2014
Dynamic-clamp analysis of wild-type human Nav1.7 and erythromelalgia mutant channel L858H
Vasylyev DV, Han C, Zhao P, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman SG. Dynamic-clamp analysis of wild-type human Nav1.7 and erythromelalgia mutant channel L858H. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2014, 111: 1429-1443. PMID: 24401712, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00763.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiophysicsCells, CulturedElectric StimulationErythromelalgiaGanglia, SpinalHEK293 CellsHumansMembrane PotentialsMiceMice, KnockoutModels, BiologicalMutationNAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNeural ConductionNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesSodium Channel BlockersTetrodotoxinTransfectionConceptsDRG neuronsMutant Nav1.7 channelsNav1.7 channelsDorsal root ganglion neuronsSodium influxPrimary nociceptive neuronsSmall DRG neuronsNet sodium influxSodium channel Nav1.7Current thresholdMechanistic linkAction potential generationNeuropathic painNociceptive neuronsNociceptor functionGanglion neuronsNociceptor hyperexcitabilityPain phenotypesChannel expressionChannel Nav1.7Subthreshold depolarizationHuman Nav1.7Electrophysiological recordingsDynamic-Clamp AnalysisIdentification of gain
2011
Nav1.7 is the Predominant Sodium Channel in Rodent Olfactory Sensory Neurons
Ahn HS, Black JA, Zhao P, Tyrrell L, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD. Nav1.7 is the Predominant Sodium Channel in Rodent Olfactory Sensory Neurons. Molecular Pain 2011, 7: 1744-8069-7-32. PMID: 21569247, PMCID: PMC3101130, DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-32.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsGanglia, SpinalGene Expression RegulationIn Situ HybridizationIon Channel GatingMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelOlfactory MucosaOlfactory Receptor NeuronsPolymerase Chain ReactionRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRNA, MessengerSodium ChannelsConceptsDorsal root gangliaOlfactory sensory neuronsSodium channelsSensory neuronsNervous systemSodium channel transcriptsVoltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7Peripheral nervous systemCentral nervous systemCompound heterozygous lossSodium channel Nav1.7Channel transcriptsPeripheral olfactory sensory neuronsCongenital insensitivityRoot gangliaSympathetic neuronsOSN axonsOlfactory bulbPostsynaptic cellOlfactory epitheliumChannel Nav1.7Nav1.7Nav1.6 channelsNull miceAnosmia