HEK293T cells that were maintained in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) (Sigma-Aldrich or Wako) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (Biowest) at 37°C under 5% CO2 in air were seeded on a 35-mm dish (Iwaki) at 5 × 105 cells/well, grown overnight, and transfected with pRc/CMV-mB2R (100 (link)), pcDNA-hTRPV1 (100 (link)), pcDNA-hTRPV1S117A/T371A, pCMV-SPORT6-hADRA2A (DNAFORM, ID 6198830), and/or pGreen-Lantern 1 (101 (link)), which is a humanized green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression vector, using Lipofectamine reagent (Thermo Fisher Scientific) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. pcDNA-hTRPV1S117A/T371A was generated from pcDNA-hTRPV1 by site-directed mutagenesis to replace Ser117 and Thr371 with Ala by using a PrimeSTAR Mutagenesis Basal kit (TaKaRa Bio) with the primer sets S117A-S and S117A-AS, and T371A-S and T371-AS (Table S1). After incubation for 3 to 4 h, the cells were reseeded on 12-mm coverslips (Matsunami Glass), further incubated for 2 days, and subjected to whole-cell patch-clamp recordings.
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