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Bubnell J, Jamet S, Tomoiaga D, D’Hulst C, Krampis K, Feinstein P. In Vitro Mutational and Bioinformatics Analysis of the M71 Odorant Receptor and Its Superfamily. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141712. [PMID: 26513476 PMCID: PMC4626375 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We performed an extensive mutational analysis of the canonical mouse odorant receptor (OR) M71 to determine the properties of ORs that inhibit plasma membrane trafficking in heterologous expression systems. We employed the use of the M71::GFP fusion protein to directly assess plasma membrane localization and functionality of M71 in heterologous cells in vitro or in olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) in vivo. OSN expression of M71::GFP show only small differences in activity compared to untagged M71. However, M71::GFP could not traffic to the plasma membrane even in the presence of proposed accessory proteins RTP1S or mβ2AR. To ask if ORs contain an internal "kill sequence", we mutated ~15 of the most highly conserved OR specific amino acids not found amongst the trafficking non-OR GPCR superfamily; none of these mutants rescued trafficking. Addition of various amino terminal signal sequences or different glycosylation motifs all failed to produce trafficking. The addition of the amino and carboxy terminal domains of mβ2AR or the mutation Y289A in the highly conserved GPCR motif NPxxY does not rescue plasma membrane trafficking. The failure of targeted mutagenesis on rescuing plasma membrane localization in heterologous cells suggests that OR trafficking deficits may not be attributable to conserved collinear motifs, but rather the overall amino acid composition of the OR family. Thus, we performed an in silico analysis comparing the OR and other amine receptor superfamilies. We find that ORs contain fewer charged residues and more hydrophobic residues distributed throughout the protein and a conserved overall amino acid composition. From our analysis, we surmise that it may be difficult to traffic ORs at high levels to the cell surface in vitro, without making significant amino acid modifications. Finally, we observed specific increases in methionine and histidine residues as well as a marked decrease in tryptophan residues, suggesting that these changes provide ORs with special characteristics needed for them to function in olfactory neurons.
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- Jaclyn Bubnell
- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
- Director of Bioinformatics, Center for Translational and Basic Research, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
- The Graduate Center Biology Program, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
- The Graduate Center Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Program, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
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Abdus-Saboor I, Fleischmann A, Shykind B. Setting limits: maintaining order in a large gene family. Transcription 2015; 5:e28978. [PMID: 25764336 PMCID: PMC4215173 DOI: 10.4161/trns.28978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Odorant receptor (OR) gene choice is a paradigmatic example of stochastic regulation in which olfactory neurons choose one OR from > 1,000 possibilities. Recent biochemical, mathematical, and in vivo findings have revealed key players, introduced new axes of control, and brought the core mechanisms of the process into sharper focus.
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- Ishmail Abdus-Saboor
- a Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar; Qatar Foundation-Education City; Doha, Qatar
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Baud O, Yuan S, Veya L, Filipek S, Vogel H, Pick H. Exchanging ligand-binding specificity between a pair of mouse olfactory receptor paralogs reveals odorant recognition principles. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14948. [PMID: 26449412 PMCID: PMC4598832 DOI: 10.1038/srep14948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A multi-gene family of ~1000 G protein-coupled olfactory receptors (ORs) constitutes the molecular basis of mammalian olfaction. Due to the lack of structural data its remarkable capacity to detect and discriminate thousands of odorants remains poorly understood on the structural level of the receptor. Using site-directed mutagenesis we transferred ligand specificity between two functionally related ORs and thereby revealed amino acid residues of central importance for odorant recognition and discrimination of the two receptors. By exchanging two of three residues, differing at equivalent positions of the putative odorant binding site between the mouse OR paralogs Olfr73 (mOR-EG) and Olfr74 (mOR-EV), we selectively changed ligand preference but remarkably also signaling activation strength in both ORs. Computer modeling proposed structural details at atomic resolution how the very same odorant molecule might interact with different contact residues to induce different functional responses in two related receptors. Our findings provide a mechanistic explanation of how the olfactory system distinguishes different molecular aspects of a given odorant molecule, and unravel important molecular details of the combinatorial encoding of odorant identity at the OR level.
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- Olivia Baud
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Supersensitive detection and discrimination of enantiomers by dorsal olfactory receptors: evidence for hierarchical odour coding. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14073. [PMID: 26361056 PMCID: PMC4566093 DOI: 10.1038/srep14073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Enantiomeric pairs of mirror-image molecular structures are difficult to resolve by instrumental analyses. The human olfactory system, however, discriminates (−)-wine lactone from its (+)-form rapidly within seconds. To gain insight into receptor coding of enantiomers, we compared behavioural detection and discrimination thresholds of wild-type mice with those of ΔD mice in which all dorsal olfactory receptors are genetically ablated. Surprisingly, wild-type mice displayed an exquisite “supersensitivity” to enantiomeric pairs of wine lactones and carvones. They were capable of supersensitive discrimination of enantiomers, consistent with their high detection sensitivity. In contrast, ΔD mice showed selective major loss of sensitivity to the (+)-enantiomers. The resulting 108-fold differential sensitivity of ΔD mice to (−)- vs. (+)-wine lactone matched that observed in humans. This suggests that humans lack highly sensitive orthologous dorsal receptors for the (+)-enantiomer, similarly to ΔD mice. Moreover, ΔD mice showed >1010-fold reductions in enantiomer discrimination sensitivity compared to wild-type mice. ΔD mice detected one or both of the (−)- and (+)-enantiomers over a wide concentration range, but were unable to discriminate them. This “enantiomer odour discrimination paradox” indicates that the most sensitive dorsal receptors play a critical role in hierarchical odour coding for enantiomer identification.
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Olfactory receptor (OR) genes are considered to be the largest superfamily of the mammalian genome, and in the case of humans, approximately 390 kinds of functional ORs play a role in perceiving odors. In spite of their significance in olfaction, the function of all ORs has not yet been fully revealed. In order to efficiently identify specific ligands of orphan ORs, methods that can generate olfactory signals in a reliable manner and that can convert the cellular signals into measurable responses are required. Here, we describe an OR screening assay method using olfactory sensors that are based on cell-derived nanovesicles combined with single-walled carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (SWNT-FETs). The nanovesicles contain ORs on their surface membrane and induce influx of calcium ions similar to olfactory signal transduction. This ion influx causes an electrical current change along the carbon nanotube, and then this change is measured by the SWNT-FET sensor. This technique facilitates the simple and rapid screening of OR functions.
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de March CA, Kim SK, Antonczak S, Goddard WA, Golebiowski J. G protein-coupled odorant receptors: From sequence to structure. Protein Sci 2015; 24:1543-8. [PMID: 26044705 PMCID: PMC4570547 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Odorant receptors (ORs) are the largest subfamily within class A G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). No experimental structural data of any OR is available to date and atomic-level insights are likely to be obtained by means of molecular modeling. In this article, we critically align sequences of ORs with those GPCRs for which a structure is available. Here, an alignment consistent with available site-directed mutagenesis data on various ORs is proposed. Using this alignment, the choice of the template is deemed rather minor for identifying residues that constitute the wall of the binding cavity or those involved in G protein recognition.
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- Claire A de March
- Institute of Chemistry—Nice, UMR 7272 CNRS—University Nice—Sophia AntipolisNice Cedex 2, 06108, France
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center (MC139-74), California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, California, 91125
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- Institute of Chemistry—Nice, UMR 7272 CNRS—University Nice—Sophia AntipolisNice Cedex 2, 06108, France
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center (MC139-74), California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, California, 91125
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- Institute of Chemistry—Nice, UMR 7272 CNRS—University Nice—Sophia AntipolisNice Cedex 2, 06108, France
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Jiang Y, Gong NN, Hu XS, Ni MJ, Pasi R, Matsunami H. Molecular profiling of activated olfactory neurons identifies odorant receptors for odors in vivo. Nat Neurosci 2015; 18:1446-54. [PMID: 26322927 PMCID: PMC4583814 DOI: 10.1038/nn.4104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The mammalian olfactory system uses a large family of odorant receptors (ORs) to detect and discriminate amongst a myriad of volatile odor molecules. Understanding odor coding requires comprehensive mapping between ORs and corresponding odors. We developed a means of high-throughput in vivo identification of OR repertoires responding to odorants using phosphorylated ribosome immunoprecipitation of mRNA from olfactory epithelium of odor-stimulated mice followed by RNA-Seq. This approach screened the endogenously expressed ORs against an odor in one set of experiments using awake and freely behaving mice. In combination with validations in a heterologous system, we identified sets of ORs for two odorants, acetophenone and 2,5-dihydro-2,4,5-trimethylthiazoline (TMT), encompassing 69 OR-odorant pairs. We also identified shared amino acid residues specific to the acetophenone or TMT receptors and developed models to predict receptor activation by acetophenone. Our results provide a method for understanding the combinatorial coding of odors in vivo.
