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Kimmeswenger I, Lieder B. Novel Perspective on the Plasticity of Taste Perception: Is Food- and Exercise-Induced Inflammation Associated with Sweet Taste Sensitivity and Preference? JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:15122-15127. [PMID: 38941285 PMCID: PMC11247480 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c09028] [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: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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Obesity-related inflammation has been linked to decreased taste sensitivity and changes in the transcriptome of the taste apparatus. Increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines can also be found to be food-associated in individuals who consume high amounts of long-chain saturated fatty acids and sucrose independent of the body composition or individuals who exercise intensively. Previous research suggests a link between taste sensitivity and food choices. However, the interplay between food- or exercise-induced low-grade inflammation, taste perception, and food choices remains unaddressed. Understanding this relationship could provide an unnoticed explanation for interindividual differences in taste perception that influences dietary habits.
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- Isabella Kimmeswenger
- Department
of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Vienna
Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem), University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Christian
Doppler Laboratory for Taste Research, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Institute
of Clinical Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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Sood S, Methven L, Cheng Q. Role of taste receptors in salty taste perception of minerals and amino acids and developments in salt reduction strategies: A review. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2024:1-15. [PMID: 38907620 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2024.2365962] [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: 06/24/2024]
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Salt (sodium chloride) plays a key role in maintaining the textural, microbiological, and sensorial aspects of the foods. However high dietary salt intake in the population has led to a series of health problems. Currently manufacturers are under pressure to reduce the sodium levels in foods without compromising the consumer experience. Because of the clean salty taste produced by sodium chloride, it has been challenging for the food industry to develop a suitable salt substitute. Studies have shown that different components within a food matrix can influence the perception of saltiness. This review aims to comprehend the potential synergistic effect of compounds such as minerals and amino acids on the perception of saltiness and covers the mechanism of perception where relevant to taste resulting from sodium ions and other metallic ions (such as K, Mg, Ca), as well as various amino acids and their derivatives. Finally, the review summarizes various salt reduction strategies explored by researchers, government organizations and food industry, including the potential use of plant-based extracts.
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- Saumya Sood
- Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, United Kingdom
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- Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, United Kingdom
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- Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, United Kingdom
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Zhang J, He W, Liang L, Sun B, Zhang Y. Study on the saltiness-enhancing mechanism of chicken-derived umami peptides by sensory evaluation and molecular docking to transmembrane channel-like protein 4 (TMC4). Food Res Int 2024; 182:114139. [PMID: 38519171 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114139] [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: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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The previously obtained chicken-derived umami peptides in the laboratory were evaluated for their saltiness-enhancing effect by sensory evaluation and S-curve, and the results revealed that peptides TPPKID, PKESEKPN, TEDWGR, LPLQDAH, NEFGYSNR, and LPLQD had significant saltiness-enhancing effects. In the binary solution system with salt, the ratio of the experimental detection threshold (129.17 mg/L) to the theoretical detection threshold (274.43 mg/L) of NEFGYSNR was 0.47, which had a synergistic saltiness-enhancing effect with salt. The model of transmembrane channel-like protein 4 (TMC4) channel protein was constructed by homology modeling, which had a 10-fold transmembrane structure and was well evaluated. Molecular docking and frontier molecular orbitals showed that the main active sites of TMC4 were Lys 471, Met 379, Cys 475, Gln 377, and Pro 380, and the main active sites of NEFGYSNR were Tyr, Ser and Asn. This study may provide a theoretical reference for low-sodium diets.
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- Jingcheng Zhang
- China Key Laboratory of Geriatric Nutrition and Health (Beijing Technology and Business University), Ministry of Education, 100048, China; Key Laboratory of Flavor Science of China General Chamber of Commerce, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China; Food Laboratory of Zhongyuan, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China
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- China Key Laboratory of Geriatric Nutrition and Health (Beijing Technology and Business University), Ministry of Education, 100048, China; Key Laboratory of Flavor Science of China General Chamber of Commerce, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China; Food Laboratory of Zhongyuan, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China
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- China Key Laboratory of Geriatric Nutrition and Health (Beijing Technology and Business University), Ministry of Education, 100048, China; Key Laboratory of Flavor Science of China General Chamber of Commerce, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China; Food Laboratory of Zhongyuan, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China
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- China Key Laboratory of Geriatric Nutrition and Health (Beijing Technology and Business University), Ministry of Education, 100048, China; Key Laboratory of Flavor Science of China General Chamber of Commerce, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China; Food Laboratory of Zhongyuan, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China
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- China Key Laboratory of Geriatric Nutrition and Health (Beijing Technology and Business University), Ministry of Education, 100048, China; Key Laboratory of Flavor Science of China General Chamber of Commerce, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China; Food Laboratory of Zhongyuan, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, China.
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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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Pérez-Castillo ÍM, Williams JA, López-Chicharro J, Mihic N, Rueda R, Bouzamondo H, Horswill CA. Compositional Aspects of Beverages Designed to Promote Hydration Before, During, and After Exercise: Concepts Revisited. Nutrients 2023; 16:17. [PMID: 38201848 PMCID: PMC10781183 DOI: 10.3390/nu16010017] [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: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Hypohydration can impair aerobic performance and deteriorate cognitive function during exercise. To minimize hypohydration, athletes are recommended to commence exercise at least euhydrated, ingest fluids containing sodium during long-duration and/or high-intensity exercise to prevent body mass loss over 2% and maintain elevated plasma osmolality, and rapidly restore and retain fluid and electrolyte homeostasis before a second exercise session. To achieve these goals, the compositions of the fluids consumed are key; however, it remains unclear what can be considered an optimal formulation for a hydration beverage in different settings. While carbohydrate-electrolyte solutions such as sports drinks have been extensively explored as a source of carbohydrates to meet fuel demands during intense and long-duration exercise, these formulas might not be ideal in situations where fluid and electrolyte balance is impaired, such as practicing exercise in the heat. Alternately, hypotonic compositions consisting of moderate to high levels of electrolytes (i.e., ≥45 mmol/L), mainly sodium, combined with low amounts of carbohydrates (i.e., <6%) might be useful to accelerate intestinal water absorption, maintain plasma volume and osmolality during exercise, and improve fluid retention during recovery. Future studies should compare hypotonic formulas and sports drinks in different exercise settings, evaluating different levels of sodium and/or other electrolytes, blends of carbohydrates, and novel ingredients for addressing hydration and rehydration before, during, and after exercise.
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- Real Madrid, Medical Services, 28055 Madrid, Spain; (J.L.-C.); (N.M.)
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- Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA;
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Liang Z, Wilson CE, Teng B, Kinnamon SC, Liman ER. The proton channel OTOP1 is a sensor for the taste of ammonium chloride. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6194. [PMID: 37798269 PMCID: PMC10556057 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41637-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
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Ammonium (NH4+), a breakdown product of amino acids that can be toxic at high levels, is detected by taste systems of organisms ranging from C. elegans to humans and has been used for decades in vertebrate taste research. Here we report that OTOP1, a proton-selective ion channel expressed in sour (Type III) taste receptor cells (TRCs), functions as sensor for ammonium chloride (NH4Cl). Extracellular NH4Cl evoked large dose-dependent inward currents in HEK-293 cells expressing murine OTOP1 (mOTOP1), human OTOP1 and other species variants of OTOP1, that correlated with its ability to alkalinize the cell cytosol. Mutation of a conserved intracellular arginine residue (R292) in the mOTOP1 tm 6-tm 7 linker specifically decreased responses to NH4Cl relative to acid stimuli. Taste responses to NH4Cl measured from isolated Type III TRCs, or gustatory nerves were strongly attenuated or eliminated in an Otop1-/- mouse strain. Behavioral aversion of mice to NH4Cl, reduced in Skn-1a-/- mice lacking Type II TRCs, was entirely abolished in a double knockout with Otop1. These data together reveal an unexpected role for the proton channel OTOP1 in mediating a major component of the taste of NH4Cl and a previously undescribed channel activation mechanism.
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- Ziyu Liang
- Section of Neurobiology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Medical School, 12700 E 19(th) Avenue, MS 8606, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Section of Neurobiology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Medical School, 12700 E 19(th) Avenue, MS 8606, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Section of Neurobiology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
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Phelps SM, Tutol JN, Advani D, Peng W, Dodani SC. Unlocking chloride sensing in the red at physiological pH with a fluorescent rhodopsin-based host. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:8460-8463. [PMID: 37337864 PMCID: PMC11136539 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc01786a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Chloride is a vital ion for all forms of life. Protein-based fluorescent biosensors can enable researchers to visualize chloride in cells but remain underdeveloped. Here, we demonstrate how a single point mutation in an engineered microbial rhodopsin results in ChloRED-1-CFP. This membrane-bound host is a far-red emitting, ratiometric sensor that provides a reversible readout of chloride in live bacteria at physiological pH, setting the stage to investigate the roles of chloride in diverse biological contexts.
