Givaudan-Roure Lecture - Association for Chemoreception Sciences
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1 <strong>Givaudan</strong>-<strong>Roure</strong> <strong>Lecture</strong> [ ] <strong>Givaudan</strong>-<strong>Roure</strong> <strong>Lecture</strong><br />
WHY NEW NEURONS IN THE ADULT OLFACTORY BULB<br />
Alvarez-Buylla A. 1 1Department of Neurological Surgery and Program<br />
in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia at<br />
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA<br />
New neurons continue to be <strong>for</strong>med in adult brains. These cells<br />
incorporate into mature circuitry raising questions on how these cells<br />
are <strong>for</strong>med and what is their functional contribution. Adult<br />
neurogenesis is most prominent in the subventricular zone (SVZ) on the<br />
lateral walls of the lateral ventricles. This process has now been<br />
described in many species including primates. Young neurons born in<br />
the SVZ engage in an extraordinary journey, along the walls of the<br />
lateral ventricle and the rostral migratory stream that leads into the<br />
olfactory bulb, where these cells differentiate into granule and<br />
periglomerular interneurons. These cells must be continually replaced<br />
in adult life, as their total number remains unchanged in adults. I will<br />
review recent advances on the origin, mechanism of migration and<br />
integration of these new neurons in adult brain. I will describe the<br />
different stages in the maturation and present electrophysiological<br />
evidence demonstrating that these neurons become functionally<br />
incorporated in adult olfactory bulb circuits. Surprisingly, soon after<br />
full maturation and incorporation many of the new neurons die in a<br />
process that appears to be dependent on olfactory activity. A computer<br />
model of a neural network that approximates the circuitry of the<br />
olfactory bulb predicts that replacement of neurons through an activitydependent<br />
mechanism greatly improves odor discrimination. A<br />
similar principle could apply to other circuits that receive new neuron in<br />
adults.<br />
2 Slide [ ] Olfactory Bulb Physiology<br />
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF GAP JUNCTIONS IN<br />
OLFACTORY FUNCTION<br />
Zhang C. 1, Restrepo D. 1 1Department of Cellular and Developmental<br />
Biology, Neuroscience Program and the Rocky Mountain Smell and<br />
Taste Center, University of Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver,<br />
CO<br />
Previously, we reported that we had generated OlfDNCX mice that<br />
express a dominant negative connexin 43 protein (Cx43/&beta-gal) in<br />
mature olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) to inactivate Cx43 gap<br />
junctions (Chem. Sense 27:664). The use of olfactory marker protein<br />
promoter to drive the expression of Cx43/&beta-gal ensures the<br />
dysfunction of gap junctions occurs only in mature ORNs, without<br />
affecting the function of gap junctions in other epithelial cells and the<br />
maturation of olfactory epithelial cells. Using electro-olfactogram<br />
(EOG) recordings, we found that 500 &muM IBMX, a<br />
phosphodiesterase inhibitor that elicits responses by increasing<br />
intracellular cAMP, consistently induced large olfactory responses in<br />
various location in the olfactory epithelium and that the magnitude did<br />
not differ between OlfDNCX and controls. This suggests that<br />
Cx43/&beta-gal expression in the olfactory epithelium in OlfDNCX did<br />
not result in a gross interference of signal transduction machinery in<br />
ORNs. We decided to conduct a systematic study to understand how<br />
dysfunction of gap junctions in mature ORNs will affect responses to<br />
odors at the peripheral level, odor maps in the olfactory bulb and<br />
olfactory sensation. We found that OlfDNCX had reduced EOG<br />
responses to select odors, including octaldehyde, which led to “simpler”<br />
odor maps in the olfactory bulb as compared to controls. Gap junctions<br />
in the olfactory epithelium are likely to play a role in odor detection and<br />
discrimination.<br />
This work was supported by grants DC04952, DC00566 and<br />
DC04657 from the NIDCD.<br />
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3 Slide [ ] Olfactory Bulb Physiology<br />
REAL-TIME IMAGING OF ODORANT-STIMULATED NITRIC<br />
OXIDE PRODUCTION IN THE ANTENNAL LOBE OF<br />
MANDUCA SEXTA<br />
Nighorn A. 1, Carlsson M. 2, Hansson B. 3, Collmann C. 1 1Neurobiology,<br />
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 2Swedish Agricultural University,<br />
Alnarp, Sweden; 3Swedish University of Agricultural <strong>Sciences</strong>, Alnarp,<br />
Sweden<br />
In the antennal lobe (AL) of the moth, Manduca sexta, nitric oxide<br />
synthase is expressed exclusively in the axons of most or all olfactory<br />
receptor neurons (ORNs), and soluble guanylyl cyclase is expressed in<br />
subsets of AL neurons, which suggests that the gaseous signaling<br />
molecule, nitric oxide (NO), has a role in processing olfactory<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation. To determine if NO is produced by odorant-stimulated<br />
ORNs, we used real-time imaging with a fluorescent NO marker, DAF-<br />
FM diacetate, to record odorant-stimulated NO production in AL<br />
glomeruli. Odorants caused a reproducible, spatially-distinct, and<br />
concentration-dependent production of NO. Different plant odorants<br />
evoked spatially-distinct patterns of NO production in sexuallyisomorphic<br />
glomeruli in males and females, and pheromone activated<br />
the sexually-dimorphic macroglomerular complex in males. The NO<br />
response was concentration-dependent both <strong>for</strong> pheromone and <strong>for</strong><br />
linalool, a plant volatile. The NO-induced fluorescence was reduced by<br />
bath-applying NO signaling antagonists. These results show clearly<br />
that NO is produced in the AL in response to odorant stimulation of the<br />
antennae. The resulting NO may then stimulate soluble guanylyl<br />
cyclase in a subset of AL neurons to affect the processing of olfactory<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation. Supported by NIH-NIDCD DC04292<br />
4 Slide [ ] Olfactory Bulb Physiology<br />
RESPONSES IN THE MOUSE MAIN AND ACCESSORY<br />
OLFACTORY BULBS TO GENERAL ODORANTS AND<br />
PHEROMONES REVEALED BY FMRI<br />
Xu F. 1, Liu N. 2, Kida I. 3, Schafer M. 4, Rothman D.L. 2, Hyder F. 3,<br />
Restrepo D. 4, Shepherd G.M. 1 1Neurobiology, Yale University, New<br />
Haven, CT; 2Yale University, New Haven, CT; 3Diagnostic Radiology,<br />
Yale University, New Haven, CT; 4University of Colorado Health<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO<br />
High resolution fMRI has been used to study the responses in the<br />
mouse main and accessory olfactory bulb (MOB and AOB) to general<br />
odors and pheromones. General odorants elicited strong signals across<br />
the MOB; a few odors were also able to activate the AOB. Urine, a rich<br />
source of pheromones, stimulated both the MOB and the AOB. The<br />
patterns in the MOB and AOB were distinctly different <strong>for</strong> urine and<br />
amyl acetate. The patterns of urines from different strains shared<br />
significant domains, and correlated well with other mapping methods.<br />
For both general odors and pheromones, the pattern intensity in the<br />
MOB increased with concentration, with the pattern topography<br />
remaining similar. In the AOB, most odors did not significantly<br />
activate any region at low concentration, but did at high concentration.<br />
Both pattern intensity and topography were concentration dependent in<br />
the AOB. However, pheromones stimulated the AOB at lower<br />
concentrations. Interestingly, the most activated regions were not<br />
significantly affected by concentration, making the topography of the<br />
pattern at different concentrations similar, as in the MOB. The<br />
response time course was slower in the AOB than in the MOB. The<br />
results give insights into the similarities and differences between<br />
responses of the MOB and AOB to general odors and pheromones.<br />
The research is supported by MURI and NIH grants DC-00086<br />
(GMS) and DC-03710(FH)
5 Slide [ ] Olfactory Bulb Physiology<br />
MAIN OLFACTORY BULB DETECTION OF SOCIAL<br />
RECOGNITION CUES IN MOUSE URINE<br />
Lin D. 1, Katz L.C. 1 1Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC<br />
In rodents, chemicals present in urine play a critical role in<br />
reproductive behaviors and mediating aggressive interactions. Both<br />
behavioral tests and immediate early gene expression indicate that the<br />
main olfactory bulb (MOB) participates in individual identification.<br />
Little is known about how urine responsive neurons are organized in the<br />
MOB, or which semiochemicals in urine carry important in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
To address these issues, we examined extracellular activity of mitral<br />
cells in the mouse MOB in response to volatile components of urine<br />
from different sexes and strains of mice. Recordings from more than<br />
one thousand cells revealed that less than 5% of neurons responded<br />
selectively to different sources of urine. The urine responsive cells were<br />
confined to a small region in the ventral and lateral parts of the MOB.<br />
To ascribe a role to specific chemicals present in urine, we combined<br />
gas chromatography with extracellular recording in the MOB, so that<br />
the activity of individual mitral cells could be monitored while<br />
delivering the separated urinary components. The majority of neurons<br />
which showed an excitatory response to complete urine responded<br />
identically to just a single peak out of the hundreds present in the gas<br />
chromatogram of mouse urine. Surprisingly, over 20% of the urine<br />
responsive cells responded to one particular component, which has been<br />
implicated as a mouse pheromone. Preliminary behavioral data indicate<br />
the concentration of this pheromone in male mouse urine significantly<br />
correlates with the duration of female mice investigation of the urine.<br />
Thus, mitral cells selectively respond to individual components in<br />
mouse urine, and a disproportionate number of these neurons are<br />
involved in detecting a volatile pheromone.<br />
6 Slide [ ] Olfactory Bulb Physiology<br />
SPATIO-TEMPORAL FIRING RATE INTERACTIONS<br />
AMONGST AN ENSEMBLE OF MITRAL/TUFTED CELLS<br />
MAY SUBSERVE ODORANT DISCRIMINATIONS.<br />
Lehmkuhle M.J. 1, Normann R.A. 1, Maynard E.M. 1 1Bioengineering,<br />
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT<br />
Populations of output neurons in the mammalian olfactory bulb (OB)<br />
exhibit distinct spatial and temporal activation patterns when stimulated<br />
with enantiomers of the same odorant. If, as has recently been<br />
suggested, a two-stage network of inhibitory and excitatory centersurround<br />
connections link spatially distributed glomerular activity with<br />
underlying mitral and tufted neurons within olfactory bulb, then it is<br />
likely that these interactions affect the ensemble response to odorant<br />
stimulation. Here we investigate in the anesthetized rat the rate<br />
response temporal kinetics in neuronal ensembles by comparing pairwise<br />
response similarity of a population of single- and multi-unit<br />
mitral/tufted cells aligned to breathing in the presence and absence of<br />
enantiomers of limonene. Such comparisons can be used to quantify<br />
differences in the kinetics of the response of one neuron from other<br />
neurons in the recorded population. It is shown that aligning unit<br />
responses to the inhalation phase of the animals´ breathing tends to<br />
synchronize unit responses. Instances of high-similarity and<br />
dissimilarity within the population are enantiomer-specific with these<br />
instances occurring <strong>for</strong> pairs of units recorded over electrode<br />
separations of 400 µm – 1.7 mm. These results support the centersurround<br />
hypothesis and indicate that spatio-temporal firing rate<br />
interactions amongst an ensemble of OB neurons produce odorant<br />
representations beyond simple firing rates that may subserve odorant<br />
discrimination.<br />
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7 Slide [ ] Olfactory Bulb Physiology<br />
PRESYNAPTIC CENTER-SURROUND INHIBITION SHAPES<br />
ODORANT-ELICITED INPUT TO THE MOUSE OLFACTORY<br />
BULB<br />
Vucinic D. 1, Cohen L.B. 1, Kosmidis E. 1 1Cellular & Molecular<br />
Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT<br />
Synaptic transmission from olfactory primary afferents onto neurons<br />
of the olfactory bulb is modulated by presynaptic GABA receptors<br />
B<br />
(e.g. Wachowiak and Cohen, 1999; Ennis et al., 2001; Wachowiak et<br />
al., 2002). To study the role of this modulatory circuit in vivo we<br />
recorded the fluorescent signal from Calcium Green-1 dextran, loaded<br />
into the axon terminals of olfactory receptor neurons, in response to<br />
odorant presentations to the nose. We bath-applied agonists and<br />
antagonists of the GABA receptor onto the olfactory bulb and looked<br />
B<br />
<strong>for</strong> an effect of these agents on the amplitude, spatial map and time<br />
course of odorant-elicited signals. The GABA antagonist CGP46381<br />
B<br />
caused a significant and long-lasting increse in the average amplitude of<br />
glomerular activation in most preparations. Large changes in signal<br />
amplitude were accompanied by a change in the input map such that<br />
many weakly activated glomeruli underwent relatively larger increases<br />
in signal amplitude than the strongy activated ones. We find that the<br />
magnitude of this effect correlates with how strongly activated the<br />
surround of a glomerulus is. This finding indicates that a <strong>for</strong>m of<br />
GABA-mediated center-surround inhibition modifies the sensory input<br />
map even be<strong>for</strong>e the first synaptic transmission, increasing its contrast.<br />
Supported by NIH grants NS07455 and DC05259.<br />
8 Slide [ ] Olfactory Bulb Physiology<br />
LONG-TERM ODOR EXPOSURE INCREASES SURVIVAL<br />
AND FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF INTERNEURONS IN<br />
THE OLFACTORY BULB.<br />
Mirich J. 1, Illig K.R. 1, Brunjes P.C. 1 1Psychology, University of<br />
Virginia, Charlottesville, VA<br />
While our previous work indicates that activity is critical <strong>for</strong> the<br />
survival of bulbar interneurons, the rules by which new neurons become<br />
integrated into existing neural circuits remain unclear. If olfactory<br />
activity guides the functional integration and survival of newly born<br />
cells, then repeated exposure to an odorant should increase the number<br />
of cells that participate in the coding of that odor. Adult subjects<br />
received daily injections of BrdU <strong>for</strong> 5 days to label a cohort of newly<br />
born neurons. They were then exposed daily to menthyl isovalerate, ßpinene,<br />
butyric acid, or mineral oil (control) <strong>for</strong> 3 weeks. For half of the<br />
animals in each group, the odorant was paired with Froot Loops to<br />
increase salience. On the last day, animals were exposed to ultra-pure<br />
odorants intermittently <strong>for</strong> 1hr, and tissue stained <strong>for</strong> BrdU and Fos<br />
protein. Long-term odor exposure doubled the survival of interneurons<br />
compared with controls. Double-label immunohistochemistry showed a<br />
statistically significant increase (44%; p < 0.05) in BrdU/Fos positive<br />
cells, demonstrating integration of newly born cells during the training<br />
period. Additional analyses confirmed that new neurons integrated<br />
specifically into the areas of the bulb activated by the odorant<br />
presented. This study demonstrates that survival and integration of<br />
newly born bulbar neurons depends on the odor environment present<br />
during their development. We conclude that repeated activation of<br />
synaptic ensembles might change neural requirements, thereby<br />
influencing the cellular milieu. Supported by NIH grants DC0338<br />
(NIDCD) and HD07323 (NICHD).
9 Slide [ ] Olfactory Bulb Physiology<br />
A LIMK DISEASE MODEL REVEALS DEFECTS IN<br />
GLOMERULAR DEVELOPMENT AND OLFACTORY<br />
NEURODEGENERATION<br />
Hing H.K. 1, Ang L. 2, Yao Y. 2, Uemura T. 3, Keshishian H. 4 1Cell and<br />
Structural Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,<br />
Urbana, Illinois; 2Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois at<br />
Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; 3Kyoto University Hospital, kyoto, IL;<br />
4Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, new<br />
haven, CT<br />
The molecular mechanism by which the precise connectivity of the<br />
olfactory map is <strong>for</strong>med is poorly understood. We have investigated the<br />
role of the Lim Kinase (Limk) gene in the Drosophila olfactory map<br />
development. Limk has also been at the center of much attention lately<br />
because its loss is implicated in the human mental retardation disease,<br />
Williams Syndrome. We have created a Limk disease model by<br />
knocking out and overexpressing the fly Limk gene. At the<br />
neuromuscular junction, loss of Limk leads to enlarged synapses while<br />
expression of a hyperactive Limk mutant (LimkKd ) leads to stunted<br />
synapse. Expression of LimkKd in the olfactory receptor neurons<br />
(ORNs) results in the <strong>for</strong>mation of numerous ectopic glomeruli. The<br />
ability of the LimkKd to induce ectopic glomeruli is abolished by either<br />
mutations in the Pak gene or overexpression of cofilin gene. This result<br />
indicates that Pak, Limk and cofilin function in a signaling pathway to<br />
regulate synaptogenesis in the fly antennal lobes. Interestingly, loss of<br />
Limk also leads to an adult-onset, progressive loss of ORN axons from<br />
the antennal lobes. This adult-onset neurodegeneration phenotype is<br />
mimicked by increased cofilin expression. In summary, Limk per<strong>for</strong>ms<br />
two functions in vivo, a developmental function in which it regulate<br />
synapse development and an adult function in which it protects neurons<br />
from premature demise by keeping cofilin activity in check.<br />
10 Symposium [ ] Developmental Regulatory Genes in the<br />
Taste and Olfactory Systems<br />
MAKING A NEURON: PRONEURAL BHLH FACTORS<br />
DURING RETINAL AND OLFACTORY DEVELOPMENT<br />
Vetter M.L. 1 1Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt<br />
Lake City, UT<br />
Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors play a central<br />
role in regulating the acquisition of neuronal cell fate in sensory tissues<br />
such as the olfactory epithelium and neural retina. For example, we<br />
identified the bHLH factor Xath5 in Xenopus laevis and demonstrated<br />
that it can regulate neuronal differentiation during retina and olfactory<br />
placode development. In general, proneural bHLH factors are both<br />
necessary and sufficient to promote the neural fate and do so by<br />
activating a core program of neuronal differentiation in progenitors. We<br />
have per<strong>for</strong>med a differential screen to define the genes that are directly<br />
regulated by proneural bHLH factors in Xenopus and are examining<br />
how these genes contribute to the process of neuronal differentiation.<br />
In addition, specific factors act to regulate the onset of proneural<br />
gene expression during development. Frizzled 5, which is a<br />
transmembrane receptor that binds to wnt ligands, is exclusively<br />
expressed in the developing neural retina during early eye development<br />
in Xenopus laevis. We used antisense morpholino oligonucleotides to<br />
disrupt Frizzled 5 expression and found that this receptor regulates the<br />
onset of neurogenesis during retinal development. In the absence of<br />
normal Frizzled 5 expression, retinal progenitors fail to activate the<br />
expression of genes required <strong>for</strong> neural competence and subsequently<br />
fail to initiate proneural gene expression on schedule. Thus we can<br />
place proneural bHLH factors in a genetic cascade that leads to the final<br />
acquisition of a neural fate.<br />
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11 Symposium [ ] Developmental Regulatory Genes in the<br />
Taste and Olfactory Systems<br />
COMMON MOLECULAR SIGNALS REGULATING<br />
PROGRESSION THROUGH THE NEURONAL LINEAGE IN<br />
OLFACTORY AND OTHER SENSORY EPITHELIA<br />
Calof A.L. 1, Beites C. 1, Crocker C. 1, Hayashi H. 1, Kim J. 1, Silman E. 1,<br />
Santos R. 1, Kawauchi S. 1 1Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Irvine, Irvine, CA<br />
To understand how signaling molecules regulate the generation of<br />
neurons from proliferating stem cells and neuronal progenitors in the<br />
mammalian nervous system, we have focused on studies of<br />
neurogenesis in the olfactory epithelium (OE) of the mouse. By<br />
analyzing neurogenesis in the OE of normal animals and mouse<br />
developmental mutants, we have identified distinct stages of stem and<br />
transit amplifying progenitor cells in the differentiation pathway of<br />
olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs); each of these cell stages can be<br />
identified by distinct molecular marker(s). Studies of progenitor cells in<br />
developing and regenerating OE have led to the understanding that (1)<br />
each progenitor cell type is regulated by signals produced both within<br />
the OE itself and by its underlying stroma; (2) the same regulatory<br />
gene(s) play critical roles in neurogenesis in different regions of the<br />
primary olfactory pathway; (3) the same signaling molecules that<br />
regulate neurogenesis in OE likely play similar roles in other sensory<br />
epithelia. Supported by grants to ALC from the NIH (DC03583 and<br />
HD38761) and March of Dimes.<br />
12 Symposium [ ] Developmental Regulatory Genes in the<br />
Taste and Olfactory Systems<br />
SHH SIGNALING AND TASTE BUD MAINTENANCE IN THE<br />
ADULT MOUSE<br />
Miura H. 1, Kusakabe Y. 1, Tetsuya O. 1, Ninomiya Y. 2, Hino A. 1<br />
1National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan; 2Kyushu<br />
University, Fukuoka, Japan<br />
Continuous cell renewal in adult mammalian taste buds implies the<br />
requirement of inductive signals <strong>for</strong> growth and differentiation of taste<br />
bud precursor cells. And they should be dependent on the taste nerve.<br />
We have previously reported the expression of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) in<br />
the basal cells of taste buds. Various inductive events are mediated by<br />
the Shh signal in animal development. In adult taste epithelium, the<br />
expression of Patched1 (Ptc), Shh receptor, was observed in the<br />
surrounding region of the Shh expression, where mitotic cells<br />
contributing to taste buds may be distributed. Moreover, Nkx2.2<br />
expression was found in taste buds: Nkx2.2 is transiently expressed in<br />
the neuronal precursor cells in the ventral region of neural tube, being<br />
activated by Shh signal. The Nkx2.2-expressing cells in the taste buds<br />
were found to express Mash1, a marker <strong>for</strong> the neuronal precursor cells.<br />
These observations suggest that Shh signaling may be involved in the<br />
taste bud maintenance in the adult mouse. In addition, the denervation<br />
revealed the strong nerve dependency of the basal cell-specific Shh<br />
expression in the taste bud. A quick loss of Shh after denervation led<br />
the decrease of Ptc expression. The decrease might be involved in the<br />
arrest of precursor cell proliferation after denervation, which causes the<br />
taste bud disappearance. Shh signaling and the regulatory gene<br />
expressions in taste buds will be discussed in relation to the taste cellspecific<br />
genes. This work was supported by Bio-Oriented Technology<br />
Research Advancement Institution of Japan.
13 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
UNDERSTANDING VEGETABLE ACCEPTANCE: ROLE OF<br />
EARLY EXPERIENCE<br />
Kennedy J.M. 1, Mennella J.A. 1, Beauchamp G.K. 1 1Monell Chemical<br />
Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Although infants differ substantially in their acceptance of foods<br />
during weaning, the source of such differences remains a mystery.<br />
Recently, we have identified a particularly apt system to explore these<br />
issues: the inherent flavor variations characteristic of infant <strong>for</strong>mulas.<br />
Within each of these categories of <strong>for</strong>mulas are a number of varieties<br />
that differ among themselves in <strong>for</strong>mulation and flavor but the<br />
differences between the categories, and, in particular, between the<br />
hydrolysate and milk-based varieties in sensory quality (flavor) are<br />
striking and profound. The present study tested the hypothesis that the<br />
type of <strong>for</strong>mula fed to infants would influence their acceptance of<br />
vegetables that shared a similar flavor note (e.g., sulfur volatiles) with<br />
the <strong>for</strong>mula (e.g., hydrolysate <strong>for</strong>mula). In counterbalanced order, we<br />
evaluated 87 infants´ acceptance of pureed carrot on one testing day and<br />
pureed broccoli on the other. Infants who were feeding a hydrolysate<br />
<strong>for</strong>mula consumed significantly less broccoli relative to carrots when<br />
compared to those who were currently fed milk based <strong>for</strong>mulas. Such<br />
findings are consistent with previous research that demonstrated a<br />
sensory specific satiety following repeated exposure to a particular<br />
flavor in either <strong>for</strong>mula or mothers´ milk in the short term. This<br />
research was supported by NIH Grant HD37119.<br />
14 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
ANALGESIC EFFECTS OF INTRAORAL SUCROSE: THE<br />
MORE THEY LIKE SWEET TASTE, THE BETTER IT<br />
WORKS?<br />
Pepino M.Y. 1, Kennedy J.M. 1, Mennella J.A. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses<br />
Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
During infancy and childhood, preference <strong>for</strong> sweet tastes is<br />
heightened and sweet-tasting substances can be analgesics. The goal of<br />
the study was to evaluate individual differences in sweet preferences<br />
and to determine whether such differences are related to sucrose´s<br />
analgesic effects in 5- to 10-year-old children and their mothers. To this<br />
aim, the preferred level of sucrose was determined by using a <strong>for</strong>cedchoice,<br />
paired comparison, tracking procedure, and the analgesic effect<br />
of sweet taste was determined by the Cold Pressor Test. As a group,<br />
children preferred significantly higher concentrations of sucrose than<br />
mothers. Ethnic differences in sweet preferences were observed in both<br />
children and adults such that Blacks preferred significantly higher<br />
concentrations when compared to Whites. Regardless of race, children<br />
who preferred high sweet concentrations kept their hand in the cold<br />
water significantly longer when sucrose was held in their mouths when<br />
compared to water (p=0.002). These findings suggest that the analgesic<br />
effects of sweet tastes may be more pronounced in those pre-pubertal<br />
children who have heightened sweet preference. This research was<br />
supported by NIH Grants AA09523 and HD37119.<br />
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15 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
INFLUENCE OF CONCENTRATION ON TASTE-TASTE<br />
INTERACTIONS IN FOODS BY ELDERLY AND YOUNG<br />
Mojet J. 1, Heidema J. 2, Christ-Hazelhof E. 2 1Consumer & Market<br />
Insight, Agrotechnology and Food Innovations, Wageningen,<br />
Netherlands; 2Unilever Research and Development, Vlaardingen,<br />
Netherlands<br />
An increase in concentration of one of the tastants in a `real food´<br />
might not only effect the perception of the taste quality of the<br />
manipulated tastant, but also the other perceivable taste qualities. The<br />
influence of concentration increase of sodium chloride, potassium<br />
chloride, sucrose, aspartame, acetic acid, citric acid, caffeine, quinine<br />
HCl, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and inosine 5´-monophosphate<br />
(IMP) on the other perceivable taste qualities was studied in different<br />
foods.Twenty-one young (19-33 years) and 21 older subjects (60-75<br />
years) rated the saltiness, sweetness, sourness, bitterness and umami<br />
taste of the food stimuli on 9-point scales. Repeated measures and<br />
multivariate analysis showed that an increasing concentration of sodium<br />
and potassium chloride diminished the sweetness more <strong>for</strong> the young<br />
than <strong>for</strong> the elderly, but enlarged the bitterness, sourness and umami<br />
taste in tomato soup more <strong>for</strong> the elderly than <strong>for</strong> the young. The<br />
saltiness of ice tea was decreased with an increase in sucrose, while a<br />
larger decrease in bitterness was found <strong>for</strong> the young than <strong>for</strong> the<br />
elderly. An increase in sucrose or aspartame concentration in ice tea<br />
also decreased the sourness. No influence was shown by an increment<br />
of acetic acid or citric acid in mayonnaise. The increasing concentration<br />
of caffeine and quinine induced a decrease in sweetness of the<br />
chocolate drink. The increase in MSG showed an increase in the<br />
saltiness of broth, whereas an increase in IMP led to a decrease in<br />
saltiness and an increase in sweetness. Young subjects took advantage<br />
of their sense of smell in the no noseclip condition.<br />
16 Slide [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
ACCOUNTING FOR BETWEEN-SUBJECT VARIANCE IN<br />
DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENCE TASKS<br />
Delwiche J. 1, Liggett R. 1 1Food Science and Technology, Ohio State<br />
University, Columbus, OH<br />
The binomial statistic is typically used to determine the number of<br />
correct discriminations needed to indicate a significant difference<br />
between items. This statistic does not account <strong>for</strong> differences between<br />
subjects, making it inappropriate to combine responses across subjects<br />
and repetitions, which is often something researchers would like to do.<br />
The beta-binomial model is able to account <strong>for</strong> between-subject<br />
variance (measured by gamma), making such analyses possible. This<br />
study examined panel overdispersion (gamma) <strong>for</strong> one group of<br />
subjects (53-58 subjects per group, depending on stimuli set)<br />
per<strong>for</strong>ming two replications of both paired comparisons (2AFC) and<br />
paired preferences on the same stimuli set. Stimuli tested included fruitflavored<br />
beverages (with different sucrose levels), and snack foods<br />
(with different fat contents). Results showed that significant<br />
overdispersion with one task were not predictive of overdispersion in<br />
the other. Further, the stability of gamma across discrimination methods<br />
(2AFC, 3AFC, triangle, and duo-trio) <strong>for</strong> a group of 103 subjects was<br />
examined. Stimuli were cherry-flavored fruit beverages at two different<br />
sucrose levels, and order of the discrimination tasks was counterbalanced<br />
across subjects. Results indicated that gamma was largely<br />
consistent across the 2AFC, 3AFC and triangle tasks, but it was higher<br />
in the duo-trio task. In all cases, the use of the beta-binomial model<br />
allowed <strong>for</strong> the combining of discriminations across subjects and<br />
replications, increasing the discrimination power achieved <strong>for</strong> a given<br />
panel size. This project was self-funded.
17 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
RESPONSES OF PROP TASTER GROUPS TO VARIATIONS IN<br />
TASTES AND ORAL IRRITATION WITHIN A BEVERAGE<br />
Prescott J. 1, Campbell H. 2, Roberts C. 2 1Psychology, James Cook<br />
University, Cairns, QLD, Australia; 2Sensory Science Research Centre,<br />
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand<br />
Despite considerable evidence that variations in sensitivity to the<br />
bitterness of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) are also reflected in<br />
responses to both other tastes and also chemesthetic qualities in<br />
solution, there has been little research examining the impact of PROP<br />
sensitivity on response to these sensory modalities in foods or<br />
beverages. The present study examined responses of PROP taster<br />
groups to systematic variations in sourness and oral irritation in a<br />
carbonated beverage. Taster groups were defined according to ratings<br />
of a 0.0032 M PROP solution using the labelled magnitude scale<br />
(LMS). Using the LMS, Ss rated the sweetness, sourness and oral<br />
irritation of carbonated fruit drinks that systematically varied in citric<br />
acid (0.32, 0.64, 1.28, 2.56% w/v) and CO2 (25, 50, 75 psi)<br />
concentrations. Ratings of sourness as a function of citric acid, and<br />
irritation as a function of both citric acid and CO2 levels, were<br />
significantly different between groups, with highest ratings <strong>for</strong> STs and<br />
lowest <strong>for</strong> NTs. There were no group differences <strong>for</strong> sweetness ratings.<br />
These data are some of the first to show PROP taster group differences<br />
in tastes and irritation within a real product, and provide a basis <strong>for</strong><br />
reported differences of PROP groups in their hedonic responses to<br />
foods.<br />
18 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
GENETIC SENSITIVITY TO 6-N-PROPYLTHIOURACIL<br />
(PROP), AND PERCEPTION OF HIGH-INTENSITY<br />
SWEETENERS IN MODEL SOFT DRINKS<br />
Tepper B.J. 1, Zhao L. 1 1Food Science, Rutgers University, New<br />
Brunswick, NJ<br />
Intense sweeteners (e.g., saccharin, aspartame, and acesulfame-K)<br />
impart sweetness, bitterness and other aftertastes to foods. Individual<br />
variation in sensitivity to sweeteners is well known. Those who are<br />
genetically sensitive to the bitterness of PROP perceive more sweetness<br />
and bitterness from saccharin. Findings <strong>for</strong> other sweeteners are less<br />
clear. This study examined the role of PROP taster status in perception<br />
and acceptance of intense sweeteners in citrus-flavored model soft<br />
drinks. Young adults were classified as non-tasters (NT; n=29) or<br />
supertasters (ST; n=30) of PROP using a filter paper screening method<br />
(Zhao et al., 2003). The following sweeteners were used: 10% and 8%<br />
high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) (controls), sucralose (SUC),<br />
aspartame (ASP), acesulfame-K (ACE), ASP/ACE and SUC/ACE.<br />
Subjects rated the intensity of nine attributes with a 15-cm line scale<br />
and liking with the Labeled Affective Scale (LAM). ST perceived more<br />
bitterness from SUC/ACE and 8% HFCS (p=0.05); ACE was<br />
marginally more bitter to ST (p=0.06). ST also perceived more<br />
persistence of sweetness across all sweeteners (p=0.05). 3-dimensional<br />
models best described the perceptions of the sweeteners. For ST the<br />
dimensions were bitterness (43% variance), persistence of sweetness<br />
(22%), and carbonation (11%). For NT the dimensions were: sweetness<br />
and citrus flavor (37%), bitterness (24%), and carbonation/thickness<br />
(11%). Liking was uniquely related to low bitterness <strong>for</strong> NT but was<br />
related to multiple attributes <strong>for</strong> ST. These data suggest that ST<br />
experience intense sweeteners differently than NT but these differences<br />
play a modest role in soft drink acceptance. Supported by McNeil<br />
Nutritionals.<br />
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19 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
6-N-PROPYLTHIOURACIL (PROP) BITTERNESS AND<br />
TASTES FROM ALCOHOLIC AND NON-ALCOHOLIC<br />
BEVERAGES IN OF-AGE UNDERGRADUATES<br />
Lanier S. 1, Hayes J. 2, Duffy V.B. 1 1Dietetics, University of Connecticut,<br />
Storrs, CT; 2Nutritional Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<br />
Previous research has shown associations between taste genetics and<br />
alcohol behaviors. We tested the taste genetic and alcohol intake<br />
relationship and linked this relationship to oral sensations from<br />
alcoholic beverages. Taste genetics was measured via perceived PROP<br />
bitterness; nontasters taste PROP as mildly bitter while supertasters as<br />
intensely bitter. Sixty-two adults (mean age=22 years) used the general<br />
Labeled Magnitude Scale to rate PROP bitterness and oral sensations<br />
from and preference <strong>for</strong> sampled Pilsner beer, scotch, strong black<br />
coffee and unsweetened grapefruit juice. Subjects also completed<br />
validated questionnaires on behaviors toward alcohol. Data were<br />
analyzed with regression analyses. Those who tasted greater PROP<br />
bitterness reported all beverages as more bitter and less preferred except<br />
beer. Neither PROP bitterness nor beer bitterness were strong<br />
predictors of beer preference. PROP nontasters tasted scotch as less<br />
bitter but more sweet than did supertasters. Those who tasted scotch as<br />
more bitter consumed less alcohol; PROP bitterness only tended to<br />
associate with alcohol intake. Beer sensations did not associate<br />
significantly with alcohol intake. Summary: Nontasters get less<br />
negative (bitter) and more positive (sweet) tastes from alcohol than<br />
supertasters. Sensory differences translated into greater liking <strong>for</strong> bitter<br />
beverages by nontasters, except <strong>for</strong> beer. Positive social influences to<br />
drink beer on college campuses may override negative oral sensations<br />
to hinder intake. (NRICGP/USDA 2002-00788 funded)<br />
20 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
PERSONALITY TRAITS AND PROP SENSITIVITY<br />
White T.L. 1, Longo M. 2 1Psychology, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY;<br />
2Education, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY<br />
Although theories of personality vary widely, most trait theories<br />
include the dimension of Introversion-Extroversion. Physiological<br />
differences are thought to exist between people who are represented by<br />
the extremes on this dimension, with introverts experiencing a high<br />
level of baseline arousal. This higher arousal level suggests that<br />
introverts experience elevated sensitivity to perceptual stimuli,<br />
including sour tastes (Eysenck, 1976), as compared to extroverts. As the<br />
ability to taste PROP can also affect taste sensitivity, the current study<br />
investigated the relationship between PROP sensitivity and personality<br />
traits, particularly introversion. The NEO-PI, a personality measure that<br />
evaluates 5 personality traits, was administered to 50 college students<br />
(39 women, 11 men). After completing the personality test, participants<br />
were given a PROP sample and asked to rate its intensity on a labeled<br />
magnitude scale (LMS; Green, 1993). No correlation was found<br />
between introversion, conscientiousness, or openness to experience and<br />
PROP tasting ability. However, a relationship was seen between the<br />
domain trait of neuroticism and intensity ratings of PROP on the LMS<br />
(r=0.346, p=0.014), in particular those facets concerned with anxiety<br />
and depression. Although agreeableness was not overall associated, the<br />
facet concerned with trust was inversely (r=-0.336, p=0.017) associated<br />
with LMS Scores. These associations suggest that personality traits may<br />
interact with genetic abilities as partial explanation <strong>for</strong> individual<br />
differences food preferences.
21 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
OROSENSORY AND GENETIC TASTE (GT) MARKERS<br />
PREDICT ALCOHOL INTAKE ACROSS AGE COHORTS<br />
Hayes J.E. 1, Chapo A. 2, Bartoshuk L. 2, Duffy V.B. 3 1Nutritional<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong>, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; 2Surgery, Yale<br />
University, New Haven, CT; 3Dietetics, University of Connecticut,<br />
Storrs, CT<br />
Supertasters, identified by heightened 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP)<br />
bitterness and fungi<strong>for</strong>m papilla (FP) number, report greater negative<br />
and less positive sensations from alcohol, possibly hindering intake.<br />
Work by others (eg, Kranzler et al) show positive associations between<br />
oral sensations and intake, findings that contradict GT-mediated effects.<br />
To characterize age, sensory, and GT effects on intake, 99 healthy<br />
women (aged 20-84) used the general Labeled Magnitude Scale to rate<br />
PROP bitterness, regional and whole mouth intensity of prototypical<br />
tastants and ethanol on the tongue tip. Intake was assessed via a<br />
frequency interview and FP by videomicroscopy. In young subjects,<br />
lower PROP bitterness and greater whole mouth taste were significant<br />
predictors of greater alcohol intake, yet a spatial taste measure<br />
diminished the predictive ability of whole mouth taste. Across the entire<br />
sample, age (young>aged), FP number (higher number, less intake) and<br />
whole-mouth taste responses (greater intensity, more intake) were<br />
significant predictors of intake. Cross quality whole-mouth and chorda<br />
tympani, but not circumvallate, intensity showed age-related loss. In<br />
summary, GT markers and additional taste markers contribute to<br />
predicting alcohol intake across age cohorts. Reasons <strong>for</strong> higher taste<br />
response associating with greater alcohol intake remain unclear. Spatial<br />
interactions among sensory nerves could heighten whole mouth<br />
orosensation (eg, sweetness) and change the sensory appeal of alcohol.<br />
(NRICGP/USDA 2002-00788)<br />
22 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
INFLUENCE OF FATTY ACID SENSITIVITY ON TASTE<br />
PERCEPTION<br />
Smeets M. 1, Weenen H. 2, De Wijk R. 2, Mojet J. 1, Westerterp M. 3<br />
1Agrotechnology & Food Innovations, Wageningen, Netherlands;<br />
2Wageningen Centre <strong>for</strong> Food <strong>Sciences</strong>, Wageningen, Netherlands;<br />
3Human Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands<br />
Following previous work (Gilbertson et al., Kamphuis et al.)<br />
demonstrating chemosensitivity to fatty acids in the taste system, we<br />
investigated whether sensitivity to fatty acids in humans:<br />
1. is influenced by olfaction<br />
2. is associated with differences in taste perception in general.<br />
Methods: A group of (linoleic acid) LA-tasters (≥ 9 out of 10 correct<br />
detections of 10 µM LA) was compared to a non-taster group (n=20<br />
total). To investigate 1) triangle tests were conducted using 0 % fat<br />
mayonaise with and without LA (10 µM), with nose clips on and off.<br />
To investigate 2) taste profiles were generated <strong>for</strong> various<br />
products/solutions containing e.g. LA and basic tastants, with and<br />
without noseclips.<br />
Results:<br />
1. LA-Tasters showed above-chance per<strong>for</strong>mance without noseclips<br />
(p=0.04), but not with noseclips. Non-tasters did not per<strong>for</strong>m above<br />
chance.<br />
2. There was a main effect of taster status (p
25 Poster [ ] Taste Hedonics & Psychophysics<br />
INHIBITION OF BITTER TASTE BY ZINC AND NA-<br />
CYCLAMATE<br />
Keast R.S. 1, Breslin P.A. 2 1Monell Chemical Senses Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA; 2Psychophysics, Monell Chemical Senses Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
Previous research has shown that zinc is a potent inhibitor of the<br />
bitterness of quinine-HCl (Keast, 2003), and the sweet taste of most<br />
sweeteners (except Na-cyclamate) (Keast et al., 2004). We investigated<br />
the influence of zinc on perceived bitterness of six structurally<br />
divergent bitter compounds. We also determined the impact of a<br />
combination of zinc & Na-cyclamate or zinc & sucrose on the bitterness<br />
of specific compounds.<br />
In experiment one, six diverse bitter tasting compounds (Quinine-<br />
HCl (QHCl), Tetralone (TET), Sucrose octaacetate, Dextromethorphan,<br />
Denatonium Benzoate (DB), and Pseudoephedrine (PSE)) were<br />
matched <strong>for</strong> `moderate´ bitterness intensity. To these compounds one<br />
of five salts was added: 25 or 300mM Na acetate, 25mM Mg sulfate,<br />
25mM Mg acetate, and 25mM Zn sulfate. All possible binary<br />
combinations of bitter compounds and salts were tested. In experiment<br />
two, the influence of Zn sulfate on bitter-sweet mixtures was<br />
investigated. The bitter compounds used were DB and PSE, and the<br />
sweet compounds were sucrose and Na-cyclamate.<br />
Zn sulfate, 300mM Na acetate, and Mg acetate significantly<br />
inhibited bitterness (p
29 Poster [ ] Taste: Fats<br />
THE GUSTATORY SENSATION FROM FREE FATTY ACID<br />
Kawai T. 1, Nishiduka T. 1, Kajii Y. 2, Shingai T. 2, Kuwasako T. 3, Hirano<br />
K. 3, Yamashita S. 3, Kawada T. 1, Fushiki T. 1 1Graduate School of<br />
Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan; 2Graduate School<br />
of Medical and Dental <strong>Sciences</strong>, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata,<br />
Japan; 3Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka,<br />
Japan<br />
Fat in food often increases the palatability of food, even though it<br />
does not give us obvious taste by itself. Some researches have reported<br />
that taste cells recognize free fatty acid, a hydrolysate from common<br />
dietary fat, though the free fatty acid has not be defined as one of<br />
tastants. Its perceptual mechanism is still unclear. We demonstrated<br />
immunohistochemically that CD36, one of fatty acid transport proteins,<br />
was localized on the apical part of the taste cells isolated from rat<br />
vallate papillae. This localization supports the hypothesis that CD36<br />
plays a role in the oral recognition of dietary fat. In this study, we used<br />
CD36-null mice <strong>for</strong> behavioral studies and nerve recordings and<br />
compared with the wild type mice that had the same background. The<br />
wild type mice preferred oleic acid solution to mineral oil solution in<br />
short-time two-bottle preference tests, but the CD36-null mice did not<br />
show the preference <strong>for</strong> either solution. Neural recording revealed that<br />
small but significant response to oleic acid was observed on the lingual<br />
branch of glossopharyngeal nerve in the wild type mice, but not in the<br />
CD36-null mice. These results suggest that gustatory signal of fat was<br />
conveyed via the lingual branch of glossopharyngeal nerve and that the<br />
CD36 molecule, which exists on the tongue innervated by the lingual<br />
branch of glossopharyngeal nerve, plays an important role in enjoying a<br />
taste of fatty acid.<br />
30 Poster [ ] Taste: Fats<br />
PROP TASTER STATUS AND PERCEPTION OF FATS AND<br />
FREE FATTY ACIDS<br />
Armstrong C.L. 1, Mattes R. 1 1Department of Foods and Nutrition,<br />
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN<br />
PROP tasters, especially supertasters, are reportedly better able to<br />
perceive the level of fat in foods than PROP non-tasters. This study<br />
tested perception of fat in both foods and free fatty acids in water.<br />
PROP taster status was determined by the 5-solution method. To date,<br />
7 non-tasters, 12 tasters and 7 supertasters have been tested. Subjects<br />
were randomly presented 5 ml samples of milk, (0.00, 3.25, 10.00,<br />
18.00, 36.00% fat/wt), 5 ml of vanilla pudding (4.1, 8.2, 16.3, 24.4,<br />
29.7% fat/wt) and 5 gm of brownies (8.0, 16.0, 24.0, 31.8, 35.6%<br />
fat/wt) and rated the level of fat in duplicate using the gLMS. Milk and<br />
vanilla pudding were served at 7° C and brownies at 22° C. To mask<br />
texture, oleic and linoleic acids (0.40, 0.71, 1.267, 2.25, 4.00% wt/wt)<br />
were suspended in a solidified unflavored gelatin starch-thickened<br />
water mixture and 5 gm samples were served at 22° C. Stearic acid (0.5,<br />
1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0% wt/wt) was suspended in starch-thickened water and<br />
5 ml samples were served at 71° C. Samples were randomly presented<br />
in duplicate and the level of fat rated using the gLMS. Subjects<br />
correctly ranked the fat levels (p < 0.0001) in all foods and free fatty<br />
acids solutions, but no differences were observed between PROP taster<br />
groups. These data demonstrate a taste component <strong>for</strong> free fatty acids,<br />
but no differences in fat perception based on PROP taster status. This<br />
research was funded in part by the Rose Marie Pangborn Scholarship to<br />
CLA and NIH Grant #DK045294.<br />
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31 Poster [ ] Taste: Fats<br />
FAT TASTE - ARE FREE FATTY ACIDS OR CONJUGATED<br />
DIENES THE EFECTIVE STIMULUS?<br />
Chalé A. 1, Burgess J.R. 2, Mattes R.D. 1 1Foods and Nutrition, Purdue<br />
University, W Lafayette, IN; 2Foods & Nutrition, Purdue University, W<br />
Lafayette, IN<br />
"Fattiness" is hypothesized to be a basic taste quality, most<br />
efficiently elicited by long-chain poly- and monounsaturated fatty acids.<br />
Free fatty acids (FFA) have been prepared in solutions containing an<br />
emulsifier or thickening agent to mask textural cues or in foods.<br />
Whether the effective stimulus was the FFA or oxidation product has<br />
not been established. This work examined the effects of addition of<br />
EDTA and sonification (to reduce oxidation) on oxidation product<br />
concentration. Linoleic acid was prepared at a concentration of<br />
10mg/dl and mixed in a solution of 5% Acacia and de-mineralized<br />
water. The concentration of EDTA was 0.01%. Samples were sonified<br />
<strong>for</strong> 40 minutes. This preparation increased linoleic acid recovery 100X<br />
over a simple oil-water mixture. These results suggest extensive<br />
degradation of FFAs in previously used fat taste samples resulting in<br />
conjugated dienes that may be effective taste stimuli. This is being<br />
explored through psychophysical studies.<br />
32 Poster [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALING PROTEINS IN<br />
THE VOMERONASAL ORGAN OF GARTER SNAKES<br />
Wang D. 1, Liu W. 2, Chen P. 1, Halpern M. 3 1Biochemistry, Downstate<br />
Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 2Anatomy and Cell Biology, Downstate<br />
Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 3Anatomy & Cell Biology, Downstate<br />
Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY<br />
The response to prey chemoattractants in garter snakes is mediated<br />
by the vomeronasal (VN) system.The chemosignal transduction<br />
pathway in the VN epithelium involves the binding of agonist to its Gprotein<br />
coupled receptors leading to activation of Gi/o-proteins which<br />
in turn activate PLC, converting PIP2 to IP3 and DAG, and resulting in<br />
a transient cytosolic Ca2+ increase and changes in membrane potential.<br />
However, the desensitization mechanism so far remains unknown. We<br />
found that the chemoattractant-induced signal is modulated by two<br />
membrane-bound proteins, p42/44, which modulate the exchange of<br />
GTP <strong>for</strong> GDP on the Ga subunit. During recent years, regulators of Gprotein<br />
signaling (RGS proteins) have been identified. These proteins<br />
enhance the activity of GTPase intrinsic to G alpha subunits and have<br />
been shown, in a wide number of biological systems, to play an<br />
important role in modulating agonist-induced signals. Using<br />
commercially available RGS antibodies, we detected the expression of<br />
several isotypes of RGS proteins in the VN sensory epithelium of garter<br />
snakes. In addition, by screening a snake VN cDNA library, we<br />
obtained several clones which show high homology to RGS2, RGS3<br />
and RGS4. These RGSs may play a role in desensitization of<br />
chemoattractant-induced signal transduction.<br />
Supported by NIDCD Grant #DC03735
33 Poster [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
CHEMOSIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN THE VOMERONASAL<br />
ORGAN OF GARTER SNAKES: CHEMOATTRACTANT-<br />
INDUCED MEMBRANE POTENTIAL CHANGES<br />
Liu W. 1, Dalton W. 2, Chen P. 2, Halpern M. 3, Cinelli A. 1 1Anatomy and<br />
Cell Biology, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 2Biochemistry,<br />
Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 3Anatomy & Cell Biology,<br />
Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY<br />
We have demonstrated previously that in the snake vomeronasal<br />
(VN) organ chemoattractant (ESS) produce transient calcium cytosolic<br />
accumulation in the dendritic regions of VN neurons via two pathways:<br />
calcium release from IP3-sensitive stores and a plasma membrane<br />
calcium influx. Using voltage-sensitive dyes, here we characterize the<br />
functional role of these events during VN chemosensory transduction.<br />
ESS evokes optical depolarizations which exhibit a time course similar<br />
to the EVG, but shorter than VN calcium transients. Peak<br />
depolarization in the apical VN region are reduced but not suppressed<br />
in the absence of external calcium, indicating that they probably depend<br />
on non-selective cation channels. Depletion of all internal calcium<br />
stores evokes a reduction of these depolarizations, which is not<br />
observed when responses are evoked by potassium depolarization.<br />
Interestingly, the depletion of ryanodine-sensitive calcium stores fails to<br />
evoke this reduction, and instead increases the duration of<br />
depolarizations in the cell body region. This effect is suppressed when<br />
potassium currents are blocked. These results support the notion of a<br />
functional compartmentalization between different calcium stores and<br />
indicates a dual and opposite action of calcium release in snake VN<br />
neurons during chemosensory transduction. Calcium release by IP3sensitive<br />
stores appears to enhance the initial dendritic depolarization,<br />
while calcium release by ryanodine stores seems to activate repolarizing<br />
potassium currents controlling the duration of these responses.<br />
Supported by NIDCD Grant #DC03735<br />
34 Poster [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
VOMERONASAL ORGAN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN THE<br />
CHILEAN LIZARD, LIOLAEMUS BELLII.<br />
Labra A.L. 1, Fadool D.A. 1 1Prog. in Neurosci. & Mol. Biophysics,<br />
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
Specimens of Liolaemus bellii (Chilean lizard) were live-captured in<br />
the mountains of central Chile and transported to the U.S.A. to<br />
determine their suitability <strong>for</strong> cellular studies of the vomeronasal organ<br />
(VNO). Rhodamine-conjugated dextran plus 2% Triton X-100 was<br />
introduced into the vomeronasal (VN) orifice to confirm the location of<br />
the VN epithelium and its degree of compartmentalization from the<br />
MOE. After migration of the vital dye <strong>for</strong> two weeks, individual<br />
vomeronasal sensory neurons (VSNs) were distinctly labeled and<br />
showed a bipolar morphology as reported in the VNO of all other<br />
vertebrates. Ten µm cryosections of the VN epithelium were intensely<br />
labeled with antibodies against Giα1-3 and Gβ G-proteins. Extracts<br />
were prepared (1:300 dilution) from three body source secretions (skin,<br />
feces, cloacal) known to contain pheromones mediating chemical<br />
communication in these animals. Three mM agmatine (AGB) was<br />
mixed with one of the body source secretions or control saline and<br />
lizards were stimulated with the pheromone plus AGB mixture to<br />
histologically map and determine secretion rank-order effectiveness.<br />
Using L-cysteine-activated papain <strong>for</strong> VSN isolation, we were able to<br />
preserve both voltage and chemosignal-activated conductances (n=69<br />
total recordings) using recording and pipette solutions optimized <strong>for</strong><br />
turtle preparations. The tuning and percentage of chemosignal-activated<br />
responses (25 of 46 VSNs, 54% response rate), when presented a panel<br />
of five chemical extracts, will be favorable <strong>for</strong> future single cell<br />
electrophysiology studies combined with a distinct cadre of quantifiable<br />
behavioral displays such as the tongue flick, head bob, and scent<br />
marking. Supported by NSF WISE grant.<br />
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35 Poster [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
PROTEIN INTERACTIONS WITH THE TRPC2 ION CHANNEL<br />
IN THE VOMERONASAL ORGAN (VNO).<br />
Brann J.H. 1, Fadool D.A. 1 1Prog. in Neuroscience & Mol. Biophysics,<br />
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
The role of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP )second messenger<br />
3<br />
system in vomeronasal sensory neurons (VSNs) of the vomeronasal<br />
organ (VNO) is unclear. Furthermore, how the functional connections<br />
between the type 3 IP receptor (IP R3) and transient receptor potential<br />
3 3<br />
channel type 2 (TRPC2) may influence the cationic receptor potential is<br />
also unknown. We have previously demonstrated that IP R3 and<br />
3<br />
TRPC2 have an overlapping expression pattern in rodent VNO and<br />
participate in a protein-protein interaction. Here we sought to<br />
demonstrate a functional role <strong>for</strong> the IP R3/TRPC2 protein complex.<br />
3<br />
Pheromone-evoked whole-cell currents were blocked in 4 of 5 VSNs<br />
when a peptide, directed against the interaction domain between<br />
IP R3/TRPC2, was included in the recording pipette held (Vh) at –60<br />
3<br />
mV. Under our recording conditions, pipette dialysis of 240 mM IP3 failed to evoke whole-cell current in 20 of 20 VSNs tested. Typical<br />
antagonists of the IP R (ruthenium red, 2-APB) also failed to block<br />
3<br />
pheromone-evoked currents. SDS-PAGE and Western analysis of male<br />
and female VNO tissue reveals expression of one or more of the long<br />
iso<strong>for</strong>ms of the adaptor protein Homer (1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, and 3; 45 kDa)<br />
as well as neuronal Shc (66, 53, 46 kDa), an adaptor protein known to<br />
communicate G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) and receptor tyrosine<br />
kinase (RTK) activation. The IP R3/TRPC2 protein complex may be<br />
3<br />
associated within a larger protein scaffold whereby IP and/or adaptor<br />
3<br />
proteins could subserve regulatory functions of the primary<br />
transduction current. Supported by F31 DC06153.<br />
36 Poster [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
SPECIES SPECIFICITY IN RODENT PHEROMONE<br />
RECEPTOR REPERTOIRES<br />
Lane R.P. 1, Young J. 2, Newman T. 2, Trask B.J. 2 1Molecular Biology<br />
and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; 2Division of<br />
Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA<br />
The mouse V1R putative pheromone receptor gene family consists of<br />
at least 137 intact genes clustered at multiple chromosomal locations in<br />
the genome. Species-specific pheromone receptor repertoires may<br />
partly explain species-specific social behavior. We conducted a<br />
genomic analysis of an orthologous pair of mouse and rat V1R gene<br />
clusters to test <strong>for</strong> species-specificity in rodent pheromone systems.<br />
Mouse and rat have lineage-specific V1R repertoires in each of three<br />
major subfamilies at these loci as a result of post-speciation<br />
duplications, gene loss, and gene conversions. The onset of this<br />
diversification roughly coincides with a wave of Line1 (L1)<br />
retrotranspositions into the two loci. We propose that L1 activity has<br />
facilitated post-speciation V1R duplications and gene conversions. In<br />
addition, we find extensive homology among putative V1R promoter<br />
regions in both species. We propose a regulatory model in which<br />
promoter homogenization could ensure that V1R genes are equally<br />
competitive <strong>for</strong> a limiting transcriptional structure to account <strong>for</strong><br />
mutually exclusive V1R expression in vomeronasal neurons.
37 Poster [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
EXPRESSION PATTERN OF GENES FOR NOTCH<br />
SIGNALING PATHWAY IN MOUSE VOMERONASAL ORGAN<br />
DURING ONTOGENY AND REGENERATION AFTER<br />
REMOVAL OF ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB.<br />
Wakabayashi Y. 1, Ichikawa M. 2 1Research Fellow of the Japan Society<br />
<strong>for</strong> the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan; 2Dep Basic Tech and<br />
Facilities, Tokyo Metropol Inst Neurosci, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Vomeronasal receptor neurons (VRNs) proliferate and differentiate<br />
continuously throughout life. Proliferation of VRNs mainly occurs in<br />
the marginal region of the sensory epithelium of adult vomeronasal<br />
organ (VNO). The Notch signaling pathway is involved in cell fate<br />
decisions and differentiation during developmental CNS. We have<br />
studied whether Notch signaling pathway involves in differentiation<br />
and proliferation of VRNs during ontogeny and regeneration.<br />
In this study, we examined the expression patterns of Notch and<br />
their ligands, Delta and Jagged, using in situ hybridization during<br />
ontogeny and regeneration after removal of accessory olfactory bulb<br />
(AOBX) in mice. In adult VNO, a few Notch1(+), Delta1(+) and<br />
BrdU(+) cells appeared only in the marginal region, whereas Jagged2<br />
was expressed in all VRNs. Notch1(+), Delta1(+) and BrdU(+) cells<br />
located close to the basal lamia at embryonic days 14.5 and 16.5,<br />
whereas expression level of Jagged2 was very low in comparison with<br />
adult. At AOBX day2, number and location of Notch1(+), Delta1(+)<br />
and BrdU(+) cells did not change. Expression pattern of Jagged2 did<br />
not change. At AOBX day7, large amount of Notch1(+), Delta1(+) and<br />
BrdU(+) cells appeared in the marginal region, whereas expression<br />
pattern of Jagged2 did not change. These results suggested that the<br />
interaction of Notch1(+) and Delta1(+) cells play important roles in<br />
vomeronasal neurogenesis of VNO during ontogeny as well as<br />
regeneration after AOBX mice.<br />
38 Poster [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
THE ROLE OF THE VOMERONASAL SYSTEM IN FOOD<br />
PREFERENCES OF THE GRAY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM,<br />
MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA<br />
Daniels Y. 1, Halpern M. 2, Zuri I. 1 1Anatomy and Cell Biology,<br />
Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 2Anatomy & Cell Biology,<br />
Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY<br />
The vomeronasal system (VNS) is usually considered primarily a<br />
pheromone-detecting system. In snakes and lizards, this system is also<br />
important <strong>for</strong> feeding behavior. To date, no studies have reported<br />
feeding deficits in mammals deprived of a functional VNS. M.<br />
domestica is considered a primitive mammalian species that was<br />
recently introduced into laboratories. Since these opossums respond to a<br />
variety of foods, they are a good model to investigate the role of the<br />
VNS in food preferences in mammals.<br />
The six male and seven female gray short-tailed opossums used in<br />
this study were simultaneously presented with four foods, one from<br />
each of the following food groups: fruits (apples, oranges, peaches,<br />
cantaloupes), meats (mealworms, chicken, pork, crickets), processed<br />
vegetables (raisin bran, cheerios, whole wheat bread, bagel) and<br />
unprocessed vegetables (corn, peppers, carrots, broccoli). Be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
blocking access to the vomeronasal organ (VNO) with gel foam and<br />
Crazy Glue, the opossums selected meats most frequently and fruits<br />
more frequently than processed and unprocessed vegetables. Following<br />
VNO blockage, the opossums demonstrated no preference between the<br />
different food groups. This study suggests that without a functional<br />
vomeronasal organ, the food preferences of gray short-tailed opossums<br />
are significantly impaired.<br />
Supported by NIDCD Grant # DC02745.<br />
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39 Slide [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
CHEMO-INVESTIGATORY BEHAVIOUR OF MALE MICE IN<br />
DETECTING ESTRUS: ROLE OF OLFACTORY-<br />
VOMERONASAL SYSTEM<br />
Raman S.A. 1 1Animal Scinece, Bharathidasan University,<br />
Trichirappalli, India<br />
S.ACHIRAMAN AND G.ARCHUNAN<br />
Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University<br />
Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamilnadu.<br />
INDIA<br />
achiraman_s@yahoo.co.in<br />
The aim of the present study is to evaluate whether the male<br />
mouse is capable of discriminating the female urinary odour of different<br />
reproductive phases (with a view to detect estrus using Y-maze<br />
apparatus and to establish the relationship of olfactory - vomeronasal<br />
system and chemo-investigatory behaviour in estrus detection. Hence,<br />
normal, vomeronasal organ (VNO)-ablated and Zinc Sulphate-irrigated<br />
mouse were used as test animals. Various behaviours such as frequency<br />
of visit, duration of visit, sniffing, licking, body rubbing and grooming<br />
were recorded. The normal mice frequently visited and devoted more<br />
time in delivering various behaviours towards the estrus urine sample in<br />
comparison to that of non-estrus urine. The VNO-ablated mice showed<br />
significant reduction in response to estrus urine (duration of visit and<br />
self-grooming) than that of ZnSO4-irrigated mice. However, the<br />
ZnSO4-irrigated mice showed significant reduction in frequency of<br />
visits to the urine samples. These results clearly reveal that the VNO<br />
play a significant role in the detection of estrus in mice. The present<br />
results also suggest that male mice preferentially communicate sexual<br />
interest via self-grooming towards the opposite sex. By self-grooming<br />
at higher rates, male mice may be broadcasting scents to attract<br />
potential mates or to in<strong>for</strong>m their willingness to mate.<br />
40 Poster [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
NEUROGENESIS, MIGRATION AND APOPTOSIS IN THE<br />
VOMERONASAL EPITHELIUM OF ADULT MICE<br />
Martinez-Marcos A. 1, Quan W. 2, Jia C. 2, Halpern M. 3 1Departamento<br />
de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete,<br />
Albacete, Spain; 2Anatomy and Cell Biology, Downstate Medical<br />
Center, Brooklyn, NY; 3Anatomy & Cell Biology, Downstate Medical<br />
Center, Brooklyn, NY<br />
Neurogenesis in the adult mouse vomeronasal organ appears to occur<br />
in the central regions, but is more prevalent at the edges of sensory<br />
epithelium. Basal cells at the center of the epithelium participate in cell<br />
replacement. It is unknown whether dividing cells at the edges<br />
constitute a reservoir <strong>for</strong> growth, become apoptotic or participate in<br />
neural turnover. This latter possibility implies a process of horizontal<br />
migration. The present work addresses this controversy by injecting<br />
bromodeoxyuridine in adult mice and allowing them to survive <strong>for</strong><br />
various intervals. The vertical and horizontal position of labeled cells<br />
was analyzed as a function of time. Both, vertical and horizontal<br />
migration of labeled cells were detected. Cells at the center of the<br />
epithelium migrate vertically to become neurons as demonstrated by coexpression<br />
of olfactory marker protein. Cells at the edges migrate<br />
horizontally toward the center. After 42 days, however, they have<br />
migrated less than 10% of the distance from the edge (0%) to the center<br />
of the epithelium (100%), thus making it likely that if these cells<br />
participate in neural turnover it is only in marginal regions. The pattern<br />
of distribution of apoptotic cells has been studied and, interestingly, it is<br />
similar to that of dividing cells. These results support the idea that<br />
sensory cell renewal in the mouse vomeronasal organ occurs through a<br />
process of vertical migration. Supported by grant DC02745.
41 Poster [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
NEW METHOD OF VOMERONASAL NERVE TRANSECTION<br />
LEAVES THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM INTACT.<br />
Matsuoka M. 1, Norita M. 2, Costanzo R.M. 3 1Niigata University<br />
Graduate School of Medical and Dental <strong>Sciences</strong>, Niigata, Niigata,<br />
Japan; 2Division of Neurobiol. & Anat., Niigata University Graduate<br />
School of Medical and Dental <strong>Sciences</strong>, Niigata, Niigata, Japan;<br />
3Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA<br />
Methods used to study degeneration and regeneration in the<br />
vomeronasal system typically result in collateral damage to olfactory<br />
system pathways. We set out to develop a new approach to selectively<br />
lesion the vomeronasal nerves and to leave the olfactory system and its<br />
nerve fibers intact. For this study we used OMP-tauLacZ mice and Xgal<br />
staining, which allowed us to label both vomeronasal and olfactory<br />
pathways containing the Olfactory Marker Protein (OMP). Vannis<br />
micro-dissecting scissors were used to cut the vomeronasal nerves at a<br />
point just anterior to the Accessory Olfactory Bulb (AOB). We then<br />
observed the vomeronasal epithelium, the olfactory epithelium, the<br />
main olfactory bulb (MOB) and the AOB at 1, 6, 20, 60 and 120 days<br />
after nerve lesion. At days 20 and 60 we found that there were no OMP<br />
positive cells in the vomeronasal epithelium and no OMP positive nerve<br />
terminals in the AOB. In contrast, OMP positive cells in the olfactory<br />
epithelium and their OMP positive nerve fiber projections to the MOB<br />
remained intact. In a few animals examined after 120 days of recovery<br />
we noticed OMP staining in both the vomeronasal epithelium and<br />
nerve projections within the AOB. These findings suggest that recovery<br />
in the vomeronasal epithelium may be associated with the retargeting of<br />
nerve fibers in the AOB. This new approach to vomeronasal nerve<br />
transaction may prove important <strong>for</strong> behavioral studies of vomeronasal<br />
function, since it has the distinct advantage of leaving the olfactory<br />
system intact. Supported by NIH grant DC00165.<br />
42 Slide [ ] Vomeronasal Organ<br />
PROTEOMICS ANALYSIS OF OLFACTORY SYSTEMS: A<br />
GENERIC APPROACH USING DIFFERENTIAL DYE<br />
ANALYSIS AND DE NOVO PEPTIDE SEQUENCING FOR<br />
IDENTIFYING PROTEINS POTENTIALLY INVOLVED IN<br />
PHEROMONE TRANSPORT AND RECEPTION.<br />
Greenwood D. 1, Jordan M. 1, Cooney J. 2, Jensen D. 2, Plummer K. 3,<br />
Newcomb R. 1, Rasmussen L. 4 1Gene Technologies, HortResearch,<br />
Auckland, New Zealand; 2HortResearch, Hamilton, New Zealand;<br />
3School of Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of Auckland, Auckland, New<br />
Zealand; 4Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology,<br />
Beaverton, OR<br />
Mucosal proteins from the trunk and VNO duct of the Asian elephant<br />
and proteins, both soluble and membrane-bound, extracted from the<br />
antennae of tortricid moths have provided us with diverse sources of<br />
olfactory proteins. We have developed a proteomics plat<strong>for</strong>m which<br />
concentrates on targeting proteins that are differentially expressed, such<br />
as exhibiting sex-specific expression. This approach enables us to<br />
significantly reduce the total number of proteins that feed into our<br />
proteomics pipeline. Proteins conjugated from reaction with<br />
multiplexed fluorescent dyes are separated on 1-D and 2-D<br />
polyacrylamide gels and scanned at segregating wavelengths. The<br />
resultant images are processed using gel analysis software. Those<br />
proteins displaying significantly altered levels or in a new position are<br />
excised and subjected to trypsin hydrolysis and released peptides are<br />
analyzed by nanoelectrospray ion-trap mass spectrometry. Primary data<br />
crunching is per<strong>for</strong>med using peptide search algorithms interrogating<br />
both public domain and proprietary databases. Emphasis is placed on<br />
data generated from de novo sequencing of peptides using the<br />
DeNovoX® package followed by BLAST analysis in an attempt to<br />
overcome the shortfall of having incompletely sequenced genomes.<br />
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43 Poster [ ] Olfactory Transduction<br />
G-PROTEINS IN ANOPHELES GAMBIAE OLFACTION<br />
Rützler M. 1, Zwiebel L. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, Vanderbilt University,<br />
Nashville, TN<br />
<strong>Chemoreception</strong> in general and olfaction in particular represent<br />
critical sensory inputs into many behaviors of hematophagous (bloodfeeding)<br />
insects. Recently the first odorant receptors (ORs) of the<br />
malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae (AgORs) have been<br />
identified and functionally characterized. In addition to these studies, it<br />
will be important to develop methodology to facilitate high throughput<br />
screening of substances, which could potentially lead to the<br />
development of a new generation of efficient insect repellents. To build<br />
an experimental setup that could allow such an approach, expansion of<br />
our current knowledge about signal transduction in insect olfaction is<br />
crucial. The current study identifies 6 genes in the Anopheles gambiae<br />
genome that encode G-protein (α-subunit) homologues. We have<br />
investigated tissue-specific expression of these Gα-genes and describe<br />
the expression pattern of a total of 11 transcripts in the adult mosquito.<br />
Furthermore we localized Gα-proteins within the female mosquitoantenna<br />
and identify candidates <strong>for</strong> Gα-proteins involved in olfactory<br />
signal transduction. Supported by grants from NIAID and NIDCD.<br />
44 Poster [ ] Olfactory Transduction<br />
THE NOVEL GUANYLYL CYCLASE MSGC-I MAY MEDIATE<br />
PHEROMONE-INDUCED CGMP IN THE ANTENNAE OF<br />
MANDUCA SEXTA<br />
Fernando S. 1, Collmann C. 2, Nighorn A. 1 1ARLDN, University of<br />
Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 2Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<br />
The signal transduction cascade induced by pheromone detection<br />
results in a transient increase in calcium followed by a slow increase in<br />
cGMP, which is thought to play a role in adaptation in the olfactory<br />
receptor neurons (ORNs) of Manduca sexta. However, the specific<br />
mechanism mediating this increase in cGMP is unknown. We wanted to<br />
determine if the novel guanylyl cyclase, MsGC-I, mediates this increase<br />
in cGMP. Using immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization, we<br />
found that MsGC-I is likely to be expressed in at least a subset of<br />
pheromone-sensitive ORNs. Some neuronal calcium sensor (NCS)<br />
proteins are known to regulate calcium-dependent guanylyl cyclase<br />
activity in the olfactory system. To learn how the activity of MsGC-I<br />
might be regulated we are testing if MsFrequenin and/or<br />
MsNeurocalcin, two NCSs cloned previously and known to be<br />
expressed in ORNs, may mediate calcium-dependent regulation of<br />
MsGC-I activity. Supported by NIH-NIDCD DC04292
45 Slide [ ] Olfactory Transduction<br />
EVIDENCE FOR ALTERNATE TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS<br />
IN THE MOUSE: OLFACTION IN THE CNGA2 KNOCKOUT<br />
Restrepo D. 1, Lin W. 1, Arellano J. 1, Slotnick B. 2 1Cell and<br />
Developmental Biology, Neuroscience Program and Rocky Mountain<br />
Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong><br />
Center, Denver, CO; 2Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa,<br />
FL<br />
In mammals the adenosine 3´,5´-monophosphate (cAMP) pathway is<br />
widely believed to be the only transduction mechanism in the main<br />
olfactory epithelium largely due to the lack of odor responsiveness of<br />
mice defective <strong>for</strong> cAMP signaling. Here we report on odor<br />
responsiveness in mice with a disrupted cyclic nucleotide gated (CNG)<br />
channel subunit A2. Several odorants, including putative pheromones,<br />
can be detected and discriminated by these mice behaviorally. These<br />
odors elicit electro-olfactogram (EOG) responses in the olfactory<br />
epithelium and activate a subset of glomeruli in the main olfactory bulb<br />
and stimulate neurons in of CNGA2 knockout mice. In addition, EOG<br />
responses to odors detected by CNGA2 knockout mice are relatively<br />
insensitive to inhibitors of the cAMP pathway. These results provide<br />
strong evidence that cAMP-independent pathways in the main olfactory<br />
system of mammals participate in detecting a subset of odors.<br />
This work was supported by NIH grants DC00566, DC04657,<br />
DC006070 (DR) DC0043 (WL) and MH6118 (BS).<br />
46 Slide [ ] Olfactory Transduction<br />
IDENTIFICATION OF THE SECOND MESSENGER THAT<br />
MEDIATES SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN THE NEWT<br />
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR CELL<br />
Takeuchi H. 1, Kurahashi T. 1 1Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University,<br />
Osaka, Japan<br />
It has long been believed that vertebrate olfactory signal transduction<br />
is mediated by independent multiple pathways (utilizing cAMP and IP3<br />
as second messengers). However, the dual presence of parallel<br />
pathways in the olfactory cilia is still controversial, mainly because of<br />
the lack of in<strong>for</strong>mation regarding the single cell response induced by<br />
odorants that have been shown to produce IP3 exclusively.<br />
In the present study, we examined two series of experiments. First,<br />
we compared responses induced by both cAMP- and IP3-odorants.<br />
Fundamental properties of responses were surprisingly homologous in<br />
spatial distribution of the sensitivity, wave<strong>for</strong>ms, I-V relation and<br />
reversal potential, dose-dependence, time integration of stimulus,<br />
adaptation and recovery. By applying both types of odorants<br />
alternatively to the same cell, we observed cells to exhibit perfect<br />
symmetrical cross-adaptation. Second series of experiments was that<br />
the cytoplasmic cNMP concentration was manipulated through the<br />
photolysis of caged compounds to examine their real-time interactions<br />
with IP3-odorant-induced events. The Properties of responses induced<br />
by both IP3-odorants and cytoplasmic cNMP resembled each other in<br />
their unique characteristics. They showed symmetrical adaptation that is<br />
dependent on the Ca2+-infux. Furthermore, both responses were<br />
additive in a manner as predicted quantitatively by the theory that signal<br />
transduction is mediated by the increase in cytoplasmic cAMP. The<br />
data will provide evidence showing that olfactory responses are<br />
generated by a uni<strong>for</strong>m mechanism <strong>for</strong> a wide variety of odorants.<br />
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47 Poster [ ] Olfactory Transduction<br />
PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF A POSSIBLE TRP-<br />
RELATED ION CHANNEL IN LOBSTER OLFACTORY<br />
RECEPTOR NEURONS<br />
Bobkov Y.V. 1, Ache B.W. 1 1The Whitney Laboratory, Center <strong>for</strong> Smell<br />
and Taste, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville,<br />
FL<br />
Lobster olfactory receptor neurons express a sodium-gated nonselective<br />
cation channel (Zhainazarov et al., J. Neurophysiol.79:1349,<br />
1998) that is a potential member of the growing family of trp channels.<br />
Here, we extend our pharmacological characterization of the channel by<br />
recording the effect of potential agonists and antagonists on the channel<br />
in cell-free patches. In addition to Na + , the channel is activated by Ca2+ ,<br />
PIP2, PIP3, and maitotoxin, and antagonized by H + , calmodulin<br />
inhibitors, and the trp channel blockers 2APB, SKF96365, ruthenium<br />
red, Al3+ , Gd3+ , and La3+ . Interestingly, decreasing extracellular pH<br />
from 8.0 to 7.5, a range in which pH is not known to block other ion<br />
channels, effectively blocked the lobster channel and could serve as a<br />
selective probe <strong>for</strong> the channel. We are in the process of using this<br />
enhanced pharmacological profile to implicate the channel as a target of<br />
odor-activated phosphoinositide signaling in the cells. Supported by the<br />
NIDCD (DC01655).<br />
48 Poster [ ] Olfactory Transduction<br />
EXPRESSION OF TRP CHANNELS AND ODORANT<br />
RECEPTOR SIGNALING IN ODORA CELLS<br />
Liu G. 1, Talamo B.R. 1 1Neuroscience, Tufts University, Boston, MA<br />
To examine signaling pathways directly activated by odorant<br />
receptor, we utilize the olfactory epithelial cell line, Odora. Odora cells<br />
functionally express transfected odorant receptor U131 without<br />
requiring concurrent transfection of additional signaling proteins<br />
(Murrell and Hunter, 1999). Previously we showed that Odora cells<br />
express adenylyl cyclase III, phospholipase C iso<strong>for</strong>ms, and G proteins<br />
found in the olfactory epithelium (OE). Cai signals in Odora cells are<br />
not activated by the canonical cAMP cascade; transfected U131<br />
receptors in Odora cells activate PLC, IP3 and IP3 receptor to elevate<br />
Cai without the release of intracellular Ca2+. Biotinylation studies<br />
reveal that there is cell surface expression of IP3 receptors I-III in<br />
Odora cells, implicating one or more IP3 receptors as a possible route<br />
<strong>for</strong> Ca2+ entry mediated by odorant. In this study, we explore the<br />
expression of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels to assess the<br />
possibility that they might participate in odor-activated Ca2+ entry<br />
through the plasma membrane. RT-PCR analysis of all 7 mammalian<br />
TRPC channels reveals transcripts <strong>for</strong> TRPC1 and TRPC5 in both<br />
Odora cells and nasal epithelium. Western blotting further documents<br />
the expression of protein <strong>for</strong> TRPC5, but not <strong>for</strong> TRPC1. Current<br />
studies using antibodies to TRPC5 and TRPC1 examine the localization<br />
of TRPCs in the rat olfactory system. These observations continue the<br />
characterization and evaluation of a unique pathway activated by<br />
odorant receptor in Odora cells that may reveal an important role <strong>for</strong><br />
alternative signaling through the odorant receptor in the olfactory<br />
system in vivo. Supported in part by DC 05229-01A1.
