Activation of protein kinase C sensitizes human VR1 to capsaicin and to moderate decreases in pH at physiological temperatures inXenopusoocytes

Abstract
The two-electrode voltage-clamp technique was used to evaluate the effect of protein kinase C (PKC) activation on ion current flow in Xenopus laevis oocytes injected with cRNA coding for the human vanilloid receptor (VR1). In the presence of 30 nM phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu), current evo