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Ozdener MH, Rockx B, Rawson NE. Primary Culture of the Human Olfactory Neuroepithelium and Utilization for Henipavirus Infection In Vitro. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2682:121-133. [PMID: 37610578 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3283-3_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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The olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) are a unique cell type involved in the initial perception of odors. These specialized epithelial cells are located in the neuroepithelium of the nasal cavities and directly connect the nasal cavity with the central nervous system (CNS) via axons, which traverse the cribriform plate to synapse within the olfactory bulb. ORNs are derived from precursor cells that lie adjacent to the basal lamina of the olfactory epithelium. These precursor cells divide several times and their progeny differentiate into mature sensory neurons throughout life. In addition to its major and critical role in sensory transduction, the olfactory neuroepithelium may be an important tissue for viral replication and represents a potential site for viral entry into the CNS. In general, to gain access to the CNS, neurotropic viruses such as henipaviruses can use peripheral neural pathways or the circulatory system. However, the olfactory system has been reported to provide a portal of entry to the CNS for henipaviruses. The ability to obtain biopsies from living human subjects and culture these cells in the laboratory provides the opportunity to examine viral replication and effects on a neuronal cell population. As the most exposed and unprotected segment of the nervous system, the olfactory neuroepithelium may have an important role in neuropathology and systemic dissemination of viruses with established CNS effects. This chapter presents methods for primary culture of human ORNs, which have been used successfully by multiple investigators. The protocol provides a consistent, heterogeneous olfactory epithelial cell population, which demonstrates functional responses to odorant mixtures and exhibits several key features of the olfactory receptor neuron phenotype, encompassing olfactory receptors and signaling pathways.
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Institute, Lelystad and Department of Viroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Kurihara S, Tei M, Hata J, Mori E, Fujioka M, Matsuwaki Y, Otori N, Kojima H, Okano HJ. MRI tractography reveals the human olfactory nerve map connecting the olfactory epithelium and olfactory bulb. Commun Biol 2022; 5:843. [PMID: 36068329 PMCID: PMC9448749 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03794-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The olfactory nerve map describes the topographical neural connections between the olfactory epithelium in the nasal cavity and the olfactory bulb. Previous studies have constructed the olfactory nerve maps of rodents using histological analyses or transgenic animal models to investigate olfactory nerve pathways. However, the human olfactory nerve map remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that high-field magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor tractography can be used to visualize olfactory sensory neurons while maintaining their three-dimensional structures. This technique allowed us to evaluate the olfactory sensory neuron projections from the nasal cavities to the olfactory bulbs and visualize the olfactory nerve maps of humans, marmosets and mice. The olfactory nerve maps revealed that the dorsal-ventral and medial-lateral axes were preserved between the olfactory epithelium and olfactory bulb in all three species. Further development of this technique might allow it to be used clinically to facilitate the diagnosis of olfactory dysfunction. Combined high-field MRI and DTI analyses in post-mortem mouse, marmoset, and human samples provide insight into the neural connections between nasal cavities and olfactory bulbs.
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- Sho Kurihara
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan.,Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 7-2-10 Higashi-Ogu Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-8551, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami-ku Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan.
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Acién P, Acién M. Disorders of Sex Development: Classification, Review, and Impact on Fertility. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9113555. [PMID: 33158283 PMCID: PMC7694247 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In this review, the elements included in both sex determination and sex differentiation are briefly analyzed, exposing the pathophysiological and clinical classification of disorders or anomalies of sex development. Anomalies in sex determination without sex ambiguity include gonadal dysgenesis, polysomies, male XX, and Klinefelter syndrome (dysgenesis and polysomies with a female phenotype; and sex reversal and Klinefelter with a male phenotype). Other infertility situations could also be included here as minor degrees of dysgenesis. Anomalies in sex determination with sex ambiguity should (usually) include testicular dysgenesis and ovotesticular disorders. Among the anomalies in sex differentiation, we include: (1) males with androgen deficiency (MAD) that correspond to those individuals whose karyotype and gonads are male (XY and testes), but the phenotype can be female due to different hormonal abnormalities. (2) females with androgen excess (FAE); these patients have ovaries and a 46,XX karyotype, but present varying degrees of external genital virilization as a result of an enzyme abnormality that affects adrenal steroid biosynthesis and leads to congenital adrenal hyperplasia; less frequently, this can be caused by iatrogenia or tumors. (3) Kallman syndrome. All of these anomalies are reviewed and analyzed herein, as well as related fertility problems.