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- Shelby M Phelps
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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Cherkashin AP, Rogachevskaja OA, Khokhlov AA, Kabanova NV, Bystrova MF, Kolesnikov SS. Contribution of TRPC3-mediated Ca 2+ entry to taste transduction. Pflugers Arch 2023:10.1007/s00424-023-02834-8. [PMID: 37369785 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-023-02834-8] [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: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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The current concept of taste transduction implicates the TASR/PLCβ2/IP3R3/TRPM5 axis in mediating chemo-electrical coupling in taste cells of the type II. While generation of IP3 has been verified as an obligatory step, DAG appears to be a byproduct of PIP2 cleavage by PLCβ2. Here, we provide evidence that DAG-signaling could play a significant and not yet recognized role in taste transduction. In particular, we found that DAG-gated channels are functional in type II cells but not in type I and type III cells. The DAG-gated current presumably constitutes a fraction of the generator current triggered by taste stimulation in type II cells. Bitter stimuli and DAG analogs produced Ca2+ transients in type II cells, which were greatly decreased at low bath Ca2+, indicating their dependence on Ca2+ influx. Among DAG-gated channels, transcripts solely for TRPC3 were detected in the taste tissue, thus implicating this channel in mediating DAG-regulated Ca2+ entry. Release of the afferent neurotransmitter ATP from CV papillae was monitored online by using the luciferin/luciferase method and Ussing-like chamber. It was shown that ATP secretion initiated by bitter stimuli and DAG analogs strongly depended on mucosal Ca2+. Based on the overall findings, we speculate that in taste transduction, IP3-driven Ca2+ release is transient and mainly responsible for rapid activation of Ca2+-gated TRPM5 channels, thus forming the initial phase of receptor potential. DAG-regulated Ca2+ entry through apically situated TRPC3 channels extends the primary Ca2+ signal and preserves TRPM5 activity, providing a needful prolongation of the receptor potential.
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- Alexander P Cherkashin
- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya Street, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya Street, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya Street, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya Street, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya Street, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya Street, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia.
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Wang W, Lu D, Xu Q, Jin Y, Pang G, Liu Y. Remodeling of the ryanodine receptor isoform 1 channel regulates the sweet and umami taste perception of Rattus norvegicus. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 3:459-468. [PMID: 38933774 PMCID: PMC11197482 DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.02.009] [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: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Sweet and umami tastes are elicited by sweet and umami receptors on the tongue and palate epithelium, respectively. However, the molecular machinery allowing the taste reaction remains incompletely understood. Through a phosphoproteomic approach, we identified the key proteins that trigger taste mechanisms based on phosphorylation cascades. Ryanodine receptor isoform 1 (RYR1) was further verified by sensory and behavioral assays. We propose a model of RYR1-mediated sweet/umami signaling in which the RYR1 channel, which mediates Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum, is closed by dephosphorylation in bud tissue after sweet/umami treatment. The alteration in Ca2+ content in the cytosol induces transient membrane depolarization and generates a cell current for taste signal transduction. We demonstrate that RYR1 is a new channel involved in the regulation of sweet/umami signal transduction and propose a "metabolic clock" notion based on sweet/umami sensing. Our study provides a valuable foundation for a system-level understanding of the taste perception mechanism.
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- Wenli Wang
- Department of Food Science & Technology, School of Agriculture & Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- College of Biotechnology & Food Science, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China
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- College of Biotechnology & Food Science, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China
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- College of Biotechnology & Food Science, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China
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- College of Biotechnology & Food Science, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, School of Agriculture & Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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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
Abstract
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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Wu J, Chen C, Qin C, Li Y, Jiang N, Yuan Q, Duan Y, Liu M, Wei X, Yu Y, Zhuang L, Wang P. Mimicking the Biological Sense of Taste In Vitro Using a Taste Organoids-on-a-Chip System. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2206101. [PMID: 36638268 PMCID: PMC9982573 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202206101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Thanks to the gustatory system, humans can experience the flavors in foods and drinks while avoiding the intake of some harmful substances. Although great advances in the fields of biotechnology, microfluidics, and nanotechnologies have been made in recent years, this astonishing recognition system can hardly be replaced by any artificial sensors designed so far. Here, taste organoids are coupled with an extracellular potential sensor array to form a novel bioelectronic organoid and developed a taste organoids-on-a-chip system (TOS) for highly mimicking the biological sense of taste ex vivo with high stability and repeatability. The taste organoids maintain key taste receptors expression after the third passage and high cell viability during 7 days of on-chip culture. Most importantly, the TOS not only distinguishs sour, sweet, bitter, and salt stimuli with great specificity, but also recognizes varying concentrations of the stimuli through an analytical method based on the extraction of signal features and principal component analysis. It is hoped that this bioelectronic tongue can facilitate studies in food quality controls, disease modelling, and drug screening.
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- Jianguo Wu
- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- The MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Machine IntegrationZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai200050P. R. China
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- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- The MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Machine IntegrationZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- The MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Machine IntegrationZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- College of Life SciencesZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058P. R. China
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- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- The MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Machine IntegrationZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- The MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Machine IntegrationZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- The MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Machine IntegrationZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- The MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Machine IntegrationZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- The MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Machine IntegrationZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Department of OtolaryngologyEye, Ear, Nose and Throat HospitalShanghai Key Clinical Disciplines of OtorhinolaryngologyFudan UniversityShanghai200031P. R. China
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- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai200050P. R. China
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- Biosensor National Special LaboratoryKey Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education MinistryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- The MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Machine IntegrationZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai200050P. R. China
- Cancer CenterZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058P. R. China
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Atsumi N, Yasumatsu K, Takashina Y, Ito C, Yasui N, Margolskee RF, Yamashita A. Chloride ions evoke taste sensations by binding to the extracellular ligand-binding domain of sweet/umami taste receptors. eLife 2023; 12:84291. [PMID: 36852482 PMCID: PMC9977269 DOI: 10.7554/elife.84291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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Salt taste sensation is multifaceted: NaCl at low or high concentrations is preferably or aversively perceived through distinct pathways. Cl- is thought to participate in taste sensation through an unknown mechanism. Here, we describe Cl- ion binding and the response of taste receptor type 1 (T1r), a receptor family composing sweet/umami receptors. The T1r2a/T1r3 heterodimer from the medaka fish, currently the sole T1r amenable to structural analyses, exhibited a specific Cl- binding in the vicinity of the amino-acid-binding site in the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of T1r3, which is likely conserved across species, including human T1r3. The Cl- binding induced a conformational change in T1r2a/T1r3LBD at sub- to low-mM concentrations, similar to canonical taste substances. Furthermore, oral Cl- application to mice increased impulse frequencies of taste nerves connected to T1r-expressing taste cells and promoted their behavioral preferences attenuated by a T1r-specific blocker or T1r3 knock-out. These results suggest that the Cl- evokes taste sensations by binding to T1r, thereby serving as another preferred salt taste pathway at a low concentration.
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- Nanako Atsumi
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama UniversityOkayamaJapan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama UniversityOkayamaJapan
- Tokyo Dental Junior CollegeTokyoJapan
- Monell Chemical Senses CenterPhiladelphiaUnited States
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama UniversityOkayamaJapan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama UniversityOkayamaJapan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama UniversityOkayamaJapan
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama UniversityOkayamaJapan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama UniversityOkayamaJapan
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama UniversityOkayamaJapan
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Salt taste, the taste of sodium chloride (NaCl), is mechanistically one of the most complex and puzzling among basic tastes. Sodium has essential functions in the body but causes harm in excess. Thus, animals use salt taste to ingest the right amount of salt, which fluctuates by physiological needs: typically, attraction to low salt concentrations and rejection of high salt. This concentration-valence relationship is universally observed in terrestrial animals, and research has revealed complex peripheral codes for NaCl involving multiple taste pathways of opposing valence. Sodium-dependent and -independent pathways mediate attraction and aversion to NaCl, respectively. Gustatory sensors and cells that transduce NaCl have been uncovered, along with downstream signal transduction and neurotransmission mechanisms. However, much remains unknown. This article reviews classical and recent advances in our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying salt taste in mammals and insects and discusses perspectives on human salt taste.
