TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression of metabotropic glutamate receptor group I in rat gustatory papillae
AU - Toyono, Takashi
AU - Seta, Yuji
AU - Kataoka, Shinji
AU - Kawano, Shintaro
AU - Shigemoto, Ryuichi
AU - Toyoshima, Kuniaki
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by a Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant from The Japan Science Society and a research grant from the Society for the Research on Umami Taste
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - Taste-metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (taste-mGluR4) and the heteromers of T1R1 and T1R3 are candidate receptors involved in the sense of umami (monosodium glutamate) taste. Although the expression of group III mGluRs (taste-mGluR4) has been demonstrated in taste tissues, no mention has been made of the expression of group I mGluRs (mGluR1 and mGluR5) in taste tissues. We examined the expression of mGluR1 and mGluR5 in rat gustatory tissues by using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry and immunoelectron microscopy. RT-PCR assay showed that mGluR1α and mGluR1β mRNAs were expressed in circumvallate papillae, but mGluR5 mRNA was not expressed. The positive signals of mGluR1 mRNA were detected only in circumvallate taste buds by in situ hybridization analysis. In cryosections of fungiform, foliate and circumvallate papillae, the antibody against mGluRla gave intense labeling on the taste hairs in all taste pores examined. In the developing taste buds, the positive signals of mGluR1α in taste hairs gradually increased with the increase in number of taste bud cells. These results show that, in addition to taste-mGluR4 and the heteromer of T1R1 and T1R3, mGluR1α may function as a receptor for glutamate (umami) taste sensation.
AB - Taste-metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (taste-mGluR4) and the heteromers of T1R1 and T1R3 are candidate receptors involved in the sense of umami (monosodium glutamate) taste. Although the expression of group III mGluRs (taste-mGluR4) has been demonstrated in taste tissues, no mention has been made of the expression of group I mGluRs (mGluR1 and mGluR5) in taste tissues. We examined the expression of mGluR1 and mGluR5 in rat gustatory tissues by using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry and immunoelectron microscopy. RT-PCR assay showed that mGluR1α and mGluR1β mRNAs were expressed in circumvallate papillae, but mGluR5 mRNA was not expressed. The positive signals of mGluR1 mRNA were detected only in circumvallate taste buds by in situ hybridization analysis. In cryosections of fungiform, foliate and circumvallate papillae, the antibody against mGluRla gave intense labeling on the taste hairs in all taste pores examined. In the developing taste buds, the positive signals of mGluR1α in taste hairs gradually increased with the increase in number of taste bud cells. These results show that, in addition to taste-mGluR4 and the heteromer of T1R1 and T1R3, mGluR1α may function as a receptor for glutamate (umami) taste sensation.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00441-003-0740-2
DO - 10.1007/s00441-003-0740-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 12898387
AN - SCOPUS:0042090137
SN - 0302-766X
VL - 313
SP - 29
EP - 35
JO - Cell and tissue research
JF - Cell and tissue research
IS - 1
ER -