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Schmidt P, Perniss A, Bodenbenner-Tuerich M, Wiegand S, Briand L, Deckmann K. Tas1R3 Dependent and Independent Recognition of Sugars in the Urethra and the Role of Tuft Cells in this Process. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2024; 8:e2400117. [PMID: 38548667 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202400117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
Abstract
Increased sugar concentrations on mucosal surfaces display risk factors for infections. This study aims to clarify sugar monitoring in the urethra. Urethral tuft cells (UTC) are known sentinels monitoring the urethral lumen for potentially harmful substances and initiating protective mechanisms. Next-generation sequencing (NGS), RT-PCR, and immunohistochemistry show expression of the taste receptor Tas1R3 in murine UTC, a crucial component of the classical sweet detection pathway. Isolated UTC respond to various sugars with an increase of intracellular [Ca2+]. The Tas1R3 inhibitor gurmarin and Tas1R3 deletion reduces these responses. Utilizing mice lacking UTC, glibenclamide, a K+-ATP channel antagonist, and phlorizin, a SGLT1 inhibitor, reveal an additional Tas1R3 independent sweet detection pathway. Inhibition of both pathways abrogates the sugar responses. Rat cystometry shows that intraurethral application of sucrose and glucose increases detrusor muscle activity Tas1R3 dependently. Sugar monitoring in the urethra occurs via two distinct pathways. A Tas1R3 dependent pathway, exclusive to UTC, and a Tas1R3 independent sweet detection pathway, which can be found both in UTC and in other urethral epithelial cells.
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- Patricia Schmidt
- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35385, Giessen, Germany
- Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz Lipmann Institute, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35385, Giessen, Germany
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35385, Giessen, Germany
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, F-21000, France
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35385, Giessen, Germany
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Moribayashi T, Nakao Y, Ohtubo Y. Characteristics of A-type voltage-gated K + currents expressed on sour-sensing type III taste receptor cells in mice. Cell Tissue Res 2024; 396:353-369. [PMID: 38492001 PMCID: PMC11144136 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-024-03887-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Sour taste is detected by type III taste receptor cells that generate membrane depolarization with action potentials in response to HCl applied to the apical membranes. The shape of action potentials in type III cells exhibits larger afterhyperpolarization due to activation of transient A-type voltage-gated K+ currents. Although action potentials play an important role in neurotransmitter release, the electrophysiological features of A-type K+ currents in taste buds remain unclear. Here, we examined the electrophysiological properties of A-type K+ currents in mouse fungiform taste bud cells using in-situ whole-cell patch clamping. Type III cells were identified with SNAP-25 immunoreactivity and/or electrophysiological features of voltage-gated currents. Type III cells expressed A-type K+ currents which were completely inhibited by 10 mM TEA, whereas IP3R3-immunoreactive type II cells did not. The half-maximal activation and steady-state inactivation of A-type K+ currents were 17.9 ± 4.5 (n = 17) and - 11.0 ± 5.7 (n = 17) mV, respectively, which are similar to the features of Kv3.3 and Kv3.4 channels (transient and high voltage-activated K+ channels). The recovery from inactivation was well fitted with a double exponential equation; the fast and slow time constants were 6.4 ± 0.6 ms and 0.76 ± 0.26 s (n = 6), respectively. RT-PCR experiments suggest that Kv3.3 and Kv3.4 mRNAs were detected at the taste bud level, but not at single-cell levels. As the phosphorylation of Kv3.3 and Kv3.4 channels generally leads to the modulation of cell excitability, neuromodulator-mediated A-type K+ channel phosphorylation likely affects the signal transduction of taste.
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- Takeru Moribayashi
- Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Hibikino 2-4, Kitakyushu, 808-0196, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Hibikino 2-4, Kitakyushu, 808-0196, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Hibikino 2-4, Kitakyushu, 808-0196, Japan.
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Ye J, Fan M, Zhang X, Liang Q, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Lin CT, Zhang D. A novel biomimetic electrochemical taste-biosensor based on conformational changes of the taste receptor. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 249:116001. [PMID: 38199084 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Taste sensor, a useful tool which could detect and identify thousands of different chemical substances in liquid environments, has attracted continuous concern from beverage and foodstuff industry and its consumers. Although many taste sensing methods have been extensively developed, the assessment of tastant content remains challenging due to the limitations of sensor selectivity and sensitivity. Here we present a novel biomimetic electrochemical taste-biosensor based on bioactive sensing elements and immune amplification with nanomaterials carrier to address above concerns, while taking sweet taste perception as a model. The proposed biosensor based on ligand binding domain (T1R2 VFT) of human sweet taste receptor protein showed human mimicking character and initiated the application of immune recognition in gustation biosensor, which can precisely and sensitively distinguish sweet substances against other related gustation substances with detection limit of 5.1 pM, far less than that of taste sensors without immune amplification whose detection limit was 0.48 nM. The performance test demonstrated the biosensor has the capacity of monitoring the response of sweet substances in real food environments, which is crucial in practical. This biomimetic electrochemical taste-biosensor can work as a new screening platform for newly developed tastants and disclose sweet perception mechanism.
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- Jing Ye
- Research Center for Intelligent Sensing Systems, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- Research Center for Intelligent Sensing Systems, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- Research Center for Intelligent Sensing Systems, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- Research Center for Intelligent Sensing Systems, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China; College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Research Center for Intelligent Sensing Systems, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- Research Center for Intelligent Sensing Systems, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China; College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China
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- Research Center for Intelligent Sensing Systems, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
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Şeref B, Yıldıran H. A new perspective on obesity: perception of fat taste and its relationship with obesity. Nutr Rev 2024:nuae028. [PMID: 38497969 DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Obesity, which results from a long-term positive energy balance, is affected by many factors, especially nutrition. The sensory properties of foods are associated with increased food intake through hedonic appetite. Taste perception, a component of flavor, is also responsible for increased consumption, through reward and hedonic mechanisms. Foods with high fat and energy content are among the foods that create the reward perception. The perception of fat taste, the primary taste that has recently entered the literature, may also be associated with increased food consumption and body weight. Therefore, in this review, the relationship between fat taste and obesity is examined, using the latest literature. RESULTS Different hypotheses have been proposed regarding the mechanism of the relationship between fat-taste perception and obesity, such as hedonic appetite, microbiota, decreased taste perception, and increased taste threshold level. In addition, some studies examining this relationship reported significant associations between the level of fat-taste perception and obesity, whereas others did not find a significant difference. CONCLUSION Considering the prevalence and contribution to obesity of Western-style nutrition, characterized by high amounts of fat and sugar consumption, elucidating this relationship may be an essential solution for preventing and treating obesity.
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- Betül Şeref
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Türkiye
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye
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Shi Q, Xu L, Cai L, Deng S, Qi X. Sucralose regulates postprandial blood glucose in mice through intestinal sweet taste receptors Tas1r2/Tas1r3. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2024; 104:2233-2244. [PMID: 37938171 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.13110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Revised: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Non-nutritive sweeteners (such as sucralose) bind to sweet receptors Tas1r2/Tas1r3 on intestinal endocrine L cells after diets to upregulate blood glucose. However, the mechanism by which sucralose regulates postprandial blood glucose (PBG) has not been clarified to date. We hypothesized that the gut sweet taste receptor was one of the targets for sucralose to regulate PBG. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of sucralose on PBG based on the gut sweet taste receptor signaling pathway and to explore the mechanism. Therefore, we examined PBG, genes, and proteins associated with the gut sweet receptor pathway in sucralose-exposed mice. RESULTS The results showed that after 12 weeks of sucralose exposure the PBG of mice increased significantly, and the expression of intestinal sweet taste receptors increased correspondingly. Within the concentration range of this experiment, a significant increase of PBG was observed in mice fed on sucralose with a concentration equal to or higher than 0.33 g L-1 . CONCLUSION Long-term consumption of sucralose may increase body weight and the risk of elevated PBG, resulting in overexpression of sweetness receptors and glucose transporters. The mechanism of these effects might be the result of non-nutritive sweeteners binding to sweetness receptors Tas1r2/Tas1r3 in gut endocrine cells and upregulating Slc5a1 and Slc2a2. But we cannot rule out that the rise in PBG is the result of a combination of sweet receptors and gut microbes. Therefore, the effect of gut microbes on PBG needs to be studied further. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Qing Shi
- Zhejiang Provincial Top Discipline of Biological Engineering (Level A), Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Top Discipline of Biological Engineering (Level A), Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Top Discipline of Biological Engineering (Level A), Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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Meng T, Nielsen DE. TAS2R38 haplotypes, COVID-19 infection, and symptomatology: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4673. [PMID: 38409357 PMCID: PMC10897136 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55428-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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The TAS2R38 gene is well known for its function in bitter taste sensitivity, but evidence also suggests a role in innate immunity. TAS2R38 may be relevant in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but research findings are inconsistent. The objective of this study was to explore whether common TAS2R38 haplotypes are associated with COVID-19 infection and symptomatology in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Data from the CLSA COVID-19 Questionnaire and Seroprevalence sub-studies were utilized with CLSA genetic data for common TAS2R38 haplotypes related to bitter taste sensitivity. Haplotypes were categorized into three diplotype groups: [P]AV homozygotes, [P]AV/[A]VI heterozygotes, and [A]VI homozygotes. No significant differences were observed between diplotypes and COVID-19 infection frequency. Among self-reported COVID-19 cases (n = 76), and in uncorrected exploratory analyses, heterozygotes were less likely to report experiencing sinus pain compared to [P]AV homozygotes. Among seroprevalence-confirmed cases (n = 177), [A]VI homozygotes were less likely to report experiencing a sore/scratchy throat compared to [P]AV homozygotes. However, both observations were non-significant upon correction for multiple testing. In this study, TAS2R38 haplotypes were not significantly associated with COVID-19 infection or symptomatology. Nevertheless, in light of some exploratory patterns and conflicting evidence, additional research is warranted to evaluate links between TAS2R38 and innate immunity.
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- Tongzhu Meng
- School of Human Nutrition, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Room MS2-035, Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- School of Human Nutrition, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Room MS2-035, Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada.