49 Poster [ ] Olfactory Transduction<br />
ODOR-INDUCED CALCIUM RESPONSES FROM SQUID<br />
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS<br />
Sitthichai A.A. 1, Lucero M.T. 1 1Physiology, University of Utah, Salt<br />
Lake City, UT<br />
ORNs from the squid Lolliguncula brevis fall into 5 morphological<br />
subtypes. Previously we characterized odor responses in 2<br />
morphological subtypes from isolated squid olfactory receptor neurons<br />
(ORNs) 1 . Because the isolation process destroys the other 3 subtypes,<br />
we have developed a slice preparation to make physiological recordings<br />
from a relatively intact olfactory epithelium. Thus far,<br />
electrophysiological recordings from slices have been challenging<br />
because of the thick mucous that covers the olfactory organ. Initial<br />
Ca2+ imaging studies using the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator dye, Fluo-4,<br />
and laser scanning confocal microscopy were unsuccessful because the<br />
tissue underlying the olfactory epithelium spontaneously contracts after<br />
dissection from the animal. We tested numerous receptor antagonists,<br />
ion channel inhibitors and conotoxins that were unsuccessful in<br />
blocking spontaneous contractions. Both isotonic MgCl and 62.5<br />
2<br />
µg/ml ketamine blocked the tissue contractions but also inhibited odorinduced<br />
Ca2+ responses. Fortunately, we found that 5 µM nicotine<br />
completely blocks spontaneous contractions without compromising<br />
odor responses. We are currently using the squid olfactory organ slice<br />
preparation to test the odor specificity and transduction pathway of the<br />
5 morphological subtypes of ORNs. Application of this methodology<br />
will allow us to correlate morphology, odor specificity and signal<br />
transduction in real time across a relatively intact olfactory epithelium.<br />
Funded by NINDS NS07938 (MTL) and NIDCD DC006793 (AAS).<br />
1. M. T. Lucero, F. T. Horrigan, and W. F. Gilly. J.Exp.Biol. 162:231-<br />
249, 1992.<br />
50 Slide [ ] Olfactory Transduction<br />
NOVEL ACTION OF CALMODULIN ON NATIVE RAT<br />
OLFACTORY CNG CHANNELS<br />
Bradley J. 1, Bönigk W. 2, Gensch T. 2, Yau K. 1, Kaupp B. 2, Frings S. 3<br />
1Department of Neuroscience/HHMI, Johns Hopkins University,<br />
Baltimore, MD; 2IBI-1, Forschungszentrum, Jülich, Germany;<br />
3Molecular Physiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany<br />
Adaptation to stimuli is an important process in sensory neurons. In<br />
vertebrate olfactory receptor neurons, rapid negative-feedback<br />
inhibition of Ca2+-permeable, cAMP-gated (CNG) transduction<br />
channels underlies adaptation. Previous studies with CNGA2, a CNG<br />
channel subunit that <strong>for</strong>ms a homomeric channel when expressed<br />
heterologously, have implicated binding of Ca2+/calmodulin<br />
(Ca2+/CaM) to CNGA2 in adaptation. Native rat olfactory CNG<br />
channels, however, are a heteromeric complex of three homologous<br />
subunits, CNGA2, CNGA4 and CNGB1b. We now report that the<br />
CaM-binding site on CNGA2 does not mediate at all the modulation by<br />
Ca2+-CaM of native channels. We find that, with native channels in<br />
resting neurons, Ca2+-free calmodulin (apocalmodulin) is largely preassociated.<br />
Accordingly, apocalmodulin-binding sites of the IQ-type are<br />
together necessary and sufficient <strong>for</strong> Ca2+/CaM feedback inhibition of<br />
heteromeric channels. Thus, calmodulin is permanently associated with<br />
native channels in ORNs, poised at the site of Ca2+ influx as a Ca2+<br />
sensor to rapidly effect inhibition. Apart from mechanistically<br />
explaining the fast kinetics of adaptation to odorants, our findings<br />
caution against the practice of extrapolating findings from<br />
heterologously expressed homomeric channels to native heteromeric<br />
channels.<br />
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51 Slide [ ] Olfactory Transduction<br />
AMPLIFICATION BY A SINGLE GPCR MOLECULE IN THE<br />
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURON<br />
Bhandawat V. 1, Reisert J. 2, Yau K. 3 1Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins<br />
University, Baltimore, MD; 2Howard Hughes Medical Institute,<br />
Baltimore, MD; 3Neuroscience (HHMI), Johns Hopkins University,<br />
Baltimore, MD<br />
Odorants bind to specific G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) on<br />
olfactory neurons, which, via a G-protein cascade, convert chemical<br />
signals into an electrical response. We have measured membrane<br />
current from single frog (Rana pipiens) olfactory neurons and analyzed<br />
the odorant-receptor interaction. We find that an odorant molecule<br />
rapidly unbinds from the receptor, often be<strong>for</strong>e the activation of a Gprotein.<br />
This leads to low amplification between receptor activation and<br />
G-protein activation, which is confirmed by the small size of the unitary<br />
event as derived by quantal analysis. Although the individual events are<br />
very small, there is a non-linear summation of these events that<br />
amplifies the response greatly. Funded by Howard Hughes Medical<br />
Institute.<br />
52 Slide [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
A COMPARISON OF SENSORY HAIR DISTRIBUTION ON<br />
THE CHELAE AND OLFACTORY ORGANS OF CRAYFISH<br />
(ORCONECTES RUSTICUS)<br />
Bergman D.A. 1, Belanger R.M. 1, Moore P.A. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>,<br />
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH<br />
Sensory hairs are found in great abundance on the appendages of<br />
crayfish and have been shown to be important <strong>for</strong> detecting both<br />
mechano- and chemosensory stimuli. Detailed analysis of the spatial<br />
distribution of these sensory hairs that is correlated with sex or<br />
reproductive <strong>for</strong>ms allows us to determine if a particular sensory hair<br />
type or abundance could be important <strong>for</strong> mating. With this in mind, we<br />
examined the sensory hair distribution of <strong>for</strong>m I (reproductive) and<br />
<strong>for</strong>m II (non-reproductive) males, as well as females using scanning<br />
electron microscopy. We quantified and qualified all sensory hair types.<br />
Our research indicates that reproductive male crayfish have a greater<br />
number of feathered hairs on their chelae and antennules when<br />
compared to non-reproductive males and females. This increase in<br />
sensory hair distribution suggests a link between sensory hairs and<br />
mating chemical cues in the crayfish. Male and female crayfish have<br />
different distributions and abundance of sensory hairs on the sensory<br />
appendages. These differences are likely a function of the different<br />
reproductive life histories where males actively pursue and locate<br />
females. In all, the sensory hairs on all of the appendages appear to be<br />
important in mate recognition.
53 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
AESTHETASCS, THE OLFACTORY SENSILLA, ARE<br />
MEDIATORS OF CHEMOSENSORY ACTIVATION OF<br />
ANTENNULAR FLICKING IN THE SPINY LOBSTER,<br />
PANULIRUS ARGUS<br />
Daniel P.C. 1 1Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY<br />
Lobster antennules bear a number of different sensilla sensitive to<br />
odorants. We have found that two antennular behaviors, grooming<br />
(Wroblewska et al., Chem. Senses 27:769-778, 2002) and flicking (Fox<br />
et al. Chem. Senses 28:555, 2003), are mediated by aesthetascs and/or<br />
asymmetric setae located in the “tuft” region of the lateral flagellum.<br />
Flicking also requires “non-tuft” setae scattered across the lateral and<br />
medial flagella. Schmidt et al. (this meeting) have found through<br />
ablation experiments that grooming is solely activated by asymmetric<br />
setae. The present study used similar techniques to determine the<br />
relative importance of aesthetascs and asymmetric setae to activation of<br />
flicking behavior. Two groups of lobsters were sham-ablated by<br />
removing a row of guard setae and then tested <strong>for</strong> antennular responses<br />
to L-glutamate (the major chemical stimulus eliciting grooming), and<br />
squid extract (concentration). This was followed by either ablation of<br />
asymmetric setae (N=8) or ablation of aesthetascs (N=6) after which the<br />
behavioral assay was repeated. Lobsters with asymmetric setae<br />
removed no longer groomed in response to glutamate but showed no<br />
reduction in flick rate to squid extract compared to their responses to<br />
the same odorants following sham ablation. In contrast, lobsters with<br />
aesthetascs removed showed no reduction in grooming to glutamate but<br />
no longer increased flick rates to squid extract. These results, along<br />
with those from the earlier study, suggest that olfactory and<br />
nonolfactory pathways are utilized in eliciting flicking behavior in<br />
which processing occurs via the olfactory lobes and the lateral<br />
antennular neuropils.<br />
54 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
BEHAVIORAL DISCRIMINATION OF AMINO ACIDS IN<br />
ZEBRAFISH (DANIO RERIO)<br />
Valentincic T. 1, Miklavc P. 1 1Department of Biology, University of<br />
Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br />
Based on the dissimilar patterns of glomerular activation during<br />
amino acid stimulation in recent calcium-imaging studies in zebrafish<br />
(Friedrich and Korsching, 1997), it is possible, but previously untested,<br />
that this species is capable of discriminating behaviorally different<br />
amino acids. As per<strong>for</strong>med in catfish, olfactory discrimination was<br />
studied by conditioning zebrafish with a food reward that was presented<br />
90 seconds after the conditioning amino acid solution was injected into<br />
the aquarium. Tests <strong>for</strong> discrimination began after ~50 conditioning<br />
sessions. Conditioned zebrafish, which associated a specific amino acid<br />
odor with a food reward, searched <strong>for</strong> food longer and more intensely<br />
(measurements of the swimming path by video-tracking or counting the<br />
turns >90 degrees during 90 seconds) than after stimulation with a nonconditioned<br />
amino acid. We used 3x10-5M L-Ala, L-Val and L-Arg,<br />
respectively, as conditioning stimuli and the following as test stimuli:<br />
Gly, L-Ala, L-Ser, L-Phe, L-Tyr, L-Trp, L-His, L-Asn, L-Val, L-Ile, L-<br />
Leu, L-Met, L-Arg, L-Lys, L-Glu, L-Asp, L-Pro and D-Ala . With the<br />
exception of the L-Val conditioning stimulus and the L-Ile test<br />
stimulus, zebrafish discriminated all the conditioning stimuli from the<br />
test stimuli. Our results clearly indicated that the amino acids that<br />
previously showed similar glomerular activity patterns (e.g. L-Val and<br />
L-Ile), were not discriminated behaviorally by zebrafish, but those in<br />
which the glomerular activation patterns were distinct were readily<br />
discriminated.<br />
Friedrich, R.W. and Korsching, S., 1997. Combinatorial and<br />
chemotopic odorant coding in the zebrafish olfactory bulb visualised by<br />
optical imaging. Neuron 18:737-752.<br />
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55 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
OLFACTORY COMMUNICATION: EVOLVING NEW BLENDS<br />
AND NOVEL PREFERENCES<br />
Vickers N.J. 1, Hillier K. 1, Groot A. 2, Gould F.L. 2 1Biology, University<br />
of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 2Entomology, North Carolina State<br />
University, Raleigh, NC<br />
Male moths are often extremely sensitive and narrowly tuned to the<br />
blend of components emitted by conspecific females. The sexual<br />
communication channel is there<strong>for</strong>e under strong stabilizing selective<br />
pressure. How then do new female blends and male preferences evolve?<br />
Two closely related moth species, Heliothis virescens and Heliothis<br />
subflexa, can be hybridized under laboratory conditions in order to<br />
study the genetic basis of behavior and olfactory characteristics that<br />
accompany species divergence. Males of these two species prefer<br />
qualitatively distinct blends that include either Z9-14:Ald (H. virescens)<br />
or Z9-16:Ald (H. subflexa). In addition, H. subflexa males require Z11-<br />
16:OH. These behavioral preferences are correlated with the specificity<br />
of olfactory receptor neurons and central interneurons arborizing within<br />
the glomeruli of the male-specific macroglomerular complex. Wind<br />
tunnel studies have shown that Z9-14:Ald/Z9-16:Ald preference<br />
segregates in a 1:1 ratio in backcross males. Preliminary genetic (QTL)<br />
analyses have revealed that this trait is associated with a single<br />
autosomal chromosome suggesting that a major gene may control this<br />
phenotype, perhaps coupled to the expression of odorant receptors.<br />
Other divergent characters in this system, such as Z11-16:OH-agonism<br />
and Z11-16:OAc-antagonism, may involve odorant receptors but also<br />
likely involve shifts in the glomerular targets of receptor axons and<br />
interpretation of olfactory in<strong>for</strong>mation by higher brain centers.<br />
Supported by NSF IBN-9905683 to NJV.<br />
56 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
OLFACTORY RECOGNITION IN CANINES<br />
Puchalski D. 1, Leitch A. 1, Hornung D. 1 1Biology Department, St.<br />
Lawrence University, Canton, NY<br />
The overall objective of this work was to assess the specificity of the<br />
olfactory cues that canines use when identifying humans. That is, once<br />
a dog is trained to identify the smell of a human (the target), will the<br />
dog be confused by the smell of the target´s siblings or by the smell of<br />
other people who use the target´s soap or deodorant? A 1-year-old<br />
golden retriever was trained to pick her owner´s scent out of three<br />
possible choices. After a trial had been initiated by “go” the dog would<br />
smell each of three boxes containing T-shirts impregnated with human<br />
scent. The target was randomly assigned to one of the boxes. The boxes<br />
were constructed such that the dog could not use visual cues. The dog<br />
signaled recognition of the target´s smell by a sit/stay response. The<br />
dog was trained to correctly identify the target over 90% of the time.<br />
When there was no target present the dog would repeatedly sample the<br />
three boxes and 80% of the time give no recognition signal. The dog<br />
was rewarded only <strong>for</strong> correct target responses. Probe trials consisting<br />
of the scent of the target´s siblings or of the scent of other humans who<br />
had used the soap and/or deodorant of the target were inserted into the<br />
testing sessions. There was no reward given during a probe trial. The<br />
dog gave the recognition response more often to the smell of the<br />
target´s siblings as compared to the smell of non-related humans.<br />
Likewise the dog gave the recognition response more often when nonrelated<br />
humans used either the soap or deodorant of the target. These<br />
results suggest that both genetic factors (such as HLA typing) and<br />
added smells (such as soap) may have some bearing on canine olfactory<br />
recognition of humans.
57 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
MLPEST AS A MEASURE OF OLFACTORY SENSITIVITY<br />
THRESHOLD IN MICE<br />
Clevenger A.C. 1, Restrepo D. 1 1Cell and Developmental Biology,<br />
University of Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO<br />
Threshold is defined as the stimulus intensity necessary <strong>for</strong> a subject<br />
to reach a specified percent correct on a detection test. Un<strong>for</strong>tunately,<br />
many measures of threshold in sensory systems are heavily influenced<br />
by decision making processes and are subject to extinction. MLPEST<br />
(Maximum-Likelihood Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing) is<br />
a method that minimizes both decision-based bias and extinction.<br />
Originally developed <strong>for</strong> human auditory and visual tasks, it has been<br />
also been utilized <strong>for</strong> human olfactory and gustatory tests. Indeed, a<br />
recent comparison of MLPEST with other methods to test olfactory and<br />
gustatory thresholds demonstrated reliable and precise threshold<br />
measurements (Linschoten et al. Percept. Psychophys. 63:1330, 2001).<br />
However, this comparison was limited to its application <strong>for</strong> human<br />
subjects. In order to modify this technique <strong>for</strong> olfactory testing in mice,<br />
we have adapted MLPEST methodology to the computerized<br />
olfactometer of Bodyak and Slotnick (Chem. Senses 24:637, 1999).<br />
Here we present data that demonstrate the utility of this technique in<br />
mice, and we discuss the ramifications of altering MLPEST test<br />
parameters on per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />
This work was supported by NIH grants DC00566, DC04657 (DR)<br />
and F30 DC 5740 (AC).<br />
58 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
VIRUS-INDUCED BODY ODORS IN MICE<br />
Beauchamp G.K. 1, Ross S.R. 2, Curran M. 1, Hultine S. 2, Yamazaki K. 1<br />
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA; 2Department of<br />
Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV) provides an attractive<br />
animal model to study the effects of infection on body odor. MMTV is<br />
a retrovirus that either is passed from mother to offspring through her<br />
milk or is transmitted genetically as an endogenous provirus.<br />
Depending on the mouse strain, multiparous infected females often<br />
develop mammary tumors. The provirus genome consists of several<br />
genes one of which, Sag codes <strong>for</strong> a superantigen that is presented by<br />
MHC Class II on B cells and acts to delete specific subsets of T cells in<br />
the host. We previously demonstrated that mice infected by MMTV by<br />
suckling on infected dams expressed a distinctive odor as shown by the<br />
ability of trained mice to discriminate odors of infected vs. non-infected<br />
controls in a Y maze. Endogenously expressed MMTV can be used to<br />
investigate mechanisms of body odor change. In the first study with<br />
endogenous virus, we found that mice transgenic <strong>for</strong> an MMTV<br />
provirus (C3H/HeN) express a different odor than control littermates.<br />
In the second study, we demonstrated that mice differing from control<br />
littermates only by expressing the Sag gene (MMTV-ORF 16) also had<br />
a distinctive body odor. This result suggests that changes in immune<br />
function, likely alterations in the T-cell repertoire, underlie body odor<br />
changes following MMTV infection. Variations in immune function<br />
following infection may thus result in specific volatile signals useful in<br />
disease diagnosis.<br />
Supported by NSF Grant#0112528<br />
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59 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
OLFACTORY FEAR CONDITIONING AND DISCRIMINATION<br />
IN MICE.<br />
Jones S.V. 1, Heldt S. 1, Davis M. 1, Ressler K.J. 1 1Center <strong>for</strong> Behavioral<br />
Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta, GA<br />
A method <strong>for</strong> producing long-lasting olfactory learning and<br />
discrimination within a single session is required <strong>for</strong> future studies of<br />
the molecular bases of olfactory memory. In previous studies, we have<br />
shown that mice can learn olfactory-cued fear as measured by both<br />
freezing and fear potentiated startle, the two most common fear<br />
measures in rodents. We first show that mice have enhanced fear<br />
potentiated startle and freezing after pairing odors with footshocks in a<br />
paradigm that supports learning, but not when the same number of<br />
odors and shock presentations are presented in an unpaired fashion.<br />
Here we also show that mice can discriminate between an odor paired<br />
with a shock versus an unpaired odor. Using 10% amyl acetate or 5%<br />
acetophenone, we examined the unconditioned startle and freezing<br />
responses of mice prior to training. During training mice received five<br />
presentations of one odor alone interspersed with five pairings of the<br />
other odor with a footshock. The following day, we tested fear<br />
potentiated startle and freezing to these odors. Acoustic startle to the<br />
untrained odor and the trained odor were non-significant be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
training. After conditioning, the fear potentiated startle response to the<br />
untrained (8%) and trained (29%) odor were significantly different<br />
(p=0.002). Additionally, freezing prior to training was non-significant,<br />
but after training, mice froze significantly more to the conditioned odor<br />
(p=0.03). Ongoing studies investigating the role of the amygdala in<br />
these behaviors will pave the way <strong>for</strong> examining the molecular<br />
mechanisms of amygdala-dependent modulation of olfactory learning.<br />
60 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
OPPOSING EFFECTS OF D1 AND D2 RECEPTOR<br />
ACTIVATION ON ODOR DISCRIMINATION LEARNING<br />
Mcnamara A. 1, Yue E. 1, Cleland T. 2, Linster C. 3 1Neurobiology and<br />
Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; 2Neurobiology and Nehavior,<br />
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; 3Cornell University*, Ithaca, NY<br />
Dopaminergic modulation of cortical activity has been implicated in<br />
the planning, initiation, and control of movements, as well as in<br />
emotional responses, motivation, and the <strong>for</strong>mation of reward<br />
associations. Additionally, there is abundant evidence <strong>for</strong><br />
dopaminergic effects on olfactory processing, and in particular <strong>for</strong> the<br />
effects of dopaminergic modulation on odor detection thresholds.<br />
Using a simultaneous olfactory discrimination task, we here show that<br />
both D1 and D2 dopamine receptors can regulate rats´ olfactory<br />
discrimination capacities, and furthermore that the effects of D1 and D2<br />
receptor activation functionally oppose one another in the per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
of this task. Specifically, injection of either the D1 agonist SKF 38393<br />
(10 mg/kg body weight) or the D2 antagonist spiperone (0.62 mg/kg)<br />
facilitated the difficult discrimination of similar odorants but had no<br />
effect on the easier discrimination of dissimilar odorants, whereas both<br />
the D1 antagonist SCH 23390 (0.025 mg/kg) and the D2 agonist<br />
quinpirole (0.2 mg/kg) significantly impaired rats´ ability to<br />
discriminate both similar and dissimilar odorants.
61 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
NOT ONLY - BUT ALSO -ADRENOCEPTORS ARE INVOLVED<br />
IN EARLY ODOR PREFERENCE LEARNING IN THE RAT<br />
Mclean J.H. 1, Mccann J. 2, Darby-King A. 1, Harley C.W. 2 1Basic<br />
Medical <strong>Sciences</strong>, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's,<br />
Newfoundland, Canada; 2Psychology, Memorial University of<br />
Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada<br />
Early preference olfactory learning is important <strong>for</strong> the survival of<br />
infant rats because they need to associate the odor of the mother with<br />
reward (food). In the neonate, tactile stimulation activates the locus<br />
coeruleus (Nakamura et al., 1987) in the brain stem. Noradrenergic<br />
(NE) neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC) have a strong axonal<br />
projection to the olfactory bulb (Shipley et al., 1985; McLean and<br />
Shipley, 1989; McLean et al., 1991). When NE activation is paired<br />
with odor in the neonate, preference <strong>for</strong> the odor (learning) takes place<br />
(Sullivan et al., 2000;Sullivan et al., 1991;Sullivan et al., 1989;Price et<br />
al., 1998;Langdon et al., 1997). The LC β-adrenergic input has been<br />
shown to be necessary and sufficient <strong>for</strong> preference acquisition to occur<br />
in rats up to around postnatal day 10. Surprisingly, despite observations<br />
that α-adrenoceptors are present (Day et al. 1997, Winzer Serhan et al,<br />
1997) and functional (Hayar et al. 2001) in the olfactory bulb, there is<br />
relatively little known about their function in behavior. In this study, we<br />
tested the hypothesis that α-adrenoceptors have roles similar to the βadrenoceptors<br />
in early olfactory learning. In this set of experiments we<br />
showed that activation of the α1-adrenoceptors was sufficient to induce<br />
early preference learning in the rat while the α2-adrenoceptor agonists<br />
did not show an effect. The α-adrenoceptors acted in a dose-dependent<br />
manner similar to the β-adrenoceptors in early odor preference learning.<br />
This work is supported by a grant from CIHR-CEDA Regional<br />
Partnership<br />
62 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
THE EFFECT OF CONCENTRATION AND CONDITIONING<br />
ON ODORANT DISCRIMINATION BY THE HONEYBEE<br />
Fussnecker B.L. 1, Carlton M. 1, Wright G. 2, Smith B.H. 1 1Entomology,<br />
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; 2Mathematical Biosciences<br />
Institute, Ohio State University, columbus, OH<br />
Naturally occurring odors used by animals <strong>for</strong> mate recognition, food<br />
identification and other purposes must be detected at concentrations that<br />
vary across several orders of magnitude. Olfactory systems must<br />
there<strong>for</strong>e have the capacity to represent odors over a large range of<br />
concentrations regardless of dramatic changes in odor salience. The<br />
stability of the representation of an odor relative to other odors across<br />
concentration has not been extensively evaluated. We tested the ability<br />
of honeybees to discriminate pure odorants across a range of<br />
concentrations at and above their detection threshold. We also<br />
examined how their ability to discriminate among odors changed as a<br />
function of the number of times they had encountered an odorant in<br />
association with an appetitive reward. Our study showed that<br />
discrimination among odorants was a function both of the concentration<br />
and the number of experiences a subject has with an odorant. We<br />
hypothesize that this arises from two separate mechanisms in the<br />
olfactory system.<br />
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63 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
DILTIAZEM ADMINISTERED NASALLY DECREASES FOOD<br />
INTAKE AND ATTENUATES WEIGHT GAIN IN RATS<br />
Maher T.J. 1, Amer A. 1, Adams C. 2, Chen W. 3, Weinrich K. 3<br />
1Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health <strong>Sciences</strong>, Boston, MA;<br />
2Compellis Pharmaceuticals, Somerville, MA; 3Longwood<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boston, MA<br />
Energy intake is continuously influenced by many complex<br />
endogenous neurochemical systems located both centrally and<br />
peripherally, in addition to numerous external environmental stimuli,<br />
such as olfaction. As the processing of odorant in<strong>for</strong>mation by many<br />
olfactory neurons is mediated via Ca2+-currents through Ca2+<br />
channels, a novel approach at influencing the ingestive behaviors of<br />
animals might there<strong>for</strong>e involve altering olfactory acuity via Ca2+<br />
channel blockade. The present study tested the ability of a Ca2+<br />
channel blocker, diltiazem (D), to alter food intake in rats made<br />
hyperphagic. D was delivered using the intranasal (i.n.), intraperitoneal<br />
(i.p.) and oral (p.o.) routes of administration. Male Sprague Dawley rats<br />
maintained in a reversed-lighting environment, which had been fooddeprived<br />
<strong>for</strong> 4hrs at the beginning of the dark cycle, were administered<br />
different doses of D or vehicle (V) and the amount of food consumed<br />
was measured. While food intake at 1, 2 and 4 hrs post D administration<br />
was significantly decreased in a dose-dependent manner after i.n.<br />
administration, neither the i.p. nor p.o. routes significantly affected food<br />
intake. In another experiment, rats were trained to eat their daily meal<br />
during the first 4hrs at the onset of the dark cycle. Once acclimated to<br />
this schedule, daily treatment <strong>for</strong> 14 days with i.n. D or V prior to food<br />
introduction resulted in a dose-dependent attenuation of weight gain.<br />
Together these studies suggest that i.n. administration of D possesses<br />
significant anorectic activity that may have utility in influencing energy<br />
intake. Additional studies are needed to determine the exact<br />
mechanisms and sites of action of i.n. administered D.<br />
64 Poster [ ] Olfaction: Animal Behavior<br />
KV1.3-TARGETED GENE-DELETION INCREASES<br />
METABOLIC FUNCTION AND OLFACTORY ABILITY<br />
Thompson R.N. 1, Perkins R.M. 1, Parsons A.D. 2, Overton M. 2, Fadool<br />
D. 1 1Dept. Biological Sci, Prog. in Neurosci., Florida State University,<br />
Tallahassee, FL; 2Dept Nutrition, Food, & Exer Sci, Prog. in Neurosci.,<br />
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
Mice with gene-targeted deletion (KO) of the voltage-dependent K<br />
channel, Kv1.3, have smaller glomeruli and thus were behaviorally<br />
phenotyped to understand the channel´s contribution to olfaction. Mice<br />
were monitored (8d) in environmental chambers where data are<br />
computer-acquired every 30 seconds. KO animals were found to have<br />
abnormal ingestive behaviors yet equivalent daily caloric/water intake;<br />
KOs ate more intermittently and drank larger volumes less frequently.<br />
KO animals had slightly increased metabolism and locomotor activity<br />
in the dark cycle and weighed less than aged-matched wildtype mice.<br />
KO mice were not anosmic, in fact, retrieval time to recover a hidden<br />
food item was twice as fast as that observed <strong>for</strong> wildtype mice. Odor<br />
habituation trials using complex mixtures and single alcohols indicated<br />
that KO mice can discriminate molecules differing by only 1 carbon.<br />
Food-restricted mice were trained to dig <strong>for</strong> a hidden reward paired<br />
with an odorant using a two-choice paradigm to determine odorant<br />
threshold ability. KO mice per<strong>for</strong>med the paired task more quickly and<br />
at concentrations 1,000 to 10,000 fold less than that by wildtype mice.<br />
While these tasks are influenced by memory, both genotypes per<strong>for</strong>med<br />
equivalently in object recognition testing and test of motivation <strong>for</strong><br />
object exploration. This unusual set of behaviors in the Kv1.3 KO mice<br />
suggest that Kv1.3 serves additional roles beyond shaping the resting<br />
potential. Supported by NIH DC03387(NIDCD) and NIH HL-56732.
65 Slide [ ] Trigeminal <strong>Chemoreception</strong><br />
LINGUAL TACTILE ACUITY, TASTE PERCEPTION, AND<br />
THE DENSITY AND DIAMETER OF FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE<br />
IN FEMALE SUBJECTS<br />
Chopra A. 1, Essick G. 2, Guest S. 3, Mcglone F. 4 1Cognitive<br />
Neuroscience, Unilever R&D, UK, Merseyside, United Kingdom;<br />
2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; 3Dental<br />
Research Centre, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel<br />
Hill, NC; 4Cognitive Neuroscience, Unilever R&D, Merseyside, United<br />
Kingdom<br />
A growing body of evidence suggests that individuals who differ in<br />
taste perception differ in lingual tactile perception. To address this<br />
issue, spatial resolution acuity was estimated <strong>for</strong> 83 young adult<br />
females (52 Asians and 31 Caucasians) by their ability to examine with<br />
the tongue and identify embossed letters of the alphabet. Ratings of the<br />
magnitude of the bitterness of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) were<br />
obtained to characterize subjects' taste perception. The density and<br />
diameter of fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae on the anterior tongues of the Asian<br />
subjects were measured also. Subjects who rated the bitterness of PROP<br />
as very or intensely strong (supertasters) were found to be 25% more<br />
tactually acute than subjects who rated the bitterness as moderate to<br />
strong (medium tasters) and twice as acute as subjects who rated it as<br />
barely detectable or weak (non-tasters; P
69 Slide [ ] Trigeminal <strong>Chemoreception</strong><br />
FATTY ACIDS INHIBIT DELAYED RECTIFYING K<br />
CHANNELS IN ISOLATED TRIGEMINAL NEURONS.<br />
Gilbertson T.A. 1, Klein J.T. 1, Farmer-George M. 1, Hansen D.R. 1, Simon<br />
S.A. 2 1Biology & Center <strong>for</strong> Integrated BioSystems, Utah State<br />
University, Logan, UT; 2Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC<br />
Chemosensory cues <strong>for</strong> fat have been shown to be mediated by fatty<br />
acids (FA) acting directly on subtypes of delayed rectifying K (DRK)<br />
channels in taste receptor cells (TRCs). Since it is generally believed<br />
that texture is important <strong>for</strong> oral fat recognition and that texture<br />
perception is mediated, at least in part, by trigeminal (TG) innervation,<br />
we have examined the effects of fatty acids (0.1-10 µM) on isolated rat<br />
TG neurons using whole-cell patch clamp recording. TG ganglia were<br />
removed and individual TG neurons were isolated by enzymatic<br />
methods and placed into culture <strong>for</strong> 24-72 h. Patch recordings were<br />
made be<strong>for</strong>e, during and after application of a variety of fatty acids<br />
including saturated (SFA), monounsaturated (MUFA) and<br />
polyunsaturated (PUFA) <strong>for</strong>ms. Similar to our results in TRCs, PUFAs<br />
caused a reversible, time-dependent inhibition of DRK channels in TG<br />
neurons, consistent with an open-channel block leading to cell<br />
activation. In contrast to fungi<strong>for</strong>m TRCs, which respond specifically to<br />
PUFAs, TG neurons were much less specific and responded to a variety<br />
of fatty acid types, including some MUFA and SFA, in a similar<br />
fashion. Thus, FA effects on DRK channels may not only mediate the<br />
taste of fat, but may also contribute to the perception of its textural<br />
properties via activation of oral TG fibers. Currently, we are using<br />
quantitative PCR to compare the expression of DRK channels in TG<br />
neurons with TRCs to determine the source of the FA specificity<br />
differences. Supported by NIH DK59611(TAG), DC01065 (SAS).<br />
70 Symposium [ ] Receptors: Choosing Genes, Targeting<br />
Axons, Detecting Chemicals<br />
PERCEPTION OF CHEMICAL CUES AND NAVIGATION IN C.<br />
ELEGANS<br />
Bargmann C.I. 1 1Anatomy, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, San Francisco,<br />
San Francisco, CA<br />
Behavior arises from the interplay between the environment and<br />
intrinsic properties of neurons and neural circuits. To understand how<br />
the genetics and development of the nervous system contribute to<br />
specific behaviors, we are studying olfactory system in the nematode C.<br />
elegans. C. elegans senses hundreds of different compounds,<br />
discriminates between them, and generates different behaviors in<br />
response to different odors. It is possible to define the specific neurons<br />
that generate these behaviors, since the C. elegans nervous system<br />
consists of just 302 neurons that have reproducible functions,<br />
morphologies and synaptic connections. Previous studies have<br />
generated an understanding of the methods by which animals detect and<br />
respond to a single sensory stimulus. In C. elegans, odors are detected<br />
by over 1000 G protein-coupled odorant receptors. Individual olfactory<br />
neurons express multiple receptor genes, allowing a few cells to detect<br />
many odors. A given sensory neuron is primarily dedicated to a single<br />
behavioral task, such as attraction or repulsion. We are now asking how<br />
animals navigate through complex sensory environments using multiple<br />
odors or sensory inputs. For these studies, we have focused on complex<br />
natural stimuli that should be present in the soil environment, such as<br />
different bacterial foods, natural physical stimuli, and other animals<br />
(social groups). C. elegans shows unexpected sophistication in its<br />
behavior when it faces ecologically relevant challenges like pathogenic<br />
bacteria or metabolic stress. Using the wiring diagram, we are<br />
identifying the circuits <strong>for</strong> navigation behavior and asking how sensory<br />
inputs regulate those circuits.<br />
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71 Symposium [ ] Receptors: Choosing Genes, Targeting<br />
Axons, Detecting Chemicals<br />
THE BIOLOGY OF SWEET, BITTER AND UMAMI TASTE<br />
Zuker C.S. 1 1Section of Neurobiology, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, San<br />
Diego, La Jolla, CA<br />
72 Symposium [ ] Receptors: Choosing Genes, Targeting<br />
Axons, Detecting Chemicals<br />
INTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE OLFACTORY<br />
WORLD<br />
Wang J. 1, Wong A.M. 2, Axel R. 3 1Neurobiology and Behavior,<br />
Columbia University, New York, NY; 2Department of Biochemistry and<br />
Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New YOrk, NY;<br />
3Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New<br />
York, NY<br />
Olfactory perception requires the recognition of a vast repertoire of<br />
odorants in the periphery and central neural mechanisms that allow the<br />
discrimination of odors. The organization of the peripheral olfactory<br />
system appears remarkably similar in fruit flies and mammals. The<br />
convergence of like axons into discrete glomerular structures provides<br />
an anatomic map in the antennal lobe. How does the anatomic map<br />
translate into a functional map? We have developed a sensitive imaging<br />
system in the Drosophila brain that couples two-photon microscopy<br />
with the specific expression of the calcium-sensitive fluorescent<br />
protein, G-CaMP, to examine neural activity. At natural odor<br />
concentrations, each odor elicits a distinct and sparse pattern of activity<br />
that is conserved in different flies. We have combined Ca2+ imaging<br />
with electrical recordings to demonstrate the faithful propagation of the<br />
glomerular map by projection neurons that innervate the protocerebrum.<br />
The quality of an odor may there<strong>for</strong>e be reflected by defined spatial<br />
patterns of activity, first in the antennal lobe and ultimately in higher<br />
olfactory centers. We have identified a spatially invariant sensory map<br />
in the fly protocerebrum that is divergent and no longer exhibits the<br />
insular segregation of like axons observed in the antennal lobe. This<br />
organization provides the opportunity <strong>for</strong> the integration of multiple<br />
glomerular inputs by hierarchical cell assemblies in the protocerebrum.
73 Poster [ ] Salt and Sour Taste<br />
EXPRESSION OF THE AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE EPITHELIAL<br />
SODIUM CHANNEL IN THE MOUSE TASTE PAPILLAE<br />
Shigemura N. 1, Sadamitsu C. 2, Yasumatsu K. 1, Yoshida R. 1, Ninomiya<br />
Y. 1 1Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate school of Dental Science,<br />
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; 2Graduate School of<br />
Pharmaceutical <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan<br />
It is proposed that amiliride-sensitive epithelial Na + Channels<br />
(ENaCs) are involved in taste signal transduction. Electrophysiological<br />
studies in C57 BL mice demonstrated that responses to NaCl are<br />
inhibited by amilolide in the choda tympani (CT) nerve but not in the<br />
glossopharyngeal (IXth) nerve, suggesting lack of amiloride sensitivity<br />
(AS) in the posterior tongue region innervated by IXth nerve. The AS<br />
also differs among inbred mouse strains. Judging from amiloride<br />
inhibition of NaCl responses of the CT nerve, the BALB strain showed<br />
very weak AS even in the anterior tongue. In this study, by using in situ<br />
hybridization (ISH) and semiquantitative RT-PCR techniques, we<br />
examined expression of three subunits of ENaC (alpha, beta, gamma) in<br />
the fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae (FP), circumvallate papilla (CP) and tongue<br />
epithelial tissue without taste papillae (ET) in C57BL and BALB mice.<br />
The results demonstrated that signals <strong>for</strong> alpha subunit of ENaC were<br />
clearly detected in some spindle-shape cells in both FP and CP, whereas<br />
those <strong>for</strong> beta and gamma subunits were clearly detected in some taste<br />
cells in FP, but only slightly in CP. In the ET, all three subunits were<br />
detected. These results together with those reported by previous studies<br />
suggest that expression patterns <strong>for</strong> the three subunits of ENaC may<br />
contribute to the tongue regional difference in AS in mice. With regard<br />
to the strain difference in AS, we are examining the gene polymorphism<br />
<strong>for</strong> each subunits of ENaC between C57BL and BALB strains by<br />
sequencing analysis.<br />
74 Poster [ ] Salt and Sour Taste<br />
QUANTITATIVE PCR ANALYSIS OF THE ALDOSTERONE-<br />
REGULATED SALT TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY IN TASTE<br />
CELLS.<br />
Burks C.A. 1, Hansen D.R. 1, Gilbertson T.A. 1 1Biology & Center <strong>for</strong><br />
Integrated BioSystems, Utah State University, Logan, UT<br />
Evidence suggests that sodium salt taste transduction pathways<br />
involving the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) are responsive to<br />
aldosterone (ALDO) via its well-documented late genomic effects (12-<br />
48 h). Using RT-PCR, we previously identified a number of early (
77 Poster [ ] Salt and Sour Taste<br />
AMILORIDE DISRUPTS NACL VS. KCL TASTE<br />
DISCRIMINATION IN INBRED MICE WHETHER THEIR<br />
CHORDA TYMPANI NERVES ARE AMILORIDE SENSITIVE<br />
OR NOT<br />
Eylam S. 1, Spector A.C. 1 1Department of Psychology and Center <strong>for</strong><br />
Smell and Taste, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<br />
In rodent taste bud cells, NaCl is transduced via one pathway<br />
selective <strong>for</strong> Na + and disrupted by the lingual application of the<br />
epithelial Na + channel blocker amiloride, and another less cationselective<br />
and amiloride-insensitive pathway(s). In rats, amiloride<br />
appears to render NaCl qualitatively indistinguishable from KCl in a<br />
dose-dependent fashion. In mice, amiloride has been shown to reduce<br />
chorda tympani (CT) responses to NaCl in some strains (e.g. C57BL/6J<br />
(B6)) but not others (e.g. 129, DBA/2 (D2) and BALB/c (BALB)). We<br />
used a two-response operant task to train mice from these 4 strains<br />
(7/strain) in a gustometer to discriminate between 5-lick samples of<br />
NaCl and KCl with concentration (0.1-1 M) varied to render intensity<br />
irrelevant. Unexpectedly, the overall per<strong>for</strong>mance of the B6 mice was<br />
significantly lower than that of the other strains. All mice were then<br />
tested with the stimuli adulterated with a descending order of amiloride<br />
concentrations (0.1-100 µM) with control sessions interposed. In all 4<br />
strains, overall per<strong>for</strong>mance dropped to chance at 100 µM amiloride<br />
and sigmoidally improved as the adulterating amiloride concentration<br />
was lowered. Per<strong>for</strong>mance on NaCl trials was much more affected than<br />
that on KCl trials. Thus, the ability to discriminate between NaCl and<br />
KCl depends on an amiloride-sensitive transduction pathway in the 4<br />
strains tested here. Possibly, D2, 129, and BALB (and perhaps B6)<br />
mice have amiloride-sensitive taste receptor cells innervated by<br />
gustatory nerves other than the CT. Supported by NIDCD R01-<br />
DC04574.<br />
78 Poster [ ] Salt and Sour Taste<br />
SUPRATHRESHOLD INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION OF<br />
NACL IN RATS WITH CHORDA TYMPANI OR<br />
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE TRANSECTION<br />
Colbert C.L. 1, Garcea M. 1, Spector A.C. 1 1Psychology Department and<br />
Center <strong>for</strong> Smell and Taste, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<br />
In rats, chorda tympani nerve (CT) transection (CTX) but not<br />
glossopharyngeal nerve (GL) transection (GLX) raises NaCl taste<br />
detection threshold, but the effect of CTX or GLX on suprathreshold<br />
intensity discrimination is unknown. We examined whether CTX or<br />
GLX in male Sprague-Dawley rats would disrupt a presurgically trained<br />
NaCl intensity discrimination in a two-lever operant task. Thirsty rats<br />
were required to correctly press one lever in response to a standard<br />
concentration and the other lever in response to higher comparison<br />
concentrations <strong>for</strong> water reward. The hit rate <strong>for</strong> comparison stimuli<br />
was adjusted <strong>for</strong> the standard false alarm rate and a logistic function<br />
was fit to the concentration-per<strong>for</strong>mance data. The concentrations at the<br />
curve midpoints (c) were used to compare differential sensitivity across<br />
groups. The mean c <strong>for</strong> the CTX group (n=4) significantly differed<br />
from that <strong>for</strong> the sham-operated (SHAM; n=4) and GLX (n=3) groups<br />
postsurgically with a 0.05 M NaCl standard, though the magnitude of<br />
difference was only 0.16 log units. The corresponding Weber<br />
10<br />
Fractions (WF) were significantly higher in the CTX group (1.33)<br />
compared with the SHAM (.64) and GLX (.64) groups. In contrast, the<br />
cs nor WFs (CTX=.70; GLX=.67; SHAM=.49) significantly differed<br />
across groups when the standard was 0.1 M NaCl. These findings add<br />
to a growing list of taste-related behavior <strong>for</strong> which the GL is<br />
unnecessary, but the small effect of CTX on NaCl intensity<br />
discrimination is in contrast with its more striking effects on absolute<br />
detection. Supported by NIH R01-DC01628.<br />
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79 Poster [ ] Salt and Sour Taste<br />
RELATIVE EFFECTS OF TRANSECTION OF THE<br />
GUSTATORY BRANCHES OF THE 7TH AND 9TH CRANIAL<br />
NERVES ON NACL DETECTABILITY IN RATS<br />
Blonde G.D. 1, Garcea M. 1, Spector A.C. 1 1Department of Psychology<br />
and Center <strong>for</strong> Smell and Taste, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<br />
Chorda tympani nerve (CT) transection in rats severely impairs NaCl<br />
taste detection. Higher concentrations of NaCl are nonetheless<br />
detectable suggesting that the remaining gustatory nerves can maintain<br />
some degree of salt sensibility. We used a two-response operant taste<br />
detection task to presurgically train male Sprague-Dawley rats and<br />
measure NaCl sensitivity in a gustometer. A modified descending<br />
method of limits procedure was used in which a single concentration,<br />
pitted against water in a session, was progressively lowered across test<br />
days. Logistic functions based on overall percentage correct were<br />
derived. The concentrations at the curve midpoints (c) were used to<br />
compare NaCl sensitivity be<strong>for</strong>e and after sham surgery (SHAM, n=5),<br />
transection of both the CT and greater superficial petrosal nerve (GSP)<br />
(7X; n=6), or transection of the glossopharyngeal nerve (9th ) (9X, n=4).<br />
The value of c did not significantly change after surgery <strong>for</strong> the SHAM<br />
and 9X groups. In contrast, the 7X surgery significantly raised c by<br />
~2.50 log units, a shift greater than that reported <strong>for</strong> CT transection.<br />
10<br />
These rats were still able to detect very high concentrations suggesting<br />
that the 9th or superior laryngeal nerve might support NaCl detection at<br />
these stimulus intensities, although the role of trigeminal cues cannot be<br />
dismissed. Histology is currently underway. These results suggest that<br />
the GSP contributes to NaCl sensitivity in the rat and confirm the<br />
primacy of the 7th nerve relative to the 9th nerve in sensibility to NaCl.<br />
Supported by NIH R01-DC01628.<br />
80 Poster [ ] Salt and Sour Taste<br />
ASIC2 IS NOT NECESSARY FOR SOUR TASTE IN MICE<br />
Richter T.A. 1, Dvoriantchikov G. 1, Chaudhari N. 2, Roper S.D. 2<br />
1Physiology & Biophysics, University of Miami School of Medicine,<br />
Miami, FL; 2Physiology & Biophysics and Program in Neuroscience,<br />
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL<br />
The acid-sensitive cation channel, ASIC2, is widely believed to be a<br />
receptor <strong>for</strong> acid (sour) taste in mammals, based on its physiological<br />
properties and expression in rat taste cells. Thus, we evaluated acid<br />
taste responses in wild type and ASIC2 knockout mice. Ca 2+ imaging<br />
experiments were carried out using confocal microscopy on slices of<br />
circumvallate papillae to which taste stimuli were applied focally at the<br />
taste pore. Surprisingly, taste cells from ASIC2 knockout mice<br />
exhibited normal physiological responses to 20-100mM citric acid. The<br />
incidence (number of acid-responsive cells) and response amplitude<br />
(increase in [Ca 2+ ]i) were identical across the two genotypes. Hence, we<br />
explored the expression pattern of the four channels, ASIC1-4, in taste<br />
buds from both rat and mouse. Using RT-PCR, we detected expression<br />
of ASIC1 and ASIC3, but not ASIC4, in mouse and rat taste buds and<br />
non-sensory lingual epithelium. Interestingly, we found that mRNA <strong>for</strong><br />
ASIC2 is not expressed at significant levels in mouse taste buds,<br />
although we observed its robust expression in rat taste buds. Our results<br />
indicate that ASIC2 is not required <strong>for</strong> acid taste in mice. The findings<br />
also highlight that there may be important differences in taste<br />
transduction mechanisms between mice and rats. Supported by<br />
NIH/NIDCD grants 2RO1 DC00374 (SDR) and 1R21 DC5500 (NC).
81 Poster [ ] Salt and Sour Taste<br />
COLD INHIBITS SOUR TASTE TRANSDUCTION<br />
Defazio R.A. 1, Richter T.A. 1, Roper S.D. 1 1Physiology and Biophysics,<br />
University of Miami, Miami, FL<br />
The taste transduction mechanism underlying sour taste remains to be<br />
elucidated. The basic mechanism is believed to be an acid-sensitive ion<br />
channel, the activation of which depolarizes the membrane potential.<br />
Membrane depolarization activates voltage-gated calcium channels<br />
(VGCCs) and allows Ca2+ influx, thereby increasing intracellular<br />
calcium ([Ca2+ ] ). Increased [Ca i 2+ ] presumably initiates<br />
i<br />
neurotransmitter release. Many ion channels, especially acid-gated<br />
channels, are sensitive to changes in temperature. Thus, we reasoned<br />
that the temperature sensitivity of sour taste transduction might provide<br />
clues to the identity of transduction channels in acid-responsive taste<br />
cells. We examined the effect of temperature on tastant-induced<br />
changes in [Ca2+ ] in mouse vallate taste cells using confocal<br />
i<br />
fluorescence microscopy and acutely prepared lingual slices. At 30°C,<br />
bath application of 100 mM KCl depolarized cells and activated<br />
VGCCs, resulting in increased [Ca2+ ] in a subpopulation of taste cells.<br />
i<br />
In a subset of these KCl-responsive cells, focal application of 100 mM<br />
citric acid produced robust increases in [Ca2+ ] . When the bath<br />
i<br />
temperature was lowered to 17°C, the response to citric acid was<br />
reduced 97±2% (n=4), that is, effectively abolished. In contrast, the<br />
KCl response was reduced by less than half (43±4%, n=5). Our results<br />
suggest that cold inhibits sour taste transduction at the initial<br />
transduction channel rather than by blocking downstream Ca2+ influx<br />
via VGCCs. This observation may be diagnostic of certain proton-gated<br />
channels. Supported by grant DC00374 (SDR).<br />
82 Poster [ ] Salt and Sour Taste<br />
NEURAL ADAPTATION TO ACID STIMULI IS MODULATED<br />
BY THE BASOLATERAL NA+-H+ EXCHANGER-1 (NHE-1) IN<br />
FUNGIFORM TASTE RECEPTOR CELLS (TRCS)<br />
Desimone J.A. 1, Lyall V. 1, Phan T.T. 1, Vinnikova A.K. 2, Heck G.L. 1<br />
1Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA;<br />
2Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA<br />
The role of NHE-1 in neural adaptation to acidic stimuli was<br />
investigated by intracellular pH (pH ) measurements in polarized rat<br />
i<br />
fungi<strong>for</strong>m TRCs and chorda tympani (CT) nerve recordings. In<br />
- + CO /HCO -free media (pH 7.4), basolateral Na removal decreased<br />
2 3<br />
TRC pH and zoniporide, a specific NHE-1 blocker, inhibited the Na i + -<br />
induced decrease in pH . The TRC pH recovery rate from NH Cl pulses<br />
i i 4<br />
was inhibited by basolateral zoniporide with a K of 0.33 µM.<br />
i<br />
Basolateral ionomycin reversibly increased TRC Ca2+ , resting pH , and i<br />
the pH recovery rate from an NH Cl pulse. These effects of Ca i 4 2+ were<br />
blocked by zoniporide. The lingual application of zoniporide increased<br />
the magnitude of the CT responses to acetic acid and CO , but not to<br />
2<br />
HCl. Lingual application of ionomycin did not affect the phasic part of<br />
the CT responses to acidic stimuli, but decreased the tonic part by 50%<br />
of control over a period of about 1 min. This increased adaptation in the<br />
CT response was inhibited by zoniporide. Lingual application of 8-<br />
CPT-cAMP increased CT responses to HCl, but not to CO , and acetic<br />
2<br />
acid. In the presence of cAMP, ionomycin increased sensory adaptation<br />
to HCl, CO , and acetic acid. Thus, cAMP and Ca 2 2+ independently<br />
modulate CT responses to acidic stimuli. While cAMP enhances TRC<br />
apical H + entry and CT responses to strong acid, an increase in Ca2+ activates NHE-1, and increases neural adaptation to all acidic stimuli.<br />
Supported by NIDCD Grants DC-02422 and DC-00122.<br />
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83 Poster [ ] Salt and Sour Taste<br />
BDNF HAPLOINSUFFICIENT MICE HAVE SELECTIVE<br />
TASTE LOSS FOR SOUR<br />
Barrows J. 1, Kinnamon S.C. 2, Vigers A. 1, Finger T.E. 1 1Cell and<br />
Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong><br />
Center, Denver, CO; 2Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO<br />
Taste receptor cells are classified according to morphological and<br />
histochemical criteria. Type II cells express components of the<br />
phospholipase C signaling pathway (Clapp et al. 2004), required <strong>for</strong><br />
bitter, sweet, and umami transduction (Zhang et al., 2002). Type III<br />
cells express brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and voltagegated<br />
calcium channels (Medler et al., 2003). A recent study suggested<br />
that voltage-gated calcium channels may be required <strong>for</strong> sour<br />
transduction (Richter et al., 2003). Taken together, these findings<br />
suggest that Type III cells may mediate sour transduction. The current<br />
study tested whether mice haploinsufficient <strong>for</strong> BDNF have reduced<br />
sensitivity to sour tastants. The haploinsufficient mice utilized in these<br />
studies have a portion of the coding region of BDNF replaced by lacZ.<br />
Taste buds of these BDNF/lacZ mice are smaller than wild type<br />
littermates (Yee et al., 2003). Mice were tested using 24-hour twobottle<br />
taste preference <strong>for</strong> the response to citric acid (1 mM to 30 mM),<br />
the artifical sweetener, SC45647 (3-100 uM), and the bitter substance,<br />
denatonium benzoate (0.01 mM to 3 mM). The BDNF/lacZ mice<br />
appear to be one-half log unit less sensitive to citric acid compared to<br />
wild type animals but do not differ from wild types in sensitivity to<br />
denatonium or SC45647. These data suggest that sour taste may be<br />
specifically impacted in BDNF haploinsufficient mice and suggest that<br />
BDNF-expressing Type III taste cells are necessary <strong>for</strong> sour taste<br />
transduction. Funded by NIH Grants DC006070, DC00244 and P30<br />
DC04657.<br />
84 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
THE AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE NA-CHANNEL AND NACL-<br />
QUININE MIXTURE INHIBITION IN THE CHORDA<br />
TYMPANI<br />
Formaker B.K. 1, Dowling R.S. 1, Frank M.E. 2 1Oral Diagnosis,<br />
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT; 2BioStructure & Function,<br />
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT<br />
NaCl inhibits chorda tympani (CT) taste responses to quinine·HCl<br />
(QHCl) when the two compounds are presented together in a mixture<br />
(Formaker et al., 1996). We tested the hypothesis that activation of the<br />
amiloride-sensitive Na + channel plays a role in the inhibition of QHCl<br />
responses by treating the tongue with amiloride and by substituting K +<br />
<strong>for</strong> Na + . We recorded taste responses from the CT of 6 golden hamsters<br />
(Mesocricetus auratus) be<strong>for</strong>e and after lingual treatment with 30 µM<br />
amiloride. Taste stimuli were 30 mM NaCl, 30 mM QHCl, 50 mM KCl<br />
and the binary combinations of NaCl or KCl with QHCl. Responses to<br />
500 mM NH 4 Cl were used to normalize response measurements.<br />
Amiloride treatment effectively eliminated differences between KCl,<br />
NaCl, and their respective mixtures with QHCl. Without amiloride,<br />
responses to NaCl-QHCl mixtures equaled responses to NaCl alone.<br />
With amiloride, the response to the NaCl-QHCl mixture was greater<br />
than the response to either mixture component and less than the<br />
response predicted by additivity, F(3,15) = 46.1, p
85 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
CHEMICAL AND THERMAL RESPONSES OF GUSTATORY<br />
NEURONS IN THE GENICULATE GANGLION<br />
Breza J.M. 1, Curtis K. 1, Contreras R.J. 1 1Department of Psychology and<br />
Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
We examined chemical and thermal responses of gustatory neurons<br />
(N=18) in the geniculate ganglion using extracellular single-cell<br />
electrophysiology. Cells were categorized by responses to lingual<br />
stimulation with the 4 classic tastants: NaCl (100mM), QHCl (20mM),<br />
sucrose (500mM), and citric acid (10mM) at a baseline temperature of<br />
25°C. Responses to temperature change of 1°C/s/15s (±15°C) also<br />
were measured. Finally, responses to the 4 tastants were evaluated after<br />
adaptation to 40°C and to 10°C. We recorded from 1 Na-specialist<br />
(5.6%), 1 QHCl-best (5.6%), 2 acid-best (11.1%) and 14 Na-generalists<br />
(77.8%). Temperature change affected firing in only 3/18 cells (16.7%)<br />
and only when cooled from 40° to 25°C. Specifically, 2 Na-generalists<br />
increased firing by 1.1spikes/s (sps) during cooling and the QHCl-best<br />
cell increased by 2.9sps. After 3-5min adaptation to 10°C, responses to<br />
all chemical stimuli decreased in all cells, with the responses to the best<br />
stimulus reduced by 2.5±0.3sps. The most robust decrease in activity<br />
occurred in the QHCl-best cell (-4.9sps); acid best cells decreased firing<br />
by -3.9sps. In contrast, after 3-5min adaptation to 40°C, responses<br />
increased to the best stimulus in 10/16 cells tested (62.5%): 2/2 acidbest<br />
(+1.9sps) and 8/13 Na-generalists (+2.0±0.4sps). Responses<br />
decreased or were not affected in the remaining 6 cells: 5/13 Nageneralists<br />
(-0.8±0.5sps) and the QHCl-best cell (-1.5sps). Thus,<br />
temperature differentially affects responses of geniculate ganglion<br />
neurons to taste stimuli. Supported by NIH Grant DC 04875.<br />
86 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
FEEDING RELATED PEPTIDES: INVOLVEMENT WITH THE<br />
GUSTATORY SYSTEM IN THE BRAIN OF GOLDFISH<br />
(CARASSIUS AURATUS)<br />
Huesa G. 1, Finger T. 2 1University of Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center,<br />
Denver, CO; 2Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado<br />
Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO<br />
Melanin Concentrating Hormone (MCH) and Hypocretins (Hcrt) -<br />
also called orexins-, are peptidergic neurotransmitters expressed<br />
primarily in neurons located in the lateral hypothalamus. This region is<br />
known to have a critical role in control of feeding and these peptides<br />
actively participate in the modulation (stimulation) of food intake. To<br />
test whether these orexigenic peptidergic systems are involved in the<br />
gustatory in<strong>for</strong>mation processing we examined their distribution in<br />
gustatory nuclei of the CNS of goldfish. For this purpose we employed<br />
immunocytochemical techniques using polyclonal antisera directed<br />
against MCH or Hcrt2. The reaction was developed with<br />
diaminobenzidine to enhance the intensity of the labeling. The<br />
distribution of these two peptides was similar to those described in<br />
mammals, with cell bodies in the hypothalamic region and fibers<br />
projecting rostrally and caudally. Hcrt2 immunoreactive fibers are<br />
located mainly in preoptic areas, hypothalamus, a few mesencephalic<br />
regions and the dorsal horn in the spinal cord, but are scarce in taste<br />
related brainstem nuclei. In contrast, MCH fibers were present in many<br />
encephalic regions including the vagal gustatory lobe. These MCH<br />
fibers occur mainly in layer IV of the sensory zone of the vagal lobe,<br />
where many primary gustatory afferents terminate. In addition,<br />
occasional MCH fibers could be observed crossing the sensory zone, in<br />
layer IX and also in fiber and motor layers. These results support the<br />
concept that MCH but not Hypocretins may act as a central modulator<br />
of gustatory processing in goldfish. Supported by NIDCD Grant:<br />
DC00147<br />
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87 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
EXPRESSION OF NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTORS<br />
WITHIN THE NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT OF THE<br />
HAMSTER<br />
Ye M.K. 1, Rubrum A.M. 1, Christy R.C. 1, Smith D.V. 1 1Anatomy &<br />
Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
The nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) processes taste in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
from the periphery that is modulated by descending projections from<br />
several areas of the <strong>for</strong>ebrain. Glutamate receptors (GluR) mediate<br />
peripheral excitation of all taste-responsive NST neurons: Both<br />
AMPA/kainate and NMDA antagonists block driven activity. Subsets<br />
of these neurons are excited by microinjection of substance P and<br />
inhibited by local infusion of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) or metenkephalin.<br />
To further delineate the neural circuitry involved in these<br />
modulatory effects, we are examining the expression of a number of<br />
neurotransmitter receptors in the NST. Serial coronal or horizontal 50-<br />
µm sections through the hamster brainstem were processed <strong>for</strong><br />
immunoreactivity to antibodies directed against µ- and δ-opioid<br />
receptors, glutamate receptor subtypes GluR-1, -3 and -4 (AMPA) and<br />
GluR-6 (kainate), the tachykinin receptor NK1, and the GABAA receptor. A given brain was processed using the ABC method <strong>for</strong> one<br />
of these eight antibodies. Cells within the gustatory region of the NST<br />
expressed GluR-1, -3, -4 or –6, the NK1, or the GABA receptor.<br />
A<br />
Afferent fibers of the VIIth and IXth nerves entering the solitary tract<br />
expressed the µ-opioid receptor, whereas the δ-opioid receptor was seen<br />
in cells of the NST, including the gustatory zone. This pattern of<br />
expression would suggest a substrate <strong>for</strong> both pre- and postsynaptic<br />
inhibition of gustatory neurons. Further work will examine receptor<br />
expression in physiologically characterized NST neurons. Supported<br />
by NIDCD DC000066 to DVS.<br />
88 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
PAIRED PULSE FACILITATION AND DEPRESSION<br />
OBSERVED IN TASTE CELLS IN THE RAT NUCLEUS OF<br />
THE SOLITARY TRACT FOLLOWING<br />
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE STIMULATION<br />
Hallock R. 1, Di Lorenzo P. 1 1Psychology, State University of New York<br />
at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY<br />
Evoked responses from paired pulse stimulation of the<br />
glossopharyngeal (GP) nerve was studied in taste responsive cells in the<br />
nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) of anesthetized rats. Adult male rats<br />
were anesthetized with urethane (1.4 g/kg) and Nembutal (25 mg/kg)<br />
and prepared <strong>for</strong> unilateral electrical stimulation of the lingual branch<br />
of the GP nerve and <strong>for</strong> electrophysiological recording from the<br />
ipsilateral NTS. Once a taste-responsive cell was isolated, responses to<br />
taste stimuli (0.1 M NaCl, 0.5 M sucrose, 0.01 M quinine HCl, 0.01 M<br />
HCl) and electrical stimulation of the GP nerve were recorded. Up to<br />
100 Pairs of pulses were delivered to the GP nerve at various interpulse<br />
intervals and responses from cells were recorded. For each cell, the<br />
threshold <strong>for</strong> stimulation of the nerve that evoked a response was<br />
determined and a slightly higher current level was used <strong>for</strong> subsequent<br />
stimulation. Electrical pulses were .2 ms in duration and the maximum<br />
current level was 1.5 mA. Thus far, both paired pulse facilitation and<br />
depression have been demonstrated in taste cells in the NTS in response<br />
to stimulation of the GP. Much like paired pulse depression that has<br />
been previously demonstrated with stimulation of the chorda tympani<br />
nerve, paired pulse facilitation and depression in the GP may be<br />
mechanisms by which cells integrate incoming in<strong>for</strong>mation, modify the<br />
responses of other cells, or enable the system to increase contrast<br />
among taste stimuli.<br />
Supported by NIDCD grant 1-RO1-DC005219 to PMD.
89 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
SINGLE TASTE-RESPONSIVE NEURONS IN THE NUCLEUS<br />
OF SOLITARY TRACT PROJECT AXONS TO BOTH<br />
PARABRACHIAL AND HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEI: AN IN-<br />
VIVO INTRACELLULAR RECORDING AND LABELING<br />
STUDY<br />
Li C.X. 1, Li C.S. 1, Smith D.V. 1, Waters R.S. 1 1Anatomy and<br />
Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
We examined the axonal projections of individual taste-responsive<br />
neurons of the nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) of hamsters using<br />
intracellular recording and labeling. The activity of NST neurons was<br />
recorded intracellularly to determine their intrinsic firing patterns and<br />
their responses to lingual stimulation with anodal current and with<br />
sucrose, NaCl, citric acid, and quinine. Recorded cells were labeled<br />
with 2% biocytin (500 ms, 1 na, 1.4 Hz, 6–40 min); a minimum of 2.5<br />
hrs was imposed between cell labeling and perfusion to permit axonal<br />
transport. Hamsters were given lethal injections of Nembutal and<br />
perfused with chilled 4% para<strong>for</strong>maldehyde. Brains were removed,<br />
refrigerated in fixative overnight, and sectioned at 100 µm in a<br />
horizontal or sagittal plane. Sections were incubated in ABC and<br />
reacted with DAB to reveal the labeled cell and counterstained with<br />
cytochrome oxidase to visualize brainstem nuclei and tracts. To date,<br />
we have injected six cells (3 multipolar, 2 elongate, 1 bipolar-like) and<br />
traced the axonal projections to medial and lateral divisions of the<br />
parabrachial nuclei (PbN) <strong>for</strong> three cells. In two cells, NST axons<br />
projected to both the PbN and the hypoglossal nucleus. NST axons<br />
contained bouton-like swellings along their axonal pathway as well as<br />
in their terminal fields. These results suggest that a single class of NST<br />
cells can provide output to three or more separate synaptic targets.<br />
Supported by NSF IBN-9724092 to RSW and NIH DC000066 to<br />
DVS.<br />
90 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
TASTE-EVOKED RESPONSES IN THE NUCLEUS OF THE<br />
SOLITARY TRACT OF C57BL/6BYJ AND 129P3/J MICE.<br />
Mccaughey S. 1, Bachmanov A. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
Although mice offer several advantages <strong>for</strong> examining the role of<br />
genetic factors in taste sensation, gustatory responses have been<br />
recorded only from the periphery in this species. In the present<br />
experiment, the properties of cells in the first central gustatory relay, the<br />
nucleus of the solitary tract (NST), were determined in male<br />
C57BL/6ByJ (B6) and 129P3/J (129) mice. Animals were anesthetized,<br />
a surgery was per<strong>for</strong>med to expose the surface of the brainstem, and<br />
neural activity was measured using glass micropipettes. When the<br />
activity of a single neuron was isolated, a stimulus array that included<br />
100 mM NaCl, 500 mM sucrose, 10 mM HCl, and 20 mM quinine HCl<br />
was applied to the tongue and oral cavity. Taste-responsive units were<br />
found at coordinates relative to obex that correspond to the location of<br />
the rostral NST in mouse neuroanatomical atlases. We recorded the<br />
activity of 18 single cells in B6 mice and 13 cells in 129 mice.<br />
Responses to sucrose were significantly larger in B6 mice. In both<br />
strains, the properties of cells were similar to those reported previously<br />
<strong>for</strong> rats, including breadth-of-tuning values that averaged 0.8. This<br />
represents a large increase over breadth-of-tuning values reported<br />
previously <strong>for</strong> peripheral gustatory neurons in mice, and it suggests that<br />
peripheral fibers with different response profiles converge onto the<br />
same NST neurons in these animals. The larger neural response to<br />
sucrose in B6 mice may underlie their higher preference <strong>for</strong> this<br />
compound in long-term tests. This work was supported by NIH grant<br />
R03 DC005929.<br />
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91 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
THE EFFECT OF FLOW RATE ON THE TEMPORAL<br />
STRUCTURE OF A TASTE RESPONSE RECORDED FROM<br />
THE NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT IN THE RAT<br />
Rugai N. 1, Hallock R.M. 1, Di Lorenzo P.M. 1 1Psychology, State<br />
University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY<br />
Recent work has suggested that taste quality may be encoded by the<br />
temporal structure of initial 2 sec of response (Di Lorenzo & Victor,<br />
2003) in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS). Data from Smith and<br />
Bealer (1975) in the whole chorda tympani nerve (CT) in the hamster<br />
suggest that this interval may also contain in<strong>for</strong>mation about stimulus<br />
flow rate. Here, the effects of flow rate on the temporal structure of<br />
taste responses in the NTS of anesthetized rats were examined. Taste<br />
responses to high (5 ml/s) and low (3.0 ml/s) flow rates of NaCl (0.1 M)<br />
were recorded from taste responsive cells in the rostral nucleus of the<br />
solitary tract (NTS). Each trial consisted of 10 s spontaneous activity,<br />
10 s distilled water, 5 s NaCl, 5 s post-stimulus pause, and a 20 s water<br />
rinse. The inter-stimulus interval was a 2 min. Low and high flow rates<br />
were alternated, and multiple replications were presented. Results<br />
indicated that approximately half of the taste cells also showed<br />
evidence of tactile responsiveness. Approximately half of the cells<br />
showed identical response to NaCl presented at high and low flow rates.<br />
A minority of cells showed an enhanced phasic response related to the<br />
high flow rate, similar to results in the hamster CT. Another subset of<br />
cells showed the opposite effect. Results indicate that flow rate is<br />
encoded within taste responses of NTS cells and that some cells may be<br />
more sensitive to flow rate than others.<br />
Supported by NIDCD grant 1-RO1-DC005219 to PMD<br />
92 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
GUSTO-SALIVARY REFLEX CIRCUITS IN RAT BRAINSTEM<br />
Fukami H. 1, Bradley R.M. 1 1Biologic & Materials <strong>Sciences</strong>, University<br />
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI<br />
Neural circuits underlying taste-salivary reflexes have been studied<br />
in rat brainstem slices. Parasympathetic neurons innervating the lingual<br />
(von Ebner) and parotid salivary glands were retrogradely labeled by<br />
application of fluorescent Alexofluor dextran to either the<br />
glossopharyngeal or otic ganglion and whole cell patch clamp<br />
recordings made from the labeled neurons. Neurons were first<br />
visualized with fluorescent illumination and once a neuron was selected<br />
<strong>for</strong> recording, it was imaged using differential interference contrast<br />
infrared microscopy. The electrode also contained Lucifer Yellow (LY)<br />
to fill the recorded neuron <strong>for</strong> subsequent identification. After<br />
recording, the LY filled neurons were imaged using a confocal<br />
microscope, reconstructed and morphometrically analyzed. Successful<br />
recordings have been made from 86 neurons. Based on morphometric<br />
measurements neurons innervating the parotid gland are significantly<br />
larger than those innervating the lingual glands. Using various current<br />
injection protocols two major groups of neurons have been defined<br />
based on biophysical and repetitive discharge characteristics. The<br />
majority of the neurons have an action potential discharge pattern that is<br />
modified by the interaction of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic input,<br />
while the minority of neurons transmit the afferent input pattern<br />
unchanged. Since all post-synaptic potentials recorded from the<br />
parasympathetic neurons were a complex mixtures of excitatory and<br />
inhibitory potentials considerable processing of afferent taste input<br />
occurs to determine the output pattern of discharges transmitted by the<br />
secretomotor neurons.<br />
Supported by NIH grant DC000288 to RMB.
