TRPV4: En RhoA To a Cure?
TRPV4: En RhoA To a Cure?
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10.1002/bies.202200071
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2022-06
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4
通讯作者:
Chen, Yan-Hua
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作者:
Lu, Qun;Chen, Yan-Hua
Widely recognized in channelopathy spectrum disorders, dominant mutations in TRPV4 (transient receptor potential vanilloid 4) have been found in both nervous system and skeletal diseases. It is thus no wonder TRPV4 has been investigated intensely as a potential therapeutic target in treating these disorders. Unfortunately, effective treatment options are still lacking. Although it is known that different clusters of mutations at different domains of TRPV4 are likely causative to different diseases, studies of mechanisms coupling mutations in TRPV4 to disease pathology are still ongoing. Among the potential mechanisms, calcium overload-induced toxicity and cell death, dysregulated gene expression and neuritogenesis, as well as altered protein-protein interactions and channel trafficking have been proposed.In this issue of BioEssays, a new hypothesis emerged that was based on the recent studies which demonstrated the direct physical and bidirectional functional interactions of TRPV4 with small GTPase RhoA. The defective interactions due to TRPV4 neuropathy mutations can lead to an activation of RhoA and reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton associated with neurite degeneration. RhoA signaling inhibition restored neurite length in vitro and in a fly model of TRPV4 neuropathy. The function of TRPV4 in regulating the cytoskeleton can occur independent of ion channel activity. Thus, it was proposed that TRPV4, acting as a RhoGDI, and RhoA together constitute an environmentally sensitive signaling complex that contributes to pathological cytoskeletal alterations during neurological injury and disease. As many of the same neurological diseases associated with excessive RhoA signaling are also associated with increased TRPV4 activation, this hypothesis concluded that TRPV4-RhoA inhibition is a promising therapeutic route to treat neurological diseases [1].
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