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- Akiyuki Taruno
- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; .,Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Zoology and Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Kasahara Y, Narukawa M, Takeuchi A, Tominaga M, Abe K, Asakura T. Molecular logic of salt taste reception in special reference to transmembrane channel-like 4 (TMC4). J Physiol Sci 2022; 72:31. [DOI: 10.1186/s12576-022-00856-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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AbstractThe taste is biologically of intrinsic importance. It almost momentarily perceives environmental stimuli for better survival. In the early 2000s, research into taste reception was greatly developed with discovery of the receptors. However, the mechanism of salt taste reception is not fully elucidated yet and many questions still remain. At present, next-generation sequencing and genome-editing technologies are available which would become pivotal tools to elucidate the remaining issues. Here we review current mechanisms of salt taste reception in particular and characterize the properties of transmembrane channel-like 4 as a novel salt taste-related molecule that we found using these sophisticated tools.
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Padalhin A, Abueva C, Park SY, Ryu HS, Lee H, Kim JI, Chung PS, Woo SH. Recovery of sweet taste preference in adult rats following bilateral chorda tympani nerve transection. PeerJ 2022; 10:e14455. [PMID: 36452076 PMCID: PMC9703994 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14455] [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: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Numerous studies have noted the effect of chorda tympani (CT) nerve transection on taste sensitivity yet very few have directly observed its effects on taste receptor and taste signaling protein expressions in the tongue tissue. Methods In this study, bilateral CT nerve transection was performed in adult Sprague Dawley rats after establishing behavioral taste preference for sweet, bitter, and salty taste via short term two-bottle preference testing using a lickometer setup. Taste preference for all animals were subsequently monitored. The behavioral testing was paired with tissue sampling and protein expression analysis. Paired groups of CT nerve transected animals (CTX) and sham operated animals (SHAM) were sacrificed 7, 14, and 28 days post operation. Results Immunofluorescence staining of extracted tongue tissues shows that CT nerve transection resulted in micro-anatomical changes akin to previous investigations. Among the three taste qualities tested, only the preference for sweet taste was drastically affected. Subsequent results of the short-term two-bottle preference test indicated recovery of sweet taste preference over the course of 28 days. This recovery could possibly be due to maintenance of T1R3, GNAT3, and TRPM5 proteins allowing adaptable recovery of sweet taste preference despite down-regulation of both T1R2 and Sonic hedgehog proteins in CTX animals. This study is the first known attempt to correlate the disruption in taste preference with the altered expression of taste receptors and taste signaling proteins in the tongue brought about by CT nerve transection.
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- Andrew Padalhin
- Beckman Laser Institute Korea, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Beckman Laser Institute Korea, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea,Medical Laser Research Center, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Beckman Laser Institute Korea, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program for Medical Laser, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program for Medical Laser, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Beckman Laser Institute Korea, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea,Medical Laser Research Center, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea,Department of Otorhinolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungcheonam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Beckman Laser Institute Korea, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea,Medical Laser Research Center, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea,Department of Otorhinolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungcheonam-do, Republic of Korea
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Le B, Yu B, Amin MS, Liu R, Zhang N, Soladoye OP, Aluko RE, Zhang Y, Fu Y. Salt taste receptors and associated salty/salt taste-enhancing peptides: A comprehensive review of structure and function. Trends Food Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2022.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Xie X, Dang Y, Pan Supervise D, Sun Supervise Y, Zhou Supervise C, He Supervise J, Gao X. The Enhancement and Mechanism of the Perception of Saltiness by Umami Peptide from Ruditapes Philippinarum and Ham. Food Chem 2022; 405:134886. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.134886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nakao Y, Tateno K, Ohtubo Y. Taste Receptor Cells Generate Oscillating Receptor Potentials by Activating G Protein-Coupled Taste Receptors. Front Physiol 2022; 13:883372. [PMID: 35694396 PMCID: PMC9174655 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.883372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The receptor potentials of taste receptor cells remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that taste receptor cells generate oscillating depolarization (n = 7) with action potentials in response to sweet, bitter, umami, and salty taste substances. At a lower concentration of taste substances, taste receptor cells exhibited oscillations in membrane potentials with a low frequency and small magnitude of depolarization. Although the respective waves contained no or 1–2 action potentials, the taste receptor cells generated action potentials continuously in the presence of taste stimuli. Both the frequency and magnitude of oscillations increased when the concentration was increased, to 0.67–1.43 Hz (n = 3) and Δ39–53 mV (n = 3) in magnitude from −64.7 ± 4.2 to −18.7 ± 5.9 mV, which may activate the ATP-permeable ion channels. In contrast, a sour tastant (10-mM HCl) induced membrane depolarization (Δ19.4 ± 9.5 mV, n = 4) with action potentials in type III taste receptor cells. Interestingly, NaCl (1 M) taste stimuli induced oscillation (n = 2) or depolarization (Δ10.5 ± 5.7 mV at the tonic component, n = 9). Our results indicate that the frequency and magnitude of oscillations increased with increasing taste substance concentrations. These parameters may contribute to the expression of taste “thickness.”
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Fine-tuning of epithelial taste bud organoid to promote functional recapitulation of taste reactivity. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:211. [PMID: 35344108 PMCID: PMC8958342 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04242-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Taste stem/progenitor cells from posterior mouse tongues have been used to generate taste bud organoids. However, the inaccessible location of taste receptor cells is observed in conventional organoids. In this study, we established a suspension-culture method to fine-tune taste bud organoids by apicobasal polarity alteration to form the accessible localization of taste receptor cells. Compared to conventional Matrigel-embedded organoids, suspension-cultured organoids showed comparable differentiation and renewal rates to those of taste buds in vivo and exhibited functional taste receptor cells and cycling progenitor cells. Accessible taste receptor cells enabled the direct application of calcium imaging to evaluate the taste response. Moreover, suspension-cultured organoids can be genetically altered. Suspension-cultured taste bud organoids harmoniously integrated with the recipient lingual epithelium, maintaining the taste receptor cells and gustatory innervation capacity. We propose that suspension-cultured organoids may provide an efficient model for taste research, including taste bud development, regeneration, and transplantation.
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Palmer RK. Why Taste Is Pharmacology. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2022; 275:1-31. [PMID: 35461405 DOI: 10.1007/164_2022_589] [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: 06/14/2023]
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The chapter presents an argument supporting the view that taste, defined as the receptor-mediated signaling of taste cells and consequent sensory events, is proper subject matter for the field of pharmacology. The argument develops through a consideration of how the field of pharmacology itself is to be defined. Though its application toward the discovery and development of therapeutics is of obvious value, pharmacology nevertheless is a basic science committed to examining biological phenomena controlled by the selective interactions between chemicals - regardless of their sources or uses - and receptors. The basic science of pharmacology is founded on the theory of receptor occupancy, detailed here in the context of taste. The discussion then will turn to consideration of the measurement of human taste and how well the results agree with the predictions of receptor theory.
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Taste information is encoded in the gustatory nervous system much as in other sensory systems, with notable exceptions. The concept of adequate stimulus is common to all sensory modalities, from somatosensory to auditory, visual, and so forth. That is, sensory cells normally respond only to one particular form of stimulation, the adequate stimulus, such as photons (photoreceptors in the visual system), odors (olfactory sensory neurons in the olfactory system), noxious heat (nociceptors in the somatosensory system), etc. Peripheral sensory receptors transduce the stimulus into membrane potential changes transmitted to the brain in the form of trains of action potentials. How information concerning different aspects of the stimulus such as quality, intensity, and duration are encoded in the trains of action potentials is hotly debated in the field of taste. At one extreme is the notion of labeled line/spatial coding - information for each different taste quality (sweet, salty, sour, etc.) is transmitted along a parallel but separate series of neurons (a "line") that project to focal clusters ("spaces") of neurons in the gustatory cortex. These clusters are distinct for each taste quality. Opposing this are concepts of population/combinatorial coding and temporal coding, where taste information is encrypted by groups of neurons (circuits) and patterns of impulses within these neuronal circuits. Key to population/combinatorial and temporal coding is that impulse activity in an individual neuron does not provide unambiguous information about the taste stimulus. Only populations of neurons and their impulse firing pattern yield that information.