93 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
ALCOHOL ACTIVATES A SUCROSE-RESPONSIVE<br />
GUSTATORY NEURAL PATHWAY<br />
Lemon C.H. 1, Brasser S.M. 1, Smith D.V. 1 1Dept. of Anatomy &<br />
Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
A strong association exists between the intake of alcohol and sweettasting<br />
substances. The neural mechanisms underlying this relationship<br />
are unknown, although recent data suggest that gustatory factors are<br />
involved. Here, we explored the role of taste receptors and CNS circuits<br />
<strong>for</strong> sugar taste in the gustatory processing of ethanol. Taste responses to<br />
ethanol (3, 5, 10, 15, 25 and 40% v/v) and stimuli of different taste<br />
qualities (e.g., sucrose, NaCl, HCl and quinine-HCl) were recorded<br />
from neurons of the nucleus of the solitary tract in anesthetized rats<br />
prior to and following oral application of the sweet receptor blocker<br />
gurmarin. The magnitude of ethanol-evoked activity was compared<br />
between sucrose-responsive (S , n = 21) and -unresponsive (S , n = 20)<br />
1 0<br />
neurons and the central neural representation of ethanol taste was<br />
explored using multivariate analysis. Ethanol produced robust<br />
concentration-dependent responses in S neurons that were dramatically<br />
1<br />
larger than those in S cells (P's ≤ 0.02). Gurmarin treatment selectively<br />
0<br />
and similarly inhibited ethanol and sucrose responses (P's ≤ 0.01).<br />
Across-neuron patterns of response to ethanol were most similar to<br />
those evoked by sucrose (multiple r = +0.89), becoming increasingly<br />
more so as the ethanol concentration was raised. Results implicate taste<br />
receptors <strong>for</strong> sucrose as candidate receptors <strong>for</strong> ethanol and reveal that<br />
alcohol and sugar taste are represented similarly by activity in the CNS.<br />
These findings have important implications <strong>for</strong> the sensory and hedonic<br />
properties of alcohol. Supported by NIH DC005270 and DC00353.<br />
94 Poster [ ] Gustatory Processing<br />
CHARACTERIZATION OF RAT ORBITOFRONTAL<br />
CORTICAL NEURONS DURING AD LIBITUM DRINKING OF<br />
LIQUID REWARDS.<br />
Gutierrez R. 1, Nicolelis M.A. 1, Simon S.A. 2 1Neurobiology, Duke<br />
University, Durham, NC; 2Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham,<br />
NC<br />
In gustatory physiology, the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) contains<br />
neurons that have roles in tongue movements, satiety, and other<br />
motivational outcomes involved in obtaining rewards. There is,<br />
however, a paucity of in<strong>for</strong>mation regarding the nature of the OFC<br />
responses obtained from freely-moving rats licking to obtain a reward.<br />
To this end we have chronically implanted bundles of electrodes in rat<br />
OFC while they were free to drink from a sipper tube water or a sucrose<br />
solution. 172 single unit responses were characterized. A crosscorrelogram<br />
analysis between licking and neural activity revealed that<br />
17% of the responses faithfully followed the licking frequency (~ 7<br />
Hz). Of these oscillating neuronal responses, 24% responded either<br />
more actively or with a different morphology when drinking sucrose<br />
than water, probably reflecting the differential reward values of these<br />
stimuli. To obtain a better understanding of the neuronal activity<br />
involved in the initiation of a licking bout, peri-event histograms were<br />
constructed using the onset of the first lick after at least a 1 sec pause.<br />
Four other morphologically distinct types of responses were identified.<br />
Relative to the initiation of a drinking bout: two types began firing<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e (anticipatory), one type decreased firing and the other increased<br />
firing. In summary, five types of OFC neurons have been identified.<br />
Two, as expected, are related to the anticipation of a reward; others<br />
however are related to licking, and to the nature of the reward.<br />
Supported by NIH DC-01065.<br />
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95 Poster [ ] Olfactory CNS Physiology and Coding<br />
ONTOGENY OF SENSORY-EVOKED RESPONSES IN RAT<br />
AMYGDALA<br />
Wilson D.A. 1 1Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma,<br />
Norman, OK<br />
The amygdala plays a critical role in emotion and memory. Recent<br />
work has suggested that adult reactions to emotional and/or stressful<br />
stimuli can be shaped by the effects of early experience on amygdala<br />
functional ontogeny. However, while ontogeny of amygdala neuron<br />
phenotype and neuroananatomy have been described, very few<br />
descriptions of amygdala physiology and function during the postnatal<br />
and adolescent period exist. As a first step toward understanding how<br />
early experiences shape amygdala function, the present study examined<br />
amygdala single-unit activity and responsiveness to sensory input<br />
during postnatal development.<br />
Single-unit and local field potential (LFP) activity were recorded in<br />
amygdala nuclei (primarily basolateral) of urethane-anesthetized, Long-<br />
Evans hooded rats. Rats were aged PN10 to adult (> PN70).<br />
Spontaneous activity, odor-evoked and footshock-evoked activity were<br />
determined <strong>for</strong> each cell using peri-stimulus time histograms.<br />
Spontaneous activity increased and evoked response latency decreased<br />
with age. While both odor-evoked and footshock-evoked responses<br />
could be observed at all ages, the temporal structure of these responses<br />
changed dramatically over the age range tested. Odor-evoked LFP's<br />
showed strong oscillations in the high beta band in adults, however the<br />
primary frequency of these oscillations shifted to lower ranges in<br />
younger animals toward the theta range at PN10. Given the<br />
hypothesized importance of temporal structure in stimulus encoding,<br />
these developmental changes may be indicative of a slow postnatal<br />
emergence of mature sensory processing by the rat amygdala, perhaps<br />
contributing to the sensitivity of this structure to early experiences.<br />
96 Poster [ ] Olfactory CNS Physiology and Coding<br />
FACILITATION OF MAIN OLFACTORY INPUT TO THE<br />
MEDIAL AMYGDALA AND MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA BY<br />
GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH).<br />
Blake C. 1, Westberry J. 1, Case G.R. 1, Meredith M. 1 1Neuroscience,<br />
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
Sensory signals received during mating activate brain regions along<br />
the vomeronasal pathway and the medial preoptic area. These activated<br />
regions contain cell bodies and fibers of gonadotropin-releasing<br />
hormone (GnRH) neurons, suggesting a possible relationship between<br />
chemosensory input and GnRH. Chemosensory input can be detected<br />
by the vomeronasal organ and/or the main olfactory system. The<br />
consequences of vomeronasal organ removal (VNX) are most apparent<br />
in sexually naïve animals. Experienced, but not inexperienced, male<br />
hamsters can use main olfactory input to maintain mating after VNX,<br />
suggesting that with experience, neural circuits acquire the ability to use<br />
main olfactory in<strong>for</strong>mation as the essential chemosensory input <strong>for</strong><br />
mating. GnRH has also been shown to restore mating behavior in naïve<br />
VNX male hamsters. GnRH may facilitate transfer of olfactory<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation to the medial amygdala and medial preoptic area (MPOA)<br />
in naïve intact and VNX males. Electrical stimulation of the main<br />
olfactory bulb activates neurons in anterior and posterior medial<br />
amygdala and increases expression of FRAs (Fos-related antigens)<br />
protein. Initial experiments indicate an icv injection of GnRH into the<br />
lateral ventricle increases activation in medial amygdala and medial<br />
preoptic area. These experiments examine the effect of GnRH on<br />
chemosensory in<strong>for</strong>mation transfer via the main olfactory pathway to<br />
these regions that are involved in mating behavior driven by either<br />
chemosensory pathway. Supported by DC-005813 from NIDCD.
97 Poster [ ] Olfactory CNS Physiology and Coding<br />
ODOR RESPONSES OF CEREBRAL LOBE NEURONS<br />
Nikonov A.A. 1, Caprio J. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, Louisiana State<br />
University, Baton Rouge, LA<br />
Functional in<strong>for</strong>mation as to how odors are processed at more central<br />
neural levels than the olfactory bulb (OB) is fragmentary at best in<br />
mammals and nonexistent in teleosts. The long-term goal is to<br />
determine similarities and differences in how odor in<strong>for</strong>mation arriving<br />
via the olfactory tracts is processed within the cerebral lobes (CL) of<br />
the channel catfish compared to that in the OB. Odor-responsive<br />
neurons were located in caudo-medial and lateral regions of the CL as<br />
predicted from previous <strong>for</strong>ebrain anatomical investigations (Finger,<br />
1975; Bass, 1981). Recordings were per<strong>for</strong>med in vivo with metal-filled<br />
glass microelectrodes. Tested were bile salts (taurocholic and<br />
taurolithocholic acids) and amino acids (L-methionine and L-arginine),<br />
effective odor stimuli in channel catfish (Nikonov & Caprio, 2001).<br />
Sixty-four CL neurons responded to the odor stimulation; 45 were<br />
excited and 19 were suppressed (12 by amino acids and 7 by bile salts).<br />
Fifteen units located medially in the CL were excited by bile salts and<br />
were unresponsive to amino acids. Twenty-six of the 30 excitatory units<br />
located more laterally responded to 0.1-100µM amino acid; 4 additional<br />
units within this region along the OB midline responded to bile salts.<br />
The medial-lateral distinction between excitatory responses to bile salts<br />
and amino acids reflects a similar topographical organization within the<br />
OB. Ongoing experiments will determine if an odotopic map as<br />
observed in the OB (Nikonov and Caprio, 2001) exists or is altered<br />
within the CL and whether the response properties of CL neurons are<br />
different from those of OB neurons to the same odors.<br />
Supported by NSF IBN-0314970 and NIH DC-03792<br />
98 Poster [ ] Olfactory CNS Physiology and Coding<br />
ODOR REPONSIVENESS OF THE OLFACTORY CORTEX<br />
AND RESIDUAL TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITY IN<br />
THE OLFACTORY BULB IN THE CNGA2 KNOCKOUT<br />
MOUSE<br />
Lin W. 1, Restrepo D. 1 1Cell and Developmental Biology, Neuroscience<br />
Program and Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of<br />
Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO<br />
Mice deficient <strong>for</strong> subunit A2 of the cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG)<br />
channel respond to select odorants (see Restrepo et al abstract in this<br />
meeting of AChemS). We examined the presence of alternate<br />
transduction pathways and the potential role of necklace glomeruli,<br />
which receive axons from neurons expressing the cGMP pathway<br />
(Juilfs et al 1997, PNAS 94:3388-95) and remain active in CNGA2 KO<br />
mice (Baker et al 1999, J Neurosci. 19:9313-21). Immunoreactivity to<br />
the cGMP-stimulated phosphodiesterase (PDE2), tyrosine hydroxylase<br />
(TH) and odor-induced Fos was used to visualize necklace glomeruli,<br />
levels of glomerular activity and activation respectively. We found that<br />
the TH expression in juxtaglomerular cells surrounding PDE2-positive<br />
necklace glomeruli is dependent on afferent input as unilateral naris<br />
occlusion dramatically reduced the TH expression in CNGA2 KO mice.<br />
Importantly, exposure CNGA2 KO mice to a mixture of putative<br />
pheromones (2-heptanone and 2, 5-dimethylpyrazine) increased odorevoked<br />
Fos induction in juxtaglomerular cells of some necklace and<br />
regular glomeruli. Further, we observed Fos expression in a<br />
substantially larger number of cells in both the anterior olfactory<br />
nucleus (AON) and piri<strong>for</strong>m cortex in CNGA2 knockout mice<br />
compared to the same regions from mice exposed to fresh air. These<br />
experiments provide evidence <strong>for</strong> alternate transduction pathways in the<br />
main olfactory system in mice.<br />
This work was supported by NIH grants DC00566, DC04657,<br />
DC006070 (DR) and DC0043(WL).<br />
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99 Poster [ ] Olfactory CNS Physiology and Coding<br />
SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS CONTRIBUTING TO OLFACTORY<br />
CORTICAL ADAPTATION<br />
Best A.R. 1, Wilson D.A. 1 1Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman,<br />
OK<br />
Anterior piri<strong>for</strong>m cortex (aPCX) neurons rapidly filter repetitive odor<br />
stimuli despite relatively maintained input from mitral cells. This<br />
cortical adaptation is correlated with short-term depression of afferent<br />
synapses, in vivo. The purpose of this study was to elucidate<br />
mechanisms underlying this non-associative plasticity using in vivo and<br />
in vitro preparations and to determine its role in cortical odor<br />
adaptation. We have previously described our in vitro stimulation<br />
results. In particular, we have discovered that the longer lasting portion<br />
(~120 s) of the in vitro short-term synaptic depression can be blocked<br />
pharmacologically. Following 50 s of simulated odor stimulation, either<br />
the metabotropic glutamate II/III antagonist CPPG (500 µM) or the βadrenergic<br />
receptor agonist isoproterenol (20 µM) can decrease the<br />
duration of synaptic depression. More recently we have discovered that,<br />
in vivo, both adaptation of odor responses in the β (15-35 Hz) spectral<br />
range and the associated synaptic depression following a 50 s exposure<br />
to a mixture of odorants can also be blocked by intracortical infusion of<br />
CPPG (2.5 mM). Currently, we are extending this work to behavioral<br />
habituation using heart rate orienting response habituation as a measure<br />
of cortical adaptation. Prior to adaptation of the heart rate orienting<br />
response, 3 µl of 2.5 mM CPPG or vehicle will be infused into aPCX<br />
bilaterally. Results from the behavioral paradigm will assist in<br />
clarifying the independent roles of receptor adaptation and cortical<br />
adaptation in behavioral habituation to odors. Funded by NICHD.<br />
100 Slide [ ] Olfactory CNS Physiology and Coding<br />
RAPID ODOR CHANGE AND BRAIN ELECTRICAL<br />
ACTIVITY<br />
Lorig T.S. 1, Rigdon M. 1, Poor A. 1 1Washington and Lee University,<br />
Lexington, VA<br />
Some odors produce increased activity in areas of the brain often<br />
associated with language even though the task demands do not<br />
explicitly involve language. Visual and auditory stimuli which change<br />
rapidly tend to produce more left temporal lobe activity than stimuli<br />
that change slowly. If odor mixtures are transduced in such a way that<br />
each component produces high temporal overlap with the other<br />
components, this should effectively be construed as rapid stimulus<br />
change and lead to more left temporal lobe responses. To test this<br />
hypothesis, 10 undergraduate students served as subjects in a<br />
chemosensory event-related potential (CSERP) study. Three odors,<br />
phenethyl alcohol, vanillin, and citral were presented in binary pairs via<br />
a constant flow olfactometer and stimulus administration was triggered<br />
by subjects' inhalation. The stimuli were presented in two different<br />
ways. Given the members of the binary odor pair, A and B, one<br />
condition (Slow) required subjects to smell a sequence of A followed<br />
by B. Both A and B lasted 300 msec and were counterbalanced. In the<br />
Fast condition, the sequence was A,B,A,B where each stimulus lasted<br />
150 msec and was counterbalanced. In both cases, each odor lasted a<br />
total of 300msec and the total stimulus administration lasted 600msec.<br />
CSERP data were collected from 80 scalp locations. Analysis revealed<br />
that brain activity differed between the two types of stimulus<br />
administration. Subsequent analysis with LORETA indicated that the<br />
left temporal lobe was more active in the Fast condition supporting the<br />
hypothesis that temporal overlap in odor mixtures leads to more left<br />
temporal lobe activity.
101 Poster [ ] Olfactory CNS Physiology and Coding<br />
PET ACTIVATIONS DURING SMELLING OF<br />
ANDROSTENONE: OSMICS VERSUS ANOSMICS<br />
Boyle J.A. 1, Zatorre R. 1, Pause B. 2, Jones Gotman M. 1 1McGill<br />
University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 2Christian-Albrechts-<br />
University, Kiel, Germany<br />
We used positron emission tomography to evaluate the neural<br />
correlates involved in perception of the endogenous steroid<br />
androstenone. Our aim was to investigate whether differences exist in<br />
brain activations between subjects with high sensitivity (low thresholds)<br />
<strong>for</strong> androstenone and those with a specific anosmia. We screened 87<br />
subjects using a staircase procedure to establish individual thresholds.<br />
Twelve subjects unable to detect the steroid in its crystal <strong>for</strong>m were<br />
selected <strong>for</strong> an anosmic group, and 12 subjects capable of consistently<br />
detecting a 1.4 x 10-7 M solution of androstenone comprised an osmic<br />
group. Subjects were scanned during passive smelling of phenyl ethyl<br />
alcohol (PEA), pyridine, androstenone (AND) or the diluant (<strong>for</strong><br />
baseline). Our first analysis compared brain responses of the two groups<br />
to two of these stimuli: PEA and AND versus baseline. Activations <strong>for</strong><br />
PEA were observed in olfactory regions, including orbitofrontal and<br />
piri<strong>for</strong>m cortex, in both subject groups. However, osmics and anosmics<br />
differed in their response to AND. Osmics showed more activity in the<br />
dorsomedial area of the left parietal cortex and had no significant<br />
olfactory activations, whereas anosmics showed more frontal<br />
activations in the right dorsomedial and orbitofrontal regions. The<br />
results <strong>for</strong> PEA are consistent with other studies of olfactory<br />
processing, showing activations in olfactory cortices, whereas the AND<br />
results suggest differential function in the human brain related to<br />
individual sensitivity to androstenone. Implications of the parietal lobe<br />
activations will be discussed. Supported by Canadian Institutes of<br />
Health Research<br />
102 Poster [ ] Olfactory CNS Physiology and Coding<br />
FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING OF ODOR IMAGERY<br />
Djordjevic J. 1, Zatorre R. 1, Petrides M. 1, Boyle J. 1, Jones Gotman M. 1<br />
1Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada<br />
We used positron emission tomography to investigate brain regions<br />
associated with odor imagery. We compared changes in brain activation<br />
during active imagination of odors versus those during nonspecific<br />
expectation of olfactory stimuli, and during experience of physically<br />
presented versus imagined odors. Sixty-seven healthy volunteers were<br />
screened <strong>for</strong> their odor imagery (with a paradigm developed in a<br />
previous study), and 12 of them, selected as “good odor imagers”,<br />
participated in the neuroimaging study. Comparison of odor imagery<br />
with general expectation of odors revealed activation in the left primary<br />
olfactory cortex (POC) including piri<strong>for</strong>m cortex, as well as in the<br />
insula bilaterally, and the left posterior orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). On<br />
the other hand, comparison of odor perception with an odorless baseline<br />
resulted in increased activation bilaterally in the piri<strong>for</strong>m and insular<br />
cortex and in the right posterior OFC. Results of a conjunction analysis<br />
revealing regions of common activation during odor perception and<br />
imagery were convergent with the results obtained by the subtraction<br />
method: left piri<strong>for</strong>m cortex and bilateral insula were activated both<br />
when smells were perceived and imagined. Findings also suggested a<br />
differential role of the right versus left posterior OFC in perceptual<br />
versus imaginal olfactory processing: whereas the right OFC was<br />
activated during odor perception, the same region of the left hemisphere<br />
was activated during odor imagery. Overall, the findings indicated that<br />
neural networks engaged during odor perception and imagery partially<br />
overlap.<br />
Supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research<br />
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103 Slide [ ] Olfactory CNS Physiology and Coding<br />
NEURAL SUBSTRATES UNDERLYING MENTAL IMAGERY<br />
OF PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT SMELLS<br />
Bensafi M. 1, Porter J.A. 2, Khan R.M. 1, Mainland J. 1, Johnson B. 3,<br />
Zelano C. 4, Sobel N. 1 1Neuroscience, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia,<br />
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; 2Psychology, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia,<br />
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; 3Bioengineering, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia,<br />
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; 4Biophysics, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<br />
Patterns of neural activity in orbito-frontal cortex (OFC) reflect odor<br />
valence: the medial OFC responds preferentially to pleasant odors,<br />
whereas the lateral OFC responds preferentially to unpleasant odors.<br />
Whether this dissociation exists during odor imagery in the absence of<br />
any odorants is unknown. Here, we approached this question using<br />
fMRI (4T). Sixteen subjects (8f) were tested in an event-related design<br />
with 5 trial types, each repeated 22 times (TR=500ms, ISI=30sec). In 3<br />
sensory trial types, a pleasant odor (strawberry), an unpleasant odor<br />
(rotten eggs) and a non-odorized control were presented by air dilution<br />
olfactometer. In 2 imagery trial types, no odorants were presented, but<br />
subjects were asked to imagine the same smells (strawberry, rotten<br />
eggs). Replicating previous reports, initial analysis revealed a<br />
dissociation during perception whereby strawberry induced a significant<br />
activation in medial OFC, whereas rotten eggs induced an increase in<br />
lateral OFC (p
105 Poster [ ] Unicellular <strong>Chemoreception</strong><br />
GPI ANCHORED RECEPTORS IN CHEMOSENSORY<br />
TRANSDUCTION<br />
Weeraratne S.D. 1, Valentine M. 1, Yano J. 1, Van Houten J. 1 1Biology,<br />
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT<br />
Glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored proteins are surface<br />
proteins that are tethered to the cell surface. They serve as receptors of<br />
ligands in axon guidance and T cell activation among other functions.<br />
In Paramecium they function in chemoreception. We have shown<br />
through disruption of anchoring using an antisense expression to PIG-A<br />
(an enzyme in the fist step in anchor synthesis) that chemoresponses to<br />
folate and glutamate are almost eliminated. Disruption of the last<br />
enzyme of anchor synthesis with an RNAi expression vector also<br />
disrupted chemoresponse, but not as profoundly. The genes <strong>for</strong> the first<br />
and last enzymes in the pathway were cloned using homology PCR, and<br />
with the sequencing of the Paramecium genome, we have identified the<br />
sequences of the other pathway enzymes. We have examined the<br />
distribution of the GPI anchored proteins on the cell surface and found<br />
that they are not evenly distributed across the surface, but rather they<br />
cluster near the bases of the cilia, where another chemosensory<br />
transduction component (the plasma membrane calcium pump- PMCA)<br />
is also found. We show this distribution through confocal and<br />
deconvolution microscopy using antibodies to the folate chemoreceptor,<br />
5´ nucleotidase, GPI anchored surface antigens, tubulin and the<br />
PMCAs. The Paramecium genome project has provided us with<br />
sequences <strong>for</strong> putative GPI anchored folate receptors and our<br />
preliminary results using RNAi-feeding support the hypothesis that at<br />
least one of these proteins functions in folate chemoresponse.<br />
Supported by NIH DC00721, GM59988, the Vemont Cancer Center.<br />
106 Poster [ ] Unicellular <strong>Chemoreception</strong><br />
LIPID RAFTS IN CHEMOSENSORY TRANSDUCTION<br />
Chandran S. 1, Ray K. 1, Yano J. 1, Van Houten J. 1 1Biology, University of<br />
Vermont, Burlington, VT<br />
Lipid Rafts are lipid domains high in glycosphingolipids and<br />
cholesterol that serve as plat<strong>for</strong>ms <strong>for</strong> organizing signal transduction<br />
components such as GPI anchored proteins, G proteins (large and<br />
small), serpentine receptors, receptor and non-receptor tyrosine kinases.<br />
Proteins in lipid rafts are insoluble in cold Triton X-100 and are found<br />
in low density fractions when the Triton insoluble fractions are<br />
separated in sucrose or Optiprep gradients. We have found that<br />
Paramecium surface membranes can be separated in Optiprep gradients<br />
into fractions by density, and correlated with ganglioside and<br />
cholesterol levels. Proteins such as the putative folate chemoreceptor<br />
(and other GPI anchored proteins such as 5´ nucleotidase and surface<br />
antigens), G-beta, and the plasma membrane calcium pumps separate<br />
into the light density fractions, supporting the existence of lipid rafts<br />
that organize these proteins in signaling. When we remove cholesterol<br />
from the membranes of living cells using methyl-beta-cyclo-dextrin, we<br />
find that chemoresponse to folate is significantly reduced, implying<br />
that raft organization is important <strong>for</strong> chemoresponse. We are also<br />
using cholera toxin to localize gangliosides as markers of rafts on the<br />
cell surface, and asking whether removal of cholesterol changes the<br />
distribution of signaling proteins in Optiprep gradients and on the cell<br />
surface. Supported by GM59988, DC 00721, and Vermont Cancer<br />
Center.<br />
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107 Poster [ ] Unicellular <strong>Chemoreception</strong><br />
PLASMA MEMBRANE CALCIUM PUMPS FUNCTIONING IN<br />
CHEMICAL SENSING<br />
Yano J. 1, Zhukovskaya M. 2, Preston R. 3, Pan Y. 1, Keiser M. 1, Van<br />
Houten J. 1 1Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT;<br />
2Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University, PA, PA;<br />
3Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA<br />
The Plasma Membrane Calcium Pumps (PMCAs) play a role in<br />
sensory transduction in Paramecium by sustaining the hyperpolarizing<br />
conductance that is initiated by a K conductance upon stimulus<br />
application. We identified 4 PMCA iso<strong>for</strong>ms through homology PCR,<br />
and found that 3 were expressed. The Paramecium genome project<br />
shows that there are up to 4 more related sequences that probably code<br />
<strong>for</strong> additional PMCAs. To explore the roles of these PMCAs we have<br />
begun to over-express them with and without epitope tags to localize<br />
them on the cell surface, and found that over expression disrupts<br />
calcium homeostasis in the cell. The cells´ swimming patterns are<br />
dependent upon the intraciliary calcium levels, and over-expression of<br />
the iso<strong>for</strong>ms 2 and 3 cause cells to swim backward <strong>for</strong> long periods of<br />
time, consistent with high intraciliary calcium. We have also found that<br />
the calcium conductance of the voltage gated calcium channels is<br />
significantly changed in cells over-expressing the iso<strong>for</strong>ms 2 and 3,<br />
consistent with abnormally high intracellular calcium and defective<br />
calcium homeostasis. This has allowed us to systematically over<br />
express the iso<strong>for</strong>ms and ask which chemoresponse is affected. We<br />
find that iso<strong>for</strong>m 2 over-expression primarily affects folate<br />
chemoresponse, while iso<strong>for</strong>m 3 over expression affects chemoreponse<br />
to folate, glutamate, acetate, all of which function through different<br />
signal transduction pathways, but all of which we believe to include the<br />
PMCAs. Supported by DC 00721, Vermont Cancer Center.<br />
108 Poster [ ] Unicellular <strong>Chemoreception</strong><br />
THE RYANODINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST DANTROLENE<br />
ALTERS SWIMMING BEHAVIOR AND CAUSES MORTALITY<br />
IN PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA<br />
Green M.H. 1, Brown H.J. 1, Bell W.E. 1 1Biology, Virginia Military<br />
Institute, Lexington, VA<br />
Paramecium tetraurelia are unicellular eukaryotes with excitable<br />
ciliated membranes that use calcium as a regulator of membrane<br />
potential. Several critical Paramecium functions are known to be<br />
mediated by calcium such as chemoresponse and exocytosis. Because<br />
caffeine and 4-chloro-m-cresol stimulation of Paramecium results in an<br />
increase in intracellular calcium concentration ( Klauke, et al., 2000, J.<br />
Mem. Biol. 174:141-156), it is possible that a calcium channel similar<br />
to the ryanodine receptors found in skeletal muscle may be involved in<br />
calcium mobilization. We examine the effects of the ryanodine<br />
receptor antagonist, dantrolene, on Paramecium tetraurelia. Dantrolene<br />
was toxic when applied in doses normally used in mammalian systems<br />
in the presence of magnesium. It is possible that magnesium, which also<br />
is a ryanodine receptor inhibitor, amplifies the effect of dantrolene on<br />
ryanodine-like receptors in Paramecium resulting in toxicity. Also of<br />
interest is the lack of protection from dantrolene-mediated toxicity in<br />
the mutant eccentric, which has a defective magnesium conductance.<br />
Initial experiments indicate that dantrolene does not affect the ability of<br />
caffeine to increase intracellular calcium levels. Dantrolene does<br />
however, significantly reduce the backward swimming time of<br />
Paramecium exposed to depolarizing concentrations of potassium.<br />
Chemosensory behavior in T-Maze assays to the attractants biotin and<br />
acetate was not altered by dantrolene treatment in potassium solutions.<br />
This work was supported by grant J-651 from the Jeffress Memorial<br />
Trust and a VMI research Grant in Aid.
109 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
COMPUTERIZED HISTORY OF OLFACTORY<br />
DYSFUNCTION<br />
Cornelia H. 1, Landis B.N. 2, Frasnelli J. 1, Hummel T. 1 1ORL, University<br />
of Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany; 2ORL, University<br />
Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
The patient´s/subject´s history is an integral part of investigations on<br />
human olfactory sensitivity. Numerous ways are being employed to<br />
obtain in<strong>for</strong>mation from subjects/patients. Based on Filemaker<br />
Developer 6.0 (R), the current exercise aimed to produce a relatively<br />
short, computerized questionnaire which allows subjects/patients to<br />
enter their data directly into a database in a controlled fashion. Further,<br />
a separate section is availbale <strong>for</strong> the examiner to enter data with regard<br />
to drug intake, qualitative olfactory dysfunction, results of<br />
chemosensory testing, results from nasal endoscopy, treatment etc. A<br />
different set of questions is available <strong>for</strong> return visits. In addition, the<br />
present approach combines this database with software <strong>for</strong> the<br />
computerized testing of olfactory thresholds (triple-<strong>for</strong>ced choice,<br />
single staircase), odor discrimination (triple <strong>for</strong>ced choice, 16 triplets)<br />
and odor identification (mutiple <strong>for</strong>ced choice, 16 items). In a clinical<br />
context, the database allows to create a quick overview across changes<br />
of olfactory function over time. It is hoped that this approach will<br />
eventually lead to more complete in<strong>for</strong>mation from subjects/patients.<br />
Further, it is hoped that this approach will help to standardise<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation that is obtained at different centers.<br />
110 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
CLINICAL TEST OF OLFACTION BASED UPON A MEMS-<br />
MICROVALVE OLFACTOMETER.<br />
Hastings L. 1, Wilson T. 1 1Osmic Enterprises, Inc., Cincinnati, OH<br />
We describe the development of a clinical test <strong>for</strong> the assessment of<br />
olfactory function which incorporates state-of-the-art Micro-Electro-<br />
Mechanical Systems (MEMS) microvalves. These minature, discrete<br />
devices <strong>for</strong>m the basis of the MEMS olfactometer, a relatively small,<br />
inexpensive device capable of producing 40 or more discrete odor<br />
stimuli. Moreover, the MEMS olfactometer will have the capacity <strong>for</strong><br />
generating the stimuli necessary <strong>for</strong> a large number of trials (>100).<br />
This capability can be replenished by replacing inexpensive odor<br />
cartridges. The initial test selected <strong>for</strong> development is an odor<br />
identification test, the paradigm most frequently used to assess<br />
olfactory function. The test, called the OLFACT (OLfactory Function<br />
Assessment by Computerized Testing) will be enhanced by inclusion of<br />
pictures, along with words, in the description of test item choices. The<br />
presentation of the test items, along with scoring of the test, and<br />
recording of all pertinent data will be totally computerized. Norms <strong>for</strong><br />
the test will be developed and compared with standardized norms<br />
already available <strong>for</strong> other commercial tests. Finally, the test will be<br />
enhanced to run on the WWW as a Web application. Once a MEMS<br />
olfactometer has been attached to a computer linked to the WWW,<br />
administration of the tests can be authorized over the Web. Anonymous<br />
data can also be collected via the Web <strong>for</strong> inclusion into a centralized<br />
database. This test will provide a comprehensive and sensitive system<br />
<strong>for</strong> evaluating the sense of smell at a lower cost while providing greater<br />
utility than current tests. Supported by NIH grant DC 06369<br />
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111 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
HEART RATE CHANGES DURING ODORANT<br />
ADMINISTRATION: PROMOTION OF "COOL-DOWN" AND<br />
RECOVERY IN COLLEGE ATHLETES<br />
Smith J. 1, Raudenbush B. 1 1Psychology, Wheeling Jesuit University,<br />
Wheeling, WV<br />
An often under-addressed aspect of athletic training, and even casual<br />
exercise, is the proper amount of time <strong>for</strong> "cool-down" and recovery.<br />
However, when an ample recovery period is not available, the<br />
likelihood of injury and overtraining increases while athletic<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance decreases. Previous research has shown that odorants can<br />
affect one's mood, motivation, and task per<strong>for</strong>mance. Moreover,<br />
peppermint odor is linked to enhanced athletic per<strong>for</strong>mance, while<br />
jasmine odor is a proven sleep aid. These unique odorant characteristics<br />
led to their inclusion within the present experiment in an attempt to<br />
determine whether jasmine and peppermint odors can enhance athletic<br />
recovery. In a within-subjects design, twenty athletes per<strong>for</strong>med a<br />
modified version of the Bruce Stress Test Protocol on a treadmill <strong>for</strong> 15<br />
minutes and then completed push-ups until exhaustion. Following 10<br />
minutes of "cool-down" stretching in a peppermint, jasmine, or no-odor<br />
condition, physiological data were recorded and the participant<br />
completed questionnaires related to workload demands and mood. In<br />
addition, level of vigor was rated over the following twelve hours.<br />
Jasmine odor significantly reduced athletes' heart rate following the<br />
"cool-down" period compared to the non-odorized control condition.<br />
Such a finding supports the hypothesis that odorants may have a<br />
substantial role in naturally and safely expediting recovery from<br />
physical exertion. This study was funded by a grant from NASA to B.<br />
Raudenbush.<br />
112 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
EFFECTS OF PEPPERMINT ODOR ADMINISTRATION ON<br />
AUGMENTING BASKETBALL PERFORMANCE DURING<br />
GAME PLAY<br />
Raudenbush B. 1, Smith J. 1, Graham K. 1, Mc Cune A. 2 1Psychology,<br />
Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV; 2Physical Therapy,<br />
Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV<br />
Previous research indicates that inhaling peppermint odor prior to<br />
and during athletic activity increases strength, speed, and endurance. It<br />
has also been found to reduce fatigue, perceived ef<strong>for</strong>t, and perceived<br />
frustration, and increase levels of vigor and motivation. However,<br />
assessment of peppermint odor efficacy has yet to be per<strong>for</strong>med during<br />
actual physical game play. The present study was designed to assess<br />
whether the degree to which athletes inhale peppermint odor affects<br />
such aspects as motivation, energy, fatigue, reaction time, confidence,<br />
and per<strong>for</strong>mance during the course of a basketball season. Male and<br />
female Division II basketball players were provided with a peppermint<br />
inhaler (Peak Per<strong>for</strong>manceTM Sports InhalerTM) <strong>for</strong> use during<br />
practice and game play. Level of inhalant use constituted group<br />
composition <strong>for</strong> data analysis. Higher levels of inhalant use were<br />
associated with increased motivation, energy, speed, alertness, reaction<br />
time, confidence, and strength. Levels of fatigue and frustration were<br />
lower in the high-use group. In addition, athletes' ratings of their<br />
competitive advantage over opponents and ratings of overall<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance were enhanced. Implications are particularly salient in<br />
regards to augmenting a variety of factors related to athletic<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance using an all-natural, non-pharmacological ergogenic aide.
113 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
EFFECTS OF BEVERAGE FLAVOR ON ATHLETIC<br />
PERFORMANCE, MOOD, AND WORKLOAD<br />
Schuler A. 1, Rawson A. 1, Raudenbush B. 1 1Psychology, Wheeling Jesuit<br />
University, Wheeling, WV<br />
Previous research indicates that the administration of peppermint<br />
odor can augment athletic per<strong>for</strong>mance and mood, and decrease<br />
workload demands. The present study extended those findings by<br />
evaluating athletic per<strong>for</strong>mance and physiological changes during the<br />
administration of flavored beverages. Utilizing a within-subjects design,<br />
athletes per<strong>for</strong>med a 15-min modified treadmill stress test. At 3-min<br />
intervals, 50 mL of beverage (peppermint water, unadulterated water, or<br />
Gaterade sports drink) were consumed. In the control condition, no<br />
beverage was consumed. Pre- and post-testing physiological<br />
measurements were taken (blood pressure, pulse, oxygen<br />
concentration). In addition, ratings of mood (via the Profile of Mood<br />
States) and workload (via the NASA Task Load Index) were completed.<br />
No physiological changes were noted, however, both the peppermint<br />
and Gatorade sports drink conditions lead to greater ratings of personal<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance and increased mood. These results provide additional<br />
support <strong>for</strong> the implementation of non-pharmacological methods to<br />
increase an athlete's per<strong>for</strong>mance and mood during exercise and/or<br />
competition. This study was funded by a grant from NASA to B.<br />
Raudenbush.<br />
114 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
OLFACTORY LOSS FOLLOWING INTRANASAL ZINC<br />
GLUCONATE<br />
Jafek B.W. 1, Linschoten M.R. 2 1Otolaryngology, University of<br />
Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO; 2Otolaryngology-Head<br />
& Neck Surgery, University of Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center,<br />
Denver, CO<br />
Beneficial zinc absorption takes place via enteral, parenteral, or<br />
cutaneous routes. Direct application to the olfactory epithelium,<br />
however, has been reported to cause loss of smell. Intranasal zinc<br />
gluconate has recently been recommended as a treatment <strong>for</strong> the<br />
common cold. Severe posttreatment hyposmia and anosmia have been<br />
observed. The case report of a typical patient will be presented and<br />
analyzed in detail, followed by a series of patients with severe<br />
hyposmia or anosmia following the use of intranasal zinc gluconate in<br />
both of the two currently available commercial products. While<br />
interindividual variation in drug response and drug effect is apparent,<br />
the loss may be permanent. The mechanism of olfactory loss is thought<br />
to be the direct effect of the divalent zinc ion on the olfactory receptor<br />
cell.<br />
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115 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
CHEMOSENSORY CHANGES IN ESTROGEN RECEPTOR<br />
POSITIVE BREAST CARCINOMA: A CASE REPORT<br />
Bailey M.L. 1, Hirsch A.R. 2 1Lake Erie College of Osteopathic<br />
Medicine, Erie, PA; 2The Smell & Taste Treatment and Research<br />
Foundation, Chicago, IL<br />
ABSTRACT: Despite reduction in appetite in patients with cancer,<br />
physicians rarely assess chemosensory function. A patient with<br />
estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast carcinoma presents with<br />
chemosensory complaints.<br />
CASE PRESENTATION: A fifty-five year old female, presented<br />
with seven months of taste distortion. She initially noted a<br />
phantageusia of “Windex” which changed to a soapy, metallic<br />
sensation, localized to the posterior tongue and upper lip. Drinking<br />
water improved the phantageusia, and consuming sweets, milk, vinegar<br />
or acidic foods worsened the phantageusia. Taste threshold testing<br />
revealed hypogeusia to bitter, salt, and sour. Six weeks after<br />
evaluation, she underwent modified radical mastectomy <strong>for</strong> ER (+)<br />
breast carcinoma. Immediately thereafter, the phantageusia resolved<br />
and her perception of sweet, salty, and sour taste intensified. Repeat<br />
chemosensory testing one month later on no medications, prior to any<br />
chemotherapy, demonstrated marked improvement <strong>for</strong> all taste<br />
modalities except salt, which remained unchanged.<br />
DISCUSSION: Possible origins <strong>for</strong> gustatory deficits include remote<br />
effects of carcinoma, counter-stimulation from circulating tumorinduced<br />
hematogenous tastes, tumor released hematogenous synergistic<br />
tastes, taste bud regeneration inhibition, zinc deficiency, elevated<br />
calcium or lactate levels, dry mucous membranes, and lack of interest<br />
and motivation. Chemosensory evaluation is warranted in patients who<br />
present with ER (+) breast carcinoma.<br />
116 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
ODORANTS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER<br />
SITE: ANALYSIS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT<br />
Preti G. 1, Opiekun R. 1, Smeets M. 1, Fatsis S. 2, Dalton P. 1 1Monell<br />
Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA; 2The Wall Street Journal,<br />
Washington, DC<br />
Odors present during a traumatic event may become associated with<br />
internal and external aspects of the experience and in turn, can trigger<br />
an emotional or stress response when encountered at a later time.<br />
Knowledge of the odor-causing molecules present at disaster sites is<br />
central to developing a synthetic odor-mimic, which can be used to<br />
prospectively educate rescue workers and to desensitize those who have<br />
already developed odor-stress associations. The distinct and pervasive<br />
odors lingering in the vicinity of lower Manhattan <strong>for</strong> weeks following<br />
9-11 were prime candidates <strong>for</strong> eliciting odor-mediated “flash-backs”<br />
among worker and residents. To identify and describe the quality of the<br />
odorants contributing to this unique, but complex, smell, four of the<br />
authors rated the sensory attributes and collected air samples using<br />
Tedlar bags and SPME “field units” at two sites surrounding the<br />
collapsed World Trade Center towers. Using GC-Olfactometry, the<br />
individuals who experienced the odors at the site evaluated the odorants<br />
as they emerged from the GC, being particularly careful to identify<br />
odorants that could be linked to the characteristic odor of the site. Many<br />
of the characteristic odorants were linked to specific compounds (eg<br />
“smokey” from guiacol; “sour/musty” from C7 to C9 acids; ) or small<br />
groups of compounds (“musty/burnt” and irritating/vinegar-like from a<br />
combination of butyrolactone/benzycyanide/triethylenediamine) which<br />
are commercially available and may be used to reconstitute the<br />
characteristic odor.<br />
Supported by NIH R01 DC 03704 to PD
117 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
ODOR CONDITIONING AND THE STRESS RESPONSE<br />
Maute C. 1, Dalton P. 1, Michele G. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
The present study evaluated the degree to which an emotional state<br />
(i.e. stress or relaxation) initially experienced in the presence of a novel<br />
odor could later be elicited by the odor alone. Evaluations of both<br />
subjective (self-reported stress, health symptoms and mood) and<br />
objective (salivary cortisol) indices of stress demonstrated the efficacy<br />
of the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) as a stress manipulation. Further,<br />
salivary cortisol levels revealed that subjects who were administered the<br />
(TSST) in the presence of a novel odor were more stressed upon reexposure<br />
to that odor than they were upon re-exposure to a different<br />
odor that had been paired with relaxation instructions. This apparent<br />
ability to induce stress below the level of awareness and its relevance to<br />
odor-conditioned stress responses as a potential mechanism underlying<br />
persistent aftereffects of trauma and odor-associated syndromes, such as<br />
multiple chemical sensitivity, will be discussed.<br />
Supported by DAMD17-01-2-0782<br />
118 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
THE IMPACT OF MALINGERING ON THREE MEASURES OF<br />
OLFACTION<br />
Bailie J.M. 1, Rybalsky K. 1, Horning K.A. 1, Hoffman S.M. 1, Gesteland<br />
R.C. 2, Frank R.A. 1 1Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,<br />
OH; 2Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH<br />
Experts on the sense of smell are occasionally asked to evaluate<br />
olfaction in <strong>for</strong>ensic cases. Since it has been estimated that the faking of<br />
a physical injury, sensory or cognitive loss (known as malingering)<br />
occurs in as many as one out of six of these cases, it is valuable to have<br />
a measure of olfaction that is resistant to malingering. The Sniff<br />
Magnitude Test (SMT) is a newly-developed measure of olfactory<br />
function that uses sniffing responses to assess the sense of smell. The<br />
SMT may be resistant to malingering because it has low difficulty and<br />
at the same time it is not obvious to a typical patient how an olfactory<br />
loss is feigned. A total of 120 subjects were randomly assigned into<br />
four groups: a control group that received the standard administration of<br />
each olfactory test, Malingering Group 1 that received instruction to<br />
fake an olfactory loss but was not provided further instructions,<br />
Malingering Group 2 that was told to fake a loss and was given<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation about what each test measures, and Malingering Group 3<br />
that was told to fake a loss and was coached on how to appear anosmic<br />
on each of the three tests. The SMT was compared to two traditional<br />
tests- PEA odor threshold and per<strong>for</strong>mance on the UPSIT. Results are<br />
discussed in terms of the impact of test in<strong>for</strong>mation on feigning an<br />
olfactory loss and the resistance of each test to malingering. This<br />
project supported by NIH SBIR grant DC04139, R. C. Gesteland, PI.<br />
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119 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
UNILATERAL OLFACTORY THRESHOLDS IN A<br />
CHEMOSENSORY CLINICAL POPULATION<br />
Cowart B.J. 1, Pribitkin E. 2, Rosen D. 2, Klock C. 1, Laflam T. 1 1Monell<br />
Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA; 2Otolaryngology-Head &<br />
Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Although unilateral (UNI) testing of olfactory threshold sensitivity is<br />
routinely per<strong>for</strong>med in many chemosensory clinics to supplement<br />
bilateral (BI) tests, few studies have addressed the usefulness of these<br />
additional measures in either characterizing individual patients or<br />
providing insight into general characteristics of olfactory dysfunction.<br />
We report findings from 195 non-anosmic patients presenting to the<br />
Monell-Jefferson Taste & Smell Clinic who underwent both BI and<br />
UNI tests of thresholds <strong>for</strong> phenylethyl alcohol (PEA); BI and UNI<br />
thresholds <strong>for</strong> pyridine (PYR) were also obtained from a subset (n=73).<br />
37.4% of patients showed a left(L)-right(R) difference of at least one<br />
log step in PEA threshold concentration (v/v), but only 54.8% of those<br />
also showed a directionally consistent L-R difference in PYR<br />
thresholds. The presence of a UNI difference was not related to either<br />
degree of bilateral dysfunction or etiology; however, UNI testing did<br />
enable the identification of an olfactory problem in 15 patients whose<br />
BI testing yielded no evidence of abnormality. In contrast to what has<br />
been reported in largely non-clinical populations, patients´ best UNI<br />
thresholds <strong>for</strong> PEA were significantly poorer than their BI thresholds.<br />
Interestingly, however, this effect interacted with the presence of a L-R<br />
difference, being evident only in patients with comparable L-R<br />
thresholds. Thus bilateral facilitation of olfactory threshold sensitivity<br />
may occur in dysfunction when the two nostrils are similarly affected.<br />
Supported by NIH grant P50 DC00214.<br />
120 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE SNIFF MAGNITUDE TEST<br />
Frank R.A. 1, Seiden A. 2, Bailie J. 1, Rybalsky K. 1, Gesteland R.C. 3<br />
1Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 2Otolaryngology<br />
and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH;<br />
3Cell Biology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH<br />
The Sniff Magnitude Test (SMT) is a newly developed olfactory<br />
measure that examines sniff patterns to assess smell function. Its utility<br />
has been assessed in children, university students, and older adults<br />
where it has proven to be a reliable measure that is strongly correlated<br />
with the UPSIT and odor threshold tests. This project examined the use<br />
of the SMT in a clinical setting. 44 otolaryngology patients completed<br />
the UPSIT and SMT during a visit to an ENT clinic in Cincinnati, Ohio.<br />
Patients who came to the clinic <strong>for</strong> olfactory complaints were compared<br />
to patients that came in <strong>for</strong> sinus-related problems and patients with<br />
hearing-related complaints. It was predicted that the olfactory complaint<br />
group would per<strong>for</strong>m more poorly than the sinus and hearing groups on<br />
both the UPSIT and SMT. Patients with complaints about the sense of<br />
smell per<strong>for</strong>med significantly worse on both the UPSIT and SMT<br />
compared to the sinus patients [F(1, 30) = 9.89, p< .005 and F (1, 33) =<br />
9.90, p < .005, respectively]. This was also the case <strong>for</strong> the participants<br />
who had hearing complaints [F(1, 26) = 25.083, p < .001 and F(1, 29)<br />
=12.36, p < .001, respectively]. There was no difference between the<br />
sinus and hearing patients on the two olfactory tests. These results<br />
demonstrate the utility of the SMT in a clinical setting and support<br />
additional studies of its use in other clinical conditions where olfactory<br />
deficits are a concern. This project supported by NIH SBIR grant<br />
DC04139, R. C. Gesteland, PI.
121 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
THE INFLUENCE OF ODOR PLEASANTNESS & IRRITATION<br />
ON THE SNIFF MAGNITUDE TEST<br />
Rybalsky K. 1, Bailie J. 1, Frank R.A. 1, Gesteland R.C. 2 1Psychology,<br />
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 2Cell Biology, Univ of<br />
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH<br />
The Sniff Magnitude Test (SMT) measures olfactory function based<br />
on the reduction of the size of a sniff in response to an odor. In the past,<br />
malodors have been successfully utilized to trigger sniff reduction.<br />
Experiments were conducted to assess the use of pleasant odors and to<br />
address concerns about possible irritation associated with the odorants<br />
being used with the SMT. 119 university students were tested in 3<br />
experiments. The stimuli included one malodor (methylthiobutyrate or<br />
MTB) and two pleasant odors, strawberry flavor (STR) and isoamyl<br />
acetate (AA). In Experiment 1, STR (1%v/v) suppressed sniffs by 37%.<br />
STR was then compared with MTB (3% v/v) and the results indicated<br />
that MTB suppressed sniffs by 46%, similar to but significantly more<br />
than STR (p < .05). In Experiment 2, assessment of sniff magnitude to<br />
MTB (1% v/v) and AA (1% v/v) yielded results similar to the STR.<br />
While sniff suppression to AA was effective (44%), participants<br />
suppress more to the MTB stimulus (51%, p < .05). Experiment 3<br />
assessed irritation and possible trigeminal sensitivity to MTB and AA.<br />
This was achieved using a nasal lateralization technique. It was<br />
demonstrated that neither MTB nor AA possess trigeminal components<br />
at the concentrations tested. The results from these studies support the<br />
use of both pleasant and unpleasant odors in the SMT and also allay<br />
fears about the potentially confounding role that trigeminal stimulation<br />
plays in the test. This project supported by NIH SBIR grant DC04139,<br />
R. C. Gesteland, PI.<br />
122 Slide [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
INFLUENCES OF AGE AND SEX ON A<br />
MICROENCAPSULATED ODOR MEMORY TEST<br />
Choudhury E. 1, Moberg P. 2, Doty R. 3 1School of Dental Medicine,<br />
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Department of<br />
Psychiatry, Neurology, and Otorhinolaryngology, University of<br />
Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA; 3Smell and Taste<br />
Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of<br />
Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
While influences of such variables as age and sex are well<br />
established <strong>for</strong> most standardized tests of odor identification and<br />
detection, this is not the case <strong>for</strong> tests of odor memory. In this study,<br />
231 non-smoking men and women, ranging in age from 10 to 68 years,<br />
were administered a standardized 12-item delayed match-to-sample<br />
micro-encapsulated odor memory test (OMT). Anosmics were excluded<br />
from the study. Each participant was asked to smell a target odor after<br />
its release from a micro-encapsulated odorant pad and then, after a<br />
delay interval of 10, 30, or 60 seconds, to pick the target from a<br />
similarly presented set of four odors, three of which were foils.<br />
Backward counting by threes was required during the delay intervals in<br />
an ef<strong>for</strong>t to minimize semantic rehearsal. Overall OMT scores were<br />
higher <strong>for</strong> women then <strong>for</strong> men, and decreased, in each sex, as a<br />
function of age in a manner similar to the age-related decline observed<br />
in tests of odor identification and detection. Per<strong>for</strong>mance did not change<br />
as a function of delay interval. A significant correlation between the<br />
overall OMT test scores and scores on the University of Pennsylvania<br />
Smell Identification Test were observed <strong>for</strong> women, but not <strong>for</strong> men, in<br />
accord with the notion that women may be more likely to employ<br />
semantic cues in their strategies to remember odors. The findings are<br />
discussed in light of the complexities of the construct of odor memory.<br />
This research was supported, in part, by the following grants from the<br />
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD: PO1 DC 00161, RO1 DC<br />
04278, RO1 AG 17496 and RO1 MH 63381.<br />
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123 Poster [ ] Clinical Evaluation and Consumer Research<br />
USE, HANDLING AND ASSESSMENT OF PERFUMES<br />
DEPENDING ON BRAND NAME AND PACKING<br />
Buschmann-Maiworm R. 1, Henkel M. 2, Schurian W. 2 1Dept. of<br />
Psychology, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany; 2University of<br />
Muenster, Muenster, NRW, Germany<br />
The experiment investigates how the image of a perfume influences<br />
its assessment and handling.<br />
Three perfumes with different images, designed <strong>for</strong> different age<br />
groups, were tested. In a pilot study 130 subjects rated the general<br />
image of 10 different well known perfumes (e.g. age and style of users,<br />
wish to buy it).<br />
In the main experiment Chanel 5, Naomagic, Kölnisch Wasser were<br />
used. Each perfume was tested in its own bottle and packing and in the<br />
bottles of the other two. As a result we have 9 experimental conditions.<br />
225 women assessed the perfumes in 3 conditions in random order on<br />
bipolar rating scales while they were videotaped. The handling of the<br />
packing and the bottle were analysed (e.g. <strong>for</strong> duration of touching).<br />
Categorised <strong>for</strong> behavioural analysis were 4 ways of smelling the<br />
perfume: applying on a paper strip, applying on skin, smelling at the<br />
bottle, smelling at cap. Trials using Kölnisch Wasser were the shortest.<br />
The odor of the perfumes (Naomagic, Kölnisch Wasser and Chanel 5)<br />
in the bottle of Naomagic were much longer faned. The handling of the<br />
packing of Naomagic was longer than of Kölnisch Wasser. Kölnisch<br />
Wasser was rated as moderate pleasant. It was significantly rated as<br />
more pleasant in the packing of Naomagic and Chanel 5 than in its own<br />
package.<br />
124 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors & Transduction<br />
ORGANIZATION OF CHEMOSENSORY SIGNALING<br />
COMPONENTS IN LIPID RAFTS<br />
Van Houten J. 1, Weeraratne S. 1, Chandran S. 1, Yano J. 1 1Biology,<br />
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT<br />
Glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored proteins are tethered to<br />
the cell surface and function as receptors that generally activate tyrosine<br />
kinases to initiate signal transduction pathways in axon guidance or Tcell<br />
activation, among other functions. These proteins are characteristic<br />
of in lipid rafts, lipid domains that are enriched in glycosphingolipids<br />
and cholesterol and signal transduction proteins. At least one<br />
Paramecium receptor <strong>for</strong> folate is GPI anchored and likely to be in lipid<br />
rafts. Another component of the signal transduction pathway, the<br />
plasma membrane calcium pump (PMCA), is enriched in lipid rafts in<br />
other systems, and shows the hallmarks of lipid raft association in<br />
Paramecium. Fluorescence microscopy shows that the GPI anchored<br />
proteins, including the folate receptor, co-localize with PMCAs and<br />
basal bodies, consistent with the localization of these proteins at the<br />
bases of cilia. We are using cholera toxin to localize the gangliosides in<br />
rafts. In a separate approach to lipid rafts, we use gradients to separate<br />
membrane fractions by density, with lipid rafts and their proteins<br />
characteristically populating the lighter fractions. Raft fractions are<br />
those with gangliosides, cholesterol and GPI anchored proteins. There<br />
are light density fractions of the Paramecium membranes that include G<br />
proteins, the folate receptor, other GPI anchored proteins, the PMCAs.<br />
In a third approach, we remove cholesterol from the whole cell<br />
membranes and note that the cells are defective in their chemo-response<br />
to folate. Varied approaches help us to examine the role of lipid rafts<br />
and other Triton X-100 insoluble components, such as the cytoskeleton,<br />
in chemoresponse. GM 59988, DC 00721 and the Vermont Cancer<br />
Center.
125 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors & Transduction<br />
DNA-BASED FLUORESCENT CHEMOSENSORS FOR DIRECT<br />
DETECTION OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS IN AN<br />
ARTIFICIAL NOSE<br />
White J.E. 1, Williams L.B. 1, Atkisson M.S. 2, Kauer J.S. 1 1Neuroscience,<br />
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; 2CogniScent, inc.,<br />
Weston, MA<br />
As reported previously (White et al., 2002, AChemS XXIV), we are<br />
developing a portable artificial olfactory system to detect and<br />
identify volatile compounds in the ambient environment. In a manner<br />
based directly on animal behavior, the device actively samples air via<br />
pulsatile sniffing. Air samples are drawn over an array of<br />
broadly-responsive, optically-based chemical sensors, which are used<br />
to detect and discriminate odorants in the sample. Device function<br />
thus depends directly on the sensitivity and diversity of the sensors<br />
in the array. Biopolymers, particularly nucleic acids, are attractive<br />
<strong>for</strong> building sensors of great variety and wide utility. This is<br />
because of the tremendous combinatorial complexity made possible<br />
by constructing them from sequences of just a few building blocks. We<br />
have found that dye-labeled DNA sensors, dried onto a substrate,<br />
differentially respond to volatile chemical compounds. To our<br />
knowledge, this is the first time that solid phase DNA-based sensors<br />
have been used <strong>for</strong> directly detecting small, vapor phase molecules.<br />
Furthermore, our experiments indicate that Cy3-labeled, single- strand<br />
DNA sequences of similar length but different base sequence can<br />
respond differently to the same odorant set. These observations<br />
suggests that "sensor discovery" via high throughput screening of<br />
large-scale DNA-based sensor libraries may be possible, thereby<br />
providing a rapid means to easily identify sensors that are optimized<br />
<strong>for</strong> defined odorant detection tasks. Supported by NIDCD and NSF.<br />
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126 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors & Transduction<br />
MAKING SENSE OF OLFACTION THROUGH MOLECULAR<br />
MODELING<br />
Floriano W.B. 1, Hall S. 1, Leonard O. 2, Hummel P.A. 1, Vaidehi N. 1,<br />
Goddard W.A. 1 1Materials and Process Simulation Center, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia<br />
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; 2University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia -<br />
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<br />
We used the MembStruk first principles computational technique to<br />
predict the three-dimensional (3D) structure of ten mouse olfactory<br />
receptors (S6, S18, S19, S25, S46, S50, S1, MOR-EV, MOR-EG, and<br />
MI7) <strong>for</strong> which experimental odorant recognition profiles are available.<br />
We used the HierDock method to scan each predicted OR structure <strong>for</strong><br />
potential odorant binding site(s), and to calculate binding energies of<br />
each odorant in these binding sites. The calculated binding affinity<br />
profiles correctly identify the chemical classes recognized<br />
experimentally by each OR, validating the predicted 3D structures and<br />
binding sites. Correlation between calculated binding affinity and<br />
elicited response is also found within each chemical class. However the<br />
cutoff response/no-response is not always well defined.<br />
For each of the ten ORs, the binding site is located between TMs 3<br />
through 6, with contributions from EC loops 2 and 3. In particular, we<br />
find six residue positions in TM3 and TM6 to be consistently involved<br />
in odorant binding. These positions are consistent with mutation data on<br />
ligand binding <strong>for</strong> other GPCRs and sequence hypervariability studies<br />
<strong>for</strong> ORs.<br />
Amino acid patterns associated with the recognition of chemical<br />
classes were defined using the predicted binding modes. These<br />
sequence fingerprints were used to probe the alignment of 869 OR<br />
sequences from the mouse genome in order to identify other ORs<br />
matching each fingerprint.<br />
This research was initiated with support by an ARO-MURI grant<br />
(Dr. Robert Campbell) and completed with finding from NIHBRGRO1-<br />
GM625523, NIH-R29AI40567, and NIH-HD36385. The computational<br />
facilities were provided by a SUR grant from IBM and a DURIP grant<br />
from ARO.<br />
127 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors & Transduction<br />
THE MULTIFACETED RECEPTORS OF THE HUMAN NOSE<br />
Lancet D. 1, Alony R. 1, Atarot T. 1, Ben-Asher E. 1, Feldmesser E. 1, Gilad<br />
Y. 1, Khen M. 1, Man O. 1, Menashe I. 1, Olender T. 1, Stern S. 1 1Molecular<br />
Genetics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel<br />
Human olfactory receptor (OR) genes are highly multifaceted, as<br />
manifested at several different levels. This is documented in the<br />
updated Human Olfactory Receptor Data Exploratorium (HORDE<br />
version 40, http://bip.weizmann.ac.il/HORDE/), which contains 853<br />
entries. One dimension of diversity spans a continuum between intact<br />
ORs and definite OR pseudogenes. To probe the undecided cases, we<br />
have devised methods to identify subtle deviations from shared motifs.<br />
Positional departures of initiation and stop codons may indicate inactive<br />
ORs. Second generation rhodopsin-based homology models provide<br />
new clues to sequence positions essential <strong>for</strong> functionally intact<br />
structure, including helix-kinking residues. A new algorithm, based on<br />
paralog-orthologs comparisons <strong>for</strong> three mammalian species (human,<br />
mouse and dog), allowed us to identify potential odorant contact<br />
residues. These harbor maximal intra-species variability, but also<br />
constitute additional targets <strong>for</strong> inactivating mutations. Another<br />
dimension of diversity is inter-individual variability, generated by<br />
single nucleotide polymorphisms that occur at pseudogenizing sequence<br />
positions. This results in a personal genetic “bar-code”, whereby every<br />
human individual has a different combination of intact and inactive<br />
ORs. These “segregating pseudogenes” are likely key determinants of<br />
specific anosmia. Finally, OR gene diversity is probed at the 5´<br />
untranslated exon sequences by computer-based and experimental<br />
approaches. This may shed light on presumed roles of upstream<br />
segments in OR messenger RNA stability and translation.
128 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors & Transduction<br />
MOLECULES THAT REGULATE TRANSLOCATION AND<br />
FUNCTION OF MAMMALIAN ODORANT RECEPTORS<br />
Saito H. 1, Matsunami M. 1, Roberts R. 1, Chi Q. 1, Matsunami H. 1 1MGM,<br />
Duke University, Durham, NC<br />
Progress in understanding olfactory coding requires knowing ligand<br />
specificity of odorant receptors (ORs). It has been difficult to examine<br />
ligand-binding specificity of mammalian ORs in heterologous cells,<br />
mainly due to poor plasma membrane trafficking of ORs in these cells.<br />
Using a set of cDNA clones that are expressed by olfactory neurons, we<br />
have screened and found three genes that induce cell surface expression<br />
of ORs when expressed in HEK293T cells. We named them REEP1,<br />
<strong>for</strong> Receptor Expression Enhancing Protein 1, RTP1 and 2, <strong>for</strong><br />
Receptor Transporting Protein 1 and 2, respectively. All three proteins<br />
contain a single putative transmembrane domain and they are<br />
specifically expressed by the olfactory neurons in the olfactory<br />
epithelium. These proteins are associated with OR proteins, and<br />
enhance activation of OR by odorants. Using a cell line expressing<br />
these genes, we have identified new mouse ORs responding to aliphatic<br />
odorants. Our results suggest that REEP1, RTP1 and 2 have important<br />
roles in trafficking of ORs and provide an efficient system to<br />
investigate OR-odorant interaction.<br />
129 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors & Transduction<br />
THE ROLE OF ODOR RECEPTORS IN ODOR CODING<br />
Hallem E.A. 1, Ho M.G. 1, Carlson J.R. 1 1MCDB, Yale University, New<br />
Haven, CT<br />
We are undertaking a large-scale analysis of Drosophila odor<br />
receptors. The Or gene family contains ~60 members, which are<br />
expressed in at least 35 functional classes of olfactory receptor neurons<br />
(ORNs). We are examining the functions of odor receptors using an<br />
“empty” ab3A antennal ORN (∆ab3A) that lacks its endogenous odor<br />
receptors as an in vivo expression system. Individual receptors are<br />
introduced into the empty ORN (∆ab3A:OrX) and odor response is<br />
assayed electrophysiologically. We are establishing a receptor-toneuron<br />
map by matching the odor response spectra of ∆ab3A:OrX<br />
ORNs to the odor response spectra of wild-type ORNs. We have found<br />
that the odor receptor dictates not only the odor response spectrum, but<br />
also the signaling mode (excitation v. inhibition) and the response<br />
dynamics of the ORN in which it is expressed. Different receptors,<br />
when expressed in the same ORN and given the same odorant stimulus,<br />
can confer responses that differ in signaling mode. Moreover, an<br />
individual receptor can confer responses of different modes to different<br />
odorants in the same ORN. The results thus show that odor receptors<br />
contribute to multiple aspects of odor coding in Drosophila ORNs, and<br />
they suggest a model <strong>for</strong> odor receptor transduction. Not only can<br />
multiple receptors function in an individual ORN, but an individual<br />
receptor can function in multiple ORNs, suggesting a broad<br />
compatibility among receptors and ORNs. Finally, we express two<br />
odor receptors from the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae in<br />
Drosophila and find that the female-specific receptor AgOr1 responds<br />
to 4-methylphenol, a component of human sweat.<br />
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Supported by NIH DC04729 and an NSF graduate fellowship.<br />
130 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors & Transduction<br />
THE HOR17-4 SIGNALING SYSTEM – ONE RECEPTOR,<br />
DUAL CAPACITY<br />
Spehr M. 1, Schwane K. 1, Barbour J. 1, Riffell J.A. 2, Heilmann S. 3,<br />
Gisselmann G. 1, Hummel T. 3, Zimmer R.K. 2, Neuhaus E.M. 1, Hatt H. 1<br />
1Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany; 2biology, University of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Los Angeles, CA; 3University of Dresden, Dresden,<br />
Germany<br />
A repertoire of mammalian olfactory receptor (OR) genes are<br />
predominantly expressed in spermatozoa. One of these receptors,<br />
named hOR17-4, is attributed an important role in human sperm<br />
physiology by mediating directed chemotactic movement in vitro.<br />
The underlying molecular mechanisms transducing OR ligand<br />
binding into flagellar motion remain obscure. Here, we show that sperm<br />
OR activation is coupled to a membrane-bound adenylyl cyclase<br />
(mAC). Odorant-induced Ca2+ signaling, chemotaxis, and<br />
chemokinesis are completely abolished by a specific inhibitor of mACs.<br />
Identifying membrane proteins in human sperm via mass spectometry,<br />
we show expression of specific receptors, G-proteins, and mACs. Their<br />
spatial distribution patterns largely correspond to the spatiotemporal<br />
character of odorant Ca2+ signals. Thus, our data link mAC activation<br />
to human sperm chemotaxis.<br />
Whether sperm ORs are functionally restricted to reproductive issues<br />
or additionally per<strong>for</strong>m their “conventional” task in olfaction is a<br />
longstanding question. There<strong>for</strong>e, we also investigate hOR17-4<br />
expression in human olfactory tissue adopting. Our results suggest that<br />
the same human OR protein is similarly utilized to fulfill chemosensory<br />
functions in such diverse cell types as spermatozoa and olfactory<br />
sensory neurons.<br />
131 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors & Transduction<br />
MECHANISMS OF ODOR RECEPTOR GENE CHOICE<br />
Ray A. 1, Shiraiwa T. 1, Goldman A. 1, Van Der Goes Van Naters W. 1,<br />
Carlson J. 1 1MCDB, Yale University, New Haven, CT<br />
Little is known about how individual neurons select which Or genes<br />
to express. The Or gene family in Drosophila consists of ~60 members,<br />
most of which are expressed either in the antenna or the maxillary palp,<br />
but not both.<br />
We have used bioin<strong>for</strong>matics to identify cis -regulatory elements<br />
important <strong>for</strong> Or gene choice in the maxillary palp. Among several<br />
motifs that are over-represented upstream of Or genes, one,<br />
CTA(N) 9 TAA, is found within 500 bp upstream of Or genes expressed<br />
in the maxillary palp. We have found by mutational analysis that this<br />
motif is necessary <strong>for</strong> expression of Or genes in this organ. A second<br />
over-represented motif among maxillary palp genes is CTTATAA, and<br />
we have found evidence that this motif is a negative regulatory element<br />
that mediates repression of palp Or genes in the antenna.<br />
What in<strong>for</strong>mation specifies the particular neuron class in which a<br />
receptor is expressed? A pair of Or genes, Or85e and Or33c, is coexpressed<br />
in the pb2A neurons of the palp. We have identified 3 motifs<br />
shared between the upstream sequences of these two co-regulated<br />
genes, but not by other palp genes. To identify neuron-specific<br />
regulatory motifs <strong>for</strong> the remaining palp Or genes, we have compared<br />
the Or upstream regions with those of their D. pseudoobscura<br />
orthologs. This approach has identified several additional gene-specific<br />
conserved elements.<br />
A second mechanism is used to achieve co-regulation of two genes in<br />
another neuron, pb2B. Two clustered Or genes, Or46a and Or46b, are<br />
transcribed as a bicistronic message in this neuron. We are testing the<br />
activity of a putative IRES, and the functional significance of the co-
expression.<br />
132 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors & Transduction<br />
REGULATION OF ODORANT RECEPTOR EXPRESSION<br />
Reed R.R. 1, Lewcock J.W. 2 1Molecular Biology and Genetics,<br />
HHMI/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 2Molecular Biology<br />
and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD<br />
The expression of a single odorant receptor (OR) in each olfactory<br />
neuron from a repertoire of more than 1000 genes is essential <strong>for</strong> odor<br />
coding and axonal targeting. The genes encoding these receptors each<br />
possess a simple genomic structure and in several cases, small DNA<br />
segments surrounding the transcription initiation sites are sufficient to<br />
direct expression of reporters in a pattern that mimics the endogenous<br />
genes. One remarkable aspect of this gene regulation is that each<br />
olfactory neuron expresses OR protein from only one allele of this<br />
large, dispersed gene family. We have used targeted transgenesis,<br />
insertion of defined DNA constructs at specific location in the genome<br />
to identify a new role <strong>for</strong> OR protein as an essential regulator in the<br />
establishment of mono-allelic OR expression. OR-promoter driven<br />
reporters expresses in a receptor-like pattern, but unlike a native OR,<br />
are co-expressed with an additional OR allele. Expression of a<br />
functional OR from the identical promoter eliminates expression of<br />
other OR alleles. The presence of an untranslatable OR coding<br />
sequence in the mRNA is insufficient to exclude expression of a second<br />
OR. Together, these data identify the OR protein as a critical element in<br />
a feedback pathway that regulates odorant receptor selection. Current<br />
ef<strong>for</strong>ts in the laboratory are focused on elucidating the nature of the<br />
feedback signal and the mechanisms that lead to selective receptor<br />
expression.<br />
Supported by grants from NIDCD to R. R.<br />
133 Symposium [ ] The Ins and Outs of Sensory Cilia<br />
WHAT THE CHLAMYDOMONAS FLAGELLUM IS<br />
TEACHING US ABOUT SENSORY CILIA<br />
Witman G.B. 1 1Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical<br />
School (Worcester), Worcester, MA<br />
Both motile cilia and non-motile cilia, including mammalian primary<br />
cilia, are sensory organelles that display receptors and relay signals<br />
about the extracellular environment to the cell body. The unicellular,<br />
biflagellate green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has provided an<br />
essential foundation <strong>for</strong> understanding this important ciliary function.<br />
A notable example is the recent discovery and characterization of<br />
intraflagellar transport (IFT) in Chlamydomonas. IFT is a process in<br />
which flagellar precursors are actively moved into the flagellum and out<br />
to its tip, where axonemal assembly occurs; disruption of this process<br />
blocks flagellar assembly. Genetic and biochemical studies in<br />
Chlamydomonas have elucidated the molecular motors and other<br />
components of the IFT system; all of these proteins have homologues in<br />
other ciliated organisms, including C. elegans, D. melanogaster, and<br />
mammals. Because IFT is necessary <strong>for</strong> ciliary assembly, mutation of a<br />
gene encoding a mouse homologue of a Chlamydomonas IFT protein<br />
disrupts assembly of primary cilia, providing a valuable tool <strong>for</strong> testing<br />
the function of these widespread organelles (see abstract by G. Pazour).<br />
Although primary cilia cannot be isolated, Chlamydomonas flagella can<br />
be readily purified in amounts sufficient <strong>for</strong> biochemical analysis. An<br />
ongoing proteomic analysis of the Chlamydomonas flagellum is<br />
revealing numerous conserved proteins that are likely to be involved in<br />
sensory processes. The mammalian homologues of these proteins are<br />
prime candidates <strong>for</strong> carrying out sensory reception and signal<br />
transduction in the primary cilium. Supported by NIH GM 30626.<br />
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134 Symposium [ ] The Ins and Outs of Sensory Cilia<br />
PROBING THE FUNCTION OF MAMMALIAN PRIMARY<br />
CILIA BY ANALYSIS OF THE TG737 MOUSE<br />
Pazour G.J. 1 1Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts<br />
Medical School (Worcester), Worcester, MA<br />
Most mammalian cells have a non-motile primary cilium projecting<br />
from their surface. The importance of these organelles to mammalian<br />
health and development has been highlighted by recent analysis of the<br />
Tg737 mouse. This mouse has a mutation in the gene encoding the<br />
IFT88 subunit of the intraflagellar transport particle (Pazour et al., J.<br />
Cell Biol. 151:709-718) and develops polycystic kidney disease (PKD)<br />
(Moyer et al., Science 262:1329-1333) and other disorders. The Tg737<br />
mutation causes ciliary assembly defects in the kidney and other organs.<br />
These ciliary defects are likely to be the primary cause underlying the<br />
PKD and other diseases seen in the animal.<br />
We hypothesize that primary cilia are serving as organizing centers<br />
<strong>for</strong> sensory receptors and signaling proteins. In support of this, we and<br />
others have shown that the polycystins are localized on kidney primary<br />
cilia. The polycystins are membrane proteins thought to sense the state<br />
of the kidney epithelium and control proliferation and differentiation of<br />
these cells. Polycystin mutations cause excess cell proliferation in<br />
kidney nephrons resulting in adult onset PKD in humans. The ciliary<br />
assembly defect probably causes PKD by disrupting the localization of<br />
the polycystins.<br />
It is likely that all primary cilia serve similar functions in organizing<br />
receptors and pathways to monitor extracellular parameters that are<br />
important to the cell´s physiology.<br />
Work in my laboratory is funded by the NIH (GM60992) and the<br />
Worcester Foundation <strong>for</strong> Biomedical Research.<br />
135 Symposium [ ] The Ins and Outs of Sensory Cilia<br />
INTRAFLAGELLAR TRANSPORT MOTORS<br />
Scholey J.M. 1, Ou G. 1, Snow J. 1, Gunnarson A. 1 1Center <strong>for</strong> Genetics<br />
and Development and Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology,<br />
University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Davis, Davis, CA<br />
The assembly and function of sensory cilia depends upon<br />
intraflagellar transport (IFT), the bidirectional transport of<br />
macromolecular complexes called IFT-particles, along axonemal<br />
microtubules (MTs) between the base of the cilium and the distal tip.<br />
We are studying the role of IFT in the <strong>for</strong>mation and function of the<br />
sensory cilia on the endings of chemosensory neurons within the<br />
nematode, C. elegans. These cilia serve as specialized compartments <strong>for</strong><br />
concentrating the sensory signaling machinery that detects chemical<br />
cues in the environment and thereby play important roles in<br />
chemosensory behaviour. Our hypothesis is that IFT-particles<br />
contribute to ciliary function by carrying key components of the ciliary<br />
axoneme, the signaling machinery, and possibly signals themselves,<br />
between the base and the tip of the cilium, and that the transport of<br />
these particles depends upon the action of two anterograde motors,<br />
kinesin-II and OSM-3-kinesin and a retrograde motor, IFT-dynein. We<br />
will report our recent progress in using light microscopy, biochemistry,<br />
genomics and genetics to dissect the protein machinery that drives IFT<br />
in this system.<br />
Reference: Scholey JM, 2003, Intraflagellar Transport. Ann Rev.<br />
Cell Dev. Biol., 19, 423.