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- Pedro Acién
- Department of Gynecology, Miguel Hernández University, San Juan Campus, 03550 San Juan, Alicante, Spain;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-670-097-518, +34-965-919-385; Fax: +34-965-919-550
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- Department of Gynecology, Miguel Hernández University, San Juan Campus, 03550 San Juan, Alicante, Spain;
- Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Juan University Hospital, San Juan Campus, 03550 San Juan, Alicante, Spain
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Alterations in the ability to smell or taste are of considerable consequence, impacting quality of life, safety, nutrition, and dietary activities. These primary senses are influenced by a wide range of systemic diseases and disorders that commonly involve the entire body. These include viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoal, cestode, and nematode infections that can spread throughout the gastric, lymphatic, neural, or circulatory systems as well as classic autoimmune disorders, collagen diseases, diabetes, and hypertension, and others. Although a considerable literature has evolved in which the function of both taste and smell has been assessed in a number of such disorders, quantitative chemosensory testing is still relatively rare with many disorders not receiving empirical assessment. Incongruent findings are not uncommon. This chapter reviews what is known about the influences of a wide spectrum of systemic diseases and disorders on the abilities to taste and smell.
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- Richard L Doty
- Smell and Taste Center and Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Rombaux P, Mouraux A, Bertrand B, Duprez T, Hummel T. Can we Smell without an Olfactory Bulb? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 21:548-50. [DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.3067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Background Lack of an olfactory bulb (OB) is typically associated with anosmia. Methods We present a patient with subnormal olfactory function in whom the OB could not be detected with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Results Olfactory function was evaluated on two occasions. Orthonasal olfactory function was assessed with the “Sniffin’ Sticks” test providing a score equivalent to hyposmia. Retronasal olfactory function was studied with “smell powders” indicating a decreased, but not absence of, olfactory function. Importantly, chemosensory event-related potentials were clearly present in response to olfactory and trigeminal stimuli. Conclusion This indicates that olfactory function may be present in some subjects even when an OB can not be detected with MRI.
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- Philippe Rombaux
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany
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The central cell type involved in the initial perception of odors and transduction of the sensory signal are the olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) located in the olfactory neuroepithelium of the nasal cavities. The olfactory epithelium is a unique system similar to the neuroepithelium of the embryonic neural tube, in which new neurons are continually generated throughout adult life. Olfactory neurons are derived from precursor cells that lie adjacent to the basal lamina of the olfactory epithelium; these precursor cells divide several times and their progeny differentiate into mature sensory neurons throughout life. Thus, the human olfactory epithelium has the potential to be used as a tool to examine certain human disorders resulting from abnormal development of the nervous system. This chapter presents methods for primary culture of human ORNs, which have been used successfully by multiple investigators. The protocol provides a consistent, heterogeneous cell population, which demonstrates functional responses to odorant mixtures and exhibits a complex neuronal phenotype, encompassing receptors and signaling pathways pertinent to both olfaction and other aspects of CNS function. These cultured neural cells exhibit neurotransmitter pathways important in a number of neuropsychiatric disorders, and the ability to culture cells from living human subjects provides a tool for assessing cellular neuropathology at the individual patient level.