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- Yue Jiang
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.,University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.,Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.,Department of Neurobiology, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Takai Y, Touhara K. Enantioselective recognition of menthol by mouse odorant receptors. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2015; 79:1980-6. [PMID: 26248186 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2015.1069697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The olfactory system has a remarkable ability to detect and discriminate a vast variety of odorant molecules. In mammals, hundreds to thousands of odorant receptors (ORs) expressed in olfactory sensory neurons play an essential role in this discrimination. Odorants are recognized by ORs in a combinatorial fashion in which a single odorant activates a particular combination of receptors, leading to its perception as a particular aroma. It is well known that enantiomers emit different aromas in spite of exhibiting otherwise identical chemical properties. To elucidate the molecular basis for the difference, we recorded responses to l- and d-menthol in the mouse olfactory bulb and found that enantiomers elicited similar but overlapping and distinct receptor activation patterns. We then identified l-menthol-specific and d-menthol-biased receptors and performed detailed structure-activity relationship studies, revealing high stereoselectivity of the enantiospecific menthol receptor. The binding site on ORs appears to have evolved to distinguish subtle differences in very similar odorant structures.
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- Yoshiki Takai
- a Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences , The University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences , The University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan.,b ERATO Touhara Chemosensory Signal Project, JST , The University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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Khan I, Yang Z, Maldonado E, Li C, Zhang G, Gilbert MTP, Jarvis ED, O’Brien SJ, Johnson WE, Antunes A. Olfactory Receptor Subgenomes Linked with Broad Ecological Adaptations in Sauropsida. Mol Biol Evol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Massah S, Beischlag TV, Prefontaine GG. Epigenetic events regulating monoallelic gene expression. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 50:337-58. [PMID: 26155735 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2015.1064350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In mammals, generally it is assumed that the genes inherited from each parent are expressed to similar levels. However, it is now apparent that in non-sex chromosomes, 6-10% of genes are selected for monoallelic expression. Monoallelic expression or allelic exclusion is established either in an imprinted (parent-of-origin) or a stochastic manner. The stochastic model explains random selection while the imprinted model describes parent-of-origin specific selection of alleles for expression. Allelic exclusion occurs during X chromosome inactivation, parent-of-origin expression of imprinted genes and stochastic monoallelic expression of cell surface molecules, clustered protocadherin (PCDH) genes. Mis-regulation or loss of allelic exclusion contributes to developmental diseases. Epigenetic mechanisms are fundamental players that determine this type of expression despite a homogenous genetic background. DNA methylation and histone modifications are two mediators of the epigenetic phenomena. The majority of DNA methylation is found on cytosines of the CpG dinucleotide in mammals. Several covalent modifications of histones change the electrostatic forces between DNA and histones modifying gene expression. Long-range chromatin interactions organize chromatin into transcriptionally permissive and prohibitive regions leading to simultaneous regulation of gene expression and repression. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are also players in regulating gene expression. Together, these epigenetic mechanisms fine-tune gene expression levels essential for normal development and survival. In this review, first we discuss what is known about monoallelic gene expression. Then, we focus on the molecular mechanisms that regulate expression of three monoallelically expressed gene classes: the X-linked genes, selected imprinted genes and PCDH genes.
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- Shabnam Massah
- a The Faculty of Health Sciences , Simon Fraser University , Burnaby , BC , Canada
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- a The Faculty of Health Sciences , Simon Fraser University , Burnaby , BC , Canada
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Adams DJ, Doran AG, Lilue J, Keane TM. The Mouse Genomes Project: a repository of inbred laboratory mouse strain genomes. Mamm Genome 2015; 26:403-12. [PMID: 26123534 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-015-9579-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The Mouse Genomes Project was initiated in 2009 with the goal of using next-generation sequencing technologies to catalogue molecular variation in the common laboratory mouse strains, and a selected set of wild-derived inbred strains. The initial sequencing and survey of sequence variation in 17 inbred strains was completed in 2011 and included comprehensive catalogue of single nucleotide polymorphisms, short insertion/deletions, larger structural variants including their fine scale architecture and landscape of transposable element variation, and genomic sites subject to post-transcriptional alteration of RNA. From this beginning, the resource has expanded significantly to include 36 fully sequenced inbred laboratory mouse strains, a refined and updated data processing pipeline, and new variation querying and data visualisation tools which are available on the project's website ( http://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/mouse/genomes/ ). The focus of the project is now the completion of de novo assembled chromosome sequences and strain-specific gene structures for the core strains. We discuss how the assembled chromosomes will power comparative analysis, data access tools and future directions of mouse genetics.
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- David J Adams
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, UK.
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, UK.
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, UK.
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, UK.
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Priori D, Colombo M, Clavenzani P, Jansman AJM, Lallès JP, Trevisi P, Bosi P. The Olfactory Receptor OR51E1 Is Present along the Gastrointestinal Tract of Pigs, Co-Localizes with Enteroendocrine Cells and Is Modulated by Intestinal Microbiota. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129501. [PMID: 26076344 PMCID: PMC4468170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The relevance of the butyrate-sensing olfactory receptor OR51E1 for gastrointestinal (GIT) functioning has not been considered so far. We investigated in young pigs the distribution of OR51E1 along the GIT, its relation with some endocrine markers, its variation with age and after interventions affecting the gut environment and intestinal microbiota. Immuno-reactive cells for OR51E1 and chromogranin A (CgA) were counted in cardial (CA), fundic (FU), pyloric (PL) duodenal (DU), jejunal (JE), ileal (IL), cecal (CE), colonic (CO) and rectal (RE) mucosae. OR51E1 co-localization with serotonin (5HT) and peptide YY (PYY) were evaluated in PL and CO respectively. FU and PL tissues were also sampled from 84 piglets reared from sows receiving either or not oral antibiotics (amoxicillin) around parturition, and sacrificed at days 14, 21, 28 (weaning) and 42 of age. JE samples were also obtained from 12 caesarean-derived piglets that were orally associated with simple (SA) or complex (CA) microbiota in the postnatal phase, and of which on days 26-37 of age jejunal loops were perfused for 8 h with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli F4 (ETEC), Lactobacillus amylovorus or saline (CTRL). Tissue densities of OR51E1+ cells were in decreasing order: PL=DU>FU=CA>JE=IL=CE=CO=RE. OR51E1+ cells showed an enteroendocrine nature containing gastrointestinal hormones such as PYY or 5HT. OR51E1 gene expression in PL and FU increased during and after the suckling period (p<0.05). It was marginally reduced in offspring from antibiotic-treated sows (tendency, p=0.073), vs. CONTROL Jejunal OR51E1 gene expression was reduced in piglets early associated with SA, compared with CA, and in ETEC-perfused loops vs. CTRL (p<0.01). Our results indicate that OR51E1 is related to GIT enteroendocrine activity. Moreover age, pathogen challenge and dietary manipulations influencing the gastrointestinal luminal microenvironment significantly affect the OR51E1 gene expression in GIT tissues presumably in association with the release of microbial metabolites.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano nell’Emilia (BO), Italy
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- DISTAL, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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The sense of smell is mediated by the detection of chemical odours by ORs (olfactory receptors) in the nose. This initiates a neural percept of the odour in the brain, which may provoke an emotional or behavioural response. Analogous to colour-blindness in the visual system, some individuals report a very different percept of specific odours to others, in terms of intensity, valence or detection threshold. A significant proportion of variance in odour perception is heritable, and recent advances in genome sequencing and genotyping technologies have permitted studies into the genes that underpin these phenotypic differences. In the present article, I review the evidence that OR genes are extremely variable between individuals. I argue that this contributes to a unique receptor repertoire in our noses that provides us each with a personalized perception of our environment. I highlight specific examples where known OR variants influence odour detection and discuss the wider implications of this for both humans and other mammals that use chemical communication for social interaction.
