Store-Operated Ca2+Entry in Sensory Neurons: Functional Role and the Effect of Painful Nerve Injury
Open Access
- 9 March 2011
- journal article
- Published by Society for Neuroscience in Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 31 (10), 3536-3549
- https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.5053-10.2011
Abstract
Painful nerve injury disrupts levels of cytoplasmic and stored Ca2+in sensory neurons. Since influx of Ca2+may occur through store-operated Ca2+entry (SOCE) as well as voltage- and ligand-activated pathways, we sought confirmation of SOCE in sensory neurons from adult rats and examined whether dysfunction of SOCE is a possible pathogenic mechanism. Dorsal root ganglion neurons displayed a fall in resting cytoplasmic Ca2+concentration when bath Ca2+was withdrawn, and a subsequent elevation of cytoplasmic Ca2+concentration (40 ± 5 nm) when Ca2+was reintroduced, which was amplified by store depletion with thapsigargin (1 μm), and was significantly reduced by blockers of SOCE, but was unaffected by antagonists of voltage-gated membrane Ca2+channels. We identified the underlying inwardly rectifying Ca2+-dependentICRAC(Ca2+release activated current), as well as a large thapsigargin-sensitive inward current activated by withdrawal of bath divalent cations, representing SOCE. Molecular components of SOCE, specifically STIM1 and Orai1, were confirmed in sensory neurons at both the transcript and protein levels. Axonal injury by spinal nerve ligation (SNL) elevated SOCE andICRAC. However, SOCE was comparable in injured and control neurons when stores were maximally depleted by thapsigargin, and STIM1 and Orai1 levels were not altered by SNL, showing that upregulation of SOCE after SNL is driven by store depletion. Blockade of SOCE increased neuronal excitability in control and injured neurons, whereas injured neurons showed particular dependence on SOCE for maintaining levels of cytoplasmic and stored Ca2+, which indicates a compensatory role for SOCE after injury.Keywords
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