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ArticleBMC neuroscience2016

Single Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channel currents recorded from toad olfactory cilia.

Ricardo Delgado, Casilda V Mura, Juan Bacigalupo

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Article in BMC neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ricardo DelgadoDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, 7800024, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
Casilda V MuraDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, 7800024, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
Juan BacigalupoDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, 7800024, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile. bacigalu@uchile.cl.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOdor transduction, occurring in the chemosensory cilia of vertebrate olfactory sensory neurons, is triggered by guanosine triphosphate-coupled odor receptors and mediated by a cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling cascade, where cAMP opens cationic non-selective cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels. Calcium enters through CNG gates Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channels, allowing a Cl(-) inward current that enhances the depolarization initiated by the CNG-dependent inward current. The anoctamin channel 2, ANO2, is considered the main Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channel of olfactory transduction. Although Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channel-dependent currents in olfactory sensory neurons were reported to be suppressed in ANO2-knockout mice, field potentials from their olfactory epithelium were only modestly diminished and their smell-dependent behavior was unaffected, suggesting the participation of additional Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channel types. The Bestrophin channel 2, Best2, was also detected in mouse olfactory cilia and ClCa4l, belonging to the ClCa family of Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channels, were found in rat cilia. Best2 knock-out mice present no electrophysiological or behavioral impairment, while the ClCa channels have not been functionally studied; therefore, the overall participation of all these channels in olfactory transduction remains unresolved.

resultsWe explored the presence of detectable Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channels in toad olfactory cilia by recording from inside-out membrane patches excised from individual cilia and detected unitary Cl(-) current events with a pronounced Ca(2+) dependence, corresponding to 12 and 24 pS conductances, over tenfold higher than the aforementioned channels, and a approx. fivefold higher Ca(2+) affinity (K0.5 = 0.38 µM). Remarkably, we observed immunoreactivity to anti-ClCa and anti-ANO2 antibodies in the olfactory cilia, suggesting a possible cooperative function of both channel type in chemotransduction.

conclusionsThese results are consistent with a novel olfactory cilia channel, which might play a role in odor transduction.

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Amphibian ProteinsAnimalsAnuraCalciumCations, DivalentChloride ChannelsCiliaCyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation ChannelsMembrane PotentialsOlfactory MucosaOlfactory Receptor NeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesAmphibian ProteinsCalciumCations, DivalentChloride ChannelsCyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation ChannelsAnoctamin-2Bestrophin-2CalciumClCa4lIon channelOdor transductionOlfactory ciliaOlfactory sensory neuron

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