1,8‐ and 1,4‐cineole enhance spontaneous excitatory transmission by activating different types of transient receptor potential channels in the rat spinal substantia gelatinosa

Although transient receptor potential (TRP) channels expressed in the spinal substantia gelatinosa play a role in modulating nociceptive transmission, their properties have not been fully examined yet. In order to address this issue, the effects of 1,8‐cineole and its stereoisomer 1,4‐cineole on excitatory transmission were examined by applying the whole‐cell patch‐clamp technique to substantia gelatinosa neurons in adult rat spinal cord slices. Miniature excitatory postsynaptic current frequency was increased by 1,8‐ and 1,4‐cineole. The cineole activities were repeated and resistant to voltage‐gated Na+‐channel blocker tetrodotoxin. The 1,8‐cineole activity was inhibited by TRP ankyrin‐1 (TRPA1) antagonists (HC‐030031 and mecamylamine) but not TRP vanilloid‐1 (TRPV1) antagonists (capsazepine and SB‐366791), whereas the 1,4‐cineole activity was depressed by the TRPV1 but not TRPA1 antagonists. Although 1,8‐ and 1,4‐cineole reportedly activate TRP melastatin‐8 (TRPM8) channels, their activities were unaffected by TRPM8 antagonist 4‐(3‐chloro‐2‐pyridinyl)‐N‐[4‐(1,1‐dimethylethyl)phenyl]‐1‐piperazinecarboxamide. Monosynaptically evoked C‐fiber, but not Aδ‐fiber excitatory postsynaptic current amplitude, was reduced by 1,8‐ and 1,4‐cineole. These results indicate that 1,8‐ and 1,4‐cineole increase spontaneous l‐glutamate release from nerve terminals by activating TRPA1 and TRPV1 channels, respectively, while inhibiting C‐fiber but not Aδ‐fiber evoked l‐glutamate release. This difference between 1,8‐ and 1,4‐cineole may serve to know the properties of TRP channels located in the central terminals of primary‐afferent neurons.

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