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人类和小鼠中的候选味觉受体家族
H Matsunami1, J P Montmayeur, L B Buck
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Nature
|April 15, 2000
概括
研究人员发现了一种新的味觉受体家族,称为TRBs,它们是G蛋白结合受体. 这些TRB可能参与检测苦味和甜味,扩大我们对哺乳动物味觉系统的理解.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 哺乳动物的味觉感知包括感知基本品质,如苦,甜,,酸和乌玛米.
- G蛋白结合受体 (GPCR) 参与检测苦味和甜味.
- 现有知识表明,需要不仅仅是两个已识别的GPCR来解释苦味和甜味化合物的多样性.
研究的目的:
- 确定参与哺乳动物味觉感知的新型候选味觉受体.
- 描述一种新发现的G蛋白结合受体家族,其表达在味觉受体细胞中.
主要方法:
- 鉴定了一种候选味觉受体 (TRB) 的新型家族.
- 分析TRB基因位置和与已知的味道遗传位点 (SOA和PROP) 的联系.
- 在味觉受体细胞中确认TRB表达.
主要成果:
- 发现味觉受体B家族 (TRBs),GPCR超级家族的成员.
- TRBs在味觉受体细胞中得到特定的表达.
- 人类TRB基因位于Prp位点附近,与小鼠SOA位点 (糖八酸盐检测) 相关.
- 一个TRB基因位于人类5p15染色体上,位于PROP位点附近 (6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil检测).
结论:
- TRB家族代表了已知的哺乳动物味觉受体谱的显著增加.
- TRB基因在与控制特定苦味化合物的感知基因位点相关的位置具有战略意义.
- 这一发现为更广泛的苦味和甜味检测提供了分子基础.
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