136 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
METAMORPHOSIS OF AN OLFACTORY SYSTEM:<br />
HORMONAL REGULATION OF GROWTH AND<br />
PATTERNING IN THE ANTENNAL IMAGINAL DISC OF THE<br />
MOTH MANDUCA SEXTA.<br />
Fernandez K. 1, Bohbot J. 1, Vogt R. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of<br />
South Carolina, Columbia, SC<br />
Peripheral olfactory systems of insects such as moths, bees,<br />
mosquitoes and flies undergo metamorphosis, trans<strong>for</strong>ming from a<br />
simple larval antenna to the highly complex adult antenna mediating<br />
diverse chemosensory behaviors. Adult antennae derive from imaginal<br />
discs which grow during the larval stage, and undergo neurogenesis and<br />
morphogenesis during the pupal stage. We are characterizing patterns<br />
of morphogenic and gene expression activities in the imaginal disc and<br />
early developing antenna to identify events which lead to the patterning<br />
of the adult antenna and the specific expression of genes (ORs, OBPs)<br />
by distinct classes of olfactory sensilla. This study focuses on the<br />
antennal disc; disc growth occurs during the final larval instar from a<br />
ring of tissue surrounding the base of the larval antenna. We have<br />
characterized the spatial patterns of disc growth using an antibody<br />
against phosphorylated histone H3 (mitotic marker) and have<br />
characterized temporal and spatial specific expression of transcription<br />
factors Broad (metamorphosis) and distal-less (pattern) and the<br />
signaling protein Notch. Prior to pupation, the disc elongates and<br />
everts; we have shown this process is regulated by ecdysteroid<br />
hormones, and have observed a subsequent decline in total DNA<br />
content suggesting apoptotic events associated with this restructuring.<br />
These studies are establishing a foundation <strong>for</strong> identifying early events<br />
leading to the selection of specific chemosensory phenotypes of adult<br />
olfactory sensilla.<br />
137 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
IG-FAMILY CELL ADHESION MOLECULES IN THE<br />
DEVELOPING ANTENNAL LOBE OF THE MOTH MANDUCA<br />
SEXTA<br />
Gibson N.J. 1, Tolbert L.P. 1 1ARL Division of Neurobiology, University<br />
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<br />
Establishment of the adult antennal (olfactory) lobe of Manduca<br />
sexta requires numerous choices regarding pathfinding, migration,<br />
fasciculation, and branching by olfactory receptor cells, glia, and<br />
antennal lobe neurons. We are investigating the roles played by cell<br />
adhesion molecules in this process. Using an antibody to Manduca<br />
neuroglian, a homolog of vertebrate L1, we find that receptor cell axons<br />
express neuroglian specifically in the axonal sorting zone and in the<br />
nerve layer surrounding the glomerular layer in the lobe; expression is<br />
notably absent in the glomerular neuropil. Neuropil-associated glia also<br />
label, and do so even in the absence of afferent axons. This suggests the<br />
possibility of a homophilic interaction between neuroglian molecules<br />
on receptor cell axons and antennal-lobe glia. Following sorting of<br />
axons into new fascicles, we find that only some fascicles are labeled,<br />
suggesting targeting-related specificity, as has been seen <strong>for</strong> fasciclin II.<br />
In a search <strong>for</strong> additional cell adhesion molecules, we have used an<br />
antibody against the Ig-domain of human NCAM and obtained strong<br />
labeling of antennal lobe neurons and glia, but not axons. Western blots<br />
using this antibody demonstrate a prominent band at 125 KDa, similar<br />
in size to vertebrate NCAM-120 and OCAM and distinguishing this<br />
protein from the other Ig-containing molecules known to occur in<br />
Manduca, fasciclin II and neuroglian. Supported by NIH DC2004598.<br />
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138 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR CELLS OF TRANS-SEXUALLY<br />
GRAFTED FEMALE ANTENNAE DETERMINE ODOR<br />
RESPONSES OF OUTPUT NEURONS IN THE ANTENNAL<br />
LOBE OF MALE MANDUCA SEXTA<br />
Reisenman C.E. 1, Stein H. 1, Christensen T.A. 1, Hildebrand J.G. 1 1ARL<br />
Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<br />
The antennal lobe (AL) of the moth Manduca sexta contains a small<br />
number of sexually dimorphic glomeruli: the macroglomerular complex<br />
(MGC) in males and the large female glomeruli (LFGs) in females. The<br />
role of olfactory receptor cells (ORCs) in the <strong>for</strong>mation of these<br />
glomeruli was demonstrated by trans-sexual transplantation<br />
experiments: sensory axons of a grafted male antenna induce <strong>for</strong>mation<br />
of an MGC in a host female, while sensory axons of a grafted female<br />
antenna induce <strong>for</strong>mation of LFGs in a host male. The odor-response<br />
properties of the induced glomeruli, however, are unknown. Using<br />
intracellular recording and staining techniques, we studied the<br />
properties of output neurons (PNs) in males with a grafted female<br />
antenna. To produce these gynandromorphs, one antennal disk from a<br />
2 nd -day 5 th -instar larva was excised and replaced by the corresponding<br />
disk from a female donor. 22% of animals had a normal female antenna<br />
(n=7) and an antennal nerve innervating the AL. We found that PNs<br />
arborizing in the induced LFGs (like latLFG-PNs in normal females)<br />
were more sensitive to (+) than to (-)linalool (n=3, 2 animals).<br />
Although not morphologically identified, we found 3 more presumptive<br />
PNs with the same odor specificity. The morphology of PNs<br />
innervating glomeruli outside the induced LFGs was similar to that of<br />
PNs in normal females (n=4). One of these PNs arborizes in a<br />
glomerulus next to the induced latLFG, and did not respond to antennal<br />
stimulation with either (+) or (-)linalool. These preliminary results are<br />
consistent with the hypothesis that ORCs confer specific odor-tuning<br />
characteristics to their glomerular targets.<br />
Supported by NIH/PEW
139 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
NO-MEDIATED SIGNALING FROM OLFACTORY<br />
RECEPTORS TO PERIPHERAL NERVE GLIA IN THE MOTH<br />
OLFACTORY PATHWAY<br />
Oland L.A. 1, Gibson N.J. 2, Tolbert L.P. 2 1A.R.L. Division of<br />
Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 2Neurobiology,<br />
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<br />
In the developing olfactory (antennal) nerve of the moth Manduca<br />
sexta, the glia that populate the nerve arise in the antenna and migrate<br />
along the nerve. They reach the CNS/PNS interface region of the nerve<br />
several stages after the first axons have arrived and begin to ensheathe<br />
bundles of axons in the nerve. In recent in vitro studies, antennal nerve<br />
(AN) glia were found to advance readily along glial processes, and<br />
ORN axons were found to induce the AN glia to <strong>for</strong>m multi-cellular<br />
arrays (Tucker and Tolbert, 2003). Array <strong>for</strong>mation did not require<br />
direct ORN-AN glia contact, but occurred only in glia in close<br />
proximity to the axons, suggesting that the axons release a short-range<br />
diffusible signal. Evidence from previous studies of nitric oxide (NO) in<br />
developing Manduca indicated that a Ca ++ -dependent NO synthase is<br />
strongly expressed in the antenna (Nighorn et al., 1998), that the ORN<br />
axons express NO synthase during stages of axon ingrowth when the<br />
AN glia are populating the nerve (Gibson and Nighorn, 2000), and that<br />
NO regulates AN glial migration (Gibson et al., 2001). Current<br />
experiments test whether the <strong>for</strong>mation of arrays by AN glia in vitro is a<br />
consequence of NO release by ORN axons. In co-cultures of ORN<br />
neurons and PN glial cells, glial arrays can by reduced by a NOS<br />
inhibitor. In cultures of AN glia only, NO donors can induce glial<br />
chaining. Our initial results suggest that NO signaling from the ORN<br />
axons may be involved in the normal developmental processes of AN<br />
glia elongation and migration. Supported by NIH-DC04598 to LPT.<br />
140 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
EXPRESSION PROFILES OF GENES REGULATED BY<br />
THYROID HORMONE IN THE NOSE OF XENOPUS LAEVIS<br />
Walworth E. 1, Burd G. 1 1Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of<br />
Arizona, Tucson, AZ<br />
In Xenopus, metamorphosis is initiated by rising levels of<br />
endogenous thyroid hormone (T ). During metamorphosis from tadpole<br />
3<br />
to frog, essentially every organ/tissue is remodeled and many new<br />
structures must be <strong>for</strong>med. The nose of Xenopus tadpoles contains two<br />
areas of sensory epithelium. At metamorphosis, one area is completely<br />
remodeled and a new, third area of sensory epithelium is <strong>for</strong>med de<br />
novo. Apoptosis, cell proliferation, remodeling of the extracellular<br />
matrix and cell differentiation all take place during this trans<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
Previously by our laboratory, more than 125 gene fragments associated<br />
with metamorphosis in the frog nose were isolated and identified using<br />
representational difference analysis, including gene fragments known to<br />
be associated with all of the above cellular processes. In this study, 56<br />
of those genes were subjected to real time quantitative RT-PCR at 5<br />
different stages of development throughout metamorphosis. We found<br />
the expression levels of several of the T early response genes,<br />
3<br />
including Gene 12, transcription factors (nuclear factor I-B, TH/bZIP,<br />
TRβ) and an extracellular matrix remodeling enzyme (stromelysin 3),<br />
were elevated 3 to 57 fold in response to 48 hours of T treatment, and<br />
3<br />
expression remained elevated throughout metamorphic climax. The<br />
elevated levels of expression were visualized by in situ hybridization.<br />
There<strong>for</strong>e, these genes which are known to participate in remodeling<br />
other tissues undergoing metamorphosis, also aid in remodeling the<br />
nasal capsule. Support: NIDCD #DC03905<br />
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141 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
DE NOVO DNA METHYL TRANSFERASES AND METHYL<br />
DNA BINDING DOMAIN PROTEINS IN OLFACTORY<br />
NEUROGENESIS<br />
Macdonald J. 1, Gin C. 1, Roskams A.J. 1 1Zoology, University of British<br />
Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada<br />
Epigenetic Regulation (Silencing) of mammalian genomic DNA<br />
occurs when de novo methyltransferases (DNMTs) methylate sites in<br />
the mammalian genome to <strong>for</strong>m targets <strong>for</strong> methyl-CpG binding<br />
domain proteins (MBDs). MBDs <strong>for</strong>m repressor complexes that can<br />
directly repress promoters or modify chromatin structure by recruitment<br />
of histone deacetylases (HDACs). In the mouse olfactory epithelium,<br />
DNMT1, 2, 3a, and 3b are expressed in the OE from embryonic<br />
development through adulthood. DNMT3a and 3b expression is<br />
maximal in developing ORNs at peaks of neurogenesis. DNMT3b is<br />
expressed in presumptive globose basal cells, sustentacular cells, and<br />
cells migrating from the basal layer to the sustentacular layer in the<br />
E16.5 OE. DNMT3b is primarily expressed (with PCNA) in actively<br />
proliferating cells and may thus play a role in ORN progenitor cell<br />
cycle exit or neuronal fate choice. DNMT3b+/PCNA+ cells migrating<br />
from the basal layer are NST negative and likely represent an<br />
alternative lineage to the neuronal lineage. DNMT3a is expressed in<br />
post-mitotic immature ORNs and a subset of mature ORNs and may<br />
play a role in lineage restriction and induction of terminal ORN<br />
differentiation in non-proliferating neuro-precursors. Expression of<br />
HDAC2 is induced at the earliest stages of neuronal differentiation and<br />
is down-regulated at terminal differentiation of ORNs. A small<br />
percentage of DNMT3b positive cells begin to express HDAC2, while<br />
the majority of DNMT3a positive cells express HDAC2. This<br />
continuum of HDAC2 expression suggests that it may be appropriately<br />
expressed to mediate gene silencing responses to DNA methylation<br />
catalyzed by both DNMT3b and DNMT3a.<br />
142 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
MECHANISMS BY WHICH BDNF AND NGF ACT AND<br />
INTERACT WITH ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE-C<br />
TO PROMOTE PROLIFERATION OR DIFFERENTIATION OF<br />
OLFACTORY NEURONAL PRECURSORS.<br />
Simpson P.J. 1, Moon C. 1, Ronnett G.V. 1 1Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins<br />
University, Baltimore, MD<br />
Both BDNF and NGF promote the proliferation of a subset of<br />
olfactory neuronal precursor cells. Concurrent exposure to atrial<br />
natriuretic peptide type-C (CNP) inhibits this proliferation and<br />
promotes differentiation. Immunocytochemical analysis of cell cycle<br />
regulatory proteins shows that both BDNF and NGF increase levels of<br />
cyclin D1 and cdk4 although the mechanisms behind these increases<br />
differ. NGF also increases p27. Addition of CNP with neurotrophin<br />
inhibits increases in cyclin D1 and p27 while alternatively increasing<br />
levels of a variety of cell cycle inhibitory proteins, including p21. The<br />
profile and time course of this inhibitor expression varies between<br />
BDNF and NGF. Analysis of the mechanisms behind changes in cyclin<br />
D1 and p21 shows that inhibition of the MAPK pathway blocks<br />
alterations in cyclin D1 levels in response to either neurotrophins or<br />
neurotrophins with CNP. CNP however does not promote Erk1/2<br />
phosphorylation, suggesting that it may alter the specificity of MEK1/2<br />
signaling. Other signal transduction pathways are responsible <strong>for</strong><br />
alterations in p21. Inclusion of cycloheximide results in an increase in<br />
p21 levels in response to neurotrophins and an increase in cyclin D1<br />
levels in response to neurotrophins with CNP. These results are<br />
mimicked by application of 26S proteosome inhibitors. This suggests<br />
that the switch between proliferation and differentiation is primarily<br />
regulated through reciprocal degradation of inhibitory or progressive<br />
cell cycle proteins with a requirement <strong>for</strong> protein synthesis. Supported<br />
by NIDCD 5RO3DC005704-02 (PJS).
143 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
ADULT OLFACTORY PROGENITOR CELLS GIVE RISE TO<br />
BOTH NEURONS AND NON-NEURONAL CELLS IN<br />
CULTURE<br />
Jang W. 1, Woo J. 1, Schwob J.E. 1 1Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts<br />
University, Boston, MA<br />
Recent data, including transplantation of FACS-sorted cells, indicate<br />
that the adult olfactory epithelium (OE) retains mutipotent progenitors<br />
(MPPs) among the globose basal cell (GBC) population, which can be<br />
activated when reconstitution of the OE requires replacement of both<br />
neurons and non-neuronal cells. Not much is known about the<br />
regulation of progenitor cell capacity, and in vitro studies of<br />
multipotency are warranted. Dissociated epithelial cells were taken<br />
from mice exposed to MeBr gas (MeBr-OE) 40 hr prior to use.<br />
Harvested cells were plated either on uncoated or matrigel-coated<br />
surfaces and grown in complex, serum-rich medium or defined, serumfree<br />
medium. In serum-rich medium, regardless of coating, MeBr-OE<br />
gives rise to cultures that are heterogeneous: constituent cells, in<br />
aggregate, display the phenotypic characteristics of neurons (TuJ-1[+]),<br />
sustentacular cells (cytokeratin [CK]-18[+]), and horizontal basal cells<br />
(CK-5 or 14[+]). TuJ-1 (+) cells grow in a scattered fashion, while CKexpressing,<br />
epithelioid cells cluster together tightly. In serum-free<br />
medium, MeBr-OE generates only CK-18 or CK-5/14 (+) epithelioid<br />
islands. Our GBC markers GBC-2 and GBC-3 stain some, but not all,<br />
cells in the islands. Interestingly, cells grown on matrigel, regardless of<br />
serum, generate spheres that project above the surface to the dish. The<br />
ability to assay and manipulate adult MPPs in vitro will give us a better<br />
understanding of the mechanisms that regulate proliferation and<br />
differentiation, and may lead, eventually, to therapeutic applications.<br />
Supported by R01 DC02167 and R21 DC006517<br />
144 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
STUDIES OF OLFACTORY CELL LINEAGE AND<br />
DIFFERENTIATION USING AN IN VITRO NEUROSPHERE<br />
MODEL AND TIME-LAPSE VIDEOMICROSCOPY<br />
Cunningham A.M. 1, Marlicz W. 2 1Developmental Neurosciences<br />
Program, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia;<br />
2University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br />
The mammalian olfactory neuroepithelium possesses a unique<br />
progenitor cell as it avidly supports neurogenesis throughout adulthood<br />
and is capable of reconstituting cells of neuronal and non-neuronal<br />
lineages after injury. Most evidence suggests this progenitor resides in<br />
the GBC layer and using retroviral lineage tracing Huard et al. (1998)<br />
found evidence supporting a multipotent progenitor capable of making<br />
GBCs, HBCs and sustentacular cells. To identify this cell in vitro we<br />
developed a culture system of olfactory progenitor cells. Turbinate<br />
tissue was taken from 48 hr old Wistar rat pups and putative progenitors<br />
enriched from a preparation of dissociated olfactory neurons<br />
(Cunningham et al. 1999). Clonal neurospheres <strong>for</strong>med from individual<br />
motile cells and made progeny of neuronal and sustentacular classes,<br />
based on immunocytochemical analysis <strong>for</strong> GBC-1, Olf-1, G , Type 3<br />
olf<br />
adenylyl cyclase and SUS-4. Double-labeling immunocytochemistry of<br />
young spheres revealed cellular heterogeneity, consistent with lineage<br />
specification occurring early in sphere development. Spheres passaged<br />
and generated secondary spheres although at lesser frequency than CNS<br />
neurospheres generated from <strong>for</strong>ebrain. Our data is consistent with our<br />
having isolated in vitro a progenitor predicted to exist by Huard et al.<br />
(1998). Our system of clonal neurospheres provides a model of<br />
progenitor cell development that will allow better understanding of the<br />
mechanisms underlying olfactory neurogenesis. Supported by the<br />
Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation<br />
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145 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
STOCHASTIC YET BIASED EXPRESSION OF MULTIPLE<br />
DSCAM SPLICE VARIANTS BY INDIVIDUAL CELLS<br />
Chess A. 1, Daly M. 2, Neves G. 2, Zucker J. 2 1Biology, Massachusetts<br />
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; 2Whitehead Institute,<br />
Cambridge, MA<br />
The Drosophila Dscam gene is essential <strong>for</strong> axon guidance and has<br />
38,016 possible alternative splice <strong>for</strong>ms. This extraordinary diversity<br />
can potentially be used to distinguish cells. We have analyzed the<br />
Dscam mRNA iso<strong>for</strong>ms expressed by different cell types and individual<br />
cells. The choice of splice variants expressed is regulated both spatially<br />
and temporally. Different subtypes of photoreceptors express broad yet<br />
distinctive spectra of Dscam iso<strong>for</strong>ms. Single cell RT-PCR documented<br />
that individual cells express at least several different Dscam iso<strong>for</strong>ms<br />
and allowed an estimation of the diversity that is present. For example,<br />
we estimate that each R3/R4 photoreceptor cell expresses 14-50 distinct<br />
mRNAs chosen from the spectrum of thousands of splice variants<br />
distinctive of its cell type. Thus, every cell´s Dscam repertoire is<br />
different from those of its neighbors providing a potential mechanism<br />
<strong>for</strong> the generation of unique cell identity in the nervous system and<br />
elsewhere. Prior studies by Zipursky and colleagues indicate an<br />
important role <strong>for</strong> the Dscam gene in controlling the proper targeting of<br />
olfactory receptor neurons. We are currently assessing the importance<br />
of the expression of distinct alternative splice <strong>for</strong>ms by different<br />
olfactory neurons in axon targeting specificity.<br />
146 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
A PUTATIVE ROLE FOR MHCI IN THE AXONAL<br />
TARGETING OF THE MOUSE OLFACTORY SYSTEM<br />
Salcedo E. 1, Restrepo D. 1 1Cell and Developmental Biology, University<br />
of Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO<br />
The ability to smell offers a remarkable solution to the daunting<br />
challenge of discriminating between diverse chemical molecules.<br />
Investigation into the cellular and molecular mechanisms of<br />
mammalian olfaction has established the olfactory bulb as a primary<br />
processing unit that organizes the signaling from olfactory sensory<br />
neurons into a topographical sensory map. However, the molecular<br />
mechanisms establishing this sensory map remain to be elucidated. In<br />
the current study, we investigate the role that major histocompatibility<br />
complex class I molecules (MHCI) play in organizing this sensory map.<br />
Towards this end, we have used immunohistochemistry to demonstrate<br />
the expression of MHCI molecules in the main olfactory bulb (MOB).<br />
Additionally, we have examined mice that are severely deficient in the<br />
expression of MHCI on the surfaces of cells (TAP -/- ). By crossing these<br />
mice with a strain of mice that co-expresses Tau-LacZ with the P2<br />
olfactory receptor, we can visualize the axonal projection patterns of the<br />
P2 olfactory sensory neurons in a background deficient <strong>for</strong> the<br />
expression of MHCI molecules. After mapping the P2 glomeruli in the<br />
MOB of both wild-type and TAP -/- mice, we have uncovered subtle but<br />
statistically significant differences in the location and number of P2<br />
glomeruli.
147 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
CELL TYPES EXPRESSING OMP IN THE OLFACTORY<br />
EPITHELIUM OF LARVAL ZEBRAFISH<br />
Sakata Y. 1, Michel W.C. 1 1Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake<br />
City, UT<br />
The olfactory epithelium of zebrafish contained ciliated, microvillar<br />
and crypt-type sensory neurons. While there appears to be some overlap<br />
in specificity across the cell types the ciliated OSNs appear to respond<br />
preferentially to bile salts and the microvillar cells to amino acids.<br />
Recently, Celik et al (Euro. J. Neurosci. 15:798, 2002) reported the<br />
expression of GFP under the zebrafish OMP promoter was found<br />
primarily in ciliate OSNs but also found in cells with shorter and stouter<br />
dendrites, presumably microvillar cells. In the current investigation we<br />
produced a genetic construct with the zebrafish OMP promoter driving<br />
expression of eYFP to quantitatively examine the distribution of eYFP<br />
in the OSN populations of larval zebrafish. The zOMP promoter was<br />
cloned from genomic DNA using primers described by Celik et al<br />
(2002), ligated into an pEYFP vector (Clontech). The vector was<br />
subsequently linearized and injected into 1 cell stage zebrafish<br />
embryos. OMP promoter driven expression of eYFP was noted by 48<br />
hours. The transiently transfected embryos were reared <strong>for</strong> 48-72 hours<br />
post-fertilization, fixed and processed <strong>for</strong> whole embryo<br />
immunocytochemistry using the anti-GFP antibody. After<br />
immunostaining the embryos were embedded in Eponate plastic and<br />
sectioned <strong>for</strong> electron microscopy. Preliminary counts indicate that the<br />
majority of the eYFP expressing cells are ciliated OSNs but confirm the<br />
expression was also observed in some microvillar OSNs. Until a stable<br />
transgenic line is produced we cannot provide reliable estimates of the<br />
proportions of ciliated or microvillar OSNs expressing. Supported by<br />
NIH DC01418 and NS-07938.<br />
148 Poster [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVE<br />
CELLS IN THE OLFACTORY TRACTS OF GOLDFISH<br />
Hansen A. 1, Finger T.E. 2 1University of Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong><br />
Center, Denver, CO; 2Cell and Developmental Biology, University of<br />
Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO<br />
Goldfish possess a substantial population of tyrosine hydroxylase<br />
(TH)-like-immunoreactive cells within the olfactory tracts (OT) as well<br />
as TH-like-ir cells in the olfactory bulbs (OB). The TH-like-ir neurons<br />
in the OB have round cell bodies and large round nuclei with a single<br />
dendritic process extending towards the margin of the OB. These<br />
neurons were identified as a subset of granule cells (Alonso et al.,<br />
1989). The nature and origin of the TH-like-ir cells in the OT are<br />
unknown. The aim of the present study was to clarify whether the THlike-ir<br />
cells are newly generated cells which migrate into the OB, or<br />
whether they are more mature cells that are stationary in the OT.<br />
Goldfish was chosen as a model since they have long OTs, and ample<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation is available as to anatomy, physiology, and behavior.<br />
BrdU-injections were used to visualize newly generated cells; and<br />
antibodies used to characterize the nature of the cells in question. The<br />
TH-like-ir cells in the OT are similar in shape to those in the OB,<br />
however, the tract cells are bipolar, extending one long process towards<br />
the OB and one towards the telencephalon. The majority of these cells<br />
occur in the medial OT, fewer in the lateral OT. One day after injection,<br />
BrdU-positive nuclei occur along the medial and lateral OTs. Six days<br />
after BrdU-injection, labeled nuclei are present at the whole length of<br />
the OTs and also in the OB. Further experiments are underway to test<br />
whether the TH-positive cells of the OT are equivalent to the rostral<br />
migratory stream of rodents.<br />
This study was supported by NIDCD grant RO1 DC033792 to J.<br />
Caprio and P30 DC04657 to D. Restrepo.<br />
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149 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development<br />
POSTNATAL CHANGES IN THE RAT MODIFIED<br />
GLOMERULAR COMPLEX: A QUANTITATIVE<br />
CYTOCHROME OXIDASE STUDY<br />
Meisami E. 1 1Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of<br />
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL<br />
The modified glomerular complex (MGC) has been described as a<br />
set of glomeruli on the dorsomedial side of the rat olfactory bulb (OB),<br />
associated with suckling behavior in the neonate. We further explored<br />
the morphometric and anatomical features of MGC during postnatal<br />
development, using coronal series of cytochrome oxidase (CO) stained<br />
sections of the OB at postnatal ages of 1-, 3 -, 10- and 25 -days and<br />
analyzed with regard to lateral and medial distribution of the glomeruli,<br />
their size and number, and the anterior-posterior (AP) length of MGC.<br />
The MGC stained intensely <strong>for</strong> CO even in the newborn animal,<br />
compared to main OB glomeruli. In addition to the originally described<br />
medial complex, a lateral complex was also noted, particularly in rat<br />
pups 3 days and older. This complex had fewer glomeruli and was<br />
shorter than the medial complex, but its glomeruli were similar in size<br />
and stain intensity. Anteriorly the lateral and medial portions appear to<br />
fuse along the midline, <strong>for</strong>ming an asymmetrical horseshoe structure.<br />
Total glomeruli number in the entire complex (medial and lateral)<br />
increased postnatally, from about 15 at birth to about 20 at 3 days, 40 at<br />
10 days, and about 70 at day 25. During the same period, mean<br />
glomerular diameter increased from about 60 mm at birth to about 85<br />
mm in the weanling. These changes were accompanied by marked<br />
increases in total glomerular volume. Results indicate that MGC is well<br />
developed at birth, but continues to develop postnatally in terms of<br />
number and size of its glomeruli, indicating possible olfactory functions<br />
of this complex in the weanling and older animals.<br />
Support: University of Illinois Research Funds<br />
150 Poster [ ] Odor Activation and Modulation<br />
OMP IS A MODULATOR OF CA2+ CLEARANCE PROCESSES<br />
IN MOUSE OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS (ORNS)<br />
Kwon H.J. 1, Leinders-Zufall T. 1, Zufall F. 1, Margolis F.L. 1 1Dept.<br />
Anatomy & Neurobiology, Program in Neuroscience, University of<br />
Maryland, Baltimore, MD<br />
Ca 2+ entry to ORNs is a well-studied event in chemosensory<br />
transduction. However, restoration of intracellular Ca 2+ levels to the<br />
pre-stimulus level is less well understood. Recent behavioral and<br />
electrophysiological analyses of OMP–null mice led us to hypothesize<br />
that OMP participates in the recovery phase of olfactory signaltransduction.<br />
To investigate this we compared Ca 2+ transients in ORNs<br />
of wild-type and OMP-null mice by activating various pathways to<br />
increase the cytoplasmic [Ca 2+ ]. KCl, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine<br />
(IBMX), and caffeine were used to induce Ca 2+ influx from voltagegated<br />
Ca 2+ channels, cyclic-nucleotide gated channels, and intracellular<br />
Ca 2+ stores, respectively. Confocal laser images were recorded from<br />
dendritic knobs of mouse ORNs loaded with the Ca 2+ -indicator dye<br />
fluo-4 AM. In OMP-nulls in response to IBMX, the rate of Ca 2+ entry<br />
to reach peak was 5-fold slower, and to achieve half-recovery to basal<br />
level was 4-fold slower compared to controls. Following KCl<br />
depolarization, the OMP-null mice showed a 2-fold delay in the halfrecovery<br />
time of the Ca 2+ peak. Similar results were obtained following<br />
Ca 2+ store depletion by stimulating ryanodine receptors with caffeine.<br />
These results suggest that the cytoplasmic Ca 2+ clearance of ORNs is<br />
significantly impaired in the OMP-null mice. These data imply that<br />
OMP is a modulator of Ca 2+ extrusion or sequestration processes in<br />
ORNs. Characterization of the mechanism by which OMP modulates<br />
Ca 2+ flux in ORNs is under investigation.<br />
Supported by NIH DC03112 (FLM), NIH DC DC00347 (FLM, FZ),<br />
NIH DC003773 (TL-Z).
151 Poster [ ] Odor Activation and Modulation<br />
OMP: A CAUTIONARY TALE OF A GENE WITHIN A GENE<br />
Margolis J.W. 1, Munger S.D. 1, Zhao H. 2, Margolis F.L. 1 1Dept Anat &<br />
Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore,<br />
MD; 2Dept Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD<br />
Expression of the olfactory marker protein gene (Omp) is very highly<br />
restricted to mature olfactory receptor neurons and vomeronasal<br />
receptor neurons in vertebrates. A related cDNA has been cloned from<br />
the snail Eobania vermiculata (Mazzatenta et al., 2002), suggesting that<br />
OMP is of broad phylogenetic distribution, distant evolutionary origin<br />
and functional significance. The detailed characterization of the OMP<br />
gene and protein has made it a desirable locus <strong>for</strong> genetic manipulation<br />
in the olfactory system. The Omp locus, including the intronless coding<br />
region <strong>for</strong> OMP as well as all its regulatory elements, spans about 12kb<br />
in the rodent genome. To our surprise, our recent in silico analysis of<br />
this genetic region has revealed that the mouse Omp locus is entirely<br />
contained within an ~ 16kb intron of the gene encoding the Calpain 5<br />
(Capn5) protease. The Omp and and Capn5 genes are similarly<br />
organized in the human, rat and Fugu genomes. These analyses beg a<br />
critical question: do the observed phenotypic alterations that result from<br />
genetic manipulations of the Omp locus reflect (1) a direct and accurate<br />
result of these manipulations or (2) an alteration in the splicing and/or<br />
expression pattern of Capn5? We will present data that address these<br />
concerns.<br />
Supported by NIH grants DC003112(FLM), DC005633(SDM),<br />
DC006178(HZ)<br />
152 Poster [ ] Odor Activation and Modulation<br />
RESPONSE PROFILES AND NARROWING SELECTIVITY OF<br />
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS OF XENOPUS LAEVIS<br />
TADPOLES<br />
Manzini I. 1, Schild D. 1 1Department of Molecular Neurophysiology,<br />
University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany<br />
In olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) of aquatic animals amino acids<br />
have been shown to be potent stimuli. Here we report on calcium<br />
imaging experiments in slices of the olfactory mucosa of Xenopus<br />
laevis tadpoles. We were able to determine the response profiles of 283<br />
ORNs to 19 amino acids, where one profile comprises the responses of<br />
one ORN to 19 amino acids. 204 out of the 283 response profiles<br />
differed from each other. 36 response spectra occurred more than once,<br />
i.e. there were 36 classes of ORNs identically responding to the 19<br />
amino acids. The number of ORNs that <strong>for</strong>med a class ranged from 2 to<br />
13. Shape and duration of amino acid-elicited [Ca2+ ] transients showed<br />
i<br />
a high degree of similarity upon repeated stimulation with the same<br />
amino acid. Different amino acids, however, in some cases led to<br />
clearly distinguishable calcium responses in individual ORNs.<br />
Futhermore, ORNs clearly appeared to gain selectivity over time, i.e.<br />
ORNs of later developmental stages responded to less amino acids than<br />
ORNs of earlier stages. [Supported by DFG:SFB 406 (B5) and by<br />
DFG:SPP Molecular Sensory Physiology]<br />
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153 Poster [ ] Odor Activation and Modulation<br />
RESPONSES OF OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS<br />
LACKING SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY TO AMINO ACID<br />
STIMULI IN BLACK BULLHEAD CATFISH (AMEIURUS<br />
MELAS)<br />
Valentincic T. 1, Dolensek J. 1 1Department of Biology, University of<br />
Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br />
The cilia and microvilli of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) of<br />
freshwater fish are directly exposed to water containing few ions. We<br />
showed that non-spontaneously active ORNs respond to amino acid<br />
stimuli even when exposed <strong>for</strong> several hours to highly purified water<br />
(R>18.2 megaΩcm). Using extracellular platinum black electrodes, we<br />
recorded concentration dependent responses to 10 amino acid stimuli:<br />
L-nVal, L-Met, L-Ala, L-Leu, L-Ser, L-Lys, L-Val, L-Arg, L-Ile and L-<br />
Pro at 10-4 M. Five non-spontaneously active ORNs responded to LnVal<br />
(lowest threshold, 10-7 M) and L-Met only, and two ORNs<br />
responded to L-nVal and L-Val only. The only completely specialist<br />
cell responded to L-Ala. Additional extracellular recording sites were<br />
selected by moving the electrode and searching <strong>for</strong> a response to LnVal.<br />
At 15 such locations, responses to other amino acids were<br />
recorded. Responses to L-Met were observed at 13, to L-Ala at 9, to L-<br />
Ser at 9, to L-Leu at 7, to L-Val at 4, to L-Ile at 4, to L-Arg at 4, to L-<br />
Lys at 3 and to L-Pro at 2 locations. All recording locations were<br />
equivalent and situated along lamellae 2-7. The number of locations<br />
where responses to specific amino acid stimuli were observed correlates<br />
highly with the magnitude of the EOG responses (Spearman<br />
correlation, R=0.91; P
155 Poster [ ] Odor Activation and Modulation<br />
EFFECTS OF GNRH ON TIGER SALAMANDER OLFACTORY<br />
RECEPTOR NEURON RESPONSES TO AMINO ACIDS<br />
Yurchenko O. 1, Delay R. 2, Wirsig-Wiechmann C.R. 1 1Cell Biology,<br />
University of Oklahoma Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Oklahoma City, OK;<br />
2Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT<br />
To assess the role of the terminal nerve in olfaction we tested the<br />
hypothesis that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) alters<br />
olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) responses to odorants. Recordings<br />
were made from acutely isolated ORNs of tiger salamanders using the<br />
loose patch-clamp technique and yielded data <strong>for</strong> 60 ORNs. Lglutamate<br />
and L-alanine singly and as a mixture (AA) were used as<br />
stimuli. Application of the AA mixture (both amino acids) evoked<br />
hyperpolarizing responses in 41% of ORNs and depolarizing responses<br />
in 12% of ORNs; 47% of ORNs did not respond the AA mixture. A<br />
hyperpolarizing response was dominant when L-alanine alone was<br />
used. L-glutamate evoked only hyperpolarizing responses. GnRH<br />
modulated chemosensory responses of ORNs. GnRH increased the<br />
amplitude of hyperpolarizing responses to the AA mixture and single<br />
amino acids. The effect of GnRH on depolarization could not be<br />
assessed due to few cells responding with depolarization. Of the 60<br />
neurons tested, 28 did not show a response to the AA mixture or<br />
individual amino acids. In these ORNs application of GnRH with AAs<br />
induced the appearance of excitatory or inhibitory responses.<br />
Application of GnRH alone never induced responses in ORNs. These<br />
results suggest that GnRH can modulate odorant sensitivity of ORNs<br />
and may play a role in governing the balance of in<strong>for</strong>mation flow to the<br />
olfactory bulb. Supported by an Oklahoma Center <strong>for</strong> the Advancement<br />
of Science & Technology (OCAST) grant HR00-078 (CRW).<br />
156 Poster [ ] Odor Activation and Modulation<br />
GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH)<br />
MODULATES K+ CURRENTS IN TIGER SALAMANDER<br />
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS<br />
Park D. 1, Eisthen H.L. 1 1Zoology, Michigan State University, East<br />
Lansing, MI<br />
We have previously shown that GnRH, a peptide present in the terminal<br />
nerve, modulates the voltage-dependent Na + current and general<br />
odorant responses in salamanders. In this study, we used whole-cell<br />
patch clamp recordings to investigate the effects of GnRH on K +<br />
currents in isolated olfactory receptor neurons from tiger salamanders<br />
(Ambystoma tigrinum). First, we demonstrated that bath application of<br />
10 µM GnRH onto olfactory receptor neurons suppresses outward<br />
currents in 42% of cells tested. We are now determining which outward<br />
currents are affected by GnRH. Substituting Ba2+ <strong>for</strong> Ca2+ to block<br />
activation of Ca2+ -dependent currents, we found that application of<br />
GnRH decreases the magnitude of Ca2+ -independent outward currents<br />
by about 50% in 60% of the cells examined. We then blocked the<br />
transient K + current ('A current') by adding 5 mM 4-aminopyrine (4-<br />
AP) to the bath in addition to Ba2+ , and found that GnRH suppresses the<br />
magnitude of the delayed rectifier K + current in 39% of the cells tested.<br />
We are now investigating the effects, if any, of GnRH on the transient<br />
K + current and on the Ca2+ -dependent K + current. In addition to the<br />
suppressive effects described here, we have found that about 10% of the<br />
cells tested display an increase in the overall outward current during<br />
GnRH application. These results demonstrate that GnRH modulates<br />
voltage-activated K + currents. Overall, terminal nerve modulation may<br />
play an important role in peripheral olfactory signal transduction. This<br />
study was conducted in accordance with PHS guidelines, and supported<br />
by NSF (IBN 9982934) and NIH (DC05366).<br />
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157 Poster [ ] Odor Activation and Modulation<br />
PUTATIVE REPRODUCTIVE PHEROMONES IN THE ROUND<br />
GOBY, NEOGOBIUS MELANOSTOMUS: BIOSYNTHESIS<br />
AND OLFACTORY MUCOSAL RESPONSES.<br />
Arbuckle W. 1, Belanger A. 2, Scott A. 3, Li W. 4, Corkum L. 1, Yun S.S. 4,<br />
Yu K. 1, Zielinski B. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of Windsor,<br />
Windsor, Ontario, Canada; 2University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario,<br />
Canada; 3The Center <strong>for</strong> Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong>, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom; 4Fisheries and Wildlife,<br />
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI<br />
Previous studies indicate that, in the round goby Neogobius<br />
melanostomus, the reproductively mature male releases a pheromone<br />
that attracts ripe females. These studies furthermore suggest that the<br />
pheromone may be a steroid (more specifically a 5 β reduced androgen)<br />
produced by specialized glandular tissue in the testes. In the present<br />
study, in vitro incubation of the testes converted [3H]-androstenedione<br />
into (in order of abundance): 5 β -androstan-3;α -ol-11,17-dione<br />
(11keto-etiocholanolone, 11K-ETIO); 11KETIO sulfate (11K-ETIO-s);<br />
11-ketotestosterone; 5 β -androstan-3 α-ol-17-one (etiocholanolone,<br />
ETIO); 11-;β hydroxy-androstenedione; ETIO sulfate and testosterone.<br />
11K-ETIO and 11K-ETIO-s appear to be novel compounds in teleost<br />
gonads. While olfactory potency of 11K-ETIO-s has not been tested,<br />
the response threshold concentration was 0.1 nanomolar <strong>for</strong> the 11K-<br />
ETIO and ETIO sulfate, when olfactory mucosal activity was measured<br />
by electro-olfactogram (EOG). The other compounds elicited olfactory<br />
mucosal responses at concentrations greater than 0.1 nanomolar. For<br />
11K-ETIO, ETIO sulfate, and 11-ketotestosterone; EOG response<br />
magnitudes in ripe females were significantly greater than in nonovulated<br />
females. In addition, the fact that the carbon A ring of 11K-<br />
ETIO and 11K-ETIO sulfate have a 5 β -configuration (already linked<br />
with olfactory sensitivity and behavior induction in two species of<br />
gobies) makes these likely candidates pheromones in the round goby.<br />
Supported by the Michigan Great Lakes Protection Fund, NSERC<br />
and the University of Windsor Faculty of Graduate Studies
158 Poster [ ] Odor Activation and Modulation<br />
THE RABBIT MAMMARY PHEROMONE ELICITS<br />
RESPONSES IN THE MAIN OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM OF<br />
NEWBORN RABBITS AND RATS.<br />
Jakob I. 1, Litaudon P. 2, Schaal B. 1, Sicard G. 2 1Centre des <strong>Sciences</strong> du<br />
Gout, CNRS, Dijon, France; 2Neurosciences et Systemes Sensoriel,<br />
Universite Lyon I, Lyon, France<br />
As previously described newborn rabbits rely <strong>for</strong> survival on a<br />
pheromone released from the doe´s nipples (Hudson & Distel, 1983).<br />
The pheromone inducing suckling behavior in rabbit pups has been<br />
identified in rabbit milk as a single compound, namely trans-2-methyl-<br />
2-butenal (2MB2), and acted behaviorally species specific failing to<br />
induce suckling behavior in rat pups (Schaal et al, 2003). Using an air<br />
dilution olfactometer we recorded electro-olfactograms (EOG) on 18<br />
different sites of the mucosa of the nasal septum and turbinates of<br />
newborn rabbits and rats from postnatal days 2 to 11. We tested 2MB2,<br />
3 structurally related odorants, 1 with similar odor quality , and 3<br />
unrelated general odorants. Most recording sites of the septal and<br />
turbinate mucosa of rabbit and rat were responsive to all 8 odorants. All<br />
stimuli elicited typical EOGs with a rapid rising phase and a slower<br />
decline. Amplitudes to a given stimulus at a given recording site varied<br />
from animal to animal and were not age dependent. Topographic<br />
pattern <strong>for</strong> maximum sensitivity of 2MB2 were different in all<br />
individuals. 2MB2 was the most potent stimulus only in 30% of the<br />
instances tested. All recording sites sensitive to 2MB2 responded also<br />
to several other test odorants. This indicates that the olfactory mucosa<br />
of newborn rabbit and rat exhibited neither regions of specific<br />
selectivity nor a general increase in sensitivity to 2MB2. Supported by a<br />
grant from Ministere de la Recherche, ACI “Neurosciences Integratives<br />
et Computationnelles”<br />
159 Poster [ ] Environment and Human Olfaction<br />
CHILDREN´S PREFERENCES FOR TOBACCO ODOR:<br />
EFFECTS OF MATERNAL SMOKING AND MOOD STATES<br />
Forestell C.A. 1, Maggi L. 1, Mennella J.A. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses<br />
Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Ongoing research in our laboratory focuses on children´s hedonic<br />
judgments of and preferences <strong>for</strong> odors as a function of the context of<br />
early experience. Age-appropriate, game-like tasks that were fun <strong>for</strong><br />
children and minimized impact of language development were used to<br />
examine responses of 3- to 9-year-old children (N=296) and their<br />
mothers to a variety of odors ranging in hedonic valence and<br />
familiarity, one of which was tobacco smoke. Parental smoking, as well<br />
as the mood state of the parent, as determined by standard tests (e.g.,<br />
Beck Depression Inventory), influenced children´s preference <strong>for</strong><br />
tobacco odors. The data revealed that women who smoked liked the<br />
tobacco odor significantly more than non-smoking women. Likewise,<br />
children whose parents smoked were significantly more likely to prefer<br />
the odor of cigarette relative to neutral odors when compared to<br />
children of non-smokers. This preference <strong>for</strong> the tobacco odor was<br />
significantly less pronounced in children of smoking mothers who were<br />
depressed when compared to children of non-depressed smoking<br />
mothers. Depressed smoking mothers also scored significantly higher<br />
on the POMS Tension, Fatigue, Anger and Confusion and lower on the<br />
vigor scales when compared to non-depressed smoking mothers. These<br />
findings suggest that children's preferences <strong>for</strong> the odor of tobacco<br />
smoke are related to the emotional context in which their mothers<br />
experience tobacco. This research was supported by Pennsylvania<br />
Research Formula Fund and NIH Grants AA09523.<br />
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160 Poster [ ] Environment and Human Olfaction<br />
ANDROSTADIENONE EXPOSURE MODULATES MOOD<br />
RATINGS BUT NOT BEHAVIOR IN WOMEN<br />
Lundstrom J.N. 1, Olsson M.J. 1 1Psychology, Uppsala University,<br />
Uppsala, Sweden<br />
Exposure to the endogenous steroid androstadienone has repeatedly<br />
been shown to modulate women´s feeling of being focused in a positive<br />
direction (Lundström et al., 2003). The aim of the current study was to<br />
investigate whether exposure to a subthreshold concentration of<br />
androstadienone would also facilitate behavioral per<strong>for</strong>mance in an<br />
attention task. Thirty-seven women participated in a double-blind<br />
within-group experiment where they per<strong>for</strong>med a 20-minute tracking<br />
task measuring sustained attention. Either a male or a female ran the<br />
experiment. The experimental substance contained 250µM<br />
androstadienone. Both the experimental and control substances were<br />
masked by eugenol in order not to be perceptually discriminable.<br />
Effects on mood variables as well as attraction ratings of male faces<br />
were measured. Exposure to androstadienone modulated participant´s<br />
mood in that they felt more focused, social, happy, and less irritated.<br />
Interactions between test substance and sex of experimenter indicated<br />
that the presence of a male experimenter enhanced some of the effects<br />
in a positive direction. However, no effects on attention per<strong>for</strong>mance or<br />
attraction ratings were found.<br />
Support: The Swedish Research Council (HSFR: F0868)<br />
161 Poster [ ] Environment and Human Olfaction<br />
SMELLING A PARTNER'S CLOTHING DURING PERIODS OF<br />
SEPARATION: PREVALENCE AND FUNCTION<br />
Mcburney D.H. 1, Shoup M.L. 1, Streeter S.A. 1 1Psychology, University<br />
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA<br />
Scattered reports in both the scientific and popular literature, as well<br />
as personal anecdotes suggest that it is not uncommon <strong>for</strong> persons to<br />
deliberately smell their sexual partner´s clothing, especially when<br />
separated. To our knowledge there has been no documentation of the<br />
frequency of this behavior. We asked undergraduate men and women<br />
who were, or had ever been, in a committed heterosexual relationship if<br />
they had ever deliberately smelled their partner´s clothing, or had slept<br />
with an article of their partner´s clothing, during periods of separation.<br />
A large majority of women had done one of these behaviors at least<br />
once; men reported doing it much less. We discuss possible functions<br />
of this behavior. It is possible individuals may be evaluating their<br />
partner´s MHC or other signals of health provided by odor, but that<br />
would not explain why the behavior occurs in the partner´s absence.<br />
Attractiveness of a partner´s odor may derive from its value in signaling<br />
the fitness benefits provided by a mate´s presence. The sex difference<br />
may reflect the fact that women especially benefit from the protection<br />
provided by a mate, or the greater importance women place on their<br />
partner´s odor (Herz & Cahill, 1997), or the greater choosiness of<br />
women in mate selection (Buss & Schmitt, 1993).
162 Poster [ ] Environment and Human Olfaction<br />
HUMAN OLFACTORY DETECTIONS OF SOCIAL AND NON-<br />
SOCIAL CHEMOSIGNALS<br />
Miller L. 1, Nomura M. 1, Umeh Y. 1, Villarreal R. 1, Chen D. 2<br />
1Psychology Department, Rice University, Houston, TX; 2Rice<br />
University, Houston, TX<br />
Olfaction is important <strong>for</strong> the survival of many animals and used <strong>for</strong><br />
detection of a wide range of social and nonsocial in<strong>for</strong>mation. Research<br />
in animals (Petrulis, et al., 1999) suggests that the mechanisms involved<br />
in processing smells serving different functions (e.g., food vs.<br />
reproduction) may be different. Previous research shows that humans<br />
can recognize individuals, distinguish between emotional states (Chen<br />
& Haviland-Jones, 2000; Chen & McClintock, in preparation), and<br />
make fine discriminations between various nonsocial smells, although<br />
few has examined olfactory sensitivities to different types of social and<br />
nonsocial smells within the same study. In this study, we investigate<br />
and compare human olfactory sensitivities to a variety of social and<br />
nonsocial chemosignals. Thirty-two college-aged adults were asked to<br />
identify themselves, their roommate, and to distinguish between<br />
different emotional states based on the smell of sweat. Their<br />
sensitivities to nonsocial smells were also assessed using established<br />
clinical tests (threshold and odor identification tests). Over three-fourths<br />
of the subjects identified themselves in a well-controlled three-item<strong>for</strong>ced-choice<br />
task (chance = 33%, p
166 Poster [ ] Environment and Human Olfaction<br />
PERITHRESHOLD NOT SUPRATHRESHOLD EXPOSURE<br />
INCREASES SENSITIVITY TO ODORS<br />
Diamond J. 1, Dalton P. 1, Breslin P.A. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses<br />
Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Repeated threshold test exposures to perithreshold odorants can lead<br />
to dramatic sensitivity increases among young women, (Dalton,<br />
Doolittle & Breslin, 2002), even when the target odorant is<br />
superimposed on a suprathreshold `background´ odorant (Dalton,<br />
Diamond & Breslin, 2003). To evaluate whether this phenomenon is<br />
concentration-dependent such that perithreshold stimulation is required<br />
to induce sensitization, 9 subjects (5 females, 18-24) were exposed to<br />
suprathreshold concentrations of benzaldehyde or citralva in the process<br />
of determining Weber fractions. After multiple sessions, absolute odor<br />
detection thresholds were measured <strong>for</strong> experimental and control odors.<br />
In contrast to prior studies, we found no difference in sensitivity<br />
changes between males and females: sensitivity to both control and<br />
experimental odors increased up to 1 order of magnitude <strong>for</strong> both<br />
groups. The same subjects were later exposed to perithreshold<br />
concentrations of one of the experimental odors over ten sessions.<br />
Under these conditions, females increased sensitivity by almost three<br />
orders of magnitude, whereas males increased sensitivity by only<br />
slightly more than one. This suggests that attention to suprathreshold<br />
stimulation was insufficient to elicit sensitization and that perithreshold<br />
stimuli may be required.<br />
Supported by NIH RO1 DC 03704 & RO1 DC 02995<br />
167 Poster [ ] Environment and Human Olfaction<br />
ODOR PERCEPTION AND JUDGED PROBABILITIES OF<br />
HEALTH RISK<br />
Dalton P. 1, Maute C. 1, Naqvi F. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
The purpose of the present study was to determine how intuitive<br />
notions about the significance of odor from a chemical source combine<br />
with rational, scientific in<strong>for</strong>mation to <strong>for</strong>m risk judgments in<br />
individuals. Subjects were given in<strong>for</strong>mation pertaining to an<br />
imaginary odor, including the following benchmarks: the concentration<br />
(in parts per million) at which the odor can be detected, the<br />
concentration at which the odor is considered harmless, and the<br />
concentration at which the odor is considered harmful. In addition to<br />
this in<strong>for</strong>mation, three samples of 1-butanol at varying concentrations<br />
were provided to correspond to these benchmarks of the imaginary<br />
odor. The order of the benchmarks was different <strong>for</strong> each of three<br />
groups tested. Armed with this in<strong>for</strong>mation, subjects were asked to rate<br />
the level of risk associated with exposure to several concentrations of<br />
the imaginary odor that fell above and below the benchmarks provided.<br />
Half of the subjects were given a tight range of concentrations to rate<br />
while the other half were given a wider range of concentrations.<br />
Results show that participants consistently perceived the chemical as<br />
being more harmful after it exceeded the level of odor detection than<br />
when it was below the level of detection, regardless of whether odor<br />
perception occurred above or below levels associated with toxicity.<br />
Supported by NIH RO1 DC03704-06<br />
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168 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
P2X-RECEPTOR EXPRESSION AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION<br />
TO CHEMOSENSATION IN TRIGEMINAL NEURONS<br />
Spehr J. 1, Spehr M. 1, Hatt H. 1, Wetzel C. 1 1Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-<br />
Universität Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany<br />
The facial innervation pattern of trigeminal nerve fibres comprises<br />
the innervation of the nasal epithelium, where free trigeminal nerve<br />
endings contribute to detection and discrimination of chemical stimuli<br />
including odorants. The signal transduction mechanisms in sensory<br />
nerve endings underlying perception of chemical stimuli remain widely<br />
uncovered. Here, we characterized trigeminal ATP-activated P2Xreceptors<br />
in cultured rat trigeminal neurons and investigated their role<br />
in chemoperception. We identified a new subpopulation of neurons<br />
lacking typical nociceptive characteristics and expressing homomeric<br />
P2X2-receptors. Using a certain group of chemicals known as<br />
trigeminal stimuli we found no direct activation of trigeminal neurons,<br />
but a modulation of P2X2-receptor mediated currents. In contrast,<br />
P2X3-receptor mediated currents of nociceptive trigeminal neurons<br />
remained unaffected by the tested chemicals. There<strong>for</strong>e, we assume a<br />
functional role of the newly identified subpopulation in chemodetection<br />
of certain trigeminal stimuli.<br />
169 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS (SNPS) IN THE<br />
CAPSAICIN RECEPTOR: RELATIONSHIP TO CHEMO-<br />
SENSORY PERFORMANCE IN A PILOT SAMPLE<br />
Tarun A. 1, Shusterman D.J. 1 1Medicine, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, San<br />
Francisco, Richmond, CA<br />
The capsaicin or vanilloid (VR1 / TRPV1) receptor responds to<br />
multiple noxious stimuli, including H + , heat, and capsaicin and its<br />
analogs. We recently observed marked inter-individual variation in<br />
subjective rating of capsaicin solution applied topically to the nasal<br />
mucosa in human subjects, and hypothesized that sequence variations in<br />
the TRPV1 gene could be responsible <strong>for</strong> this phenomenon. To test this<br />
hypothesis, we sampled genomic DNA from ten subjects (4 females, 6<br />
males; age range 24-56 years), all of whom had undergone trigeminal<br />
threshold testing with CO 2 (an acid producer) and six of whom had<br />
given suprathreshold irritation ratings to nasal capsaicin challenge. We<br />
sequenced five coding regions with known single nucleotide<br />
polymorphisms (SNPs) in the TRPV1 gene in each of the genomic<br />
DNA samples. Three of these SNPs resulted in a non-synonymous<br />
change in amino acid sequence of TRPV1. We found polymorphism in<br />
two of these non-synonymous SNPs. However neither of these<br />
polymorphisms correlated with either capsaicin suprathreshold rating or<br />
CO 2 threshold per<strong>for</strong>mance of the ten subjects. The only obvious<br />
chemosensory correlation was heterozygosity in one SNP resulting in a<br />
synonymous change in TRPV1 sequence in one subject with unusually<br />
low ratings of capsaicin irritancy. In this small pilot sample we<br />
demonstrated the feasibility of comparing chemosensory per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
with sequence variation in the TRPV1 receptor gene. However, our<br />
results suggest that none of the five SNPs initially examined predicts<br />
inter-individual differences in capsaicin and CO 2 perception.
170 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
CAPSAICIN SELF-SENSITIZATION IN CULTURED<br />
TRIGEMINAL NEURONS<br />
Bryant B. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Sensitization of peripheral somatosensory neurons is one means by<br />
the amplification of the system can be modulated in certain cases of<br />
tissue damage and pathology. It is well known, <strong>for</strong> instance, that<br />
bradykinin (an endogenous algogen released on tissue injury) sensitizes<br />
somatosensory neurons to heat and capsaicin (CAP). When CAP is<br />
periodically applied to the oral mucosa at short intervals, typically 1<br />
min between stimuli, the reported irritation increased over time and has<br />
been termed sensitization (Green, 1991). Studies in which cultured<br />
trigeminal or dorsal root ganglion neurons have been exposed to<br />
repeated stimulation with CAP have only reported desensitization of<br />
subsequent responses to CAP stimulation. Because of this, it has been<br />
most tempting to attribute the observed increases in the intensity of<br />
sensory irritation to either a slow increase in the peripheral tissue<br />
concentration of CAP or to sensitization of central processes. To<br />
examine the peripheral basis of CAP self-sensitization, intracellular<br />
calcium responses of fura2-loaded rat trigeminal neurons were<br />
measured. Tested at concentrations lower (50nM - 1 uM) than<br />
previously tested (1-10 uM), CAP induced self-sensitization in a<br />
portion of neurons. At 1uM, repeated stimulation with CAP only<br />
induced the same amplitude or decremented responses. Between 50 and<br />
300 nM CAP, up to 46.2% of CAP-sensitive neurons exhibited<br />
sensitization. This suggests that a balance between sensitizing and<br />
desensitizing processes occurs in trigeminal neurons with the<br />
desensitizing processes having a higher threshold. Although narrow in<br />
concentration range, this demonstrates that peripheral self-sensitization<br />
by CAP does take place.<br />
171 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
THE EFFECT OF VR1 BLOCKERS ON PERIPHERAL<br />
TRIGEMINAL NERVE RESPONSES TO IRRITANTS<br />
Allgood S. 1, Silver W.L. 1 1Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-<br />
Salem, NC<br />
The vanilloid receptor (VR1, aka TRPV1), present on trigeminal<br />
nerve fibers, is a non-selective cation channel with high permeability<br />
<strong>for</strong> divalent cations. VR1 responds to heat, acids and capsaicin but its<br />
specific role in trigeminal stimulation by irritants has not been well<br />
studied. Our study seeks to further investigate the role of VR1 in<br />
peripheral trigeminal nerve responses. Neural recordings were obtained<br />
from the ethmoid nerves of adult rats in response to irritants delivered<br />
in solution to the nasal cavity. The ethmoid nerve responded to<br />
capsaicin, propionic acid, cyclohexanone and nicotine. When these<br />
compounds were presented with ruthenium red, an inhibitor of Ca2+ transport through membrane channels, there was a decreased response<br />
to capsaicin, propionic acid and cyclohexanone, but no change in the<br />
response to nicotine. When these compounds were presented with<br />
capsazepine, a competitive VR1 inhibitor, there was a decreased<br />
response to capsaicin and cyclohexanone, but no change in the response<br />
to nicotine and propionic acid. These data indicate that while capsaicin,<br />
cyclohexanone and propionic acid may at least partially exert their<br />
effect through VR1, nicotine does not. Additionally, these data show<br />
that while both ruthenium red and capsazepine work to block VR1<br />
receptors, they do so in different ways, as exhibited by their effect on<br />
the propionic acid response. Future work will look at additional<br />
compounds and receptor blockers to better understand the mechanisms<br />
of trigeminal nerve nociception.<br />
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172 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
PERSISTENCE OF NASAL SOLITARY CHEMORECEPTOR<br />
CELLS AFTER NEONATAL CAPSAICIN TREATMENT<br />
Finger T.E. 1, Gulbransen B. 1, Böttger B. 1, Alimohammadi H. 2, Silver<br />
W.L. 2 1Rocky Mountain Taste & Smell Ctr., University of Colorado<br />
Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO; 2Biology, Wake Forest<br />
University, Winston-Salem, NC<br />
Our recent studies (Finger et al. PNAS 2003) show that nasal<br />
trigeminal chemosensitivity in mice and rats is mediated in part by<br />
solitary chemosensory cells (SCCs) distributed throughout much of the<br />
nasal respiratory epithelium. These SCCs express gustducin and T2R<br />
(bitter) taste receptors, and synapse onto peptidergic (substance<br />
P/CGRP) fibers of the trigeminal nerve that densely innervate the<br />
receptor cells. Administration of capsaicin to neonatal rat pups (0.1ml<br />
of a 1% capsaicin solution, 50 mg/kg) destroys the peptidergic<br />
trigeminal ganglion cells and effectively eliminates the trigeminal<br />
neural response to most irritants. These experiments were designed to<br />
test whether capsaicin-mediated elimination of trigeminal peptidergic<br />
innervation reduced or eliminated the nasal SCCs, i.e. whether nasal<br />
SCCs are dependent on innervation. Two-4 months following neonatal<br />
injection of capsaicin, rats were anesthetized and prepared <strong>for</strong><br />
electrophysiology. In 3 of 3 desensitized animals, the ethmoid nerve<br />
showed no responses to cycloheximide solution applied to the nasal<br />
mucosa – a solution that evokes robust activity in normal animals.<br />
Following recordings, these and other desensitized rats were perfused<br />
with 4% para<strong>for</strong>maldehyde and prepared <strong>for</strong> immunocytochemistry.<br />
Despite nearly total elimination of CGRP-immunoreactive nerve fibers,<br />
the gustducin-expressing nasal SCCs remained. Sparse non-peptidergic<br />
innervation of the epithelium remained (as assessed with PGP antisera)<br />
but these remaining nerve fibers did not <strong>for</strong>m close, embracing contacts<br />
with the SCCs.<br />
Supported by NIDCD Grant DC0060770.<br />
173 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
PATTERNS OF VARIATION IN THE BEHAVIORAL<br />
RESPONSES OF RATS TO IRRITANTS AFTER NEONATAL<br />
CAPSAICIN TREATMENT<br />
Alimohammadi H. 1, Silver W.L. 1 1Biology, Wake Forest University,<br />
Winston-Salem, NC<br />
Administration of capsaicin to neonatal rat pups has been shown to<br />
produce adults with decreased trigeminal sensitivity to many irritants.<br />
This observed loss in chemosensitivity presumably occurs through the<br />
elimination of the vanilloid receptor-expressive cell population of the<br />
trigeminal ganglion, and it was hypothesized that the degree of<br />
desensitization in individual adults would vary depending on the<br />
efficacy of the initial capsaicin treatment. To test this hypothesis, a<br />
behavioral screen was developed to examine inter-animal variability in<br />
aversion responses to irritants. Adult rats injected with either capsaicin<br />
or a control solution as neonates were presented with a series of eight<br />
irritating/non-irritating chemical stimuli. Each rat´s response within the<br />
first few seconds of encounter with the stimulus source was then scored<br />
using a scale to measure aversive and/or favorable responses. Neonatal<br />
capsaicin treatment was found to result in varying degrees and differing<br />
patterns of desensitization to the five irritants tested. While most of the<br />
capsaicin-injected rats displayed diminished aversion reactions when<br />
compared to control animals, a few (3 of 13) were found to be more<br />
sensitive than the least sensitive control animal. Among the most<br />
desensitized animals, sensitivity to acetic acid remained intact whereas<br />
sensitivity to nicotine, cyclohexanone, amyl acetate, and ethanol were<br />
diminished. Capsaicin treatment had no effect on the behavioral<br />
response to non-irritating stimuli. These findings show that neonatal<br />
administration of capsaicin does not guarantee a desensitized-adult<br />
state, and may result in varying degrees of desensitization.
174 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
TOPOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENCES IN THE SENSITIVITY OF<br />
THE INTRANASAL TRIGEMINAL SYSTEM<br />
Frasnelli J. 1, Heilmann S. 1, Hänel T. 1, Hummel T. 1 1University of<br />
Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany<br />
Preliminary data indicate that the nasal mucosa shows a differential<br />
responsiveness to trigeminal stimuli depending on the site of<br />
stimulation. Aim of the present study was the comparison of the<br />
sensitivity of two different areas of the respiratory epithelium to<br />
mechanical (air puffs) and chemosensory (gaseous CO2) stimuli.<br />
Specifically, stimuli were applied to the anterior portion of the nasal<br />
cavity and to the pharyngeal area. Responses were quantified using<br />
psychophysical (intensity) and electrophysiological (event related<br />
potentials - ERPs) techniques. For all measured parameters, a<br />
significant interaction between “location” * “stimulus” emerged,<br />
indicating that (i) CO2 evoked ERP of higher amplitude and higher<br />
intensity ratings when applied to the anterior portion of the nasal cavity<br />
compared to pharyngeal stimulation, and (ii) mechanical stimuli elicited<br />
larger responses when presented to the pharynx than to the anterior<br />
nasal cavity. These findings suggest that the nasal mucosa does not<br />
exhibit a homogenously distributed sensitivity, but that, in addition to<br />
the olfactory mucosa, there are areas with specific sensory function.<br />
These topographical differences in intranasal sensitivity may play a role<br />
in terms of differences between the ortho- and retronasal perception of<br />
odors.<br />
175 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
VIRAL TRACING OF MURINE TRIGEMINAL NEURONS<br />
INNERVATING THE NASAL CAVITY<br />
Damann N. 1, Klupp B. 2, Mettenleiter T.C. 2, Hatt H. 1, Wetzel C. 1 1Cell<br />
physiology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany; 2Friedrich-Loeffler-<br />
Institute, Bundes<strong>for</strong>schungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere, Insel<br />
Riems, Germany<br />
The trigeminal nerve is the major mediator of sensations from the<br />
mammalian head and comprises neurons that transduce mechanical,<br />
thermal and chemical stimuli. Thereby single neurons mediate sensory<br />
input from selective areas of the head (meninges, cornea and<br />
conjunctiva of the eyes, facial skin, mucous membranes of the oral and<br />
nasal cavities). Differential physiological features of peripheral neurons<br />
depending on their function and area of innervation remain largely<br />
unclear. Viral tracing was per<strong>for</strong>med to identify trigeminal neurons that<br />
mediate in<strong>for</strong>mation from the murine nasal cavity. After application of<br />
high titered Pseudorabies virus (PrV) into the nose, markerprotein and<br />
immunhistochemistry based investigations were carried out. Paraffin<br />
embedded sections and whole mount preparations were used to describe<br />
viral spread. Histochemical investigations revealed an ipsilateral spread<br />
via the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve to the gasserian<br />
ganglion (GG). Infected GFP labeled ganglion neurons could also be<br />
identified after dissociation and plating allowing activity measurement<br />
of individual identified neurons in primary cell culture. PrV constitutes<br />
a powerful tool to per<strong>for</strong>m rapid tracing of the murine trigeminal<br />
system and af<strong>for</strong>ds the possibility to selectively label neurons<br />
innervating the nose. Electrophysiological and calcium imaging based<br />
characterization of these neurons concerning their specificity <strong>for</strong><br />
selected chemical compounds shall be per<strong>for</strong>med in future research.<br />
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176 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
GENDER DIFFERENCES AND NASAL INTEGRATION<br />
STUDIES PERFORMED USING AN OCULAR EXPOSURE<br />
DEVICE FOR DETECTION OF IRRITATION THRESHOLDS:<br />
THE T.I.D.E. SYSTEM<br />
Opiekun R.E. 1, Mcdermott R. 1, Dalton P. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses<br />
Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Ocular irritation from low-level volatile chemicals is one of the most<br />
common complaints in occupational and residential environments. In<br />
contrast with techniques available <strong>for</strong> nasal irritation assessment,<br />
however, there are few standardized methods available <strong>for</strong> measuring<br />
ocular irritation thresholds. Based on the lateralization technique<br />
originally developed <strong>for</strong> nasal irritation thresholds, we have developed<br />
an instrument that can deliver controlled concentrations of a chemical<br />
vapor to one eye and a blank stimulus to the other without producing<br />
mechanical somatosensory stimulation that might alter ocular<br />
thresholds <strong>for</strong> chemicals. Initial results suggest that this system can be<br />
very useful <strong>for</strong> objective measurement of ocular irritation, that<br />
simultaneous nasal stimulation affects ocular thresholds and that<br />
females have a lower ocular threshold upon integration than males.<br />
Results also indicate that while there is a wide variation of ocular<br />
irritation thresholds among individuals, vapor concentrations required<br />
to initiate conjunctival irritation can be substantially lower than those<br />
encountered in occupational settings.<br />
177 Poster [ ] Trigeminal Chemoreceptors<br />
LATERALIZATION OF CHEMOSENSORY STIMULI:<br />
EFFECTS OF OLFACTORY FUNCTION, AGE AND GENDER<br />
ON TRIGEMINALLY MEDIATED SENSATIONS<br />
Reden J. 1, Futschik T. 1, Frasnelli J. 2, Huettenbrink K. 2, Hummel T. 3<br />
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Dresden Medical<br />
School, Dresden, Germany; 2Otorhinolaryngology, University of<br />
Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany; 3University of Dresden<br />
Medical School, Dresden, Germany<br />
The present investigation aimed to compare trigeminal nasal function<br />
of anosmic and hyposmic patients to healthy controls. Further, we<br />
aimed to study effects of age and gender on trigeminally mediated<br />
sensations following intranasal chemosensory stimulation. Participants<br />
were 35 patients with olfactory disfunction (n=13: functional anosmia;<br />
n= 22: hyposmia; age 28-69 years). Their results were compared with<br />
17 normosmic subjects (age 28-82 years). Olfactory function was<br />
assessed using the “Sniffin´ Sticks” test kit (butanol odor threshold,<br />
odor discrimination, odor identification). The subjects´ ability to<br />
lateralize odors was investigated <strong>for</strong> benzaldehyde and eucalyptol.<br />
Patients with olfactory dysfunction had lower scores in the<br />
lateralization task than controls (P
178 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
ION SUBSTITUTION AFFECTS THE LINGUAL SURFACE<br />
POTENTIAL (LSP) IN HUMANS<br />
Feldman G. 1, Heck G. 2, Mogyorosi A. 1 1Medicine, Virginia<br />
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; 2Physiology, Virginia<br />
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA<br />
We have demonstrated in humans that Na + evokes a LSP and that<br />
amiloride inhibits a portion of the Na + -evoked LSP in some but not all<br />
subjects (J. Neurophysiol. 90: 2060, 2003). To further characterize<br />
electrophysiologic aspects of the human tongue we examined whether<br />
ion substitutes influence the LSP. Initial studies employed K + and Li + ,<br />
because Li + transits Na + -selective pathways, e.g. ENaC, while K + does<br />
not readily transit such pathways. The LSP response to K + and Li +<br />
depended on whether the individual´s Na + -evoked LSP was inhibited by<br />
amiloride. In subjects who manifested amiloride sensitivity, K +<br />
substitution reduced the LSP, while Li + ´s effect was similar to that of<br />
Na + . In these subjects, after addition of amiloride to solutions, the Na + -<br />
and Li + -evoked LSPs were reduced and were similar to that of K + . In<br />
subjects who had no amiloride sensitivity, the effect of K + on the LSP<br />
was similar to those of Na + and Li + . In other studies gluconate and<br />
sulfate replaced Cl – . While the substitute anions increased the Na + -<br />
evoked LSP, the sulfate effect was approximately 3 fold greater than<br />
that of gluconate. The effects of the anion substitutes were not<br />
influenced by amiloride or the subject´s sensitivity to amiloride. These<br />
data complement our previous observation that some but not all<br />
individuals manifest amiloride sensitivity of their Na + -evoked LSP.<br />
These data also indicate that the amiloride sensitive Na + pathway<br />
allows Li + to transit, but excludes K + , consistent with the presence of<br />
ENaC in a subset of humans. Anions also influence the Na + -evoked<br />
LSP, but they do so independently of ENaC.<br />
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179 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
EXPRESSION OF DELAYED RECTIFYING K CHANNELS IN<br />
TASTE CELLS OF OBESITY-PRONE AND –RESISTANT<br />
RATS.<br />
Hansen D.R. 1, Gilbertson T.A. 1 1Biology & Center <strong>for</strong> Integrated<br />
BioSystems, Utah State University, Logan, UT<br />
Direct fatty acid-mediated inhibition of delayed rectifying potassium<br />
(DRK) channels, specifically those in the Shaker subfamily (Kv1), has<br />
been proposed as a taste transduction mechanism <strong>for</strong> dietary fat. Our<br />
previous work demonstrated that fungi<strong>for</strong>m TRCs responded only to<br />
cis-polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), while those found in the<br />
foliate and vallate papillae, responded to both PUFAs and a subset of<br />
monounsaturated fatty acids. In addition we demonstrated that TRC<br />
sensitivity to PUFAs was inversely correlated with dietary fat<br />
preference. Patch clamp recording has shown that TRCs in Osborne-<br />
Mendel (OM) rats, which show a marked preference <strong>for</strong> dietary fat and<br />
become obese when placed on a high fat diet, are much less sensitive to<br />
PUFAs than are TRCs in S5B/Pl (S5B) rats that tend to avoid fat and<br />
remain lean even on a high fat diet. Our hypothesis is that TRCs in S5B<br />
rats express a greater ratio of fatty acid-sensitive to fatty acidinsensitive<br />
DRK channels than do those in OM rats. To determine if<br />
this difference in PUFA responsiveness is correlated with expression<br />
levels of DRK channels, we used real-time quantitative PCR to measure<br />
expression levels of DRK channels in taste buds from OM and S5B<br />
rats. Consistent with DRK current densities, which are twice as great in<br />
OM rats than in S5B rats, TRCs from OM rats exhibit greater<br />
expression of DRK channels. Specifically, the Kv2 (Shab) and Kv3<br />
(Shaw) DRK channel families, which may represent the PUFAinsensitive<br />
DRK channels, are much more highly expressed in OM rats<br />
than in S5B rats consistent with our hypothesis. Supported by NIH<br />
DK59611 (TAG).<br />
180 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
THE PORE-FORMING ANTIBIOTIC NYSTATIN INHIBITS<br />
TASTE CELL K CURRENTS IN PERFORATED PATCH<br />
RECORDINGS.<br />
Klein J.T. 1, Guenter J. 1, Rosenthal A. 1, Gilbertson T.A. 1 1Biology &<br />
Center <strong>for</strong> Integrated BioSystems, Utah State University, Logan, UT<br />
Nystatin and amphotericin B, pore-<strong>for</strong>ming antibiotics commonly<br />
used in per<strong>for</strong>ated patch clamp recording, have been shown to inhibit<br />
and increase the rate of inactivation of the delayed rectifying K channel<br />
Kv1.3 when applied to the intracellular face of the membrane (Hahn et<br />
al. Neuropharmacology 35: 895, 1996). Since it is not known whether<br />
these antibiotics can gain access to the intracellular face and affect K<br />
currents in the per<strong>for</strong>ated patch configuration, we investigated this<br />
possibility in taste receptor cells (TRCs), which we have shown by RT-<br />
PCR and immunocytochemistry to express Kv1.3 as well as other<br />
delayed rectifying K channels. We found that nystatin, but not<br />
amphotericin, caused roughly a 40% inhibition of delayed rectifying K<br />
currents in TRCs at 20 min. and increased the rate of inactivation<br />
several fold. This difference between nystatin and amphotericin may be<br />
due to the fact that the IC 50 of amphotericin´s effects on Kv1.3 is ~18<br />
times higher than that of nystatin, while the concentrations of<br />
amphotericin we found necessary to gain good electrical access to the<br />
TRCs was only 2-3 times higher than the concentrations of nystatin.<br />
Thus, one should exert caution when using pore-<strong>for</strong>ming antibiotics in<br />
per<strong>for</strong>ated patch recordings because of possible effects on ionic<br />
currents. Supported by DC02507, DC00347, DC00353 and UAES 630<br />
(TAG).