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Scharf MM, Humphrys LJ, Berndt S, Di Pizio A, Lehmann J, Liebscher I, Nicoli A, Niv MY, Peri L, Schihada H, Schulte G. The dark sides of the GPCR tree - research progress on understudied GPCRs. Br J Pharmacol 2024. [PMID: 38339984 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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A large portion of the human GPCRome is still in the dark and understudied, consisting even of entire subfamilies of GPCRs such as odorant receptors, class A and C orphans, adhesion GPCRs, Frizzleds and taste receptors. However, it is undeniable that these GPCRs bring an untapped therapeutic potential that should be explored further. Open questions on these GPCRs span diverse topics such as deorphanisation, the development of tool compounds and tools for studying these GPCRs, as well as understanding basic signalling mechanisms. This review gives an overview of the current state of knowledge for each of the diverse subfamilies of understudied receptors regarding their physiological relevance, molecular mechanisms, endogenous ligands and pharmacological tools. Furthermore, it identifies some of the largest knowledge gaps that should be addressed in the foreseeable future and lists some general strategies that might be helpful in this process.
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- Magdalena M Scharf
- Karolinska Institutet, Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology, Sec. Receptor Biology & Signaling, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Rudolf Schönheimer Institute for Biochemistry, Molecular Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- Chemoinformatics and Protein Modelling, Department of Molecular Life Science, School of Life Science, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Rudolf Schönheimer Institute for Biochemistry, Molecular Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Rudolf Schönheimer Institute for Biochemistry, Molecular Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- Chemoinformatics and Protein Modelling, Department of Molecular Life Science, School of Life Science, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- The Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Karolinska Institutet, Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology, Sec. Receptor Biology & Signaling, Stockholm, Sweden
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Schluterman HM, Linardos CG, Drulia T, Marshall JD, Kearns GL. Evaluating palatability in young children: a mini-review of relevant physiology and assessment techniques. Front Pediatr 2024; 12:1350662. [PMID: 38390280 PMCID: PMC10881860 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1350662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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The palatability of pediatric pharmaceutical products plays a crucial role of influencing medication compliance. Rejection of unpalatable medications can potentially lead to treatment failure which can have immediate and delayed consequences. With advances in both the food and pharmaceutical industries, the systematic assessment of palatability has gained importance. Various methods such as visual analogue scales, facial hedonic scales, and facial recognition software, have been employed to assess palatability. While proven to be useful, these methods have significant limitations and may not be workable for young children. Despite these advancements, a universally accepted "gold standard" for assessing pediatric mediation palatability, recognized by drug regulatory agencies, is yet to be established.
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- Haley M Schluterman
- Departments of Medical Education, The Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Departments of Medical Education, The Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Davies School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Departments of Pediatrics, The Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, United States
- The Divisions of Intensive Care Medicine, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
- The Divisions of Palliative Care, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Departments of Pediatrics, The Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, United States
- The Divisions of Intensive Care Medicine, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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Lu P, Simas TAM, Delpapa E, ZhuGe R. Bitter taste receptors in the reproductive system: Function and therapeutic implications. J Cell Physiol 2024; 239:e31179. [PMID: 38219077 PMCID: PMC10922893 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.31179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
Abstract
Type 2 taste receptors (TAS2Rs), traditionally known for their role in bitter taste perception, are present in diverse reproductive tissues of both sexes. This review explores our current understanding of TAS2R functions with a particular focus on reproductive health. In males, TAS2Rs are believed to play potential roles in processes such as sperm chemotaxis and male fertility. Genetic insights from mouse models and human polymorphism studies provide some evidence for their contribution to male infertility. In female reproduction, it is speculated that TAS2Rs influence the ovarian milieu, shaping the functions of granulosa and cumulus cells and their interactions with oocytes. In the uterus, TAS2Rs contribute to uterine relaxation and hold potential as therapeutic targets for preventing preterm birth. In the placenta, they are proposed to function as vigilant sentinels, responding to infection and potentially modulating mechanisms of fetal protection. In the cervix and vagina, their analogous functions to those in other extraoral tissues suggest a potential role in infection defense. In addition, TAS2Rs exhibit altered expression patterns that profoundly affect cancer cell proliferation and apoptosis in reproductive cancers. Notably, TAS2R agonists show promise in inducing apoptosis and overcoming chemoresistance in these malignancies. Despite these advances, challenges remain, including a lack of genetic and functional studies. The application of techniques such as single-cell RNA sequencing and clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated endonuclease 9 gene editing could provide deeper insights into TAS2Rs in reproduction, paving the way for novel therapeutic strategies for reproductive disorders.
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- Ping Lu
- Department of Microbiology and Physiological System, UMass Chan Medical School, 363 Plantation St., Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Health, Memorial Campus 119 Belmont St., Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Health, Memorial Campus 119 Belmont St., Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Physiological System, UMass Chan Medical School, 363 Plantation St., Worcester, MA, USA
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Baranek E, Heraud C, Larroquet L, Surget A, Lanuque A, Terrier F, Skiba-Cassy S, Jérôme R. Long-term regulation of fat sensing in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed a vegetable diet from the first feeding: focus on free fatty acid receptors and their signalling. Br J Nutr 2024; 131:1-16. [PMID: 37469170 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114523001599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
Abstract
Taste plays a fundamental role in an animal’s ability to detect nutrients and transmits key dietary information to the brain, which is crucial for its growth and survival. Providing alternative terrestrial ingredients early in feeding influences the growth of rainbow trout (RT, Oncorhynchus mykiss). Thus, the present study aimed to assess the influence, via long-term feeding (from the first feeding to 8 months), of alternative plant ingredients (V diet for vegetable diet v. C diet for a control diet) in RT on the mechanism of fat sensing at the gustatory level. After the feeding trial, we studied the pathways of the fat-sensing mechanism in tongue tissue and the integrated response in the brain. To this end, we analysed the expression pattern of free fatty acid receptors (ffar) 1 and 2, markers of calcium-signalling pathways (phospholipase Cβ, Orai, Stim or Serca), the serotonin level (a key neurotransmitter in taste buds) and the expression pattern of appetite-regulating neuropeptides in the hypothalamus (central area of appetite regulation). The results revealed that the V diet modified the expression pattern of ffar1 and paralogs of ffar2 genes in tongue tissue, along with differential regulation of calcium-signalling pathways and a defect in serotonin level and brain turnover, without influencing neuropeptide expression. This study is the first to support that changes in feeding behaviour of RT fed a V diet could be due to the difference in nutrient sensing and a decrease in hedonic sensation. We revealed that RT have similar fat-detection mechanisms as mammals.
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- Elodie Baranek
- INRAE, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, UMR1419 Nutrition Metabolism and Aquaculture, Aquapôle, F-64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRAE, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, UMR1419 Nutrition Metabolism and Aquaculture, Aquapôle, F-64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRAE, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, UMR1419 Nutrition Metabolism and Aquaculture, Aquapôle, F-64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRAE, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, UMR1419 Nutrition Metabolism and Aquaculture, Aquapôle, F-64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRAE, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, UMR1419 Nutrition Metabolism and Aquaculture, Aquapôle, F-64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRAE, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, UMR1419 Nutrition Metabolism and Aquaculture, Aquapôle, F-64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRAE, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, UMR1419 Nutrition Metabolism and Aquaculture, Aquapôle, F-64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRAE, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, UMR1419 Nutrition Metabolism and Aquaculture, Aquapôle, F-64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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Tanaka U, Mogi K, Fujita N, Moriwake M, Morito K, Takayama K, Morimoto H, Yasukawa T, Uozumi Y, Nagasawa K. Alteration of Sweet and Bitter Taste Sensitivity with Development of Glucose Intolerance in Non-insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Model OLETF Rats. Biol Pharm Bull 2024; 47:739-749. [PMID: 38556303 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b23-00756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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Patients with diabetes exhibit altered taste sensitivity, but its details have not been clarified yet. Here, we examined alteration of sweet taste sensitivity with development of glucose intolerance in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats as a model of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Compared to the cases of Long Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats as a control, glucose tolerance of OLETF rats decreased with aging, resulting in development of diabetes at 36-weeks-old. In brief-access tests with a mixture of sucrose and quinine hydrochloride, OLETF rats at 25 or more-weeks-old seemed to exhibit lower sweet taste sensitivity than age-matched LETO ones, but the lick ratios of LETO, but not OLETF, rats for the mixture and quinine hydrochloride solutions decreased and increased, respectively, aging-dependently. Expression of sweet taste receptors, T1R2 and T1R3, in circumvallate papillae (CP) was almost the same in LETO and OLETF rats at 10- and 40-weeks-old, while expression levels of a bitter taste receptor, T2R16, were greater in 40-weeks-old rats than in 10-weeks-old ones in both strains. There was no apparent morphological alteration in taste buds in CP between 10- and 40-weeks-old LETO and OLETF rats. Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiota revealed strain- and aging-dependent alteration of mucus layer-regulatory microbiota. Collectively, we concluded that the apparent higher sweet taste sensitivity in 25 or more-weeks-old OLETF rats than in age-matched LETO rats was due to the aging-dependent increase of bitter taste sensitivity in LETO rats with alteration of the gut microbiota.
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- Utano Tanaka
- Laboratory of Environmental Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
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Ikuta R, Kakinohana Y, Hamada S. Ultrastructural localization of calcium homeostasis modulator 1 in mouse taste buds. Chem Senses 2024; 49:bjae019. [PMID: 38761122 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjae019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2024] Open
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Taste receptor cells are morphologically classified as types II and III. Type II cells form a unique type of synapses referred to as channel synapses where calcium homeostasis modulator 1 (CALHM1) together with CALHM3 forms voltage-gated channels that release the neurotransmitter, adenosine triphosphate (ATP). To validate the proposed structural model of channel synapses, the ultrastructural localization of CALHM1 in type II cells of both fungiform and circumvallate taste buds was examined. A monoclonal antibody against CALHM1 was developed and its localization was evaluated via immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy using the immunogold-silver labeling technique. CALHM1 was detected as puncta using immunofluorescence and along the presynaptic membrane of channel synapses facing atypical mitochondria, which provide ATP, by immunoelectron microscopy. In addition, it was detected along the plasma membrane lined by subsurface cisternae at sites apposed to afferent nerve fibers. Our results support the validity of a previously proposed structural model for channel synapses and provide insights into the function of subsurface cisternae whose function in taste receptor cells is unknown. We also examined the localization of CALHM1 in hybrid synapses of type III cells, which are conventional chemical synapses accompanied by mitochondria similar to atypical mitochondria of channel synapses. CALHM1 was not detected in the six hybrid synapses examined using immunoelectron microscopy. We further performed double immunolabeling for CALHM1 and Bassoon, which is detected as puncta corresponding to conventional vesicular synapses in type III cells. Our observations suggest that at least some, and probably most, hybrid synapses are not accompanied by CALHM1.
