav1.7Elevated protein expressionCell type-specific modulationHuman embryonic kidney 293 cellsTyrosine kinasePain disordersEmbryonic kidney 293 cellsPain therapeuticsNeuron excitabilityPain perceptionMutant channelsChannel Nav1.7Kidney 293 cellsNav1.7HEK-293 cellsNav1.7 channelsCell type-dependent mannerType-dependent manner
2006
Mutations in the sodium channel Nav1.7 underlie inherited erythromelalgia
Dib-Hajj S, Rush A, Cummins T, Waxman S. Mutations in the sodium channel Nav1.7 underlie inherited erythromelalgia. Drug Discovery Today Disease Mechanisms 2006, 3: 343-350. DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmec.2006.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsSympathetic ganglion neuronsDorsal root gangliaHigh-frequency firingSingle action potentialSodium channel Nav1.7Mild thermal stimuliSevere painDRG neuronsPainful conditionsGanglion neuronsRoot gangliaChannel Nav1.7Action potentialsModel diseaseThermal stimuliErythromelalgiaNeuronsMutant channelsFunctional studiesIEMPainGangliaNav1.7MutationsDisease