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The senses provide a means by which data on the physical and chemical properties of the environment may be collected and meaningfully interpreted. Sensation begins at the periphery, where a multitude of different sensory cell types are activated by environmental stimuli as different as photons and odorant molecules. Stimulus sensitivity is due to expression of different cell surface sensory receptors, and therefore the receptive field of each sense is defined by the aggregate of expressed receptors in each sensory tissue. Here, we review current understanding on patterns of expression and modes of regulation of sensory receptors.
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Olfactory receptor genes expressed in distinct lineages are sequestered in different nuclear compartments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E2403-9. [PMID: 25897022 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506058112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The olfactory system translates a vast array of volatile chemicals into diverse odor perceptions and innate behaviors. Odor detection in the mouse nose is mediated by 1,000 different odorant receptors (ORs) and 14 trace amine-associated receptors (TAARs). ORs are used in a combinatorial manner to encode the unique identities of myriad odorants. However, some TAARs appear to be linked to innate responses, raising questions about regulatory mechanisms that might segregate OR and TAAR expression in appropriate subsets of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). Here, we report that OSNs that express TAARs comprise at least two subsets that are biased to express TAARs rather than ORs. The two subsets are further biased in Taar gene choice and their distribution within the sensory epithelium, with each subset preferentially expressing a subgroup of Taar genes within a particular spatial domain in the epithelium. Our studies reveal one mechanism that may regulate the segregation of Olfr (OR) and Taar expression in different OSNs: the sequestration of Olfr and Taar genes in different nuclear compartments. Although most Olfr genes colocalize near large central heterochromatin aggregates in the OSN nucleus, Taar genes are located primarily at the nuclear periphery, coincident with a thin rim of heterochromatin. Taar-expressing OSNs show a shift of one Taar allele away from the nuclear periphery. Furthermore, examination of hemizygous mice with a single Taar allele suggests that the activation of a Taar gene is accompanied by an escape from the peripheral repressive heterochromatin environment to a more permissive interior chromatin environment.
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Fleischer J, Bumbalo R, Bautze V, Strotmann J, Breer H. Expression of odorant receptor Olfr78 in enteroendocrine cells of the colon. Cell Tissue Res 2015; 361:697-710. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2165-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wu C, Jia Y, Lee JH, Kim Y, Sekharan S, Batista VS, Lee SJ. Activation of OR1A1 suppresses PPAR-γ expression by inducing HES-1 in cultured hepatocytes. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2015; 64:75-80. [PMID: 25817041 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2015.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 02/15/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Olfactory receptors (ORs) comprise the largest G protein-coupled receptor gene superfamily. Recent studies indicate that ORs are also expressed in non-olfactory organs, including metabolically active tissues, although their biological functions in these tissues are largely unknown. In this study, OR1A1 expression was detected in HepG2 liver cells. OR1A1 activation by (-)-carvone, a known OR1A1 ligand, increased the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), but not intracellular Ca(2+) concentration, thereby inducing protein kinase A (PKA) activity with subsequent phosphorylation of cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) and upregulation of the CREB-responsive gene hairy and enhancer of split (HES)-1, a corepressor of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) in hepatocytes. In (-)-carvone-stimulated cells, the repression of PPAR-γ reduced the expression of the target gene, mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase, which encodes a key enzyme involved in triglyceride synthesis. Intracellular triglyceride level and lipid accumulation were reduced in cells stimulated with (-)-carvone, effects that were diminished following the loss of OR1A1 function. These results indicate that OR1A1 may function as a non-redundant receptor in hepatocytes that regulates the PKA-CREB-HES-1 signaling axis and thereby modulates hepatic triglyceride metabolism.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, BK21-PLUS, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, BK21-PLUS, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, BK21-PLUS, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, BK21-PLUS, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, BK21-PLUS, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea.
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Li J, Haddad R, Santos V, Bavan S, Luetje CW. Receptive range analysis of a mouse odorant receptor subfamily. J Neurochem 2015; 134:47-55. [PMID: 25772782 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mammals deploy a large array of odorant receptors (ORs) to detect and distinguish a vast number of odorant molecules. ORs vary widely in the type of odorant structures recognized and in the breadth of molecular receptive range (MRR), with some ORs recognizing a small group of closely related molecules and other ORs recognizing a wide range of structures. While closely related ORs have been shown to have similar MRRs, the functional relationships among less closely related ORs are unclear. We screened a small group of ORs with a diverse odorant panel to identify a new odorant-OR pairing (unsaturated aldehydes and MOR263-3). We then extensively screened MOR263-3 and a series of additional MORs related to MOR263-3 in various ways. MORs related by phylogenetic analysis (several other members of the MOR263 subfamily) had MRRs that overlapped with the MRR of MOR263-3, even with amino acid identity as low as 48% (MOR263-2). MOR171-17, predicted to be functionally related to MOR263-3 by an alternative bioinformatic analysis, but with only 39% amino acid identity, had a distinct odorant specificity. Our results support the use of phylogenetic analysis to predict functional relationships among ORs with relatively low amino acid identity. We screened a small group of mouse odorant receptors (MORs) with a diverse odorant panel to identify a new odorant-OR pairing (unsaturated aldehydes and MOR263-3), then extensively screened a series of additional MORs related to MOR263-3 in various ways. MORs related by phylogenetic analysis had odorant specificities that overlapped with that of MOR263-3, but MOR171-17, predicted to be functionally related to MOR263-3 by an alternative bioinformatic analysis, had a distinct odorant specificity.
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- Jingyi Li
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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Kim SH, Yoon YC, Lee AS, Kang N, Koo J, Rhyu MR, Park JH. Expression of human olfactory receptor 10J5 in heart aorta, coronary artery, and endothelial cells and its functional role in angiogenesis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 460:404-8. [PMID: 25791473 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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ORs are ectopically expressed in non-chemosensory tissues including muscle, kidney, and keratinocytes; however, their physiological roles are largely unknown. We found that human olfactory receptor 10J5 (OR10J5) is expressed in the human aorta, coronary artery, and umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Lyral induces Ca(2+) and phosphorylation of AKT in HUVEC. A knockdown study showed the inhibition of the lyral-induced Ca(2+) and the phosphorylation AKT and implied that these processes are mediated by OR10J5. In addition, lyral enhanced migration of HUVEC, which were also inhibited by RNAi in a migration assay. In addition, matrigel plug assay showed that lyral enhanced angiogenesis in vivo. Together these data demonstrate the physiological role of OR10J5 in angiogenesis and represent roles of ORs in HUVEC cells.
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- Sung-Hee Kim
- Korea Food Research Institute, 1201-62 Anyangpangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-746, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Food Research Institute, 1201-62 Anyangpangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-746, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Food Research Institute, 1201-62 Anyangpangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-746, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Techno Jungang-daero, Hyeonpung-myeon, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 711-873, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Techno Jungang-daero, Hyeonpung-myeon, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 711-873, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Food Research Institute, 1201-62 Anyangpangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-746, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Food Research Institute, 1201-62 Anyangpangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-746, Republic of Korea; Food Biotechnology, University of Science & Technology, 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-350, Republic of Korea.