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- Rio Ikuta
- International College of Arts and Sciences, Fukuoka Women's University, 1-1-1, Kasumigaoka, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 813-8529, Japan
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- International College of Arts and Sciences, Fukuoka Women's University, 1-1-1, Kasumigaoka, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 813-8529, Japan
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- International College of Arts and Sciences, Fukuoka Women's University, 1-1-1, Kasumigaoka, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 813-8529, Japan
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Niu B, Liu L, Gao Q, Zhu MM, Chen L, Peng XH, Qin B, Zhou X, Li F. Genetic mutation of Tas2r104/Tas2r105/Tas2r114 cluster leads to a loss of taste perception to denatonium benzoate and cucurbitacin B. Animal Model Exp Med 2023. [PMID: 38155461 DOI: 10.1002/ame2.12357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bitter taste receptors (Tas2rs) are generally considered to sense various bitter compounds to escape the intake of toxic substances. Bitter taste receptors have been found to widely express in extraoral tissues and have important physiological functions outside the gustatory system in vivo. METHODS To investigate the physiological functions of the bitter taste receptor cluster Tas2r106/Tas2r104/Tas2r105/Tas2r114 in lingual and extraoral tissues, multiple Tas2rs mutant mice and Gnat3 were produced using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technique. A mixture containing Cas9 and sgRNA mRNAs for Tas2rs and Gnat3 gene was microinjected into the cytoplasm of the zygotes. Then, T7EN1 assays and sequencing were used to screen genetic mutation at the target sites in founder mice. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and immunostaining were used to study the expression level of taste signaling cascade and bitter taste receptor in taste buds. Perception to taste substance was also studied using two-bottle preference tests. RESULTS We successfully produced several Tas2rs and Gnat3 mutant mice using the CRISPR/Cas9 technique. Immunostaining results showed that the expression of GNAT3 and PLCB2 was not altered in Tas2rs mutant mice. But qRT-PCR results revealed the changed expression profile of mTas2rs gene in taste buds of these mutant mice. With two-bottle preference tests, these mutant mice eliminate responses to cycloheximide due to genetic mutation of Tas2r105. In addition, these mutant mice showed a loss of taste perception to quinine dihydrochloride, denatonium benzoate, and cucurbitacin B (CuB). Gnat3-mediated taste receptor and its signal pathway contribute to CuB perception. CONCLUSIONS These findings implied that these mutant mice would be a valuable means to understand the biological functions of TAS2Rs in extraoral tissues and investigate bitter compound-induced responses mediated by these TAS2Rs in many extraoral tissues.
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- Bowen Niu
- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Hirayama A, Iwata S, Oike A, Kawabata Y, Nagasato Y, Takai S, Sanematsu K, Takahashi I, Shigemura N. Cellular mechanisms of taste disturbance induced by the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, diclofenac, in mice. Front Cell Neurosci 2023; 17:1279059. [PMID: 38164437 PMCID: PMC10757961 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1279059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Drug-induced taste disorders are a serious problem in an aging society. This study investigated the mechanisms underlying taste disturbances induced by diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that reduces pain and inflammation by inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins by cyclooxygenase enzymes (COX-1 and COX-2). RT-PCR analyses demonstrated the expression of genes encoding arachidonic acid pathway components such as COX-1, COX-2 and prostaglandin synthases in a subset of mouse taste bud cells. Double-staining immunohistochemistry revealed that COX-1 and cytosolic prostaglandin E synthase (cPGES) were co-expressed with taste receptor type-1 member-3 (T1R3), a sweet/umami receptor component, or gustducin, a bitter/sweet/umami-related G protein, in a subset of taste bud cells. Long-term administration of diclofenac reduced the expression of genes encoding COX-1, gustducin and cPGES in mouse taste buds and suppressed both the behavioral and taste nerve responses to sweet and umami taste stimuli but not to other tastants. Furthermore, diclofenac also suppressed the responses of both mouse and human sweet taste receptors (T1R2/T1R3, expressed in HEK293 cells) to sweet taste stimuli. These results suggest that diclofenac may suppress the activation of sweet and umami taste cells acutely via a direct action on T1R2/T1R3 and chronically via inhibition of the COX/prostaglandin synthase pathway inducing down-regulated expression of sweet/umami responsive components. This dual inhibition mechanism may underlie diclofenac-induced taste alterations in humans.
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- Ayaka Hirayama
- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Section of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Research and Development Center for Five-Sense Devices, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Oral Health/Brain Health/Total Health Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Section of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Research and Development Center for Five-Sense Devices, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Brewer AA, Barton B. Cortical field maps across human sensory cortex. Front Comput Neurosci 2023; 17:1232005. [PMID: 38164408 PMCID: PMC10758003 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2023.1232005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Cortical processing pathways for sensory information in the mammalian brain tend to be organized into topographical representations that encode various fundamental sensory dimensions. Numerous laboratories have now shown how these representations are organized into numerous cortical field maps (CMFs) across visual and auditory cortex, with each CFM supporting a specialized computation or set of computations that underlie the associated perceptual behaviors. An individual CFM is defined by two orthogonal topographical gradients that reflect two essential aspects of feature space for that sense. Multiple adjacent CFMs are then organized across visual and auditory cortex into macrostructural patterns termed cloverleaf clusters. CFMs within cloverleaf clusters are thought to share properties such as receptive field distribution, cortical magnification, and processing specialization. Recent measurements point to the likely existence of CFMs in the other senses, as well, with topographical representations of at least one sensory dimension demonstrated in somatosensory, gustatory, and possibly olfactory cortical pathways. Here we discuss the evidence for CFM and cloverleaf cluster organization across human sensory cortex as well as approaches used to identify such organizational patterns. Knowledge of how these topographical representations are organized across cortex provides us with insight into how our conscious perceptions are created from our basic sensory inputs. In addition, studying how these representations change during development, trauma, and disease serves as an important tool for developing improvements in clinical therapies and rehabilitation for sensory deficits.
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- Alyssa A. Brewer
- mindSPACE Laboratory, Departments of Cognitive Sciences and Language Science (by Courtesy), Center for Hearing Research, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- mindSPACE Laboratory, Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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Chiurazzi M, De Conno B, Di Lauro M, Guida B, Nasti G, Schiano E, Stornaiuolo M, Tenore GC, Colantuoni A, Novellino E. The Effects of a Cinchona Supplementation on Satiety, Weight Loss and Body Composition in a Population of Overweight/Obese Adults: A Controlled Randomized Study. Nutrients 2023; 15:5033. [PMID: 38140292 PMCID: PMC10745730 DOI: 10.3390/nu15245033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Obesity is a risk factor for several diseases present worldwide. Currently, dietary changes and physical activity are considered the most effective treatment to reduce obesity and its associated comorbidities. To promote weight loss, hypocaloric diets can be supported by nutraceuticals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a hypocaloric diet associated with Cinchona succirubra supplementation on satiety, body weight and body composition in obese subjects. Fifty-nine overweight/obese adults, were recruited, randomized into two groups and treated for 2 months. The first group (32 adults) was treated with a hypocaloric diet plus cinchona supplementation (the T-group); the second one (27 adults) was treated with a hypocaloric diet plus a placebo supplementation (the P-group). Anthropometric-measurements as well as bioimpedance analysis, a Zung test and biochemical parameters were evaluated at baseline and after 60 days. T-group adults showed significant improvement in nutritional status and body composition compared to those at the baseline and in the P-group. Moreover, T-group adults did not show a reduction in Cholecystokinin serum levels compared to those of P-group adults. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that a hypocaloric diet associated with cinchona supplementation is effective in inducing more significant weight loss and the re-establishment of metabolic parameters than those obtained with a hypocaloric diet.
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- Martina Chiurazzi
- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.C.); (M.D.L.); (B.G.); (G.N.); (A.C.)
- Department of Medical Oncology, AO “A. Cardarelli”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.C.); (M.D.L.); (B.G.); (G.N.); (A.C.)
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.S.); (G.C.T.)
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.C.); (M.D.L.); (B.G.); (G.N.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.C.); (M.D.L.); (B.G.); (G.N.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.C.); (M.D.L.); (B.G.); (G.N.); (A.C.)
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- Inventia Biotech Centro Ricerche Alimentari Healthcare, 81120 Caserta, Italy; (E.S.); (E.N.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.S.); (G.C.T.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.S.); (G.C.T.)
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; (M.C.); (M.D.L.); (B.G.); (G.N.); (A.C.)
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- Inventia Biotech Centro Ricerche Alimentari Healthcare, 81120 Caserta, Italy; (E.S.); (E.N.)
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
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Ren T, Li B, Xu F, Chen Z, Lu M, Tan S. Research on the Effect of Oriental Fruit Moth Feeding on the Quality Degradation of Chestnut Rose Juice Based on Metabolomics. Molecules 2023; 28:7170. [PMID: 37894648 PMCID: PMC10608842 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28207170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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As a native fruit of China, chestnut rose (Rosa roxburghii Tratt) juice is rich in bioactive ingredients. Oriental fruit moth (OFM), Grapholita molesta (Busck), attacks the fruits and shoots of Rosaceae plants, and its feeding affects the quality and yield of chestnut rose. To investigate the effects of OFM feeding on the quality of chestnut rose juice, the bioactive compounds in chestnut rose juice produced from fruits eaten by OFM were measured. The electronic tongue senses, amino acid profile, and untargeted metabolomics assessments were performed to explore changes in the flavour and metabolites. The results showed that OFM feeding reduced the levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), tannin, vitamin C, flavonoid, and condensed tannin; increased those of polyphenols, soluble solids, total protein, bitterness, and amounts of bitter amino acids; and decreased the total amino acid and umami amino acid levels. Furthermore, untargeted metabolomics annotated a total of 426 differential metabolites (including 55 bitter metabolites), which were mainly enriched in 14 metabolic pathways, such as flavonoid biosynthesis, tryptophan metabolism, tyrosine metabolism, and diterpenoid biosynthesis. In conclusion, the quality of chestnut rose juice deteriorated under OFM feeding stress, the levels of bitter substances were significantly increased, and the bitter taste was subsequently enhanced.
