the sense of taste
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The Sense of Taste. How tastes are detected by the tongue How taste information is processed by the brain. 2. Function of Gustation. Designed to detect picomolar (10-12) concentrations of bitter substances Detects molar concentrations of nutritious substances - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Sense of Taste
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How tastes are detected by the tongue
How taste information is processed by the brain
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Function of Gustation
• Designed to detect picomolar (10-12) concentrations of bitter substances
• Detects molar concentrations of nutritious substances
• Humans perceive sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami
• Olfaction and taste collaborate in determining flavor.
• The somatosensory system establishes both localization
and texture.
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Organization of taste buds on the tongue
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Taste buds contain 50-100 taste cells
Taste cells are not neuronsShort lifetimes
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S
NH
O
OO S
NH
O
OO
O2N
S
N
O
OO
CH3
Saccharin
sweet bitter tasteless
Similar molecules – different taste
Aspartame
H2N
NH
OCH3
HO2C
O
O
H2N
NH
OCH3
HO2C
O
O
H2N
NH
OH
HO2C
O
O
sweet bitter tasteless
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N
O
O
H
H
N
H
Very different molecules are bitter
Cucurbitacin B Amarogentin Strychnine
Bitter thresholds: 1.8 nM 0.6 M 2 M
O
O
O
H
H
O
OOH
OH
OH
O
O
OH OH
OH
O
O
O
O
OH
H
OH
H
H
OH
O
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Models of Taste Coding
Model A: Across-fiber patterningTaste cells recognize multiple modalities; brain must compare different cells activity to know what the mouth tastes
Model B: Labeled linesTaste cells recognize one modality; sweet cells fire and the brain perceives sweet
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Sweet taste
Mutant mouse cannot detect saccharinMutation is in a G protein coupled receptorTwo other receptors are nearby T1R gene family = 3 genes
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T1R taste receptors localize to the taste pore
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PLC—IP3 + DAG--- Ca release
Basic Techniques in Neurobiology
Identifying ligands for receptors by calcium imaging
1. Put receptor gene + G15 into cells
2. When receptor is activated by ligand,Activates G15 leading to Ca increase
3. Calcium dye changes fluorescence
G15
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T1R2 and T1R3 together recognize sugars
+ T1R2 +T1R3 + T1R2 + T1R3
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T1Rs are selectively co-expressed in taste cells
T1R1+3 &T1R3 T1R2+3
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Mice lacking T1R2 or T1R3 do not detect sugars
normal
mutant
Expt: Give mice choice between water or water plus sugar
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The T2Rs are a family of novel taste GPCRs
~30 receptorsfound nearby genomic regions associated with bitter taste variations
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Most T2Rs are co-expressed in the same cells
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T2Rs function as receptors for bitter tastants
PROP
+ CYX
+ DEN
+ PROP
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T1R3T2Rs
T1RsT2Rs
There is no significant overlap between cells expressing sweet, bitter and amino acid receptors
Cross sections of a tongue labeled with receptor-specific antibodies
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Expression of T1Rs and T2Rs suggests that there are bitter cells and sweet cells
Supports labeled line model of taste coding
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Many taste signaling cascades have been proposed
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T1Rs and T2Rs use a PLC-mediated cascade
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Are T1Rs and T2Rs in different cells?
Expt 1: knockout PLC--- mice can’t detect sweet or bitter
Expt 2: put PLC back in under control of one T2R promoterwhat happens?
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Taste cells innervated by 3 nervesfacial (VII)glossopharyngeal (IX)vagus (X)
Solitary tract nucleus of medulla
hypothalamus, amygdala, gustatory cortex
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Taste in fruit flies to study neural circuits
• Taste with legs, wings, mouth• 60 taste receptor genes not related to TRs
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Fly taste receptors are on legs, wings, mouth
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Does the taste system map position?
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Does the taste system map taste?
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Fly taste system maps where the taste comes from (leg, mouth)
what taste category the neuron recognizes (sweet, bitter)
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Main points about taste
• T1Rs recognize sugars
• T2Rs recognize bitter substances
•We recognize different modalities because we have sugar cells, bitter cells, etc..
• Labeled line taste coding
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