2023
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
2012
Understanding chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain
Hughes J, Chessell I, Malamut R, Perkins M, Bačkonja M, Baron R, Farrar J, Field M, Gereau R, Gilron I, McMahon S, Porreca F, Rappaport B, Rice F, Richman L, Segerdahl M, Seminowicz D, Watkins L, Waxman S, Wiech K, Woolf C. Understanding chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 2012, 1255: 30-44. PMID: 22564068, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06561.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2000
Sodium channels and the molecular pathophysiology of pain
Cummins T, Dib-Hajj S, Black J, Waxman S. Sodium channels and the molecular pathophysiology of pain. Progress In Brain Research 2000, 129: 3-19. PMID: 11098678, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(00)29002-x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGanglia, SpinalHumansInflammationNerve Growth FactorsNeuronsPainSodium ChannelsConceptsDorsal root gangliaTrigeminal neuronsSodium channelsAction potentialsDorsal root ganglion neuronsSpontaneous action potential activityMolecular pathophysiologyPrimary sensory neuronsPeripheral target tissuesAction potential activitySodium channel expressionChain of neuronsPathological burstingNerve injuryNociceptive pathwaysChronic painGanglion neuronsRoot gangliaSensory neuronsChannel expressionSomatosensory systemPainNeuronsTarget tissuesPathophysiologyVoltage-gated sodium channels and the molecular pathogenesis of pain: a review.
Waxman SG, Cummins TR, Dib-Hajj SD, Black JA. Voltage-gated sodium channels and the molecular pathogenesis of pain: a review. The Journal Of Rehabilitation Research And Development 2000, 37: 517-28. PMID: 11322150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChronic DiseaseGanglia, SpinalGene ExpressionHumansInflammationNerve Growth FactorsPainSodium ChannelsConceptsVoltage-gated sodium channelsDRG neuronsNervous systemSodium channelsDistinct voltage-gated sodium channelsAction potentialsSpinal sensory neuronsSodium channel expressionSpontaneous action potentialsDifferent sodium channelsSpecific sodium channelsUnderstanding of painHigh-frequency activityInflammatory painPain pathwaysChronic painNociceptive signalsPeripheral nervesSensory neuronsNew therapiesPainChannel expressionMolecular pathogenesisPharmacologic manipulationNeuron cell membrane
1998
SNS Na+ channel expression increases in dorsal root ganglion neurons in the carrageenan inflammatory pain model
Tanaka M, Cummins T, Ishikawa K, Dib-Hajj S, Black J, Waxman S. SNS Na+ channel expression increases in dorsal root ganglion neurons in the carrageenan inflammatory pain model. Neuroreport 1998, 9: 967-972. PMID: 9601651, DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199804200-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall DRG neuronsDorsal root ganglion neuronsInjection of carrageenanDRG neuronsInflamed limbGanglion neuronsSodium currentTTX-R sodium currentsTetrodotoxin-resistant sodium currentInflammatory pain modelDevelopment of hyperexcitabilitySodium channel expressionPatch-clamp recordingsInflammatory painPain modelChronic painCarrageenan injectionNociceptive cellsContralateral sideNaive ratsChannel expressionProjection fieldsMRNA expressionNeuronsSodium channels