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- Tingyuan Ren
- School of Liquor and Food Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (B.L.); (F.X.); (Z.C.); (M.L.); (S.T.)
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Rayo-Morales R, Segura-Carretero A, Borras-Linares I, Garcia-Burgos D. Suppression of sweet taste-related responses by plant-derived bioactive compounds and eating. Part I: A systematic review in humans. Heliyon 2023; 9:e19733. [PMID: 37817998 PMCID: PMC10560784 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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The taste of food plays a crucial role in determining what and how much we eat. Thus, interventions that temporarily block sweet taste receptors offer a promising approach to addressing unhealthy behaviours associated with sugary foods. However, the relationship between reduced sweet taste response and food consumption remains unclear, with contradictory findings. Certain studies suggest that a diminished perception of sweetness leads to a sense of fullness and results in reduced food intake, while others suggest the opposite effect. To shed some light, our systematic review looked into the relationship between diminished sweet taste response and food consumption by examining the effects of bioactive compounds that experimentally inhibit sweetness in healthy individuals. This review was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews and conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, and covered original papers included in Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Food Science Source and Food Science and technology abstracts. We identified 33 peer-reviewed English-language studies that fit the topic and met the inclusion criteria. The current literature predominantly focuses on the immediate impact of oral gymnemic acids, failing to provide preliminary evidence in support of the specific threshold hypothesis, above which food consumption decreases and below which the opposite effect occurs. Additionally, there was inconsistency in the findings regarding the short-term desire to eat following sweetness inhibition. Considering the downstream effects on energy intake and their clinical applications, further research is needed to clarify both the acute within-session effects (i.e., not wanting any more now) and the longer-term effects (i.e., deciding not to start eating) linked to oral sweet-taste-suppressing compounds.
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- Raquel Rayo-Morales
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
- Department of Psychobiology, Institute of Neurosciences, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Granada, 18010, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, Institute of Neurosciences, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Granada, 18010, Granada, Spain
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Caremoli F, Huynh J, Lagishetty V, Markovic D, Braun J, Dong TS, Jacobs JP, Sternini C. Microbiota-Dependent Upregulation of Bitter Taste Receptor Subtypes in the Mouse Large Intestine in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity. Nutrients 2023; 15:4145. [PMID: 37836428 PMCID: PMC10574285 DOI: 10.3390/nu15194145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Bitter taste receptors (Tas2rs in mice) detect bitterness, a warning signal for toxins and poisons, and are expressed in enteroendocrine cells. We tested the hypothesis that Tas2r138 and Tas2r116 mRNAs are modulated by microbiota alterations induced by a long-term high-fat diet (HFD) and antibiotics (ABX) (ampicillin and neomycin) administered in drinking water. Cecum and colon specimens and luminal contents were collected from C57BL/6 female and male mice for qRT-PCR and microbial luminal 16S sequencing. HFD with/without ABX significantly increased body weight and fat mass at 4, 6, and 8 weeks. Tas2r138 and Tas2r116 mRNAs were significantly increased in mice fed HFD for 8 weeks vs. normal diet, and this increase was prevented by ABX. There was a distinct microbiota separation in each experimental group and significant changes in the composition and diversity of microbiome in mice fed a HFD with/without ABX. Tas2r mRNA expression in HFD was associated with several genera, particularly with Akkermansia, a Gram-negative mucus-resident bacterium. These studies indicate that luminal bacterial composition is affected by sex, diet, and ABX and support a microbial dependent upregulation of Tas2rs in HFD-induced obesity, suggesting an adaptive host response to specific diet-induced dysbiosis.
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- Filippo Caremoli
- Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (F.C.); (J.H.); (V.L.); (T.S.D.); (J.P.J.)
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (F.C.); (J.H.); (V.L.); (T.S.D.); (J.P.J.)
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (F.C.); (J.H.); (V.L.); (T.S.D.); (J.P.J.)
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA;
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (F.C.); (J.H.); (V.L.); (T.S.D.); (J.P.J.)
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (F.C.); (J.H.); (V.L.); (T.S.D.); (J.P.J.)
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Parenteral Nutrition, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (F.C.); (J.H.); (V.L.); (T.S.D.); (J.P.J.)
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Talmon M, Massara E, Quaregna M, De Battisti M, Boccafoschi F, Lecchi G, Puppo F, Bettega Cajandab MA, Salamone S, Bovio E, Boldorini R, Riva B, Pollastro F, Fresu LG. Bitter taste receptor (TAS2R) 46 in human skeletal muscle: expression and activity. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1205651. [PMID: 37771728 PMCID: PMC10522851 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1205651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Bitter taste receptors are involved not only in taste perception but in various physiological functions as their anatomical location is not restricted to the gustatory system. We previously demonstrated expression and activity of the subtype hTAS2R46 in human airway smooth muscle and broncho-epithelial cells, and here we show its expression and functionality in human skeletal muscle cells. Three different cellular models were used: micro-dissected human skeletal tissues, human myoblasts/myotubes and human skeletal muscle cells differentiated from urine stem cells of healthy donors. We used qPCR, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence analysis to evaluate gene and protein hTAS2R46 expression. In order to explore receptor activity, cells were incubated with the specific bitter ligands absinthin and 3ß-hydroxydihydrocostunolide, and calcium oscillation and relaxation were evaluated by calcium imaging and collagen assay, respectively, after a cholinergic stimulus. We show, for the first time, experimentally the presence and functionality of a type 2 bitter receptor in human skeletal muscle cells. Given the tendentially protective role of the bitter receptors starting from the oral cavity and following also in the other ectopic sites, and given its expression already at the myoblast level, we hypothesize that the bitter receptor can play an important role in the development, maintenance and in the protection of muscle tissue functions.
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- Maria Talmon
- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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Niknafs S, Navarro M, Schneider ER, Roura E. The avian taste system. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1235377. [PMID: 37745254 PMCID: PMC10516129 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1235377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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Taste or gustation is the sense evolving from the chemo-sensory system present in the oral cavity of avian species, which evolved to evaluate the nutritional value of foods by detecting relevant compounds including amino acids and peptides, carbohydrates, lipids, calcium, salts, and toxic or anti-nutritional compounds. In birds compared to mammals, due to the relatively low retention time of food in the oral cavity, the lack of taste papillae in the tongue, and an extremely limited secretion of saliva, the relevance of the avian taste system has been historically undermined. However, in recent years, novel data has emerged, facilitated partially by the advent of the genomic era, evidencing that the taste system is as crucial to avian species as is to mammals. Despite many similarities, there are also fundamental differences between avian and mammalian taste systems in terms of anatomy, distribution of taste buds, and the nature and molecular structure of taste receptors. Generally, birds have smaller oral cavities and a lower number of taste buds compared to mammals, and their distribution in the oral cavity appears to follow the swallowing pattern of foods. In addition, differences between bird species in the size, structure and distribution of taste buds seem to be associated with diet type and other ecological adaptations. Birds also seem to have a smaller repertoire of bitter taste receptors (T2Rs) and lack some taste receptors such as the T1R2 involved in sweet taste perception. This has opened new areas of research focusing on taste perception mechanisms independent of GPCR taste receptors and the discovery of evolutionary shifts in the molecular function of taste receptors adapting to ecological niches in birds. For example, recent discoveries have shown that the amino acid taste receptor dimer T1R1-T1R3 have mutated to sense simple sugars in almost half of the living bird species, or SGLT1 has been proposed as a part of a T1R2-independent sweet taste sensing in chicken. The aim of this review is to present the scientific data known to date related to the avian taste system across species and its impact on dietary choices including domestic and wild species.
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- Shahram Niknafs
- Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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Xu J, Iyyanar PPR, Lan Y, Jiang R. Sonic hedgehog signaling in craniofacial development. Differentiation 2023; 133:60-76. [PMID: 37481904 PMCID: PMC10529669 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2023.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Mutations in SHH and several other genes encoding components of the Hedgehog signaling pathway have been associated with holoprosencephaly syndromes, with craniofacial anomalies ranging in severity from cyclopia to facial cleft to midfacial and mandibular hypoplasia. Studies in animal models have revealed that SHH signaling plays crucial roles at multiple stages of craniofacial morphogenesis, from cranial neural crest cell survival to growth and patterning of the facial primordia to organogenesis of the palate, mandible, tongue, tooth, and taste bud formation and homeostasis. This article provides a summary of the major findings in studies of the roles of SHH signaling in craniofacial development, with emphasis on recent advances in the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating the SHH signaling pathway activity and those involving SHH signaling in the formation and patterning of craniofacial structures.
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- Jingyue Xu
- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA; Division of Plastic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA; Division of Plastic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA.
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Naik AQ, Zafar T, Shrivastava VK. The impact of non-caloric artificial sweetener aspartame on female reproductive system in mice model. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2023; 21:73. [PMID: 37580716 PMCID: PMC10424399 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-023-01115-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Artificial sweeteners, used as sugar substitutes have found their ways into almost all the food items due to the notion that they are non-caloric. Aspartame is used in numerous food products throughout the world. The primary users of aspartame include diabetics and calorie conscious people who intend to limit their calorie intake. METHODS Female Swiss albino mice were divided into three groups (12 mice each) for the duration of 30 and 60 days consecutively. The treatment groups received 40 mg/kg b. w. aspartame orally. Hormone assays using ELISA and tissue histopathology have been performed along with the fertility assay to access the treatment outcomeon the fertility of treated mice in comparison to controls. RESULTS Present study reports that female mice treated with aspartame for 30 and 60 days showed significant reduction in body weight, relative organ weight of (liver and kidney) and gonadosomatic index. These changes were more significantly recorded in 60 days treatment group. Aspartame treated animals for 30 and 60 days showed duration-dependent decrease gonandotropins (follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone), and steroids (estradiol and progesterone). Moreover, severe histopathological changes, reduction in number of growing follicles, degenerative changes in follicular structure, corona radiata and zonagranulosa were also observed. Besides, histomorphological changes were also observed in the uterine structure including atrophic uterine endometrial glands, contracted endometrial lining, disruption of the endometrial structure and the shapes of blood vessels were also altered. CONCLUSION Non-nutritive artificial sweeteners including aspartame negatively impact the function of ovaries and feedback mechanism of reproductive hormones by affecting the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. In light of present findings the aspartame negatively impacted the reproductive system of female mice. More studies are required to identify the molecular mechanism and the pathways involved.