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Bartel DL, Rela L, Hsieh L, Greer CA. Dendrodendritic synapses in the mouse olfactory bulb external plexiform layer. J Comp Neurol 2015; 523:1145-61. [PMID: 25420934 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Odor information relayed by olfactory bulb projection neurons, mitral and tufted cells (M/T), is modulated by pairs of reciprocal dendrodendritic synaptic circuits in the external plexiform layer (EPL). Interneurons, which are accounted for largely by granule cells, receive depolarizing input from M/T dendrites and in turn inhibit current spread in M/T dendrites via hyperpolarizing reciprocal dendrodendritic synapses. Because the location of dendrodendritic synapses may significantly affect the cascade of odor information, we assessed synaptic properties and density within sublaminae of the EPL and along the length of M/T secondary dendrites. In electron micrographs the M/T to granule cell synapse appeared to predominate and was equivalent in both the outer and inner EPL. However, the dendrodendritic synapses from granule cell spines onto M/T dendrites were more prevalent in the outer EPL. In contrast, individual gephyrin-immunoreactive (IR) puncta, a postsynaptic scaffolding protein at inhibitory synapses used here as a proxy for the granule to M/T dendritic synapse was equally distributed throughout the EPL. Of significance to the organization of intrabulbar circuits, gephyrin-IR synapses are not uniformly distributed along M/T secondary dendrites. Synaptic density, expressed as a function of surface area, increases distal to the cell body. Furthermore, the distributions of gephyrin-IR puncta are heterogeneous and appear as clusters along the length of the M/T dendrites. Consistent with computational models, our data suggest that temporal coding in M/T cells is achieved by precisely located inhibitory input and that distance from the soma is compensated for by an increase in synaptic density.
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- Dianna L Bartel
- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520-8082
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Churcher AM, Hubbard PC, Marques JP, Canário AVM, Huertas M. Deep sequencing of the olfactory epithelium reveals specific chemosensory receptors are expressed at sexual maturity in the European eel Anguilla anguilla. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:822-34. [PMID: 25580852 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Vertebrate genomes encode a diversity of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that belong to large gene families and are used by olfactory systems to detect chemical cues found in the environment. It is not clear however, if individual receptors from these large gene families have evolved roles that are specific to certain life stages. Here, we used deep sequencing to identify differentially expressed receptor transcripts in the olfactory epithelia (OE) of freshwater, seawater and sexually mature male eels (Anguilla anguilla). This species is particularly intriguing because of its complex life cycle, extreme long-distance migrations and early-branching position within the teleost phylogeny. In the A. anguillaOE, we identified full-length transcripts for 13, 112, 6 and 38 trace amine-associated receptors, odorant receptors (OR) and type I and type II vomeronasal receptors (V1R and V2R). Most of these receptors were expressed at similar levels at different life stages and a subset of OR and V2R-like transcripts was more abundant in sexually mature males suggesting that ORs and V2R-like genes are important for reproduction. We also identified a set of GPCR signal transduction genes that were differentially expressed indicating that eels make use of different GPCR signal transduction genes at different life stages. The finding that a diversity of chemosensory receptors is expressed in the olfactory epithelium and that a subset is differentially expressed suggests that most receptors belonging to large chemosensory gene families have functions that are important at multiple life stages, while a subset has evolved specific functions at different life stages.
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- Allison M Churcher
- Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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Lübke KT, Pause BM. Always follow your nose: the functional significance of social chemosignals in human reproduction and survival. Horm Behav 2015; 68:134-44. [PMID: 25637403 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Revised: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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This article is part of a Special Issue "Chemosignals and Reproduction" Across phyla, chemosensory communication is crucial for mediating a variety of social behaviors, which form the basis for ontogenetic and phylogenetic survival. In the present paper, evidence on chemosensory communication in humans, with special reference to reproduction and survival, will be presented. First, the impact of chemosignals on human reproduction will be reviewed. Work will be presented, showing how chemosensory signals are involved in mate choice and partnership formation by communicating attractiveness and facilitating a partner selection, which is of evolutionary advantage, and furthermore providing information about the level of sexual hormones. In addition to direct effects on phylogenetic survival, chemosignals indirectly aid reproductive success by fostering harm protection. Results will be presented, showing that chemosensory communication aids the emotional bond between mother and child, which in turn motivates parental caretaking and protection, leading to infant survival. Moreover, the likelihood of group survival can be increased through the use of stress-related chemosignals. Stress-related chemosignals induce a stress-related physiology in the perceiver, thereby priming a fight-flight-response, which is necessary for an optimum adaption to environmental harm. Finally, effects of sexual orientation on chemosensory communication will be discussed in terms of their putative role in stabilizing social groups, which might indirectly provide harm protection and foster survival. An integrative model of the presented data will be introduced. In conclusion, an outlook, focusing on the involvement of chemosensory communication in human social behavior and illustrating a novel approach to the significance of chemosensory signals in human survival, will be given.
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- Katrin T Lübke
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Kang N, Kim H, Jae Y, Lee N, Ku CR, Margolis F, Lee EJ, Bahk YY, Kim MS, Koo J. Olfactory marker protein expression is an indicator of olfactory receptor-associated events in non-olfactory tissues. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116097. [PMID: 25635859 PMCID: PMC4311928 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Olfactory receptor (OR)-associated events are mediated by well-conserved components in the olfactory epithelium, including olfactory G-protein (Golf), adenylate cyclase III (ACIII), and olfactory marker protein (OMP). The expression of ORs has recently been observed in non-olfactory tissues where they are involved in monitoring extracellular chemical cues. The large number of OR genes and their sequence similarities illustrate the need to find an effective and simple way to detect non-olfactory OR-associated events. In addition, expression profiles and physiological functions of ORs in non-olfactory tissues are largely unknown. To overcome limitations associated with using OR as a target protein, this study used OMP with Golf and ACIII as targets to screen for potential OR-mediated sensing systems in non-olfactory tissues. Here, we show using western blotting, real-time PCR, and single as well as double immunoassays that ORs and OR-associated proteins are co-expressed in diverse tissues. The results of immunohistochemical analyses showed OMP (+) cells in mouse heart and in the following cells using the corresponding marker proteins c-kit, keratin 14, calcitonin, and GFAP in mouse tissues: interstitial cells of Cajal of the bladder, medullary thymic epithelial cells of the thymus, parafollicular cells of the thyroid, and Leydig cells of the testis. The expression of ORs in OMP (+) tissues was analyzed using a refined microarray analysis and validated with RT-PCR and real-time PCR. Three ORs (olfr544, olfr558, and olfr1386) were expressed in the OMP (+) cells of the bladder and thyroid as shown using a co-immunostaining method. Together, these results suggest that OMP is involved in the OR-mediated signal transduction cascade with olfactory canonical signaling components between the nervous and endocrine systems. The results further demonstrate that OMP immunohistochemical analysis is a useful tool for identifying expression of ORs, suggesting OMP expression is an indicator of potential OR-mediated chemoreception in non-olfactory systems.
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- NaNa Kang
- Department of Brain Science, DGIST, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Brain Science, DGIST, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Brain Science, DGIST, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
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- College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea
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- Department of Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST, Daegu, Korea
- * E-mail: (JK); (M-SK)
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- Department of Brain Science, DGIST, Daegu, Korea
- * E-mail: (JK); (M-SK)
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Eugenol inhibits the GABAA current in trigeminal ganglion neurons. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117316. [PMID: 25635877 PMCID: PMC4311912 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Eugenol has sedative, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects, but also serves as an irritant through the regulation of a different set of ion channels. Activation of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors on sensory neurons leads to the stabilization of neuronal excitability but contributes to formalin-induced inflammatory pain. In this study, we examined the effect of eugenol on the GABA-induced current in rat trigeminal ganglia (TG) neurons and in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells expressing the GABAA receptor α1β2γ2 subtype using the whole-cell patch clamp technique. RT-PCR and Western blot analysis were used to confirm the expression of GABAA receptor γ2 subunit mRNA and protein in the TG and hippocampus. Eugenol decreased the amplitude ratio of the GABA-induced current to 27.5 ± 3.2% (p < 0.05) in TG neurons, which recovered after a 3-min washout. In HEK 293 cells expressing the α1β2γ2 subtype, eugenol inhibited GABA-induced currents in a dose-dependent manner. Application of eugenol also decreased the GABA response in the presence of a G-protein blocker. Eugenol pretreatment with different concentrations of GABA resulted in similar inhibition of the GABA-induced current in a non-competitive manner. In conclusion, eugenol inhibits the GABA-induced current in TG neurons and HEK 293 cells expressing the GABAA receptor in a reversible, dose-dependent, and non-competitive manner, but not via the G-protein pathway. We suggest that the GABAA receptor could be a molecular target for eugenol in the modulation of nociceptive information.
