PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Alawi, Khadija M AU - Russell, Fiona A AU - Aubdool, Aisah A AU - Srivastava, Salil AU - Riffo-Vasquez, Yanira AU - Baldissera, Lineu AU - Thakore, Pratish AU - Saleque, Nurjahan AU - Fernandes, Elizabeth S AU - Walsh, David A AU - Brain, Susan D TI - Transient receptor potential canonical 5 (TRPC5) protects against pain and vascular inflammation in arthritis and joint inflammation AID - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208886 DP - 2017 Jan 01 TA - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases PG - 252--260 VI - 76 IP - 1 4099 - http://ard.bmj.com/content/76/1/252.short 4100 - http://ard.bmj.com/content/76/1/252.full SO - Ann Rheum Dis2017 Jan 01; 76 AB - Objective Transient receptor potential canonical 5 (TRPC5) is functionally expressed on a range of cells including fibroblast-like synoviocytes, which play an important role in arthritis. A role for TRPC5 in inflammation has not been previously shown in vivo. We investigated the contribution of TRPC5 in arthritis.Methods Male wild-type and TRPC5 knockout (KO) mice were used in a complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced unilateral arthritis model, assessed over 14 days. Arthritis was determined by measurement of knee joint diameter, hindlimb weightbearing asymmetry and pain behaviour. Separate studies involved chronic pharmacological antagonism of TRPC5 channels. Synovium from human postmortem control and inflammatory arthritis samples were investigated for TRPC5 gene expression.Results At baseline, no differences were observed. CFA-induced arthritis resulted in increased synovitis in TRPC5 KO mice assessed by histology. Additionally, TRPC5 KO mice demonstrated reduced ispilateral weightbearing and nociceptive thresholds (thermal and mechanical) following CFA-induced arthritis. This was associated with increased mRNA expression of inflammatory mediators in the ipsilateral synovium and increased concentration of cytokines in synovial lavage fluid. Chronic treatment with ML204, a TRPC5 antagonist, augmented weightbearing asymmetry, secondary hyperalgesia and cytokine concentrations in the synovial lavage fluid. Synovia from human inflammatory arthritis demonstrated a reduction in TRPC5 mRNA expression.Conclusions Genetic deletion or pharmacological blockade of TRPC5 results in an enhancement in joint inflammation and hyperalgesia. Our results suggest that activation of TRPC5 may be associated with an endogenous anti-inflammatory/analgesic pathway in inflammatory joint conditions.