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- Ab Qayoom Naik
- Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College, Paloura Mishriwala, Jammu, J & K, 180018, India.
- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Biosciences, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M. P, 462026, India.
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- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Biosciences, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M. P, 462026, India.
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- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Biosciences, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M. P, 462026, India
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Jiang S, Wang X, Yu M, Tian J, Chang P, Zhu S. Bitter Peptides in Fermented Soybean Foods - A Review. PLANT FOODS FOR HUMAN NUTRITION (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2023:10.1007/s11130-023-01077-3. [PMID: 37410257 DOI: 10.1007/s11130-023-01077-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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Fermented soybean foods with a long history are popular worldwide because of rich nutrition. However, many traditional fermented soybean foods have unacceptable bitterness, which mostly comes from the bitter peptides produced from the hydrolysis of soybean proteins. In this review, the bitter peptides in fermented soybean foods is briefly reviewed. The structural properties of bitter receptors and bitter peptides were reviewed. Bitterness is perceived through the binding between bitter compounds and specific sites of bitter receptors (25 hTAS2Rs), which further activate the downstream signal pathway mediated by G-protein. And it converts chemical signals into electrical signals, and transmit them to the brain. In addition, the influencing factors of bitter peptides in fermented soybean foods were summarized. The bitterness of fermented soybean foods primarily results from the raw materials, microbial metabolism during fermentation, unique techniques, and interactions of various flavor compounds. Moreover, the structure-bitterness relationship of bitter peptides was also discussed in this review. The bitterness degree of the bitter peptide is related to the polypeptide hydrophobicity, amino acids in the peptide, peptide molecular weight and polypeptide spatial structure. Studying the bitter peptides and their bitter characteristics in fermented soybean foods is beneficial for improving the sensory quality of fermented soybean foods and prompting more consumers accept them.
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- Shaoping Jiang
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, No. 5333, Xi'an Road, Changchun, Jilin, 130062, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, No. 5333, Xi'an Road, Changchun, Jilin, 130062, China.
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- Tianjin haigang steel coil Co.,Ltd, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, No. 5333, Xi'an Road, Changchun, Jilin, 130062, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, No. 5333, Xi'an Road, Changchun, Jilin, 130062, China
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- Changchun ZhuLaoLiu Food Co., Ltd, Changchun, 130507, China
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Kannangara H, Cullen L, Miyashita S, Korkmaz F, Macdonald A, Gumerova A, Witztum R, Moldavski O, Sims S, Burgess J, Frolinger T, Latif R, Ginzburg Y, Lizneva D, Goosens K, Davies TF, Yuen T, Zaidi M, Ryu V. Emerging roles of brain tanycytes in regulating blood-hypothalamus barrier plasticity and energy homeostasis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2023; 1525:61-69. [PMID: 37199228 PMCID: PMC10524199 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Seasonal changes in food intake and adiposity in many animal species are triggered by changes in the photoperiod. These latter changes are faithfully transduced into a biochemical signal by melatonin secreted by the pineal gland. Seasonal variations, encoded by melatonin, are integrated by third ventricular tanycytes of the mediobasal hypothalamus through the detection of the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) released from the pars tuberalis. The mediobasal hypothalamus is a critical brain region that maintains energy homeostasis by acting as an interface between the neural networks of the central nervous system and the periphery to control metabolic functions, including ingestive behavior, energy homeostasis, and reproduction. Among the cells involved in the regulation of energy balance and the blood-hypothalamus barrier (BHB) plasticity are tanycytes. Increasing evidence suggests that anterior pituitary hormones, specifically TSH, traditionally considered to have unitary functions in targeting single endocrine sites, display actions on multiple somatic tissues and central neurons. Notably, modulation of tanycytic TSH receptors seems critical for BHB plasticity in relation to energy homeostasis, but this needs to be proven.
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- Hasni Kannangara
- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine and of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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Hichami A, Saidi H, Khan AS, Degbeni P, Khan NA. In Vitro Functional Characterization of Type-I Taste Bud Cells as Monocytes/Macrophages-like Which Secrete Proinflammatory Cytokines. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10325. [PMID: 37373472 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241210325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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The sense of taste determines the choice of nutrients and food intake and, consequently, influences feeding behaviors. The taste papillae are primarily composed of three types of taste bud cells (TBC), i.e., type I, type II, and type III. The type I TBC, expressing GLAST (glutamate--aspartate transporter), have been termed as glial-like cells. We hypothesized that these cells could play a role in taste bud immunity as glial cells do in the brain. We purified type I TBC, expressing F4/80, a specific marker of macrophages, from mouse fungiform taste papillae. The purified cells also express CD11b, CD11c, and CD64, generally expressed by glial cells and macrophages. We further assessed whether mouse type I TBC can be polarized toward M1 or M2 macrophages in inflammatory states like lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-triggered inflammation or obesity, known to be associated with low-grade inflammation. Indeed, LPS-treatment and obesity state increased TNFα, IL-1β, and IL-6 expression, both at mRNA and protein levels, in type I TBC. Conversely, purified type I TBC treated with IL-4 showed a significant increase in arginase 1 and IL-4. These findings provide evidence that type I gustatory cells share many features with macrophages and may be involved in oral inflammation.
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- Aziz Hichami
- Physiologie de la Nutrition & Toxicologie, UMR INSERM U1231 Lipide, Nutrition & Cancer, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Physiologie de la Nutrition & Toxicologie, UMR INSERM U1231 Lipide, Nutrition & Cancer, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France
- Bioenergetics and Intermediary Metabolism Team, Laboratory of Biology and Organisms Physiology, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers 16111, Algeria
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- Physiologie de la Nutrition & Toxicologie, UMR INSERM U1231 Lipide, Nutrition & Cancer, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Physiologie de la Nutrition & Toxicologie, UMR INSERM U1231 Lipide, Nutrition & Cancer, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Physiologie de la Nutrition & Toxicologie, UMR INSERM U1231 Lipide, Nutrition & Cancer, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France
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Hamed SA, Kamal-Eldeen EB, Ahmed MAAR. Evaluation of children and adults with post-COVID-19 persistent smell, taste and trigeminal chemosensory disorders: A hospital based study. World J Clin Pediatr 2023; 12:133-150. [PMID: 37342446 PMCID: PMC10278074 DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v12.i3.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Smell disorders are the most frequent persistent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) complications.
AIM To describe the patterns and characteristics of persistent smell and taste disorders in Egyptian patients.
METHODS Assessment was done to 185 patients (adults = 150, age: 31.41 ± 8.63 years; children = 35; age: 15.66 ± 1.63 years). Otolaryngology and neuropsychiatric evaluations were done. Measurements included: A clinical questionnaire (for smell and taste); sniffin' odor, taste and flavor identification tests and the Questionnaire of Olfactory Disorders-Negative Statements (sQOD-NS).
RESULTS Duration of disorders was 11.53 ± 3.97 ms (6-24 ms). Parosmia (n = 119; 64.32%) was developed months after anosmia (3.05 ± 1.87 ms). Objective testing showed anosmia in all, ageusia and flavor loss in 20% (n = 37) and loss of nasal and oral trigeminal sensations in 18% (n = 33) and 20% (n = 37), respectively. Patients had low scoring of sQOD-NS (11.41 ± 3.66). There were no specific differences in other demographics and clinical variables which could distinguish post-COVID-19 smell and taste disorders in children from adults.
CONCLUSION The course of small and taste disorders are supportive of the nasal and oral neuronal compromises. Post-COVID-19 taste and trigeminal disorders were less frequent compared to smell disorders. Post-COVID-19 flavor disorders were solely dependent on taste and not smell disorders. There were no demographics, clinical variables at onset or specific profile of these disorders in children compared to adults.
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- Sherifa Ahmed Hamed
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut 71516, Egypt
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Ma J, Lee YK. The effects of cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking on salty taste preferences based on Korean Community Health Survey data. Nutr Res Pract 2023; 17:487-502. [PMID: 37266114 PMCID: PMC10232194 DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2023.17.3.487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Excessive sodium intake, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption are risk factors for a wide range of diseases. This study aimed to determine whether smokers and drinkers are more likely to enjoy their food with more salt, and whether the combination of smoking and drinking is associated with salty taste preferences. SUBJECTS/METHODS This study analyzed the data of over 16 million Koreans from two four-year Korean Community Health Survey cycles (i.e., 2010 to 2013 and 2014 to 2017). The respondents' preferences for salty foods (i.e., their salt intake levels, whether they added salt or soy sauce to foods served on the table, and whether they dipped fried foods in salt or soy sauce), and the odds ratio (OR) of their preference were examined among smokers and drinkers when adjusted for sex, age, body mass index, educational level, household income, marital status, and cigarette smoking or alcohol consumption status. RESULTS Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption were correlated with the consumption of salty food. Based on the adjusted model, cigarette smokers and alcohol drinkers preferred adding salt or soy sauce or dipping fried foods in soybean more than non-smokers and non-drinkers. In addition, people who smoked and consumed alcohol reported a more significant stacking effect regarding the salty taste preference. CONCLUSION This large population-based study found that both cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption were correlated with salty taste preferences, which may cause excessive sodium intake.