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Odorant receptors signaling instructs the development and plasticity of the glomerular map. Neural Plast 2015; 2015:975367. [PMID: 25688305 PMCID: PMC4320882 DOI: 10.1155/2015/975367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Revised: 12/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The olfactory system provides a great opportunity to explore the mechanisms that underlie the formation and function of neural circuits because of the simplicity of its structure. Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) located in the peripheral olfactory epithelium (OE) take part in the initial formation and function of glomeruli in the olfactory bulb (OB) inside the central nervous system. Glomeruli are key in the process of transduction of olfactory information, as they constitute a map in the OB that sorts the different types of odorant inputs. This odorant categorization allows proper olfactory perception, and it is achieved through the anatomical organization and function of the different glomerular circuits. Once formed, glomeruli keep the capacity to undergo diverse plasticity processes, which is unique among the different neural circuits of the central nervous system. In this context, through the expression and function of the odorant receptors (ORs), OSNs perform two of the most important roles in the olfactory system: transducing odorant information to the nervous system and initiating the development of the glomerular map to organize olfactory information. This review addresses essential information that has emerged in recent years about the molecular basis of these processes.
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The mammalian olfactory system detects a plethora of environmental chemicals that are perceived as odors or stimulate instinctive behaviors. Studies using odorant receptor (OR) genes have provided insight into the molecular and organizational strategies underlying olfaction in mice. One important unanswered question, however, is whether these strategies are conserved in primates. To explore this question, we examined the macaque, a higher primate phylogenetically close to humans. Here we report that the organization of sensory inputs in the macaque nose resembles that in mouse in some respects, but not others. As in mouse, neurons with different ORs are interspersed in the macaque nose, and there are spatial zones that differ in their complement of ORs and extend axons to different domains in the olfactory bulb of the brain. However, whereas the mouse has multiple discrete band-like zones, the macaque appears to have only two broad zones. It is unclear whether the organization of OR inputs in a rodent/primate common ancestor degenerated in primates or, alternatively became more sophisticated in rodents. The mouse nose has an additional small family of chemosensory receptors, called trace amine-associated receptors (TAARs), which may detect social cues. Here we find that TAARs are also expressed in the macaque nose, suggesting that TAARs may also play a role in human olfactory perception. We further find that one human TAAR responds to rotten fish, suggesting a possible role as a sentinel to discourage ingestion of food harboring pathogenic microorganisms.
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Persuy MA, Sanz G, Tromelin A, Thomas-Danguin T, Gibrat JF, Pajot-Augy E. Mammalian olfactory receptors: molecular mechanisms of odorant detection, 3D-modeling, and structure-activity relationships. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2014; 130:1-36. [PMID: 25623335 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This chapter describes the main characteristics of olfactory receptor (OR) genes of vertebrates, including generation of this large multigenic family and pseudogenization. OR genes are compared in relation to evolution and among species. OR gene structure and selection of a given gene for expression in an olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) are tackled. The specificities of OR proteins, their expression, and their function are presented. The expression of OR proteins in locations other than the nasal cavity is regulated by different mechanisms, and ORs display various additional functions. A conventional olfactory signal transduction cascade is observed in OSNs, but individual ORs can also mediate different signaling pathways, through the involvement of other molecular partners and depending on the odorant ligand encountered. ORs are engaged in constitutive dimers. Ligand binding induces conformational changes in the ORs that regulate their level of activity depending on odorant dose. When present, odorant binding proteins induce an allosteric modulation of OR activity. Since no 3D structure of an OR has been yet resolved, modeling has to be performed using the closest G-protein-coupled receptor 3D structures available, to facilitate virtual ligand screening using the models. The study of odorant binding modes and affinities may infer best-bet OR ligands, to be subsequently checked experimentally. The relationship between spatial and steric features of odorants and their activity in terms of perceived odor quality are also fields of research that development of computing tools may enhance.
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- Marie-Annick Persuy
- INRA UR 1197 NeuroBiologie de l'Olfaction, Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA UR 1197 NeuroBiologie de l'Olfaction, Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA UMR 1129 Flaveur, Vision et Comportement du Consommateur, Dijon, France
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- INRA UR1077 Mathématique Informatique et Génome, Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA UR 1197 NeuroBiologie de l'Olfaction, Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Li Y, Peterlin Z, Ho J, Yarnitzky T, Liu MT, Fichman M, Niv MY, Matsunami H, Firestein S, Ryan K. Aldehyde recognition and discrimination by mammalian odorant receptors via functional group-specific hydration chemistry. ACS Chem Biol 2014; 9:2563-71. [PMID: 25181321 PMCID: PMC4245160 DOI: 10.1021/cb400290u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The mammalian odorant
receptors (ORs) form a chemical-detecting
interface between the atmosphere and the nervous system. This large
gene family is composed of hundreds of membrane proteins predicted
to form as many unique small molecule binding niches within their
G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) framework, but very little is known
about the molecular recognition strategies they use to bind and discriminate
between small molecule odorants. Using rationally designed synthetic
analogs of a typical aliphatic aldehyde, we report evidence that among
the ORs showing specificity for the aldehyde functional group, a significant
percentage detect the aldehyde through its ability to react with water
to form a 1,1-geminal (gem)-diol.
Evidence is presented indicating that the rat OR-I7, an often-studied
and modeled OR known to require the aldehyde function of octanal for
activation, is likely one of the gem-diol activated
receptors. A homology model based on an activated GPCR X-ray structure
provides a structural hypothesis for activation of OR-I7 by the gem-diol of octanal.
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- Yadi Li
- Department
of Chemistry, The City College of New York, and Biochemistry Program, The City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department
of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department
of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 United States
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition, The Robert H. Smith
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry, The City College of New York, and Biochemistry Program, The City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition, The Robert H. Smith
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition, The Robert H. Smith
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 United States
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- Department
of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The City College of New York, and Biochemistry Program, The City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, New York 10031, United States
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Root CM, Denny CA, Hen R, Axel R. The participation of cortical amygdala in innate, odour-driven behaviour. Nature 2014; 515:269-73. [PMID: 25383519 PMCID: PMC4231015 DOI: 10.1038/nature13897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Innate behaviors are observed in naïve animals without prior learning or experience, suggesting that the neural circuits that mediate these behaviors are genetically determined and stereotyped. The neural circuits that convey olfactory information from the sense organ to the cortical and subcortical olfactory centers have been anatomically defined1-3 but the specific pathways responsible for innate responses to volatile odors have not been identified. We have devised genetic strategies that demonstrate that a stereotyped neural circuit that transmits information from the olfactory bulb to cortical amygdala is necessary for innate aversive and appetitive behaviors. Moreover, we have employed the promoter of the activity-dependent gene, arc, to express the photosensitive ion channel, channelrhodopsin, in neurons of the cortical amygdala activated by odors that elicit innate behaviors. Optical activation of these neurons leads to appropriate behaviors that recapitulate the responses to innate odors. These data indicate that the cortical amygdala plays a critical role in the generation of innate odor-driven behaviors but do not preclude the participation of cortical amygdala in learned olfactory behaviors.
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- Cory M Root
- Department of Neuroscience and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA [2] Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA [3] Division of Integrative Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
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- 1] Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA [2] Division of Integrative Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA [3] Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Nowotny T, de Bruyne M, Berna AZ, Warr CG, Trowell SC. Drosophila olfactory receptors as classifiers for volatiles from disparate real world applications. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 2014; 9:046007. [PMID: 25313522 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/4/046007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Olfactory receptors evolved to provide animals with ecologically and behaviourally relevant information. The resulting extreme sensitivity and discrimination has proven useful to humans, who have therefore co-opted some animals' sense of smell. One aim of machine olfaction research is to replace the use of animal noses and one avenue of such research aims to incorporate olfactory receptors into artificial noses. Here, we investigate how well the olfactory receptors of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, perform in classifying volatile odourants that they would not normally encounter. We collected a large number of in vivo recordings from individual Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons in response to an ecologically relevant set of 36 chemicals related to wine ('wine set') and an ecologically irrelevant set of 35 chemicals related to chemical hazards ('industrial set'), each chemical at a single concentration. Resampled response sets were used to classify the chemicals against all others within each set, using a standard linear support vector machine classifier and a wrapper approach. Drosophila receptors appear highly capable of distinguishing chemicals that they have not evolved to process. In contrast to previous work with metal oxide sensors, Drosophila receptors achieved the best recognition accuracy if the outputs of all 20 receptor types were used.