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Apuhan T, Yildirim YS, Simşek T, Yilmaz F, Yilmaz F. Concha bullosa surgery and the distribution of human olfactory neuroepithelium. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2012; 270:953-7. [PMID: 22941439 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-2173-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In bullous middle turbinate surgery, controversy exists over which side of the bullous middle turbinate should be removed, as the distribution of human olfactory neuroepithelium is unclear. This study evaluated whether the middle turbinate tissue of patients undergoing endoscopic concha bullosa surgery contains functional olfactory epithelium. This prospective clinical study was conducted in tertiary referable center. It detected 70 conchae bullosa in 48 patients with sinonasal symptoms, who underwent paranasal computed tomography (CT) that showed pneumatization of the middle concha. All samples were obtained under general anesthesia. Three samples were obtained from each bullous middle turbinate: one each from the anterior, medial, and lateral portions. The mucosa from each sample was stained with olfactory marker protein (OMP). In total, 210 middle turbinate samples were taken from 48 patients during endoscopic surgery for conchae bullosa. The patients were 22 females and 26 males. Of the 70 conchae bullosa, OMP-stained nerve tissue was found in the lateral, anterior and medial aspects of 57 (81.4 %), 42 (60.0 %) and 23 (32.8 %) of the bullous middle turbinates, respectively. OMP-stained nerve tissue was found in 122 (58.1 %) of the 210 bullous middle turbinate tissue samples. OMP-stained nerve tissue was found on the lateral surface of the bullous middle turbinate more often than the medial surface. Therefore, during the concha bullosa surgery, OMP-stained nerve tissue found at least in the medial part of concha, suggested that the opening of the medial part of middle concha.
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- Tayfun Apuhan
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Izzet Baysal Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
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Age-associated loss of selectivity in human olfactory sensory neurons. Neurobiol Aging 2011; 33:1913-9. [PMID: 22074806 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Revised: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report a cross-sectional study of olfactory impairment with age based on both odorant-stimulated responses of human olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) and tests of olfactory threshold sensitivity. A total of 621 OSNs from 440 subjects in 2 age groups of younger (≤ 45 years) and older (≥ 60 years) subjects were investigated using fluorescence intensity ratio fura-2 imaging. OSNs were tested for responses to 2 odorant mixtures, as well as to subsets of and individual odors in those mixtures. Whereas cells from younger donors were highly selective in the odorants to which they responded, cells from older donors were more likely to respond to multiple odor stimuli, despite a loss in these subjects' absolute olfactory sensitivity, suggesting a loss of specificity. This degradation in peripheral cellular specificity may impact odor discrimination and olfactory adaptation in the elderly. It is also possible that chronic adaptation as a result of reduced specificity contributes to observed declines in absolute sensitivity.
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The human olfactory mucosa. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2010; 266:1675-80. [PMID: 19714350 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1073-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2009] [Accepted: 08/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Studies of the tissues of the human olfactory mucosa have been performed to investigate olfactory dysfunction and, more recently, olfactory mucosa has attracted a novel interest of investigators because it can be used as an early marker of neurodegenerative conditions of the brain and as a source of multipotent neural stem cells, with applications in regenerative medicine. The olfactory mucosa is readily available to the otolaryngologist, but the harvesting of this tissue must be safe, effective, and reliable, obtaining as little tissue as necessary, while avoiding unnecessary harm to the remaining olfactory tissue and function. The purpose of this review is to summarize the results of the most important studies and knowledge with regard to the human olfactory mucosa and its applications, emphasizing the issue of the distribution of the olfactory mucosa in the nasal cavities.
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Borgmann-Winter KE, Rawson NE, Wang HY, Wang H, Macdonald ML, Ozdener MH, Yee KK, Gomez G, Xu J, Bryant B, Adamek G, Mirza N, Pribitkin E, Hahn CG. Human olfactory epithelial cells generated in vitro express diverse neuronal characteristics. Neuroscience 2008; 158:642-53. [PMID: 18996445 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2007] [Revised: 09/22/2008] [Accepted: 09/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The olfactory epithelium constitutes the sole source of regenerating neural cells that can be obtained from a living human. As such, primary cultures derived from human olfactory epithelial biopsies can be utilized to study neurobiological characteristics of individuals under different conditions and disease states. Here, using such human cultures, we report in vitro generation of cells that exhibit a complex neuronal phenotype, encompassing receptors and signaling pathways pertinent to both olfaction and other aspects of CNS function. Using in situ hybridization, we demonstrate for the first time the native expression of olfactory receptors in cultured cells derived from human olfactory epithelial tissue. We further establish the presence and function of olfactory transduction molecules in these cells using immunocytochemistry, calcium imaging and molecular methods. Western blot analysis revealed the expression of neurotransmitter receptors for dopamine (D2R), 5-HT (5HT2C) and NMDA subtypes 1 and 2A/2B. Stimulation with dopamine or 5-HT enhanced receptor G protein activation in a subtype specific manner, based on 35S-guanosine triphosphate incorporation assay. Functional characteristics of the cultured cells are demonstrated through enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of NMDAR 2A/2B and recruitment of signaling partners in response to NMDA stimulation. The array of neuronal characteristics observed here establishes that proliferating cells derived from the human olfactory epithelium differentiate in vitro to express functional and molecular attributes of mature olfactory neurons. These cultured neural cells exhibit neurotransmitter pathways important in a number of neuropsychiatric disorders. Their ready availability from living humans thus provides a new tool to link functional and molecular features of neural cells with clinical characteristics of individual living patients.
