Abstract

Temperature activated TRP channels or thermoTRPs are among the only proteins that can directly convert temperature changes into changes in channel open probability. In spite of a wealth of functional and structural information, the mechanism of temperature activation remains unknown. We have carefully characterized the repeated activation of TRPV1 by thermal stimuli and discovered a previously unknown inactivation process, which is irreversible. We propose that this form of gating in TRPV1 channels is a consequence of the heat absorption process that leads to channel opening.

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Summary data for Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been provided as source data files. The electrophysiological recordings will be made available upon request to the corresponding author.

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  1. Ana Sánchez-Moreno

    Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, Mexico
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  2. Eduardo Guevara-Hernández

    Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, Mexico
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  3. Ricardo Contreras-Cervera

    Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, Mexico
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  4. Gisela Rangel-Yescas

    Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, Mexico
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  5. Ernesto Ladrón-de-Guevara

    Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, Mexico
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  6. Tamara Rosenbaum

    Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, Mexico
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  7. Leon D Islas

    Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, Mexico
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    Leon D Islas, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CB-2015-252644)

  • Leon D Islas

DGAPA-PAPIIT-UNAM (IN209515)

  • Leon D Islas

DGAPA-PAPIITT-UNAM (IN200717)

  • Tamara Rosenbaum

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CB-2014-01-238399)

  • Tamara Rosenbaum

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Fronteras de la Ciencia 77)

  • Tamara Rosenbaum
  • Leon D Islas

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Baron Chanda, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

Version history

  1. Received: March 3, 2018
  2. Accepted: May 26, 2018
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: June 5, 2018 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: June 13, 2018 (version 2)

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© 2018, Sánchez-Moreno et al.

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  1. Ana Sánchez-Moreno
  2. Eduardo Guevara-Hernández
  3. Ricardo Contreras-Cervera
  4. Gisela Rangel-Yescas
  5. Ernesto Ladrón-de-Guevara
  6. Tamara Rosenbaum
  7. Leon D Islas
(2018)
Irreversible temperature gating in trpv1 sheds light on channel activation
eLife 7:e36372.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36372

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