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A selective PMCA inhibitor does not prolong the electroolfactogram in mouse
Edwin R Griff1, Nancy K Kleene, Steven J Kleene
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
Background:
Within the cilia of vertebrate olfactory receptor neurons, Ca(2+) accumulates during odor transduction. Termination of the odor response requires removal of this Ca(2+), and prior evidence suggests that both Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange and plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase (PMCA) contribute to this removal.
Principal Findings:
In intact mouse olfactory epithelium, we measured the time course of termination of the odor-induced field potential. Replacement of mucosal Na(+) with Li(+), which reduces the ability of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange to expel Ca(2+), prolonged the termination as expected. However, treating the epithelium with the specific PMCA inhibitor caloxin 1b1 caused no significant increase in the time course of response termination.
Conclusions:
Under these experimental conditions, PMCA does not contribute detectably to the termination of the odor response.