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- K E Borgmann-Winter
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Olfactory disorders are common. Functional anosmia is present in about 5-6% of the general population, while from the age of about 55 years the olfactory sense is restricted in about 25% of cases. A precise examination is necessary to describe the patient's symptoms and ascertain possible reasons for them. As far as diagnosis and possible treatment of olfactory or gustatory disorders are concerned, the main advantage allowing progress is the availability of standardised methods of testing the chemical senses. In this article procedures for orthonasal and retronasal psychophysical examination of the olfactory sense and the derivation of potentials evoked by olfactory stimuli are described. In addition, possible ways of examining the intranasal sensitivity of the trigeminal nerve and measuring the volume of the olfactory bulb, and also for immunochemical investigation of biopsies from the olfactory region, are discussed as possible means of reaching a diagnosis.
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- T Hummel
- HNO Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Dresden.
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Feldmesser E, Bercovich D, Avidan N, Halbertal S, Haim L, Gross-Isseroff R, Goshen S, Lancet D. Mutations in Olfactory Signal Transduction Genes Are Not a Major Cause of Human Congenital General Anosmia. Chem Senses 2006; 32:21-30. [PMID: 17008420 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjl032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Anosmia affects the western world population, mostly the elderly, reaching to 5% in subjects over the age of 45 years and strongly lowering their quality of life. A smaller minority (about 0.01%) is born without a sense of smell, afflicted with congenital general anosmia (CGA). No causative genes for human CGA have been identified yet, except for some syndromic cases such as Kallman syndrome. In mice, however, deletion of any of the 3 main olfactory transduction components (guanidine triphosphate binding protein, adenylyl cyclase, and the cyclic adenosine monophosphate-gated channel) causes profound reduction of physiological responses to odorants. In an attempt to identify human CGA-related mutations, we performed whole-genome linkage analysis in affected families, but no significant linkage signals were observed, probably due to the small size of families analyzed. We further carried out direct mutation screening in the 3 main olfactory transduction genes in 64 unrelated anosmic individuals. No potentially causative mutations were identified, indicating that transduction gene variations underlie human CGA rarely and that mutations in other genes have to be identified. The screened genes were found to be under purifying selection, suggesting that they play a crucial functional role not only in olfaction but also potentially in additional pathways.
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- Ester Feldmesser
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Haxel BR, Murrell WG, Mackay-Sim A. [Studies of the olfactory epithelium in anosmic patients after head trauma]. HNO 2005; 53:682-6, 688-9. [PMID: 15703882 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-004-1217-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND An additional diagnostic option for olfactory dysfunction is the study of the olfactory epithelium. METHODS Biopsies of the olfactory epithelium were performed under local anaesthesia on five patients with a history of head trauma with anosmic results in the Sniffin' Sticks test. The biopsy of a normosmic patient served as a control. Immunochemistry of frozen sections and explant culture studies were made, investigating ability to attach to the culture plate and the outgrowth of neuronal cells after growth-factor stimulation. RESULTS The biopsies were carried out without any complications. All biopsies were positive for neurofilament, a marker for immature neurons. Substantial differences in the explants' ability to attach to the culture plate occurred, with a rate of between 25% and 100%. The control showed 67%. After stimulation with growth factors (FGF(2)), the cultures with more attached cells showed neuronal differentiation with the appearance of bipolar cells. CONCLUSIONS The biopsy of the human olfactory epithelium is a minimally invasive procedure which can provide further information on specific changes and possible regenerative ability. Further studies with larger numbers of patients with different causes of an impaired sense of smell are needed to determine specific changes.
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- B R Haxel
- Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenklinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz.
