2016
Nav1.7-A1632G Mutation from a Family with Inherited Erythromelalgia: Enhanced Firing of Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurons Evoked by Thermal Stimuli
Yang Y, Huang J, Mis MA, Estacion M, Macala L, Shah P, Schulman BR, Horton DB, Dib-Hajj SD, Waxman SG. Nav1.7-A1632G Mutation from a Family with Inherited Erythromelalgia: Enhanced Firing of Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurons Evoked by Thermal Stimuli. Journal Of Neuroscience 2016, 36: 7511-7522. PMID: 27413160, PMCID: PMC6705539, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0462-16.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat DRG neuronsDorsal root ganglion neuronsDRG neuronsCurrent-clamp recordingsSodium channel Nav1.7Pain syndromeNav1.7 mutationGanglion neuronsThermal stimuliIEM patientsChannel Nav1.7Whole-cell current-clamp recordingsNav1.7 channelsFunction Nav1.7 mutationsSevere pain syndromeVoltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7Voltage-clamp recordingsMutant Nav1.7 channelsMean firing frequencyMultielectrode array recordingsMutant channelsG mutationMultigeneration familySpontaneous firingSympathetic neuronsSubtype-Selective Small Molecule Inhibitors Reveal a Fundamental Role for Nav1.7 in Nociceptor Electrogenesis, Axonal Conduction and Presynaptic Release
Alexandrou AJ, Brown AR, Chapman ML, Estacion M, Turner J, Mis MA, Wilbrey A, Payne EC, Gutteridge A, Cox PJ, Doyle R, Printzenhoff D, Lin Z, Marron BE, West C, Swain NA, Storer RI, Stupple PA, Castle NA, Hounshell JA, Rivara M, Randall A, Dib-Hajj SD, Krafte D, Waxman SG, Patel MK, Butt RP, Stevens EB. Subtype-Selective Small Molecule Inhibitors Reveal a Fundamental Role for Nav1.7 in Nociceptor Electrogenesis, Axonal Conduction and Presynaptic Release. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0152405. PMID: 27050761, PMCID: PMC4822888, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral neuropeptide releaseSodium channel 1.7Dorsal hornPresynaptic releaseNociceptive signalingPain sensationAxonal conductionNeuropeptide releaseSpinal cordSynaptic transmissionPF-05089771Small molecule inhibitorsHuman nociceptorsAction potentialsNav1.7Nav1.7 inhibitorsUpstroke phaseHuman genetic studiesKey molecular determinantsNociceptorsSelective inhibitorMolecule inhibitorsRelative functional contributionInhibitorsFunctional contribution
2011
Intra- and Interfamily Phenotypic Diversity in Pain Syndromes Associated with a Gain-of-Function Variant of NaV1.7
Estación M, Han C, Choi JS, Hoeijmakers J, Lauria G, Drenth J, Gerrits MM, Dib-Hajj SD, Faber CG, Merkies I, Waxman SG. Intra- and Interfamily Phenotypic Diversity in Pain Syndromes Associated with a Gain-of-Function Variant of NaV1.7. Molecular Pain 2011, 7: 1744-8069-7-92. PMID: 22136189, PMCID: PMC3248882, DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-92.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxysmal extreme pain disorderSmall fiber neuropathyDorsal root gangliaInherited ErythromelalgiaPain syndromeFunction variantsTrigeminal ganglionIdiopathic small fiber neuropathySevere facial painQuantitative sensory testingSympathetic ganglion neuronsDifferent clinical presentationsSodium channel Nav1.7Distal painNeuropathic painFacial painAutonomic symptomsDRG neuronsPain disordersClinical presentationClinical pictureSyndrome AssociatedGanglion neuronsRoot gangliaSkin biopsies