Table 3.
General features and pharmacological interventions targeting TRP channels in neurological diseases.
TRP channels | Ion permeability | General physiological functions | Pharmacological interventions | References | |
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TRPC subfamily | TRPC3 | Nonselective cation | Neuronal differentiation, growth cone guidance, vasomotor | Pyr3 for stroke, epilepsy | [77, 100, 101] |
TRPC6 | Nonselective cation | Axon guidance, vasomotor, smooth muscle, mechanosensor | Hyperforin for stroke, epilepsy Resveratrol for stroke OAG for AD |
[55–58, 89, 101] | |
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TRPV subfamily | TRPV1 | Ca2+ permeable | Sensing spicy (hot) peppers, pain sensation, noxious temperature sensing | Dihydrocapsaicin for stroke Capsazepine for epilepsy, AD, PD, stroke Capsaicin for PD, schizophrenia Anandamide for epilepsy AMG9810, oleoylethanolamide for PD |
[70, 71, 97–99, 102, 103, 107] |
TRPV2 | Weakly Ca2+ selective | Thermal pain sensing, mechanosensor | Cannabidiol for glioblastoma, epilepsy | [87, 105] | |
TRPV4 | Ca2+ permeable | Osmosensing, warm sensing, nociception, pressure sensing | HC-067047 for stroke, AD, epilepsy GSK1016790A for stroke |
[73, 78] | |
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TRPM subfamily | TRPM2 | Nonselective cation | Oxidant stress sensing | Tat-M2NX for stroke SB-750139 for AD 2-Aminoethoxydiphenyl borate for AD N-(p-Amylcinnamoyl) anthranilic acid for AD, PD Flufenamic acid for PD |
[62, 90, 91, 95] |
TRPM4 | Ca2+ impermeable | Mechanosensor | 9-Phenanthrol for stroke | [69] | |
TRPM7 | Mg2+ permeable | Mg2+ homeostasis, entry pathway for trace metals | Carvacrol for stroke | [68] | |
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TRPA subfamily | TRPA1 | Nonselective cation | Pungent painful stimuli sensing, noxious cold sensing, mechanosensor | HC-030031 for AD | [93] |