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Disturbances of olfaction are a common occurrence in many neurological and neurosurgical patients and their correct diagnosis might be helpful in management and enhancement of quality of life. However, olfaction is seldom checked in most neurosurgical units and the "smell bottles" are often either absent or out of date. This chapter reviews systematically recent advances in our understanding of the anatomy, physiology (olfactory coding) and measurement of olfactory function in the human. The causes and symptoms of smell disorders, risk of damage to the olfactory system by various surgical procedures and, finally, the natural history of recovery and treatment of smell disorders, for example after trauma, are discussed.
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- B N Landis
- Unité de Rhinologie-Olfactologie, Service d' Oto-Rhinologie-Laryngologie, Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, Genève, Switzerland
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Jović N, Drezgić M. [Neurological disorders in patients with Kallmann's syndrome]. VOJNOSANIT PREGL 2004; 61:173-80. [PMID: 15296123 DOI: 10.2298/vsp0402173j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Di Rienzo L, Artuso A, Colosimo C. Isolated congenital agenesis of the olfactory bulbs and tracts in a child without Kallmann's syndrome. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2002; 111:657-60. [PMID: 12126024 DOI: 10.1177/000348940211100715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Lino Di Rienzo
- Otolaryngology Department, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Henkin RI, Levy LM. Functional MRI of congenital hyposmia: brain activation to odors and imagination of odors and tastes. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2002; 26:39-61. [PMID: 11801904 DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200201000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Our goal was to use functional MRI (fMRI) to define brain activation in response to odors and imagination ("memory") of odors and tastes in patients who never recognized odors (congenital hyposmia). METHOD Functional MR brain scans were obtained in nine patients with congenital hyposmia using multislice echo planar imaging (EPI) in response to odors of amyl acetate, menthone, and pyridine and to imagination ("memory") of banana and peppermint odors and to salt and sweet tastes. Functional MR brain scans were compared with those in normal subjects and patients with acquired hyposmia. Activation images were derived using correlation analysis, and ratios of areas of brain activated to total and hemispheric brain areas were calculated. Total and hemispheric activated pixel counts were used to quantitate regional brain activation. RESULTS Brain activation in response to odors was present in patients with congenital hyposmia. Activation was significantly lower than in normal subjects and patients with acquired hyposmia and did not demonstrate differential vapor pressure-dependent detection responsiveness or odor response lateralization. Regional activation localization was in anterior frontal and temporal cortex similar to that in normal subjects and patients with acquired hyposmia. Activation in response to presented odors was diverse, with a larger group exhibiting little or no activation with localization only in anterior frontal and temporal cortex and a smaller group exhibiting greater activation with localization extending to more complex olfactory integration sites. "Memory" of odors and tastes elicited activation in the same central nervous system (CNS) regions in which activation in response to presented odors occurred, but responses were significantly lower than in normal subjects and patients with acquired hyposmia and did not lateralize. CONCLUSION Odors induced CNS activation in patients with congenital hyposmia, which distinguishes olfaction from vision and audition since neither light nor acoustic stimuli induce CNS activation. Odor activation localized to anterior frontal and temporal cortex, consistent with the hypothesis that olfactory pathways are hard-wired into the CNS and that further pathways are undeveloped with primary olfactory system CNS connections but lack of secondary connections. However, some patients exhibited greater odor activation with response localization extending to cingulate and opercular cortex, indicating some olfactory signals impinge on and maintain secondary connections consistent with similar functions in vision and audition. Activation localization of taste "memory" to anterior frontal and temporal cortex is consistent with CNS plasticity and cross-modal CNS reorganization as described for vision and audition. Thus, there are differences and similarities between olfaction, vision, and audition, the differences dependent on unique qualities of olfaction, perhaps due to its diffuse, primitive, fundamental role in survival. Response heterogeneity to odors may reflect heterogeneous genetic abnormalities, independent of anatomic or hormonal changes but dependent on molecular abnormalities in growth factor function interfering with growth factor/stem cell interactions. Patients with congenital hyposmia offer an unique model system not previously explored in which congenital smell lack as measured by fMRI is reflective of congenital dysfunction of a major sensory system.