181 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BASIS FOR WATER<br />
TASTE IN MICE.<br />
Spray K.J. 1, Baquero A. 1, Gilbertson T.A. 1 1Biology & Center <strong>for</strong><br />
Integrated BioSystems, Utah State University, Logan, UT<br />
Recent studies have begun characterizing water (hypoosmotic<br />
stimuli) responses in the peripheral gustatory system in rat. Increases in<br />
activation were associated with rapid and reversible changes in cell<br />
volume. Such rapid changes in cell volume may be due to aquaporin<br />
channels (AQP) previously identified in taste receptor cells (TRC). We<br />
have begun examining this response in two inbred mice strains<br />
(C57/6ByJ & 129X/SvJ) using whole cell patch clamp recording.<br />
Approximately half of the fungi<strong>for</strong>m TRCs in each strain responded to<br />
a moderately hypoosmotic solution (255 mOsm) with reversible<br />
increases in conductance, presumably due to activation of a volumesensitive<br />
Cl channel. Immunocytochemistry showed apical expression<br />
of AQP5 in isolated fungi<strong>for</strong>m TRCs in both strains. We have also<br />
examined how these mice respond behaviorally to changes in solution<br />
osmolarity using mannitol (believed to be tasteless) to alter tonicity. 24h<br />
3-bottle intake tests assessed preferences <strong>for</strong> several concentrations of<br />
mannitol (55 mM-330 mM) to distilled water. As concentration<br />
(osmolarity) increased, we found decreased mannitol preference. There<br />
were also significant strain differences at lower concentrations.<br />
Preference scores <strong>for</strong> mannitol were lower <strong>for</strong> the B6 than 129 mice.<br />
There<strong>for</strong>e, mice respond to changes in osmolarity both behaviorally and<br />
at the cellular level. In addition, expression of water channels,<br />
particularly the apically expressed AQP5, may play an important role in<br />
the initial transduction events. Current studies are addressing the link<br />
between AQP expression and water responsiveness in mice. Supported<br />
by NIH DC02507 (TAG).<br />
182 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
MONITORING T1R TASTE RECEPTOR DIMERIZATION<br />
Ji Q. 1, Snyder L. 2, Benard L. 1, Max M. 2, Margolskee R. 1 1Department of<br />
Physiology & Biophysics, Howard hughes medical institute, Mount<br />
Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; 2Department of Physiology &<br />
Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY<br />
T1Rs are taste cell-expressed type 3 G-protein-coupled receptors<br />
(GPCRs). Dimerization of T1R receptors has been inferred, but not<br />
actually shown. We have used BRET (Bioluminescence Resonance<br />
Energy Transfer) assay to demonstrate T1R receptor dimerization.<br />
BRET2 assay is based on energy transfer between fusion proteins<br />
containing Renilla luciferase (Rluc) and Green Fluorescent Protein<br />
(GFP).<br />
Human T1R1 (hT1R1), hT1R2 and hT1R3 coding regions were<br />
subcloned into Rluc and GFP vectors. HEK-293T cells were cotransfected<br />
with all pairs of hT1R-Rluc and hT1R-GFP plasmids.<br />
Significant BRET signals were observed in cells expressing hT1R1 &<br />
T1R3 pairs, hT1R2 & hT1R3 pairs, but not hT1R1 & hT1R2 pairs.<br />
Saturation curves were constructed <strong>for</strong> each dimer pair. BRET signals<br />
were largely independent of receptor density indicating that they came<br />
from dimerization and not random collision events. BRET competition<br />
assays with untagged hT1R3 reduced the dimer BRET signal,<br />
confirming the specificity of the interactions. We generated multiple<br />
hT1R3 mutants to investigate the effects of disulfide bonds on dimer<br />
<strong>for</strong>mation and ligand binding.<br />
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183 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
EXPRESSION OF RGS IN TASTE BUD CELLS<br />
Wang H. 1, Max M. 2, Margolskee R. 3, Brand J. 1, Huang L. 1 1Monell<br />
Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA; 2Physiology and<br />
Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; 3Howard<br />
Hughes Medical Institute, The Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, New<br />
York, NY<br />
Bitter, sweet and umami taste stimuli are detected by G-protein<br />
coupled receptors. The activation of these receptors in turn stimulates<br />
heterotrimeric G proteins, and triggers signal transduction cascades,<br />
eventually leading to a change in cell membrane potential and the<br />
release of neurotransmitters onto afferent axons. Recently, we and<br />
others have isolated several key taste transduction molecules. However,<br />
the mechanisms underlying the termination and desensitization of taste<br />
responses remain to be determined. To identify proteins that are<br />
involved in taste signal processing and peripheral coding, we isolated<br />
individual taste receptor cells, amplified single cell transcriptomes and<br />
constructed single taste cell cDNA libraries. By subtractively screening<br />
these libraries, we isolated a number of genes that are selectively<br />
expressed in taste cells. Among them is a regulator of G protein<br />
signaling (RGS) protein, which presumably serves as a negative<br />
regulator of heterotrimeric G-protein mediated signaling pathways by<br />
stimulating GTPase activity of the α subunits. In situ hybridization<br />
showed that this RGS is expressed in a subset of taste receptor cells.<br />
Further analysis of its interaction with taste signaling molecules in these<br />
taste cells could provide novel insights into our understanding of taste<br />
response processing and termination at the taste end organs. This work<br />
is supported by NIH grants DC05154(LH), DC03155(RFM) and<br />
MHS7241(MM), and a grant from VA(JGB).<br />
184 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
DO TASTE CELLS THAT UTILIZE THE PLC SIGNALING<br />
PATHWAY ALSO EXPRESS VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM<br />
CHANNELS?<br />
Medler K. 1, Clapp T. 2, Sue K. 2 1Biomedical <strong>Sciences</strong>, Anatomy and<br />
Neurobiology Section, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO;<br />
2Biomedical <strong>Sciences</strong>, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO<br />
It has been well established that bitter, sweet, and umami taste<br />
stimuli are coupled to G proteins that activate the PLC signaling<br />
pathway (Zhang et al., Cell 2003). This pathway increases intracellular<br />
Ca 2+ via release from intracellular stores and store operated influx<br />
(Ogura et al., J. Neurophys. 2002). Recently, we showed that a<br />
subpopulation of these cells, the bitter-responsive, gustducin-expressing<br />
cells, lacks voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels (Medler et al., J. Neurosci.,<br />
2003). However, it is not known if lack of voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels<br />
is a characteristic of all taste cells that use this pathway. In this study<br />
we used Ca 2+ imaging to determine if any PLC-responsive cells respond<br />
to depolarization with an increase in intracellular Ca 2+ . We found that<br />
cells that respond to a PLC activator rarely show increases in<br />
intracellular Ca 2+ when depolarized with KCl (55mM). In the cells that<br />
did respond to both, the response to the PLC activator was not robust.<br />
These data suggest either some overlap between excitable cells and the<br />
PLCβ2 signaling pathway or the presence of multiple PLC iso<strong>for</strong>ms in<br />
taste cells. Further work is needed to clarify these results. Supported by<br />
DC00766 and DC 006021 to SCK.
185 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
TASTE RESPONSE AND MOLECULAR EXPRESSION OF<br />
RECEPTOR CELLS OF THE MOUSE FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE<br />
Yoshida R. 1, Sanematsu K. 1, Ninomiya Y. 1 1Kyushu University,<br />
Fukuoka, Japan<br />
In taste bud cells, expression of various molecules concerned in taste<br />
reception was detected by various molecular biological techniques.<br />
Here, we investigated taste responses of receptor cells showing action<br />
potentials and mRNA expression of taste related genes in these cells at<br />
the same time. Using loose patch technique, we recorded increases in<br />
firing frequency from taste bud cells tested <strong>for</strong> taste stimuli (NaCl,<br />
Saccharin, HCl, Quinine HCl). Two types of NaCl responding cells<br />
exist: one is amiloride-sensitive and the other amiloride-insensitive. In<br />
some cells, responses to MSG were enhanced when MSG was mixed<br />
with IMP. Responses to sweet substances in some receptor cells were<br />
suppressed by apical treatment of gurmarin and recovered after apical<br />
application of β-cyclodextrin. Of 68 cells responding to taste stimuli, 40<br />
(59%) responded to one, 24 (35%) to two, and 4 (6%) to three of four<br />
taste stimuli. The entropy value presenting the breadth of<br />
responsiveness was 0.213 ± 0.252, which was close to that <strong>for</strong> the nerve<br />
fibers. These results suggest that taste cells generating action potentials<br />
have response characteristics to taste stimuli that are comparable to<br />
those <strong>for</strong> nerve fibers. After recording of taste response, single receptor<br />
cell was withdrawn from a taste bud and checked mRNA expression of<br />
taste related genes such as T1R3 by RT-PCR method. Our preliminary<br />
data indicate that a taste cell responding to sweet stimuli expressed<br />
T1R3 and gustducin mRNA. Thus, this technique might be useful to<br />
examine molecular expression in receptor cells responding to taste<br />
stimuli.<br />
186 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
THE A BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN IS EXPRESSED BY A<br />
UNIQUE SUBSET OF TASTE BUD CELLS<br />
Christy R.C. 1, Boughter J.D. 1, Smith D.V. 1 1Anatomy & Neurobiology,<br />
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN<br />
Although mammalian taste cell types differ across species, most<br />
investigators recognize at least two classes of elongated, spindle-shaped<br />
cells: Type I (dark) and Type II (light) cells, based on their relative<br />
electron densities when stained with uranyl acetate. These cell types<br />
differ markedly in their morphology in transverse sections through the<br />
taste bud. A third cell type (Type III), which is electron lucent and<br />
round in transverse section like a Type II cell (and there<strong>for</strong>e a subtype<br />
of “light” cell), was first described in rabbit foliate taste buds as<br />
possessing synaptic connections with nerve fibers. Type III cells have<br />
also been described in rat and mouse vallate taste buds on the basis of<br />
specific antigen expression and ultrastructural similarity to rabbit Type<br />
III cells. Here we examine rat and mouse taste buds <strong>for</strong><br />
immunocytochemical expression of several markers that delineate<br />
differences among light cell types, which, unlike Type I cells, are<br />
heterogeneous in their expression patterns. NCAM is expressed on a<br />
subset of Type III cells and α-gustducin on a subset of Type II cells,<br />
only some of which also express the Lewisb blood group antigen. The<br />
blood group A antigen co-localizes with α-gustducin on some cells<br />
(which do not express Lewisb ) and not others but does not label any<br />
NCAM- or PGP 9.5-positive cells. Combined with the work of others<br />
showing subtypes of Type III cells expressing combinations of PGP<br />
9.5, 5-HT and/or NCAM, these data provide additional evidence <strong>for</strong> the<br />
molecular complexity of mammalian taste bud cells. Supported by<br />
NIDCD DC00347 to DVS.<br />
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187 Poster [ ] Functional Organization of the Gustatory<br />
System<br />
PROLIFERATION OF LINGUAL MACROPHAGES AFTER<br />
UNILATERAL DENERVATION OF FUNGIFORM TASTE<br />
BUDS.<br />
Mccluskey L.P. 1, Rigsby C.S. 1 1Physiology, Medical College of<br />
Georgia, Augusta, GA<br />
Within days after unilateral chorda tympani nerve (CT) section,<br />
activated ED1+ macrophages are increased on both the sectioned and<br />
intact sides of the tongue. Activated macrophages release a variety of<br />
cytokines and growth factors, which are proposed to affect sodium taste<br />
function after neural injury. We hypothesized that local proliferation of<br />
ED1+ macrophages accounts <strong>for</strong> the dramatic increase observed after<br />
nerve section. SD specified pathogen-free rats received unilateral CT<br />
section or sham section on day 0. On day 1 or 2 post-section, rats were<br />
given an injection of BrdU (50 mg / kg i.p.) 6 hr prior to sacrifice.<br />
Paraffin sections were processed <strong>for</strong> double immunofluorescent staining<br />
with antibodies to BrdU and ED1. As previously observed, there was an<br />
increase in ED1+ macrophages at both day 1 and day 2 post-sectioning.<br />
However, while BrdU+ cells were also numerous throughout tongue,<br />
few cells were double-positive. There<strong>for</strong>e, ED1+ macrophages do not<br />
appear to proliferate in the lingual environment in response to<br />
denervation. We next examined whether the increase in ED1+<br />
macrophages might be due to proliferation of resting, resident ED2+<br />
macrophages that convert to an activated phenotype. Yet there were<br />
also few ED2+ / BrdU+ cells after nerve section, suggesting that<br />
proliferation of ED2+ macrophages does not account <strong>for</strong> the increased<br />
ED1+ population at these time points. We are currently examining the<br />
possibility that circulating ED1+ cells enter the tongue in response to<br />
denervation. Resolving this issue will increase our understanding of<br />
potential immune mechanisms that regulate peripheral taste function.<br />
Supported by NIH grant 1 R01 DC005811-01A1.<br />
188 Slide [ ] Beidler Colloquium on Taste Transduction<br />
THE MAMMALIAN AMILORIDE-INSENSITIVE (AI) NON-<br />
SPECIFIC SALT TASTE RECEPTOR IS A VANILLOID<br />
RECEPTOR-1 (VR-1) VARIANT<br />
Lyall V. 1, Heck G.L. 1, Vinnikova A.K. 2, Ghosh S. 2, Phan T.T. 1, Bigbee<br />
J.W. 3, Desimone J.A. 1 1Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth<br />
University, Richmond, VA; 2Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth<br />
University, Richmond, VA; 3Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia<br />
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA<br />
The AI non-specific salt taste receptor is the predominant transducer<br />
of salt taste in some mammalian species, including humans. The<br />
physiological, pharmacological and biochemical properties of the AI<br />
salt taste receptor were investigated by RT-PCR, direct measurement of<br />
unilateral apical Na + fluxes in polarized rat fungi<strong>for</strong>m taste receptor<br />
cells (TRCs), and chorda tympani (CT) nerve recordings to lingual<br />
stimulation with NaCl, KCl, NH Cl and CaCl , in both the rat model<br />
4 2<br />
and the VR-1 knockout mouse model. We report that the AI salt taste<br />
receptor is a constitutively active non-selective cation channel derived<br />
from the VR-1 gene. It accounts <strong>for</strong> all of the AI CT response to Na +<br />
salts and part of the response to K + , NH4 + , and Ca2+ salts. It is activated<br />
by vanilloids (resiniferatoxin and capsaicin) and temperature (>38oC), and is inhibited by VR-1 antagonists (capsazepine and SB-366791). In<br />
the presence of vanilloids, external H + and ATP lower the temperature<br />
threshold of the channel. This allows <strong>for</strong> increased salt taste sensitivity<br />
without an increase in temperature. VR-1 knockout mice demonstrate<br />
no functional AI salt taste receptor and no salt taste sensitivity to<br />
vanilloids and temperature. We conclude that the mammalian AI nonspecific<br />
salt taste receptor is a VR-1 variant. Supported by NIDCD<br />
Grants DC-02422 and DC-00122.
189 Slide [ ] Beidler Colloquium on Taste Transduction<br />
RESIDUAL RESPONSES TO BITTER, SWEET AND UMAMI<br />
COMPOUNDS IN TRPM5 KNOCKOUT MICE<br />
Damak S. 1, Rong M. 2, Kokrashvilli Z. 2, Yasumatsu K. 3, Glendinning<br />
J.I. 4, Ninomiya Y. 3, Margolskee R.F. 2 1Nestle Research Center,<br />
Lausanne, Switzerland; 2Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai<br />
School of Medicine, New York, NY; 3Kyushu University, Fukuoka,<br />
Japan; 4Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY<br />
To determine the role of Trpm5 in taste responses in vivo, we<br />
generated Trpm5 knockout (KO) mice by homologous recombination in<br />
ES cells. Two bottle preference tests of wildtype (WT) vs. Trpm5 KO<br />
mice showed reduced, but not abolished, responses of the KO mice to<br />
the bitter compounds quinine and denatonium. By this test the Trpm5<br />
KO mice were indifferent to concentrations of quinine and denatonium<br />
up to 1 mM and 10mM, respectively, then showed strong avoidance to<br />
higher concentrations. A brief access test using a gustometer confirmed<br />
that high concentrations of denatonium were aversive to the KO mice.<br />
The KO mice were indifferent to low concentrations of denatonium and<br />
to all concentrations of quinine. With sweet compounds, two bottle<br />
preference tests of Trpm5 KO mice showed reduced preference <strong>for</strong><br />
sucrose and the artificial sweetener SC45647. However, in the brief<br />
access test, Trpm5 KO mice were indifferent to these compounds. Postingestive<br />
effects (two bottle preference test) and/or lower sensitivity<br />
(gustometer) may affect the behavioral responses elicited by these<br />
behavioral tests and explain this apparent discrepancy. Gustatory nerve<br />
recordings are in progress to further investigate this. The Trpm5 KO<br />
mice showed residual preference <strong>for</strong> 100mM and 300mM MSG<br />
(umami) by two bottle preference test, but not by lickometer. Both<br />
behavioral tests showed that the Trpm5 KO mice avoid 1 M MSG. The<br />
behavioral responses to HCl elicited by either test were identical in the<br />
KO and WT animals. Together, these results indicate that Trpm5 is an<br />
important component of the taste response to bitter, sweet and umami<br />
compounds, but that additional Trpm5-independent response pathways<br />
exist.<br />
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190 Slide [ ] Beidler Colloquium on Taste Transduction<br />
DUAL REGULATION OF THE TASTE TRANSDUCTION ION<br />
CHANNEL TRPM5 BY CA2+ AND PIP2<br />
Liman E.R. 1, Liu D. 1 1Neurobiology, University of Southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia,<br />
Los Angeles, CA<br />
The transduction of taste is a fundamental process that allows<br />
animals to discriminate nutritious substances from those that are<br />
noxious. Three taste modalities, bitter, sweet and amino acid, are<br />
mediated by G-protein coupled receptors. Recent evidence suggest that<br />
these receptors signal through a common transduction cascade:<br />
receptors activate phospholipase C (PLC), leading to a breakdown of<br />
phosphatidyinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP ) into diacylglycerol (DAG)<br />
2<br />
and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP ), which causes release of Ca 3 2+<br />
from intracellular stores. The ion channel, TRPM5, is essential <strong>for</strong><br />
transduction of bitter, sweet and amino acid tastes, but the mechanisms<br />
which it is activated are not well understood. We find that when<br />
expressed heterologously in HEK 293, TRPM5 <strong>for</strong>ms an outwardly<br />
rectifying cation channel that is activated downstream of Gq-coupled<br />
membrane receptors. In excised patches from CHOK1 cells expressing<br />
TRPM5, channel activity was induced by micromolar concentrations of<br />
intracellular Ca2+ , but not by DAG or IP . Sustained exposure to Ca 3 2+<br />
desensitized TRPM5 channels. Application of the membrane<br />
phospholipid, PIP enhanced the current following desensitization, but<br />
2<br />
not be<strong>for</strong>e desensitization, suggesting that loss of PIP may underlie<br />
2<br />
desensitization. These data allow us to propose a model <strong>for</strong> G proteincoupled<br />
taste transduction in which Ca2+ serves as the second<br />
messenger linking receptor signaling to membrane depolarization.<br />
Supported by grants from the NIDCD (DC04564 and DC05000).<br />
191 Slide [ ] Beidler Colloquium on Taste Transduction<br />
DEORPHANIZATION AND FUNCTIONAL SNP ANALYSIS OF<br />
TAS2R BITTER TASTE RECEPTORS<br />
Bernd B. 1, Christina K. 1, Winnig M. 1, Slack J. 2, Breslin P.A. 3, Reed<br />
D.R. 4, Tharp C.D. 4, Kim U. 5, Drayna D. 5, Meyerhof W. 1 1Molecular<br />
Genetics, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke,<br />
Nuthetal, Germany; 2<strong>Givaudan</strong> Flavors Corp., Cincinnati, OH; 3Monell<br />
Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA; 4Monell Chemical Senses<br />
Center, Philadelphia, OH; 5NIDCD/NIH, Rockville, MD<br />
Taste sensitivities to different bitter compounds vary between<br />
individuals. The most prominent example <strong>for</strong> genetically determined<br />
taste differences is the bitter taste of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and 6-<br />
N-propylthiouracil (PROP). A recently published study (Kim et al.,<br />
Science 299, 1221-1225) showed a good correlation between the human<br />
PTC taster and non-taster phenotype and three single nucleotide<br />
polymorphisms (SNPs) in the hTAS2R38 gene, suggesting that these<br />
SNPs might cause the individual taste differences <strong>for</strong> PROP, PTC, and<br />
various other chemically related bitter compounds.<br />
Using functional expression and calcium imaging (Bufe et al., Nature<br />
Genetics 32, 397-401) we demonstrated that the hTAS2R38 taster<br />
variant can be activated by PTC. In addition we identified ligands <strong>for</strong><br />
four other human bitter taste receptors hTAS2R10, hTAS2R16,<br />
hTAS2R43, and hTAS2R44. Analysis of the human genome SNP<br />
database and own sequencing ef<strong>for</strong>ts so far revealed 14 non-conserved<br />
SNPs in the coding region of these receptors. Using site directed<br />
mutagenesis we created corresponding receptor variants and are<br />
studying their effects in our heterologous expression system. Initial<br />
results revealed that several of the hTAS2R38 SNPs altered the receptor<br />
function.
192 Symposium [ ] Olfaction and Neurodegenerative<br />
Disorders<br />
OLFACTION AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS<br />
Doty R. 1 1Smell and Taste Center, University of Pennsylvania,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
Numerous major neurological disorders are associated with olfactory<br />
dysfunction. Indeed, the first clinical sign of such diseases as<br />
Alzheimer´s disease and idiopathic Parkinson´s disease appears to be<br />
decreased olfactory function. In the case of Parkinson's disease, the<br />
prevalence of smell loss is greater than the prevalence of tremor, and is<br />
essentially equivalent to that of the other major motoric signs of the<br />
disease. Importantly, not all neurological or neurodegenerative<br />
disorders are associated with smell loss. Hence, olfactory testing can<br />
aid in the differential diagnosis of a number of disorders commonly<br />
confused on initial presentation, including Alzheimer's disease vs.<br />
major affective disorder, and Parkinson's disease vs. progressive<br />
supranuclear palsy. The olfactory evaluation of at-risk individuals,<br />
including relatives, may prove to be of considerable clinical value <strong>for</strong><br />
initiating neuroprotective therapy early in disease development. This<br />
symposium provides an up-to-date overview of relationships between<br />
olfactory function and four major neurological diseases. The<br />
participants and discussants represent active researchers in this field,<br />
and bring a variety of perspectives and a wealth of in<strong>for</strong>mation to this<br />
topic.<br />
193 Symposium [ ] Olfaction and Neurodegenerative<br />
Disorders<br />
LONGITUDAL EVALUATION OF OLFACTORY FUNCTION<br />
IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE<br />
Devanand D.P. 1, Tabert M.H. 1 1Psychiatry, Columbia<br />
University/NYSPI, New York, NY<br />
We evaluated the predictive utility of olfactory deficits in patients<br />
with minimal to mild cognitive impairment (MMCI). 150 outpatients<br />
presenting to a Memory Disorders Center were recruited and followed<br />
at 6-month intervals. 63 group-matched controls were followed<br />
annually. Patients had a mean age of 67 (SD 9.8) and mean education of<br />
15 (SD 4.2) years. Mean age <strong>for</strong> controls was 65 (SD 9.3) and mean<br />
education was 16 (SD 2.6). UPSIT scores were lower in patients (mean<br />
31 SD 6.4) than controls (mean 34 SD 4.2). Baseline UPSIT scores<br />
were lower in converters to Alzheimer´s Disease (AD; n=35, mean 26<br />
SD 8.2) than non-converters (mean 33, SD 4.7) (mean follow-up=39<br />
months). In Cox regression analyses, low olfaction scores predicted AD<br />
(Wald chi2=15.9, p < .0001). The UPSIT score remained a significant<br />
predictor (p < .0003, relative risk=0.9 per UPSIT point change) even<br />
when age, sex, and education were included as covariates, and when<br />
MMS was included as a covariate. ApoE e4 genotype did not differ<br />
between non-converters (22%) and converters (28%). UPSIT scores<br />
were correlated with right hippocampal volume (r=0.20, p < .03). In<br />
Cox regression analyses, low olfaction scores predicted outcome (Wald<br />
chi2=10.6, p < .002, relative risk=0.92 per point change) even when<br />
hippocampal volume, age, and gender were included. Olfactory deficits<br />
predicted conversion to AD in patients with MMCI, even after<br />
controlling <strong>for</strong> demographic, cognitive, and brain volumetric predictors.<br />
In addition, odor-induced fMRI activation is also being examined in<br />
controls and AD and MMCI patients.<br />
Grants: AG17761 (P.I. Devanand), K01AG21548 (P.I. Tabert) and<br />
from the Alzheimer´s <strong>Association</strong> (P.I. Devanand)<br />
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194 Symposium [ ] Olfaction and Neurodegenerative<br />
Disorders<br />
OLFACTORY SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA<br />
Moberg P.J. 1, Turetsky B.I. 1 1Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
Psychophysical studies of olfaction have documented impairments in<br />
odor detection thresholds, identification, memory and hedonics in<br />
patients with schizophrenia. Similar deficits exist in non-ill family<br />
members. Despite evidence of behavioral impairment, there is little<br />
evidence that the neuroanatomical or neurophysiological substrates of<br />
olfaction are abnormal.<br />
We have conducted a series of studies examining the structural and<br />
functional integrity of the olfactory system in patients and their firstdegree<br />
relatives. 1)Using acoustic rhinometry, we have shown a<br />
reduction of the left-posterior nasal cavity in male patients. 2)Using<br />
high-resolution MRI, we found bilateral olfactory bulb volume<br />
reductions in patients, and unilateral right sided reductions in family<br />
members. 3)Following parcellation of the anterior ventromedial<br />
temporal lobe into perirhinal, entorhinal and temporal polar regions,<br />
patients exhibited selective gray matter volume reductions in the<br />
perirhinal and entorhinal areas bilaterally. 4)Using air-dilution<br />
olfactometry, both patients and non-ill family members were observed<br />
to exhibit dose-dependent abnormalities in the olfactory evoked<br />
potential.<br />
There are thus primary structural and functional abnormalities in the<br />
olfactory system, which underlie the behavioral deficits seen in<br />
schizophrenia. These abnormalities appear to denote an endophenotypic<br />
genetic vulnerability marker, rather than an index of either clinical<br />
disease status or treatment. A greater understanding of the neurobiology<br />
of these olfactory deficits could offer clues to both the basic<br />
neuropathology and the genetic precursors of this disorder.<br />
Supported by MH63381(PJM), MH59852(BIT), & NARSAD(PJM).
195 Symposium [ ] Olfaction and Neurodegenerative<br />
Disorders<br />
OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS<br />
Doty R.L. 1 1Smell and Taste Center, Department of<br />
Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, University of<br />
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA<br />
For many years it was assumed that multiple sclerosis (MS) was<br />
unaccompanied by olfactory dysfunction. While several early studies,<br />
including a pioneering study by Ansari in 1976, failed to find any<br />
olfactory deficits in this disease, more recent studies from our group<br />
have clearly demonstrated that some MS patients exhibit olfactory loss.<br />
In 1984 we reported that 23% of a group of 31 MS patients exhibited<br />
smell dysfunction, as measured by the University of Pennsylvania<br />
Smell Identification Test (UPSIT). A decade later we presented clinical<br />
cases in which smell loss was a presenting sign of MS. In a subsequent<br />
series of studies in the late 1990´s, we demonstrated that such loss was<br />
correlated with the number of MS-related plaques in subtemporal and<br />
subfrontal brain regions, but not in other brain regions. Moreover, we<br />
showed that olfactory function waxes and wanes longitudinally in<br />
accordance with the number of active plaques in these brain regions. In<br />
this presentation, I review these studies, as well as initial results of a 5year-long<br />
study of 73 MS patients and controls, in which a range of<br />
sensory and neuropsychological tests were administered, including ones<br />
tapping olfactory (i.e., odor identification, detection & discrimination),<br />
gustatory (e.g., regional taste identification), auditory (e.g., pure tone<br />
thresholds, competing words, auditory figure-ground), vestibular (e.g.,<br />
Rhomberg eyes open & closed tasks), and cognitive (e.g., Wechsler<br />
Memory Scale-Revised; National Adult Reading Test; Wisconson Card<br />
Sorting Test) functions.<br />
Supported by grant RO1 DC 02974 from the National Institute on<br />
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.<br />
196 Symposium [ ] Olfaction and Neurodegenerative<br />
Disorders<br />
OLFACTION IN PARKINSONISM<br />
Hawkes C. 1 1Essex Neuroscience Centre, Essex, United Kingdom<br />
There has been gradual increase of interest in olfaction since it was<br />
realised that anosmia was a common feature of idiopathic Parkinson's<br />
disease (IPD) and Alzheimer-type dementia (AD). It is an intriguing<br />
possibility that the first sign of a disorder hitherto regarded as one of<br />
movement or cognition may be that of disturbed smell sense. In this<br />
review of parkinsonian syndromes the following observations can be<br />
made: 1) olfactory dysfunction is frequent and often severe in IPD and<br />
may precede motor signs of IPD 2) normal smell identification in IPD<br />
is rare and should prompt review of diagnosis unless the patient is<br />
female with tremor dominant disease. 3) olfactory impairment in<br />
suspected progressive supranuclear palsy or corticobasal degeneration<br />
is atypical and should likewise provoke diagnostic review. 4) impaired<br />
smell sense is seen in some patients at 50% risk of parkinsonism 5)<br />
biopsy of olfactory nasal neurons reveals non-specific changes in IPD<br />
and at present will not aid diagnosis.<br />
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197 Poster [ ] Development of the Gustatory System<br />
EGF SIGNALING IN PATTERNING FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE<br />
IN EMBRYONIC RAT TONGUE<br />
Liu H. 1, Mistretta C. 1 1School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann<br />
Arbor, MI<br />
In previous experiments to understand how papillae <strong>for</strong>m in patterns<br />
on the embryonic tongue, we demonstrated roles <strong>for</strong> the morphogen,<br />
sonic hedgehog (Shh) in fungi<strong>for</strong>m papilla development. Fungi<strong>for</strong>m<br />
papillae <strong>for</strong>m in doubled numbers and atypical posterior locations in<br />
tongue cultures when Shh signaling is selectively disrupted with the<br />
alkaloid, cyclopamine. To further understand molecular regulation and<br />
interactions in papilla <strong>for</strong>mation, we are studying effects of epidermal<br />
growth factor, EGF. A polyclonal antibody to EGF receptor (EGFR)<br />
was used to immunolocalize EGFR in rat embryo tongues at gestational<br />
days (E) 13-18. Also, in whole tongue cultures begun at E14, we<br />
examined effects of exogenous EGF on fungi<strong>for</strong>m papilla development<br />
and on the cyclopamine-induced change in papilla patterning. EGFR<br />
localized in all layers in the dorsal epithelium of embryonic rat tongue<br />
at all ages examined. Immunoproducts were weak and homogeneous in<br />
the tongue epithelium at E13-E14. Signals became progressively more<br />
intense in the inter-papilla space, but not within the papilla epithelium,<br />
in association with papilla development from E15-E18. In E14+2 day<br />
cultures, EGF dose-dependently decreased the number of fungi<strong>for</strong>m<br />
papillae while stimulating epithelial proliferation. Moreover, preincubation<br />
with EGF, followed by culture with EGF plus cyclopamine,<br />
prevented the cyclopamine-induced change in papilla pattern. The data<br />
demonstrate that EGF signaling plays an important role in spacing of<br />
fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae in embryonic tongue, and interacts with Shh<br />
signaling in regulating development of papilla pattern. Supported by<br />
NIH NIDCD Grant DC000456 to CMM.<br />
198 Poster [ ] Development of the Gustatory System<br />
TASTE BUD PRIMORDIA DEVELOP IN RODENT TONGUE<br />
CULTURES<br />
Walters E. 1, Mbiene J. 2 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular<br />
Biology, Howard University, Washington, DC; 2Department of<br />
Biomedical <strong>Sciences</strong>, Texas A&M University System, Dallas, TX<br />
Lingual taste buds <strong>for</strong>m within papillae in mammals. We are<br />
studying the molecular aspects of taste bud differentiation during<br />
development. Keratin 8 is expressed in epithelial cell clusters in<br />
distinctive patterns across the developing tongue in mouse embryos<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e the innervation of tongue epithelium. To learn whether keratin 8<br />
expression proceeds in vitro as in vivo, we examined the expression<br />
patterns of keratin 8 in mouse tongue cultures. Tongue or lower jaw<br />
explants were taken from gestational days 11.5 and 12.5 mouse<br />
embryos and maintained at liquid-gas interface in conventional organ<br />
cultures. Explanted tongues were harvested after 1-6 days in culture and<br />
assayed <strong>for</strong> keratin 8 by immunocytochemistry. In E11.5 and 12.5<br />
mouse tongue explants, keratin 8 is broadly expressed in the lingual<br />
epithelium, as in vivo. Over the next 24-48 hours, keratin 8 becomes<br />
restricted to clusters of cells located in the center of epithelial placodes.<br />
Surprisingly, keratin 8 continues to be expressed in few clusters after 6<br />
days of culture. These results establish that much of taste bud<br />
development is nerve dependent in mammals. I am currently examining<br />
the gene repertoire expressed in tongue placodes that may possibly play<br />
a role in the determination of taste buds.Grant sponsor: NIDCD; Grant<br />
number: DC03503
199 Poster [ ] Development of the Gustatory System<br />
IDENTIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED<br />
GENES EXPRESSED IN TASTE BUDS<br />
Iwatsuki K. 1, Watanabe A. 2, Aburatani H. 2, Margolskee R. 3 1Physiology<br />
& Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY;<br />
2RCAST, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; 3Howard Hughes<br />
Medical Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY<br />
During their differentiation and development, taste cells express a<br />
variety of molecules in spatially and temporally regulated fashion.<br />
Although several markers selectively expressed in mature taste cells<br />
have been identified, few markers of developing taste cells are known,<br />
making it difficult to study how taste cells develop and mature from<br />
stem cells and precursor cells.<br />
To search <strong>for</strong> genes selectively expressed during mouse taste cell<br />
development we used Representational Difference Analysis (RDA) and<br />
Affymetrix gene chip analysis to compare mRNAs from circumvallate<br />
(CV) papillae ("taste") vs. surrounding non-sensory lingual epithelial<br />
tissue ("non-taste"). Most of the genes cloned by RDA, including small<br />
proline rich proteins and mesothelin, were also found by Affymetrix<br />
gene chips. Selective expression of these genes was confirmed by<br />
semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Those genes confirmed to be differentially<br />
expressed in taste vs. non-taste were examined by in situ hybridization.<br />
To date, we have identified more than 20 genes, including Trpm5 and G<br />
gamma 13, that are selectively expressed in adult taste cells. We<br />
carried out in situ hybridization on a series of CV sections from early<br />
through mature stages of taste bud development to examine temporal<br />
and spatial patterns of expression of these genes. We have identified<br />
several marker genes <strong>for</strong> taste cells which were expressed in one of two<br />
patterns: 1) early through late stages, 2) only in late stage of taste cell<br />
development.<br />
200 Poster [ ] Development of the Gustatory System<br />
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXPRESSION OF<br />
POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95 (PSD-95) AND THE<br />
DEVELOPMENT OF TASTE BUDS IN THE<br />
CIRCUMVALLATE PAPILLAE OF RAT COMPARED WITH<br />
G-GUSTDUCIN AND PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5.<br />
Ueda K. 1, El Sharaby A. 2, Wakisaka S. 2 1Psychology, University of<br />
Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 2Dept. of Oral Anat.& Deverop. Biol.<br />
Grad. School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan<br />
It is well known that neurotrophic factors are necessary <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong>mation, development and maintenance of mammalian taste buds, and<br />
that type III taste cells have synaptic connections with gustatory nerves.<br />
However it is unclear how synapses develop in taste buds. In this study<br />
we examined the distribution of postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-<br />
95) immunohystochemically in circumvallate papillae (CVP) in rats<br />
aged 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 14, 21, 28 days postnatal and in adults. At<br />
adulthood, strong PSD-95-like immunoreactivity (PSD-95-LI) existed<br />
around the taste pore and some of them overlapped with neuron and<br />
type III taste receptor cell specific gene, protein gene product 9.5 (PGP<br />
9.5). Type II cells are typically viewed as making contacts with nerve<br />
fibers, but they do not make classical synapses. However we found that<br />
some cells having Gα-gustducin-LI, considered as a marker of type II<br />
cells, also had PSD-95-LI. Developmentally, many taste buds existed in<br />
the CVP at birth, but PSD-95-LI did not occur until postnatal day 5.<br />
Thereafter, the density of PSD-95-LI increased progressively until it<br />
was similar to adults between PN 21-28 days. These results suggest that<br />
there may be subtypes of receptor cells based on the presence of<br />
synapses. Further, functional synaptic contacts in the CVP do not<br />
mature until after 3rd postnatal week.<br />
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201 Poster [ ] Development of the Gustatory System<br />
NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS REGULATE THE SENSITIVITY<br />
OF GENICULATE AXONS TO SEMA3A DURING<br />
INNERVATION<br />
Saldanha J. 1, Vilbig R. 1, Rochlin M.W. 1 1Biology, Loyola University of<br />
Chicago, Chicago, IL<br />
Geniculate axons begin to penetrate the rat dorsal lingual epithelium<br />
at E17, followed by trigeminal axons (Farbman & Mbiene, J Comp<br />
Neurol 306:172-186), despite the presence of epithelial Sema3A<br />
mRNA. Trigeminal axons are repelled by Sema3A in vitro through E18<br />
(Dillon et al, ibid, 470:13-24), suggesting that Sema3A repellent<br />
activity or sensitivity to Sema3A is regulated in vivo. The neurotrophic<br />
factors that stimulate geniculate axon outgrowth in collagen gels and<br />
the response of this outgrowth to Sema3A during late embryonic stages<br />
are not known. BDNF, NT4, GDNF, and NGF (15-25 ng/ml) stimulate<br />
axon outgrowth above control media levels, although the NGF effect<br />
was small. BDNF stimulated the most rapidly advancing outgrowth,<br />
NT4 the slowest. In contrast to our results with the E18 trigeminal<br />
ganglion, Sema3A-transfected COS7 cells did not repel BDNF- (N=14)<br />
and GDNF- (N=9) stimulated outgrowth compared to control<br />
transfected COS7 cells (N=10 <strong>for</strong> each). However, NT4-stimulated<br />
outgrowth (N=17) was repelled (p
203 Slide [ ] Development of the Gustatory System<br />
TASTE PLACODES ARE PRIMARY TARGETS OF EARLY<br />
GENICULATE BUT NOT TRIGEMINAL PERIPHERAL<br />
NERVE ENDINGS IN THE DEVELOPING TONGUE OF<br />
MOUSE EMBRYOS.<br />
Mbiene J. 1 1Department of Biomedical <strong>Sciences</strong>, Texas A&M<br />
University System, Dallas, TX<br />
The establishment of a reproducible pattern of connectivity is as<br />
essential to neuron´s function as its physiological properties. Until<br />
recently innervation of gustatory papillae was thought to occur after<br />
their initial morphogenesis. However, new results from mammals<br />
indicate that much of molecular markers of papilla development are<br />
expressed prior to their overt <strong>for</strong>mation. Given that markers of taste bud<br />
genesis begin to be expressed be<strong>for</strong>e papilla morphogenesis or its<br />
completion, we hypothesized that lingual epithelial placodes (which<br />
later will harbor the embryonic taste buds) are specific targets <strong>for</strong> taste<br />
afferents. To test this idea, we traced chorda tympani and lingual nerves<br />
with different lipophilic dyes and compared the patterns of their<br />
terminal arbors in tongues of mouse embryos from E11.5 to 14.5. The<br />
results indicate that chorda tympani, in contrast to lingual nerve fibers,<br />
pioneer the tongue at E11.5. Over the next 24 hours, at E12.5, the<br />
tongue epithelium is still not contacted by nerves but the ramification<br />
patterns of both nerves in the tongue are identical. At E13.5 (when the<br />
first taste buds are apparent) chorda tympani axons make contacts with<br />
the epithelial placodes under which they exhibited distinctive terminal<br />
arbors. At E14.5 (when the fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae first <strong>for</strong>m) chorda<br />
tympani enter and reach the apical epithelium of the papilla where the<br />
embryonic taste buds <strong>for</strong>m. These results indicate that taste buds <strong>for</strong>m<br />
at the same time as they are innervated and will be discussed in the<br />
context of the current view of non-neural induction of taste buds. Grant<br />
sponsor: NIDCD; Grant number: DC03503<br />
204 Poster [ ] Development of the Gustatory System<br />
ROLES FOR HEDGEHOG PROTEINS IN SUPPORTING<br />
NEURON SURVIVAL AND NEURITE EXTENSION IN<br />
EMBRYONIC GENICULATE AND TRIGEMINAL GANGLIA<br />
Bai L. 1, Mistretta C. 1 1School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann<br />
Arbor, MI<br />
Sonic hedgehog (Shh) and other Hedgehog (Hh) proteins have<br />
known roles in regulating proliferation of neuron precursors, neuron<br />
differentiation and neurite outgrowth, and Schwann cell – neuron<br />
interactions. Because Shh is intensely localized in developing papilla<br />
placodes and fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae in embryonic rat tongue, we<br />
hypothesized that Shh, and/or other Hh proteins, also would have roles<br />
in regulating neuron number and neurite extension in the geniculate<br />
(gg) and trigeminal (tg) ganglia, which innervate these papillae. Ganglia<br />
were dissected from gestational day 13 and 16 rat embryos and<br />
explanted onto matrix-coated coverslips. Gg and tg cultures were<br />
maintained in standard medium (B27), with or without neurotrophins,<br />
BDNF or NGF, <strong>for</strong> 2 to 5 days. To test roles <strong>for</strong> Hh proteins in ganglion<br />
cultures, we added the alkaloid cyclopamine (CYCL), a specific blocker<br />
of hedgehog signaling at the receptor complex, to B27, BDNF or NGF<br />
culture media. In all cultures with CYCL, there were decreased<br />
numbers of ganglion neurons, and the extent of neurite outgrowth was<br />
reduced. CYCL effects were concentration – dependent (from 1 to 10<br />
uM). With immunohistochemistry we demonstrated that gg and tg<br />
neurons contain the hedgehog receptor proteins, patched and<br />
smoothened, both in cultures and in vivo. Another molecule in the<br />
signaling pathway, hedgehog - interacting protein, also was<br />
immunolocalized in the ganglia. The data provide evidence that<br />
members of the Hedgehog family support survival and neurite<br />
extension of embryonic gg and tg neurons. Supported by NIH NIDCD<br />
Grant 000456.<br />
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205 Poster [ ] Development of the Gustatory System<br />
GUSTATORY PHENOYPE IN DOUBLE NEUROTROPHIN<br />
KNOCKOUT MICE<br />
Nosrat I. 1, Agerman K. 2, Ern<strong>for</strong>s P. 2, Nosrat C.A. 1 1Laboratory of Oral<br />
Neurobiology, Biologic & Materials <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of Michigan,<br />
Ann Arbor, MI; 2Unit of Molecular Neurobiology, MBB, Karolinska<br />
Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden<br />
BDNF and NT-3, but not NT-4, are expressed in developing<br />
gustatory papillae and taste buds and participate in establishing the<br />
gustatory and somatosensory innervation of the tongue. BDNF, NT-3<br />
and NT-4 null mutated mice show deficits in their lingual gustatory and<br />
somatosensory innervation.<br />
We have generated double neurotrophin knockout mice and have<br />
analyzed the differences in the gustatory phenotypes of wild type,<br />
BDNF, BDNF/NT-3 and BDNF/NT-4 mice. Because BDNF/NT-3 and<br />
BDNF/NT-4 mice die at birth, we have focused our study on newborn<br />
animals. We have focused the present study on the number, average<br />
size and innervation of the gustatory papillae in these mice. Fungi<strong>for</strong>m<br />
papillae numbers were decreased significantly in all mutant mice while<br />
BDNF/NT-3 mice exhibited the most severe phenotype. Size<br />
measurements revealed a slight decrease in the size of BDNF and<br />
BDNF/NT-4 fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae, but the strongest significant size<br />
reduction was observed in BDNF/NT-3 mice. Innervation<br />
measurements followed the same trend, with BDNF mice having the<br />
least severe loss of innervation, followed closely by BDNF/NT4 mice<br />
while BDNF/NT-3 mice exhibited the most severe phenotype. Taken<br />
together, we propose NT-3 dependent innervation plays crucial roles in<br />
maturation and maintenance of fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae while NT-4<br />
phenotype is mimicked by BDNF in the anterior part of the tongue.<br />
206 Poster [ ] Development of the Gustatory System<br />
NEURONAL DEATH IN THE RAT GENICULATE GANGLION<br />
DURING DEVELOPMENT<br />
Carr V.M. 1, Sollars S.I. 2, Farbman A.I. 1 1Neurobiology and Physiology,<br />
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; 2Psychology, University of<br />
Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE<br />
The geniculate ganglion provides sensory innervation to taste buds<br />
on the anterior tongue and the palate, and to the skin of the ear. During<br />
vertebrate development other sensory ganglia undergo a period when<br />
neuron cell death occurs, often because of insufficient target-derived<br />
trophic substance <strong>for</strong> maintenance of all ganglionic neurons. We<br />
examined neuronal death in the geniculate ganglion to try to determine<br />
when critical developmental events might occur that would be related to<br />
the survival or death of geniculate neurons. Thus far, 10 micron<br />
histological sections of geniculate ganglia from fetal (E17-E22) and<br />
newborn (P1-P3) rats have been examined following fixation in 4%<br />
para<strong>for</strong>maldehyde and standard staining procedures. Earlier stages are<br />
currently under investigation. At each age total numbers of neurons<br />
and pycnotic neurons were counted in 8 ganglia. The average incidence<br />
of pycnotic neurons at E17 was 9% of total neurons. The percentage<br />
then decreased progressively, leveling off at 0.2% by E22. Findings<br />
suggest that critical events related to neuronal survival occur from at<br />
least E17 to E21, when neuronal death is elevated. Trophic substances<br />
required <strong>for</strong> survival might be present in limited amounts so that only<br />
those neurons that receive sufficient amounts will survive. These<br />
trophic factors could originate from several sources, including the<br />
neurons themselves, the supporting cells around the neurons in the<br />
ganglion, the peripheral targets or the central targets of the neuronal<br />
projections, or a combination of sources. Supported by NIDCD<br />
Grants 04837 (AF) and 04846 (SS).
207 Poster [ ] Bitter Taste<br />
BLOCKING GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IN THE<br />
PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS REDUCES AVERSIVE<br />
OROMOTOR RESPONSES TO QUININE IN CONSCIOUS<br />
RATS<br />
King M.S. 1, Keller G.S. 1, Uflacker A.B. 1 1Biology, Stetson University,<br />
DeLand, FL<br />
Microinjection of glutamate into the classic gustatory region of the<br />
parabrachial nucleus (PBN), the 'waist' region (W), in conscious rats<br />
elicits ingestive oromotor behaviors, but the exact functional role of<br />
glutamate in W is unclear. This pilot study was designed to examine<br />
taste reactivity responses during oral infusion of tastants while blocking<br />
glutamate neurotransmission in W. Cannula (Plastics One) were placed<br />
bilaterally into W in 8 male Wistar rats. The cannula were connected to<br />
osmotic pumps (Alzet) that were filled with either aCSF (n=3) or<br />
kynurenate (KYN, an ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonist) in aCSF<br />
[250 (n=2), 10 (n=2) or 2.5mM (n=1)]. The pumps delivered .25µl/hr<br />
<strong>for</strong> 7 days. Rats also were implanted with intra-oral cannula <strong>for</strong> the<br />
infusion of tastants. After recovery from surgery and habituation to the<br />
behavioral arena, rats were videotaped on two successive days during 1min<br />
(.233ml) oral infusions of dH2O, .1M NaCl and .03M HCl on the<br />
first day, and dH2O, .1M sucrose and .003M quinine hydrochloride on<br />
the second day. Ingestive oromotor responses to all chemicals were<br />
similar in all groups, however aversive responses to quinine (e.g. gapes)<br />
were dramatically reduced in rats receiving infusions of 250mM KYN<br />
(mean of 56 vs 2, p<br />
+0.9) but not with responses to MgCl . These results suggest overlap in<br />
2<br />
the coding of bitter taste in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong> the <strong>for</strong>mer three compounds<br />
but heterogeneity in the mechanisms <strong>for</strong> quinine vs. bitter salts,<br />
consistent with taste discrimination studies in rats. Additional bitter<br />
stimuli will be tested. Supported by NIH DC00353.<br />
210 Poster [ ] Bitter Taste<br />
PLC2 KNOCK-OUT MICE DISPLAY LICK AVOIDANCE TO<br />
HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF QUININE AND DENATONIUM<br />
Dotson C.D. 1, Richter T.A. 2, Roper S.D. 2, Spector A.C. 1 1Department of<br />
Psychology and Center <strong>for</strong> Smell and Taste, University of Florida,<br />
Gainesville, FL; 2Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and<br />
Neuroscience Program, University of Miami, Miami, FL<br />
The T1R and T2R families of taste receptors apparently mediate taste<br />
receptor cell responsiveness to “sweet” and “bitter” compounds,<br />
respectively. Yet these two distinct families are believed to share key<br />
components of their signaling pathways, namely TRPM5 ion channels<br />
and an iso<strong>for</strong>m of phospholipase C (PLCβ2). There is evidence that<br />
mutant mice lacking either PLCβ2 or TRPM5 are completely<br />
unresponsive to these compounds. We sought to confirm the behavioral<br />
response characteristics of PLCβ2 knock-out (KO) mice and wild-type<br />
(WT) controls by using a brief-access taste test. Unconditioned licking<br />
responses of KO and WT mice were measured to sucrose (S), sodium<br />
chloride (N), quinine hydrochloride (Q), denatonium benzoate (D), and<br />
citric acid (C). KO mice were unresponsive to S, whereas WT mice<br />
showed concentration-dependent increases in licking. The<br />
concentration-response functions of KO mice were shifted to the right<br />
<strong>for</strong> both Q and D, but these animals nonetheless clearly showed lick<br />
suppression at higher concentrations. There were no significant<br />
differences between the C concentration-response functions from WT<br />
and KO mice. The results <strong>for</strong> N were somewhat more complex, but<br />
differences between WT and KO mice were modest. Thus mice can<br />
respond to higher concentrations of Q and D in the absence of PLCβ2<br />
suggesting that these “bitter” stimuli can activate additional<br />
transduction pathways that do not depend on this enzyme. Supported by<br />
R01-DC01628 (ACS) and R01-DC00374 (SDR).
211 Poster [ ] Bitter Taste<br />
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN T2R<br />
BITTER RECEPTORS.<br />
Sainz E. 1, Battey J.F. 1, Northup J.K. 1, Sullivan S.L. 1 1National Institute<br />
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes<br />
of Health, Rockville, MD<br />
To characterize the functional properties of members of the human<br />
T2R family of bitter receptors, we are using an in vitro reconstitution<br />
assay. Baculoviral expression vectors were constructed with the human<br />
T2R genes and the mouse cycloheximide receptor gene, mT2R5.<br />
Western analyses with cellular membranes isolated from insect cells<br />
infected with these baculoviruses indicate that the membranes are<br />
highly enriched in bitter receptors. To validate our methods, we<br />
demonstrated functional reconstitution of the mT2R5 receptor by the<br />
addition of cycloheximide and purified G proteins to mT2R5-enriched<br />
membranes, as previously reported. We are currently screening orphan<br />
members of the hT2R family with a panel of 60 bitter-tasting<br />
compounds to uncover additional ligand-receptor interactions. Thus far,<br />
we have identified a bitter receptor that selectively responds to<br />
denatonium and another receptor that displays a broader response<br />
profile, responding to several of the bitter-tasting compounds tested.<br />
The pharmacophore <strong>for</strong> the seemingly more promiscuous receptor is<br />
under investigation. Given that the identities and concentrations of both<br />
the ligands and G proteins added in the assay can be controlled, this<br />
approach should allow the quantitative assessments of the ligand<br />
binding properties and the G protein selectivities of these receptors.<br />
This work is supported by the Division of Intramural Research,<br />
NIDCD/NIH/DHHS.<br />
212 Slide [ ] Bitter Taste<br />
THE EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSITY OF BITTER TASTE<br />
Hettinger T.P. 1, Frank M.E. 1 1Oral Diagnosis, Neurosciences, UCONN<br />
Health Center, Farmington, CT<br />
Bitter taste is a complex topic viewed from perspectives of chemical,<br />
receptor, behavioral and species diversity. Many chemically diverse<br />
compounds are bitter to humans, and multiple G-protein coupled<br />
receptors (GPCRs), the T2 candidate bitter receptors, have been<br />
identified. We are conducting a series of studies addressing which of<br />
those compounds may be “bitter” to golden hamsters (Mesocricetus<br />
auratus). Behavioral cross-generalizations indicate that the ionic<br />
denatonium and MgSO4, and non-ionic caffeine and sucrose<br />
octaacetate (SOA) have distinct sensory qualities to hamsters. In<br />
hamsters only the ionic stimuli activate the chorda tympani nerve (CT)<br />
and cross-generalize with quinine, the human bitter prototype. Some<br />
inbred strains of golden hamsters, e.g., ACNT, prefer nonionic SOA<br />
and caffeine, which taste bitter to humans. Hamster behavioral<br />
preference and CT neural thresholds <strong>for</strong> denatonium are 5 orders of<br />
magnitude higher than human thresholds. Thus, although denatonium<br />
may be “bitter” to hamsters and humans, the receptors are likely<br />
species-specific. Simple salts such as MgSO4 are also bitter and other<br />
mechanisms must be considered; nonetheless, candidate T2 GPCRs<br />
likely contribute to the observed bitter diversity within and across<br />
species. By analyzing nucleotide and amino-acid sequences published<br />
in the NCBI genetic database, we are working to develop models to<br />
recognize orthologous (between species) and paralogous (within<br />
species) variation among T2s in order to sort out bitter diversities.<br />
[Supported by NIH grant R01 DC04099]<br />
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213 Poster [ ] Bitter Taste<br />
HIGH RESOLUTION MAPPING OF THE BITTER TASTE<br />
SENSITIVITY LOCUS QUI<br />
Nelson T.M. 1, Munger S.D. 1, Boughter, Jr J.D. 2 1Anat & Neurobiology,<br />
Univ Maryland Sch Med, Baltimore, MD; 2Anat & Neurobiology, Univ<br />
Tennessee Hth Sci Ctr, Memphis, TN<br />
Although several genes have been implicated in the detection and<br />
transduction of taste stimuli, there is still a sizable gap in our<br />
understanding of the mechanisms of taste transduction and sensory<br />
coding, as well as how taste-related genes combine to underlie<br />
behavioral responsiveness. To better understand the genetic basis of<br />
bitter taste behavior, we have sought to identify genes that contribute to<br />
specific bitter taste sensitivities. Using a brief-access taste test, which<br />
minimizes non-gustatory variables, we determined the taste sensitivities<br />
of BXDTy recombinant inbred mouse strains (as well as their parental<br />
strains, C57BL/6J (B6) and DBA/2J (D2)) to several bitter stimuli. Our<br />
initial interval mapping of the BXDTy dataset confirmed a significant<br />
quantitative trait locus (QTL), Qui, <strong>for</strong> quinine taste sensitivity (e.g.,<br />
Lush, 1986) on distal Chr 6. We have defined the physical interval that<br />
contains Qui. This interval includes a cluster of 24 Tas2r genes<br />
encoding T2R putative bitter taste receptors. Comparisons of the<br />
protein coding sequences across B6, D2 and BXDTy lines revealed<br />
distinct B6 and D2 alleles <strong>for</strong> a number of Tas2r genes; these allelic<br />
variants correlate with the taster status of individual BXDTy lines.<br />
These studies should facilitate the identification of major quantitative<br />
trait genes underlying bitter taste. Supported by NIDCD:<br />
DC005786(SDM), DC004935(JDB).<br />
214 Poster [ ] Bitter Taste<br />
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENOTYPES OF THE TAS2R38<br />
GENE AND BITTER PERCEPTION IN<br />
Mennella J.A. 1, Pepino M.Y. 1, Kennedy J.M. 1, Mascioli K.J. 1, Reed<br />
D.R. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
The present study aimed to determine how variation in the TAS2R38<br />
gene influences the gustatory experience and preferences of children<br />
and adults <strong>for</strong> bitterness. To this aim, genotype and behavioral analyses<br />
were per<strong>for</strong>med on 5- to 10-year-old children of African (43 girls, 44<br />
boys) or European (31 girls, 23 boys) descent and their mothers.<br />
Genomic DNA was extracted from cheek cells and alleles of the<br />
TAS2R38 gene were genotyped <strong>for</strong> the variant sites using allelespecific<br />
probes and primers. Forced-choice procedures embedded in the<br />
context of a game were used to determine sensitivity to the bitter taste<br />
of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) during one test session and food habits<br />
during another. Regardless of race, alleles at TAS2R38 were<br />
significantly associated with PROP thresholds in children (p
215 Poster [ ] Bitter Taste<br />
BITTER TASTE MARKERS IDENTIFY SWEET AND<br />
ALCOHOL HEDONICS AND INTAKE<br />
Dinehart M.E. 1, Bartoshuk L. 2, Kinsley E. 1, Duffy V.B. 1 1Dietetics,<br />
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; 2Surgery, Yale University, New<br />
Haven, CT<br />
Human and animal data suggest connections between sweet and<br />
alcohol behaviors. We tested the ability of markers of variation in taste<br />
to identify preference <strong>for</strong> and intake of sweet foods and alcoholic<br />
drinks. Following the pioneering work of Fischer et al from the 1960s,<br />
taste variation was characterized by bitterness of 6-n-propylthiouracil<br />
(PROP) and quinine hydrochloride (QHCl). Bitterness varies<br />
genetically and across the lifespan (eg, hormonally, exposure to taste<br />
pathology). Adults (74 F, 51 M; 22-58 years) used the general Labeled<br />
Magnitude Scale to rate bitterness of 3.2 mM PROP and .32 mM QHCl<br />
and preference <strong>for</strong> sampled and survey sweet foods. Subjects reported<br />
alcohol and sweet food intake via frequency interview and energy from<br />
added sugar via food records analyzed with the USDA Pyramid<br />
Servings Database. Multiple regression revealed that lower preference<br />
<strong>for</strong> or intake of sweets and alcohol was predicted by greater PROP<br />
bitterness but lower QHCl bitterness. Although PROP and QHCl<br />
showed significant correlation, subjects fell into groups that were<br />
discordant in these bitters but nearly matched <strong>for</strong> sex. Those who tasted<br />
QHCl as more bitter relative to PROP (n=23) had significantly greater<br />
preference <strong>for</strong> and intake of sweets and greater alcohol intake than<br />
those who taste PROP as more bitter relative to QHCl (n=24). In<br />
summary, use of both bitter makers increased the ability to explain<br />
sweet and alcohol behaviors. Whether quinine bitterness reflects<br />
another genetic taste variant or an environmentally-mediated pattern of<br />
sensation is unknown. (NRICGP/USDA 2002-00788, NIH DC00283)<br />
216 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
INHIBITION OF ADENYLYL CYCLASE IN LOBSTER<br />
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS ENHANCES CENTRAL<br />
RESPONSES TO ODORS<br />
Aggio J.F. 1, Daly K. 2, Ache B. 1 1The Whitney Laboratory, University of<br />
Florida, St. Augustine, FL; 2Dept. of Entomology, Ohio State<br />
University, Columbus, OH<br />
Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) in some animals can be inhibited<br />
as well as excited by odorants. The question is whether such bipolar<br />
input is functionally significant in olfaction. Pharmacological<br />
intervention of the cyclic nucleotide signaling cascade in lobster ORNs<br />
selectively alters inhibitory responses to odorants. As a first step to<br />
addressing this question, we assessed the effect of blocking adenylyl<br />
cyclase (AC) peripherally on the output of the first olfactory relay, the<br />
olfactory lobe (OL), in a perfused lobster nose-brain preparation. We<br />
show that pharmacologically blocking AC in the periphery had no<br />
effect by itself, but could enhance the response of the OL to odorant<br />
mixtures, consistent with the predicted reduction in odorant-evoked<br />
inhibitory input that should follow AC blockade. Blocking AC could<br />
also enhance the response of the OL to single component odorants.<br />
Given earlier evidence that monomolecular odorants excite and inhibit<br />
different cells, the latter finding suggests that spontaneous activity in<br />
the ORNs may be sufficient to register peripheral inhibition in the OL<br />
in the absence of co-activation by other odorants. Our results suggest<br />
that inhibitory input to the olfactory periphery helps shape the output of<br />
the OL and, there<strong>for</strong>e, potentially contributes to the olfactory code.<br />
Supported by the McDonnell Foundation (BWA, KCD) and the<br />
NIDCD (DC05535, KCD).<br />
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217 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
INTER- AND INTRA-SPECIES ANTENNAL IMAGINAL DISC<br />
TRANSPLANTS: BEHAVIOR, SENSORY AND CENTRAL<br />
OLFACTORY NEUROPHYSIOLOGY<br />
Hillier K.N. 1, Vickers N.J. 1, Linn C. 2 1Biology, University of Utah, Salt<br />
Lake City, UT; 2Entomology, Cornell University, Geneva, NY<br />
Vertebrate and invertebrate organisms share a common feature in<br />
having the primary olfactory neuropil organized into discrete knots<br />
known as glomeruli. The macroglomerular complex (MGC) is a<br />
sexually dimorphic cluster of male-specific, pheromone-receptive<br />
glomeruli that is configured differently between moth species. The<br />
physiology and arrangement of MGC glomeruli is dictated, in part, by<br />
the antennal imaginal disc. We have previously demonstrated that premetamorphic<br />
inter-species transplantation of antennal imaginal discs<br />
resulted in the development of a 'donor' type MGC. Our current study<br />
seeks to gain further insight into the factors affecting changes in<br />
olfactory physiology and behavior through unilateral transplantation of:<br />
a) a Heliothis virescens disc into Helicoverpa zea (V-Zr), and b) a H.<br />
virescens disc into a H. virescens recipient (V-Vr). To test moth<br />
behavioral discrimination, unoperated antennae were removed and the<br />
ability of moths to differentiate between each species' pheromone<br />
blends was tested in a wind tunnel. Both transplant types had similar,<br />
unusual sensory neurons tuned to Z9-16:Ald, an essential component of<br />
the normal H. zea pheromone blend. However, only V-Zr males<br />
responded behaviorally to blends containing this compound. Cobaltlysine<br />
stains of the sensilla housing these unexpected sensory neurons<br />
and recordings from central interneurons suggested that this behavioral<br />
difference was the result of the specific MGC glomeruli activated by<br />
this compound. Supported by NIH-1 R55 DC04443-01 to CEL<br />
218 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
MACROGLOMERULI IN THE WORKER CASTE OF LEAF-<br />
CUTTING ANTS<br />
Kleineidam C.J. 1, Obermayer M. 1, Halbich W. 1, Roessler W. 1<br />
1University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany<br />
Workers of leaf-cutting ants express an extraordinary size<br />
polymorphism with a factor of 1000 in body mass. Foraging workers<br />
show less variation but still can be discriminated in minor and medium<br />
workers. We asked the question whether these workers differ in a) their<br />
morphology of the first olfactory neuropil, the antennal lobe, b) their<br />
olfactorial behavior to trail pheromones and c) their receptor neuron<br />
response to trail pheromones. We found, <strong>for</strong> the first time in nonsexual<br />
individuals, a greatly enlarged glomerulus. The comparison of two<br />
closely related species Atta sexdens and Atta vollenweideri by 3Dreconstructions<br />
of the antennal lobes revealed striking similarities as<br />
well as very distinct differences in the arrangement of macroglomeruli<br />
among the two species. Size polymorphism is found in antennal lobe<br />
structures, the glomeruli. While medium workers have a<br />
macroglomerulus, the glomeruli of the minor workers are all of similar<br />
size. We tested the antenna in EAGs with two common and main<br />
components of the trail pheromone of leaf-cutting ants (4-Methylpyrrol-<br />
2-Carboxylat and 2-Ethyl-3,5-Dimethylpyrazine) and found that the<br />
relative response to those two components differs significantly. If a<br />
larger glomerulus reflects a larger number of terminating receptor<br />
neurons, this result supports the idea that the macroglomerulus is<br />
involved in trail detection. In behavioral tests we found that trail<br />
following behavior is somewhat lower in minor workers than in<br />
medium workers. Surprisingly, in a choice experiment with gland<br />
extracts of nestmates and of the comparison species the minor workers<br />
outper<strong>for</strong>med the medium workers. Funding: DFG; SFB 554
219 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
THE EFFECTS OF STIMULUS DYNAMICS ON OLFACTORY<br />
LOBE RESPONSES IN THE CRAYFISH, PROCAMBARUS<br />
CLARKII USING ENSEMBLE RECORDING TECHNIQUES<br />
Wolf M. 1, Daly K. 2, Moore P.A. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, Bowling Green<br />
State University, Bowling Green, OH; 2Entomology, Ohio State<br />
University, Columbus, OH<br />
Two major issues facing sensory ecologists are how olfactory<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation is coded in the nervous system and that in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
correlates with behavior. Behavioral results from our lab indicate that<br />
crayfish are sensitive and respond to temporal components of an odor<br />
signal. As such, we expect to find that underlying this sensitivity to<br />
stimulus dynamics, are neural correlates evident within the olfactory<br />
system. Thus, in this preliminary study, we investigated how the<br />
temporal aspects of an odor signal are coded in the olfactory lobe of the<br />
crayfish. Neural ensemble recordings were made on an isolated head<br />
preparation perfused with oxygenated crayfish saline. Silicon<br />
multichannel electrode arrays were inserted into the olfactory lobe of<br />
the crayfish brain. The medial antennule was placed into an<br />
olfactometer and stimulated with 3 types of stimuli; glutamate, glycine,<br />
and shrimp extract. The stimuli were presented at a specific molar<br />
concentration (10-5 M) and duration (500 ms), varying only the<br />
intermittency between odor pulses. Our results suggest that coordinated<br />
clusters of units, which collectively produced odor-dependent responses<br />
but these responses were further dependent on stimulus intermittency.<br />
These results are consistent with our behavioral data demonstrating that<br />
crayfish are sensitive to the manner in which odors are experienced.<br />
This work was supported by the McDonnell Foundation (KCD),<br />
NIDCD-DC05535, KCD and a Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of research<br />
(MCW)<br />
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220 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
THE EFFECT OF STIMULUS DURATION ON EUCLIDIAN<br />
RESPONSE DISTANCE MEASURES OF ODOR<br />
DISCRIMINATION ACROSS ANTENNAL LOBE<br />
POPULATIONS IN MANDUCA SEXTA.<br />
Daly K.C. 1, Smith B.H. 1 1Entomology, Ohio State University,<br />
Columbus, OH<br />
Behavioral studies suggest that animals such as the moth Manduca<br />
sexta perceive subtle differences between odorant based on changes<br />
molecular features such a carbon chain length. Recent theories of<br />
temporal coding predict that closely related odors are “decomposed”<br />
over time and that longer duration stimulations should provide<br />
additional in<strong>for</strong>mation used by the antennal lobe (AL) or olfactory bulb<br />
to enhance discrimination. To test this we measured the degree to which<br />
AL ensembles could statistically discriminate closely related odors as a<br />
function of increasing stimulus duration. Multiunit recordings from<br />
moths ALs were analyzed in response to 6 alcohols and ketones that<br />
were repeatedly presented at odor pulse durations ranging from 50 to<br />
4000 ms. Principle Components Analysis, on binned data (10ms),<br />
extracted orthogonal factors each representing a collection of units with<br />
common and coordinated responses. General Linear Modeling<br />
identified factors with odor-dependent temporal effects (p< 0.001).<br />
Odor-dependent factors were treated as independent dimensions and the<br />
Euclidian distance between odor responses at bin was calculated in a<br />
high dimensional space. We find that population trajectories rapidly<br />
peak (animal specific ~120-240 ms) and does so at the same time<br />
irrespective of stimulus duration. For longer durations, trajectories do<br />
tend to stay separated <strong>for</strong> the duration of the pulse length. These<br />
preliminary results suggest that olfactory systems have the capacity to<br />
represent odorant identity of subtly different odors rapidly. Supported<br />
by NIH-NCRR; RR14166-06 (BS) & NIH-NIDCD; DC05535-01 and<br />
the McDonnell Foundation (KD)<br />
221 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
CHARACTERIZATION OF LABELED CELLS IN THE<br />
OLFACTORY BULB OF TRANSGENIC ZEBRAFISH<br />
EXPRESSING THE SIMIAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (SCMV)<br />
PROMOTER<br />
Fuller C.L. 1, Suhr S.T. 2, Goldman D.J. 2, Byrd C.A. 1 1Biological<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong>, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI; 2Mental<br />
Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI<br />
The CMV promoter is commonly used <strong>for</strong> the production of<br />
transgenic animals due to its effective and essentially ubiquitous<br />
expression. We used a simian CMV promoter to drive the expression of<br />
a fluorescent reporter protein, dsRed, in zebrafish. Expression of the<br />
sCMV promoter has been confirmed in several regions throughout the<br />
nervous system including a specific subset of cells in the olfactory bulb.<br />
These olfactory bulb cells were among the first to express the transgene<br />
early in development. The purpose of this study was to examine the<br />
morphology, distribution, and identity of the labeled cells in the<br />
olfactory bulb using confocal microscopy, immunocytochemistry, and<br />
retrograde tract-tracing methods. The labeled cells have teardropshaped<br />
somata that are 5-10 microns in diameter. The cell bodies are<br />
found throughout the glomerular and superficial internal cell layers, and<br />
they possess a single prominent process containing tufts in the<br />
glomerular layer. Although these cells are found in the same location as<br />
mitral cells, they do not appear to be output neurons since retrograde<br />
labeling of the olfactory tracts with a fluorescent dextran identifies a<br />
different subset of bulbar cells. We are continuing our exploration of<br />
the identity of the bulbar neurons that are labeled in these transgenic<br />
zebrafish.<br />
Supported by NIH DC04262 (CAB) and a grant from the Hereditary<br />
Disease Foundation: Cure Huntington´s Disease Initiative (STS).
