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Título: | Morphological and functional changes in TRPM8-expressing corneal cold thermoreceptor neurons during aging and their impact on tearing in mice |
Autor: | Alcalde, Ignacio; Íñigo-Portugués, Almudena CSIC ORCID; González-González, Omar; Almaraz, Laura CSIC ORCID; Artime, Enol; Morenilla-Palao, Cruz CSIC ORCID; Gallar, Juana CSIC ORCID; Viana, Félix CSIC ORCID ; Merayo-Lloves, Jesús; Belmonte, Carlos CSIC ORCID | Palabras clave: | Aging Cold thermoreceptors Dry eye Pain Tearing Trigeminal ganglion |
Fecha de publicación: | 2018 | Editor: | Wiley-VCH | Citación: | Journal of Comparative Neurology 526(11): 1859-1874 (2018) | Resumen: | Morphological and functional alterations of peripheral somatosensory neurons during the aging process lead to a decline of somatosensory perception. Here, we analyze the changes occurring with aging in trigeminal ganglion (TG), TRPM8-expressing cold thermoreceptor neurons innervating the mouse cornea, which participate in the regulation of basal tearing and blinking and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of dry eye disease (DED). TG cell bodies and axonal branches were examined in a mouse line (TRPM8BAC-EYFP) expressing a fluorescent reporter. In 3 months old animals, about 50% of TG cold thermoreceptor neurons were intensely fluorescent, likely providing strongly fluorescent axons and complex corneal nerve terminals with ongoing activity at 34°C and low-threshold, robust responses to cooling. The remaining TRPM8+ corneal axons were weakly fluorescent with nonbeaded axons, sparsely ramified nerve terminals, and exhibited a low-firing rate at 34°C, responding moderately to cooling pulses as do weakly fluorescent TG neurons. In aged (24 months) mice, the number of weakly fluorescent TG neurons was strikingly high while the morphology of TRPM8+ corneal axons changed drastically; 89% were weakly fluorescent, unbranched, and often ending in the basal epithelium. Functionally, 72.5% of aged cold terminals responded as those of young animals, but 27.5% exhibited very low-background activity and abnormal responsiveness to cooling pulses. These morpho-functional changes develop in parallel with an enhancement of tear's basal flow and osmolarity, suggesting that the aberrant sensory inflow to the brain from impaired peripheral cold thermoreceptors contributes to age-induced abnormal tearing and to the high incidence of DED in elderly people. | Descripción: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivs License. | Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24454 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/309215 | DOI: | 10.1002/cne.24454 | ISSN: | 1096-9861 |
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