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Published in final edited form as: Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2018 Oct 29;25(11):1009–1018. doi: 10.1038/s41594-018-0148-z

Table 1.

TRP summary table.

TRP Subgroup$ Activation Subcellular distribution# Genetic phenotypes Human disease/Drug target
C1 PM ↓ Salivation
C2 S, M Pheromones, DAG PM ↓ Pheromone detection
C3 M GPCR-PLC, DAG PM, Secretory vesicles, Mitochondria Ataxia; motor coordination defects
C4 M GPCR-PLC, Englerin A PM, Secretory vesicles Impaired vascular function
C5 S, M GPCR-PLC, Cool25–37 °C, Englerin A PM, Secretory vesicles ↓ Anxiety behaviors
C6 S, M GPCR-PLC, DAG PM ↑ Arterial contractility FSGS (GOF)
C7 S, M GPCR-PLC, DAG PM ↓ Non-image forming photoreception
V1 S, M, O Heat>42 °C, H+, Vanolloids, DkTx PM, ER, Mitochondria ↓ nociception; ↓ thermal hyperalgesia; ↓ bladder function Analgesia (clinical trial)
V2 S, O Heat>52 °C, 2-APB PM, EE (?) Susceptibility to bacterial infection
V3 S Warm30–35 °C, 2-APB, Carvacrol, Incensole LELs (?), PM Abnormal hair morpho-genesis; compromised skin barrier Olmsted syndrome (GOF)
V4 S Hypotonicity, Warm24–38°C, 4α-PDD PM ↑ Bone density, altered urinary function CMT type 2C, skeletal dysplasias (GOF); pulmonary edema (clinical trial)
V5 PM, Secretory vesicles ↓ Renal Ca2+ absorption; hypercalciuria; kidney stones
V6 PM, Secretory vesicles Defective intestinal Ca2+ absorption; osteopenia; infertility
A1 S, M, O ROS, 4-HNE, AITC PM, LELs Defective chemosensation Familial episodic pain syndrome (GOF); chronic pain (clinical trial)
M1 M, O Melanosomes Impaired vision Congenital stationary night blindness
M2 S, O ROS, Warm>35 °C, ADPR PM, LELs ↓ Inflammation response
M3 S Heat>40 °C, PS, Sphingolipids PM Defective thermosensation
M4 S, M Tastants, Ca2+ PM Defective gustation Brugada syndrome; familial heart block 1 (GOF)
M5 S, M Tastants, Heat>35 °C, Ca2+ PM Defective gustation
M6 O (?) PM, M7-like vesicles (?) Embryonic lethal Heritable hypomagnesaemia
M7 O ROS PM, M7-like vesicles Embryonic lethal
M8 S, O Cool<25 °C, Menthol, Icilin PM, ER Defective cold sensation Analgesia (clinical trial)
ML1 O PI(3,5)P2, ROS, ML-SAs, SF51, Mk-683 LELs, TVs Neuro- and retinal degeneration, muscle dystrophy, hypochlorhydria Mucolipidosis type IV
ML2 O PI(3,5)P2, ROS, ML-SAs Recycling endosomes, LELs Impaired innate immune responses
ML3 O PI(3,5)P2, ML-SAs, SFs Early endosomes, LELs Varitint-Waddler (GOF)
P1 O Cilia, ER Embryonic lethal ADPKD
P2 O Calmidazolium Cilia Renal, retinal, and intestinal defects.
P3 O Cilia

Abbreviations: 4-HNE, 4-hydroxynonenal; 4α-PDD, 4α-phorbol 12–13-didecanoate; ADPKD, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; ADPR, cyclic ADP ribose; AITC, allyl isothiocyanate; DkTx, double-knot toxin; DVT, decavanadate; FSGS, familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; GPCR, G-protein coupled receptor; IC, intracellular; ML-SA, mucolipin synthetic agonist; ML-SI, mucolipin synthetic inhibitor; LEL, late endosome and lysosome; PM, plasma membrane; PS, pregnenolone sulfate; ROS, reactive oxygen species; TV, tubulovesicles.

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S, sensory TRPs, M, metabotripic TRPs, O, organellar TRPs.

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