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- Stephen D Roper
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
- Department of Otolaryngology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
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This review summarizes our understanding of ATP signaling in taste and describes new directions for research. ATP meets all requisite criteria to be considered a neurotransmitter: (1) presence in taste cells, as in all cells; (2) release upon appropriate taste stimulation; (3) binding to cognate purinergic receptors P2X2 and P2X3 on gustatory afferent neurons, and (4) after release, enzymatic degradation to adenosine and other nucleotides by the ectonucleotidase, NTPDase2, expressed on the Type I, glial-like cells in the taste bud. Importantly, double knockout of P2X2 and P2X3 or pharmacological inhibition of P2X3 abolishes transmission of all taste qualities. In Type II taste cells (those that respond to sweet, bitter, or umami stimuli), ATP is released non-vesicularly by a large conductance ion channel composed of CALHM1 and CALHM3, which form a so-called channel synapse at areas of contact with afferent taste nerve fibers. Although ATP release has been detected only from Type II cells, it is also required for the transmission of salty and sour stimuli, which are mediated primarily by the Type III taste cells. The source of the ATP required for Type III cell signaling to afferent fibers is still unclear and is a focus for future experiments. The ionotropic purinergic receptor, P2X3, is widely expressed on many sensory afferents and has been a therapeutic target for treating chronic cough and pain. However, its requirement for taste signaling has complicated efforts at treatment since patients given P2X3 antagonists report substantial disturbances of taste and become non-compliant.
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- Sue Kinnamon
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
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"Tripartite Synapses" in Taste Buds: A Role for Type I Glial-like Taste Cells. J Neurosci 2021; 41:9860-9871. [PMID: 34697094 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1444-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In mammalian taste buds, Type I cells comprise half of all cells. These are termed "glial-like" based on morphologic and molecular features, but there are limited studies describing their function. We tested whether Type I cells sense chemosensory activation of adjacent chemosensory (i.e., Types II and III) taste bud cells, similar to synaptic glia. Using Gad2;;GCaMP3 mice of both sexes, we confirmed by immunostaining that, within taste buds, GCaMP expression is predominantly in Type I cells (with no Type II and ≈28% Type III cells expressing weakly). In dissociated taste buds, GCaMP+ Type I cells responded to bath-applied ATP (10-100 μm) but not to 5-HT (transmitters released by Type II or III cells, respectively). Type I cells also did not respond to taste stimuli (5 μm cycloheximide, 1 mm denatonium). In lingual slice preparations also, Type I cells responded to bath-applied ATP (10-100 μm). However, when taste buds in the slice were stimulated with bitter tastants (cycloheximide, denatonium, quinine), Type I cells responded robustly. Taste-evoked responses of Type I cells in the slice preparation were significantly reduced by desensitizing purinoceptors or by purinoceptor antagonists (suramin, PPADS), and were essentially eliminated by blocking synaptic ATP release (carbenoxolone) or degrading extracellular ATP (apyrase). Thus, taste-evoked release of afferent ATP from type II chemosensory cells, in addition to exciting gustatory afferent fibers, also activates glial-like Type I taste cells. We speculate that Type I cells sense chemosensory activation and that they participate in synaptic signaling, similarly to glial cells at CNS tripartite synapses.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Most studies of taste buds view the chemosensitive excitable cells that express taste receptors as the sole mediators of taste detection and transmission to the CNS. Type I "glial-like" cells, with their ensheathing morphology, are mostly viewed as responsible for clearing neurotransmitters and as the "glue" holding the taste bud together. In the present study, we demonstrate that, when intact taste buds respond to their natural stimuli, Type I cells sense the activation of the chemosensory cells by detecting the afferent transmitter. Because Type I cells synthesize GABA, a known gliotransmitter, and cognate receptors are present on both presynaptic and postsynaptic elements, Type I cells may participate in GABAergic synaptic transmission in the manner of astrocytes at tripartite synapses.
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Zhang L, Hao Z, Zhao C, Zhang Y, Li J, Sun B, Tang Y, Yao M. Taste compounds, affecting factors, and methods used to evaluate chicken soup: A review. Food Sci Nutr 2021; 9:5833-5853. [PMID: 34646550 PMCID: PMC8498081 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.2501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The taste of chicken soup is dependent upon various taste substances and human senses. More than 300 nonvolatile compounds reportedly exist in chicken/chicken soup. The primary purpose of this review was to elaborate on the prominent taste substances, the taste evaluation methods, and the factors affecting the taste of chicken soup. Most taste-active compounds with taste descriptions and thresholds in chicken soup were summarized. The application of sensory evaluation, liquid chromatography, electronic tongue, and other evaluation methods in chicken soup taste analysis were elaborated. The effects of genetic constitution, preslaughter, processing, and storage on chicken soup taste had been discussed. Nucleotides (especially inosine 5'-monophosphate), amino acids and their derivatives, organic acids, sugars, and peptides play a vital role in the taste attributes of chicken soup. Combining of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry enables qualitative and quantitative analysis of taste-active compounds in chicken soup, aiding the exploration of key taste-active compounds. The electronic tongue application helps the overall taste perception of the soluble taste-active compounds present in chicken soup samples. Postmortem aging and stewing for a prolonged duration are effective techniques for improving the taste quality of chicken soup. The washing of preprocessing, the cooking temperature of processing, and the storage conditions also exert a significant impact on the taste of chicken soup.
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- Lili Zhang
- College of Food Science and EngineeringTianjin University of Science and TechnologyTianjinChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Flavor ChemistryBeijing Technology and Business UniversityBeijingChina
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Flavor ChemistryBeijing Technology and Business UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Food ScienceFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFujianChina
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Flavor ChemistryBeijing Technology and Business UniversityBeijingChina
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Flavor ChemistryBeijing Technology and Business UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Food Science and EngineeringTianjin University of Science and TechnologyTianjinChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Flavor ChemistryBeijing Technology and Business UniversityBeijingChina
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Flavor ChemistryBeijing Technology and Business UniversityBeijingChina
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- Jiangxi Jiangzhong Diet Therapy Technology Co., LtdJiujiangChina
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Han J, Kim S, Choi P, Lee S, Jo Y, Kim E, Choi M. Robust functional imaging of taste sensation with a Bessel beam. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 12:5855-5864. [PMID: 34692220 PMCID: PMC8515959 DOI: 10.1364/boe.430643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Functional imaging of intact taste cells in response to various tastant solutions poses a technical challenge since the refractive index of the immersion medium dynamically changes during tastant delivery. Critically, the focal shift introduced by high-index tastant solutions has been the fundamental limit in experimental design. Here we seek to address this issue by introducing an axially elongated Bessel beam in two-photon microscopy. Compared to the conventional Gaussian beam, the Bessel beam provides superior robustness to the index-induced focal shift, allowing us to acquire near artifact-free imaging of taste cells in response to a physiological taste stimulus.
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- Jisoo Han
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Kasahara Y, Narukawa M, Ishimaru Y, Kanda S, Umatani C, Takayama Y, Tominaga M, Oka Y, Kondo K, Kondo T, Takeuchi A, Misaka T, Abe K, Asakura T. TMC4 is a novel chloride channel involved in high-concentration salt taste sensation. J Physiol Sci 2021; 71:23. [PMID: 34429071 PMCID: PMC10717410 DOI: 10.1186/s12576-021-00807-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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"Salty taste" sensation is evoked when sodium and chloride ions are present together in the oral cavity. The presence of an epithelial cation channel that receives Na+ has previously been reported. However, no molecular entity involving Cl- receptors has been elucidated. We report the strong expression of transmembrane channel-like 4 (TMC4) in the circumvallate and foliate papillae projected to the glossopharyngeal nerve, mediating a high-concentration of NaCl. Electrophysiological analysis using HEK293T cells revealed that TMC4 was a voltage-dependent Cl- channel and the consequent currents were completely inhibited by NPPB, an anion channel blocker. TMC4 allowed permeation of organic anions including gluconate, but their current amplitudes at positive potentials were less than that of Cl-. Tmc4-deficient mice showed significantly weaker glossopharyngeal nerve response to high-concentration of NaCl than the wild-type littermates. These results indicated that TMC4 is a novel chloride channel that responds to high-concentration of NaCl.
