The DRASIC cation channel contributes to the detection of cutaneous touch and acid stimuli in mice

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Title:	The DRASIC cation channel contributes to the detection of cutaneous touch and acid stimuli in mice
Creators Name:	Price, M.P., McIlwrath, S.L., Xie, J.H., Cheng, C., Qiao, J., Tarr, D.E., Sluka, K.A., Brennan, T.J., Lewin, G.R. and Welsh, M.J.
Abstract:	Cation channels in the DEG/ENaC family are proposed to detect cutaneous stimuli in mammals. We localized one such channel, DRASIC, in several different specialized sensory nerve endings of skin, suggesting it might participate in mechanosensation and/or acid-evoked nociception. Disrupting the mouse DRASIC gene altered sensory transduction in specific and distinct ways. Loss of DRASIC increased the sensitivity of mechanoreceptors detecting light touch, but it reduced the sensitivity of a mechanoreceptor responding to noxious pinch and decreased the response of acid- and noxious heat-sensitive nociceptors. The data suggest that DRASIC subunits participate in heteromultimeric channel complexes in sensory neurons. Moreover, in different cellular contexts, DRASIC may respond to mechanical stimuli or to low pH to mediate normal touch and pain sensation.
Keywords:	Acids, Animal Behavior, Hot Temperature, Mechanoreceptors, Membrane Potentials, Membrane Proteins, Nerve Endings, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Afferent Neurons, Nociceptors, Pain, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Physical Stimulation, Genetic Recombination, Sodium Channels, Chemical Stimulation, Touch, Animals, Mice
Source:	Neuron
ISSN:	0896-6273
Publisher:	Cell Press
Volume:	32
Number:	6
Page Range:	1071-1083
Date:	20 December 2001
Additional Information:	Correction in Neuron,35, 2002, 407
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00547-5
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