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- Thomas Nowotny
- Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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Yan H, Jiang C, Li X, Sheng L, Dong Q, Peng X, Li Q, Zhao Y, Jiang H, Cheng B. PIGD: a database for intronless genes in the Poaceae. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:832. [PMID: 25270086 PMCID: PMC4195894 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background Intronless genes are a feature of prokaryotes; however, they are widespread and unequally distributed among eukaryotes and represent an important resource to study the evolution of gene architecture. Although many databases on exons and introns exist, there is currently no cohesive database that collects intronless genes in plants into a single database. Description In this study, we present the Poaceae Intronless Genes Database (PIGD), a user-friendly web interface to explore information on intronless genes from different plants. Five Poaceae species, Sorghum bicolor, Zea mays, Setaria italica, Panicum virgatum and Brachypodium distachyon, are included in the current release of PIGD. Gene annotations and sequence data were collected and integrated from different databases. The primary focus of this study was to provide gene descriptions and gene product records. In addition, functional annotations, subcellular localization prediction and taxonomic distribution are reported. PIGD allows users to readily browse, search and download data. BLAST and comparative analyses are also provided through this online database, which is available at http://pigd.ahau.edu.cn/. Conclusion PIGD provides a solid platform for the collection, integration and analysis of intronless genes in the Poaceae. As such, this database will be useful for subsequent bio-computational analysis in comparative genomics and evolutionary studies.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.
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Natarajan N, Pluznick JL. From microbe to man: the role of microbial short chain fatty acid metabolites in host cell biology. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2014; 307:C979-85. [PMID: 25273884 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00228.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Recent studies have highlighted a myriad of ways in which the activity and composition of the gut microbiota can affect the host organism. A primary way in which the gut microbiota affect host physiology is by the production of metabolites, such as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are subsequently absorbed into the bloodstream of the host. Although recent studies have begun to unravel the ways in which gut microbial SCFAs affect host physiology, less is understood regarding the underlying cell biological mechanisms. In this review, we will outline the known receptors and transporters for SCFAs, and review what is known about the cell biological effects of microbial SCFAs.
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- Niranjana Natarajan
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Nagayama S, Homma R, Imamura F. Neuronal organization of olfactory bulb circuits. Front Neural Circuits 2014; 8:98. [PMID: 25232305 PMCID: PMC4153298 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Olfactory sensory neurons extend their axons solely to the olfactory bulb, which is dedicated to odor information processing. The olfactory bulb is divided into multiple layers, with different types of neurons found in each of the layers. Therefore, neurons in the olfactory bulb have conventionally been categorized based on the layers in which their cell bodies are found; namely, juxtaglomerular cells in the glomerular layer, tufted cells in the external plexiform layer, mitral cells in the mitral cell layer, and granule cells in the granule cell layer. More recently, numerous studies have revealed the heterogeneous nature of each of these cell types, allowing them to be further divided into subclasses based on differences in morphological, molecular, and electrophysiological properties. In addition, technical developments and advances have resulted in an increasing number of studies regarding cell types other than the conventionally categorized ones described above, including short-axon cells and adult-generated interneurons. Thus, the expanding diversity of cells in the olfactory bulb is now being acknowledged. However, our current understanding of olfactory bulb neuronal circuits is mostly based on the conventional and simplest classification of cell types. Few studies have taken neuronal diversity into account for understanding the function of the neuronal circuits in this region of the brain. This oversight may contribute to the roadblocks in developing more precise and accurate models of olfactory neuronal networks. The purpose of this review is therefore to discuss the expanse of existing work on neuronal diversity in the olfactory bulb up to this point, so as to provide an overall picture of the olfactory bulb circuit.
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- Shin Nagayama
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Hershey, PA, USA
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Restrepo D, Hellier JL, Salcedo E. Complex metabolically demanding sensory processing in the olfactory system: implications for epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2014; 38:37-42. [PMID: 24113565 PMCID: PMC3979506 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Although the olfactory system is not generally associated with seizures, sharp application of odor eliciting activity in a large number of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) has been shown to elicit seizures. This is most likely due to increased ictal activity in the anterior piriform cortex-an area of the olfactory system that has limited GABAergic interneuron inhibition of pyramidal output cell activity. Such hyperexcitability in a well-characterized and highly accessible system makes olfaction a potentially powerful model system to examine epileptogenesis.
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- Diego Restrepo
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045,Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045,Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045,Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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Mellon D, Pravin S, Reidenbach MA. A nose too far: regional differences in olfactory receptor neuron efficacy along the crayfish antennule. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2014; 227:40-50. [PMID: 25216501 DOI: 10.1086/bblv227n1p40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The olfactory sense organs of crayfish are aesthetasc sensilla, arrayed along the distal half of the lateral antennular flagella on each side of the animal. The sensillar array is sparse at its proximal origin, where each annulus houses only a single aesthetasc, and it is most dense distally, with occasionally up to six aesthetascs residing on each antennular annulus. Previous studies have tacitly assumed that the aesthetascs are co-equal in their functional properties. We restricted exposure of small zones of aesthetascs to odorant along the array, from near its proximal origin, its midpoint, and its termination near the tip of the lateral flagellum, while recording neural responses within the ipsilateral olfactory lobe of the brain. Simultaneous combinations of zonal exposure to odorant gave proportionally larger central responses, indicative of spatial summation of peripheral inputs. Surprisingly, however, zonal effectiveness was not equal; stimulating even small numbers of aesthetascs near the proximal origin of the array was far more excitatory to local deutocerebral interneurons than stimulating greater numbers of aesthetascs at the tip of the flagellum. The results are discussed in terms of continuing growth and attrition of the antennular segmentation and associated olfactory receptor neurons.
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- Deforest Mellon
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904;
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904; and
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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Figueres-Oñate M, Gutiérrez Y, López-Mascaraque L. Unraveling Cajal's view of the olfactory system. Front Neuroanat 2014; 8:55. [PMID: 25071462 PMCID: PMC4078396 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The olfactory system has a highly regular organization of interconnected synaptic circuits from the periphery. It is therefore an excellent model for understanding general principles about how the brain processes information. Cajal revealed the basic cell types and their interconnections at the end of the XIX century. Since his original descriptions, the observation and analysis of the olfactory system and its components represents a major topic in neuroscience studies, providing important insights into the neural mechanisms. In this review, we will highlight the importance of Cajal contributions and his legacy to the actual knowledge of the olfactory system.
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Neurobiology, Instituto Cajal (CSIC)Madrid, Spain
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Brann JH, Firestein SJ. A lifetime of neurogenesis in the olfactory system. Front Neurosci 2014; 8:182. [PMID: 25018692 PMCID: PMC4071289 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Neurogenesis continues well beyond embryonic and early postnatal ages in three areas of the nervous system. The subgranular zone supplies new neurons to the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. The subventricular zone supplies new interneurons to the olfactory bulb, and the olfactory neuroepithelia generate new excitatory sensory neurons that send their axons to the olfactory bulb. The latter two areas are of particular interest as they contribute new neurons to both ends of a first-level circuit governing olfactory perception. The vomeronasal organ and the main olfactory epithelium comprise the primary peripheral olfactory epithelia. These anatomically distinct areas share common features, as each exhibits extensive neurogenesis well beyond the juvenile phase of development. Here we will discuss the effect of age on the structural and functional significance of neurogenesis in the vomeronasal and olfactory epithelia, from juvenile to advanced adult ages, in several common model systems. We will next discuss how age affects the regenerative capacity of these neural stem cells in response to injury. Finally, we will consider the integration of newborn neurons into an existing circuit as it is modified by the age of the animal.
