作者:Marco Stein、Andreas Breit、Timm Fehrentz、Thomas Gudermann、Dirk Trauner
DOI:10.1002/anie.201302530
日期:2013.9.9
Controlling pain with light: TRPV1 channels mediate the response to noxious heat and can be activated by capsaicin, the major ingredient of chili pepper. Novel azobenzene photoswitches can be used for the optical control of TRPV1. One of these compounds antagonizes capsaicin in a light‐dependent fashion, demonstrating that a photoswitchable antagonist and an agonist can be applied in concert to modulate
用光控制疼痛:TRPV1通道介导对有害热量的反应,并可以被辣椒的主要成分辣椒素激活。新型偶氮苯光电开关可用于TRPV1的光学控制。这些化合物中的一种以光依赖的方式拮抗辣椒素,表明可光转换的拮抗剂和激动剂可以协同使用以调节离子通道活性。