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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsErythromelalgiaHEK293 CellsHumansMutationNAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelPainPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesConceptsParoxysmal 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 analysisPain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 function
Jami S, Deuis J, Klasfauseweh T, Cheng X, Kurdyukov S, Chung F, Okorokov A, Li S, Zhang J, Cristofori-Armstrong B, Israel M, Ju R, Robinson S, Zhao P, Ragnarsson L, Andersson Å, Tran P, Schendel V, McMahon K, Tran H, Chin Y, Zhu Y, Liu J, Crawford T, Purushothamvasan S, Habib A, Andersson D, Rash L, Wood J, Zhao J, Stehbens S, Mobli M, Leffler A, Jiang D, Cox J, Waxman S, Dib-Hajj S, Neely G, Durek T, Vetter I. Pain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 function. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 2442. PMID: 37117223, PMCID: PMC10147923, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37963-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAustraliaNAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelPainPeptidesToxins, BiologicalUrtica dioicaConceptsSensory neuronsVoltage-sensing domainNav channelsTransmembrane proteinAccessory proteinsVoltage-gated sodium channelsCritical regulatorPore domainChannel gatingExtracellular loopToxin-mediated effectsNeuronal excitabilityPeptide toxinsProteinSodium channelsPharmacological activitiesNav1.7 functionKnottin peptidesNeuronsImportant insightsToxinSubunitsRegulatorDomainExcelsa
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceCell MembraneHEK293 CellsHumansIon Channel GatingMutant ProteinsNAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNeuronsPhosphorylationPhosphotyrosineProtein BindingProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fynConceptsND7/23 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
2017
FGF13 Selectively Regulates Heat Nociception by Interacting with Nav1.7
Yang L, Dong F, Yang Q, Yang P, Wu R, Wu Q, Wu D, Li C, Zhong Y, Lu Y, Cheng X, Xu F, Chen L, Bao L, Zhang X. FGF13 Selectively Regulates Heat Nociception by Interacting with Nav1.7. Neuron 2017, 93: 806-821.e9. PMID: 28162808, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.01.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAnimalsCells, CulturedFibroblast Growth FactorsGanglia, SpinalHot TemperatureHumansMice, TransgenicNAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNeuronsConceptsDorsal root gangliaAction potential firingHeat nociceptionFibroblast growth factorDRG neuronsSustained action potential firingTransient receptor potential cation channel V1Intracellular fibroblast growth factorsNoxious heat stimulationNoxious heat stimuliMouse DRG neuronsNociceptive neuronsNociceptive behaviorSodium channel NaRoot gangliaHeat stimuliNociceptionAction potentialsSodium currentHeat stimulationGrowth factorFGF13NeuronsChannel NaCurrent knowledge