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- Yoichi Kasahara
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyoto Women's University, 35 Kitahiyoshicho Imakumano Higashiyama, Kyoto, 605-8501, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Meiji University, 1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 214-8571, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Aza-Higashiyama, Myodaijicho, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Aza-Higashiyama, Myodaijicho, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
- Thermal Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center On Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Aza-Higashiyama, Myodaijicho, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory for Developmental Genetics, RIKEN-IMS, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Laboratory for Developmental Genetics, RIKEN-IMS, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Integrative and Systems Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, and Life Science Innovation Center, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
- Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (KISTEC), LiSE 4F C-4, 3-25-13 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 210-0821, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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Koyama S, Kondo K, Ueha R, Kashiwadani H, Heinbockel T. Possible Use of Phytochemicals for Recovery from COVID-19-Induced Anosmia and Ageusia. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:8912. [PMID: 34445619 PMCID: PMC8396277 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The year 2020 became the year of the outbreak of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which escalated into a worldwide pandemic and continued into 2021. One of the unique symptoms of the SARS-CoV-2 disease, COVID-19, is the loss of chemical senses, i.e., smell and taste. Smell training is one of the methods used in facilitating recovery of the olfactory sense, and it uses essential oils of lemon, rose, clove, and eucalyptus. These essential oils were not selected based on their chemical constituents. Although scientific studies have shown that they improve recovery, there may be better combinations for facilitating recovery. Many phytochemicals have bioactive properties with anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effects. In this review, we describe the chemical compounds with anti- inflammatory and anti-viral effects, and we list the plants that contain these chemical compounds. We expand the review from terpenes to the less volatile flavonoids in order to propose a combination of essential oils and diets that can be used to develop a new taste training method, as there has been no taste training so far. Finally, we discuss the possible use of these in clinical settings.
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- Sachiko Koyama
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan;
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan;
- Swallowing Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan;
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
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Stanley M, Ghosh B, Weiss ZF, Christiaanse J, Gordon MD. Mechanisms of lactic acid gustatory attraction in Drosophila. Curr Biol 2021; 31:3525-3537.e6. [PMID: 34197729 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Sour has been studied almost exclusively as an aversive taste modality. Yet recent work in Drosophila demonstrates that specific carboxylic acids are attractive at ecologically relevant concentrations. Here, we demonstrate that lactic acid is an appetitive and energetic tastant, which stimulates feeding through activation of sweet gustatory receptor neurons (GRNs). This activation displays distinct, mechanistically separable stimulus onset and removal phases. Ionotropic receptor 25a (IR25a) primarily mediates the onset response, which shows specificity for the lactate anion and drives feeding initiation through proboscis extension. Conversely, sweet gustatory receptors (Gr64a-f) mediate a non-specific removal response to low pH that primarily impacts ingestion. While mutations in either receptor family have marginal impacts on feeding, lactic acid attraction is completely abolished in combined mutants. Thus, specific components of lactic acid are detected through two classes of receptors to activate a single set of sensory neurons in physiologically distinct ways, ultimately leading to robust behavioral attraction.
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- Molly Stanley
- Department of Zoology and Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Zoology and Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Zoology and Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Zoology and Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Zoology and Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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Guarascio DM, Gonzalez-Velandia KY, Hernandez-Clavijo A, Menini A, Pifferi S. Functional expression of TMEM16A in taste bud cells. J Physiol 2021; 599:3697-3714. [PMID: 34089532 PMCID: PMC8361675 DOI: 10.1113/jp281645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Key points Taste transduction occurs in taste buds in the tongue epithelium. The Ca2+‐activated Cl– channels TMEM16A and TMEM16B play relevant physiological roles in several sensory systems. Here, we report that TMEM16A, but not TMEM16B, is expressed in the apical part of taste buds. Large Ca2+‐activated Cl− currents blocked by Ani‐9, a selective inhibitor of TMEM16A, are measured in type I taste cells but not in type II or III taste cells. ATP indirectly activates Ca2+‐activated Cl– currents in type I cells through TMEM16A channels. These results indicate that TMEM16A is functional in type I taste cells and contribute to understanding the largely unknown physiological roles of these cells.
Abstract The Ca2+‐activated Cl– channels TMEM16A and TMEM16B have relevant roles in many physiological processes including neuronal excitability and regulation of Cl– homeostasis. Here, we examined the presence of Ca2+‐activated Cl– channels in taste cells of mouse vallate papillae by using immunohistochemistry and electrophysiological recordings. By using immunohistochemistry we showed that only TMEM16A, and not TMEM16B, was expressed in taste bud cells where it largely co‐localized with the inwardly rectifying K+ channel KNCJ1 in the apical part of type I cells. By using whole‐cell patch‐clamp recordings in isolated cells from taste buds, we measured an average current of −1083 pA at −100 mV in 1.5 μm Ca2+ and symmetrical Cl– in type I cells. Ion substitution experiments and blockage by Ani‐9, a specific TMEM16A channel blocker, indicated that Ca2+ activated anionic currents through TMEM16A channels. We did not detect any Ca2+‐activated Cl– currents in type II or III taste cells. ATP is released by type II cells in response to various tastants and reaches type I cells where it is hydrolysed by ecto‐ATPases. Type I cells also express P2Y purinergic receptors and stimulation of type I cells with extracellular ATP produced large Ca2+‐activated Cl− currents blocked by Ani‐9, indicating a possible role of TMEM16A in ATP‐mediated signalling. These results provide a definitive demonstration that TMEM16A‐mediated currents are functional in type I taste cells and provide a foundation for future studies investigating physiological roles for these often‐neglected taste cells. Taste transduction occurs in taste buds in the tongue epithelium. The Ca2+‐activated Cl– channels TMEM16A and TMEM16B play relevant physiological roles in several sensory systems. Here, we report that TMEM16A, but not TMEM16B, is expressed in the apical part of taste buds. Large Ca2+‐activated Cl− currents blocked by Ani‐9, a selective inhibitor of TMEM16A, are measured in type I taste cells but not in type II or III taste cells. ATP indirectly activates Ca2+‐activated Cl– currents in type I cells through TMEM16A channels. These results indicate that TMEM16A is functional in type I taste cells and contribute to understanding the largely unknown physiological roles of these cells.
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- Domenico M Guarascio
- Neurobiology Group, SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, 34136, Italy
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- Neurobiology Group, SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, 34136, Italy
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- Neurobiology Group, SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, 34136, Italy
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- Neurobiology Group, SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, 34136, Italy.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, 60126, Italy
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Zhang J, Lee H, Macpherson LJ. Mechanisms for the Sour Taste. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2021; 275:229-245. [PMID: 34117536 DOI: 10.1007/164_2021_476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sour, the taste of acids, provides important sensory information to prevent the ingestion of unripe, spoiled, or fermented foods. In mammals, acids elicit disgust and pain by simultaneously activating taste and somatosensory neurons innervating the oral cavity. Early researchers detected electrical activity in taste nerves upon presenting acids to the tongue, establishing this as the bona fide sour taste. Recent studies have made significant contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying acid sensing in the taste receptor cells at the periphery and the neural circuitry that convey this information to the brain. In this chapter, we discuss the characterization of sour taste receptor cells, the twists and turns eventually leading to the identification of Otopetrin1 (OTOP1) as the sour taste receptor, the pathway of sour taste signaling from the tongue to the brainstem, and other roles sour taste receptor cells play in the taste bud.
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- Jin Zhang
- Mortimer B. Zukerman Mind Brain and Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Jang JH, Kwon O, Moon SJ, Jeong YT. Recent Advances in Understanding Peripheral Taste Decoding I: 2010 to 2020. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul) 2021; 36:469-477. [PMID: 34139798 PMCID: PMC8258330 DOI: 10.3803/enm.2021.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Taste sensation is the gatekeeper for direct decisions on feeding behavior and evaluating the quality of food. Nutritious and beneficial substances such as sugars and amino acids are represented by sweet and umami tastes, respectively, whereas noxious substances and toxins by bitter or sour tastes. Essential electrolytes including Na+ and other ions are recognized by the salty taste. Gustatory information is initially generated by taste buds in the oral cavity, projected into the central nervous system, and finally processed to provide input signals for food recognition, regulation of metabolism and physiology, and higher-order brain functions such as learning and memory, emotion, and reward. Therefore, understanding the peripheral taste system is fundamental for the development of technologies to regulate the endocrine system and improve whole-body metabolism. In this review article, we introduce previous widely-accepted views on the physiology and genetics of peripheral taste cells and primary gustatory neurons, and discuss key findings from the past decade that have raised novel questions or solved previously raised questions.
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- Jea Hwa Jang
- BK21 Graduate Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul,
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- Department of Pharmacology, Korea University College of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul,
Korea
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul,
Korea
- Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul,
Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology, BK21 FOUR Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul,
Korea
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- BK21 Graduate Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul,
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- Department of Pharmacology, Korea University College of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul,
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Vandenbeuch A, Wilson CE, Kinnamon SC. Optogenetic Activation of Type III Taste Cells Modulates Taste Responses. Chem Senses 2021; 45:533-539. [PMID: 32582939 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjaa044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Studies have suggested that communication between taste cells shapes the gustatory signal before transmission to the brain. To further explore the possibility of intragemmal signal modulation, we adopted an optogenetic approach to stimulate sour-sensitive (Type III) taste cells using mice expressing Cre recombinase under a specific Type III cell promoter, Pkd2l1 (polycystic kidney disease-2-like 1), crossed with mice expressing Cre-dependent channelrhodopsin (ChR2). The application of blue light onto the tongue allowed for the specific stimulation of Type III cells and circumvented the nonspecific effects of chemical stimulation. To understand whether taste modality information is preprocessed in the taste bud before transmission to the sensory nerves, we recorded chorda tympani nerve activity during light and/or chemical tastant application to the tongue. To assess intragemmal modulation, we compared nerve responses to various tastants with or without concurrent light-induced activation of the Type III cells. Our results show that light significantly decreased taste responses to sweet, bitter, salty, and acidic stimuli. On the contrary, the light response was not consistently affected by sweet or bitter stimuli, suggesting that activation of Type II cells does not affect nerve responses to stimuli that activate Type III cells.
