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 neurons
2008
NaV1.7 Gain-of-Function Mutations as a Continuum: A1632E Displays Physiological Changes Associated with Erythromelalgia and Paroxysmal Extreme Pain Disorder Mutations and Produces Symptoms of Both Disorders
Estacion M, Dib-Hajj SD, Benke PJ, Morsche R, Eastman EM, Macala LJ, Drenth JP, Waxman SG. NaV1.7 Gain-of-Function Mutations as a Continuum: A1632E Displays Physiological Changes Associated with Erythromelalgia and Paroxysmal Extreme Pain Disorder Mutations and Produces Symptoms of Both Disorders. Journal Of Neuroscience 2008, 28: 11079-11088. PMID: 18945915, PMCID: PMC6671384, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3443-08.2008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlanineAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCells, CulturedChildDose-Response Relationship, RadiationElectric StimulationErythromelalgiaGanglia, SpinalGlutamic AcidHumansMaleMembrane PotentialsModels, MolecularMutationNAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySodium ChannelsSomatoform DisordersTime FactorsTransfectionConceptsParoxysmal extreme pain disorderDorsal root gangliaTrigeminal ganglion neuronsClinical phenotypeGanglion neuronsMixed clinical phenotypePersistent inward currentsFunction mutationsPatch-clamp analysisPEPD mutationsPain disordersFast inactivationRoot gangliaInward currentsDistinct disordersCurrent clampErythromelalgiaDisordersPainChannel functionVoltage dependencePhysiological changesNeuronsIEMPhenotype