Affiliation:
1. Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
2. Tokyo Dental Junior College
3. Monell Chemical Senses Center
4. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
Abstract
Salt taste sensation is multifaceted: NaCl at low or high concentrations is preferably or aversively perceived through distinct pathways. Cl− is thought to participate in taste sensation through an unknown mechanism. Here, we describe Cl− ion binding and the response of taste receptor type 1 (T1r), a receptor family composing sweet/umami receptors. The T1r2a/T1r3 heterodimer from the medaka fish, currently the sole T1r amenable to structural analyses, exhibited a specific Cl− binding in the vicinity of the amino-acid-binding site in the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of T1r3, which is likely conserved across species, including human T1r3. The Cl− binding induced a conformational change in T1r2a/T1r3LBD at sub- to low-mM concentrations, similar to canonical taste substances. Furthermore, oral Cl− application to mice increased impulse frequencies of taste nerves connected to T1r-expressing taste cells and promoted their behavioral preferences attenuated by a T1r-specific blocker or T1r3 knock-out. These results suggest that the Cl− evokes taste sensations by binding to T1r, thereby serving as another preferred salt taste pathway at a low concentration.
Funder
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation
Salt Science Research Foundation
Publisher
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
Subject
General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine,General Neuroscience
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10 articles.
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