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ArticleChemical senses2017

Type III Cells in Anterior Taste Fields Are More Immunohistochemically Diverse Than Those of Posterior Taste Fields in Mice.

Courtney E Wilson, Thomas E Finger, Sue C Kinnamon

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Article in Chemical senses, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Sour Taste.Annual review of physiology · 2022
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  8. Cellular Diversity and Regeneration in Taste Buds.Current opinion in physiology · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Courtney E WilsonRocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Thomas E FingerRocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Sue C KinnamonRocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Rocky Mountain MS Center · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Purinergic signaling in taste budsR01DC012555 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KINNAMON, SUE C. · 2012 to 2021
$3.9M
NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING GRANTT32HD041697 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI RESTREPO, DIEGO · 2001 to 2015
$2.4M
The Neurobiology of Sour TasteR01DC012931 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI FINGER, THOMAS E · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
Shedding Light on Type III Taste Cell FunctionF31DC015700 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI WILSON, COURTNEY ELIZABETH · 2016 to 2017
$62k
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD041697NIDCD NIH HHS F31 DC015700NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC012555NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC012931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation of Type III cells in mammalian taste buds is implicated in the transduction of acids (sour) and salty stimuli. Several lines of evidence suggest that function of Type III cells in the anterior taste fields may differ from that of Type III cells in posterior taste fields. Underlying anatomy to support this observation is, however, scant. Most existing immunohistochemical data characterizing this cell type focus on circumvallate taste buds in the posterior tongue. Equivalent data from anterior taste fields-fungiform papillae and soft palate-are lacking. Here, we compare Type III cells in four taste fields: fungiform, soft palate, circumvallate, and foliate in terms of reactivity to four canonical markers of Type III cells: polycystic kidney disease 2-like 1 (PKD2L1), synaptosomal associated protein 25 (SNAP25), serotonin (5-HT), and glutamate decarboxylase 67 (GAD67). Our findings indicate that while PKD2L1, 5-HT, and SNAP25 are highly coincident in posterior taste fields, they diverge in anterior taste fields. In particular, a subset of taste cells expresses PKD2L1 without the synaptic markers, and a subset of SNAP25 cells lacks expression of PKD2L1. In posterior taste fields, GAD67-positive cells are a subset of PKD2L1 expressing taste cells, but anterior taste fields also contain a significant population of GAD67-only expressing cells. These differences in expression patterns may underlie the observed functional differences between anterior and posterior taste fields.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalcium ChannelsGlutamate DecarboxylaseGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImmunohistochemistryMiceMicroscopy, ConfocalReceptors, Cell SurfaceSerotoninSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25TasteTaste BudsCalcium ChannelsGlutamate Decarboxylaseglutamate decarboxylase 1Green Fluorescent ProteinsPkd2l1 protein, mouseReceptors, Cell SurfaceSerotoninSnap25 protein, mouseSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25fungiformGABAPKD2L1saltyserotoninsour

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PMID28968659
PMCPMC5863558
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