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Yee KK, Wysocki CJ. Odorant exposure increases olfactory sensitivity: olfactory epithelium is implicated. Physiol Behav 2001; 72:705-11. [PMID: 11337002 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(01)00428-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Exposure-induced shifts in sensitivity to odors may involve peripheral and/or central components of the olfactory system. The ability to disconnect the olfactory epithelium from the bulbs provides a unique opportunity to examine how odorant exposure affects each component. In one experiment, odor thresholds were established for either amyl acetate or androstenone. The mice were then exposed for 10 days to the same test odorant for which a threshold was obtained. After exposure, sensitivity to the odorant increased relative to preexposure levels. The mice then underwent bilateral olfactory nerve transection (BNX). When both groups of mice were tested 45-50 days after recovery from surgery and return of olfactory function, increased sensitivity to the exposed odorant persisted; however, 121-203 days after surgery, sensitivity returned to preexposure levels. Another experiment was similar to the first except that mice were exposed to an odorant, either amyl acetate or androstenone, for 10 days beginning 1 day after BNX or sham surgery. When the mice were tested 45-50 days after surgery, sensitivity to the exposed odorant was increased relative to preexposure levels, whereas sensitivity to the nonexposed odorant remained at preexposure levels. Although further work is needed to determine the precise mechanism(s) underlying shifts in sensitivity to odors, these studies provide additional evidence for peripheral involvement in exposure-induced sensitization to odorants and demonstrate the remarkable capacity of the olfactory system to maintain or even regain sensitivity after injury.
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- K K Yee
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308, USA.
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Gomez G, Rawson NE, Hahn CG, Michaels R, Restrepo D. Characteristics of odorant elicited calcium changes in cultured human olfactory neurons. J Neurosci Res 2000; 62:737-49. [PMID: 11104513 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4547(20001201)62:5<737::aid-jnr14>3.0.co;2-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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An important step in establishing and utilizing a cell culture system for the in vitro study of olfaction is assessing whether the cultured cells possess physiological properties similar to those of mature olfactory neurons. Various investigators have successfully established proliferating cell lines from olfactory tissue, but few have demonstrated the characteristics of odor sensitivity of these cells. We successfully established cultured cell lines from adult human olfactory tissue obtained using an olfactory biopsy procedure and measured their ability to respond to odor stimulation using calcium imaging techniques. A subset of the human olfactory cells in culture displayed a distinct morphology and specifically expressed immunocytochemical markers characteristic of mature human olfactory neurons such as OMP, G(olf), NCAM and NST. Under defined growth conditions, these cultured cells responded to odorant mixes that have been previously shown to elicit intracellular calcium changes in acutely-isolated human olfactory neurons. These odorant-elicited calcium responses displayed characteristics similar to those found in mature human olfactory neurons. First, cultured cells responded with either increases or decreases in intracellular calcium. Second, increases in calcium were abolished by removal of extracellular calcium. Third, inhibitors of the olfactory signal transduction cascades reversibly blocked these odorant-elicited intracellular calcium changes. Our results demonstrate that cultures of adult human olfactory cells established from olfactory biopsies retain some of the in vivo odorant response characteristics of acutely isolated cells from the adult olfactory epithelium. This work has important ramifications for investigation of olfactory function and dysfunction using biopsy procedures and in vitro assays of odor sensitivity.
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- G Gomez
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-3308, USA.
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Leopold DA, Hummel T, Schwob JE, Hong SC, Knecht M, Kobal G. Anterior distribution of human olfactory epithelium. Laryngoscope 2000; 110:417-21. [PMID: 10718430 DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200003000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To functionally investigate the distribution of the olfactory epithelium in humans by means of the electro-olfactogram (EOG) and anatomically located biopsy specimens. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized, investigational. METHODS Supra-threshold EOG recordings were made on 12 healthy, trained volunteers (6 women, 6 men; age range, 21-48 y). Vanillin was used as the stimulus, since it exclusively excites olfactory receptor neurons. The EOG was recorded with tubular electrodes that were placed using thin-fiber endoscopic guidance. Biopsy specimens were obtained of anterosuperior nasal cavity mucosa in the same regions as the positive EOGs in 15 smell-tested patients (7 women, 8 men; age range, 22-60 y) during routine nasal and sinus surgery. This biopsied tissue was histologically processed and stained for olfactory and neural proteins. RESULTS Viable responses to EOG testing were obtained in 7 of 12 subjects. In these seven subjects it was possible to identify nine sites above or below the anterior middle turbinate insertion where EOGs were obtained. The biopsy results showed mature olfactory receptor neurons in this same area. CONCLUSIONS Human olfactory epithelium appears to be distributed more anteriorly than previously assumed.