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- Jessica H Brann
- Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University New York, NY, USA ; Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University New York, NY, USA
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Trimmer C, Snyder LL, Mainland JD. High-throughput analysis of mammalian olfactory receptors: measurement of receptor activation via luciferase activity. J Vis Exp 2014. [PMID: 24961834 DOI: 10.3791/51640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Odorants create unique and overlapping patterns of olfactory receptor activation, allowing a family of approximately 1,000 murine and 400 human receptors to recognize thousands of odorants. Odorant ligands have been published for fewer than 6% of human receptors(1-11). This lack of data is due in part to difficulties functionally expressing these receptors in heterologous systems. Here, we describe a method for expressing the majority of the olfactory receptor family in Hana3A cells, followed by high-throughput assessment of olfactory receptor activation using a luciferase reporter assay. This assay can be used to (1) screen panels of odorants against panels of olfactory receptors; (2) confirm odorant/receptor interaction via dose response curves; and (3) compare receptor activation levels among receptor variants. In our sample data, 328 olfactory receptors were screened against 26 odorants. Odorant/receptor pairs with varying response scores were selected and tested in dose response. These data indicate that a screen is an effective method to enrich for odorant/receptor pairs that will pass a dose response experiment, i.e. receptors that have a bona fide response to an odorant. Therefore, this high-throughput luciferase assay is an effective method to characterize olfactory receptors-an essential step toward a model of odor coding in the mammalian olfactory system.
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Yan H, Zhang W, Lin Y, Dong Q, Peng X, Jiang H, Zhu S, Cheng B. Different evolutionary patterns among intronless genes in maize genome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 449:146-50. [PMID: 24820954 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Intronless genes, as a characteristic feature of prokaryotes, are an important resource for the study of the evolution of gene architecture in eukaryotes. In the study, 14,623 (36.87%) intronless genes in maize were identified and the percentage is greater than that of other monocots and algae. The number of maize intronless genes on each chromosome has a significant linear correlation with the number of total genes on the chromosome and the length of the chromosomes. Intronless genes in maize play important roles in translation and energy metabolism. Evolutionary analysis revealed that 2601 intronless genes conserved among the three domains of life and 2323 intronless genes that had no homology with genes of other species. These two sets of intronless genes were distinct in genetic features, physical locations and function. These results provided a useful source to understand the evolutionary patterns of related genes and genomes and some intronless genes are good candidates for subsequent functional analyses specifically.
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- Hanwei Yan
- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.
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Tsai L, Barnea G. A critical period defined by axon-targeting mechanisms in the murine olfactory bulb. Science 2014; 344:197-200. [PMID: 24723611 DOI: 10.1126/science.1248806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The olfactory system remains plastic throughout life because of continuous neurogenesis of sensory neurons in the nose and inhibitory interneurons in the olfactory bulb. Here, we reveal that transgenic expression of an odorant receptor has non-cell autonomous effects on axons expressing this receptor from the endogenous gene. Perinatal expression of transgenic odorant receptor causes rerouting of like axons to new glomeruli, whereas expression after the sensory map is established does not lead to rerouting. Further, chemical ablation of the map after rerouting does not restore the normal map, even when the transgenic receptor is no longer expressed. Our results reveal that glomeruli are designated as targets for sensory neurons expressing specific odorant receptors during a critical period in the formation of the olfactory sensory map.
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- Lulu Tsai
- Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Ferreira T, Wilson SR, Choi YG, Risso D, Dudoit S, Speed TP, Ngai J. Silencing of odorant receptor genes by G protein βγ signaling ensures the expression of one odorant receptor per olfactory sensory neuron. Neuron 2014; 81:847-59. [PMID: 24559675 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Olfactory sensory neurons express just one out of a possible ∼ 1,000 odorant receptor genes, reflecting an exquisite mode of gene regulation. In one model, once an odorant receptor is chosen for expression, other receptor genes are suppressed by a negative feedback mechanism, ensuring a stable functional identity of the sensory neuron for the lifetime of the cell. The signal transduction mechanism subserving odorant receptor gene silencing remains obscure, however. Here, we demonstrate in the zebrafish that odorant receptor gene silencing is dependent on receptor activity. Moreover, we show that signaling through G protein βγ subunits is both necessary and sufficient to suppress the expression of odorant receptor genes and likely acts through histone methylation to maintain the silenced odorant receptor genes in transcriptionally inactive heterochromatin. These results link receptor activity with the epigenetic mechanisms responsible for ensuring the expression of one odorant receptor per olfactory sensory neuron.
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- Todd Ferreira
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Functional Genomics Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Bioinformatics Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville VIC 3050, Australia
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Functional Genomics Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Stathopoulos S, Bishop JM, O’Ryan C. Genetic signatures for enhanced olfaction in the African mole-rats. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93336. [PMID: 24699281 PMCID: PMC3974769 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The Olfactory Receptor (OR) superfamily, the largest in the vertebrate genome, is responsible for vertebrate olfaction and is traditionally subdivided into 17 OR families. Recent studies characterising whole-OR subgenomes revealed a 'birth and death' model of evolution for a range of species, however little is known about fine-scale evolutionary dynamics within single-OR families. This study reports the first assessment of fine-scale OR evolution and variation in African mole-rats (Bathyergidae), a family of subterranean rodents endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Because of the selective pressures of life underground, enhanced olfaction is proposed to be fundamental to the evolutionary success of the Bathyergidae, resulting in a highly diversified OR gene-repertoire. Using a PCR-sequencing approach, we analysed variation in the OR7 family across 14 extant bathyergid species, which revealed enhanced levels of functional polymorphisms concentrated across the receptors' ligand-binding region. We propose that mole-rats are able to recognise a broad range of odorants and that this diversity is reflected throughout their OR7 gene repertoire. Using both classic tests and tree-based methods to test for signals of selection, we investigate evolutionary forces across the mole-rat OR7 gene tree. Four well-supported clades emerged in the OR phylogeny, with varying signals of selection; from neutrality to positive and purifying selection. Bathyergid life-history traits and environmental niche-specialisation are explored as possible drivers of adaptive OR evolution, emerging as non-exclusive contributors to the positive selection observed at OR7 genes. Our results reveal unexpected complexity of evolutionary mechanisms acting within a single OR family, providing insightful perspectives into OR evolutionary dynamics.
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- Sofia Stathopoulos
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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A Sense So Rare: Measuring Olfactory Experiences and Making a Case for a Process Perspective on Sensory Perception. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s13752-014-0165-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bavan S, Sherman B, Luetje CW, Abaffy T. Discovery of novel ligands for mouse olfactory receptor MOR42-3 using an in silico screening approach and in vitro validation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92064. [PMID: 24637889 PMCID: PMC3956865 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The ligands for many olfactory receptors remain largely unknown despite successful heterologous expression of these receptors. Understanding the molecular receptive range of olfactory receptors and deciphering the olfactory recognition code are hampered by the huge number of odorants and large number of olfactory receptors, as well as the complexity of their combinatorial coding. Here, we present an in silico screening approach to find additional ligands for a mouse olfactory receptor that allows improved definition of its molecular receptive range. A virtual library of 574 odorants was screened against a mouse olfactory receptor MOR42-3. We selected the top 20 candidate ligands using two different scoring functions. These 40 odorant candidate ligands were then tested in vitro using the Xenopus oocyte heterologous expression system and two-electrode voltage clamp electrophysiology. We experimentally confirmed 22 of these ligands. The candidate ligands were screened for both agonist and antagonist activity. In summary, we validated 19 agonists and 3 antagonists. Two of the newly identified antagonists were of low potency. Several previously known ligands (mono- and dicarboxylic acids) are also confirmed in this study. However, some of the newly identified ligands were structurally dissimilar compounds with various functional groups belonging to aldehydes, phenyls, alkenes, esters and ethers. The high positive predictive value of our in silico approach is promising. We believe that this approach can be used for initial deorphanization of olfactory receptors as well as for future comprehensive studies of molecular receptive range of olfactory receptors.