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- Jian Ma
- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
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Abdali SS, Yokoyama T, Nakamuta N, Saino T, Yamamoto Y. Immunohistochemical analysis of glutamatergic and serotonergic signaling pathways in chemosensory cell clusters in the pharynx and larynx of rats. Tissue Cell 2023; 82:102122. [PMID: 37262979 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2023.102122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The present study examined cellular components and the localization of vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) 1 and 2 and serotonin (5-HT) in chemosensory cell clusters in the rat pharynx and larynx. Triple immunolabeling for guanine nucleotide-binding protein G (t), subunit ⍺3 (GNAT3) and nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2 (NTPDase2) with synaptotagmin-1 (Syt1) revealed NTPDase2-immunoreactive type I-like cells in addition to GNAT3-immunoreactive type II-like and Syt1-immunoreactive type III-like cells in pharyngolaryngeal chemosensory cell clusters. Therefore, these clusters appear to comprise similar cell types to those in the lingual taste buds with slight morphological modifications. An immunofluorescence analysis of VGLUT1 or VGLUT2 and GNAT3 with P2X3 purinoceptors revealed that VGLUTs co-localized to P2X3-immunoreactive spherical nerve terminals closely associated with GNAT3-immunoreactive type II-like cells. Moreover, triple immunolabeling for Syt1/synaptosomal-associated protein, 25 kDa (SNAP25) and P2X3 with VGLUT1 or VGLUT2 revealed punctate immunoreactive products for VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 within P2X3-immunoreactive flat axon terminals wrapped around Syt1/SNAP25-immunoreactive type III-like cells. The afferent nerve fibers innervating cell clusters may contain glutamate and release it by exocytosis. On the other hand, immunoreactive products for 5-HT and dopa decarboxylase were detected in Syt1-immunoreactive cells, indicating the release of 5-HT by these cells. The present results suggest that chemosensory cell clusters in the pharynx and larynx may be modulated by intrinsic glutamate and 5-HT.
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- Sayed Sharif Abdali
- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan.
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- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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Hamed SA. Post-COVID-19 persistent olfactory, gustatory, and trigeminal chemosensory disorders: Definitions, mechanisms, and potential treatments. World J Otorhinolaryngol 2023; 10:4-22. [DOI: 10.5319/wjo.v10.i2.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
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The nose and the oral cavities are the main sites for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) entry into the body. Smell and taste deficits are the most common acute viral manifestations. Persistent smell disorders are the most common and bothersome complications after SARS-CoV-2 infection, lasting for months to years. The mechanisms and treatment of persistent post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) smell and taste disorders are still challenges. Information sources for the review are PubMed, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ovid Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Elton Bryson Stephens Company, Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care, Cooperation in Science and Technology, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, World Health Organization, Randomized Controlled Trial Number Registry, and MediFind. This review summarizes the up-to-date information about the prevalence, patterns at onset, and prognoses of post-COVID-19 smell and taste disorders, evidence for the neurotropism of SARS-CoV-2 and the overlap between SARS-CoV-1, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, and SARS-CoV-2 in structure, molecular biology, mode of replication, and host pathogenicity, the suggested cellular and molecular mechanisms for these post-COVID19 chemosensory disorders, and the applied pharmacotherapies and interventions as trials to treat these disorders, and the recommendations for future research to improve understanding of predictors and mechanisms of these disorders. These are crucial for hopeful proper treatment strategies.
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- Sherifa Ahmed Hamed
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut 71516, Egypt
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Serirukchutarungsee S, Watari I, Narukawa M, Podyma-Inoue KA, Sangsuriyothai P, Ono T. Two-generation exposure to a high-fat diet induces the change of salty taste preference in rats. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5742. [PMID: 37029190 PMCID: PMC10082214 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31662-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023] Open
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High-fat diet (HFD) leads to multiple complications, including taste alteration. This study observed the effect of a two-generation exposure to an HFD on the peripheral taste system in offspring. Ten pregnant Wistar rats were assigned a standard diet (SD) (n = 5) or HFD (n = 5) from day 7 of pregnancy through the lactation. Thirty-six male and female 3-week-old offspring were measured for body weight and blood glucose level, and the circumvallate papillae were collected. The other twenty-four 3-week-old offspring were weaned on the same diet as their mothers and raised individually. The taste preference behaviors were studied using the two-bottle taste preference test and analyzed five basic tastes (sweet, bitter, umami, sour, and salty). The expressions of epithelial sodium channel alpha subunit (ENaCα) and angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1) in the circumvallate papilla were analyzed by immunohistochemical staining and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). We found increased body weight and salty taste preference of offspring from the HFD group in both sexes. Correspondingly, the AT1 level of the taste bud cells significantly increased in 3-week-old female offspring from the HFD group. An increase in AT1 levels may be a risk factor for changes in salty taste preference.
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- Saranya Serirukchutarungsee
- Department of Orthodontic Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
- Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Orthodontic Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyoto Women's University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontic Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
- Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Orthodontic Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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Doyle ME, Premathilake HU, Yao Q, Mazucanti CH, Egan JM. Physiology of the tongue with emphasis on taste transduction. Physiol Rev 2023; 103:1193-1246. [PMID: 36422992 PMCID: PMC9942923 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00012.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The tongue is a complex multifunctional organ that interacts and senses both interoceptively and exteroceptively. Although it is easily visible to almost all of us, it is relatively understudied and what is in the literature is often contradictory or is not comprehensively reported. The tongue is both a motor and a sensory organ: motor in that it is required for speech and mastication, and sensory in that it receives information to be relayed to the central nervous system pertaining to the safety and quality of the contents of the oral cavity. Additionally, the tongue and its taste apparatus form part of an innate immune surveillance system. For example, loss or alteration in taste perception can be an early indication of infection as became evident during the present global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Here, we particularly emphasize the latest updates in the mechanisms of taste perception, taste bud formation and adult taste bud renewal, and the presence and effects of hormones on taste perception, review the understudied lingual immune system with specific reference to SARS-CoV-2, discuss nascent work on tongue microbiome, as well as address the effect of systemic disease on tongue structure and function, especially in relation to taste.
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- Máire E Doyle
- Diabetes Section/Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Diabetes Section/Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Diabetes Section/Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Diabetes Section/Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Diabetes Section/Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Nuvoli C, Fillion L, Lacoste Gregorutti C, Labbe D. Comparison of sensitivity to taste and astringency stimuli among vegans and omnivores. Physiol Behav 2023; 262:114092. [PMID: 36682431 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Taste perception plays a crucial role in determining food choices. It has been described in literature a relationship between diet composition and taste perception. Nowadays, with the rising concern in climate change and animal welfare, the number of people following a vegan diet is increasing to become a real trend. Research about differences in taste perception between vegan and omnivore is lacking. The aim of the study was to compare detection threshold for bitter, sour, umami and astringency stimuli (quinine monohydrochloride dihydrate, citric acid anhydrous, monosodium glutamate and tannic acid, respectively) participants following a vegan diet (n=24) and participants following an omnivore diet (n=30). Participants reported their consumption frequency for main food categories. The mean detection thresholds between the two groups narrowly missed significance with p-values of 0.07, 0.08, 0.06, for bitter, umami and astringency perception, respectively. No differences were found for sour taste (p-value=0.33). Further research is required to validate such findings and to understand the origin of the relationship between diet style and taste sensitivity.
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- Société des Produits Nestlé SA, Switzerland.
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Shimizu T, Fujii T, Hanita K, Shinozaki R, Takamura Y, Suzuki Y, Kageyama T, Kato M, Nishijo H, Tominaga M, Sakai H. Polycystic kidney disease 2-like 1 channel contributes to the bitter aftertaste perception of quinine. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4271. [PMID: 36922541 PMCID: PMC10017821 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31322-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Bitterness is an important physiological function in the defense responses to avoid toxic foods. The taste receptor 2 family is well known to mediate bitter taste perception in Type II taste cells. Here, we report that the polycystic kidney disease 2-like 1 (PKD2L1) channel is a novel sensor for the bitter aftertaste in Type III taste cells. The PKD2L1 channel showed rebound activation after the washout of quinine, a bitter tastant, in electrophysiological whole-cell recordings of the PKD2L1-expressing HEK293T cells and Ca2+-imaging analysis of Type III taste cells isolated from wild-type PKD2L1 mice. In the short-term two-bottle preference and lick tests in vivo, the wild-type mice avoided normal water while the PKD2L1-knockout mice preferred normal water after they ingested the quinine-containing water. These results may explain the new mechanism of the quinine-triggered bitter aftertaste perception in Type III taste cells.
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- Takahiro Shimizu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of System Emotional Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NIPS), Okazaki, 444-8787, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of System Emotional Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NIPS), Okazaki, 444-8787, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
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Vercauteren Drubbel A, Beck B. Single-cell transcriptomics uncovers the differentiation of a subset of murine esophageal progenitors into taste buds in vivo. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadd9135. [PMID: 36888721 PMCID: PMC9995038 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add9135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Mouse esophagus is lined with a stratified epithelium, which is maintained by the constant renewal of unipotent progenitors. In this study, we profiled mouse esophagus by single-cell RNA sequencing and found taste buds specifically in the cervical segment of the esophagus. These taste buds have the same cellular composition as the ones from the tongue but express fewer taste receptor types. State-of-the-art transcriptional regulatory network analysis allowed the identification of specific transcription factors associated to the differentiation of immature progenitors into the three different taste bud cell types. Lineage tracing experiments revealed that esophageal taste buds arise from squamous bipotent progenitor, thus demonstrating that all esophageal progenitors are not unipotent. Our cell resolution characterization of cervical esophagus epithelium will enable a better understanding of esophageal progenitor potency and insights into the mechanisms involved in the development of taste buds.
