Mechanism of odorant adaptation in the olfactory receptor cell

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Kurahashi, T
Menini, A
机构
[1] OSAKA UNIV, DEPT BIOL, TOYOAKE, AICHI 560, JAPAN
[2] CNR, IST CIBERNET & BIOFIS, I-16149 GENOA, ITALY
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10.1038/385725a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Adaptation to odorants begins at the level of sensory receptor cells(1-5), presumably through modulation of their transduction machinery, The olfactory signal transduction involves the activation of the adenylyl cyclase/cyclic AMP second messenger system which leads to the sequential opening of cAMP-gated channels and Ca2+-activated chloride ion channels(4-7). Several reports of results obtained from in vitro preparations describe the possible molecular mechanisms involved in odorant adaptation; namely, ordorant receptor phosphorylation(8,9), activation of phosphodiesterase(10), and ion channel regulation(11-14). However, it is still unknown whether these putative mechanisms work in the intact olfactory receptor cell. Here we investigate the nature of the adaptational mechanism in intact olfactory cells by using a combination of odorant stimulation and caged cAMP photolysis(15) which produces current responses that bypass the early stages of signal transduction (involving the receptor, G protein and adenylyl cyclase). Odorant- and cAMP-induced responses showed the same adaptation in a Ca2+-dependent manner, indicating that adaptation occurs entirely downstream of the cyclase. Moreover, we show that phosphodiesterase activity remains constant during adaptation and that an affinity change of the cAMP-gated channel for ligands accounts well for our results. We conclude that the principal mechanism underlying odorant adaptation is actually a modulation of the cAMP-gated channel by Ca2+ feedback.
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