222 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
CADHERIN AND CATENIN EXPRESSION IN THE<br />
OLFACTORY NERVE<br />
Akins M. 1, Greer C.A. 2 1Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven,<br />
CT; 2Neurobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT<br />
Olfactory sensory neurons extend axons to the olfactory bulb, where<br />
they <strong>for</strong>m the olfactory nerve layer (ONL), which is subdivided into<br />
outer (ONLo) and inner (ONLi) sublaminae. In the ONLo axons<br />
primarily undergo extension and gross targeting while targeting specific<br />
glomeruli occurs within the ONLi. Mechanisms <strong>for</strong> differential axoaxonal<br />
adhesion within the ONLi versus the ONLo are not known.<br />
However, the cadherin family of molecules are candidates. Together<br />
with their intracellular binding partners, the catenins, they mediate<br />
homotypic cell-cell adhesion and have been implicated in many roles<br />
during neural development, including axonal extension and specific<br />
circuit <strong>for</strong>mation. Using immunohistochemistry, we have localized Ncadherin<br />
(CDH2) and several catenins in the mouse olfactory pathway.<br />
CDH2 and several catenins are more strongly expressed in the ONLo<br />
than the ONLi during perinatal development, a pattern that is absent in<br />
adulthood. γ-Catenin, which binds directly to cadherins and links to the<br />
cytoskeleton, is expressed strongly in the ONLo, as is δ-catenin, which<br />
binds directly to cadherins and modulates their function. In contrast βcatenin,<br />
which competes with γ-catenin <strong>for</strong> cadherin binding, is<br />
expressed uni<strong>for</strong>mly in the ONLo and ONLi, as is p120-catenin, which<br />
competes with δ-catenin. These findings suggest the presence of two<br />
different cadherin-based adhesion systems in the ONL, one of which<br />
contains CDH2, γ-catenin, and δ-catenin and helps restrict axons to the<br />
ONLo during extension. Preliminary evidence further suggests that<br />
intermediate filaments may be involved in the function of this adhesion<br />
system.<br />
DC006335, DC00210<br />
223 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
ACTION POTENTIAL BACKPROPAGATION AND MODULAR<br />
PROCESSING OF VOMERONASAL RECEPTOR INPUT IN<br />
RAT ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB<br />
Ma J. 1, Lowe G. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
In main olfactory bulb, receptor cells expressing one OR gene project<br />
to unique paired glomeruli. Mitral cells link to single glomeruli via<br />
simple primary dendrites which reliably propagate action potentials.<br />
Accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) exhibits more complex wiring:<br />
sensory neurons (VSNs) expressing one VR gene make divergent<br />
projections to many glomeruli, and mitral cells link to multiple<br />
glomeruli via branched primary dendrites. We applied Ca-imaging to<br />
track backpropagating action potentials (BPAPs) in rat AOB primary<br />
dendrites. Under whole-cell dialysis with 100 µM Ca-orange, somatic<br />
spike-evoked fluorescent signals were detected over the entire dendritic<br />
tree; ∆F/F was nearly constant on all branches from soma to glomeruli.<br />
Backpropagation relied on Na + channels: in 1 µM TTX, somatic AP<br />
voltage-clamp commands evoked dendritic Ca-transients that declined<br />
significantly with distance compared to current-clamp controls. Dual<br />
soma-dendrite recording confirmed that BPAPs were unattenuated,<br />
while subthreshold voltage transients declined markedly. Ca-transients<br />
were not significantly altered by 100 µM APV or 50 µM bicuculline,<br />
suggesting BPAPs are unaffected by local synaptic input. Genetic<br />
tracing in AOB has suggested homotypic connectivity - individual<br />
dendritic arbors project only to glomeruli targeted by VSNs expressing<br />
the same VR gene. Non-decremental, non-dichotomous<br />
backpropagation in AOB primary dendrites ensures fast, reliable<br />
communication between mitral cells and their homotypic glomeruli,<br />
binding them into coherent modules in accordance with their VR-coded<br />
inputs. Supported by NIDCD DC04208 (GL).<br />
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224 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
MITRAL/TUFTED AND GRANULE CELL RESPONSE<br />
SPECIFICITY IN THE MOUSE OLFACTORY BULB.<br />
Davison I.G. 1, Shtoyerman E. 1, Katz L.C. 1 1Dept. of Neurobiology,<br />
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC<br />
Odor representations passed from the olfactory bulb to higher brain<br />
centers are contained in the firing patterns of olfactory bulb<br />
mitral/tufted (M/T) neurons. The degree of stimulus specificity of M/T<br />
neurons has important implications <strong>for</strong> distinguishing between<br />
competing hypotheses of olfactory coding. Assessing stimulus<br />
specificity has been difficult due to the huge size of `odor space´: the<br />
range of potentially active volatile chemicals that could activate a<br />
neuron. To examine M/T response specificity, we use a computercontrolled,<br />
robotic odor delivery system that allows fast and simple<br />
application of hundreds of odorants with precisely controlled dilution<br />
and timing. Extracellular single unit recordings from the mouse OB in<br />
vivo, using odorant concentrations within a behaviorally relevant range,<br />
revealed that M/T responses are extremely specific. When presented<br />
with a large panel of structurally diverse and closely related categories,<br />
M/T neurons typically respond to
226 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
ONTOGENY OF ODOR DISCRIMINATION<br />
Fletcher M. 1, Wilson D. 1 1Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman,<br />
OK<br />
Individual olfactory bulb mitral/tufted cells respond preferentially to<br />
groups of molecularly similar odorants. Bulbar interneurons are<br />
thought to influence mitral/tufted odorant receptive fields (RFs) through<br />
mechanisms such as lateral inhibition. Infant rats, however, lack a<br />
majority of these inhibitory interneurons until the second week of life.<br />
It is unclear if these developmental differences affect mitral/tufted RFs<br />
or affect behavioral odor discrimination. The following experiments<br />
aimed at better understanding olfactory bulb mitral/tufted cell receptive<br />
fields, odor coding, and behavioral odor discrimination in the<br />
developing olfactory system.<br />
Single-unit and local field potential recordings were made from<br />
mitral/tufted cells of freely breathing urethane-anesthetized rats (PN4 –<br />
adult). RFs to a homologous series of esters of different carbon chain<br />
lengths were mapped <strong>for</strong> each age group. Odorants were equated <strong>for</strong><br />
concentration (150 PPM) using a flow dilution olfactometer.<br />
Preliminary results suggest minimal differences between infant and<br />
adult single-unit mitral/tufted RFs. However, odor-evoked local field<br />
potential oscillations showed a strong age-dependent change in<br />
dominant frequency over the age range tested. Behavioral odor<br />
discrimination to the same set of odorants is currently being examined<br />
using our cardiac orienting response paradigm, which is effective even<br />
in very young (PN4) animals.<br />
Supported by: DC03906 to DAW and F31 DC006126 to MLF<br />
227 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
EFFECTS OF FUNCTIONAL GROUP POSITION ON<br />
GLOMERULAR ACTIVATION PATTERNS EVOKED BY<br />
ESTER AND ALCOHOL ODORANTS.<br />
Johnson B.A. 1, Leon M. 1 1Neurobiology and Behavior, University of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Irvine, Irvine, CA<br />
Studies of the relationship between odorant structure and bulbar<br />
activity patterns have identified glomerular modules that recognize<br />
discrete odorant molecular features such as functional groups. In the<br />
present experiments, we asked if the position of functional groups<br />
within odorants influences spatial activity patterns. By mapping uptake<br />
of [14C]2-deoxyglucose across the entire glomerular layer, we<br />
compared the influences of functional group position and carbon<br />
number using systematically differing series of 21 alcohols and 16<br />
esters. Along every carbon number and positional series,<br />
representations were chemotopic, with the most similar chemicals<br />
evoking the most similar patterns. However, the relative impact of the<br />
position of the functional group differed greatly <strong>for</strong> esters and alcohols.<br />
Changing the position of the ester functional group determined whether<br />
or not particular glomerular modules were activated, but caused only<br />
small differences in the overall glomerular activity pattern. In contrast,<br />
changing the position of the alcohol functional group evoked very<br />
distinct patterns involving entirely different groups of glomerular<br />
modules. Thus, the position of functional groups is an important feature<br />
determining patterns of glomerular activity, although the nature of the<br />
difference in the evoked response depends on the functional group.<br />
Supported by grant DC03545.<br />
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228 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
RESPONSES TO KETONES ARE NOT ORGANIZED<br />
CHEMOTOPICALLY WITHIN A KETONE-RESPONSIVE<br />
GLOMERULAR MODULE.<br />
Farahbod H. 1, Johnson B.A. 1, Leon M. 1 1Neurobiology and Behavior,<br />
University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Irvine, Irvine, CA<br />
We have shown previously that every odorant activates a unique<br />
combination of glomerular modules in the rat olfactory bulb. Some of<br />
the modules appear to respond to a range of odorant molecules sharing<br />
a chemical feature such as a functional group. Within modules<br />
responding to aldehydes, alcohols, and acids, responses are arranged<br />
chemotopically with respect to molecular length. Ketones activate a<br />
module located dorsomedially in the bulb and in the present study, we<br />
investigated the possibility of a chemotopic organization within this<br />
module. We mapped uptake of radiolabeled 2-deoxyglucose in the<br />
olfactory bulbs of rats during stimulation by straight-chain ketone<br />
odorants that differed systematically in their carbon numbers (2pentanone<br />
to 2-undecanone) or in the position of their carbonyl group<br />
(2- and 3-hexanone and 2-, 3-, and 4-heptanone). As the carbon number<br />
increased, the pattern of activity in the posteriolateral, and medial parts<br />
of the bulb shifted toward ventral positions. However, unlike the<br />
responses of other functional groups, there was no change in the<br />
location of the responses within the ketone-responsive module as<br />
carbon number increased. Changing the position of other functional<br />
groups has been shown to affect odorant response patterns, but such<br />
changes were not seen within the ketone-responsive module. These data<br />
indicate that the organization of responses within the olfactory system<br />
differs across odorant functional groups. Supported by grant DC03545.<br />
229 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
INFORMATICS TOOLS FOR GLOBAL MAPPING OF ODOR-<br />
INDUCED NEURAL ACTIVITY IN THE GLOMERULAR<br />
LAYER OF THE RODENT OLFACTORY BULB<br />
Liu N. 1, Xu F. 2, Shepherd G.M. 2, Miller P.L. 1 1Center <strong>for</strong> Medical<br />
In<strong>for</strong>matics, Yale University, New Haven, CT; 2Neurobiology, Yale<br />
University, New Haven, CT<br />
Aims: We are developing computer software tools, OdorMapBuilder<br />
and OdorMapComparer, to generate and analyze odor maps in the<br />
rodent olfactory system. Methods: The software programs are written in<br />
the Java programming language. OdorMapBuilder allows users to trace<br />
the glomerular layer in a MRI slab, which then serves as a template <strong>for</strong><br />
the glomerular fMRI density slab. The patterns from all slabs are<br />
combined into a 2D map image. Each position in the odor map<br />
represents a unique site in the OB glomerular layer, with its optical<br />
density representing the neural activity. To aid in analyzing the maps,<br />
OdorMapComparer allows users to import two maps onto a framed<br />
canvas, per<strong>for</strong>m warping, and carry out simple addition, subtraction and<br />
statistical analysis between the two images. Results: The programs<br />
provide a user-friendly interface with a rich set of menus.<br />
OdorMapBuilder generates odor maps in different perspectives: dorsal,<br />
lateral, ventral and medial. The map images can be saved in JPEG and<br />
GIF <strong>for</strong>mat or exported as raw pixel data. OdorMapComparer enables<br />
quantitative comparisons of two images and calculations of the<br />
difference or additive effects of any two odor maps. Conclusions: The<br />
present study illustrates the critical role of in<strong>for</strong>matics tools in<br />
analyzing the neural basis of the olfactory processing. In addition to<br />
fMRI data, these tools also apply to 3D data obtained using other<br />
methods. Acknowledgments: Supported by the Human Brain Project<br />
and the National Library of Medicine.
230 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
LATERAL INHIBITION: IT MAKES SCENTS AS A<br />
NEURONAL CODING STRATEGY IN OLFACTION<br />
Lei H. 1, Reisenman C. 1, Christensen T.A. 1, Hildebrand J.G. 1 1ARL Div.<br />
of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<br />
There is good evidence that the primary representation of an<br />
olfactory stimulus is shaped by inhibitory interactions between<br />
glomeruli, but there are few olfactory systems in which the odor-tuning<br />
properties of identifiable and accessible glomeruli are known. The moth<br />
antennal lobe contains a small number of sexually dimorphic glomeruli:<br />
the macroglomerular complex (MGC) in males and the large female<br />
glomeruli (LFGs) in females, and evidence is increasing that the MGC,<br />
LFGs, and the remaining glomeruli share similar principles of synaptic<br />
organization. To test this idea further, we used intracellular recording<br />
and staining to examine the odor-evoked responses of projection<br />
neurons (PNs) innervating spatially identifiable glomeruli in both sexes.<br />
In males, our earlier results showed that the synchronous firing of PNs<br />
innervating one MGC glomerulus is modulated by local inhibition from<br />
the neighboring glomerulus. Similarly, in females, we found that PNs<br />
innervating one identifiable glomerulus (G40) were depolarized<br />
selectively by cis-3-hexenyl acetate, while PNs innervating the lateral<br />
LFG (which neighbors G40) were activated selectively by (+)linalool.<br />
In contrast, (±)linalool evoked a rapid inhibitory potential in PNs<br />
innervating the adjacent G40 glomerulus. Similarly, (+) but not (-)<br />
linalool also evoked an IPSP in medial LFG-PNs. These results provide<br />
direct evidence <strong>for</strong> odor-mediated, lateral inhibitory interactions<br />
between glomeruli in both the pheromonal and non-pheromonal<br />
olfactory subsystems in this insect. Pharmacological tests that<br />
selectively influence GABAergic transmission are expected to shed<br />
light on the neurochemical basis <strong>for</strong> these inhibitory synaptic<br />
interactions.<br />
Supported by grants from the NIH/NIDCD<br />
231 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
CONFIGURATIONAL AND ELEMENTAL ODOR MIXTURE<br />
PERCEPTION CAN ARISE FROM LOCAL INHIBITION<br />
Cleland T. 1, Linster C. 1 1Cornell University*, Ithaca, NY<br />
Contrast enhancement via lateral inhibitory circuits is a common<br />
mechanism in sensory systems. We here employ a computational model<br />
to show that, in addition to shaping experimentally observed molecular<br />
receptive fields in the olfactory bulb, functionally lateral inhibitory<br />
circuits can also mediate the elemental and configurational properties of<br />
odor mixture perception. To the extent that odor perception can be<br />
predicted by slow-timescale neural activation patterns in the olfactory<br />
bulb, and to the extent that interglomerular inhibitory projections map<br />
onto a space of odorant similarity, the model shows that these inhibitory<br />
processes in the olfactory bulb suffice to generate the behaviorally<br />
observed inverse relationship between two odorants´ perceptual<br />
similarities and the perceptual similarities between either of these same<br />
odorants and their binary mixture.<br />
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232 Slide [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
HIGH-DIMENSIONAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT IN<br />
ODOR SPACE<br />
Cleland T.A. 1, Sethupathy P. 1 1Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell<br />
University*, Ithaca, NY<br />
The topographical mapping of external stimulus spaces is a common<br />
principle of neural organization, and contributes to sensory input<br />
processing by facilitating contrast enhancement mechanisms such as<br />
center-surround lateral inhibition. This process requires that the<br />
intrinsic topology of the contrast enhancement mechanism match the<br />
underlying topology of the sensory space upon which it acts. For<br />
example, the spatial contrast of retinal images is enhanced by lateral<br />
inhibitory projections along the two dimensions of the retinal field, and<br />
auditory frequency tuning in the inferior colliculus is similarly<br />
sharpened by lateral inhibition along the single dimension of frequency<br />
space.<br />
Contrast enhancement in the olfactory system is believed to<br />
sharpen odor quality representations, which map onto an indeterminate<br />
but certainly high-dimensional sensory space. This high-dimensional<br />
odor space must map onto functionally two-dimensional neural cortices<br />
while retaining unambiguous high-dimensional similarity relationships<br />
that are common among conspecifics; hence, physical proximity cannot<br />
reliably connote stimulus similarity. For a "lateral-inhibitory"<br />
mechanism of contrast enhancement to function, bulbar activation by a<br />
given odorant feature must specifically inhibit numerous other bulbar<br />
regions activated by chemically similar odorant features and sparsely<br />
distributed in space; current models have not addressed the scope of this<br />
fundamentally high-dimensional problem. We here propose and<br />
demonstrate a novel bulbar mechanism <strong>for</strong> such hyperlateral inhibition<br />
in odor similarity space, and challenge this model with evidence from<br />
the experimental literature.<br />
233 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Coding<br />
GLOMERULAR ON-OFF MODEL OF OLFACTORY CODING<br />
Rinberg D. 1, Gelperin A. 1, Koulakov A. 2 1Monell chemical Senses<br />
Center, Philadelphia, PA; 2Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold<br />
Spring Harbor, NY<br />
We present a model <strong>for</strong> olfactory coding based on spatial<br />
representation of glomerular responses. In this model distinct odorants<br />
activate specific subsets of glomeruli, dependent upon the odorant´s<br />
concentration. The glomerular response specificities are understood<br />
statistically, based on experimentally measured distributions of odor<br />
detection thresholds. A simple version of the model, in which<br />
glomerular responses are binary (the on-off model), allows us to<br />
quantitatively account <strong>for</strong> the following results of human/rodent<br />
psychophysics: 1) just noticeable differences in perceived concentration<br />
of a single odor (Weber ratios) are dC/C ~ 0.1; 2) the number of<br />
simultaneously perceived odors can be as high as 12 (Jinks & Laing,<br />
1999); 3) extensive lesions of the olfactory bulb do not lead to<br />
significant changes in detection or discrimination thresholds. A more<br />
detailed model allows us to reproduce closely the conditional<br />
probabilities obtained in human psychophysical experiments on<br />
perception of complex odors.
234 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
UNDERSTANDING CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION UNDER<br />
LOTIC AND LENTIC CONDITIONS IN THE LABORATORY<br />
WITH CRAYFISH<br />
Redman C. 1, Bergman D.A. 1, Moore P.A. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>,<br />
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH<br />
The physics of environments can structure how animals send and<br />
receive signals. In fact, habitat specific physics may constrain signal<br />
transmission and provide a mechanism <strong>for</strong> evolutionary sensory biases.<br />
This experiment investigates how the use of chemical (olfactory)<br />
signals to convey social signals is influenced by environmental physics.<br />
If environments can place constraints upon chemical communication,<br />
then we would predict that crayfish found in lotic (flowing water)<br />
systems should be adapted <strong>for</strong> more effective communication within<br />
this environment and crayfish in lentic (low or no flow) systems should<br />
be adapted <strong>for</strong> effective communication in this environment. This<br />
hypothesis extends the “Matched Filter” idea of Wehner to the level of<br />
behavior. We hypothesize that crayfish are influenced by the<br />
environment, thus dominant crayfish collected from lotic systems will<br />
take residence upstream in the flow, whereas under lentic (no flow)<br />
conditions the position of dominant individuals will be random. Lotic<br />
conditions consisted of two flow regimes (5 cm/s and 10 cm/s) and<br />
lentic conditions had no flow (0 cm/s). A second experiment<br />
demonstrated when urine was released under these conditions. The<br />
crayfish received an injection of 0.1% sodium Fluorescein at a dose of<br />
2-6 ug g-1 body mass. The Fluorescein injection results in the<br />
visualization of urine released during the course of an agonistic bout.<br />
This section of the study examined the ability to project urine in the<br />
different flow regimes. This study is a model <strong>for</strong> elucidating how<br />
environments structure communication systems and also whether<br />
crayfish release urine in manner that suggests that the signal is<br />
deliberately released to communicate status.<br />
235 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
HPLC ANALYSIS OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF<br />
URINE IN THE CRAYFISH, ORCONECTES RUSTICUS<br />
Martin A. 1, Bergman D. 1, Moore P.A. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, Bowling<br />
Green State University, Bowling Green, OH<br />
Social communication is important <strong>for</strong> the <strong>for</strong>mation of social<br />
hierarchies in crayfish. Communication uses various sensory modalities<br />
that play a role in establishing these relationships. In crayfish,<br />
chemoreception has been found to play an important role in the<br />
development and maintenance of social hierarchies. During an agonistic<br />
bout, urine is released from the nephropores and is propelled in the<br />
anterior direction toward a conspecific by use of the fan organs<br />
(maxillae and maxillipeds). Conspecifics detect chemical signals with<br />
two pairs of antennules. Previous work has been done on the frequency<br />
and duration of urine releases during agonistic bouts between crayfish.<br />
The results show that dominant crayfish have a longer duration and<br />
more frequent release of urine than subordinates. However, there may<br />
also be differences in the chemical composition of urine in dominant<br />
and subordinate animals, perhaps due to intrinsic variability. This<br />
project used HPLC to examine the different chemical components<br />
present within the urine of dominant and subordinate individuals. The<br />
social status and previous social experience of crayfish altered the<br />
presence or absence of chemical cues within the urine. In addition, the<br />
quantity of urine released differed between dominant and subordinate<br />
crayfish. There<strong>for</strong>e, social status alters the composition of chemicals<br />
within urine. Consequently, it appears as if crayfish can alter the<br />
behavior of conspecifics by releasing urine during a fight, and that this<br />
urine may be a true indicator of social status and fighting ability.<br />
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236 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
THE UTILIZATION OF THE MAJOR CHELAE BY MALE<br />
CRAYFISH (ORCONECTES RUSTICUS) FOR DETECTING<br />
FEMALE PHEROMONES<br />
Belanger R.M. 1, Moore P.A. 1 1J.P. Scott Center <strong>for</strong> Neuroscience,<br />
Mind & Behavior, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH<br />
The abundance and spatial distribution of the sensory hairs of the<br />
major chelae of the crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) are dependent upon<br />
the sex and reproductive <strong>for</strong>m of the crayfish. It has been previously<br />
demonstrated that the major chelae may have chemosensory abilities<br />
that function to detect pheromones or mating signals. Given these<br />
previous results, we determined if <strong>for</strong>m I (reproductive) male crayfish<br />
use their major chelae to detect potential female pheromones in order to<br />
locate potential mates. This study provides a link between the previous<br />
morphological studies and reproductive behavior. We videotaped and<br />
analyzed the behavioral reactions of <strong>for</strong>m I males (N=20) to female<br />
conditioned water (N=6), male conditioned water (N=6), and control<br />
water. Following this, we used males that had their chelae sensory<br />
deprived (lesioned) by coating them with super glue. We found that<br />
unlesioned <strong>for</strong>m I males responded significantly more (P = 0.02) to<br />
female odor than males with lesioned chelae (P = 0.61). These results<br />
clearly show that the major chelae serve a chemosensory function that<br />
is related to distinguishing sex in crayfish. It may be possible that the<br />
chelae also play a chemosensory role in mate localization and courtship<br />
behavior.<br />
237 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION IN THE LOBSTER, HOMARUS<br />
AMERICANUS: THE LOSER REMEMBERS<br />
Steinbach M.A. 1, Atema J. 1 1Biology, Boston University, Woods Hole,<br />
MA<br />
Lobsters can distinguish conspecifics individually by odor, and use<br />
this in<strong>for</strong>mation, carried in the urine, to establish their social structure<br />
through a series of agonistic encounters. In the first encounter,<br />
unfamiliar lobsters learn the individual odortype of their opponents. In<br />
second and subsequent encounters, they do not engage in highly<br />
aggressive interactions. In this study, we questioned which of an<br />
agonistic pair makes the decision not to fight a second time. We paired<br />
male lobsters in two successive boxing matches. Be<strong>for</strong>e the second<br />
fight, we disabled the critical antennular chemoreceptors of either the<br />
winner or the loser of fight one. The effects of the lesion on the<br />
behavior of both animals as well as the overall characteristics of the<br />
fight were recorded. Results show that when the subordinate´s<br />
chemoreceptors are disabled and the dominant remains intact, all<br />
behaviors and fight characteristics remain largely the same in fight two<br />
as in fight one. In two cases, the lesioned loser of fight one beat his<br />
dominant in fight two, thus overturning their dominance relationship.<br />
When the winner´s nose is disabled and the loser remains intact,<br />
however, the duration of the fight and all other measures of aggression<br />
decrease significantly <strong>for</strong> both winner and loser. These findings<br />
confirm that the loser of a fight determines the intensity of subsequent<br />
fights, fleeing significantly sooner and more often, thereby eliciting less<br />
aggression from the winner.
238 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
CHEMICAL SIGNALS AND CHEMOSENSORY PATHWAYS<br />
INVOLVED IN SPINY LOBSTER SHELTERING BEHAVIOR<br />
Horner A.J. 1, Nickles S.P. 1, Derby C.D. 1 1Biology, Georgia State<br />
University, Atlanta, GA<br />
The chemosensory system of the Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus<br />
argus) is organized into two parallel pathways that originate in different<br />
populations of antennular sensilla and project to specific neuropils in<br />
the brain. Although unique roles <strong>for</strong> each pathway in olfactory mediated<br />
behaviors have not been described in lobsters, work on other<br />
crustaceans suggests that the pathways may have different roles in the<br />
detection of intraspecific signals. Caribbean spiny lobsters are<br />
gregarious animals that often shelter together in communal dens.<br />
Several previous studies have demonstrated that this aggregation<br />
behavior is mediated by chemical signals released from sheltering<br />
conspecifics. However, the nature of the aggregation signal and the<br />
chemosensory pathways involved in its detection are currently<br />
unknown. We developed a shelter choice assay in a large seawater<br />
flume and examined the sheltering behavior of lobsters in response to a<br />
range of odorants including diluted conspecific urine (pheromone) and<br />
its chemical fractions, shrimp extract (food), and octopus odor<br />
(predator). Lobsters sheltered preferentially with diluted conspecific<br />
urine, showed no preference <strong>for</strong> the shrimp odor and avoided shelters<br />
with octopus odor. Thus sheltering behavior is specific to conspecific<br />
odors, and the aggregation signal is contained within urine. At present<br />
we are attempting to chemically characterize the aggregation<br />
pheromone, and we are also examining the importance of each of the<br />
chemosensory pathways in this behavior through selective ablation of<br />
different populations of antennular sensilla. Supported by NSF IBN-<br />
0077474<br />
239 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
IN SEARCH OF SEX PHEROMONES IN BLUE CRABS<br />
Kamio M. 1, Kubanek J. 2, Derby C.D. 1 1Biology, Georgia State<br />
University, Atlanta, GA; 2Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology,<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
Blue crab Callinectes sapidus premolt females release a sex<br />
pheromone in their urine. Males detect this pheromone using antennular<br />
sensors, resulting in mating behaviors that include precopulatory<br />
display (rhythmic waving of swimming legs) and grabbing and<br />
guarding the female. Male crab also releases a sex pheromone that<br />
attracts premolt females (R.A Gleeson in Crustacean Sexual Biology,<br />
Columbia Univ. Press, 1991). The molecular identity of these<br />
pheromones remains unknown. The goal of our study is to identify<br />
these molecules using bioassay guided fractionation and analysis of<br />
differences in the composition of male and female urine. We collected<br />
female and male urine and separated them by ultrafiltration into three<br />
molecular weight fractions: 1000 Da (large). Small and middle fractions of female urine<br />
induced male precopulatory display as well as standing high on legs,<br />
spreading chelae, and grasping. These same size fractions of male urine<br />
induced males to per<strong>for</strong>m all of these behaviors except precopulatory<br />
display. These results indicate that female urine contains a sex-specific<br />
pheromone, and male crab urine contains other chemicals such as<br />
species- or male-specific odors that stimulate agonistic behavior in<br />
other males, or even non-specific odors. Our results also show that the<br />
sex pheromone is either a single molecule ca. 500 Da or mixture of<br />
molecules including some
242 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
NEW INSIGHTS ON THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND ODOR<br />
FUNCTION OF A TANGERINE-SCENTED SEABIRD<br />
Kett L. 1, Hagelin J. 1, Rasmussen L. 2 1Department of Biology,<br />
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; 2Biochemistry and Molecular<br />
Biology, Oregon Graduate Institute, Beaverton, OR<br />
The crested auklet (Aethia cristatella ) is an arctic seabird that emits<br />
a tangerine-scented odor during breeding (Hagelin et al., 2003). Birds<br />
rub their beaks in the scented nape of a display partner, providing a<br />
possible mechanism <strong>for</strong> odor assessment. The exact social function of<br />
crested auklet odor is, as yet, unknown. Two possible hypotheses<br />
include: (1) odor correlates with social rank, such as dominance status,<br />
or (2) odor acts as a sexual ornament that attracts members of the<br />
opposite sex. We analyzed patterns of aggression and courtship within a<br />
captive population of 14 birds. We also collected chemical samples<br />
from both the oil gland and freshly clipped feathers. Behavioral analysis<br />
revealed a strong linear hierarchy within our population. Among<br />
females, social (dominance) rank was positively related to the degree to<br />
which a female associated with a mate. Birds also mated assortatively<br />
with respect to body size. Chemical analyses revealed that both oil<br />
glands and feathers contained compounds characteristic of the auklet´s<br />
seasonal scent (e.g. cis-4-decenal and octanal; Hagelin et al., 2003).<br />
From the samples of top ranking females we identified more than 25<br />
volatile compounds in oil gland secretions, including a variety of C -C 8 10<br />
acids, aldehydes and alcohols. An analysis of the relative concentration<br />
of specific compounds versus social rank is currently underway. Such a<br />
comparison promises to reveal patterns related to odor function, given<br />
the surprisingly linear social hierarchy of our captive population.<br />
Funding <strong>for</strong> our research was provided, in part, through the generous<br />
support of the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia.<br />
243 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO A<br />
PUTATIVE ALARM ODOR IN EUROPEAN STARLINGS<br />
(STURNUS VULGARIS).<br />
Leininger E.C. 1, Hile A. 2, Hagelin J. 1 1Biology, Swarthmore College,<br />
Swarthmore, PA; 2USDA/APHIS/WS/NWRC/Monell Chemical Senses<br />
Center, Phiadelphia, PA<br />
Wild European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) produce a pungent odor<br />
that is detectable to humans when birds are held in captivity. Despite<br />
growing evidence <strong>for</strong> chemosignals in birds, alarm odors have not been<br />
investigated. We tested whether fecal odor of stressed European<br />
Starlings produced a behavioral or physiological alarm response in nonstressed<br />
individuals. We videotaped focal birds (n=18) while exposed<br />
to one of three chemical stimuli: (1) fecal odor from a stressed<br />
conspecific, (2) fecal odor from an unstressed conspecific, and (3) plain<br />
air. Fecal samples of focal birds were also collected be<strong>for</strong>e and after<br />
exposure to each treatment, and assayed <strong>for</strong> a common stress hormone<br />
(corticosterone [CORT]). Analyses of gaping and breathing rate,<br />
common distress behaviors in birds, are currently underway. We<br />
detected no significant difference between the three treatments in the<br />
frequency of other behaviors such as hopping, (p=0.58) preening<br />
(p=0.93), or feather fluffing (p=0.51). With regard to physiology,<br />
starlings tended to exhibit less of a net increase in fecal CORT levels<br />
after exposure to stressed conspecific odor, compared to other chemical<br />
treatments (p=0.097). Such a result suggests that starlings might<br />
experience a physiological change after exposure to the scent of<br />
stressed conspecifics. Though our preliminary study failed to meet<br />
statistical significance, it is an intriguing first step that highlights the<br />
need <strong>for</strong> additional, careful study of avian chemical signals.<br />
Funding: HHMI Summer Research Stipend from Swarthmore<br />
College (EL); USDA/ APHIS/ WS, NWRC, and Monell Chemical<br />
Senses Center (AGH).<br />
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244 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
THE INFLUENCE OF CONTEXT ON FEMALE MHC-BASED<br />
MATE CHOICE<br />
Shaw - Taylor E.E. 1, Mcclintock M. 2 1Pyschology, University of<br />
Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2Institute <strong>for</strong> Mind and Biology, University of<br />
Chicago, Chicago, IL<br />
The primary function of the molecules of the major<br />
histocompatibility complex, the MHC, is to enable antigen presentation<br />
to T-cells, thereby initiating an immune response. The MHC also<br />
influences mating behavior such that individuals choose mates who<br />
express MHC alleles that are different from their own. MHC-based<br />
disassortative mate choice has been shown in mice, fish, and humans.<br />
Females more so than males may mate disassortatively with respect to<br />
the MHC because of potential immune and fitness benefits that this<br />
genetic diversity provides offspring. However, reports from some<br />
MHC-based odor studies, wherein females were presented with the<br />
odors from males possessing many different MHC alleles, did not<br />
indicate preferences <strong>for</strong> the most MHC differences. Rather, females<br />
preferred the odors of males with whom they shared a few of the same<br />
alleles, suggesting that the preferred MHC difference is relative to the<br />
female´s own MHC diversity. We previously tested this hypothesis and<br />
presented data consistent with preference <strong>for</strong> differences—the greater<br />
the MHC difference, the greater the preference. However, we also<br />
showed that the direction of preference depended on the type of choice<br />
being made—whether females were choosing between a male identical<br />
in MHC and one different or between two males that were both<br />
different in MHC, in number of alleles. To further investigate the<br />
influence of context, we have expanded the study with more subjects<br />
and another MHC haplotype. We present data that female rats (Rattus<br />
norvegicus) consider the context of choice, as indicated by male MHC<br />
differences, when making mating decisions.<br />
Supported by an NIMH MERIT Award to MKM and Hinds Research<br />
Fund.<br />
245 Poster [ ] Social Odors and Behavior<br />
THE SCENT OF FRIENDSHIP: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS<br />
RESEARCH THE MYSTERIES OF HUMAN ODOR<br />
RECOGNITION<br />
Olsson S.B. 1, Barnard J. 2, Turri L. 2 1Neurobiology and Behavior,<br />
Cornell University, Geneva, NY; 2Biology, Geneva High School,<br />
Geneva, NY<br />
Though several studies have examined the effect of human odor on<br />
kin recognition and mate choice, few have focused on the impact of<br />
familiarity on recognition of non-relatives. As part of a program<br />
designed to engage students in scientific research, 55 10th grade and<br />
Advanced Placement biology students researched, planned, and<br />
implemented a project to analyze the effect of odor on human<br />
recognition of, and preference <strong>for</strong>, close friends, gender, and self. Each<br />
student and friend of their choosing wore a T-shirt <strong>for</strong> three consecutive<br />
nights. During that time, subjects were controlled <strong>for</strong> exposure to<br />
extraneous perfumes, household odors, and other humans. The students<br />
were then asked to smell a series of shirts and evaluate them with<br />
respect to pleasantness. Students were also asked to identify the two<br />
shirts belonging to themselves and their friend, and determine the<br />
gender of each shirt. Results of this testing will be presented along with<br />
a discussion of its implications <strong>for</strong> human social behavior. This research<br />
is supported by the NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education<br />
Program and Cornell University through the Cornell Science Inquiry<br />
Partnerships Program.
246 Slide [ ] Olfactory Behavior & Psychophysics<br />
FORAGING IN A COMPLEX CHEMICAL LANDSCAPE: DOM<br />
FROM ELEVATED CO2 DETRITUS AND ITS IMPACT ON<br />
CRAYFISH ORIENTATION TO A FOOD SOURCE<br />
Adams J. 1, Moore P.A. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, Bowling Green State<br />
University, Bowling Green, OH<br />
Crayfish must locate food resources in a chemically complex<br />
environment where chemicals from various sources interact and mix<br />
with one another. We tested whether an additional chemical food source<br />
of leachate from detritus (dissolved organic matter, DOM) produced at<br />
ambient (AMB) or elevated (ELEV) atmospheric CO and presented at<br />
2<br />
two different concentrations would affect crayfish orientation behavior.<br />
Crayfish (Orconectes virilis) orientation was observed in a recirculating<br />
flume where a fish odor source was placed downstream of a DOM odor<br />
source. Preliminary analysis of the chemical signal demonstrated that<br />
the fine-scale spatiotemporal structure of the odor plume was different<br />
upon introduction of a background DOM odor. Behavioral treatments<br />
were as follows: 1) CON (Control; no DOM present), 2) AMB-Low<br />
(AMB DOM present at 3 mg/L), 3) AMB-High (AMB DOM present at<br />
6 mg/L), 4) ELEV-Low (ELEV DOM present at 3 mg/L), and 5)<br />
ELEV-High (ELEV DOM present at 6 mg/L). Crayfish in the AMB-<br />
High treatment were more successful in locating the source. In contrast,<br />
animals in the ELEV-High treatment had higher turning angles and<br />
heading angles than all other treatments. No differences were found <strong>for</strong><br />
temporal parameters of orientation. Overall, these results indicate that<br />
crayfish orientation to a fish odor source is affected by the presence of<br />
DOM from detritus when it is present at the high end of a natural range<br />
of DOM concentration, perhaps resulting in a chemical “cocktail party”<br />
effect. This research was funded by the NSF/IGERT BART program<br />
(JAA) and NSF DAB 9874608 (PAM).<br />
247 Slide [ ] Olfactory Behavior & Psychophysics<br />
CHEMICALLY-INDUCED ANTENNULAR GROOMING IN<br />
THE SPINY LOBSTER, PANULIRUS ARGUS, IS MEDIATED<br />
BY NON-OLFACTORY SENSILLA<br />
Schmidt M. 1, Derby C.D. 1 1Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta,<br />
GA<br />
In decapod crustaceans, the 1st antennae bearing olfactory and other<br />
chemo-mechanosensory sensilla are groomed by mouthpart appendages<br />
in a stereotyped behavioral pattern. In the spiny lobster, Panulirus<br />
argus, antennular grooming behavior (AGB) is elicited by L-glutamate,<br />
and ablation experiments led to the conclusion that AGB is mediated by<br />
olfactory sensilla (aesthetascs) located on the lateral flagella of the 1st<br />
antennae (Wroblewska et al., Chem. Senses 27:769-778, 2002). The<br />
aim of our study was to examine this conclusion since the aesthetascs<br />
are closely associated with other sensilla, the asymmetric setae, which<br />
had also been eliminated. In two independent sets of experiments, we<br />
first showed that intact animals responded with AGB upon stimulation<br />
with 0.5 mM L-glutamate, then removed either all asymmetric setae (N<br />
= 8 / N = 7) or all aesthetascs (N = 8 / N = 6). Aesthetasc ablation did<br />
not reduce AGB, whereas ablation of asymmetric setae almost<br />
completely eliminated it. A 3rd set of experiments showed that<br />
aesthetasc ablation also has no positive effect on AGB. Electron and<br />
confocal microscopy suggest that asymmetric setae are bimodal chemomechanosensory<br />
sensilla, defined by the presence of a terminal pore<br />
and a scolopale. We conclude that AGB is elicited by chemosensory<br />
input provided by asymmetric setae and that it is not mediated by the<br />
olfactory pathway but by a parallel chemo- and mechanosensory<br />
pathway constituted by the lateral antennular neuropils (Schmidt &<br />
Ache, J Comp Physiol A 178:579-604, 1996). Supported by NSF (IBN-<br />
0077474)<br />
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248 Slide [ ] Olfactory Behavior & Psychophysics<br />
DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN ENANTIOMERS OF CARVONE<br />
AND TERPINEN-4-OL ODORANTS IN NORMAL RATS AND<br />
THOSE WITH LESIONS OF THE OLFACTORY BULBS<br />
Slotnick B. 1, Mcbride K. 2 1Psychology, University of South Florida,<br />
Tampa, FL; 2Psychology, American University, washington, DC<br />
Rats trained on an operant conditioning task were used to assess<br />
whether the enantiomers of terpinen-4-ol, odorants that activate very<br />
similar areas of the olfactory bulb are more difficult to discriminate<br />
than those of carvone, odorants that activate different areas of the<br />
olfactory bulb, and to determine the effects of disrupting identified<br />
bulbar sites activated by these odorants. In psychophysical tests in<br />
which odor concentration was gradually reduced to near threshold<br />
levels, normal rats discriminated between the enantiomers of terpinen-<br />
4-ol and of carvone equally well. Olfactory bulb lesions that removed<br />
the majority of bulbar glomeruli activated by these odorants (as<br />
demonstrated in prior olfactory bulb studies using optical imaging and<br />
2-deoxyglucose) resulted in increased detection thresholds but little or<br />
no deficits in discriminating between supra threshold concentrations of<br />
the enantiomers. These results fail to confirm predictions based on<br />
maps of bulbar activity that enantiomers of terpinen-4-ol should be<br />
more difficult to discriminate than those of carvone and that the ability<br />
to discriminate between enantiomers of an odorant are based on<br />
differences in patterns of bulbar activation produced by the odorants.<br />
249 Slide [ ] Olfactory Behavior & Psychophysics<br />
SIZE AND NUMBERS DON´T MATTER (THAT MUCH) -<br />
RELATIVE SIZE OF OLFACTORY BRAIN STRUCTURES AND<br />
NUMBER OF FUNCTIONAL OLFACTORY RECEPTOR<br />
GENES ARE POOR PREDICTORS OF OLFACTORY<br />
PERFORMANCE<br />
Laska M. 1 1University of Munich, Munich, Germany<br />
Primates are typically regarded as „microsmatic“ animals. This view,<br />
however, is only based on an interpretation of neuroanatomical and<br />
recent genetic findings and not on physiological evidence. We<br />
determined olfactory detection thresholds in squirrel monkeys and<br />
pigtail macaques <strong>for</strong> more than 40 odorants from different chemical<br />
classes and compared their per<strong>for</strong>mance to that of human subjects and<br />
nonprimate mammals. We found that – contrary to the traditional view -<br />
human subjects do not generally per<strong>for</strong>m poorer than monkeys, and Old<br />
World primates do not generally show higher threshold values than<br />
New World primates. Furthermore, human and nonhuman primates<br />
show an olfactory sensitivity which <strong>for</strong> several substances matches or<br />
even is markedly better than that of species believed to be<br />
„macrosmatic“ such as dogs, rats, or mice. Similarly, human and<br />
nonhuman primates do not generally per<strong>for</strong>m poorer in discriminating<br />
between structurally related odorants compared to nonprimate<br />
mammals and insects.We conclude that between-species comparisons<br />
of neuroanatomical features or of the number of functional olfactory<br />
receptor genes are poor predictors of olfactory per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />
Differences in olfactory sensitivity and discrimination abilities within<br />
and between species seem to reflect evolutionary adaptations to<br />
ecological niches.
250 Slide [ ] Olfactory Behavior & Psychophysics<br />
A PSYCHOPHYSICAL TEST OF THE VIBRATION THEORY<br />
OF OLFACTION<br />
Keller A. 1, Vosshall L.B. 1 1Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior,<br />
Rockefeller University, New York, NY<br />
At present no satisfactory theory exists to explain why a given<br />
molecule has a particular smell. A recent book about the physiologist<br />
Luca Turin has generated new interest in the theory that the smell of a<br />
molecule is determined by its intramolecular vibrations rather than by<br />
its shape. We present the first psychophysical experiments in humans<br />
that test key predictions of this theory. The results suggest that<br />
molecular vibrations alone cannot explain the perceived smell of a<br />
chemical. Specifically, we have found that: (i) in a component<br />
identification task no vanilla odor character was detected in the mixture<br />
of benzaldehyde and guaiacol (ii) odor similarity ratings did not reveal<br />
that even and odd numbered aldehydes <strong>for</strong>m two odor classes and (iii)<br />
naive subjects who could easily discriminate the smell of two molecules<br />
that differ in shape but not in molecular vibration failed to discriminate<br />
two molecules with similar shape but different molecular vibrations in<br />
three different experimental paradigms (similarity rating, duo-trio test,<br />
triangle test). Taken together our findings are consistent with the idea<br />
that the smell of a molecule is determined by its shape but we found no<br />
evidence that the smell of a molecule is influenced by its vibrational<br />
properties.<br />
251 Slide [ ] Olfactory Behavior & Psychophysics<br />
FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY OF THE HIPPOCAMPUS<br />
DURING AN OLFACTORY TASK: DIFFERENCES OBSERVED<br />
BETWEEN YOUNG AND ELDERLY<br />
Calhoun-Haney R. 1, Ferdon S. 2, Barbara C. 2, Murphy C. 2 1Clinical<br />
Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; 2Psychology,<br />
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA<br />
Interest in the role of the hippocampus (HIP) <strong>for</strong> olfactory function<br />
has increased since the discovery that initial neuropathological changes<br />
indicative of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) occur in mesial temporal<br />
olfactory regions. The present study investigated differences in the<br />
functional relationship between the HIP and classic olfactory regions in<br />
young and elderly adults in response to odor stimulation. Activation in<br />
reference voxels located in left and right hippocampi were separately<br />
averaged and correlation coefficients between these and all other brain<br />
voxels were calculated. Group analyses were also per<strong>for</strong>med in order to<br />
detect brain areas with significant differences in their strength of<br />
functional association to the hippocampi. For the young, both left and<br />
right hippocampi demonstrated strong functional associations with<br />
classic olfactory areas while the elderly exhibited a reduced number of<br />
functional associations. In addition, while both right and left<br />
hippocampi demonstrated functional connectivity with ipsilateral<br />
orbital frontal cortices in the young, functional connectivity was not<br />
observed between the left HIP and left orbital frontal cortex in the<br />
elderly. However, a notably larger area of the right orbital frontal cortex<br />
displayed connectivity with the right HIP, suggesting the possibility of<br />
a compensatory process in the elderly. Group analyses further<br />
demonstrated age differences in strength of functional associations<br />
among regions. The present study illustrates the effect of aging on<br />
hippocampal function and provides a foundation <strong>for</strong> further<br />
understanding of its dysfunction when affected by a neurodegenerative<br />
disease such as AD. Supported by NIH grant AG04085 to CM.<br />
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252 Slide [ ] Olfactory Behavior & Psychophysics<br />
IMPACT OF THE CHEMICAL SENSES ON AUGMENTING<br />
MEMORY, ATTENTION, REACTION TIME, PROBLEM<br />
SOLVING, AND RESPONSE VARIABILITY: THE<br />
DIFFERENTIAL ROLE OF RETRONASAL VERSUS<br />
ORTHONASAL ODORANT ADMINISTRATION<br />
Zoladz P. 1, Raudenbush B. 1, Lilley S. 1 1Psychology, Wheeling Jesuit<br />
University, Wheeling, WV<br />
Past research has consistently noted a significant interplay between<br />
odors and human behavior. Multiple studies have shown that the<br />
administration of particular odorants can enhance athletic per<strong>for</strong>mance,<br />
sleep, pain tolerance, mood, and cognitive processing. In addition,<br />
odorants have a differential effect on human behavior, dependent upon<br />
route of administration (retronasal vs. orthonasal). The present study<br />
examined the differential effects of odorants administered retronasally<br />
and orthonasally on cognitive per<strong>for</strong>mance. During Phase I, 31<br />
participants completed cognitive tasks on a computer-based program<br />
(Impact®) under five "chewing gum" conditions (no gum, flavorless<br />
gum, peppermint gum, cinnamon gum, and cherry gum). During Phase<br />
II, 39 participants completed the same cognitive tasks under four<br />
odorant conditions (no odor, peppermint odor, jasmine odor, and<br />
cinnamon odor). Participants also completed pre- and post-test<br />
assessments of mood, and rated their perception of the required<br />
workload. Results revealed a task-dependent relationship between odors<br />
and the enhancement of cognitive processing. Cinnamon, administered<br />
retronasally or orthonasally, improved participants' scores on tasks<br />
related to attentional processes, virtual recognition memory, working<br />
memory, and visual-motor response speed. Implications of the present<br />
study are most promising in providing a non-pharmacological adjunct<br />
to enhancing cognition in the elderly, individuals with test-anxiety, and<br />
perhaps even patients with diseases that lead to cognitive decline. This<br />
study was funded by a grant from Psi Chi to P. Zoladz.<br />
253 Slide [ ] Olfactory Behavior & Psychophysics<br />
THE MAGIC NUMBER 3 APPLIES TO COMPONENTS<br />
IDENTIFIED IN COMPLEX ODOR-TASTE MIXTURES<br />
Laing D. 1, Marshall K. 1, Jinks A. 1, Hutchinson I. 1 1Centre For<br />
Advanced Food Research, University of Western Sydney, Sydney,<br />
Australia<br />
Humans can identify up to 3 components in taste or odour mixtures<br />
(Laing & Francis, 1989; Laing et al., 2002), but their capacity to<br />
analyse multi-component odour-taste mixtures is unknown. With binary<br />
mixtures both components are usually perceived, however, only tastants<br />
were identified in 3-component mixtures containing one odorant.<br />
(Laing et al., 2002), suggesting taste may dominate smell in odor-taste<br />
mixtures. Here, the aim was to determine the number of identifiable<br />
components in complex odor-taste mixtures and investigate the report<br />
of dominance of taste over smell. 43 subjects were trained to identify<br />
'equi' intense aqueous solutions of the tastants sucrose, sodium choride<br />
and citric acid, and the odorants cinnamaldehyde (cinnamon), cis 3hexenol<br />
(grass-like) and 2-pentanone (like nail polish remover). Over 2<br />
test sessions they were asked to identify the components of 36 mixtures<br />
containing from 1 to 6 components presented in random order. Stimuli<br />
were sampled by mouth using a straw sited in a hole in the lid of a 30<br />
ml plastic cup. Subjects readily identified components in 1 and 2<br />
component stimuli, but with 3-6 component mixtures the mean number<br />
identified was 3. Clearly, increasing the number of modalities in a<br />
mixture did not increase the number of components identified. As<br />
reported earlier, tastes were more readily identified than odors in<br />
mixtures. The limit of 3 components strongly suggests the limiting<br />
factor is working memory, the memory that is used to rapidly identify a<br />
stimulus and initiate a response within a second or two.
254 Symposium [ ] Non-neuronal Cells of the Olfactory<br />
System in Development<br />
SUSTENTACULAR CELLS - MORE ACTIVE THAN WE EVER<br />
IMAGINED<br />
Hegg C. 1, Vogalis F. 1, Lucero M. 1 1Physiology, University of Utah, Salt<br />
Lake City, UT<br />
Sustentacular cells are morphologically polarized and have structural<br />
features that allude to functions of secretion, absorption, phagocytosis,<br />
maintenance of extracellular ionic gradients, metabolism of noxious<br />
chemicals, and regulation of cell turnover. Here, we review the well<br />
characterized morphology and ultrastructure of mammalian<br />
sustentacular cells and present data investigating their dynamic activity.<br />
We show, using a mouse olfactory epithelium slice model, that<br />
sustentacular cells have voltage-gated Na + and K + channels and are<br />
capable of evoking rapid, robust increases in intracellular calcium in<br />
response to P2Y purinergic receptor activation. In addition,<br />
sustentacular cells propagate waves of calcium oscillations initiated by<br />
either endogenous release or exogenous application of ATP or other<br />
putative neurotransmitters. Oscillations in intracellular calcium may<br />
govern secretion, proliferation and development in sustentacular cells,<br />
and, via calcium dependent exocytosis, may provide chemical signals to<br />
basal cells, neuronal precursors, or neurons. Recent discoveries of<br />
voltage-gated channels, receptors, and transmitter release in both<br />
peripheral and central glial cells suggest direct communication between<br />
neurons and glia. The identification of similar components in<br />
sustentacular cells suggests that, like their glial counterparts, they are<br />
capable of rapid communication between themselves and the neural<br />
elements of the olfactory epithelium. Funded by NIDCD DC02994<br />
(MTL) and DC04953 (CCH).<br />
255 Symposium [ ] Non-neuronal Cells of the Olfactory<br />
System in Development<br />
A GLIA - AXON PAS DE DEUX UNDERLIES OLFACTORY<br />
RECEPTOR AXON SORTING.<br />
Oland L.A. 1 1A.R.L. Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona,<br />
Tucson, AZ<br />
The problem: Olfactory receptor neurons expressing the same<br />
olfactory specificity are not topographically ordered within the receptor<br />
epithelium, but their axons extend to just one or a pair of glomeruli in<br />
the olfactory bulb. Axon sorting is thus a critical process that must<br />
occur somewhere along the olfactory pathway. In the moth Manduca<br />
sexta, sorting takes place not in the nerve layer that circumscribes the<br />
olfactory neuropil, but rather in a discrete region of the nerve that we<br />
have called the axon sorting zone. This sorting zone has three<br />
important features: it is densely populated by glial cells, the glial cells<br />
can be killed without killing neurons, and it can easily be surgically<br />
isolated <strong>for</strong> various in vivo and in vitro experimental manipulations.<br />
Recent experiments have provided clear evidence <strong>for</strong> reciprocal<br />
interactions between the ingrowing receptor axons and the glial cells<br />
that affect glial cell proliferation, axon fasciculation, and growth cone<br />
behavior, and also are beginning to reveal the underlying molecular<br />
players.<br />
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256 Symposium [ ] Non-neuronal Cells of the Olfactory<br />
System in Development<br />
SORTING AND GLIAL-NEURONAL INTERACTIONS IN THE<br />
OLFACTORY NERVE LAYER<br />
Treloar H.B. 1, Akins M. 1, Iwema C. 1, Dodds T. 1, Greer C.A. 2<br />
1Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT; 2Neurobiology, Yale<br />
University, New Haven, CT<br />
Olfactory Sensory neurons (OSNs), are generated throughout life and<br />
extend axons that <strong>for</strong>m fascicles within the olfactory nerve (ON). As<br />
axons enter the olfactory nerve layer (ONL) of the olfactory bulb (OB),<br />
they reorganize be<strong>for</strong>e synapsing in glomeruli. Each OSN expresses<br />
one odorant receptor (OR) from a family of approx. 1000 ORs. Neurons<br />
expressing the same OR target specific glomeruli. Thus, OSN axons<br />
face unique challenges when sorting. First, axons from neurons located<br />
widely within the OE must identify common targets, taking varied<br />
trajectories and presumably using multiple guidance cues. Second, as<br />
neurons are continually regenerated throughout life, axons must<br />
navigate a complex meshwork of pre-existing axons to identify target<br />
glomeruli. Throughout this process the unymyelinated OSN axons<br />
maintain intimate contact with a unique population of glia, the olfactory<br />
ensheathing cells (OECs). The morphological and molecular properties<br />
of OECs vary along the length of the axonal projection, suggesting that<br />
subsets of OECs subserve different functions. In the ON and peripheral<br />
regions of the ONL, OECs tightly bundle OSN axons and express p75.<br />
However, as axons approach glomeruli and radically change their<br />
trajectories, the population of glia they interact with changes. The<br />
OECs found in this region express NPY but not p75. OSN axons also<br />
encounter astrocytic processes within this region which emanate<br />
radially into the ONL from glomeruli. It is likely that a spatiotemporal<br />
combination of cell surface axon-axon and axon-glia interactions<br />
underlie glomerular targeting in the OB.<br />
NIH DC005706, DC00210
257 Symposium [ ] Non-neuronal Cells of the Olfactory<br />
System in Development<br />
LOSING THE PATH; CELL MIGRATION IN A CHANGING<br />
FOREBRAIN<br />
Demarchis S. 1, Rossi F. 2, Fasolo A. 1, Puche A.C. 3 1Dept. Human &<br />
Animal Biol., Univ. of Turino, Turino, ., Italy; 2Dept. Neuroscience,<br />
Univ. of Turino, Turino, ., Italy; 3Dept. Anatomy and Neurobiol., Univ.<br />
of Maryland, Baltimore, MD<br />
The presence of a germinal layer and the capacity to generate<br />
neurons, once thought restricted to the embryonic brain, persists in the<br />
<strong>for</strong>ebrain of postnatal and adult mammals. The olfactory bulb (OB),<br />
unlike the cortex and other regions, continues to receive new neurons<br />
throughout life. Despite dramatic changes in the structure and cellular<br />
organization of the <strong>for</strong>ebrain from embryo to adult, these newly<br />
generated cells still migrate from germinal regions to specific targets. In<br />
early embryos, the OB has a cortical-like organization with radial glia<br />
spanning the ventricle to pia. Radial glia are likely to provide a<br />
migratory scaffold <strong>for</strong> cells exiting the ventricular germinal layer and<br />
migrating radially. As development progresses numerous cells are<br />
generated from a stem cell pool located in the lateral ventricle<br />
subventricular zone (SVZ). SVZ-derived progenitor cells migrate into<br />
the OB following the rostral migratory stream (RMS) and into other<br />
postnatal <strong>for</strong>ebrain structures along different migratory pathways. After<br />
birth radial glia disappear and reorganize into a series of glial tubes<br />
along the RMS. However, once radial glia in the bulb disappear there is<br />
no longer a clear radial scaffold <strong>for</strong> cells to follow when migrating<br />
radially. Such modifications of the non-neuronal migratory<br />
environment are paralleled by changes in lineage characteristics of SVZ<br />
progenitors. Namely, progenitors that leave the SVZ at different<br />
developmental times generate different types of mature OB neurons.<br />
Thus, cell migration in the bulb is a developmentally dynamic process<br />
between immature cells and different non-neuronal cellular elements at<br />
different times. Support: NIDCD DC05739, Compagnia di San Paolo.<br />
and Italian Institute <strong>for</strong> Health Project CS107.1<br />
258 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
ORIENTATION TO TEMPORALLY AND SPATIALLY<br />
COMPLEX ODOR SIGNALS IN THE CRAYFISH,<br />
ORCONECTES RUSTICUS<br />
Zulandt T.J. 1, Quinn E. 2, Wolf M. 3, Moore P.A. 3 1Laboratory <strong>for</strong><br />
Sensory Ecology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green<br />
Ohio, OH; 2Electrical Engineering, University of Cincinnati,<br />
Cincinnati, OH; 3Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, Bowling Green State University,<br />
Bowling Green, OH<br />
Organisms in natural environments encounter complex in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
and must be able to decipher this in<strong>for</strong>mation in order to respond<br />
behaviorally. This complex in<strong>for</strong>mation can be a result of various<br />
aspects of the natural environment such as hydrodynamics, changing<br />
habitats, and conflicting or multiple odor cues. In many habitats,<br />
multiple odor plumes in various spatial configurations often mix and<br />
animals must extract relevant spatial in<strong>for</strong>mation in order to make<br />
appropriate orientation decisions. In this study, we show how the spatial<br />
configuration of multiple odor plumes influences the orientation<br />
abilities of crayfish. By altering the spatial configuration of odor<br />
sources without altering concentration or hydrodynamics it is possible<br />
to understand the underlying mechanisms of orientation. In this study,<br />
we have quantified the hydrodynamics, chemical dynamics and animal<br />
behavior within the artificial stream. Our results show that the different<br />
spatial configuration influences the distribution of odors within our<br />
stream and that these odors influence the subsequent orientation<br />
behavior. Our work indicates that it is the fine-scale distribution of<br />
odors that is regulating the orientation behavior of the crayfish.<br />
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259 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
FLUID DYNAMICS AND CHEMICAL SIGNALS IN THE<br />
CRAYFISH WALKING LEGS<br />
Cook M. 1, Moore P.A. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, Bowling Green State<br />
University, Bowling Green, OH<br />
In aquatic environments, chemical cues are important in many<br />
species <strong>for</strong> finding resources and locating mates. Two processes<br />
disperse these cues: fluid flow and molecular diffusion. Fluid flow is<br />
dominant in spatial scales larger than 10 mm, while molecular diffusion<br />
is dominant at smaller spatial scales. For animals with chemoreceptive<br />
capabilities, sampling the environment is critical to obtain in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
Receptor structure morphology is responsible <strong>for</strong> changing the flow<br />
surrounding receptor cells by creating a boundary layer. Fluid that is in<br />
direct contact with the receptor surface does not flow, which is known<br />
as the no-slip condition. The boundary layer acts as a filter, changing<br />
the temporal and spatial structure of the chemical signal arriving to<br />
receptor cells. In this study, we will employ the technique used by<br />
Moore and Atema 1991 to study the fluid dynamics in the<br />
chemosensory chelae and walking legs of the crayfish, Orconectes<br />
rusticus. Our goal is to determine the function of the boundary layer<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e and after chemical in<strong>for</strong>mation has been filtered (i.e. during<br />
flicking) to the receptor cells. The experiment will be conducted in a<br />
recirculating flow tank in which the stimulus will be delivered with a<br />
plastic pipette. High-speed electrochemical recordings will be made<br />
with BAS epsilon system. It is clear that the morphology of these<br />
appendages influence the structure of chemical signals arriving at<br />
receptor cells. These results provide insight into how crayfish perceive<br />
chemical signals and extract in<strong>for</strong>mation from turbulent odor plumes.<br />
260 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
THE ROLE THAT BOUNDARY LAYERS AROUND CRAYFISH<br />
SENSORY APPENDAGES ACT AS TEMPORAL FILTERS FOR<br />
ODOR PLUMES<br />
Urban L. 1, Moore P.A. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, Bowling Green State<br />
University, Bowling Green, OH<br />
Sensory systems have a complex task of extracting relevant<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation from the environment.The interaction between fluid flow<br />
and the morphology of sensory appendages acts as a physical filter and<br />
plays an important role in extracting in<strong>for</strong>mation.This interaction<br />
determines the boundary layer structure which alters the spatial and<br />
temporal distribution of chemical signals arriving at the receptors. This<br />
study was designed to exmaine the microscale fluid and chemical<br />
dynamics around the sensory appendages of the crayfish, Orconectes<br />
rusticus. Previous research has determined the biomechanics of<br />
sampling behaviors of the lateral antennule of the crayfish. In this<br />
study, we have used these biomechanical results with an<br />
electrochemical technique to quantify the role that boundary layers play<br />
around various sensory appendages in filtering the temporal dynamics<br />
of odor plumes.We measured the boundary layer structure and chemical<br />
dynamics of sensory appendages that were mounted in a flow tank<br />
under known flow conditions. We utilized the BAS epsilon system with<br />
electrochemical microelectrodes to record and quantify chemical<br />
dynamics with multiple electrodes around the appendage. The<br />
preliminary findings indicate the majority of the chemical signal flows<br />
around the appendage rather then through it. Boundary layer structure<br />
greatly affects the spatial and temporal nature of chemical signals by<br />
acting as a smoothing filter <strong>for</strong> incoming signals.The exact nature of<br />
this physical filter depends upon the ambient flow speed and the angle<br />
of the sensory appendage relative to flow.This study illustrates the<br />
importance of <strong>for</strong>m and function in chemoreception and in an<br />
organism's ability to detect environmental cues.
261 Slide [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
FROM ODOR PLUME TO ANTENNULE: DO CRAYFISH<br />
ANTENNULES VARY WITH FLOW HABITAT AS PREDICTED<br />
TO MAXIMIZE ODOR MOLECULE CAPTURE?<br />
Mead K.S. 1 1Biology, Denison University, Granville, OH<br />
Many aquatic crustaceans use water-borne chemical cues in<br />
ecologically critical activities such as finding food, mates, habitat, and<br />
avoiding predators. These chemical cues are present as odor plumes<br />
consisting of fine filaments of highly concentrated odor molecules<br />
interspersed with the surrounding fluid. The structure of the odor<br />
plume, and thus how the plume is encountered by navigating animals, is<br />
affected by factors such as the size-scale of the bottom substrate and<br />
flow conditions such as the mean velocity, turbulence level, and the<br />
gradient of flow speed above the substratum. Several species of Ohio<br />
crayfish (Cambarus spp. and Orconectes spp.) were collected from a<br />
variety of flow habitats including still ponds and turbulent streams.<br />
Since odor plume structure varies according to flow habitat, crayfish<br />
antennules from species living in different flow environments should<br />
have different patterns of aesthetasc arrangements on their filaments, to<br />
best encounter odors in that habitat. I used Image J to measure<br />
structural parameters such as aesthetasc number, length and diameter,<br />
and the ratio of the gap between aesthetasc rows to the aesthetasc<br />
diameter (an indication of odor penetration into the sensor array) from<br />
SEMs on 3 individuals per species. As predicted from odor plume<br />
structure, species from high flow habitats have longer aesthetascs<br />
(p=0.009; rsPc=0.684) and a smaller ratio of the gap between aesthetasc<br />
bundles to the aesthetasc diameter (p=0.092; rsPc=0.908) than species<br />
from low flow habitats). Funding: Denison University Research<br />
Foundation.<br />
262 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
DO MOVEMENTS OF HONEYBEE ANTENNAE ENHANCE<br />
CAPTURE OF ODORANTS?<br />
Miller G. 1, Loudon C. 1, Smith B.H. 2 1Entomology, University of<br />
Kansas, Lawrence, KS; 2Entomology, Ohio State University, Columbus,<br />
OH<br />
Honeybees have numerous olfactory sensory hairs that make up their<br />
sensory epithelium, which is distributed along the length of the<br />
antennae. The antennae are shaped as tubular structures that can be<br />
placed in different orientations and moved with low frequency through<br />
air. In general, antennal sensilla increase in number from proximal to<br />
distal. Because of this uneven distribution of sensors and the way in<br />
which the shape of the antennae interacts physically with the<br />
environment, antennal movements have important consequences <strong>for</strong><br />
odorant molecule capture and, there<strong>for</strong>e, perception. Antennal<br />
movements were videotaped during presentation of two odorants<br />
(geraniol and 1-hexanol) and a control blank. Bee responses were<br />
recorded both be<strong>for</strong>e and after being trained to associate a food reward<br />
with an odorant, as demonstrated by a proboscis extension response.<br />
The movements of the antennae were analyzed in three-dimensional<br />
space by digitizing the base, elbow, and distal tip of each antenna.<br />
Antennal movements increased in response to odorants. Antennal<br />
movements were not simple oscillations in a plane but were<br />
complicated excursions in three-dimensional space. Antennae were<br />
oriented in an anterior direction more noticably in response to geraniol.<br />
Left and right antennae are moved independently of each other. These<br />
increased movements will increase the volume of air sampled by the<br />
antennae and a potential increase in odorant capture rate from the<br />
moving air.<br />
This word was supported by an award from NIH-NCRR to BHS (9<br />
R01 RR14166) and from NSF to CL (IBN-9984475).<br />
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263 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
OLFACTORY-MEDIATED SEARCH BEHAVIORS OF<br />
MIGRATORY SEA LAMPREYS SEEKING PHEROMONE-<br />
LADEN SPAWNING STREAMS IN THE GREAT LAKES<br />
Vrieze L.A. 1, Sorensen P.W. 1 1Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and<br />
Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN<br />
The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) spends its larval life in<br />
streams, enters large lakes or oceans as a parasitic juvenile, and<br />
eventually returns to streams as an adult to reproduce. Laboratory<br />
studies strongly suggest that lampreys locate suitable spawning streams<br />
using a bile acid-related migratory pheromone released by larval<br />
conspecifics (see Fine & Sorensen, this symposium). This study<br />
examined olfactory-mediated search behaviors of lampreys as they<br />
searched <strong>for</strong> pheromone-laden streams emptying into Lake Huron. Both<br />
olfactory-occluded and untreated lampreys implanted with acoustic<br />
telemetry tags were tracked from a GPS-equipped boat and their<br />
movements related to stream water concentration (as measured by<br />
conductivity). Outside the apparent influence of stream water, lampreys<br />
(N=12) swam rapidly (1.5 km/hr) and continuously on relatively<br />
straight bearings (straightness index = 0.78) while per<strong>for</strong>ming repeated<br />
vertical excursions through the water column. Occluded and intact<br />
animals swam with different compass bearings, perhaps due to differing<br />
responses to lake currents/odors. Upon encountering river plumes<br />
(N=10), lampreys with an intact olfactory sense commenced circling<br />
(straightness index = 0.42). The speed and success of locating the<br />
stream mouth was correlated with the thoroughness of mixing of the<br />
stream and lake waters. These behaviors, together with responses to<br />
stream waters previously documented in laboratory mazes, suggest the<br />
use of klinotactic chemo-orientation in stream finding. Funded by the<br />
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission.<br />
264 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION DEMONSTRATES THAT THE<br />
SEA LAMPREY MIGRATORY PHEROMONE IS COMPRISED<br />
OF SEVERAL BILE ACID-LIKE COMPOUNDS<br />
Fine J.M. 1, Sorensen P.W. 1 1Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and<br />
Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN<br />
The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) starts its life in freshwater<br />
streams which it then leaves to parasitize lake/oceanic fishes be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
eventually re-entering streams to spawn. Laboratory and field studies<br />
have shown that adult lampreys locate spawning streams using a<br />
pheromone released by stream-resident larval lampreys (see Vrieze and<br />
Sorensen, this symposium). Initial biochemical characterization of this<br />
cue found it to contain the sulfated bile acid petromyzonol sulfate (PS)<br />
which adult lampreys detect at 10 -12 Molar (M). Using a combination<br />
of HPLC fractionation, olfactory recording, behavioral assays, and mass<br />
spectrometry we have recently isolated two additional compounds from<br />
larval holding water that have pheromonal activity. The most important<br />
has a molecular weight of 704, co-elutes with PS by HPLC, and is<br />
behaviorally attractive at concentrations below 10 -14 M, a record <strong>for</strong><br />
fish. The second has a molecular weight of 590 and is less potent. In a<br />
two-choice preference maze, adult lampreys did not distinguish<br />
between larval water and a mixture comprised of PS and these two<br />
compounds, demonstrating that this mixture constitutes the majority of<br />
the pheromone. It is as yet unclear whether the lamprey has evolved to<br />
respond to multiple compounds released by larvae to increase their<br />
sensitivity to larval odor or to discern it more specifically. Ef<strong>for</strong>ts are<br />
presently underway to elucidate the structures of the unknown<br />
compounds. Funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
265 Slide [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
LARVAL REEF FISH DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN REEF<br />
ODORS AND MAY USE THIS IN RECRUITMENT.<br />
Atema J. 1, Gerlach G. 2, Kings<strong>for</strong>d M. 3 1Marine Program, Boston<br />
University, Woods Hole, MA; 2Marine Resources, Marine Biological<br />
Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA; 3James Cook University, Townsville,<br />
Queensland, Australia<br />
Larval reef fishes typically have an early pelagic phase from which<br />
they must return back to the reef environment to survive. The<br />
discrepancy between passive dispersal models and actual recruitment<br />
data suggests that these small animals participate actively in the<br />
recruitment process, but the behavioral mechanisms are not clear. The<br />
ontogeny of swimming efficiency of several species is now known;<br />
sensory capabilities remain poorly understood. We have been pursuing<br />
the olfactory hypothesis that early imprinting on the home reef odor<br />
allows them to remain near the (natal) reef and perhaps may guide their<br />
return. We have now demonstrated <strong>for</strong> different species that at the stage<br />
that they return to the reef they can discriminate between the odor of<br />
different reefs and among 5 choices prefer the odor of the reef to which<br />
they returned. We are now using genetic markers to see if this sensory<br />
capability has led to strong homing that is reflected in population<br />
genetic substructuring at the scale of single reefs separated by kilometer<br />
distances with and without current barriers.<br />
266 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
FRUIT ODOR DISCRIMINATION AND HOST RACE<br />
FORMATION IN RHAGOLETIS FRUIT FLIES<br />
Linn C. 1, Nojima S. 1, Roelofs W. 1 1Entomology, Cornell University,<br />
Geneva, NY<br />
Rhagoletis pomonella is a model <strong>for</strong> incipient sympatric speciation<br />
(divergence without geographic isolation) via host plant shifts. We are<br />
testing the hypothesis that R. pomonella flies originating from<br />
hawthorn, apple, and flowering dogwood fruit use fruit volatiles to<br />
distinguish among their respective host plants. Solid phase<br />
microextraction combined with gas chromatography and<br />
electroantennogram detection were used to identify unique blends of<br />
volatiles from each fruit type. In flight tunnel assays flies preferentially<br />
flew upwind (>70%) to the volatile blend from their natal host. Field<br />
tests also showed that over the fruiting season significantly more flies<br />
were captured with natal fruit volatiles. Because R. pomonella<br />
rendezvous on or near the unabscised fruit of their hosts to mate, the<br />
behavioral preference <strong>for</strong> natal fruit odor translates directly into<br />
premating reproductive isolation between the fly races. To explore the<br />
genetic basis of the trait crosses were produced between the different<br />
fly populations. Flight tunnel tests showed that hybrid flies have<br />
significantly reduced response levels to natal or combined volatile<br />
blends, with only 40% of the flies exhibiting upwind flight, and only<br />
with a concentration ten times that used with parent flies. Flies<br />
generated from F2 crosses exhibited response profiles similar to F1<br />
hybrids (60%) or to the parent populations (40%). The behavioral data<br />
lay the foundation <strong>for</strong> QTL analysis. Supported by NSF DEB-9977011.<br />
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267 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
CO2 IS INVOLVED IN THE OVIPOSITION BEHAVIOR OF<br />
MANDUCA MOTHS<br />
Guerenstein P.G. 1, Abrell L. 2, Mechaber W.L. 1, Stange G. 3, Hildebrand<br />
J.G. 1 1ARL Division of Neurobiology, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ;<br />
2Biosphere 2 Chemistry Unit, Columbia Univ., Oracle, AZ; 3Biological<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong>, Australian National Univ., Canberra, Australia<br />
Moths detect CO in the environment, but the role of CO in the<br />
2 2<br />
biology of these insects is not well understood. It has been suggested<br />
that CO plays a role in the oviposition of the moth Cactoblastis<br />
2<br />
cactorum and in the nectar <strong>for</strong>aging of Manduca sexta. We asked if<br />
CO also plays a role in oviposition in Manduca. Two groups of plants,<br />
2<br />
each surrounded by a ring of ductwork, were placed inside a flight cage.<br />
Fans pumped ambient air into the ducts in which small holes provided<br />
<strong>for</strong> gas outflow. CO was injected at the inlet <strong>for</strong> one group of plants,<br />
2<br />
thus generating an artificial plume of high CO around that group.<br />
2<br />
Female Manduca were released into the cage singly. We measured<br />
number of eggs oviposited. We found that, as in Cactoblastis, females<br />
preferred the control plants (no CO added), possibly because natural<br />
2<br />
CO fluctuations generated by the test plants were masked by an<br />
2<br />
artificially high CO plume. Thus, CO affects the oviposition behavior<br />
2 2<br />
of Manduca. We did not find a dose effect, suggesting that the moths´<br />
response was saturated at the CO levels used. The response of<br />
2<br />
Manduca was lower than that reported <strong>for</strong> Cactoblastis. Because<br />
Cactoblastis oviposits on (CAM) plants that generate sinks of CO on 2<br />
their surface while Manduca oviposits on plants that are sources of<br />
CO , we suggest that the expected rise in global ambient CO levels<br />
2 2<br />
will affect more strongly moths that rely on CO sinks than those that<br />
2<br />
rely on CO sources. [Supported by NSF (IBN-0213032), Columbia<br />
2<br />
Chemistry, Biosphere 2]<br />
268 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION AND TISSUE<br />
DISTRIBUTION OF AN ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN (OBP)<br />
IN THE MALE YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO AEDES<br />
AEGYPTI<br />
Bohbot J. 1, Vogt R. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of South<br />
Carolina, Columbia, SC<br />
Major concerns of an adult male mosquito are finding mates and food<br />
sources. While most studies concentrate on female specific olfactory<br />
processes such as seeking a host <strong>for</strong> a suitable blood meal, little is<br />
known regarding other olfactory based behaviors, including those of the<br />
male. Even less is known at the molecular level. We have cloned and<br />
characterized an OBP from a male antennal cDNA library. The Aaeg-<br />
OBP sequence is most similar to members of the Drosophila and<br />
Anopheles OBP family. Due to the limited amount of material, we used<br />
the quantitative Real-Time PCR method to measure expression levels<br />
among different tissues and at different developmental times in both<br />
males and females. Aaeg-OBP expression is adult and male specific.<br />
Moreover, its expression is restricted to appendages known to carry<br />
chemosensory organs, including antennae and wings. The expression of<br />
this gene in adult but not larval males suggests the protein functions in a<br />
male specific adult context, mediating chemosensory signals important<br />
to behaviors that are more relevant to the males than to the females. The<br />
identification of such neural pathways significantly expands our<br />
opportunity <strong>for</strong> developing strategies which disrupt chemosensory<br />
mosquito behavior and thus mitigate human-mosquito interactions.
