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Transient Receptor Potential channel, Vanilloid subfamily (TRPV), type 1 Vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1), a capsaicin (vanilloid) receptor, is the founding member of the vanilloid TRP subfamily (TRPV). In humans, it is expressed in the brain, kidney, pancreas, testis, uterus, spleen, stomach, small intestine, lung and liver. TRPV1 has been implicated to have function in thermo-sensation (heat), autonomic thermoregulation, nociception, food intake regulation, and multiple functions in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The receptor has also been involved in growth cone guidance, long-term depression, endocannabinoid signaling and osmosensing in the central nervous system. TRPV1 is up regulated in several human pathological conditions including vulvodynia, GI inflammation, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. TRPV1 knock-out mice exhibit impaired sensation to thermal-mechanical acute pain. The structure of TRPV shows the typical topology features of all Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) ion channel family members, such as six transmembrane regions, a short hydrophobic stretch between transmembrane segments 5 and 6 and large intracellular N- and C-terminal domains. |
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