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All listed services and products are For Research Use Only. Do Not use in any diagnostic or therapeutic applications.

Background

Transient receptor potential melastatin 3 (TRPM3) is a calcium-permeable, non-selective cation channel in the large family of TRP channels and more specifically belongs to the melastatin-related subfamily. The channel has a homotetrameric assembly, and each subunit is estimated to be about 1555 amino acids long with the classical TRP architecture, including six transmembrane segments (S1–S6), a pore loop between S5 and S6, intracellular N- and C-terminal regions, as well as a coiled-coil domain at the distal C terminus that facilitates tetrameric assembly. The N-terminal region is intracellular and contains conserved melastatin homology regions, while the C-terminal tail contains the TRP domain and additional regulatory regions involved in channel function and assembly. This modular architecture allows the integration of several activating stimuli, such as heat, chemical ligands, and intracellular signaling molecules. TRPM3 expression is highly enriched in small-diameter nociceptive neurons of the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and trigeminal ganglia, where it mediates noxious heat sensing and promotes inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia. In addition to expression in the central nervous system, including the hippocampus, cerebellum, and choroid plexus, TRPM3 is also present in pancreatic β-cells, kidney, and the palpebral conjunctiva of the eye. Knockout studies emphasize the physiological importance of TRPM3 in pain signaling: mice lacking this channel show reduced responses to noxious heat and impaired inflammatory heat hyperalgesia, while core body temperature remains largely unaffected.

Fig.1 Sructure of TRPM3 channels. (OA Literature)Fig.1 Domain structure of TRPM3 channels.1

TRPM3 Channel Function: A Polymodal Nociceptor and Beyond

The TRPM3 functional repertoire covers a wide range of physiological and pathological areas:

  • Noxious Heat Sensation: TRPM3, together with TRPV1 and TRPA1 vertebrates forms a trio of heat sensors mediating acute avoidance to noxious temperatures. Although these channels can serve as functional redundancy for robust heat detection, TRPM3 is uniquely required in inflamed tissue to mediate sustained thermal hyperalgesia.
  • Neurosteroid Chemosensing: The channel acts as an ionotropic receptor for pregnenolone sulfate, connecting endocrine state to neuronal excitability. Such sensitivity to neurosteroids may be responsible for sex differences in clinical pain and migraine susceptibility.
  • Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain: TRPM3 activity is increased in models of peripheral nerve injury and inflammation, mediating both thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia. Pharmacologic inhibition mitigates heat hyperalgesia and spontaneous pain behaviors in preclinical models.

TRPM3 Membrane Protein Product

The large size of the TRPM3 channel, its tetrameric assembly, polymodal gating, and dependence on an appropriate membrane environment for correct folding complicate structural and pharmacological studies of this pathway. Creative Biolabs has developed a custom TRPM3 protein design platform that provides membrane protein constructs for structural biology, ligand-binding studies, channel research, and antibody-related research. Structural insights and codon-optimized gene synthesis are used by our engineering team to develop constructs tailored to specific experimental requirements while considering key structural and functional features of TRPM3. Each engagement starts with a technical consultation to align the protein design with your specific research needs. Specific conformational strategies, preparation formats, and structural or functional assays are determined according to individual project requirements.

TRPM3 Protein Product

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TRPM3 Stable Cell Line Product

Functional TRPM3 that expresses well in cellular models, and predominantly at the plasma membrane are vital for calcium influx assays, electrophysiology, inhibitor screening and heat–sensing studies. Creative Biolabs engineered custom TRPM3 stable cell lines using optimized transduction and selection protocols that generate a homogenous, long-term expression of the channel. Our cell engineering platform relies on lentiviral delivery, transposon-mediated integration and gene knock-in methods for control with precision. Monoclonal selection is performed on each line and they are phenotypically validated for clonal purity as well as surface channel density and responsiveness to heat, PregS, or CIM0216 stimulation.

TRPM3 Stable Cell Line Product

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TRPM3 Recombinant Antibody Product

Antibodies to the extracellular epitopes of TRPM3 locked at high efficacy are pivotal for the detection, surface mapping and modulation of channel gating. Creative Biolabs enables end-to-end recombinant antibody discovery programs against membrane protein targets with confirmed extracellular loops and conformational TRPM3 epitopes. Our antibody development pipeline delivers binders with the specificity, affinity and developability profiles needed for research diagnostic or therapeutic applications through integrated immunogen design targeting at a range of multi-platform selection methodologies to assigned downstream engineering. Utilizing recombinant expression and clonal sequencing, we generate a renewable fully characterized reagent free of batch-to-batch variability normally present in polyclonal sera.

TRPM3 Recombinant Antibody Product

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Product Features

  • High Purity & Activity: High purity and verified integrity for dependable downstream work.
  • Diverse Expression Systems: Choice of expression formats to match routine or specialized projects.
  • Species Reactivity: Products available for human, mouse, pig, and other species.
  • Validated Applications: Application-tested to deliver consistent signals across common lab workflows.
  • Superior Batch-to-Batch Consistency: Stringent quality controls to ensure low variability from batch to batch.
  • Customization Options: Tags/Labels/package Modifications available upon request.

Custom TRPM3 Membrane Protein and Antibody Discovery Services

Stretching beyond typical catalog products, Creative Biolabs provides comprehensive discovery resources spanning the entire TRPM3 research landscape:

  • Production & Validation: Cloning of the synthesized optimized gene into an expression vector, plus small-scale expression trials to help determine the best expression conditions.
  • Custom Antibody Production: Produced via large-scale expression in mammalian/insect/cell culture or bacterial expression systems, purified in detergent or reconstituted into nanodiscs.
  • Engineered Cell Lines: Creation of stable cell lines that physiologically mimic endogenous TRPM3 expression and activity.
  • Functional Assessment Systems: Designing and executing assays to assess protein function and ligand binding.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  1. Are your TRPM3 reagents approved for diagnostics in chronic pain phenotyping or prostate cancer biomarker detection, gestational diabetes?

    No, no reagents or services offered are intended for use in diagnostic applications or therapeutic use, as all data is provided only for research purposes.

  2. Do you sell stable cell lines that express TRPM3 together with a genetically-encoded calcium indicator?

    Yes. Relative to other TRP channels, solvation properties are less known so here we engineered dual-stable lines from independent loci constitutively expressing full-length TRPM3 along with a bright high-affinity fluorescent calcium reporter.

  3. Can your anti-TRPM3 antibodies be used in immunofluorescence staining of paraformaldehyde-fixed dorsal root ganglion, pancreatic islet or prostates epithelium tissue sections?

    Yes. When tested on lightly fixed neural and endocrine preparations, the selected clones gave specific plasma membrane staining patterns corresponding to known distributions of nociceptive neuron, β-cell, and epithelial. Validation comprises peptide competition and recombinant antigen absorption to verify that the epitope recognized by a mAb is preserved on various tissue matrices.

  4. Is your recombinant TRPM3 concentrated in a formulation that permits immediate reconstitution into planar lipid bilayers or lipid nanodiscs for single-channel recordings and structural analysis?

    Yes. The protein is provided in a mild, non-ionic detergent buffer that maintains the native transmembrane fold and allows for direct exchange into synthetic lipid environments suitable for any biophysical or functional assay.

Reference
  1. Thiel, Gerald, and Oliver G. Rössler. "Stimulus–Transcription Coupling of TRPM3 Channels: A Signaling Pathway from the Plasma Membrane to the Nucleus." Biomolecules 15.4 (2025): 521. Under Open Access license CC BY 4.0, without modification. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15040521
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