269 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF DEFENSIVE SECRETIONS OF<br />
THE SEA HARE APLYSIA CALIFORNICA AGAINST THE<br />
SPINY LOBSTER PANULIRUS INTERRUPTUS<br />
Shabani S. 1, Derby C.D. 1, Kicklighter C. 1, Johnson P. 1 1Biology,<br />
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA<br />
Active chemical defenses of Aplysia, which include secretions from<br />
the opaline and ink glands, deter attacks by potential predators. The<br />
mechanism of action of these secretions differs among predators.<br />
Against the sea anemone Anthopleura sola, ink from Aplysia<br />
cali<strong>for</strong>nica contains a protein that is aversive and cytolytic (Kicklighter<br />
et al., 2004 AChemS poster). Against the spiny lobster Panulirus<br />
interruptus, sea hares that release secretions upon attack are more likely<br />
to be dropped, allowing sea hares to escape. Ink and opaline appear to<br />
protect sea hares through a combination of phagomimicry, chemical<br />
confusion, and aversion. Phagomimicry, in which predators are<br />
deceived into attending to a false food stimulus from the secretions, and<br />
chemical confusion occur because the defensive secretions contain<br />
millimolar concentrations of amino acids and coat the sensory organs of<br />
lobsters. These levels of amino acids in ink and opaline are enormously<br />
stimulatory to the lobster´s chemosensory cells, and the stickiness likely<br />
causes a persistent stimulation. The aversive effect against lobsters is<br />
mediated by components in opaline. In addition, ink and opaline are<br />
highly acidic (4.9 and 5.8 respectively), suggesting that pH may have<br />
either a direct or indirect effect on the secretions´ efficacy. We are<br />
currently examining these pH effects in behavioral and<br />
electrophysiological assays. Supported by NSF IBN-0324435<br />
270 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
PROTEIN-MEDIATED DEFENSE IN APLYSIA CALIFORNICA<br />
AGAINST THE PREDATORY ANEMONE ANTHOPLEURA<br />
SOLA<br />
Kicklighter C. 1, Johnson P. 1, Yang H. 1, Tai P. 1, Derby C. 1 1Biology,<br />
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA<br />
The sea hare Aplysia cali<strong>for</strong>nica defends itself from predators with<br />
two secretions, ink and opaline, which affect predators differently.<br />
Against the spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus ink is attractive while<br />
opaline is aversive (Shabani et al., 2004 AChemS poster). Conversely,<br />
against the predatory sea anemone Anthopleura sola, ink is aversive,<br />
causing tentacles to shrivel and the gastrovascular cavity to evert.<br />
Opaline appears to stimulate feeding, as it elicits tentacle movement to<br />
the mouth, which opens. Our investigations indicate that ink contains<br />
one dominant protein, “escapin”, which occurs at a concentration of<br />
0.025 mg/ml of ink. When applied to anemone tentacles, escapin elicits<br />
cell lysis, suggesting that escapin may be responsible <strong>for</strong> ink´s<br />
aversiveness to sea anemones. To further pursue escapin´s defensive<br />
role <strong>for</strong> Aplysia, we are using the technique RNA interference to knock<br />
down production of escapin. Ink produced by Aplysia injected with<br />
double-stranded RNA elicits less tentacle shriveling than ink produced<br />
by control Aplysia. We are currently using this technique to assess the<br />
survival of sea hares that can and cannot produce ink containing escapin<br />
against sea anemones.<br />
Supported by NSF IBN-0324435<br />
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271 Poster [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
PREDATOR ODORS AND REPRODUCTION IN HOUSE<br />
MOUSE UNDER LABORATORY AND SEMI-NATURAL<br />
CONDITIONS<br />
Voznessenskaya V. 1, Naidenko S. 1, Dulchenko N. 1, Clark L. 2 1Institute<br />
of Ecology & Evolution RAS, Moscow, Russia; 2Repellents, National<br />
Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO<br />
We examined the influence of predator odors (Felis catus) on<br />
reproductive output of House Mouse (Mus musculus) under laboratory<br />
and semi-natural conditions. Laboratory naive animals responded to<br />
predator chemical cues either with block of pregnancy or reduced litter<br />
size and skewed sex ratio. Under laboratory conditions block of<br />
pregnancy in experimental group was observed twice higher then in<br />
both of the control groups (p< 0.001). In enclosures 30% of females<br />
were not pregnant (season of May-September 2002-2003) when cat<br />
urine was applied onto the bedding each other day. At the same time in<br />
control enclosure 92 % (n=38) of females were pregnant. The total<br />
number of offspring in control enclosure also was significantly higher<br />
(p< 0.001) then in experimental one. We observed seasonal changes in<br />
sensitivity of mice to predator chemical cues. It is noteworthy that<br />
suppression of rodent reproduction also occurred when rodents were<br />
exposed to urine of conspecifics housed under high population<br />
densities. The fact that mice respond to certain chemical signals in<br />
predator urine in similar fashion may be <strong>for</strong>tuitous, and may have more<br />
to do with the coincidence that the urine contain similar chemical cues<br />
resulting from protein digestion in carnivores and protein catabolism in<br />
nutritionally deprived rodents rather than specific predator-prey<br />
adaptations.<br />
Supported by RFBR & Presidium RAS “Biological Resources” #<br />
3.1.1.<br />
272 Slide [ ] Chemical Ecology<br />
MANUFACTURE AND TESTING OF CHEMICAL-SIGNAL-<br />
ENHANCED DEVICES FOR DETERRING CROP-RAIDING<br />
ELEPHANTS<br />
Rasmussen L.E. 1, Riddle S.W. 2, Roeder H. 2 1OGI School of Science &<br />
Engineering, OHSU, Beaverton, OR; 2Riddle's Elephant & Wildlife<br />
Sanctuary, Greenbrier, AR<br />
Human-elephant conflict is a significant economic and ecological<br />
problem in southeast Asia, escalating as human populations continue to<br />
expand and the <strong>for</strong>est habitat <strong>for</strong> elephants is destroyed. In their native<br />
society Asian elephants utilize two pheromones that elicit well-defined<br />
behavioral responses and a variety of chemical signals that influence<br />
other behaviors including movement and choices. Utilizing this<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation combined with several years of testing various antifeedants<br />
and deterrents, and detailed first-hand knowledge of the<br />
walking behavior of elephants, Riddle and Rasmussen invented a<br />
mechanical device, enhanced with chemical signal dispersion units.<br />
Recently we built twelve such devices at a village site in southern India<br />
and tested their efficacy during harvest season, the period of maximum<br />
crop-raiding by elephants. As crop-raiding in this region occurs<br />
primarily nocturnally, observations were conducted using night vision<br />
recording equipment. Results demonstrate that 1. the manufacturing<br />
process was cost effective 2. the devices were efficacious as deterrents<br />
3. new ambulatory capabilities and high risk behaviors by wild male<br />
elephants were revealed. We present this study in the context of the<br />
relevance of basic behavioral and chemical signal research toward<br />
practical economic use. Supported by USFW grants # 98210-G091to<br />
LELR and # 98210-3-G648 to LELR and SR.
273 Poster [ ] Accessory Olfactory System<br />
MODIFICATION OF ODOR INVESTIGATION BY FEMALE<br />
OPOSSUMS (MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA) AFTER<br />
ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB ABLATION<br />
Zuri I. 1, Halpern M. 1 1Anatomy & Cell Biology, Downstate Medical<br />
Center, Brooklyn, NY<br />
Monodelphis domestica are South American marsupials that<br />
commonly scent-mark their environment. We have previously shown<br />
that female opossums discriminate between conspecific odors from<br />
different sources. The purpose of the present study was to determine if<br />
the vomeronasal system is important <strong>for</strong> females to discriminate these<br />
odors.<br />
Investigation of conspecific odors and distilled water was tested in<br />
12 female opossums in a 2-choice paradigm and the time spent in snout<br />
contact with each stimulus was analyzed from video recordings.<br />
Females were tested be<strong>for</strong>e treatments and after control treatment<br />
(anaesthesia and partial elctrolytic accessory olfactory bulb lesions<br />
(AOBP, N=6), or anaesthesia followed by complete AOB ablation<br />
(AOBX, N=6)). Neither anesthesia nor AOBP had an effect on odor<br />
investigation.<br />
AOBX resulted in a significant reduction of investigation of certain<br />
odors, but only when those odors were paired with certain other odors.<br />
For example, when male suprasternal gland (SG) odor was paired with<br />
urine of the same stimulus male, there was a significant decrease in the<br />
time spent investigating SG odors following AOBX. However, AOBX<br />
did not modify the investigation of male SG when it was paired with the<br />
same-male sub-mandibular odors.<br />
Our data suggest that the accessory olfactory system may be<br />
important <strong>for</strong> the investigation of conspecific odors by female<br />
opossums, but it does not appear to be essential <strong>for</strong> such odor<br />
discrimination.<br />
Supported by NIH Grant DC02745.<br />
274 Poster [ ] Accessory Olfactory System<br />
TWO POPULATIONS OF GRANULE CELLS IN THE<br />
ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB OF THE OPOSSUM,<br />
MONDELPHIS DOMESTICA<br />
Jia C. 1, Halpern M. 2 1Anatomy and Cell Bliology, Downstate Medical<br />
Center, Brooklyn, NY; 2Anatomy & Cell Biology, Downstate Medical<br />
Center, Brooklyn, NY<br />
In the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) the principal neurons,<br />
mitral/tufted cells, receive synaptic inputs from vomeronasal receptor<br />
cell axons. Mitral/tufted cell activity is modulated by feedback control<br />
of interneurons. Granule cells are the major type of inhibitory<br />
interneurons. In this study, we used immunocytochemical technique to<br />
analyze the expression of the calcium binding proteins calretinin and<br />
calbindin D28k in the granule cell layer of the opossum AOB. We<br />
identified two separate populations of granule cells in the granule cell<br />
layer. One population expresses only calretinin, and the other expresses<br />
only calbindin D28k. Their somatic distribution in the granule cell layer<br />
was intermingled and their dendritic projection into the external<br />
plexi<strong>for</strong>m layer was also similar. No such differential expression of the<br />
calcium binding proteins was detected in the mouse or rat AOB, or in<br />
the main olfactory bulbs of the rat, mouse and opossum using the same<br />
antibodies. This observation suggests that in the opossum AOB the<br />
granule cell population is not homogenous.<br />
Supported by NIDCD grant #DC02745<br />
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275 Poster [ ] Accessory Olfactory System<br />
VOMERONASAL AND OLFACTORY CONVERGENCE IN<br />
MEDIAL AMYGDALA<br />
Case G.R. 1, Meredith M. 2 1Neurosciences Program, Florida State<br />
University, Tallahassee, FL; 2Neuroscience Program, Florida State<br />
University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
Conspecific chemosensory signals communicate social in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
in hamsters, and are distinguished from heterospecific, socially nonrelevant,<br />
stimuli by Fos responses within medial amygdala (Westberry<br />
and Meredith AChemS 2003). Signals stimulate the vomeronasal organ<br />
(VNO) or main olfactory system, activating medial amygdala via<br />
accessory and main olfactory bulbs (AOB, MOB). We used electrical<br />
stimulation of the VNO and MOB in anesthetized hamsters to show that<br />
both systems have input to the medial amygdala. MOB electrodes were<br />
in the rostro-lateral bulb to avoid driving VNO nerves. Simultaneous<br />
recordings were made with 4 electrodes inserted into a 3 x 8 grid<br />
pattern (200 um spacing) covering most of the anterior (MeA) and<br />
posterior (MeP) medial amygdala. Robust field potentials appeared<br />
throughout with moderate to high stimulus intensity (400-1000 uA,<br />
500uS) and a few single units were driven by both systems. Full<br />
mapping of MeA and MeP was obtained in 5 hamsters and partial<br />
mapping of MeP in 2 others, as verified by histology. Olfactory input<br />
clearly has access to medial amygdala even though it was not<br />
necessary, in the previous Fos studies, <strong>for</strong> stimulus categorization by<br />
MeA/MeP. Electrical VNO stimulation in awake hamsters activated Fos<br />
expression in MeA but not MeP (as <strong>for</strong> heterospecific chemosensory<br />
stimulation). Here we found approx equal efficiency <strong>for</strong> short-latency<br />
VNO driven activation of MeA and MeP, possibly due to higher<br />
stimulus levels than used in awake animals (150uA), or to the<br />
cumulative effect of activation on Fos expression over 15 min. These<br />
hypotheses will be tested in future experiments. Support by NIDCD<br />
grant DC005813<br />
276 Poster [ ] Accessory Olfactory System<br />
CATEGORIZATION OF CHEMOSENSORY INPUT IN<br />
MEDIAL AMYGDALA REQUIRES VOMERONASAL INPUT IN<br />
BOTH SEXUALLY NAÏVE AND EXPERIENCED MALE<br />
HAMSTERS.<br />
Westberry J. 1, Samuelsen C.L. 2, Meredith M. 1 1Program in<br />
Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL;<br />
2Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
In male hamsters, medial amygdala responds categorically to<br />
chemosensory input based on the species and social relevance of a<br />
stimulus. Using immediate early gene (IEG) expression, we have<br />
demonstrated that the anterior medial amygdala (MeA) responds to both<br />
conspecific and heterospecific stimuli, but posterior medial amygdala<br />
(MeP) responds only to conspecific (socially-relevant) stimuli. Another<br />
part of the amygdala, the largely GABAergic intercalated nucleus<br />
(ICN) was activated when MeP was not activated with heterospecific<br />
stimuli, suggesting inhibition of MeP by ICN. This categorization<br />
appears to be hard-wired. In sexually-naïve males, lesions of the main<br />
olfactory epithelium (OLFX) did not change the pattern of IEG<br />
activation in the MeA or MeP elicited by conspecific and heterospecific<br />
stimuli, while removal of the VNO (VNX) eliminated categorization<br />
and most of the responses in the MeA and MeP. Sexually-experienced<br />
males can use main olfactory input to compensate <strong>for</strong> lack of VNO<br />
input. Here we investigated activation and categorization in MeA and<br />
MeP in experienced-VNX males. Preliminary data indicates that<br />
experienced-VNX males show activation of MeA and MeP with both<br />
conspecific and heterospecific stimuli, indicating a lack of<br />
categorization of these stimuli. Without VNO input, there was never<br />
activation of ICN with either class of stimuli. There were no significant<br />
differences in attention to the stimuli (on swabs) that could account <strong>for</strong><br />
differences in amygdala FRAs expression between groups. Supported<br />
by DC-005813 from NIDCD.
277 Poster [ ] Accessory Olfactory System<br />
CORTICAL RESPONSE TO ANDROSTADIENONE WITH OR<br />
WITHOUT FUNCTIONAL OCCLUSION OF THE<br />
VOMERONASAL DUCT - A FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC<br />
RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI) STUDY<br />
Gerber J.C. 1, Lundstrom J.N. 2, Frasnelli J. 3, Knecht M. 3, Olsson M. 2,<br />
Hummel T. 3 1Neuroradiology, Dresden University, Dresden, Germany;<br />
2Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;<br />
3Otorhinolaryngology, Dresden University, Dresden, Germany<br />
There has been controversy as to whether the vomeronasal duct<br />
(VND) in humans is mediating any sensory in<strong>for</strong>mation or is merely a<br />
nonfunctional vestige. This study assessed the cortical responses<br />
following stimulation with the putative pheromone Androstadienone<br />
(AND) in women, with and without coverage of the VND and using<br />
AND in concentrations beyond olfactory threshold. We hypothesised<br />
that activation is independent of the VND´s status. Following detailed<br />
examination including tests <strong>for</strong> olfactory functions, 16 women (age<br />
range 21 to 27 years), fertile, and all presenting with a VND underwent<br />
fMRI. The odour stimuli were AND (3 mol/l) and phenylethyl alcohol<br />
(PEA) (pseudo randomised block design, 30s on, 30s off; 1s stimulus<br />
duration, 3s interstimulus interval). Subjects did not know about the<br />
status of the VND´s coverage. Imaging data were analysed with SPM2.<br />
In a group random effects analysis, coverage of the VND did not show<br />
significant influence on cortical activation. On first sight, AND<br />
produced an activation pattern similar to that of the control odour PEA.<br />
When further assessing the differences (AND vs. PEA, group random<br />
effects analysis), significant subcallosal activation extending to the<br />
septal region was detected. In summary, access to the VND does not<br />
seem to play a major role in the perception of AND odor. The<br />
subcallosal and septal activation specific to AND is in line with<br />
previous findings with PET. Support: DFG HU441-2, HSFR:F0868<br />
278 Poster [ ] Accessory Olfactory System<br />
CHARACTERISTICS OF GENERAL AND SPECIFIC<br />
CHEMOSENSORY RESPONSES IN THE SNAKE ACCESSORY<br />
OLFACTORY BULB<br />
Cinelli A. 1, Li C. 2, Wang D. 3, Liu W. 4, Chen P. 3, Halpern M. 5<br />
1Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 2Anatomy & Neurobiology,<br />
University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN; 3Biochemistry, Downstate<br />
Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 4Anatomy and Cell Biology, Downstate<br />
Medicall Center, Brooklyn, NY; 5Anatomy & Cell Biology, Downstate<br />
Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY<br />
Converging evidence indicates that the main olfactory system detects<br />
general odors using a combinatorial coding strategy. Currently, the<br />
coding strategy in the vomeronasal (VN) system is unknown, but this<br />
system detects highly selective chemosignals, and probably depends on<br />
the activation of highly tuned VN receptor neurons. In snakes, the VN<br />
system is critical <strong>for</strong> detecting chemosignals emitted by conspecifics<br />
and prey, but also responds to general odors and amino acids when they<br />
are delivered as liquid stimuli. Using voltage sensitive dyes and<br />
selective chemoattractants, we studied the distribution of neural<br />
responses evoked by electrical, general and specific chemosensory<br />
stimuli in the snake accessory olfactory bulb (AOB). All stimulus types<br />
evoke non-homogeneously distributed patterns within and throughout<br />
the layers, and seemed to be organized in clusters. The spatial<br />
distribution of responses to prey chemicals suggest the presence of a<br />
zone of preferential activation located in the posterior AOB. Changes in<br />
the spatial distribution of activity occurred over time, suggesting a<br />
stimulus-specific dynamic organization of responses. Foci of activity<br />
also exhibited dissimilar thresholds. These results suggest that sensory<br />
discrimination in the snake AOB is based on a combinatorial coding<br />
scheme.<br />
Supported by NIH DC 03735<br />
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279 Slide [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
CHLORIDE HOMEOSTASIS IN MOUSE ORNS<br />
Reisert J. 1, Yau K. 1, Bradley J. 1 1Department of Neuroscience/HHMI,<br />
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD<br />
Olfactory transduction was seen as a system that worked analogously<br />
to vertebrate phototransduction: Stimulation of G protein-coupled<br />
receptors triggers an electrical response by activating CNG channels.<br />
This view was altered when Kleene & Gesteland reported the presence<br />
of a Ca2+-activated Cl channel on olfactory cilia. Odor stimulation<br />
increases the ciliary Ca2+ concentration by opening CNG channels,<br />
generating a secondary Cl current. This current is inward, there<strong>for</strong>e<br />
excitatory, implying a relatively high internal chloride concentration.<br />
80% of the odor-induced current in rodents and 36-65 % in amphibians<br />
is carried by chloride. Two functions <strong>for</strong> this unusual Cl current have<br />
been proposed. First, it provides a nonlinear, low-noise amplification of<br />
the CNG current. Second, it reduces the dependency of the receptor<br />
current on external mucosal Na+, which might vary depending on the<br />
environment, a situation more relevant <strong>for</strong> amphibians and fish than <strong>for</strong><br />
mammals. Many of the characteristics of the odor-induced response<br />
there<strong>for</strong>e depend on the interplay between the CNG channel (the Ca2+<br />
source) and the Cl channel, and their regulation. Furthermore, since<br />
spike frequency is a function of the overall receptor current, the<br />
interaction of these two channels will affect action-potential generation.<br />
We present molecular and electrophysiological evidence <strong>for</strong> a<br />
mechanism by which internal Cl– concentration is maintained such that<br />
its reversal potential is positive relative to the resting membrane<br />
potential in mouse ORNs.<br />
280 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
CHLORIDE HOMEOSTASIS IN MOUSE OLFACTORY<br />
NEURONS<br />
Delay R. 1, Verret T. 1, Gorman R. 1 1Biology, University of Vermont,<br />
Burlington, VT<br />
Intracellular Cl, [Cl]i, is important in determining the ultimate<br />
response of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) exposed to odor.<br />
Although secondary to the non-selective cation current, the Cadependent<br />
Cl current is primarily responsible <strong>for</strong> the generator<br />
potential. Thus, Cl homeostasis is important to odor responses. We used<br />
MEQ, a chloride sensitive fluorescent dye, to measure [Cl]i across a<br />
population of isolated OSNs. Since MEQ is a non-ratiometric dye, a set<br />
of Cl bath standards was used to establish the initial level of internal Cl.<br />
Our results indicated a wide range of [Cl]i exist in isolated OSNs<br />
(range: 20-145 mM; mean: 62 mM). As a control, [Cl]i measured in<br />
erythrocytes had a mean of 55 +/- 5 mM, similar to other reports <strong>for</strong><br />
RBCs. Although the population of isolated OSNs displayed a wide<br />
range of [Cl]i, in any individual OSN [Cl]i was stable during the<br />
recording period (up to two hours). The only changes observed in [Cl]i<br />
were due to stimulation or altering bath conditions to affect Cl<br />
cotransporters. [Cl]i of OSNs responded in a dynamic fashion, changing<br />
in response to odor stimulation or by increasing [cAMP]i. With [Cl]i<br />
unusually high in some olfactory neurons, there must be an active<br />
transporter or exchanger(s) that maintains this gradient. Several<br />
different transporters have been reported to carry Cl in neurons. We<br />
focused on NKCC1 and KCC2 since these Cl cotransporters have been<br />
shown to be critical to [Cl]i in developing neurons. Drugs were used to<br />
selectively inhibit either NKCC1 or KCC2. Data from these<br />
experiments, imaging and per<strong>for</strong>ated patch clamp, suggest these<br />
transporters are functional in OSNs and work to set [Cl]i.
281 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
EXPRESSION OF CL- COTRANSPORTERS IN MOUSE<br />
OLFACTORY NEURONS.<br />
Schannen A.P. 1, Delay R.J. 2 1Biology, University of Vermont,<br />
Burlington, VT; 2Biology Department, University of Vermont,<br />
Burlington, VT<br />
Chloride fluxes and intracellular Cl, [Cl]i, are important in<br />
determining the ultimate response of olfactory sensory neurons (OSN)<br />
exposed to odor. In some OSNs, Cl can contribute most of the odorelicited<br />
generator current, giving it a vital role in olfactory signaling.<br />
Populations of isolated mouse OSNs have been shown to express a<br />
wide range [Cl]i. To determine what Cl transporters might be involved<br />
in this variance we characterized the expression of two chloride<br />
cotransporters in mouse OSNs: iso<strong>for</strong>m 1 of the Na/K/2Cl cotransporter<br />
(NKCC1) and iso<strong>for</strong>m 2 of the K/Cl cotransporter (KCC2). NKCC1<br />
moves one Na ion, one K ion and 2 Cl ions into the cell. Conversely,<br />
KCC2 moves 1 K and 1 Cl ion out of the cell. Since these are<br />
cotransporters, if any one of ions being moved across the membrane is<br />
not present, no movement occurs. Western blots of nasal epithelium and<br />
immunohistochemistry of sectioned tissues, showed that both KCC2<br />
and NKCC1 were present in mouse olfactory neurons and both<br />
transporters appeared to be located in the apical region of OSNs. To<br />
further characterize the expression patterns of KCC2 and NKCC1 we<br />
examined isolated cells using deconvolution microscopy. OSNs showed<br />
variable expression of KCC2 and NKCC1. Some OSNs displayed<br />
intense labeling <strong>for</strong> NKCC1 and KCC2 in their dendritic region, while<br />
others express these cotransporters at lower levels throughout the entire<br />
cell. A few OSNs showed only faint expression of either cotransporter.<br />
We have shown that NKCC1 and KCC2 are present in mouse OSNs,<br />
although expression is not uni<strong>for</strong>m across the population of OSNs.<br />
Supported by NIH grants P20RR16435 & P20RR16462<br />
282 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
PENDRIN, A CHLORIDE TRANSPORTER, IS EXPRESSED IN<br />
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS<br />
Kleene N.K. 1, Zhang J. 1, Pixley S.K. 1, Soleimani M. 2, Kleene S.J. 1 1Cell<br />
Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Cincinnati,<br />
Cincinnati, OH; 2Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati,<br />
Cincinnati, OH<br />
During odorant transduction, a calcium-activated chloride current<br />
contributes to the depolarization of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs).<br />
The purpose of this study is to identify anion exchangers that regulate<br />
internal chloride concentration in ORNs. Toward this end, reverse<br />
transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was per<strong>for</strong>med on RNA<br />
isolated from murine nasal mucosa using primers specific <strong>for</strong> members<br />
of the SLC26 family, a highly conserved group of anion exchangers<br />
that transport chloride. Our results identified the expression of pendrin<br />
in murine nasal mucosa. Pendrin is an ion transporter that exchanges<br />
chloride <strong>for</strong> bicarbonate, hydroxide, iodide, or <strong>for</strong>mate but not sulfate.<br />
It also exchanges chloride <strong>for</strong> fructose and mannose. Pendrin is<br />
abundantly expressed in a distinct subpopulation of cells in the thyroid,<br />
inner ear, and kidney. Mutations in pendrin cause Pendred´s syndrome,<br />
a hereditary disorder characterized by deafness and goiter. Using<br />
Northern blotting, we confirmed that pendrin mRNA is expressed in<br />
nasal mucosa. Immunohistochemical staining with specific antibodies<br />
indicated that pendrin is expressed in ORNs and sustentacular cells in<br />
the epithelium, as well as in mitral cells in the olfactory bulb. In ORNs,<br />
sustentacular cells and mitral cells, pendrin is present in spherical,<br />
vesicle-like structures. The immunolabeling was specific since it was<br />
blocked with the pendrin peptide to which the antibody had been raised.<br />
Future studies are aimed at identifying the vesicles that express pendrin<br />
and in ascertaining the role of pendrin in regulating chloride<br />
concentration in the ORNs. This work was supported by NIH grant R01<br />
DC00926 (SJK) and DK 62809 (MS).<br />
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283 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
PLASMA MEMBRANE CALCIUM PUMPS IN THE MOUSE<br />
OLFACTORY AND VNO RECEPTOR CELLS<br />
Cusick M. 1, Chandran S. 1, Van Houten J. 1, Delay R. 2 1Biology,<br />
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT; 2Biology Department, University<br />
of Vermont, Burlington, VT<br />
Calcium (Ca) plays important roles in olfactory signaling and,<br />
there<strong>for</strong>e, it must be important to control intracellular Ca levels in<br />
olfactory and VNO sensory neurons by binding proteins, intracellular<br />
pumps, and extrusion from the cell by the Na+/Ca2+ transporter and<br />
plasma membrane Ca pumps (PMCAs). Mammals have 4 PMCA<br />
iso<strong>for</strong>ms, each with different kinetic properties to serve different<br />
physiological tasks. We are studying the distribution and roles of these<br />
pumps in olfactory and VNO receptor neurons using<br />
immunocytochemistry of epithelia and dissociated cells and calcium<br />
imaging. The pan-PMCA antibodies show distinct staining patterns in<br />
the olfactory and VNO epithelia: intense in the apical region of the<br />
olfactory epithelium but not in the respiratory epithelium; none apparent<br />
in the cilia; faint in the region of the neuron cell bodies. Use of specific<br />
antibodies shows: intense staining <strong>for</strong> iso<strong>for</strong>ms 1 and 2 in both VNO<br />
and olfactory epithelium; little or no staining <strong>for</strong> iso<strong>for</strong>ms 3 and 4 in<br />
either epithelium; weak to no staining of any iso<strong>for</strong>m in the respiratory<br />
epithelium. The most intense staining is in VNO <strong>for</strong> iso<strong>for</strong>ms 1 and 2<br />
and in olfactory epithelium.Dissociated olfactory sensory neurons<br />
(OSNs) show staining <strong>for</strong> iso<strong>for</strong>m 1 along the entire cell with intense<br />
staining where the dendrite meets the cell body. Staining <strong>for</strong> iso<strong>for</strong>m 2<br />
is prominent at the dendritic knob, cilia and cell body with less in the<br />
dendrite. Calcium imaging of isolated OSNs shows that calcium levels<br />
can return to basal levels after KCl or odorant stimulation even in the<br />
absence of transporter and SERCA pump function, which suggests a<br />
role <strong>for</strong> PMCAs in Ca removal in response to odor stimulation.<br />
Supported: NIH DC00721, P20RR16435, NCI PHS22435
284 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
OLFACTORY EPITHELIAL LOCALIZATION AND<br />
DENDRITIC MORPHOLOGY OF GOLF NEGATIVE<br />
OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURONS PROJECTING TO<br />
MEDIAL OLFACTORY BULB GLOMERULI IN THE LARVAL<br />
SEA LAMPREY (PETROMYZON MARINUS. L)<br />
Firby A.E. 1, Arbuckle W.J. 1, Zielinski B.S. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>,<br />
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada<br />
Firby, A.E., Arbuckle, W.J., Zielinski, B.S.<br />
Abstract<br />
The objective of this study is to examine the dendritic morphology<br />
and olfactory epithelial distribution olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs)<br />
that project to spatially conserved medial glomeruli in the sea lamprey,<br />
an ancestral vertebrate with migratory and reproductive behavior<br />
mediated through pheromones (Li et al., 1995 J. Gen. Physiol. 105:<br />
567; Li et al., Science 2002 296: 138-141). These medial glomeruli<br />
lack Golf,expression; yet this GTP binding protein is localized in the<br />
remaining six glomerular territories (Frontini et al., J Comp Neurol<br />
465:27-37). Following micro-injection of fluorescent dextran amines<br />
into the medial glomeruli, dextran labeled OSNs were observed in the<br />
ventral hemisphere of the olfactory mucosa. The dendrite of these<br />
OSNs was long and slender, and the cell body was located in the basal<br />
half of the olfactory epithelium. In comparison, Golf- immunoreactive<br />
OSNs were widely distributed in the olfactory epithelium. The<br />
morphology of the Golf-immunoreactive OSNs included short, thick<br />
dendrites with cell bodies in the apical portion of the olfactory<br />
epithelium, and OSNs with slender dendrites and cell bodies in the basal<br />
half of the olfactory epithelium. This study shows that OSNs in the sea<br />
lamprey are dimorphic, and supports the idea that sub-populations of<br />
OSN terminals are distributed according to functional parameters in this<br />
species.<br />
Supported by: Great Lakes Fishery Commission, NSERC, University<br />
of Windsor Faculty of Graduate Studies<br />
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285 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF SUSTENTACULAR CELLS IN<br />
MOUSE OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM (OE)<br />
Vogalis F. 1, Hegg C. 1, Lucero M. 1 1Physiology, University of Utah, Salt<br />
Lake City, UT<br />
Sustentacular cells (SCs) are exquisitely sensitive to P2Y receptor<br />
stimulation and generate robust increases in [Ca2+ ] implicating ATP as<br />
i<br />
an important paracrine regulator in the OE1 . Here we determined the<br />
electrical properties and responses to ATP of SCs in 250-µm OE slices<br />
from mice (P1-P4) using whole-cell techniques. Capacitances (C ) of m<br />
SCs averaged 17.9 ± 0.1 pF and input resistance (R ) was 173.1 ± 15.6<br />
in<br />
MΩ (n = 134). SCs generated a fast inward Na + current that was halfmaximally<br />
activated and inactivated at –52 mV and –86 mV<br />
respectively. Blocking gap junctions with 1 mM 1-octanol did not<br />
significantly alter C (20.9 ± 1.4 pF be<strong>for</strong>e vs. 20.7 ± 2.2 pF during 1-<br />
m<br />
octanol, n=11) while R increased significantly (p < 0.05, paired t-test)<br />
in<br />
from 140 ± 48 MΩ to 187 ± 58 MΩ. The poor electrical connectivity<br />
between SCs was confirmed by an absence of dye coupling in 8 of 10<br />
cells filled with Lucifer Yellow (0.2%). In the presence of 1-octanol,<br />
ATP (30-s, 20-50 µM) transiently decreased R by 10%, which then<br />
in<br />
increased by 20% during the 5 min wash. In 8 SCs, a 30-s application<br />
of ATP increased C by ~ 2.5% over 10 min. Our results indicate that<br />
m<br />
SCs generate inward Na + currents which, due to the low R of SCs,<br />
in<br />
cannot support action potentials. The low R is apparently not due to<br />
in<br />
coupling to neighboring cells. In addition, ATP elicits a biphasic<br />
response in the R of SCs and may trigger exocytosis as indicated by ~<br />
in<br />
400 fF increase in C . Further experiments will identify the resting<br />
m<br />
conductances of SCs and those elicited by ATP, as well as the Ca2+ -<br />
dependence of the ATP-mediated exocytosis. Funded by NIDCD<br />
DC02994toMTLand DC04953 toCCH.1.Heggetal.,J.Neurosci.23:<br />
8291-8301.
286 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
TRANSCRIPTS ENRICHED IN SENSORY NEURONS AND<br />
SUPPORTING CELLS OF THE OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM<br />
Yu T. 1, Mcintyre J.C. 1, Bose S.C. 1, Hardin D. 1, Mcclintock T.S. 1<br />
1Physiology, Cell and Molecular Sensory Systems Program, University<br />
of Kentucky, Lexington, KY<br />
Using a fluorescent LacZ substrate and flow cytometry, we collected<br />
LacZ+ and LacZ- cells from the olfactory epithelium of OMP-LacZ3<br />
mice (Walters et al., 1996, J Neurosci Res. 43:146). Olfactory marker<br />
protein was 100-fold enriched in the LacZ+ RNA, indicating successful<br />
purification of mature olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs).<br />
Representational difference analysis confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR<br />
identified 54 differentially distributed transcripts. The majority of these<br />
transcripts encode proteins that have no known function. In situ<br />
hybridization identified 11 transcripts expressed only by OSNs and<br />
vomeronasal sensory neurons (VSNs). Some were restricted to mature<br />
OSNs. Twelve additional transcripts were enriched in OSNs and<br />
VSNs, but were also expressed in other cells in the epithelium. One<br />
novel transcript was expressed in the OSNs, sustentacular cells, and<br />
Bowmans glands only within a restricted region of the epithelium. The<br />
six transcripts restricted to sustentacular cells and Bowman´s glands<br />
include several enzymes that metabolize odorants. We also identified a<br />
transcript, pancreatitis-associated protein, restricted to cells of the<br />
respiratory epithelium. As a group, these olfactory enriched transcripts<br />
provide useful markers of certain cell types within the epithelium and<br />
potential insights into the function of several of these cell types.<br />
Supported by R01 DC02736 and R01 AG18229.<br />
287 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
EXPRESSION PROFILING OF PHENOTYPICALLY<br />
IDENTIFIED OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURONS<br />
Mcintyre J.C. 1, Yu T. 1, Shetty R.S. 1, Sammeta N. 1, Smith M.A. 1,<br />
Mcclintock T.S. 1 1Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky,<br />
Lexington, KY<br />
GFP+ and GFP- cells were collected using flow cytometry from the<br />
olfactory epithelium of OMP-GFP mice (Potter et al., 2001, J Neurosci.<br />
21:24). RNA from these two populations of cells, and from the brain of<br />
OMP-GFP mice, was hybridized against Affymetrix MOE430 A and B<br />
GeneChip microarrays. Adenylyl Cyclase type III and G were<br />
&alphaolf<br />
present in the GFP+ RNA but not detected in the GFP- RNA, indicating<br />
that olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) were enriched in the GFP+<br />
population. We identified 730 probe sets that were present only in the<br />
GFP+ population. Of these, 490 represent expressed sequence tags<br />
(ESTs), genes encoding proteins of unknown function, and unannotated<br />
genes. A wide range of functions were represented by the other 240<br />
sets. Transcripts were detected with roles in odorant detection (22), cell<br />
adhesion (10), metabolism and biosynthesis (21), transcription<br />
regulation (11), cell signaling (16), proliferation and differentiation<br />
(19), ion permeation and small molecule transport (24), and<br />
intracellular transport (9). Comparisons to previous experiments<br />
profiling transcripts expressed in the olfactory epithelium or in OSNs<br />
revealed overlaps with less than 5% of our list. Our data there<strong>for</strong>e<br />
appear to greatly expand the number of transcripts known to be<br />
enriched in OSNs.<br />
Supported by R01 DC02736 and R21 DC4507.<br />
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288 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
HOW SENSITIVE CAN A `BROADLY TUNED´ OLFACTORY<br />
RECEPTOR BE?<br />
Nickell T. 1 1Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of<br />
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH<br />
There is an apparent paradox in the current literature of vertebrate<br />
olfaction. On the one hand, many kinds of evidence show that receptors<br />
are `broadly tuned´; each receptor responds to numerous compounds.<br />
On the other hand, mammals can detect very low concentrations of<br />
odorants and single receptor neurons may detect single odorant<br />
molecules. Broad tuning appears to require low-affinity binding of<br />
odorants; high sensitivity is most easily explained by high-affinity<br />
binding. Thus, there appears to be an inverse relation between<br />
sensitivity and `broad tuning´. We have used a simple model to explore<br />
this tradeoff.<br />
To obtain sensitivity near the theoretical limit of one molecule, one<br />
bound ligand--or one active receptor--must produce spikes in the<br />
olfactory neuron. Amplification mechanisms within the cell can<br />
accomplish this; however, in a receptor with low affinity and binding<br />
energy thermal fluctuations may produce a significant probability of the<br />
active state in the absence of a ligand. Unless the total spontaneous<br />
activity of all the receptors in the cell is well below threshold, these<br />
thermal fluctuations will produce spikes. This requirement determines a<br />
minimum energy difference between Active and Inactive states of the<br />
receptor and, hence, a minimum binding energy and affinity of the<br />
ligand (odorant).<br />
Calculations using plausible estimates of the number of olfactory<br />
receptors in a cell show that at a moderate binding energy, the<br />
probability of spontaneous receptor activity is low enough to permit a<br />
cellular response to a single active receptor.<br />
289 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
OLFACTORY `INTERFEROMETRY´ - NON-CONTIGUOUS<br />
DISTRIBUTIONS OF OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS<br />
EXPRESSING ONE OLFACTORY RECEPTOR<br />
Kauer J.S. 1, White J.E. 1 1Neuroscience, Tufts University School of<br />
Medicine, Boston, MA<br />
Following elucidation of olfactory receptor (OR) candidates (Buck<br />
and Axel, 1991), it was shown that olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs)<br />
expressing one OR (designated here ORNx´s) are positioned in a noncontiguous<br />
fashion within olfactory epithelial (OE) `zones´ (Ressler et<br />
al. 1993; Vassar et al.,1993). We have recently shown similar, noncontiguously<br />
positioned ORNx´s in salamander OE (Marchand et al.,<br />
2004, in revision). From a developmental perspective (how stem cells<br />
generate one ORNx population) and from a targeting perspective (how<br />
ORNx´s find glomerular targets in the bulb), it would seem more<br />
efficient that ORNx´s be in contiguous groups. The question thus arises<br />
as to what advantages might non-contiguous ORN placement af<strong>for</strong>d.<br />
In the present study, we hypothesize that non-contiguous ORNx<br />
placement provides the opportunity <strong>for</strong> odor-generated activity in each<br />
ORNx neuron to be compared by the receiving circuitry of the target<br />
glomerulus with respect to similarity. Responses from ORNx´s placed<br />
in different regions of the incoming air flow, should be similar because<br />
they arise in ORNs expressing the same OR. The degree to which such<br />
responses are seen as similar by glomerular circuits is a measure of<br />
signal robustness. Such comparisons, especially <strong>for</strong> near threshold<br />
signals, per<strong>for</strong>med in appropriate time windows (e.g. during sniffs), can<br />
provide <strong>for</strong> a kind of `interferometric´ process that could increase<br />
signal/noise ratio and improve the sensitivity (by averaging) of the<br />
ensemble, over individual ORN, responses.<br />
Supported by grants from the NIDCD and ONR.
290 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
ASSESSING AIRFLOW PARAMETERS IN RAT EOGS<br />
Scott J.W. 1, Acevedo H.P. 1 1Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta,<br />
GA<br />
The chromatographic model of olfactory response by Mozell and<br />
colleagues predicts that response size should vary with the interaction<br />
of flow rate and the physicochemical properties of odorants. We<br />
investigated this question in the rat nose by EOG recordings in the<br />
dorsal lateral recesses of the intact nasal cavity. Nasal flow rates of 50,<br />
100, 200, & 500 ml/min were used to characterize the response size and<br />
latency. We found that latency measurements in the lateral recess had to<br />
guard against complex wave<strong>for</strong>ms arising from stimulation at other<br />
sites. These wave<strong>for</strong>ms are artifactual because they do not appear if<br />
odorants are directly applied to the opened epithelium and they<br />
disappear if the dorsal recess is made unresponsive by prolonged<br />
exposure to low molecular weight esters. With isoamyl acetate<br />
stimulation, the response in the lateral recess grows more rapidly with<br />
increase in nasal flow rate than the response in the dorsal recess. The<br />
latency in the lateral recess also decreases as flow rate increases. This<br />
effect was present over at least a 3 log unit range of concentration,<br />
down to approximately 10-3 of vapor saturation. We suggest that the<br />
greater response latency in the lateral sites is indicative of slower<br />
airflow in the lateral recesses, which would favor odorant sorption<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e it reaches the recording site. As airflow increases, that loss of<br />
odorant due to sorption is decreased and the response increases<br />
markedly. This effect is smaller with odorants that normally evoke large<br />
lateral responses (hexane, α-terpinene, and limonene). We interpret<br />
these findings to mean that the sniff velocity may dynamically control<br />
both the timing and size of olfactory responses in different parts of the<br />
epithelium. Supported by NIH grants DC00113 & DC04710.<br />
291 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
ALTERED OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURON PHENOTYPE IN<br />
MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSES I AND VI<br />
Rawson N.E. 1, Wysocki L.M. 1, Dankulich L. 1, Gomez G. 2, Haskins M. 3<br />
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA; 2Biology,<br />
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA; 3School of Veterinary Medicine,<br />
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Mucopolysaccharides (MPS) are thought to play a role in neural<br />
development and axon guidance. To assess their importance in the<br />
olfactory system, we studied the effects of two feline genetic models<br />
lacking different enzymes involved in MPS processing; one (MPSI) is<br />
associated with mental retardation, while the other (MPSVI) is not. We<br />
used tissue obtained at autopsy from unaffected control and affected<br />
cats. Stimulus-induced changes in intracellular calcium were studied<br />
using fluorescence imaging of live olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs).<br />
There were significantly fewer odorant responsive cells in the tissue<br />
from MPSI affected cats (n = 7; 1/57 ORNs), while about 25% of 149<br />
cells isolated from controls (n = 18) responded to a standard battery of<br />
13 odorants. In contrast, the frequency of responses to elevation of<br />
cAMP or membrane depolarization were similar in OSNs from control<br />
and affected cats. Fewer OSNs were obtained from animals with<br />
MPSVI (n=4; 11 OSNs), but they responded normally to odors,<br />
depolarization and cAMP elevation. These results indicate that the<br />
defect in alpha-L-iduronidase activity (MPSI), but not arylsulfatase B<br />
activity (MPSVI) alters the normal development or maintenance of the<br />
olfactory epithelium. These data suggest that abnormal MPS processing<br />
interferes with OSN function and that certain MPSs play a role in<br />
development or maintenance of the olfactory system. Funded in part by<br />
NIH DK25759 and RR02512 (MH).<br />
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292 Poster [ ] Olfactory Sensory Neuron Physiology<br />
BIOPHYSICAL MODEL OF OLFACTORY RECEPTOR<br />
NEURON (ORN) PAIRS REVEALS MECHANISM FOR GAP<br />
JUNCTION MEDIATED SYNCHRONIZED FIRING AT<br />
THRESHOLD ODOR CONCENTRATIONS<br />
Buntinas L. 1, Zhang C. 1, Restrepo D. 1 1Cell and Developmental<br />
Biology, University of Colorado Health <strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO<br />
Recent studies in our laboratory have shown that multiple connexins<br />
are expressed in mature ORNs in mice, suggesting that gap junctional<br />
coupling might modify ORN function. A recent study in Necturus<br />
maculosus (Delay and Dionne Chem. Senses. 28:807, 2003) found only<br />
a small fraction of coupled ORNs arguing against a general functional<br />
role <strong>for</strong> gap junctions. However, sparse coupling does not imply lack of<br />
a functional role of gap junctions in sub-groups of neurons expressing<br />
the same olfactory receptor. If connexins are only expressed in ORNs<br />
expressing certain olfactory receptors, the function of those ORNs<br />
could be modulated by gap junctional coupling. We <strong>for</strong>mulated a<br />
Hodgkin and Huxley compartmental model of two gap junction coupled<br />
ORNs in order to create the theoretical framework necessary to test the<br />
hypothesis that gap junctions modulate function of specific subgroups<br />
of ORNs. We asked how the strength of the coupling would change the<br />
odor-induced activity of the coupled neurons. We report that at<br />
intermediate coupling strength, ORNs of different odor specificity<br />
display synchronized firing at threshold odor concentrations. At higher<br />
concentrations, the firing is not synchronized and differs substantially<br />
between the cell that is stimulated with the cognate odor and the<br />
adjacent cell. This mechanism would allow <strong>for</strong> increased odor<br />
sensitivity of certain odors without compromising odor quality<br />
discrimination.<br />
This work was supported by NIH grants DC00566, DC04657 (DR),<br />
DC04952 (CZ) and DC006542 (LB).<br />
293 Poster [ ] Sweet Taste<br />
REDUCTION OF SWEET-SUPPRESSING EFFECTS OF<br />
GURMARIN BY KALLIKREINS INCREASED IN THE<br />
SUBMANDIBULAR SALIVA OF RATS FED GYMNEMA-<br />
CONTAINING DIET<br />
Yamada A. 1, Katsukawa H. 2, Sugita D. 3, Ninomiya Y. 1 1Kyushu<br />
University, Fukuoka, Japan; 2Physiology, Asahi University, Gifu,<br />
Japan; 3Central Laboratory, Lotte Co., LTD., Saitama, Japan<br />
A tropical plant, gymnema sylvestre (gymnema), contains gurmarin<br />
that selectively inhibits responses to sweet substances in rodents. The<br />
present study investigated possible interaction between gurmarin and<br />
the submandibular saliva in rats fed diet containing gymnema. At 1-2<br />
days after the start of the gymnema diet, preference <strong>for</strong> saccharin and<br />
D-phenylalanine decreased and subsequently returned closely to the<br />
control level within several days. Electrophoretic analyses<br />
demonstrated that relative amounts of two proteins in the saliva clearly<br />
increased in rats fed the gymnema diet. Rats previously given section of<br />
the bilateral glossopharyngeal nerve, however, showed no such salivary<br />
protein induction, suggesting importance of sensory in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong> the<br />
protein induction. Analyses of amino acid sequence indicate that two<br />
proteins are rat kallikrein 2 (rK2) and rat kallikrein 9 (rK9). rK2 and<br />
rK9, a family of serine proteases, have resemble cleavage sites in the<br />
protein substrates of which comparable residue is also contained in<br />
sequence of gurmarin. Finally, kallikreins purified from saliva clearly<br />
inhibited the immunoreaction between gurmarin and antigumarin<br />
antiserum. These results suggest that rK2 and rK9 increased by the<br />
gymnema diet via oral sensory system cleave gurmarin and reduce its<br />
sweet suppressing effect in rats.
294 Poster [ ] Sweet Taste<br />
BEHAVIORAL TESTING OF THE INTERACTION OF SWEET<br />
TASTE AND SOLUTION TEMPERATURE IN THE RAT<br />
Denbleyker M. 1, Taylor P.A. 1, Smith P. 2, Smith J.C. 1 1Psychology,<br />
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; 2Psychology, Florida<br />
Southern University, Lakeland, FL<br />
Electrophysiological recordings have shown that there is an<br />
interaction between taste and temperature in the rat, but there is scant<br />
behavioral evidence to support this finding. The present study was<br />
conducted to test the licking behavior of non-deprived rats in a shortterm<br />
test using different concentrations of nutritive and non-nutritive<br />
sweeteners across temperatures ranging from 10° to 40°C. A testing<br />
apparatus was developed to control the temperature of a solution with a<br />
resolution of 1° C. An infrared beam was passed across the opening to<br />
the sipper tube, so when the rat's tongue broke the beam, licks could be<br />
counted. Shutters could be opened, allowing access to the sipper tubes.<br />
During daily testing sessions, eight 30s taste/temperature trials were<br />
given by opening the shutter, allowing the rat access to a sucrose or<br />
saccharin solution. The inter-trial-interval was 90s, allowing time <strong>for</strong><br />
the temperature of the solution to be raised 5° <strong>for</strong> the subsequent trial.<br />
On a given day, the concentration of the sucrose or saccharin was held<br />
constant and the temperature was varied from 10° to 40° in an<br />
ascending manner across the 8 trials. Concentrations used <strong>for</strong> sucrose<br />
were 0.00075 to 0.25 M and <strong>for</strong> saccharin 0.001 to 0.066 M. The<br />
software analysis program allowed <strong>for</strong> a microanalysis of the licking<br />
behavior during the 30s presentations. As has been shown, licking<br />
increases as a function of concentration <strong>for</strong> sucrose and is expressed as<br />
an inverted U-function <strong>for</strong> saccharin. In all cases, licking decreases as<br />
the temperature of the solution is increased above 22°C.<br />
295 Poster [ ] Sweet Taste<br />
MOLECULAR STUDIES OF SWEET TASTE RECEPTOR<br />
FUNCTION<br />
Jiang P. 1, Liu Z. 2, Benard L. 2, Snyder L. 1, Margolskee R. 2, Max M. 1<br />
1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of<br />
Medicine, New York, NY; 2Department of Physiology and Biophysics,<br />
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,<br />
New York, NY<br />
Heterologous expression of T1R2 plus T1R3 yields a functional<br />
“sweet receptor” that is responsive to a diverse range of sweet tasting<br />
ligands. Sweet tastants include sugars (e.g. glucose, fructose, sucrose),<br />
sugar alcohols, small molecule artificial sweeteners (e.g. saccharin and<br />
acesulfame K) and certain proteins (e.g. brazzein, monellin and<br />
thaumatin). There is no common structure that unites all of these<br />
diverse compounds, although several attempts have been made to infer<br />
a universal sweet motif. Brazzein, like monellin and thaumatin, is a<br />
naturally occurring protein that humans, apes and old world monkeys<br />
perceive as intensely sweet, but which is not preferred by, and is<br />
apparently tasteless to, other species such as new world monkeys, rats<br />
and mice.<br />
Using mouse-human T1R chimeras, site-directed mutagenesis and<br />
calcium imaging of heterologously-expressed T1R2 + T1R3 we have<br />
determined the molecular basis <strong>for</strong> this species-specific sensitivity: we<br />
have identified a site within human TlR3 that is required <strong>for</strong> brazzein to<br />
stimulate T1R2 + T1R3. Other mutations in this same region of human<br />
T1R3 had effects on receptor activity toward monellin, and in some<br />
cases, overall receptor responsivity toward most or all sweet<br />
compounds. This suggests that this region of T1R3 may play a role in<br />
both ligand binding (especially <strong>for</strong> the protein sweeteners) and in the<br />
transition between inactive and active states of the receptor.<br />
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296 Poster [ ] Sweet Taste<br />
ALLELIC VARIATION OF THE TAS1R3 TASTE RECEPTOR<br />
GENE SELECTIVELY AFFECTS BEHAVIORAL AND<br />
NEURAL TASTE RESPONSES TO SWEETENERS IN THE F2<br />
HYBRIDS BETWEEN C57BL/6BYJ AND 129P3/J MICE<br />
Inoue M. 1, Reed D.R. 2, Li X. 2, Tordoff M.G. 2, Bachmanov A.A. 2,<br />
Beauchamp G.K. 2 1Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science,<br />
Tokyo, Japan; 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Recent studies have shown that the T1R3 receptor protein encoded<br />
by the Tas1r3 gene is involved in transduction of sweet taste. To assess<br />
ligand specificity of the T1R3 receptor, we analyzed the association of<br />
Tas1r3 allelic variants with taste responses in mice. In the F2 hybrids<br />
between the C57BL/6ByJ (B6) and 129P3/J (129) inbred mouse strains,<br />
we determined genotypes of markers on chromosome 4, where Tas1r3<br />
resides, measured consumption of taste solutions presented in the twobottle<br />
preference tests, and recorded integrated responses of the chorda<br />
tympani gustatory nerve to lingual application of taste stimuli. For<br />
intakes and preferences, significant linkages to Tas1r3 were found <strong>for</strong><br />
the sweeteners sucrose, saccharin and D-phenylalanine, but not glycine.<br />
For chorda tympani responses, significant linkages to Tas1r3 were<br />
found <strong>for</strong> the sweeteners sucrose, saccharin, D-phenylalanine, Dtryptophan<br />
and SC-45647, but not glycine, L-proline, L-alanine or Lglutamine.<br />
No linkages to distal chromosome 4 were detected <strong>for</strong><br />
behavioral or neural responses to non-sweet quinine, citric acid, HCl,<br />
NaCl, KCl, monosodium glutamate (MSG), inosine 5´-monophosphate<br />
(IMP) or ammonium glutamate. These results demonstrate that allelic<br />
variation of the Tas1r3 gene affects gustatory neural and behavioral<br />
responses to some but not all sweeteners. This study describes the range<br />
of ligand sensitivity of the T1R3 receptor using an in vivo approach.<br />
Supported by NIH grant DC00882 (GKB).<br />
297 Poster [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
PERCEPTUAL VARIANCE: HOW DISCRIMINATION<br />
METHODS BECOME LESS DISCRIMINATING<br />
Lee H. 1, Jeon S. 2, Kim K. 3, O'Mahony M. 4 1Food Science &<br />
Technology, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Davis, Davis, CA; 2Dept Food &<br />
Nutritional Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea;<br />
3Dept. Food & Nutritional Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul,<br />
South Korea; 4Food Science and Technology, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia,<br />
Davis, Davis, CA<br />
Discrimination tests are incorporated into threshold measurement and<br />
are used as difference tests, in the sensory evaluation of food. Yet, the<br />
various methods are not equivalent. This can be understood in terms of<br />
perceptual distributions (signal & noise) and d'. For a given perceptual<br />
difference, the greater the variance of these distributions, the smaller<br />
will be the value of d'. There are several sources of perceptual variance<br />
that can affect discrimination: adaptation and the sequence of tasting,<br />
memory and <strong>for</strong>getting, and criterion variation. The goal of this study<br />
was to investigate these effects, using discrimination between purified<br />
water and `threshold´ concentrations of NaCl. Firstly, the 2-AFC,<br />
triangle, duo-trio, and same-different methods were compared. Values<br />
of d' were computed and used <strong>for</strong> statistical analysis. After warm-up,<br />
which had the effect of stabilizing its criterion, memory effects<br />
rendered the same-different test as sensitive as the 2-AFC, despite its<br />
less advantageous sequence effects. Both were significantly more<br />
sensitive than the duo-trio or triangle methods. However, without<br />
warm-up criterion variation reduced the sensitivity of the samedifferent<br />
method to that of the triangle. Secondly, the effects of<br />
adaptation were further demonstrated using the two possible 3-AFC<br />
tests (NaCl-odd vs. water-odd) and varying their relative sensitivity by<br />
manipulating interstimulus rinses. Either 3-AFC elicited significantly<br />
higher d' values when the interstimulus rinses were different from the<br />
stimuli than when they were the same.<br />
Funding: UC Davis, Ewha WU
298 Poster [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION OF SUCROSE OCTAACETATE<br />
(SOA) BITTER TASTE SENSITIVITY, AND HERITABILITY<br />
OF THIS TRAIT AMONG TWINS<br />
Tharp A.A. 1, Alarcon S.M. 1, Tharp C.D. 1, Reed D.R. 1, Breslin P.A. 1<br />
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Sucrose octaacetate (SOA) tastes bitter to most tasters but the degree<br />
of perceived bitterness varies considerably. SOA is one of the most<br />
extensively investigated bitter taste traits in mice and has led to the<br />
identification of the Soa locus on mouse chromosome 6. To determine<br />
whether human sensitivity to the bitterness of SOA is also a genetic<br />
trait, we screened 130 mono- and dizygotic twins <strong>for</strong> their bitterness<br />
recognition threshold using a modified Harris-Kalmus sort test. In<br />
addition, these same subjects tasted and rated the bitterness intensity of<br />
six concentrations (including water) of SOA twice on the general<br />
Labeled Magnitude Scale. Monozygotic twins share 100% of their<br />
alleles in common whereas dizygotic twins share 50% of their genes on<br />
average. Thus, if a perceptual/behavioral trait has a significant genetic<br />
component, then monozygotic twins should be more similar to each<br />
other <strong>for</strong> this trait than are dizygotic twins. We found that the perceived<br />
bitterness of SOA was more similar among monozygotic twins than<br />
dizygotic twins <strong>for</strong> both the Harris-Kalmus test and the bitterness<br />
ratings. We further found that bitterness ratings were reliable and, at<br />
low concentrations, <strong>for</strong>med a bimodally distributed frequency<br />
histogram due to a subset of the population that cannot taste SOA until<br />
higher concentrations. At higher SOA intensities, the distribution<br />
appears more unimodally distributed. We also determined that the<br />
intensity ratings at low concentrations and the Harris-Kalmus bitterness<br />
recognition threshold levels were correlated, which validates these<br />
observations. Human Chr 12 syntenic to the Soa locus on mChr 6<br />
should yield candidate genes. Reasearch funded by DC02995 to PASB.<br />
299 Poster [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
GUSTATORY RESPONSE TIMES TO INTENSITY AND<br />
HEDONIC JUDGMENTS<br />
Veldhuizen M.G. 1, Kroeze J.H. 2 1Taste and Smell Laboratory,<br />
University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2Taste and Smell<br />
Laboratory, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands<br />
Choice response times of intensity and hedonic judgments were<br />
compared. Subjects made <strong>for</strong>ced choice paired comparisons of orange<br />
lemonades with various concentrations of added quinine sulfate.<br />
Subjects were instructed to focus either on intensity or on pleasantness.<br />
Computerized administration of the stimuli and registration of the<br />
responses enabled response times measurements. Gustatory response<br />
times to intensity and hedonic judgments were compared in a withinsubjects<br />
ANOVA. Preliminary results of 24 subjects indicate that a<br />
focus on intensity or hedonic aspects had no effect on response times<br />
(F[1,23] = 2.451, p = .131), whereas there was an effect of<br />
concentration on response times (F[3.69] = 6.164, p = .001). The<br />
similarity of the response times <strong>for</strong> intensity and pleasantness may be<br />
due to the simultaneous availability of hedonic and intensity<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation to cognitive processing. Such a conclusion may be more<br />
compatible with a model of parallel processing of hedonic and<br />
perceptual in<strong>for</strong>mation than with serial models of hedonic and<br />
perceptual processing.<br />
Funding by Helmholtz Institute, University of Utrecht<br />
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300 Poster [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
THERMAL TASTE IS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERALLY<br />
HIGHER TASTE RESPONSIVENESS.<br />
Green B. 1, George P. 2 1The John B. Pierce Laboratory and Yale School<br />
of Medicine, New Haven, CT; 2The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New<br />
Haven, CT<br />
It was recently found that <strong>for</strong> some people, temperature alone can<br />
stimulate taste sensations (Thermal taste). To investigate a possible<br />
source of individual differences in thermal taste we tested whether<br />
sucrose sweetness, which can be modulated by temperature, would be<br />
rated higher by thermal tasters (n=14) than by thermal non-tasters<br />
(n=14). Ss used the gLMS to rate taste intensity on the tongue tip <strong>for</strong><br />
three concentrations of sucrose, with saccharin and NaCl included as<br />
controls. Contrary to the hypothesis, thermal tasters gave higher ratings<br />
to all three stimuli [F(1,26)=21.0, p
302 Poster [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
SUCROSE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE SELF-ADAPTATION<br />
USING “TASTE”<br />
Ashkenazi A. 1, Gent J.F. 2, Marks L.E. 1, Frank M.E. 3 1J. B. Pierce<br />
Laboratory and Yale University, New Haven, CT; 2Yale University,<br />
New Haven, CT; 3University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT<br />
Recently we developed a computer-controlled, automated, open flow<br />
system <strong>for</strong> gustatory research (Ashkenazi, Fritz, Buckley, and Marks, in<br />
press). Using pressurized air to control delivery of the solutions, this<br />
system provides precise temporal control over as many as 16 possible<br />
stimuli. In the current study we tested whether a common finding in the<br />
taste domain, that of self-adaptation, can be replicated using TASTE<br />
(Temporal Automated System <strong>for</strong> Taste Experiments). Subjects rated<br />
the intensity of either 0.5 M sucrose or 0.5 M sodium chloride on a<br />
computerized version of the Labeled Magnitude Scale (Bartoshuk,<br />
Duffy, Fast, Green, Prutkin, and Snyder, 2003). Intensity ratings were<br />
greater <strong>for</strong> both test stimuli when preceded by a 30-sec water rinse<br />
compared to a 30-sec self-adaptation rinse. Further, the pattern of<br />
results was similar when effects of order were controlled. These<br />
findings, similar to findings obtained with traditional methods of<br />
stimulus delivery, support the operational validity of TASTE <strong>for</strong> studies<br />
of adaptation. This work was supported by NIH grants R01 DC004849-<br />
01 to MEF and R01 DC00271-16 to LEM<br />
303 Poster [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
PERCEIVED INTENSITY FUNCTIONS GENERATED UNDER<br />
SIMULATED FMRI SCANNING CONDITIONS<br />
Haase L.B. 1, Cerf-Ducastel B. 1, Mellinger C. 1, Jacobson A. 1, Murphy<br />
C. 2 1Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA;<br />
2Psychology, San Diego State University, University Of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, San<br />
Diego, San DIego, CA<br />
Currently, research on the psychophysics of taste has become<br />
increasingly important; e.g., <strong>for</strong> interpretation of functional MRI data.<br />
However, an important question is how slopes of functions relating<br />
perceived intensity to concentration of taste stimuli measured under<br />
conditions outside of the scanning environment will be related to slopes<br />
of intensity functions <strong>for</strong> stimuli presented under the severe constraints<br />
on stimulus delivery that apply in fMRI experiments. The current study<br />
investigated perceived intensity across a number of taste stimuli at<br />
various concentrations, in healthy young-adults, with a stimulation<br />
protocol adapted <strong>for</strong> fMRI scanning. Stimuli were presented at regular<br />
intervals in small boluses (.03ml) to minimize swallowing when the<br />
subject is lying on the back inside the scanner. Intensity was measured<br />
using Green´s Labeled Magnitude Scale. Slopes of intensity functions<br />
<strong>for</strong> stimuli presented in the simulated scanning conditions of the present<br />
study were compared to slopes from previous studies using the dorsal<br />
flow and "sip and spit" techniques. Results indicate that the slopes of<br />
intensity functions <strong>for</strong> Sucrose, NaCl, Caffeine, Saccharin, and MSG in<br />
the simulated scanning conditions were similar to the values <strong>for</strong> slopes<br />
from dorsal flow studies and generally lower than in studies done with<br />
the sip and spit method. Previous psychophysical taste research using<br />
the dorsal flow technique may be particularly useful <strong>for</strong> interpretation<br />
of future fMRI experiments.<br />
Supported by NIH Grant # AG04085 to Claire Murphy.<br />
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304 Poster [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
SUPERTASTING IS NOT EXPLAINED BY THE PTC/PROP<br />
GENE<br />
Bartoshuk L.M. 1, Davidson A. 2, Kidd J. 2, Kidd K.K. 2, Speed W. 3,<br />
Pakstis A. 2, Reed D. 4, Snyder D. 1, Duffy V.B. 5 1Surgery, Yale<br />
University, New Haven, CT; 2Genetics, Yale University School of<br />
Medicine, New Haven, CT; 3Genetics, Yale University, New Haven, CT;<br />
4Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA; 5Dietetics<br />
Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<br />
An important gene (TAS2R38) contributes to PTC/PROP perception<br />
(Kim et al, 2003). Two common <strong>for</strong>ms of this putative taste receptor are<br />
defined by single nucleotide polymorphisms that result in three amino<br />
acid substitutions: Pro49Ala, Ala262Val, and Val296Ile, leading to<br />
haplotypes PAV and AVI. The ancestral human haplotype is Proline-<br />
Alanine-Valine (PAV) which was associated with lower PTC<br />
thresholds (tasters); AVI (I=Isoleucine) was associated with higher PTC<br />
thresholds (nontasters). Subjects provided PROP thresholds (N=54),<br />
rated the bitterness of PROP (0.032-3.2 mM) with the general Labeled<br />
Magnitude Scale and were genotyped <strong>for</strong> the PTC/PROP gene (N=91).<br />
Threshold data corroborated those presented by Kim et al; PAV/PAV<br />
thresholds were lowest, AVI/AVI thresholds highest and PAV/AVI<br />
thresholds intermediate. However, suprathreshold functions showed<br />
that PAV/PAV tasters perceived significantly but only slightly more<br />
bitterness than did PAV/AVI tasters; AVI/AVI nontasters perceived the<br />
least bitterness. Of critical note, PAV/PAV tasters are not identical with<br />
supertasters defined by psychophysical criteria. Some of the factors (in<br />
addition to the PTC/PROP gene) likely to contribute to the perceived<br />
bitterness of PROP are density of fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae, other bitter genes<br />
and pathology. The distinction between medium and supertasters plays<br />
an important role in health outcomes related to oral perception.<br />
(NRICGP/USDA 2002-00788, DC00283, GM 57672).<br />
305 Poster [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
CHILDHOOD TOBACCO EXPOSURE INCREASES OBESITY<br />
RISK IN ADULT MEN<br />
Snyder D.J. 1, O'Malley S.S. 2, Mckee S. 2, Bartoshuk L.M. 1 1Surgery,<br />
Yale University, New Haven, CT; 2Psychiatry, Yale University, New<br />
Haven, CT<br />
Maternal smoking during pregnancy promotes childhood obesity, but<br />
its impact on adult body mass remains unclear. Notably, these findings<br />
fail to consider the role of tobacco use in the home, where chronic<br />
exposure throughout childhood may confer long-term health risk. Early<br />
tobacco exposure promotes childhood ear infections, which alter oral<br />
sensation by damaging the chorda tympani; <strong>for</strong> male supertasters of<br />
PROP (6-n-propylthiouracil), such changes may encourage fat intake<br />
and adult-onset obesity. Consistent with this model, we show that<br />
postnatal tobacco exposure correlates with increased body mass index<br />
(BMI) in adult men. Participants in a smoking cessation program<br />
(N=288) provided height, weight, family smoking history, and patterns<br />
of tobacco and alcohol use and abstinence. Tobacco exposure produced<br />
significant differences in men only; women were unaffected. Adult men<br />
raised in homes with 2+ smokers during ages 1-10 had higher BMIs<br />
than did men raised among fewer smokers; they were also more likely<br />
to be overweight. Although BMI often rises with smoking cessation,<br />
these men were willing to tolerate extreme gains leading to clinical<br />
obesity. Childhood exposure to maternal smoking contributed to higher<br />
rates of quit-related BMI gain, but prenatal exposure was unrelated to<br />
any adult BMI measure. These data suggest that postnatal tobacco<br />
exposure advances obesity risk in adult men by supporting pathologic<br />
changes in oral sensation. (Supported by the Transdisciplinary Tobacco<br />
Use Research Center at Yale and grants from NIDA/NCI (SSO), and<br />
NIDCD (LMB).)
306 Poster [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
THE INFLUENCE OF HEAD TRAUMA (HT), OTITIS MEDIA<br />
(OM), AND TONSILLECTOMY ON ORAL SENSATION, FAT<br />
ACCEPTANCE, AND BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)<br />
Chapo A. 1, Alex J. 2, Coelho D. 1, Duffy V.B. 3, Snyder D. 1, Bartoshuk L. 1<br />
1Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT; 2Otolaryngology, Lahey<br />
Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA; 3Dietetics, University of<br />
Connecticut, Storrs, CT<br />
Due to the close proximity of cranial nerve IX to the tonsillar bed,<br />
taste could be damaged by tonsillectomy. The present study explores<br />
oral sensation, food preferences, and BMI related to tonsillectomy and<br />
other taste-related pathology. <strong>Lecture</strong> attendees (n=674) reported<br />
weight, height, and pathology (OM, HT, and tonsillectomy) and rated<br />
remembered sensations, butterscotch candy sweetness, and acceptance<br />
of 26 foods on the general Labeled Magnitude Scale (gLMS). A<br />
statistically reliable group of 9 high-fat foods was positively associated<br />
with BMI. Females aged 25-65 who demonstrated proper use of the<br />
gLMS (most extreme light and sound greater than/equal to strong) were<br />
included and classified as follows: controls reported no pathology,<br />
“OM/HT” reported OM and/or HT (indicating VII loss), “TONs”<br />
reported tonsillectomies (indicating IX loss), and “COMBOs” reported<br />
OM and/or HT with tonsillectomy (indicating VII and IX loss).<br />
Compared to controls and TONs, COMBOs perceived less candy<br />
sweetness, suggesting taste loss; in those aged 40+, COMBOs liked fat<br />
foods more and had greater BMIs. OM/HTs perceived less sweetness<br />
than controls. In those aged 40+, OM/HTs tended to like fat foods more<br />
than controls but the two groups showed no differences in BMI.<br />
Summary: Damage to VII and IX may release inhibition on oral<br />
somatosensation; subsequent changes in fat acceptance may modulate<br />
obesity risk. Damage to VII alone may produce intermediate effects.<br />
(DC00283)<br />
307 Slide [ ] Taste Psychophysics<br />
GUSTATORY RESPONSES TO UNILATERAL<br />
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE DAMAGE<br />
Pitovski D.Z. 1, Goins M. 1 1WFU Smell and Taste Center, Department<br />
of Otolaryngology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC<br />
At our Wake Forest University Smell and Taste Center we have been<br />
referred several patients (in a six-month period) with the complaint of<br />
taste distortion following unilateral tonsillectomy. We report a patient<br />
that complains of taste distortion following a right tonsillectomy <strong>for</strong><br />
unilateral tonsillar hypertrophy. After a complete clinical evaluation<br />
and taste testing it was found that the patient suffered an injury to the<br />
right lingual branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve. The close<br />
anatomical relationship between the palatine tonsil and lingual branch<br />
of the glossopharyngeal nerve makes the nerve vulnerable during<br />
tonsillectomy. This injury has caused the patient to suffer ageusia to the<br />
right posterior one-third of the tongue compensated by a contralateral<br />
phantogeusia (phantom taste) with clinical dysgeusia. The phantogeusia<br />
was abolished by application of anesthetic to the area where the<br />
phantom was perceived. We propose that the phantogeusia is the result<br />
of release-of-inhibition in the contralateral glossopharyngeal nerve.<br />
Taste distortion (including, phantogeusia and dysgeusia) after<br />
tonsillectomy is rarely reported as complication, but has a significant<br />
impact on quality of life. This preliminary study examines the taste<br />
distortion presence as a complication following glossopharyngeal nerve<br />
damage during tonsillectomy.<br />
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308 Slide [ ] Cortical Signal Processing<br />
FLEXIBILITY, NOT CONTENT, OF CUE REPRESENTATIONS<br />
IN ABL DEPENDS ON INPUT FROM OFC<br />
Schoenbaum G. 1, Saddoris M.P. 2, Gallagher M. 2 1Department of<br />
Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland at Baltimore,<br />
Baltimore, MD; 2Department of Psychological and Brain <strong>Sciences</strong>,<br />
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD<br />
Interactions between orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and basolateral<br />
amygdala (ABL) are critical to the encoding and use of in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
regarding incentive value. We have reported that neurons in ABL<br />
develop differential firing to odor cues paired with appetive and<br />
aversive tastant outcomes. These differential responses reflect the<br />
acquired value of the cue and the predicted outcome. To assess the<br />
influence of input from OFC, we recorded from ABL neurons in rats<br />
with ipsilateral neurotoxic lesions of OFC as the rats were learning and<br />
reversing novel 2-odor discrimination problems. Correlates of these<br />
neurons were compared with those of ABL neurons recorded in rats<br />
with sham lesions. We compared activity on S+ and S- trials during<br />
odor sampling, responding and outcome presentation. We found that<br />
OFC lesions had little effect on the proportions of cue-selective neurons<br />
observed or on how selectivity emerged in these neurons with learning.<br />
Nor did the OFC lesions affect the proportion of the cue-selective<br />
neurons that also exhibited differential activity be<strong>for</strong>e and during<br />
outcome presentation. OFC lesions did, however cause a dramatic<br />
reduction in the flexibility of these representations after reversal. While<br />
53% of the cue-selective neurons reversed odor preference after<br />
reversal in intact rats, only 15% did so in rats with OFC lesions. These<br />
results suggest that although input from OFC may not be fundamental<br />
to the ability of ABL to represent cue value, this input does appear to be<br />
critical <strong>for</strong> the rapid flexibility of those representations, consistent with<br />
the deficit in reversal learning that is the hallmark of OFC lesions in<br />
rats and primates. Supported by K08-AG00882 and R01-DA015718<br />
(GS) and R01-MH60179 (MG).
