Nature Communications (May 2016)

Evidence for the involvement of ASIC3 in sensory mechanotransduction in proprioceptors

  • Shing-Hong Lin,
  • Yuan-Ren Cheng,
  • Robert W. Banks,
  • Ming-Yuan Min,
  • Guy S. Bewick,
  • Chih-Cheng Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11460
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Acid-sensing ion channel 3 (ASIC3) is known to play a role in nociception, but its role in low threshold neurosensory mechanotransduction is unclear. Here, the authors target ASIC3 expression in dorsal root ganglion parvalbumin positive neurons and find ASIC3 contributes to dynamic proprioception responses.