Inflammation differentially controls transport of depolarizing Nav versus hyperpolarizing Kv channels to drive rat nociceptor activity
Higerd-Rusli G, Tyagi S, Baker C, Liu S, Dib-Hajj F, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman S. Inflammation differentially controls transport of depolarizing Nav versus hyperpolarizing Kv channels to drive rat nociceptor activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2215417120. PMID: 36897973, PMCID: PMC10089179, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2215417120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell biological mechanismsAxonal surfaceLive-cell imagingIon channel traffickingAnterograde transport vesiclesTransport vesiclesInflammatory mediatorsChannel traffickingPlasma membraneVesicular loadingIon channelsKv channelsPotential therapeutic targetPotassium channel KSodium channel NaTraffickingBiological mechanismsTherapeutic targetAbundanceRetrograde transportDistal axonsChannel NaInflammatory painNociceptor activityAxonal transport