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- Aurelie Vandenbeuch
- Department of Otolaryngology and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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Lossow K, Hermans-Borgmeyer I, Meyerhof W, Behrens M. Segregated Expression of ENaC Subunits in Taste Cells. Chem Senses 2021; 45:235-248. [PMID: 32006019 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjaa004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Salt taste is one of the 5 basic taste qualities. Depending on the concentration, table salt is perceived either as appetitive or aversive, suggesting the contribution of several mechanisms to salt taste, distinguishable by their sensitivity to the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) blocker amiloride. A taste-specific knockout of the α-subunit of the ENaC revealed the relevance of this polypeptide for low-salt transduction, whereas the response to other taste qualities remained normal. The fully functional ENaC is composed of α-, β-, and γ-subunits. In taste tissue, however, the precise constitution of the channel and the cell population responsible for detecting table salt remain uncertain. In order to examine the cells and subunits building the ENaC, we generated mice carrying modified alleles allowing the synthesis of green and red fluorescent proteins in cells expressing the α- and β-subunit, respectively. Fluorescence signals were detected in all types of taste papillae and in taste buds of the soft palate and naso-incisor duct. However, the lingual expression patterns of the reporters differed depending on tongue topography. Additionally, immunohistochemistry for the γ-subunit of the ENaC revealed a lack of overlap between all potential subunits. The data suggest that amiloride-sensitive recognition of table salt is unlikely to depend on the classical ENaCs formed by α-, β-, and γ-subunits and ask for a careful investigation of the channel composition.
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- Kristina Lossow
- Molecular Genetics, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Transgenic Animal Unit, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (ZMNH), Hamburg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee, Nuthetal, Germany
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Among the 5 taste qualities, salt is the least understood. The receptors, their expression pattern in taste cells, and the transduction mechanisms for salt taste are still unclear. Previous studies have suggested that low concentrations of NaCl are detected by the amiloride-sensitive epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC), which in other systems requires assembly of 3 homologous subunits (α, β, and γ) to form a functional channel. However, a new study from Lossow and colleagues, published in this issue of Chemical Senses, challenges that hypothesis by examining expression levels of the 3 ENaC subunits in individual taste cells using gene-targeted mice in combination with immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. Results show a lack of colocalization of ENaC subunits in taste cells as well as expression of subunits in taste cells that show no amiloride sensitivity. These new results question the molecular identity of the amiloride-sensitive Na+ conductance in taste cells.
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- Aurelie Vandenbeuch
- Department of Otolaryngology and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA
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Rhyu MR, Lyall V. Interaction of taste-active nutrients with taste receptors. CURRENT OPINION IN PHYSIOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2020.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Rhyu MR, Kim Y, Lyall V. Interactions between Chemesthesis and Taste: Role of TRPA1 and TRPV1. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22073360. [PMID: 33806052 PMCID: PMC8038011 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In addition to the sense of taste and olfaction, chemesthesis, the sensation of irritation, pungency, cooling, warmth, or burning elicited by spices and herbs, plays a central role in food consumption. Many plant-derived molecules demonstrate their chemesthetic properties via the opening of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) and transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channels. TRPA1 and TRPV1 are structurally related thermosensitive cation channels and are often co-expressed in sensory nerve endings. TRPA1 and TRPV1 can also indirectly influence some, but not all, primary taste qualities via the release of substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) from trigeminal neurons and their subsequent effects on CGRP receptor expressed in Type III taste receptor cells. Here, we will review the effect of some chemesthetic agonists of TRPA1 and TRPV1 and their influence on bitter, sour, and salt taste qualities.
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- Mee-Ra Rhyu
- Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun 55365, Korea;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-63-219-9268
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- Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun 55365, Korea;
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA;
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Puri S, Lee Y. Salt Sensation and Regulation. Metabolites 2021; 11:metabo11030175. [PMID: 33802977 PMCID: PMC8002656 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11030175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Taste sensation and regulation are highly conserved in insects and mammals. Research conducted over recent decades has yielded major advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the taste sensors for a variety of taste sensations and the processes underlying regulation of ingestion depending on our internal state. Salt (NaCl) is an essential ingested nutrient. The regulation of internal sodium concentrations for physiological processes, including neuronal activity, fluid volume, acid–base balance, and muscle contraction, are extremely important issues in animal health. Both mammals and flies detect low and high NaCl concentrations as attractive and aversive tastants, respectively. These attractive or aversive behaviors can be modulated by the internal nutrient state. However, the differential encoding of the tastes underlying low and high salt concentrations in the brain remain unclear. In this review, we discuss the current view of taste sensation and modulation in the brain with an emphasis on recent advances in this field. This work presents new questions that include but are not limited to, “How do the fly’s neuronal circuits process this complex salt code?” and “Why do high concentrations of salt induce a negative valence only when the need for salt is low?” A better understanding of regulation of salt homeostasis could improve our understanding of why our brains enjoy salty food so much.
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- Sonali Puri
- Interdisciplinary Program for Bio-Health Convergence, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Korea;
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- Interdisciplinary Program for Bio-Health Convergence, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Korea;
- Department of Bio and Fermentation Convergence Technology, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Korea
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-2-910-5734
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Tutol JN, Lee J, Chi H, Faizuddin FN, Abeyrathna SS, Zhou Q, Morcos F, Meloni G, Dodani SC. A single point mutation converts a proton-pumping rhodopsin into a red-shifted, turn-on fluorescent sensor for chloride. Chem Sci 2021; 12:5655-5663. [PMID: 34163777 PMCID: PMC8179538 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06061e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The visualization of chloride in living cells with fluorescent sensors is linked to our ability to design hosts that can overcome the energetic penalty of desolvation to bind chloride in water. Fluorescent proteins can be used as biological supramolecular hosts to address this fundamental challenge. Here, we showcase the power of protein engineering to convert the fluorescent proton-pumping rhodopsin GR from Gloeobacter violaceus into GR1, a red-shifted, turn-on fluorescent sensor for chloride in detergent micelles and in live Escherichia coli. This non-natural function was unlocked by mutating D121, which serves as the counterion to the protonated retinylidene Schiff base chromophore. Substitution from aspartate to valine at this position (D121V) creates a binding site for chloride. The binding of chloride tunes the pK a of the chromophore towards the protonated, fluorescent state to generate a pH-dependent response. Moreover, ion pumping assays combined with bulk fluorescence and single-cell fluorescence microscopy experiments with E. coli, expressing a GR1 fusion with a cyan fluorescent protein, show that GR1 does not pump ions nor sense membrane potential but instead provides a reversible, ratiometric readout of changes in extracellular chloride at the membrane. This discovery sets the stage to use natural and laboratory-guided evolution to build a family of rhodopsin-based fluorescent chloride sensors with improved properties for cellular applications and learn how proteins can evolve and adapt to bind anions in water.
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- Jasmine N Tutol
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
- Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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Ohman LC, Krimm RF. Whole-Mount Staining, Visualization, and Analysis of Fungiform, Circumvallate, and Palate Taste Buds. JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS : JOVE 2021:10.3791/62126. [PMID: 33645587 PMCID: PMC8785251 DOI: 10.3791/62126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Taste buds are collections of taste-transducing cells specialized to detect subsets of chemical stimuli in the oral cavity. These transducing cells communicate with nerve fibers that carry this information to the brain. Because taste-transducing cells continuously die and are replaced throughout adulthood, the taste-bud environment is both complex and dynamic, requiring detailed analyses of its cell types, their locations, and any physical relationships between them. Detailed analyses have been limited by tongue-tissue heterogeneity and density that have significantly reduced antibody permeability. These obstacles require sectioning protocols that result in splitting taste buds across sections so that measurements are only approximated, and cell relationships are lost. To overcome these challenges, the methods described herein involve collecting, imaging, and analyzing whole taste buds and individual terminal arbors from three taste regions: fungiform papillae, circumvallate papillae, and the palate. Collecting whole taste buds reduces bias and technical variability and can be used to report absolute numbers for features including taste-bud volume, total taste-bud innervation, transducing-cell counts, and the morphology of individual terminal arbors. To demonstrate the advantages of this method, this paper provides comparisons of taste bud and innervation volumes between fungiform and circumvallate taste buds using a general taste-bud marker and a label for all taste fibers. A workflow for the use of sparse-cell genetic labeling of taste neurons (with labeled subsets of taste-transducing cells) is also provided. This workflow analyzes the structures of individual taste-nerve arbors, cell type numbers, and the physical relationships between cells using image analysis software. Together, these workflows provide a novel approach for tissue preparation and analysis of both whole taste buds and the complete morphology of their innervating arbors.