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- IRIBHM, ULB/ Faculty of medicine, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
- Welbio/FNRS Principal investigator at IRIBHM, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Hepper EC, Patterson JM. Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of Stabilized Edible Foam with Adults with Severe Dysphagia; an exploratory study: Use of stabilized edible foam with adults with dysphagia: Use of stabilized edible foam with adults with dysphagia. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 2023; 58:226-240. [PMID: 36040239 DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Improving the quality of life for individuals with severe dysphagia is a priority when considering new areas of dysphagia management, especially if this increases opportunities to participate in social activities associated with eating and drinking. Edible foam is widely researched and available in the food industry; however, the use of edible foam within the field of dysphagia remains unexplored. Despite no research published on effectiveness and safety, a commercial product currently on the market is widely distributed across both Europe and the UK, including 28 NHS Trusts, suggesting that it is increasingly being used in clinical practice. AIMS To explore the perceptions and experiences of healthcare professionals on the use of stabilized edible foam (SEF) with adults with severe dysphagia in order to inform areas for future research in this novel dysphagia intervention. METHODS & PROCEDURES Healthcare professionals were recruited using purposeful sampling and snowballing technique. A total of 56 healthcare professionals were initially approached, of which 10 completed the semi-structured interviews. Interview questions were developed from a topic guide and a pilot questionnaire. OUTCOMES & RESULTS Thematic analysis was used to identify three themes: potential impact, consideration of risk and perceived experiences. Overarching each of these themes was the element of the unknown. CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS Use of SEF with adults with dysphagia is in its infancy. Whilst results indicate that some clinicians are embracing this novel approach, others express concerns. Therefore, further research is needed, particularly in relation of direct experience of individuals and contra-indications. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS What is already known on the subject The use of SEF with individuals with swallowing problems is a relatively novel area of dysphagia intervention in the UK. There are currently no published studies on its effectiveness and safety profile. What this paper adds to existing knowledge This study provides valuable preliminary work into the area of SEF and adults with severe dysphagia, capturing the experience and perceptions of healthcare professions who have an awareness of SEF. What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work? Increasing clinicians and researcher's awareness of this novel area of dysphagia management.
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- Elizabeth C Hepper
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Institute of Population Health/Liverpool Head and Neck Centre University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Bigiani A, Rhyu M. Effect of kokumi taste-active γ-glutamyl peptides on amiloride-sensitive epithelial Na+ channels in rat fungiform taste cells. Biochem Biophys Rep 2023; 33:101400. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2022.101400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Costa AR, Duarte AC, Costa-Brito AR, Gonçalves I, Santos CRA. Bitter taste signaling in cancer. Life Sci 2023; 315:121363. [PMID: 36610638 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.121363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Pharmacoresistance of cancer cells to many drugs used in chemotherapy remains a major challenge for the treatment of cancer. Multidrug resistance transporters, especially ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, are a major cause of cancer drug resistance since they translocate a broad range of drug compounds across the cell membrane, extruding them out of the cells. The regulation of ABC transporters by bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs), which might be activated by specific bitter tasting compounds, was described in several types of cells/organs, becoming a potential target for cancer therapy. TAS2Rs expression has been reported in many organs and several types of cancer, like breast, ovarian, prostate, and colorectal cancers, where their activation was shown to be involved in various biological actions (cell survival, apoptosis, molecular transport, among others). Moreover, many TAS2Rs' ligands, such as flavonoids and alkaloids, with well-recognized beneficial properties, including several anticancer effects, have been reported as potential adjuvants in cancer therapies. In this review, we discuss the potential therapeutic role of TAS2Rs and bitter tasting compounds in different types of cancer as a possible way to circumvent chemoresistance.
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- Ana R Costa
- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; CPIRN-IPG - Centro de Potencial e Inovação de Recursos Naturais, Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; Research Unit for Inland Development (UDI), Polytechnic of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.
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Matsuyama K, Takai S, Shigemura N, Nakatomi M, Kawamoto T, Kataoka S, Toyono T, Seta Y. Ascl1-expressing cell differentiation in initially developed taste buds and taste organoids. Cell Tissue Res 2023:10.1007/s00441-023-03756-8. [PMID: 36781481 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-023-03756-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Mammalian taste bud cells are composed of several distinct cell types and differentiated from surrounding tongue epithelial cells. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying their differentiation have yet to be elucidated. In the present study, we examined an Ascl1-expressing cell lineage using circumvallate papillae (CVP) of newborn mice and taste organoids (three-dimensional self-organized tissue cultures), which allow studying the differentiation of taste bud cells in fine detail ex vivo. Using lineage-tracing analysis, we observed that Ascl1 lineage cells expressed type II and III taste cell markers both CVP of newborn mice and taste organoids. However, the coexpression rate in type II cells was lower than that in type III cells. Furthermore, we found that the generation of the cells which express type II and III cell markers was suppressed in taste organoids lacking Ascl1-expressing cells. These findings suggest that Ascl1-expressing precursor cells can differentiate into both type III and a subset of type II taste cells.
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- Kae Matsuyama
- Division of Anatomy, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, 2-6-1 Manazuru, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, 803-8580, Japan.
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.,Research and Development Center for Five-Sense Devices, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Human, Information and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan
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- Division of Orofacial Functions and Orthodontics, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, 2-6-1 Manazuru, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, 803-8580, Japan
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- Division of Anatomy, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, 2-6-1 Manazuru, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, 803-8580, Japan
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- Division of Anatomy, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, 2-6-1 Manazuru, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, 803-8580, Japan
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- Division of Anatomy, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, 2-6-1 Manazuru, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, 803-8580, Japan
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Naciri LC, Mastinu M, Crnjar R, Barbarossa IT, Melis M. Automated identification of the genetic variants of TAS2R38 bitter taste receptor with supervised learning. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2023; 21:1054-1065. [PMID: 38213886 PMCID: PMC10782009 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Several studies were focused on the genetic ability to taste the bitter compound 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) to assess the inter-individual taste variability in humans, and its effect on food predilections, nutrition, and health. PROP taste sensitivity and that of other chemical molecules throughout the body are mediated by the bitter receptor TAS2R38, and their variability is significantly associated with TAS2R38 genetic variants. We recently automatically identified PROP phenotypes with high precision using Machine Learning (mL). Here we have used Supervised Learning (SL) algorithms to automatically identify TAS2R38 genotypes by using the biological features of eighty-four participants. The catBoost algorithm was the best-suited model for the automatic discrimination of the genotypes. It allowed us to automatically predict the identification of genotypes and precisely define the effectiveness and impact of each feature. The ratings of perceived intensity for PROP solutions (0.32 and 0.032 mM) and medium taster (MT) category were the most important features in training the model and understanding the difference between genotypes. Our findings suggest that SL may represent a trustworthy and objective tool for identifying TAS2R38 variants which, reducing the costs and times of molecular analysis, can find wide application in taste physiology and medicine studies.
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- Lala Chaimae Naciri
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, CA 09042, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, CA 09042, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, CA 09042, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, CA 09042, Italy
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Epithelial plasticity enhances regeneration of committed taste receptor cells following nerve injury. Exp Mol Med 2023; 55:171-182. [PMID: 36631663 PMCID: PMC9833027 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-022-00924-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Taste receptor cells are taste bud epithelial cells that are dependent upon the innervating nerve for continuous renewal and are maintained by resident tissue stem/progenitor cells. Transection of the innervating nerve causes degeneration of taste buds and taste receptor cells. However, a subset of the taste receptor cells is maintained without nerve contact after glossopharyngeal nerve transection in the circumvallate papilla in adult mice. Here, we revealed that injury caused by glossopharyngeal nerve transection triggers the remaining differentiated K8-positive taste receptor cells to dedifferentiate and acquire transient progenitor cell-like states during regeneration. Dedifferentiated taste receptor cells proliferate, express progenitor cell markers (K14, Sox2, PCNA) and form organoids in vitro. These data indicate that differentiated taste receptor cells can enter the cell cycle, acquire stemness, and participate in taste bud regeneration. We propose that dedifferentiated taste receptor cells in combination with stem/progenitor cells enhance the regeneration of taste buds following nerve injury.
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Yan J, Tong H. An overview of bitter compounds in foodstuffs: Classifications, evaluation methods for sensory contribution, separation and identification techniques, and mechanism of bitter taste transduction. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2023; 22:187-232. [PMID: 36382875 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.13067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The bitter taste is generally considered an undesirable sensory attribute. However, bitter-tasting compounds can significantly affect the overall flavor of many foods and beverages and endow them with various beneficial effects on human health. To better understand the relationship between chemical structure and bitterness, this paper has summarized the bitter compounds in foodstuffs and classified them based on the basic skeletons. Only those bitter compounds that are confirmed by human sensory evaluation have been included in this paper. To develop food products that satisfy consumer preferences, correctly ranking the key bitter compounds in foodstuffs according to their contributions to the overall bitterness intensity is the precondition. Generally, three methods were applied to screen out the key bitter compounds in foods and beverages and evaluate their sensory contributions, including dose-over-threshold factors, taste dilution analysis, and spectrum descriptive analysis method. This paper has discussed in detail the mechanisms and applications of these three methods. Typical procedures for separating and identifying the main bitter compounds in foodstuffs have also been summarized. Additionally, the activation of human bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs) and the mechanisms of bitter taste transduction are outlined. Ultimately, a conclusion has been drawn to highlight the current problems and propose potential directions for further research.
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- Jingna Yan
- College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Type II taste cells participate in mucosal immune surveillance. PLoS Biol 2023; 21:e3001647. [PMID: 36634039 PMCID: PMC9836272 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The oral microbiome is second only to its intestinal counterpart in diversity and abundance, but its effects on taste cells remains largely unexplored. Using single-cell RNASeq, we found that mouse taste cells, in particular, sweet and umami receptor cells that express taste 1 receptor member 3 (Tas1r3), have a gene expression signature reminiscent of Microfold (M) cells, a central player in immune surveillance in the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) such as those in the Peyer's patch and tonsils. Administration of tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 11 (TNFSF11; also known as RANKL), a growth factor required for differentiation of M cells, dramatically increased M cell proliferation and marker gene expression in the taste papillae and in cultured taste organoids from wild-type (WT) mice. Taste papillae and organoids from knockout mice lacking Spib (SpibKO), a RANKL-regulated transcription factor required for M cell development and regeneration on the other hand, failed to respond to RANKL. Taste papillae from SpibKO mice also showed reduced expression of NF-κB signaling pathway components and proinflammatory cytokines and attracted fewer immune cells. However, lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of cytokines was strongly up-regulated in SpibKO mice compared to their WT counterparts. Like M cells, taste cells from WT but not SpibKO mice readily took up fluorescently labeled microbeads, a proxy for microbial transcytosis. The proportion of taste cell subtypes are unaltered in SpibKO mice; however, they displayed increased attraction to sweet and umami taste stimuli. We propose that taste cells are involved in immune surveillance and may tune their taste responses to microbial signaling and infection.
