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ArticlePloS one2017

Evidence for a shape-based recognition of odorants in vivo in the human nose from an analysis of the molecular mechanism of lily-of-the-valley odorants detection in the Lilial and Bourgeonal family using the C/Si/Ge/Sn switch strategy.

Steffen Wolf, Lian Gelis, Steffen Dörrich, Hanns Hatt, Philip Kraft

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Steffen WolfDepartment of Biophysics, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1752-6175
Lian GelisDepartment of Cellphysiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Steffen DörrichInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Hanns HattDepartment of Cellphysiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Philip KraftFragrance Research, Givaudan Schweiz AG, Dübendorf, Switzerland.

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Abstract

We performed an analysis of possible mechanisms of ligand recognition in the human nose. The analysis is based on in vivo odor threshold determination and in vitro Ca2+ imaging assays with a C/Si/Ge/Sn switch strategy applied to the compounds Lilial and Bourgeonal, to differentiate between different molecular mechanisms of odorant detection. Our results suggest that odorant detection under threshold conditions is mainly based on the molecular shape, i.e. the van der Waals surface, and electrostatics of the odorants. Furthermore, we show that a single olfactory receptor type is responsible for odor detection of Bourgeonal at the threshold level in humans in vivo. Carrying out a QM analysis of vibrational energies contained in the odorants, there is no evidence for a vibration-based recognition.

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OdorantsSmellCalciumComputer SimulationHumansLigandsNoseOlfactory Receptor NeuronsQuantitative Structure-Activity RelationshipReceptors, OdorantRegression AnalysisSensory ThresholdsSurface PropertiesTemperatureCalciumLigandsReceptors, Odorant

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PMID28763484
PMCPMC5538716

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