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- Selvan Bavan
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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The maintenance of blood pressure homeostasis is a complex process which is carefully regulated by a variety of inputs. We recently identified two sensory receptors (Olfactory receptor 78 and G protein couple receptor 41) as novel regulators of blood pressure. Both Olfr78 and Gpr41 are receptors for short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), and we showed that propionate (a SCFA) modifies blood pressure in a manner which is differentially modulated by the absence of either Olfr78 or Gpr41. In addition, propionate modifies renin release in an Olfr78-dependent manner. Our study also demonstrated that antibiotic treatment modulates blood pressure in Olfr78 null mice, indicating that SCFAs produced by the gut microbiota likely influence blood pressure regulation. In this addendum, we summarize the findings of our recent study and provide a perspective on the implications of the interactions between the gut microbiota and blood pressure control.
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Rare event of histone demethylation can initiate singular gene expression of olfactory receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 110:21148-52. [PMID: 24344257 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321511111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Mammals sense odors through the gene family of olfactory receptors (ORs). Despite the enormous number of OR genes (∼1,400 in mouse), each olfactory sensory neuron expresses one, and only one, of them. In neurobiology, it remains a long-standing mystery how this singularity can be achieved despite intrinsic stochasticity of gene expression. Recent experiments showed an epigenetic mechanism for maintaining singular OR expression: Once any ORs are activated, their expression inhibits further OR activation by down-regulating a histone demethylase Lsd1 (also known as Aof2 or Kdm1a), an enzyme required for the removal of the repressive histone marker H3K9me3 on OR genes. However, it remains unclear at a quantitative level how singularity can be initiated in the first place. In particular, does a simple activation/feedback scheme suffice to generate singularity? Here we show theoretically that rare events of histone demethylation can indeed produce robust singularity by separating two timescales: slow OR activation by stepwise H3K9me3 demethylation, and fast feedback to turn off Lsd1. Given a typical 1-h response of transcriptional feedback, to achieve the observed extent of singularity (only 2% of neurons express more than one ORs), we predict that OR activation must be as slow as 5–10 d-a timescale compatible with experiments. Our model further suggests H3K9me3-to-H3K9me2 demethylation as an additional rate-limiting step responsible for OR singularity. Our conclusions may be generally applicable to other systems where monoallelic expression is desired, and provide guidelines for the design of a synthetic system of singular expression.
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Chen Y, Hao X, Cao J. Small auxin upregulated RNA (SAUR) gene family in maize: identification, evolution, and its phylogenetic comparison with Arabidopsis, rice, and sorghum. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 56:133-50. [PMID: 24472286 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/01/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Small auxin-up RNAs (SAURs) are the early auxin-responsive genes represented by a large multigene family in plants. Here, we identified 79 SAUR gene family members from maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) by a reiterative database search and manual annotation. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the SAUR proteins from Arabidopsis, rice, sorghum, and maize had divided into 16 groups. These genes were non-randomly distributed across the maize chromosomes, and segmental duplication and tandem duplication contributed to the expansion of the maize SAUR gene family. Synteny analysis established orthology relationships and functional linkages between SAUR genes in maize and sorghum genomes. We also found that the auxin-responsive elements were conserved in the upstream sequences of maize SAUR members. Selection analyses identified some significant site-specific constraints acted on most SAUR paralogs. Expression profiles based on microarray data have provided insights into the possible functional divergence among members of the SAUR gene family. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis indicated that some of the 10 randomly selected ZmSAUR genes could be induced at least in maize shoot or root tissue tested. The results reveal a comprehensive overview of the maize SAUR gene family and may pave the way for deciphering their function during plant development.
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- Yuzhu Chen
- Institute of Life Science, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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Gronenberg W, Raikhelkar A, Abshire E, Stevens J, Epstein E, Loyola K, Rauscher M, Buchmann S. Honeybees (Apis mellifera) learn to discriminate the smell of organic compounds from their respective deuterated isotopomers. Proc Biol Sci 2014; 281:20133089. [PMID: 24452031 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The understanding of physiological and molecular processes underlying the sense of smell has made considerable progress during the past three decades, revealing the cascade of molecular steps that lead to the activation of olfactory receptor (OR) neurons. However, the mode of primary interaction of odorant molecules with the OR proteins within the sensory cells is still enigmatic. Two different concepts try to explain these interactions: the 'odotope hypothesis' suggests that OR proteins recognize structural aspects of the odorant molecule, whereas the 'vibration hypothesis' proposes that intra-molecular vibrations are the basis for the recognition of the odorant by the receptor protein. The vibration hypothesis predicts that OR proteins should be able to discriminate compounds containing deuterium from their common counterparts which contain hydrogen instead of deuterium. This study tests this prediction in honeybees (Apis mellifera) using the proboscis extension reflex learning in a differential conditioning paradigm. Rewarding one odour (e.g. a deuterated compound) with sucrose and not rewarding the respective analogue (e.g. hydrogen-based odorant) shows that honeybees readily learn to discriminate hydrogen-based odorants from their deuterated counterparts and supports the idea that intra-molecular vibrations may contribute to odour discrimination.
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- Wulfila Gronenberg
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, , Tucson, AZ 85721, USA, Graduate Interdisciplinary Programe in Neuroscience, University of Arizona, , Tucson, AZ 85721, USA, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, , Tucson, AZ 85721, USA, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, , Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Dalton RP, Lyons DB, Lomvardas S. Co-opting the unfolded protein response to elicit olfactory receptor feedback. Cell 2013; 155:321-32. [PMID: 24120133 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Olfactory receptor (OR) expression requires the transcriptional activation of 1 out of 1,000s of OR alleles and a feedback signal that preserves this transcriptional choice. The mechanism by which olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) detect ORs to signal to the nucleus remains elusive. Here, we show that OR proteins generate this feedback by activating the unfolded protein response (UPR). OR expression induces Perk-mediated phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eif2α causing selective translation of activating transcription factor 5 (ATF5). ATF5 induces the transcription of adenylyl cyclase 3 (Adcy3), which relieves the UPR. Our data provide a role for the UPR in defining neuronal identity and cell fate commitment and support a two-step model for the feedback signal: (1) OR protein, as a stress stimulus, alters the translational landscape of the OSN and induces Adcy3 expression; (2), Adcy3 relieves that stress, restores global translation, and makes OR choice permanent.
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- Ryan P Dalton
- Department of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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Richard M, Jamet S, Fouquet C, Dubacq C, Boggetto N, Pincet F, Gourier C, Trembleau A. Homotypic and heterotypic adhesion induced by odorant receptors and the β2-adrenergic receptor. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80100. [PMID: 24312457 PMCID: PMC3846556 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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In the mouse olfactory system regulated expression of a large family of G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs), the Odorant Receptors (ORs), provides each sensory neuron with a single OR identity. In the wiring of the olfactory sensory neuron projections, a complex axon sorting process ensures the segregation of >1,000 subpopulations of axons of the same OR identity into homogeneously innervated glomeruli. ORs are critical determinants in axon sorting, and their presence on olfactory axons raises the intriguing possibility that they may participate in axonal wiring through direct or indirect trans-interactions mediating adhesion or repulsion between axons. In the present work, we used a biophysical assay to test the capacity of ORs to induce adhesion of cell doublets overexpressing these receptors. We also tested the β2 Adrenergic Receptor, a non-OR GPCR known to recapitulate the functions of ORs in olfactory axon sorting. We report here the first evidence for homo- and heterotypic adhesion between cells overexpressing the ORs MOR256-17 or M71, supporting the hypothesis that ORs may contribute to olfactory axon sorting by mediating differential adhesion between axons.
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- Marion Richard
- CNRS UMR 7102, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Team Development and Plasticity of Neural Networks, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR 7102, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Team Development and Plasticity of Neural Networks, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR 7102, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Team Development and Plasticity of Neural Networks, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR 7102, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Team Development and Plasticity of Neural Networks, Paris, France
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- Imaging Facility (ImagoSeine), Jacques Monod Institute, CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR 7102, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Team Development and Plasticity of Neural Networks, Paris, France
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