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- Lisa C. Ohman
- Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville
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- Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville
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Modification of NaCl structure as a sodium reduction strategy in meat products: An overview. Meat Sci 2021; 174:108417. [PMID: 33387830 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Sodium chloride (NaCl) is an indispensable ingredient in meat products, but the consumption of high doses of sodium contained in their formulations may bring about negative health implications. The replacement of NaCl by other salts in meat products has been a technological challenge. Accordingly, this review highlights the importance of NaCl over other sodium and non‑sodium salts in the saltiness perception and proposes the use of reduced-size and shapes of NaCl to maximize saltiness perception, while using less NaCl dosages in meat products. However, the effect of matrix components (water, proteins and fats) on the final salty taste is of special consideration. To counteract the effect of the matrix components, two main routes of incorporation of different NaCl types in meat products are discussed: encapsulation and protection of NaCl by the hydrophobic component of the meat product. Given the limited number of publications using this potential strategy, more studies on the application of these technological strategies are required.
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Larson ED, Vandenbeuch A, Anderson CB, Kinnamon SC. GAD65Cre Drives Reporter Expression in Multiple Taste Cell Types. Chem Senses 2021; 46:bjab033. [PMID: 34160573 PMCID: PMC8276891 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjab033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In taste buds, Type I cells represent the majority of cells (50-60%) and primarily have a glial-like function in taste buds. However, recent studies suggest that they have additional sensory and signaling functions including amiloride-sensitive salt transduction, oxytocin modulation of taste, and substance P mediated GABA release. Nonetheless, the overall function of Type I cells in transduction and signaling remains unclear, primarily because of the lack of a reliable reporter for this cell type. GAD65 expression is specific to Type I taste cells and GAD65 has been used as a Cre driver to study Type I cells in salt taste transduction. To test the specificity of transgene-driven expression, we crossed GAD65Cre mice with floxed tdTomato and Channelrhodopsin (ChR2) lines and examined the progeny with immunochemistry, chorda tympani recording, and calcium imaging. We report that while many tdTomato+ taste cells express NTPDase2, a specific marker of Type I cells, we see some expression of tdTomato in both Gustducin and SNAP25-positive taste cells. We also see ChR2 in cells just outside the fungiform taste buds. Chorda tympani recordings in the GAD65Cre/ChR2 mice show large responses to blue light. Furthermore, several isolated tdTomato-positive taste cells responded to KCl depolarization with increases in intracellular calcium, indicating the presence of voltage-gated calcium channels. Taken together, these data suggest that GAD65Cre mice drive expression in multiple taste cell types and thus cannot be considered a reliable reporter of Type I cell function.
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- Eric D Larson
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, Aurora, CO, USA
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All organisms have the ability to detect chemicals in the environment, which likely evolved out of organisms' needs to detect food sources and avoid potentially harmful compounds. The taste system detects chemicals and is used to determine whether potential food items will be ingested or rejected. The sense of taste detects five known taste qualities: bitter, sweet, salty, sour, and umami, which is the detection of amino acids, specifically glutamate. These different taste qualities encompass a wide variety of chemicals that differ in their structure and as a result, the peripheral taste utilizes numerous and diverse mechanisms to detect these stimuli. In this chapter, we will summarize what is currently known about the signaling mechanisms used by taste cells to transduce stimulus signals.
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- Debarghya Dutta Banik
- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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Sodium-Taste Cells Require Skn-1a for Generation and Share Molecular Features with Sweet, Umami, and Bitter Taste Cells. eNeuro 2020; 7:ENEURO.0385-20.2020. [PMID: 33219051 PMCID: PMC7729297 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0385-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Taste buds are maintained via continuous turnover of taste bud cells derived from local epithelial stem cells. A transcription factor Skn-1a (also known as Pou2f3) is required for the generation of sweet, umami (savory), and bitter taste cells that commonly express TRPM5 and CALHM ion channels. Here, we demonstrate that sodium-taste cells distributed only in the anterior oral epithelia and involved in evoking salty taste also require Skn-1a for their generation. We discovered taste cells in fungiform papillae and soft palate that show similar but not identical molecular feature with sweet, umami, and bitter taste-mediated Type II cells. This novel cell population expresses Plcb2, Itpr3, Calhm3, Skn-1a, and ENaCα (also known as Scnn1a) encoding the putative amiloride-sensitive (AS) salty taste receptor but lacks Trpm5 and Gnat3 Skn-1a-deficient taste buds are predominantly composed of putative non-sensory Type I cells and sour-sensing Type III cells, whereas wild-type taste buds include Type II (i.e., sweet, umami, and bitter taste) cells and sodium-taste cells. Both Skn-1a and Calhm3-deficient mice have markedly decreased chorda tympani nerve responses to sodium chloride, and those decreased responses are attributed to the loss of the AS salty taste response. Thus, AS salty taste is mediated by Skn-1a-dependent taste cells, whereas amiloride-insensitive salty taste is mediated largely by Type III sour taste cells and partly by bitter taste cells. Our results demonstrate that Skn-1a regulates differentiation toward all types of taste cells except sour taste cells.
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Ahmad R, Dalziel JE. G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Taste Physiology and Pharmacology. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:587664. [PMID: 33390961 PMCID: PMC7774309 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.587664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Heterotrimeric G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the largest receptor family in mammals and are responsible for the regulation of most physiological functions. Besides mediating the sensory modalities of olfaction and vision, GPCRs also transduce signals for three basic taste qualities of sweet, umami (savory taste), and bitter, as well as the flavor sensation kokumi. Taste GPCRs reside in specialised taste receptor cells (TRCs) within taste buds. Type I taste GPCRs (TAS1R) form heterodimeric complexes that function as sweet (TAS1R2/TAS1R3) or umami (TAS1R1/TAS1R3) taste receptors, whereas Type II are monomeric bitter taste receptors or kokumi/calcium-sensing receptors. Sweet, umami and kokumi receptors share structural similarities in containing multiple agonist binding sites with pronounced selectivity while most bitter receptors contain a single binding site that is broadly tuned to a diverse array of bitter ligands in a non-selective manner. Tastant binding to the receptor activates downstream secondary messenger pathways leading to depolarization and increased intracellular calcium in TRCs, that in turn innervate the gustatory cortex in the brain. Despite recent advances in our understanding of the relationship between agonist binding and the conformational changes required for receptor activation, several major challenges and questions remain in taste GPCR biology that are discussed in the present review. In recent years, intensive integrative approaches combining heterologous expression, mutagenesis and homology modeling have together provided insight regarding agonist binding site locations and molecular mechanisms of orthosteric and allosteric modulation. In addition, studies based on transgenic mice, utilizing either global or conditional knock out strategies have provided insights to taste receptor signal transduction mechanisms and their roles in physiology. However, the need for more functional studies in a physiological context is apparent and would be enhanced by a crystallized structure of taste receptors for a more complete picture of their pharmacological mechanisms.