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- D A Leopold
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Nebraska, Omaha 68198-1225, USA
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OBJECTIVE Kallmann's syndrome (KS) is defined by the association of olfactory deficit with irreversible, congenital gonadotrophin deficiency (IHH). We present evidence for the existence of a variant form of KS, in which endogenous gonadotrophin secretion recovers spontaneously in later life. DESIGN Longitudinal clinical study. PATIENTS Five men with anosmia or severe hyposmia, who originally presented in their late teens or early twenties as a result of severe pubertal delay and were thus presumed to have KS. RESULTS Spontaneous onset of endogenous gonadotrophin secretion, evidenced by progressive normalization of testicular volume and of serum testosterone concentration, occurred in these men over a period of years following the initial diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS This variant form of Kallman's syndrome is not well recognized and may well be under-diagnosed. Once full virilization has been induced, males with congenital gonadotrophin deficiency whose testes have significantly increased in size should be reassessed, off androgen replacement therapy, to identify those who no longer require treatment.
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- R Quinton
- Department of Medicine, University College London, UK.
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Rawson NE, Gomez G, Cowart B, Restrepo D. The use of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) from biopsies to study changes in aging and neurodegenerative diseases. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1998; 855:701-7. [PMID: 9929674 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10648.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A gradual loss of olfactory capability with age and in a number of neurodegenerative diseases is common, and mechanisms underlying these losses are not understood. We determined the feasibility of using ORNs obtained from olfactory epithelial biopsies to identify possible changes in ORN function that may contribute to olfactory impairment in these individuals. ORNs from nine healthy subjects (66-84 yr), three patients with Alzheimer's disease and one with multi-infarct dementia were studied with calcium imaging techniques and two odorant mixtures. Seventy-five viable ORNs were studied; 53% of these were odorant responsive, and twenty percent of these responded to both odorant mixtures. In contrast, 25% of 173 ORNs from younger subjects were odorant responsive, and none of these responded to both odorant mixtures. The proportion of cells responding to each of the odorant mixtures also differed between older and younger subjects. These studies demonstrate the feasibility of this approach to examine age or disease-associated changes in neuronal function. Further, age-related changes in ORN selectivity may contribute to changes in olfactory performance.
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- N E Rawson
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-3308, USA.
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Rawson NE, Gomez G, Cowart B, Brand JG, Lowry LD, Pribitkin EA, Restrepo D. Selectivity and response characteristics of human olfactory neurons. J Neurophysiol 1997; 77:1606-13. [PMID: 9084623 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Transduction mechanisms were investigated in human olfactory neurons by determining characteristics of odorant-induced changes in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). Olfactory neurons were freshly isolated from nasal biopsies, allowed to attach to coverslips, and loaded with the calcium-sensitive indicator fura-2. Changes in [Ca2+]i were studied in response to exposure to individual odors, or odorant mixtures composed to distinguish between transduction pathways mediated by adenosine 3'5'-monophosphate (cAMP; mix A) or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3; mix B). Overall, 52% of biopsies produced one or more odorant-responsive olfactory neurons, whereas 24% of all olfactory neurons tested responded to odorant exposure with a change in [Ca2+]i. As in olfactory neurons from other species, the data suggest that odorant exposure elicited calcium influx via second-messenger pathways involving cAMP or InsP3. Unlike olfactory neurons from other species that have been tested, some human olfactory neurons responded to odorants with decreases in [Ca2+]i. Also in contrast with olfactory neurons from other species, human olfactory neurons were better able to discriminate between odorant mixtures in that no neuron responded to more than one type of odor or mixture. These results suggest the presence of a previously unreported type of olfactory transduction mechanism, and raise the possibility that coding of odor qualities in humans may be accomplished to some degree differently than in other vertebrates, with the olfactory neuron itself making a greater contribution to the discrimination process.
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- N E Rawson
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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