超家族瞬时受体电位(transient receptor potential,TRP)通道是存在于细胞膜上的非选择性阳离子通道,28个成员分为7个亚家族,广泛分布于人体的组织器官内,作为生物感受器参与调节视觉、听觉、味觉、痛觉和触觉等功能。到目前为止,从自然界中已发现TRP通道天然调节剂有100余种,来源于70余种动植物。本文系统综述了这些天然调节剂的来源、结构类型及其作用特点和机制,旨在为靶向TRP通道天然调节剂的发现及创新药物研究提供参考。
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are non-selective and cation-permeable channels in the cell membrane, widely distributed in tissues and organs of human body. As biosensors, TRP channels can regulate the functions of vision, hearing, taste, pain, and touch, etc. So far, more than 100 different kinds of natural modulators targeting TRP channels have been identified from 70 species of plants or animals. In this review article, we attempt to summarize the effect of known natural active compounds on TRP channels with focuses on their sources, structures, action features and mechanisms. Hopefully this review can provide some useful information that can facilitate discovery of more specific natural modulators, and development of innovative therapeutic drugs targeting TRP channels.