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- Raise Ahmad
- Food Nutrition and Health Team, Food and Bio-based Products Group, AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Food Nutrition and Health Team, Food and Bio-based Products Group, AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Optogenetic Stimulation of Type I GAD65 + Cells in Taste Buds Activates Gustatory Neurons and Drives Appetitive Licking Behavior in Sodium-Depleted Mice. J Neurosci 2020. [PMID: 32878902 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0597‐20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mammalian taste buds are comprised of specialized neuroepithelial cells that act as sensors for molecules that provide nutrition (e.g., carbohydrates, amino acids, and salts) and those that are potentially harmful (e.g., certain plant compounds and strong acids). Type II and III taste bud cells (TBCs) detect molecules described by humans as "sweet," "bitter," "umami," and "sour." TBCs that detect metallic ions, described by humans as "salty," are undefined. Historically, type I glial-like TBCs have been thought to play a supportive role in the taste bud, but little research has been done to explore their role in taste transduction. Some evidence implies that type I cells may detect sodium (Na+) via an amiloride-sensitive mechanism, suggesting they play a role in Na+ taste transduction. We used an optogenetic approach to study type I TBCs by driving the expression of the light-sensitive channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) in type I GAD65+ TBCs of male and female mice. Optogenetic stimulation of GAD65+ TBCs increased chorda tympani nerve activity and activated gustatory neurons in the rostral nucleus tractus solitarius. "N neurons," whose NaCl responses were blocked by the amiloride analog benzamil, responded robustly to light stimulation of GAD65+ TBCs on the anterior tongue. Two-bottle preference tests were conducted under Na+-replete and Na+-deplete conditions to assess the behavioral impact of optogenetic stimulation of GAD65+ TBCs. Under Na+-deplete conditions GAD65-ChR2-EYFP mice displayed a robust preference for H2O illuminated with 470 nm light versus nonilluminated H2O, suggesting that type I glial-like TBCs are sufficient for driving a behavior that resembles Na+ appetite.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT This is the first investigation on the role of type I GAD65+ taste bud cells (TBCs) in taste-mediated physiology and behavior via optogenetics. It details the first definitive evidence that selective optogenetic stimulation of glial-like GAD65+ TBCs evokes neural activity and modulates behavior. Optogenetic stimulation of GAD65+ TBCs on the anterior tongue had the strongest effect on gustatory neurons that responded best to NaCl stimulation through a benzamil-sensitive mechanism. Na+-depleted mice showed robust preferences to "light taste" (H2O illuminated with 470 nm light vs nonilluminated H2O), suggesting that the activation of GAD65+ cells may generate a salt-taste sensation in the brain. Together, our results shed new light on the role of GAD65+ TBCs in gustatory transduction and taste-mediated behavior.
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Taruno A, Nomura K, Kusakizako T, Ma Z, Nureki O, Foskett JK. Taste transduction and channel synapses in taste buds. Pflugers Arch 2020; 473:3-13. [PMID: 32936320 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-020-02464-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The variety of taste sensations, including sweet, umami, bitter, sour, and salty, arises from diverse taste cells, each of which expresses specific taste sensor molecules and associated components for downstream signal transduction cascades. Recent years have witnessed major advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying transduction of basic tastes in taste buds, including the identification of the bona fide sour sensor H+ channel OTOP1, and elucidation of transduction of the amiloride-sensitive component of salty taste (the taste of sodium) and the TAS1R-independent component of sweet taste (the taste of sugar). Studies have also discovered an unconventional chemical synapse termed "channel synapse" which employs an action potential-activated CALHM1/3 ion channel instead of exocytosis of synaptic vesicles as the conduit for neurotransmitter release that links taste cells to afferent neurons. New images of the channel synapse and determinations of the structures of CALHM channels have provided structural and functional insights into this unique synapse. In this review, we discuss the current view of taste transduction and neurotransmission with emphasis on recent advances in the field.
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- Akiyuki Taruno
- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. .,Japan Science and Technology Agency, PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Optogenetic Stimulation of Type I GAD65 + Cells in Taste Buds Activates Gustatory Neurons and Drives Appetitive Licking Behavior in Sodium-Depleted Mice. J Neurosci 2020; 40:7795-7810. [PMID: 32878902 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0597-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mammalian taste buds are comprised of specialized neuroepithelial cells that act as sensors for molecules that provide nutrition (e.g., carbohydrates, amino acids, and salts) and those that are potentially harmful (e.g., certain plant compounds and strong acids). Type II and III taste bud cells (TBCs) detect molecules described by humans as "sweet," "bitter," "umami," and "sour." TBCs that detect metallic ions, described by humans as "salty," are undefined. Historically, type I glial-like TBCs have been thought to play a supportive role in the taste bud, but little research has been done to explore their role in taste transduction. Some evidence implies that type I cells may detect sodium (Na+) via an amiloride-sensitive mechanism, suggesting they play a role in Na+ taste transduction. We used an optogenetic approach to study type I TBCs by driving the expression of the light-sensitive channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) in type I GAD65+ TBCs of male and female mice. Optogenetic stimulation of GAD65+ TBCs increased chorda tympani nerve activity and activated gustatory neurons in the rostral nucleus tractus solitarius. "N neurons," whose NaCl responses were blocked by the amiloride analog benzamil, responded robustly to light stimulation of GAD65+ TBCs on the anterior tongue. Two-bottle preference tests were conducted under Na+-replete and Na+-deplete conditions to assess the behavioral impact of optogenetic stimulation of GAD65+ TBCs. Under Na+-deplete conditions GAD65-ChR2-EYFP mice displayed a robust preference for H2O illuminated with 470 nm light versus nonilluminated H2O, suggesting that type I glial-like TBCs are sufficient for driving a behavior that resembles Na+ appetite.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT This is the first investigation on the role of type I GAD65+ taste bud cells (TBCs) in taste-mediated physiology and behavior via optogenetics. It details the first definitive evidence that selective optogenetic stimulation of glial-like GAD65+ TBCs evokes neural activity and modulates behavior. Optogenetic stimulation of GAD65+ TBCs on the anterior tongue had the strongest effect on gustatory neurons that responded best to NaCl stimulation through a benzamil-sensitive mechanism. Na+-depleted mice showed robust preferences to "light taste" (H2O illuminated with 470 nm light vs nonilluminated H2O), suggesting that the activation of GAD65+ cells may generate a salt-taste sensation in the brain. Together, our results shed new light on the role of GAD65+ TBCs in gustatory transduction and taste-mediated behavior.
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Gutierrez R, Fonseca E, Simon SA. The neuroscience of sugars in taste, gut-reward, feeding circuits, and obesity. Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 77:3469-3502. [PMID: 32006052 PMCID: PMC11105013 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-020-03458-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Throughout the animal kingdom sucrose is one of the most palatable and preferred tastants. From an evolutionary perspective, this is not surprising as it is a primary source of energy. However, its overconsumption can result in obesity and an associated cornucopia of maladies, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Here we describe three physiological levels of processing sucrose that are involved in the decision to ingest it: the tongue, gut, and brain. The first section describes the peripheral cellular and molecular mechanisms of sweet taste identification that project to higher brain centers. We argue that stimulation of the tongue with sucrose triggers the formation of three distinct pathways that convey sensory attributes about its quality, palatability, and intensity that results in a perception of sweet taste. We also discuss the coding of sucrose throughout the gustatory pathway. The second section reviews how sucrose, and other palatable foods, interact with the gut-brain axis either through the hepatoportal system and/or vagal pathways in a manner that encodes both the rewarding and of nutritional value of foods. The third section reviews the homeostatic, hedonic, and aversive brain circuits involved in the control of food intake. Finally, we discuss evidence that overconsumption of sugars (or high fat diets) blunts taste perception, the post-ingestive nutritional reward value, and the circuits that control feeding in a manner that can lead to the development of obesity.
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- Ranier Gutierrez
- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Appetite, Department of Pharmacology, CINVESTAV, 07360, Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Appetite, Department of Pharmacology, CINVESTAV, 07360, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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Selective Removal of Sodium Salt Taste Disrupts the Maintenance of Dendritic Architecture of Gustatory Relay Neurons in the Mouse Nucleus of the Solitary Tract. eNeuro 2020; 7:ENEURO.0140-20.2020. [PMID: 32817119 PMCID: PMC7598914 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0140-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Neuronal activity plays critical roles in the development of sensory circuits in the mammalian brain. Experimental procedures are now available to alter the function of specific taste transduction pathways and have been especially useful in studying how stimulus-specific taste activity influences the development of central gustatory circuits. We previously used a mouse knock-out (KO) model in which the transduction channel necessary for sodium taste is removed from taste bud cells throughout life. In these KO mice, the terminal fields that carry taste information from taste buds into the nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) fail to mature, suggesting that sodium-elicited taste activity is important for the proper development of central gustatory circuits. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the development and maintenance of the dendritic architecture of NST relay cells, the primary postsynaptic partner of gustatory nerve terminal fields, are similarly dependent on sodium-elicited taste activity. The dendritic fields of NST relay cells, from adult male and female mice in which the α-subunit of the epithelial sodium channel (αENaC) was conditionally deleted in taste bud cells throughout life, were up to 2.4× larger and more complex than that of age-matched control mice. Interestingly, these differences in dendritic architecture did not appear until after the age when terminal fields begin “pruning,” after postnatal day (P)20. Overall, our results suggest that ENaC-mediated sodium taste activity is necessary for the maintenance of dendritic fields of relay cells in the gustatory NST.
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