CHANNELOPATHIES
PAIN
MODULATION
TRANSMISSION
TRANSDUCTION
BRAIN
PEGEL
PERIH
PANAS
PRESSURE
HEAT
CHEMICAL
Mast Cells
Nociceptors
Na+
K+
TrpV1
ASIC
A5-HT2A
P2X3
PGE2
Heat/ BK2
β2 TrkA
capsaicin
NK1
H+
ATP
S-HT
PGE2
BK NGF
Modified Meliala, 2006
Adrenalin SP
Ca2+
K+
K+
Na+
1. Transduction 3. Propagation
2. Spike Initiation 4. Transmitter Release
SP
Glu
BDNF
NO
PGE2
Na+
Ca2+
NK1 TrkB
Gq/11 Gs NMDA-R AMPA-R
PLC KA-R
AC
IP3 Scr
cAMP
DAG Gs
PKA EP
cAMP AC
PKA
PKC
COX/LOX
PGE2
David L H Bennett, C Geoff rey Woods, in Painful and painless channelopathies (2014)
Schematic Showing Structural And Functional
Features Of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
David L H Bennett, C Geoff rey Woods, in Painful and painless channelopathies (2014)
A simplified cartoon showing the main events
underlying the action potential
Namadurai S, Yereddi NR, Cusdin FS, Huang CL-H, Chirgadze DY, Jackson
AP. 2015 A new look at sodium channel b subunits. Open Biol. 5: 140192.
myelin Na+ K+ Na++
Node of
K+
Aઠ K+ K+ Ranvier
K+ Na+ K+ +
+ Na+ Na+
Na
+ NaNa+ Na +
Na++ Na +
Na+
Na+ Na Na Na
+
Na+
K+ K+
K+ K+
C K+ K+
K+ K+ K+ K+
K+ K+ K+
K+
Epilepsi
Ataksia
Migrain
NYERI
PAIN CHANNELOPATIES
Sensory transduction
Electrical signaling
Neurotansmitter release
David L H Bennett, C Geoff rey Woods, in Painful and painless channelopathies (2014)
Example of Heterozygous and Homozygous
Mutation Through Direct Sequencing
a) A TG A GC T T G G A CAGG TG
Normal wild type
b)
AT GA G C T T R G A C A G GTG
Heterozygous
c) AT G A G C T T A G A CA G G TG
Mutant
homozygous
Anger Anxiety
Fear
Depression
A
NOCICEPTIVE