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Alhadyan SK, Sivaraman V, Onyenwoke RU. E-cigarette Flavors, Sensory Perception, and Evoked Responses. Chem Res Toxicol 2022; 35:2194-2209. [PMID: 36480683 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The chemosensory experiences evoked by flavors encompass a number of unique sensations that include olfactory stimuli (smell), gustatory stimuli (taste, i.e., salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami (also known as "savoriness")), and chemesthesis (touch). As such, the responses evoked by flavors are complex and, as briefly stated above, involve multiple perceptive mechanisms. The practice of adding flavorings to tobacco products dates back to the 17th century but is likely much older. More recently, the electronic cigarette or "e-cigarette" and its accompanying flavored e-liquids emerged on to the global market. These new products contain no combustible tobacco but often contain large concentrations (reported from 0 to more than 50 mg/mL) of nicotine as well as numerous flavorings and/or flavor chemicals. At present, there are more than 400 e-cigarette brands available along with potentially >15,000 different/unique flavored products. However, surprisingly little is known about the flavors/flavor chemicals added to these products, which can account for >1% by weight of some e-liquids, and their resultant chemosensory experiences, and the US FDA has done relatively little, until recently, to regulate these products. This article will discuss e-cigarette flavors and flavor chemicals, their elicited responses, and their sensory effects in some detail.
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- Shatha K Alhadyan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, United States
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- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, United States.,Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE), North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, United States
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Bigiani A, Tirindelli R, Bigiani L, Mapelli J. Changes of the biophysical properties of voltage-gated Na + currents during maturation of the sodium-taste cells in rat fungiform papillae. J Physiol 2022; 600:5119-5144. [PMID: 36250254 DOI: 10.1113/jp283636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Taste cells are a heterogeneous population of sensory receptors that undergo continuous turnover. Different chemo-sensitive cell lines rely on action potentials to release the neurotransmitter onto nerve endings. The electrical excitability is due to the presence of a tetrodotoxin-sensitive, voltage-gated sodium current (INa ) similar to that found in neurons. Since the biophysical properties of neuronal INa change during development, we wondered whether the same also occurred in taste cells. Here, we used the patch-clamp recording technique to study INa in salt-sensing cells (sodium cells) of rat fungiform papillae. We identified these cells by exploiting the known blocking effect of amiloride on ENaC, the sodium (salt) receptor. Based on the amplitude of INa , which is known to increase during development, we subdivided sodium cells into two groups: cells with small sodium current (SSC cells; INa < 1 nA) and cells with large sodium current (LSC cells; INa > 1 nA). We found that: the voltage dependence of activation and inactivation significantly differed between these subsets; a slowly inactivating sodium current was more prominent in LSC cells; membrane capacitance in SSC cells was larger than in LSC cells. mRNA expression analysis of the α-subunits of voltage-gated sodium channels in fungiform taste buds supported the functional data. Lucifer Yellow labelling of recorded cells revealed that our electrophysiological criterion for distinguishing two broad groups of taste cells was in good agreement with morphological observations for cell maturity. Thus, all these findings are consistent with developmental changes in the voltage-dependent properties of sodium-taste cells. KEY POINTS: Taste cells are sensory receptors that undergo continuous turnover while they detect food chemicals and communicate with afferent nerve fibres. The voltage-gated sodium current (INa ) is a key ion current for generating action potentials in fully differentiated and chemo-sensitive taste cells, which use electrical signalling to release neurotransmitters. Here we show that, during the maturation of rat taste cells involved in salt detection (sodium cells), the biophysical properties of INa , such as voltage dependence of activation and inactivation, change significantly. Our results help reveal how taste cells gain electrical excitability during turnover, a property critical to their operation as chemical detectors that relay sensory information to nerve fibres.
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- Albertino Bigiani
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e Neuroscienze, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, SMart Laboratory, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e Neuroscienze, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Nishida K, Bansho S, Ikukawa A, Kubota T, Ohishi A, Nagasawa K. Expression profile of the zinc transporter ZnT3 in taste cells of rat circumvallate papillae and its role in zinc release, a potential mechanism for taste stimulation. Eur J Histochem 2022; 66. [DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2022.3534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Zinc is an essential trace element, and its deficiency causes taste dysfunction. Zinc accumulates in zinc transporter (ZnT)3-expressing presynaptic vesicles in hippocampal neurons and acts as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. However, the distribution of zinc and its role as a signal transmitter in taste buds remain unknown. Therefore, we examined the distribution of zinc and expression profiles of ZnT3 in taste cells and evaluated zinc release from isolated taste cells upon taste stimuli. Taste cells with a spindle or pyriform morphology were revealed by staining with the fluorescent zinc dye ZnAF-2DA and autometallography in the taste buds of rat circumvallate papillae. Znt3 mRNA levels were detected in isolated taste buds. ZnT3-immunoreactivity was found in phospholipase-β2-immunopositive type II taste cells and aromatic amino acid decarboxylase-immunopositive type III cells but not in nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2-immunopositive type I cells. Moreover, we examined zinc release from taste cells using human transient receptor potential A1-overexpressing HEK293 as zinc-sensor cells. These cells exhibited a clear response to isolated taste cells exposed to taste stimuli. However, pretreatment with magnesium-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, an extracellular zinc chelator - but not with zinc-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, used as a negative control - significantly decreased the response ratio of zinc-sensor cells. These findings suggest that taste cells release zinc to the intercellular area in response to taste stimuli and that zinc may affect signaling within taste buds.
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Kavaliauskaite G, Thibodeau M, Ford R, Yang Q. Using Correlation Matrices to Standardise Sweet Liking Status Classification. Food Qual Prefer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2022.104759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Scordo M, Shah GL, Adintori PA, Knezevic A, Devlin SM, Buchan ML, Preston EV, Lin AP, Rodriguez NT, Carino CA, Nguyen LK, Sitner NC, Barasch A, Klang MG, Maloy MA, Mastrogiacomo B, Carlow DC, Schofield RC, Slingerland AE, Slingerland JB, Stein-Thoeringer CK, Lahoud OB, Landau HJ, Chung DJ, van den Brink MRM, Peled JU, Giralt SA. A prospective study of dysgeusia and related symptoms in patients with multiple myeloma after autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation. Cancer 2022; 128:3850-3859. [PMID: 36041227 PMCID: PMC10010839 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dysgeusia is a common but understudied complication in patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (auto-HCT). We assessed the feasibility of using chemical gustometry (CG) to measure dysgeusia and explored its associations with symptom burden, nutrition, chemotherapy pharmacokinetics (PK), and the oral microbiome. METHODS We conducted a single-center, prospective feasibility study (NCT03276481) of patients with multiple myeloma undergoing auto-HCT. CG was performed longitudinally testing five flavors (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami) to calculate a total taste score (maximum score, 30). We measured caloric intake and patient-reported symptoms, assessing their correlation with oral microbiota composition and salivary and blood melphalan PK exposure. RESULTS Among all 45 patients, 39 (87%) completed at least four (>60%) and 22 (49%) completed all six CG assessments. Median total CG scores remained stable over time but were lowest at day +7 (27, range 24-30) with recovery by day +100. Symptom burden was highest by day +10 (area under the curve, 2.9; range, 1.0-4.6) corresponding with the lowest median overall caloric intake (1624 kcal; range, 1345-2267). Higher serum/salivary melphalan levels correlated with higher patient-reported dysgeusia and lower caloric intake. Oral microbiota α-diversity was stable early and increased slightly by day +100. CONCLUSIONS Assessment of dysgeusia by CG is feasible after auto-HCT. Most dysgeusia, symptom burden, and lowest caloric intake occurred during the blood count nadir. Higher melphalan concentrations correlated with more dysgeusia and poorer caloric intake. Future studies will aim to modulate melphalan exposure by PK-targeted dosing and characterize patient taste preferences to personalize diets for improved nutritional intake. LAY SUMMARY Taste changes after cancer treatments are very common. We used chemical gustometry (taste testing) to study taste changes and to better understand why patients with multiple myeloma experience this symptom after autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation. We found that taste testing was feasible, taste changes peaked when blood counts were lowest, and most patients recovered their taste by 100 days after transplantation. Taste changes correlated with lower food intake and with higher levels of chemotherapy in the body. Future work will focus on using personalized chemotherapy doses to reduce taste changes and to match patients' individual taste preferences with their diets.
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- Michael Scordo
- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Food and Nutrition Services, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Research Pharmacy, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Health Informatics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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Reprogramming cultured human fungiform (HBO) taste cells into neuron-like cells through in vitro induction. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2022; 58:817-829. [DOI: 10.1007/s11626-022-00724-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Wooding SP, Ramirez VA. Global population genetics and diversity in the TAS2R bitter taste receptor family. Front Genet 2022; 13:952299. [PMID: 36303543 PMCID: PMC9592824 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.952299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs) are noted for their role in perception, and mounting evidence suggests that they mediate responses to compounds entering airways, gut, and other tissues. The importance of these roles suggests that TAS2Rs have been under pressure from natural selection. To determine the extent of variation in TAS2Rs on a global scale and its implications for human evolution and behavior, we analyzed patterns of diversity in the complete 25 gene repertoire of human TAS2Rs in ∼2,500 subjects representing worldwide populations. Across the TAS2R family as a whole, we observed 721 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) including 494 nonsynonymous SNPs along with 40 indels and gained and lost start and stop codons. In addition, computational predictions identified 169 variants particularly likely to affect receptor function, making them candidate sources of phenotypic variation. Diversity levels ranged widely among loci, with the number of segregating sites ranging from 17 to 41 with a mean of 32 among genes and per nucleotide heterozygosity (π) ranging from 0.02% to 0.36% with a mean of 0.12%. FST ranged from 0.01 to 0.26 with a mean of 0.13, pointing to modest differentiation among populations. Comparisons of observed π and FST values with their genome wide distributions revealed that most fell between the 5th and 95th percentiles and were thus consistent with expectations. Further, tests for natural selection using Tajima’s D statistic revealed only two loci departing from expectations given D’s genome wide distribution. These patterns are consistent with an overall relaxation of selective pressure on TAS2Rs in the course of recent human evolution.
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- Stephen P. Wooding
- Department of Anthropology, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States
- *Correspondence: Stephen P. Wooding,
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- Department of Public Health, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States
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