309 Slide [ ] Cortical Signal Processing<br />
BRAIN ACTIVATION PATTERN IN RESPONSE TO<br />
OLFACTORY RECOGNITION MEMORY<br />
Cerf-Ducastel B. 1, Chen M. 2, Abou E. 3, Haas L. 3, Murphy C. 1<br />
1Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; 2University of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, San Diego, san diego, CA; 3San Diego State University, san<br />
Diego, CA<br />
Ten young subjects (age 20 to 25 y) participated in a functional<br />
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) study with a 3T MR scanner.<br />
Be<strong>for</strong>e entering the scanner subjects were presented with 16 familiar<br />
odors. They then were scanned <strong>for</strong> 3 runs during which they were<br />
presented with words on a screen every 4 sec which were either names<br />
of odors previously presented (targets) or names of new odors (foils).<br />
Subjects responded by pressing either button 1 if they recognized the<br />
odor or button 2 if not. Each run alternated 4 `ON´ periods containing 7<br />
targets and 2 foils (36 s) and 4 `OFF´ periods with 7 foils and 2 targets<br />
(36 s). Data were processed with AFNI (Cox 1996) and compared ON<br />
and OFF periods, extracting regions that responded to cross-modal<br />
olfactory recognition memory. Group analysis showed that during the<br />
first run activated regions included right hippocampus,<br />
piri<strong>for</strong>m/amygdalar area, superior temporal gyrus, anterior cingulate<br />
gyrus, inferior frontal/orbito frontal gyrus, superior/medial frontal<br />
gyrus, and bilateral parahippocampal gyrus, inferior parietal lobule,<br />
supramarginal gyrus, cerebellum, lingual/fusi<strong>for</strong>m area, and<br />
middle/posterior cingulate gyrus. Region of interest analysis showed<br />
that degree of activation significantly decreased from run 1 to run 3 in<br />
the right hippocampus, fusi<strong>for</strong>m and lingual gyrus, parahippocampal<br />
gyrus and middle frontal gyrus but not in other regions, suggesting that<br />
these regions sustain a specific function in olfactory recognition<br />
memory that attenuates as foils become more familiar with repeated<br />
presentation. Supported by NIH grant AG04085 to CM.<br />
310 Slide [ ] Cortical Signal Processing<br />
CONTEXT DEPENDANT ACTIVITY IN PRIMARY<br />
OLFACTORY CORTEX OF HUMANS<br />
Sobel N. 1, Zelano C. 1, Mainland J. 1, Porter J.A. 1, Johnson B. 1, Bremner<br />
E. 1, Bensafi M. 1, Khan R. 1 1Neuroscience, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia,<br />
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<br />
Attentional modulation of neural activity patterns has been<br />
demonstrated in primary visual and auditory cortex. Similarly, activity<br />
in the rat olfactory bulb reflects non-odor cues that are merely<br />
associated with odor content, and activity in rat olfactory cortex<br />
reflects the motivational significance of an odor. To ask whether<br />
contextual modulation is evident in activity patterns of human primary<br />
olfactory cortex we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to<br />
measure sniff-induced neural activity in and out-of an olfactory context.<br />
Each trial of an event related design began with an auditory primer <strong>for</strong><br />
"task detection" or "task inhalation". In "task detection" subjects took<br />
one sniff and determined whether an odorant was present or not. Odor<br />
was present on half of these trials. In "task inhalation" subjects also<br />
took one sniff, but knew in advance that an odor would never be<br />
present. Thus, the only difference between sniffs in "task inhalation",<br />
and the no-odor sniffs of "task detection" was that in the latter condition<br />
subjects were exploring <strong>for</strong> the presence of odor. Real-time<br />
measurement of nasal respiration assured sniffs were equal across<br />
conditions. Twelve subjects were scanned at 4T (2-shot T2* sensitive<br />
EPI, TR = 1000 ms, TE = 30 ms, flip angle = 20?, 64 x 64 voxel matrix,<br />
192 x 192 mm FOV, in-plane resolution = 3.5 mm, through-plane<br />
resolution = 3.5 mm). Activity in primary olfactory cortex was<br />
significantly higher when sniffing clean air in "task detection" than<br />
when sniffing the same content in "task inhalation" (p < .04). In other<br />
words, activity in human primary olfactory cortex was strongly<br />
dependant on task context. Supported by NSF.<br />
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311 Slide [ ] Cortical Signal Processing<br />
INFORMATION CODING IN THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM<br />
Buck L. 1, Zou Z. 1 1Basic <strong>Sciences</strong>, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research<br />
Center, Seattle, WA<br />
Odorants are detected in mice by 1000 different odorant receptors<br />
(ORs) that are expressed by olfactory sensory neurons in the nose. The<br />
ORs are used combinatorially to detect different odorants and encode<br />
their unique identities. To explore the mechanisms underlying odor<br />
perception, we asked how inputs derived from different mouse ORs are<br />
organized as signals travel from the nose to the olfactory bulb and then<br />
the olfactory cortex. In the nose, each sensory neuron expresses a single<br />
OR gene. Neurons with the same OR are dispersed in the nose, but their<br />
axons converge in a few glomeruli at two fixed locations in the bulb.<br />
The result is a stereotyped sensory map in which inputs from different<br />
ORs are segregated in different glomeruli and relay neurons. In the<br />
olfactory cortex, inputs from one OR are targeted to clusters of neurons<br />
at specific sites, creating a stereotyped map unrelated to that in the bulb.<br />
In contrast to the segregation of different OR inputs seen in both the<br />
nose and bulb, it appears that different OR inputs overlap extensively in<br />
the cortex and single neurons may receive combinatorial inputs from<br />
many different ORs. Using c-Fos as an indicator of neuronal activator,<br />
we found that different odorants elicit different, but partially<br />
overlapping, activation patterns in the cortex. The representation of<br />
each odorant is composed of a small subset of sparsely distributed<br />
neurons. Quantitative analysis of the odor representations suggests that<br />
cortical neurons may function as coincidence detectors that are<br />
activated only by correlated inputs from different ORs.<br />
312 Symposium [ ] Chemical Communication in Mammals:<br />
From Pheromones to Individual Recognition<br />
THE MAMMARY PHEROMONE OF THE RABBIT: IDENTITY,<br />
SOURCE, AND SOME FUNCTIONS<br />
Schaal B. 1, Coureaud G. 1, Moncomble A. 1, Langlois D. 2 1Centre des<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong> du Goût, CNRS, Dijon, France; 2UMRA, Inra, Dijon, France<br />
Mammalian females have evolved odor cues to guide their newborns<br />
to their mammae, whereas newborns have coevolved reliable means to<br />
respond to them efficiently. The domestic rabbit is a particularly<br />
suitable model to understand these cues because of the extremely<br />
sparing nature of maternal care en<strong>for</strong>cing nose-lead pups to<br />
instantaneously seize a nipple. Using a GC-olfaction assay on the<br />
volatiles of rabbit milk, an active compound was identified as 2methylbut-2-enal.<br />
It releases stereotypical searching and oral grasping<br />
in pups as effectively as milk itself. Its activity is concentrationdependent<br />
and qualitatively selective as 40 other odorants from milk,<br />
from rabbit secretions or chosen arbitrarily revealed ineffective. The<br />
compound qualifies as a pheromone in the sense defined by Beauchamp<br />
et al (1976) and Johnston (2000) <strong>for</strong> mammals: It triggers invariant<br />
responses of clear functional significance, generalizes across pups of<br />
various genetic and dietary backgrounds, and acts instantly as an<br />
unconditional stimulus in pups devoid of prior exposure with it. As it<br />
seems to be emitted de novo in the mammary tract, we named it<br />
'mammary pheromone' (MP). It is one of the key compounds of ejected<br />
milk as its concentration in milk correlates with behavioural activity. In<br />
more functional terms, the MP has a powerful activating impact on<br />
pups resting in the nest, and directs searching as efficiently as odor cues<br />
emitted on the abdominal surface by lactating does. This predisposed<br />
odour-behavior coupling will be discussed in the context of motheryoung<br />
communication and of adaptive development of offspring in<br />
mammals.
313 Symposium [ ] Chemical Communication in Mammals:<br />
From Pheromones to Individual Recognition<br />
MAKING “SCENTS” OF OWNERSHIP<br />
Hurst J. 1 1Veterinary Clinical Science, University of Liverpool, Wirral,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
In order that a receiver can match in<strong>for</strong>mation in a scent mark to an<br />
individual owner, the signal must provide stable and persistent<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation about the owner´s individual identity. In mice (Mus<br />
domesticus), two polymorphic gene complexes contribute to the scents<br />
that differ between individuals: the major histocompatibility complex<br />
(MHC) and the major urinary proteins (MUPs). These polymorphic and<br />
polygenic proteins are “hard-wired” in the genome and could provide<br />
stable ownership signals, while volatiles determined by developmental<br />
and environmental as well as genetic factors provide in<strong>for</strong>mation on the<br />
current status of the owner. MHC-associated odours are important in<br />
promoting MHC-disassortative mate selection and kin recognition, but<br />
their contribution to individual identity signatures is unclear. Recent<br />
experiments reveal that individual MUP patterns are the basis of<br />
ownership signals in male competitive scent marks. Our current<br />
hypothesis, of an associative mechanism, attempts to bring together the<br />
different contributions made by MHC and MUPs. Volatile components<br />
perceived at a distance induce investigation through contact. The<br />
receiver then learns an association between the variable volatile<br />
signature detected through the main olfactory system and the involatile<br />
MUP signature detected via the vomeronasal system. Plasticity in this<br />
association means that changes in volatile signatures can be reassociated<br />
with stable involatile signatures during contact investigation.<br />
This permits rapid and distant identification when volatile signatures<br />
are familiar, together with a reliable signature of identity even when<br />
status or environment changes. Funded by BBSRC, UK<br />
314 Symposium [ ] Chemical Communication in Mammals:<br />
From Pheromones to Individual Recognition<br />
WHY MUSTH (AND OTHER) ELEPHANTS USE<br />
PHEROMONES<br />
Rasmussen L.E. 1, Greenwood D.R. 2 1OGI School of Science &<br />
Engineering, OHSU, Beaverton, OR; 2Gene Technologies,<br />
HortResearch, Auckland, New Zealand<br />
In the wild Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana societies are<br />
generally stable and often resilient, two attributes rein<strong>for</strong>ced by<br />
longevity, multigenerational matriarchal families, and multimodal<br />
signaling between individuals. In Asian elephants successful life<br />
strategies and complex behaviors are interlocked with an extensive<br />
chemical communication system. Initially, well-defined behaviors of<br />
wild and captive elephants <strong>for</strong>med the foundation <strong>for</strong> our investigation<br />
of olfactory communication. Two chemically identified pheromones,<br />
(Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate, released by preovulatory females, and<br />
frontalin, released by older adult males in musth, elicit distinctive,<br />
quantitatively measurable and statistically valid sex- and sexual-statespecific<br />
behaviors. The vast size and clearly spatially and functionally<br />
differentiated anatomical interrelationships of the main olfactory and<br />
vomeronasal organ systems not only allow the investigation of systems<br />
interplay, but effectively slow down individual biochemical events as<br />
temporally discrete steps, allowing such biochemical olfactory events to<br />
be correlated in real time with behavioral actions. The partially<br />
elucidated pathways <strong>for</strong> pheromone transport from trunk tip to sensory<br />
epithelia involving specific binding proteins will be demonstrated using<br />
concurrent biochemical and behavioral experiments, and will include<br />
data on protein-pheromone interactions and kinetic analyses,<br />
demonstrating that our Asian elephant model of vertebrate olfaction is<br />
an attractive experimental system with which to study distinctive steps,<br />
especially periceptive events, in discrete time.<br />
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315 Symposium [ ] Chemical Communication in Mammals:<br />
From Pheromones to Individual Recognition<br />
INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION: SIGNALS, BEHAVIOR AND<br />
NEURAL MECHANISMS<br />
Johnston R.E. 1 1Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY<br />
Recognition of individuals is essential <strong>for</strong> many types of social<br />
behavior and reproductive fitness in vertebrates. The cues <strong>for</strong> such<br />
recognition are complex and multi-dimensional; odor cues <strong>for</strong><br />
individual recognition consist of complex mixtures whose proportions<br />
vary across individuals (mosaic signals). Since other individuals can<br />
have great emotional significance, individually distinctive signals can<br />
have powerful influences on behavior (e.g., fear specific to a familiar<br />
opponent). Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) use at least 4 sources of<br />
body odor <strong>for</strong> recognition of individuals and they have integrated,<br />
multi-component memories of such individuals. They also have<br />
extraordinary abilities to analyze scent over-marks and to determine<br />
which individual´s scent is on top of the other; they use this in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
to evaluate the vigor and quality of potential mates. At the neural level<br />
of analysis, both the main olfactory and vomeronasal systems<br />
contribute to discrimination of individuals by odors. Brain imaging<br />
studies using immediate early genes as markers <strong>for</strong> cell activity indicate<br />
circuits that are probably involved in recognition, memory, and<br />
appropriate emotional responses to familiar individuals (specifically,<br />
winners of fights with the subjects). These areas include parts of the<br />
hippocampus (dorsal CA1 area and subiculum), other para-hippocampal<br />
areas, and the basolateral amygdala. This model system provides insight<br />
into the functions of higher-order olfactory processing and areas of the<br />
brain involved in social behavior.<br />
Supported by NIH grant 5R01 MH58001-01A1.<br />
316 Poster [ ] Taste: Animal Behavior<br />
MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF LICKING IN THE<br />
FORMATION AND EXTINCTION OF A CONDITIONED<br />
TASTE AVERSION<br />
Baird J.P. 1, St. John S.J. 2, Nguyen E.A. 1 1Psychology, Amherst College,<br />
Amherst, MA; 2Reed College, Portland, OR<br />
LiCl (ip) paired with intraoral sucrose causes sucrose taste reactivity<br />
to shift to a profile that resembles aversive intraoral QHCl. We used<br />
lick microstructure analysis to assess changes in oromotor activity<br />
under conditions that may better approximate natural toxin exposure.<br />
Water-deprived rats were trained to access dh2o 15 min/day from a<br />
bottle connected to a lickometer. On days 1,3,&5 0.12M LiCl (8 rats) or<br />
0.12M NaCl (8 rats) solution replaced dh2o. On days 7,9,&11 only<br />
0.12M NaCl replaced dh2o. A 2nd study used 0.24M NaCl instead of<br />
0.12M NaCl. On the 1st LiCl day rats avidly drank LiCl <strong>for</strong> 3 min: 1st<br />
min lick rates and mean burst durations were comparable to NaCl<br />
controls. As LiCl licking progressed, ingestion rate slowed significantly<br />
by the 4th-6th minute vs. controls. On subsequent LiCl tests, intake,<br />
initial rate, burst duration, ingestion rate & lick volume were<br />
significantly reduced. However, burst count was significantly increased.<br />
In rats ingesting NaCl after LiCl, intake, initial lick rate (except .24M<br />
NaCl), ingestion rate, burst duration & lick volume remained<br />
significantly reduced relative to controls, and burst count remained<br />
increased by at least 72%. Over remaining NaCl tests effects reversed<br />
and almost all differences were extinguished by the last NaCl day.<br />
These effects of LiCl parallel microstructural responses to 0.2mM<br />
QHCl, and shifts in taste reactivity after CTA <strong>for</strong>mation. The generality<br />
of these results across two paradigms supports the notion that CTA´s<br />
can affect hedonic evaluation of tastants. The construct validity <strong>for</strong> both<br />
techniques as useful tools in the measurement of hedonic gustatory<br />
processes is also supported. Supported by a Mellon-8 grant to JPB.
317 Poster [ ] Taste: Animal Behavior<br />
D-CYCLOSERINE POTENTIATES SHORT-DELAY, BUT NOT<br />
LONG-DELAY, CONDITIONED TASTE AVERSION.<br />
Davenport R.A. 1, Houpt T.A. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, Florida State<br />
University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
D-Cycloserine (DCS) is a partial glycine agonist at the NMDA<br />
glutamate receptor site, and has been shown to facilitate both<br />
declarative and non-declarative memory tasks. In order to determine if<br />
DCS enhances conditioned taste aversion (CTA) learning, we<br />
administered DCS be<strong>for</strong>e the pairing of saccharin intake and LiCl<br />
injection and measured expression with 2-bottle tests.<br />
Water-deprived rats were injected with DCS (15mg/kg i.p.) 15 min<br />
prior to 10-min access to 0.125% saccharin. Rats were injected with<br />
LiCl (19mg/kg i.p.) 25 or 60 min after DCS. Controls were injected<br />
with saline in place of DCS, or saline in place of LiCl. One day after<br />
conditioning, rats were given 24-h, 2-bottle preference tests <strong>for</strong> 14 days.<br />
Daily saccharin preference was calculated as saccharin intake over total<br />
intake.<br />
Control rats showed no CTA when saccharin was paired with saline<br />
(pref: 0.9 ± 0.04), and only a moderate CTA after LiCl injection in the<br />
absence of DCS (pref: 0.4 ± 0.1, p < 0.01 vs. saline). In the presence of<br />
DCS, rats showed a stronger aversion after LiCl at 25 min (pref: 0.06 ±<br />
0.02, p < 0.05 vs. LiCl alone), but the same aversion after LiCl at 60<br />
min (pref: 0.32 ± 0.1).<br />
We conclude that DCS enhances a CTA but is dependent on the<br />
timing of both the gustatory stimulus and the toxin, such that DCS<br />
potentiated short-delay but not long-delay pairing of saccharin and<br />
LiCl. This difference may be due to the short-half life of DCS, or it may<br />
reflect different roles <strong>for</strong> NMDA neurotransmission in gustatory and<br />
toxin processing. Current studies are probing different time points with<br />
DCS to distinguish these possibilities. Supported by an FSU<br />
Neuroscience Fellowship and NIDCD 03198.<br />
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318 Poster [ ] Taste: Animal Behavior<br />
DIFFERENCES IN GUSTATORY BEHAVIOR BETWEEN<br />
C57BL/6J AND DBA/2J INBRED MICE<br />
Raghow S. 1, Boughter J.D. 1, Nelson T.M. 2, St. John S.J. 3, Munger S.D. 2<br />
1Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN;<br />
2Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland at Baltimore,<br />
Baltimore, MD; 3Reed College, Portland, OR<br />
The commonly used C57BL/6J (B6) and DBA/2J (D2) strains of<br />
inbred mice are among the strains included in the public and private<br />
genome sequencing projects and, given the availability of BXD<br />
recombinant inbred (RI) strains, provide an extremely desirable model<br />
<strong>for</strong> genetic studies. B6 and D2 mice have been shown to differ in terms<br />
of intake behavior to taste stimuli of different qualities, illustrating the<br />
potential of the BXD RI set <strong>for</strong> mapping QTLs influencing taste<br />
sensitivity. However, 24- or 48-hr intake tests are generally confounded<br />
by non-gustatory or post-ingestive factors such as olfactory cues,<br />
caloric load, and toxicity. We examined gustatory behavior, especially<br />
to an array of stimuli characterized as bitter or aversive, in B6 and D2<br />
mice using both intake and brief-access tests. Robust strain differences<br />
in sensitivity <strong>for</strong> bitter stimuli QHCl, PROP and RUA were found using<br />
both assays. However, the strains did not differ <strong>for</strong> cycloheximide,<br />
strychnine, or MgCl2 in the brief-access test. We also failed to detect a<br />
strain difference <strong>for</strong> salts using either assay. We also developed a 4-day,<br />
high-throughput screen <strong>for</strong> bitter taste sensitivity. B6, D2, and BXD F1<br />
and F2 intercross mice were tested with two concentrations each of<br />
denatonium benzoate, PROP, and QHCl. Mice were also assessed <strong>for</strong><br />
additional non-gustatory phenotypes, including water lick rate, water<br />
consumption, latency to first lick and overall per<strong>for</strong>mance in the task.<br />
B6 and D2 mice significantly differed in taste sensitivity <strong>for</strong> PROP and<br />
QHCl. However, sensitivity to PROP and QHCL were not correlated (r<br />
= 0.08) in 126 F2 mice, demonstrating independence of these<br />
phenotypes. Supported by NIDCD: DC005786(SDM),<br />
DC004935(JDB).<br />
319 Poster [ ] Taste: Animal Behavior<br />
GAPING TO QUININE IN GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE-<br />
TRANSECTED RATS AFTER POSTSURGICAL TASTE<br />
AVERSION CONDITIONING<br />
Bayevsky A. 1, Colbert C.L. 1, Garcea M. 1, Newth A. 1, Spector A.C. 1<br />
1Psychology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<br />
Glossopharyngeal nerve transection (GLX) in rats has been shown to<br />
significantly reduce gaping, a stereotypical oromotor rejection behavior,<br />
in response to intraoral quinine hydrochloride (Q) infusion. We<br />
examined whether gaping to Q could be increased by a conditioned<br />
taste aversion (CTA) to this stimulus in GLX rats. Rats had intraoral<br />
cannulae implanted and either received sham surgery (SHAM) or GLX.<br />
After habituation to the test chamber, animals were infused with 0.3 M<br />
sucrose <strong>for</strong> 3 minutes (1 mL/min) on 3 consecutive days, followed by<br />
0.6 mM Q infusion, the latter of which preceded an injection (inj) of<br />
LiCl or NaCl (2.0 mEq/Kg). The rats were videorecorded and this 4-day<br />
cycle was repeated 3 more times with no injections given after the last<br />
Q infusion (test day). The first 30 s of the test-day Q infusion were<br />
scored <strong>for</strong> gapes adjusted <strong>for</strong> unscorable periods. The LiCl-inj SHAM<br />
(n=7) and GLX (n=9) groups gaped significantly more to Q compared<br />
with the NaCl-inj GLX (n=7) rats and did not differ from each other.<br />
Gaping in the NaCl-inj SHAM (n=8) rats fell between these two<br />
extremes and only significantly differed from that in the LiCl-inj GLX<br />
group. The lack of an expected significant difference in gapes between<br />
the 2 NaCl-inj groups could be due to repeated stimulus exposure<br />
effects. We are scoring the first Q infusion to evaluate this and to allow<br />
us to conduct within-subjects analyses. At present, these findings<br />
suggest that a CTA can increase gaping to Q in GLX rats as has been<br />
previously shown <strong>for</strong> sucrose. Supported by NIH R01-DC01628.
320 Poster [ ] Taste: Animal Behavior<br />
TASTE PREFERENCE AND TASTE BUDS MAINTENANCE<br />
AFTER UNILATERAL LINGUAL DENERVATION IN RATS.<br />
Lee J. 1, Kim Y. 1, Moon Y. 2, Jahng J. 3 1Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery,<br />
Seoul National University College of Dentistry, Seoul, South Korea;<br />
2Biology, Catholic University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea;<br />
3Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea<br />
Intact gustatory nerve supply appears to be required <strong>for</strong> the<br />
maintenance of taste buds, and unilateral transection of gustatory nerve<br />
results in reduced number of taste papillae with degeneration and<br />
disappearance of taste buds ipsilateral to the surgical side. We<br />
examined the effects of unilateral lingual nerve transection on taste<br />
function as well as on the maintenance of taste buds. Male Sprague-<br />
Dawley rats weighing 250-300g received unilateral transection of<br />
lingual nerve, subjected to the preference test <strong>for</strong> various taste solutions<br />
(0.1M NaCl, 0.1M sucrose, 0.01M QHCl, or 0.01M HCl) with two<br />
bottle test paradigm at 2, 4, 6, or 8 weeks after the operation. Water and<br />
each test solution bottle were supplied <strong>for</strong> 48 h at each test with one<br />
change of the bottle position at 24 h. The preference score <strong>for</strong> salty,<br />
sweet or sour taste, but not <strong>for</strong> bitter taste, tended to be higher in the<br />
operated rats without statistical significance, compared to the sham rats.<br />
Overall pattern of the preference scores was not changed by time after<br />
operation. These results suggest that unilateral damage of lingual nerve<br />
may not significantly affect taste function of the subject. In order to<br />
examine the morphologic changes of tongue, number of fungi <strong>for</strong>m<br />
papillae on the denervated side was counted in comparison with the<br />
intact side. Time course of apoptotic death of taste cells in the foliate<br />
and vallate papillae was examined as well. Supported by the Korea<br />
Health R & D Project (JHL), KISTEP(JWJ).<br />
321 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
ULTRASTRUCTURE OF MORPHOLOGICALLY IDENTIFIED<br />
CHORDA TYMPANI AXONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF THE<br />
SOLITARY TRACT IN DEVELOPMENTALLY SODIUM-<br />
RESTRICTED AND CONTROL RATS<br />
May O.L. 1, Erisir A. 1, Hill D.L. 1 1Psychology, University of Virginia,<br />
Charlottesville, VA<br />
Dietary sodium restriction during a critical period in gestation results<br />
in specific, yet profound morphological changes in the dorsal zone of<br />
the chorda tympani nerve terminal field in the adult rat nucleus of the<br />
solitary tract. Specifically, there is an approximate two-fold increase in<br />
volume of the dorsal zone of the terminal field in sodium-restricted rats<br />
compared to controls. In order to better characterize this plasticity, we<br />
examined the ultrastructure of terminals identified by way of bulklabeling<br />
the chorda tympani nerve with biotinylated dextran and<br />
visualizing with DAB. Quantitative measurements in the dorsal zone of<br />
the chorda tympani field in both sodium-restricted and control rats<br />
included volumetric density of labeled synapses and synapsing<br />
frequency of axons. Preliminary evidence indicates that there is over a<br />
four-fold increase in the density of chorda tympani terminals in the<br />
dorsal region in restricted rats compared to controls. However, there<br />
was not a significant increase in synapse density along any given axon,<br />
suggesting that elaboration of chorda tympani input to this region<br />
occurs by addition of new axonal arbors. Furthermore, there is a<br />
conspicuous qualitative difference in the morphology of synaptic<br />
terminals in sodium-restricted rats in that their profiles are interrupted<br />
by finger-like protrusions of dendritic spines. These results indicate a<br />
process of synaptic remodeling as well as an elaboration of connectivity<br />
occurs as a result of developmental sodium restriction. Supported by<br />
NIH grants DC00407 and F31 DC06332<br />
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322 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
GUSTATORY NERVE TERMINAL FIELDS IN RATS<br />
RECOVERED FROM EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL SODIUM<br />
RESTRICTION.<br />
Mangold J.E. 1, Hill D.L. 1 1Psychology, University of Virginia,<br />
Charlottesville, VA<br />
A critical period <strong>for</strong> chorda tympani (CT) terminal field development<br />
is from embryonic day 3 (E3) to E12. When pregnant rats are fed a lowsodium<br />
diet during this period, the CT terminal field in their offspring<br />
(E3-E12 restricted) is enlarged compared to controls. Similarly, rats<br />
raised on a sodium-restricted diet from E3 to postnatal day 28 and then<br />
fed a sodium-replete diet <strong>for</strong> at least a month (P28 recovered) also have<br />
CT terminal fields that are large. To determine the interactions among<br />
the CT, GSP and IX terminal fields in controls, E3-E12 restricted, and<br />
P28 recovered rats, we used a triple fluorescent labeling procedure. In<br />
control rats, the IXth field is the most dorsal of the three fields and<br />
extends ventrally into the dorsal-most zone of the GSP. The CT field<br />
overlaps much of the GSP field, but has no overlap with the IXth field.<br />
In E3-E12 sodium restricted rats, the IXth field is approximately 3X<br />
greater than that in controls and extends medio-laterally and ventrally,<br />
well into the CT field. Both the GSP and CT fields are significantly<br />
larger than controls. P28 recovered rats had similar alterations of all<br />
three fields; however, they were not as dramatic as in E3-E12 restricted<br />
rats. There<strong>for</strong>e, a very early period of dietary sodium restriction (E3-<br />
E12) that precedes the development of peripheral gustatory structures<br />
produces the most widespread effects on the development of gustatory<br />
afferents in the NTS. These results also suggest a greater functional<br />
convergence in the gustatory brainstem and behavioral consequences<br />
<strong>for</strong> sodium restriction during development. Supported by grant 00407.<br />
323 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
ISOFORMS OF THE SYNAPTIC VESICLE PROTEIN SV2<br />
HAVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE RAT<br />
CIRCUMVALLATE GUSTATORY TISSUE<br />
Nelson G.M. 1 1Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham,<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
SV2, a 12-transmembrane protein which may function as a calcium<br />
regulator in neurotransmission and a component of the intravesicular<br />
matrix, has three identified iso<strong>for</strong>ms, A, B, and C. Presynaptic size<br />
vesicles are present in the gustatory system in primary afferent nerve<br />
fibers receiving synapses from taste cells, peptidergic intragemmal<br />
nerve fibers, and taste cells. Two color fluorescent microscopy of fixed<br />
rat tongue tissue sections is labeled with various SV2 antibodies. A<br />
general SV2 antibody labels most nerve fibers, including intragemmal,<br />
some perigemmal, peri-apical pore, basal plexus, and the sub-epithelial<br />
network of nerve fibers. SV2B has a very restricted pattern suggestive<br />
of location in taste cells, especially in taste buds in the lower<br />
circumvallate crypt. SV2C labels a smaller group of intragemmal,<br />
perigemmal, and basal plexus fibers than the general SV2 antibody. The<br />
SV2 general positive fibers are included in the population of fibers<br />
which label with PGP 9.5. Most SV2B and C positive structures<br />
colocalize with PGP-positive structures. In contrast, a few intragemmal<br />
fibers labeled with either the general SV2 or SV2B antibody appear to<br />
colocalize or oppose gustducin-positive taste cells. These results<br />
indicate that the antibodies to various SV2 iso<strong>for</strong>ms may be a tool to<br />
differentiate various pools of small clear vesicles within the gustatory<br />
system. SV2-positive nerve fibers are a subset of the PGP-positive<br />
fibers and may identify synaptic sites between some nerve fibers and<br />
taste cells. Supported by NIDCD 00166.
324 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
SYNAPTOPHYSIN-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN<br />
CIRCUMVALLATE PAPILLAE OF THE RAT AND MOUSE<br />
Schmidt K.C. 1, Yang R. 2, Kinnamon J.C. 3 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>,<br />
University of Denver, Denver, CO; 2University of Denver, Denver, CO;<br />
3Biology, University of Denver, Denver, CO<br />
Synaptophysin is an abundant protein in the CNS that is found in the<br />
membranes of synaptic vesicles. Synaptophysin is thought to play a role<br />
in the regulation of SNARE <strong>for</strong>mation during synaptic transmission<br />
through its interactions with other proteins of the synaptic vesicle cycle,<br />
namely binding with VAMP/synaptobrevin. We postulate that<br />
synaptophysin is associated with the synaptic vesicles at taste cell<br />
synapses. Our preliminary results indicate that subsets of taste cells of<br />
the circumvallate papillae of both the rat and mouse display<br />
synaptophysin-like immunoreactivity (LIR). The immunoreactive cells<br />
are slender and span the entire length of the taste bud from the basal<br />
lamina to the taste pore. In the rat, nerve processes exiting the taste<br />
buds are also immunoreactive. Synaptophysin-LIR does not appear to<br />
colocalize with IP3R3-LIR, but does appear to colocalize with a subset<br />
of PGP 9.5 (protein gene product 9.5) immunoreactive cells. The<br />
elucidation of proteins such as synaptophysin involved in the synaptic<br />
vesicle cycle in taste cells may prove useful in determining how taste<br />
cells transmit in<strong>for</strong>mation. Supported by NIH grants DC00285 and<br />
DC00244.<br />
325 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SYNTAXIN IN<br />
RAT CIRCUMVALLATE TASTE BUDS<br />
Yang R. 1, Thomas S. 1, Kinnamon J.C. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University<br />
of Denver, Denver, CO<br />
The SNARE proteins syntaxin, SNAP-25, and synaptobrevin all play<br />
key roles during Ca2+ dependent exocytosis in the CNS. We<br />
hypothesize that taste cell synapses utilize the same protein machinery<br />
as used by synapses in the CNS. Our previous studies have shown that<br />
taste cells with synapses display SNAP-25- and synaptobrevin-like<br />
immunoreactivity (LIR) (Yang et al., 2000; Yang et al., in press). At<br />
present, we are studying the presynaptic membrane protein, syntaxin, in<br />
rat circumvallate taste buds. Our current results indicate that syntaxin is<br />
present in a subset of taste cells and nerve processes in taste buds.<br />
Approximately 15% of the taste cells in a taste bud display cytoplasmic<br />
syntaxin-LIR and a smaller subset of taste cells also show punctate<br />
staining in the cytoplasm. Syntaxin-LIR colocalizes with SNAP-25- and<br />
synaptobrevin-LIR in a small subset of taste cells and most nerve<br />
processes. Approximately 11% of the syntaxin-LIR cells colocalize<br />
with PLCβ2-LIR cells. However, only about 4% of the PLCβ2-LIR<br />
cells also display syntaxin-LIR. DAB immunoelectron microscopy<br />
reveals that syntaxin-LIR is present in both type II and III taste cells.<br />
Type II taste cells display punctate syntaxin-LIR at Golgi bodies, while<br />
type III taste cells show cytoplasmic syntaxin-LIR. All of the synapses<br />
associated with syntaxin-LIR taste cells are from type III cells onto<br />
nerve processes. These results support the notion that taste cell synapses<br />
are similar to synapses of the CNS. Supported by NIH grant DC00285.<br />
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326 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
TASTE BUDS AND SURROUNDING FIBERS ARE<br />
IMMUNOREACTIVE FOR THE IONOTROPIC ATP<br />
RECEPTOR P2X7<br />
Stone L.M. 1, Kinnamon S.C. 1 1Biomedical <strong>Sciences</strong>, Colorado State<br />
University, Fort Collins, CO<br />
Processing of taste in<strong>for</strong>mation probably involves intercellular<br />
communication within the taste bud as well as communication between<br />
individual taste cells and innervating nerve fibers.<br />
Immunocytochemical studies of transmitter proteins and receptors<br />
suggest that several neurotransmitter pathways are used by taste buds.<br />
Recent evidence suggests a role <strong>for</strong> ATP and its receptors in taste bud<br />
function (Bo et al., 1999; Y.V. Kim et al., 2000; Baryshnikov et al.,<br />
2003). Further, physiological studies suggest taste cell responses to<br />
ATP involve metabotropic (P2Y-like) receptors. The current study was<br />
done to determine if ionotropic ATP receptors also are present on taste<br />
cells. Tongues from transgenic mice expressing GFP under the control<br />
of the α-gustducin promoter were examined <strong>for</strong> the presence of P2X7<br />
immunoreactivity. We found that P2X7 immunoreactivity includes taste<br />
cells as well as nerve fibers in and around taste buds. P2X7 occurs both<br />
in cells that express α-gustducin and in taste cells that lack the G<br />
protein. In conclusion, taste cells may signal to one another by both<br />
metabotropic and ionotropic ATP receptors. Supported by DC00766<br />
327 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
RECOVERY OF GURMARIN-SENSITIVE NEURAL<br />
RESPONSES AND EXPRESSION OF T1R3 AND GUSTDUCIN<br />
IN FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE AFTER CRUSH OF THE MOUSE<br />
CHORDA TYMPANI<br />
Yasumatsu K. 1, Shigemura N. 1, Shigeoka Y. 1, Ninomiya Y. 1 1Oral<br />
Neuroscience, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan<br />
Gurmarin is known to be a peptide that selectively inhibits responses<br />
to sweet compounds in the chorda tympani nerve (CT) in C57BL mice.<br />
The peptide, however, suppresses only about half of the response to<br />
sucrose, indicating existence of both gurmarin-sensitive (GS) and -<br />
insensitive (GI) response components in the CT. In the present study,<br />
recovery of taste responses and reappearance of taste receptor cells<br />
were studied by examining GS of the CT responses and expression of<br />
T1R3 and gustducin in fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae. It was reported that T1R3<br />
contributes responses to sucrose, saccharin and other artificial<br />
sweeteners in the CT. At about 2 weeks after the nerve crush, although<br />
no significant responses to taste stimuli were observed in the CT, in situ<br />
hybridization analysis demonstrated that T1R3 and gustducin expressed<br />
in subsets of taste bud cells. At about 3 weeks after the CT crush,<br />
responses to sweet compounds reappeared and the threshold of sucrose<br />
was higher than that shown by intact CT. After more than a month, the<br />
CT showed GS comparable with those shown by intact animals. These<br />
data suggest that the molecules related to taste transduction might<br />
express in taste receptor cells prior to their contact with regenerated<br />
taste axons.
328 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
THE NEURAL ISOFORM OF TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE<br />
IS LOCALIZED TO TASTE BUD CELLS<br />
Cao J. 1, Huang L. 1, Brand J. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
Taste receptor cells are epithelial in origin and <strong>for</strong>m synaptic contact<br />
with innervating sensory nerves. The identification of the<br />
neurotransmitter(s) in these cells has, however, not been absolutely<br />
determined. While a number of studies implicate serotonin as a<br />
candidate neurotransmitter, evidence of its synthetic pathway in taste<br />
receptor cells is incomplete. In the current study, RT-PCR identified<br />
the neural iso<strong>for</strong>m of tryptophan hyroxylase (TPH2) in rat foliate and<br />
vallate isolated taste buds and single taste bud cells (TBC). Sequencing<br />
of 666 bp near the 3´-end of the taste TPH2 showed this product to have<br />
99% identity with rat brain TPH2. The peripheral iso<strong>for</strong>m, TPH1, could<br />
not be detected by RT-PCR in taste tissue, but was detected in brain<br />
cDNA, used as a positive control. Of 12 TBC wherein the synaptic<br />
marker, syntaxin, was detected by RT-PCR, TPH2, but not TPH1, was<br />
detected in 10 of these cells, and T1R3 detected in 6.<br />
Immunocytochemistry localized TPH2 to a subset of taste bud cells<br />
located within the main body of the bud. No staining was seen in the<br />
basal region nor in the perigemmal cells. The results support a role <strong>for</strong><br />
serotonin as a neurotransmitter in taste receptor cells.<br />
Supported in part by a grant to JGB from the Department of Veterans<br />
Affairs, and by NIH DC05154 to L.H.<br />
329 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
TASTE BUDS RELEASE 5HT WHEN DEPOLARIZED<br />
Huang Y.J. 1, Lu K.S. 1, Roper S.D. 2 1Physiology & Biophysics,<br />
University of Miami, Miami, FL; 2Physiology & Biophysics and<br />
Neuroscience Program, University of Miami, Miami, FL<br />
Serotonin (5HT) is implicated as a neurotransmitter or<br />
neuromodulator in taste buds but to date there has been no direct<br />
evidence <strong>for</strong> its release from taste cells. Using a CHO/biosensor cell,<br />
we tested whether isolated mouse vallate taste buds release 5HT in<br />
response to stimulation. Pilot studies confirmed that CHO cells, stably<br />
transfected with 5HT2c receptors (Berg et al, Molec Pharmacol, 1994)<br />
and loaded with the Ca2+ -sensitive dye, Fura2, to assay responses, were<br />
exquisitely sensitive to 5HT (threshold ~3 nM). These "CHO/biosensor<br />
cells" did not respond to bath-applied KCl (50-100 mM) nor to<br />
cycloheximide (100 µM), a bitter taste stimulus. We confirmed that<br />
5HT-responses in CHO/biosensor cells were reversibly inhibited by<br />
mianserin (1-10 nM), a 5HT2c antagonist. We isolated taste buds from<br />
mouse vallate papillae and loaded them with Fura2 to verify that taste<br />
cells responded to KCl depolarization (50-100 mM). Finally, to test<br />
whether stimulated taste buds released 5HT, we isolated individual taste<br />
buds and plated them on a glass coverslip in a shallow recording<br />
chamber. Taste buds were approached with a Fura2-loaded<br />
CHO/biosensor cell held onto a fire-polished micropipette by gentle<br />
suction. Bath-applied KCl elicited responses in the CHO/biosensor cell<br />
when it was positioned against a taste bud. Applying buffer did not<br />
elicit responses. Furthermore, moving the CHO/biosensor away from<br />
the taste bud abolished responses. These data suggest that when they<br />
are depolarized, isolated taste buds release 5HT. Supported by DC 6077<br />
and DC00374 (SDR).<br />
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330 Poster [ ] Taste: Peripheral Connectivity<br />
ANALYSIS OF A HUMAN FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE CDNA<br />
LIBRARY AND IDENTIFICATION OF TASTE-RELATED<br />
GENES<br />
Rossier O. 1, Cao J. 2, Huque T. 2, Spielman A.I. 3, Feldman R.S. 4,<br />
Medrano J.F. 5, Brand J.G. 2, Le Coutre J. 1 1Nestlé Research Center,<br />
Lausanne, Switzerland; 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia,<br />
PA; 3College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY; 4Dental<br />
Medicine, V.A. Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA; 5Department of<br />
Animal Science, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Davis, CA<br />
Various genes related to early events in human gustation have<br />
recently been discovered, yet a thorough understanding of taste<br />
transduction is hampered by gaps in our knowledge of the signaling<br />
chain. As a first step toward gaining additional insight, the expression<br />
specificity of genes in human taste tissue needs to be determined. To<br />
this end, a fungi<strong>for</strong>m papillae cDNA library has been generated and<br />
analyzed. For validation of the library, taste-related gene probes were<br />
used to detect known molecules. Subsequently, DNA sequence analysis<br />
was per<strong>for</strong>med to identify further candidates. Of 987 clones sequenced,<br />
clustering results in 288 contigs. Comparison of these contigs with<br />
genomic databases reveals that 207 contigs (71.9%) match known<br />
genes, 16 (5.6%) match hypothetical genes, 8 (2.8%) match repetitive<br />
sequences and 57 (19.8%) have no or low similarity to annotated genes.<br />
The results indicate that despite a high level of redundancy, this human<br />
fungi<strong>for</strong>m cDNA library contains specific taste markers and is valuable<br />
<strong>for</strong> investigation of both known and novel taste-related genes.<br />
331 Poster [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
OLFACTORY FUNCTIONS AND VOLUMES OF<br />
ORBITOFRONTAL AND LIMBIC REGIONS IN<br />
SCHIZOPHRENIA<br />
Rupp C.I. 1, Fleischhacker W.W. 1, Kemmler G. 1, Kremser C. 2, Bilder<br />
R.M. 3, Mechtcheriakov S. 1, Szeszko P.R. 4, Walch T. 1, Scholtz A.W. 5,<br />
Klimbacher M. 1, Maier C. 1, Albrecht G. 1, Lechner T. 1, Felber S. 2,<br />
Hinterhuber H. 1 1University Clinics of Psychiatry Innsbruck, Innsbruck,<br />
Austria; 2University Clinics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Innsbruck,<br />
Innsbruck, Austria; 3Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles,<br />
CA; 4Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY; 5University Clinics of<br />
Otorhinolaryngology Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria<br />
Olfactory deficits in schizophrenia have been widely reported. These<br />
deficits have been hypothesized to be associated with abnormalities in<br />
prefrontal (orbitofrontal) and/or mesiotemporal brain regions. No study<br />
investigated this structure-function relationship using MR-imaging. We<br />
examined the relationship between olfactory functions and volumes of<br />
limbic (hippocampus/amygdala) and orbitofrontal brain regions in<br />
young men with schizophrenia and healthy subjects, matched <strong>for</strong> sex<br />
and age. Unirhinal assessment of olfactory measures included main<br />
functions (threshold, discrimination, identification) and odor<br />
judgements (intensity, familiarity, edibility, pleasantness). Patients<br />
per<strong>for</strong>med bilaterally more poorly than controls in the threshold,<br />
discrimination and identification tasks, as well as on several odor<br />
judgement measures. Compared with controls patients showed bilateral<br />
smaller hippocampus and amygdala volumes. In patients, smaller<br />
volumes of the hippocampus were significantly correlated with poorer<br />
discrimination per<strong>for</strong>mance. Our results corroborate and extend<br />
previous findings of olfactory deficits as well as limbic structure<br />
volume reduction in schizophrenia, and suggest that olfactory deficits,<br />
namely impairments in discrimination, are associated with<br />
morphometric abnormalities in the hippocampus.<br />
Supported by OENB (no. 6576)
332 Slide [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
DIMINISHED POSTERIOR NASAL VOLUMES IN MALE<br />
PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA<br />
Roalf D.R. 1, Turetsky B.I. 2, Balderston C.C. 1, Gur R.E. 1, Moberg P.J. 2<br />
1Schizophrenia Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University<br />
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Schizophrenia Research Center,<br />
Department of Psychiatry & Smell & Taste Center, Department of<br />
Otorhinolaryngology:, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Background: Gross midline abnormalities such as cleft palate and<br />
cavum septum pelucidum, impairments in olfactory ability and to a<br />
lesser degree subtle craniofacial dysmorphogenesis are considered<br />
characteristics of schizophrenia. Due to concordant development of the<br />
oral cavity, olfactory structures, and ventral <strong>for</strong>ebrain, we hypothesized<br />
that structural abnormalities of the nasal cavity might represent diseaseassociated<br />
markers of embryological dysmorphogenesis.<br />
Method: A measurement of nasal volume was acquired by acoustic<br />
rhinometry <strong>for</strong> 56 schizophrenia patients (44 men, 12 women) and 37<br />
healthy controls (24 men, 13 women). Nasal volume was segmented<br />
into three areas: Total (0.0-5.5cm), Anterior (0.0-3.5cm) and Posterior<br />
(3.5-5.5cm).<br />
Results: An overall MANOVA demonstrated a significant diagnosis<br />
by sex by nasal compartment interaction (F[2,172]=2.92, p=.05).<br />
Decomposition of this interaction revealed that male patients had<br />
significantly smaller left (F[2,126]= 6.26, p0.05 on Student's twotailed<br />
t test. Mean UPSIT score <strong>for</strong> controls was 33.5 and ET 32.2<br />
which is not significantly different. For IPD the mean score was 18.1<br />
which is significantly different from controls and ET. OERP showed no<br />
Difference <strong>for</strong> P2 latency between controls and ET patients (mean<br />
latency 628.5ms and 641.3ms respectively). In 21 PD patients the<br />
evoked response was absent. In the remaining 33 the mean latency was<br />
962ms which is significantly prolonged compared to controls and ET.<br />
In all three groups amplitude measurements did not differ significantly.<br />
A normosmic patient with tremor is more likely to have ET than IPD<br />
while someone with tremor and impaired olfaction may have IPD or<br />
related syndrome.<br />
334 Poster [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
MEMORY FOR EMOTIONAL AND NEUTRAL ODORS AND<br />
AMYGDALA ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDINGS IN<br />
PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY<br />
Julie H. 1, Sandra P. 1, Jean G. 1, Marilyn J. 1 1Neuropsychology and<br />
Cognitive Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada<br />
It is known that emotionally arousing events are remembered better<br />
than neutral ones, but this has not been explored in olfaction. Increasing<br />
evidence indicates that the amygdala plays key roles in emotion and<br />
memory, and electrophysiological studies show that the human<br />
amygdala is implied in recognition memory <strong>for</strong> odors. In the present<br />
study we assessed memory <strong>for</strong> emotional and neutral odors in patients<br />
with temporal-lobe epilepsy undergoing intracranial recordings and<br />
examined the related olfactory evoked potentials (OEPs) in amygdala.<br />
Behavioral and electrophysiological results were obtained in 8 patients<br />
implanted in the amygdala (6 bilaterally, 1 left, 1 right). Patients´<br />
behavioral data were compared to those of 10 healthy control subjects.<br />
Memory <strong>for</strong> pleasant, unpleasant or non emotional odors was tested 24<br />
hours after incidental encoding. Odor recognition was similar in<br />
patients and controls. OEPs were observed in the amygdala, composed<br />
mainly of a large positive peak occurring at a mean latency of 300ms.<br />
An effect of odorant´s emotional arousal was found in the right<br />
amygdala, with shorter latencies <strong>for</strong> emotional than <strong>for</strong> neutral<br />
odorants. This effect was specific to the amygdala, as similar OEPs<br />
were not found in the hippocampus. The results provide<br />
electrophysiological evidence <strong>for</strong> the postulated role of amygdala in<br />
memory <strong>for</strong> emotionally arousing material. The significance of the<br />
laterality of this effect will be explored with respect to the healthiness<br />
of left versus right amygdala in individual patients. Supported by Savoy<br />
Foundation and Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
335 Poster [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION IN DEGENERATIVE ATAXIAS.<br />
Connelly T. 1, Farmer J.M. 2, Lynch D.R. 3, Tourbier I.A. 4, Doty R.L. 4<br />
1Smell and Taste Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology,<br />
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Phila, PA; 2Division of<br />
Medical Genetics, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA; 3Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical<br />
Center, Philadelphia, PA; 4Smell and Taste Center, Department of<br />
Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
Several lines of evidence suggest that the cerebellum may play a role<br />
in higher-order olfactory processing. In this study, we administered the<br />
University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT), a<br />
standardised test of olfactory function, to patients with ataxias primarily<br />
due to cerebellar pathology (spinocerebellar ataxias and related<br />
disorders) and to patients with Friedreich ataxia, an ataxia associated<br />
mainly with loss of afferent cerebellar pathways. UPSIT scores were<br />
slightly lower in both patient groups than in the control subjects, but no<br />
differences were noted between the scores of the Friedreich and the<br />
other ataxia patients. Within the Friedreich ataxia group, the smell test<br />
scores did not correlate with the number of pathologic GAA repeats (a<br />
marker of genetic severity), disease duration, or categorical ambulatory<br />
ability. UPSIT scores did not correlate with disease duration, although<br />
they correlated marginally with ambulatory status in the patients with<br />
cerebellar pathology. This study suggests that olfactory dysfunction<br />
may be a subtle clinical component of degenerative ataxias, in<br />
concordance with the hypothesis that the cerebellum or its afferents<br />
plays some role in central olfactory processing.<br />
Supported by NIH Research Grants PO1 DC 00161, RO1 DC 04278,<br />
RO1 DC 02974, RO1 AG 17496 (RLD) and a Beeson Scholar Award<br />
(DRL) from AFAR<br />
336 Slide [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
DIAGNOSTIC OPTIONS AND LIMITS IN PATIENTS WITH<br />
OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION AFTER HEAD INJURY<br />
Haxel B.R. 1, Mann W. 1, Mackay-Sim A. 2 1Otorhinolaryngology,<br />
University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany; 2Psychology, Griffith University,<br />
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia<br />
Objective: In this study patients with impaired olfaction after head<br />
trauma were investigated using smell tests and immunohistochemistry<br />
and cell-cultures of biopsies of the olfactory epithelium to trace specific<br />
changes.<br />
Methods: We investigated the sense of smell with Sniffin´ Sticks,<br />
chemosensory evoked potentials and biopsy of the olfactory epithelium<br />
using neurofilament and beta;-tubulin type III to detect immature<br />
neurons on frozen sections and cultures. The results were compared<br />
with age- and gender-matched normosmic controls.<br />
Results: In 5 patients complete anosmia was found in the Sniffin´<br />
Sticks test, but only in 3 patients olfactory evoked potentials were<br />
missing completely. The biopsies showed intact olfactory epithelium<br />
with immature neurons in some cases, cell adhesion was found in 25%<br />
to 100% of the cultures and neurogenesis could be induced under the<br />
influence of growth factors.<br />
Conclusions: Head trauma can cause comprehensible olfactory<br />
impairment; there are different possible sites of a lesion. Olfactometry<br />
shows an intact neural transmission to the brain. Biopsies of the<br />
olfactory epithelium reveal the regeneration capacity of the receptor<br />
neurons.<br />
Acknowledgements: This study was supported by the Deutsche<br />
Forschungsgemeinschaft HA-3447/1-1, Germany and by the Garnet<br />
Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation, Australia.<br />
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337 Slide [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
OLFACTORY DEFICITS IN SINONASAL DISEASE<br />
Kern R.C. 1, Conley D.B. 1, Robinson A.M. 1 1Otolaryngology-HNS,<br />
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL<br />
Background: Chronic sinonasal disease is a common cause of smell<br />
loss but the pathophysiology is unclear. Human biopsy specimens<br />
indicate direct inflammatory changes in the epithelium, although it<br />
remains unclear how this mediates clinical olfactory deficits. It has been<br />
suggested that inflammatory cytokines may alter secretion and/or affect<br />
neuronal viability. Under normal conditions, olfactory sensory neurons<br />
undergo apoptotic cell death at a baseline rate matched by the<br />
regeneration of mature OSNs from precursors in the epithelium. The<br />
current study examines normal and diseased olfactory mucosa <strong>for</strong><br />
evidence of a disturbance in this balance, which result in a net loss of<br />
OSNs. Study Design: Histologic analysis of human and animal<br />
olfactory tissue. Methods: Normal and inflamed human and animal<br />
olfactory mucosa was assessed <strong>for</strong> immunohistochemical evidence of<br />
apoptosis. Results: Increased activity of the apoptotic effector enzyme<br />
caspase-3 was demonstrated in diseased olfactory mucosa in<br />
comparison with normal controls in both human and animal tissue.<br />
Conclusion: These results support the hypothesis that olfactory deficits<br />
in sinusitis result from increased apoptotic OSN death apparently not<br />
matched by regeneration. Interference with the apoptotic pathway is<br />
currently the subject of intense pharmaco-therapeutic research.<br />
Potential treatment options will be discussed. Supported by the<br />
department of Otolaryngology-HNS.<br />
338 Poster [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
CHEMOSENSORY CHANGES FROM EXPOSURE TO<br />
FORMALDEHYDE IN ANATOMY LABS<br />
Dalton P. 1, Gould M. 1, Opiekun R. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
More than 10% of the U.S. work<strong>for</strong>ce (~14 million people) has daily<br />
occupational exposure to chemicals or particulates and as many as 40%<br />
of these individuals report symptoms of chronic nasal inflammation or<br />
rhinitis that are known precursors of olfactory loss. Moreover, evidence<br />
suggests that occupational chemical exposure increases the risk of ageassociated<br />
olfactory disorders. Despite this, the evaluation of olfactory<br />
function in susceptible occupational cohorts is rarely per<strong>for</strong>med and<br />
consequently, little is known about the mechanisms underlying<br />
chemical-induced olfactory changes. This study evaluated the<br />
chemosensory impact of repetitive exposure to <strong>for</strong>maldehyde among<br />
veterinary students enrolled in anatomy labs, using a comprehensive<br />
assessment of threshold, secretory, and inflammatory parameters.<br />
Personal exposures <strong>for</strong> each participant were collected using passive<br />
dosimeters in order to evaluate observed changes in olfactory<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance as a function of exposure concentration. Consistent with<br />
studies in <strong>for</strong>maldehyde-exposed animals, mucociliary clearance time<br />
increased with exposure duration <strong>for</strong> the students, but not unexposed<br />
controls, an outcome which may predispose individuals to both<br />
perceptual changes and nasal health effects following chemical<br />
exposures.<br />
Supported by NIH P50 P50 DC00214
339 Poster [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
QUALITATIVE OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION: FREQUENCY<br />
AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE<br />
Hummel T. 1, Maroldt H. 1, Frasnelli J. 1, Landis B.N. 2, Hüttenbrink K. 3,<br />
Heilmann S. 4 1ORL, University of Dresden Medical School, Dresden,<br />
Germany; 2ORL, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland;<br />
3ORL, University of Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany; 4ORL,<br />
University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany<br />
This study aimed to investigate frequency and prognostic<br />
significance of qualitative olfactory dysfunction (parosmia,<br />
phantosmia). A total of 868 patients were included; 160 of these<br />
patients (18%) complained of parosmic sensations, 59 (7%) mentioned<br />
odor phantoms. In patients without qualitative olfactory dysfunction,<br />
smell loss was most likely due to trauma (30%), infection of the upper<br />
respiratory tract (23%), sinunasal disease (17%) or it was idiopathic<br />
(22%). In patients with parosmia these figures were 7%, 70%, 8%, and<br />
12%; in patients with odor phantoms they were 20%, 54%, 15%, and<br />
17%. Thus, parosmias and phantosmias were most frequently<br />
encountered in olfactory loss following URTI.<br />
Among hyposmic patients those with parosmia exhibited a better<br />
discrimination of odorants but were less proficient in odor identification<br />
when visiting first. However, at second visit there was no significant<br />
difference between patients with (n=67) or without parosmia (n=223).<br />
In patients with parosmia decreased olfactory function was found in<br />
22%, improvement in 39%. Similar figures were seen in patients<br />
without parosmia (21%, and 40%). When visiting first patients with<br />
phantosmia were significantly worse in terms of odor identification<br />
compared to patients without phantosmia. At return visit in 38% of the<br />
phantosmic patients overall olfactory function was decreased;<br />
improvement was found in 41% of the patients. In conclusion,<br />
parosmias are found most frequently in olfactory dysfunction following<br />
URTI. Apparently, the presence of parosmia is not a predictor of the<br />
prognosis of olfactory dysfunction. In contrast, phantosmias appear to<br />
indcate a higher likelihood <strong>for</strong> a further decrease of olfactory fucntion.<br />
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340 Poster [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
HIGH INCIDENCE OF FUNCTIONAL ANOSMIA IN THE<br />
GENERAL POPULATION<br />
Landis B. 1, Konnerth C. 2, Hüttenbrink K. 3, Hummel T. 4 1University<br />
Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; 2ENT, University Hospital of<br />
Dresden, Dresden, Germany; 3Otorhinolaryngology, University of<br />
Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany; 4University of Dresden<br />
Medical School, Dresden, Germany<br />
Objective: To assess the incidence of anosmia and hyposmia in the<br />
general population.<br />
Study Design: Open prospective study ruled out on a population<br />
based sample representative <strong>for</strong> the German population.<br />
Methods: A total of 1240 subjects were included. Participants<br />
received an ENT examination and olfactory testing. Patients reporting<br />
sinu-nasal disorders were excluded. Olfactory testing was done by<br />
means of the Sniffin´ Sticks.<br />
Results: In 5% of the subjects nasal polyposis was diagnosed in the<br />
absence of sino-nasal complaints, confirming high incidence of nasal<br />
polyposis previously reported. In the remaining 1182 subjects (603<br />
men, 579 women) functional anosmia was detected at a frequency of<br />
4.7 %, whereas incidence increased with age (Fig. 1). Hyposmia was<br />
found in 16 % of the subjects. Most subjects with functional anosmia<br />
were unaware of their poor per<strong>for</strong>mances; accordingly, they could not<br />
indicate an origin of the anosmia. No significant sex-related difference<br />
in functional anosmia rate was detected. Similar to other authors we<br />
found age to be a main factor leading to functional anosmia. However,<br />
the present data also revealed functional anosmia to occur in up to 5 %<br />
of subjects under 65 years of age.<br />
Conclusion: The current findings suggest that severe olfactory<br />
alteration occurs at a much higher frequency than previously assumed,<br />
especially among younger people. Since olfactory deficits have been<br />
shown to occur in several general pathologies and especially in<br />
neurodegenerative diseases in their early phase, anosmia must be<br />
considered more than just a symptom of chronic sinu-nasal disease and<br />
deserves the general physicians attention. The present data also show<br />
the need of further research into treatments of olfactory disorders.<br />
341 Poster [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY: DOES IT AFFECT<br />
SMELL FUNCTION IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN?<br />
Neff J.K. 1, Knipe C. 1, Doty R.L. 1 1Smell and Taste Center, Department<br />
of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
Decreased smell function is among the first signs of Alzheimer´s<br />
disease. Although controversial, there is evidence that estrogens<br />
mitigate verbal memory and several other cognitive deficits that are<br />
associated with Alzheimer´s disease. Thus, the question arises as to<br />
whether estrogens mitigate olfactory deficits observed in the older<br />
female population. This retrospective study focuses on estrogen<br />
replacement therapy (ERT) and its possible role in decreasing olfactory<br />
loss in post-menopausal women. Currently, 257 women of an<br />
anticipated 600 women have participated in the study. Preliminary<br />
analyses have focused on olfactory scores of women during the first ten<br />
years after menopause. Within this subset of our sample population,<br />
there is a tendency <strong>for</strong> women who are currently on ERT to have higher<br />
olfactory scores in comparison to women who are not currently taking<br />
ERT. Within this limited age range, no meaningful association between<br />
prior estrogen use and olfactory test scores has yet emerged. Additional<br />
preliminary analyses suggest there may be a correlation between ERT<br />
use and decreased verbal cognitive deficits. Future analyses will<br />
explore the effect of ERT on age-related olfactory and memory deficits<br />
beyond the first ten years after menopause.<br />
This abstract was supported by the following grant from the National<br />
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD: RO1 AG 17496-04
342 Slide [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
MODELING OF AIRFLOW AND ODORANT DELIVERY<br />
PATTERN IN A PRE- & POST-OPERATIVE NASAL CAVITY:<br />
A QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF SURGICAL<br />
INTERVENTION<br />
Zhao K. 1, Scherer P.W. 1, Cowart B.J. 2, Pribitkin E.D. 3, Rosen D. 3,<br />
Dalton P. 2 1Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,<br />
PA; 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA; 3Department<br />
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson<br />
University, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Mechanical obstruction of odorant flow to olfactory receptor sites<br />
due to inflammation or polyps is a primary cause of olfactory loss in<br />
nasal-sinus disease patients. In these cases, surgical intervention (e.g.<br />
removal of polyps) can effectively facilitate recovery of olfactory<br />
ability. Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques, we are<br />
able to quickly convert nasal C-T scans from an individual patient at a<br />
given time point (e.g., pre-post surgery) into anatomically accurate 3-D<br />
numerical nasal models that can be used to predict nasal airflow and<br />
odorant delivery patterns. Our goal is to correlate the patient´s olfactory<br />
recovery with improvement of odorant delivery rate to receptor sites at<br />
various times during the treatment.<br />
In this preliminary study, we followed the treatment of a patient<br />
who had lost most of her orthonasal and all of her retronasal olfactory<br />
ability, but regained it after surgical treatment of polyps. CFD modeling<br />
of this patient´s nose be<strong>for</strong>e and after surgery showed significant<br />
improvement in ortho & retronasal odorant delivery and suggested that<br />
remodeling the airway was a significant factor leading to the recovery<br />
of olfactory function. In the future, such modeling techniques may<br />
serve as a quantitative evaluation of surgical procedures and an<br />
important pre-surgical guide to the optimization of airflow and odorant<br />
delivery in the human nose.<br />
Supported by NIH P50 DC00214<br />
343 Poster [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
DIAGNOSIS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PAROSMIA<br />
Pitovski D.Z. 1, Goins M. 1 1WFU Smell and Taste Center, Dept. of<br />
Otolaryngology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC<br />
The purpose of this study was to determine whether transnasal<br />
endoscopic excision of the olfactory mucosa is an effective and safe<br />
treatment in patients diagnosed with unilateral parosmia and to learn<br />
more of its pathogenic features by examining the histological<br />
characteristics of the excised mucosa. The two patients (patient A and<br />
B) who were subjected to the surgery both had complete and permanent<br />
resolution of their parosmia. Ninety-days after surgery, olfactory<br />
assessment revealed no change (in comparison to preoperative status) in<br />
olfactory ability on the operated nostril in patient A, while improved in<br />
olfactory ability in patient B. No changes in olfactory capacity were<br />
noted in the contralateral (unoperated) nostrils. Patient A and patient B<br />
had unremitting parosmia <strong>for</strong> 3 years and 20 years, respectively. The<br />
excised olfactory mucosa showed abnormal histological features that<br />
would suggest some pathological condition in the peripheral olfactory<br />
system. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report that has<br />
demonstrated effective treatment of patients who suffer from parosmia<br />
through surgical technique. Furthermore, the abnormal histological<br />
features of the excised olfactory mucosa and its excision in the<br />
treatment of the parosmia suggest that there is a peripheral<br />
pathophysiological mechanism.<br />
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344 Poster [ ] Human Olfaction: Pathology<br />
ODORANT-INDUCED EXACERBATION OF BURNING<br />
MOUTH SYNDROME<br />
Hirsch A.R. 1 1The Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation,<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
BMS presents with symptoms of burning, pain, phantageusia. We<br />
present 3 patients, exposed to odorants precipitated severe burning<br />
exacerbation. (1) 83 year-old woman, 2 years burning, salty<br />
phantageusia, onset immediately following application of nitroglycerin.<br />
Burning worsened with ingesting hot or spicy food, stress, and<br />
lidocaine application. Acute severe exacerbation of BMS precipitated<br />
with exposure to Carbinol in the Olfactory Test of Amoore. (2) 57 yearold<br />
male, 1year sudden onset of idiopathic metallic phantageusia and<br />
BMS. Burning worsened after consuming coffee, chocolate and cola,<br />
reduced with chewing gum or eating salty food. Upon exposure to<br />
aromas of shampoo or soap, the BMS and associated phantageusia were<br />
exacerbated. (3) 59 year-old woman, 1 year of gradual onset<br />
hypogeusia, metallic and spicy phantageusia, salty and spicy dysgeusia,<br />
and BMS. Burning worsened with eating spicy food; reduced with<br />
sucking sweet candy and drinking diet Coke. When presented with<br />
odors of gas or garage, severe burning mouth symptoms recurred.<br />
Possible mechanisms of odorants: stimulate hunger, thus precipitate<br />
salivary flow, change chemical content of the mouth, which<br />
hypersensitive pain fibers interpret as pain; induce eating memories,<br />
stimulate gastroesophageal reflux, change in mouth PH causing pain;<br />
induce cephalopancreatic reflex, causing decreased blood sugar<br />
allowing dysfunctional pain nerve fibers to fire; trigeminal component<br />
of odors may act on tongue to precipitate prolonged, intense burning;<br />
stressors which worsens BMS. BMS may represent a <strong>for</strong>m of<br />
synesthesia, seen in neurological conditions such as odor-sensitive<br />
migraine, or post-amputation phantom limb–in which otherwise<br />
innocuous stimuli precipitate pain.<br />
345 Poster [ ] Olfactory Regeneration<br />
APRIN IN RAT OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM<br />
Weiler E. 1, Farbman A.I. 2 1Neurophysiology, Ruhr-Universität,<br />
Bochum, Germany; 2Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern<br />
University, Evanston, IL<br />
Aprin (androgen-induced prostate proliferative shutoff associated<br />
protein AS3) inhibits cell proliferation in the prostate and protects<br />
against carcinogenesis. Although proliferation in the olfactory<br />
epithelium (OE) continues during adulthood OE doesn't develop<br />
tumors. We asked whether aprin is expressed in the rat OE. We report<br />
here the sequence of rat aprin (Accession # AY388627) and the<br />
expression of aprin mRNA in the olfactory epithelium of postnatal rats<br />
using RT-PCR and (competitive) duplex PCR. Semiquantitative<br />
estimates reveal that aprin mRNA expression level in the OE is lower<br />
(~8x) compared to that in testis. Although proliferation dramatically<br />
decreases in rat OE postnatally, the expression level of aprin does not<br />
change much. Besides the OE, aprin mRNA is also expressed in other<br />
neuronal (olfactory bulb, visual cortex, cerebellum, eye, adrenal gland)<br />
and non-neuronal tissues (testis, kidney, heart, lung, and very weak<br />
expression in muscle, intestine, liver) with highest expression in testis.<br />
No differences between males and females were observed in aprin<br />
expression in OE. Aprin function is discussed in relation to cell<br />
turnover and neuronal survival.<br />
Supported by NIH Grants # DC04637, DFG Grant SFB509 TPC4,<br />
FORUM F108/00 M122/13).
346 Poster [ ] Olfactory Regeneration<br />
REDUCED TARGET ABLATION-INDUCED MACROPHAGE<br />
RECRUITMENT AND ACTIVATION IN MIP-1 KNOCK-OUT<br />
(KO) MICE IS RESTORED BY MIP-1 INJECTION<br />
Getchell M.L. 1, Kwong K. 2, Vaishnav R.A. 1, Getchell T.V. 3 1Anatomy<br />
& Neurobiology, Univ. of KY, Lexington, KY; 2Physiology, Univ. of KY,<br />
Lexington, KY; 3Sanders-Brown Ctr. on Aging, Univ. of KY, Lexington,<br />
KY<br />
The chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α (CCL3)<br />
recruits macrophages (mφs) to sites of epithelial remodeling. We<br />
showed that MIP-1α mRNA and protein levels in the olfactory<br />
epithelium (OE) increase significantly at 3 d post-olfactory bulbectomy<br />
(OBX). Our specific aim was to investigate the effect of lack of MIP-1α<br />
on mφ infiltration after OBX in MIP-1α KO mice compared to wildtype<br />
(wt) mice and to test if function was restored in KO mice by MIP-<br />
1α injection. OBX was per<strong>for</strong>med on wt and MIP-1α KO mice; all<br />
received 6 injections at 12-h intervals of either 10 µg/ml MIP-1α<br />
protein in carrier (0.5% BSA in sterile saline) or carrier alone <strong>for</strong> 3 d.<br />
Mφ infiltration was evaluated with antibodies to CD68 <strong>for</strong> resident mφs<br />
and F4/80 <strong>for</strong> activated mφs. Compared to wt mice, CD68 + mφ<br />
numbers in the OE were 59% less than in carrier-injected KO mice and<br />
only 28% less in MIP-1α-injected mice (p
348 Poster [ ] Olfactory Regeneration<br />
DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES TO BULBECTOMY AND<br />
MINOCYCLINE-HCL IN BAX DEFICIENT AND WILD TYPE<br />
MICE<br />
Robinson A.M. 1, Conley D.B. 1, Kern R.C. 1 1Otolaryngology-HNS,<br />
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL<br />
In contrast to wild type mice, bax deficient mice demonstrate an<br />
early but short-lived wave of olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) apoptosis<br />
in response to unilateral bulbectomy that gives way to apoptosis<br />
resistance, at least up to 9 days post-surgery. In order to elucidate early<br />
events in OSN apoptosis following bulbectomy we compared changes<br />
in gene expression and epithelial thickness in wild type and bax<br />
deficient mice and in mice treated with minocycline-HCl. The antibiotic<br />
minocycline-HCl has been shown to have an anti-apoptotic effect in<br />
other systems and is in clinical trials <strong>for</strong> therapeutic use in Parkinson´s<br />
disease. In other systems, the mechanism of minocycline-HCl apoptosis<br />
inhibition is believed to be at the level of inhibition of cytochrome c<br />
release from the mitochondria. This inhibition would suppress<br />
activation of caspase-9 and the downstream caspases, including<br />
caspase-3. Given that bax promotes cytochrome c release, it was<br />
anticipated that apoptosis in the bax knockout mouse may be further<br />
suppressed by minocycline-HCl. By epithelial thickness measurement<br />
there appears to be an initial inhibition of apoptosis in wild type mice<br />
receiving minocycline-HCl. In contrast, the initial apoptosis following<br />
bulbectomy typically observed in bax deficient mice was not<br />
ameliorated. This lack of additional apoptosis inhibition in<br />
minocycline-HCl treated bax deficient mice may be explained by our<br />
results from cDNA expression arrays that focused on apoptotic gene<br />
expression. Bax deficient mice show a dramatic increase in caspase-3<br />
mRNA by 8 hours post-bulbectomy that was absent in wild-type mice.<br />
Supported by the department of Otolaryngology-HNS.<br />
349 Poster [ ] Olfactory Regeneration<br />
OEC DYNAMICS IN THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM OF<br />
METHIMAZOLE-LESIONED & CONTROL MICE<br />
Iwema C.L. 1, Dodds T. 1, Chin J. 1, Greer C.A. 1 1Neurosurgery, Yale<br />
University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT<br />
Olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) axons are held in juxtaposition by<br />
specialized glia, the olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), as they extend<br />
towards the olfactory bulb (OB). It has been suggested that OECs<br />
provide a favorable substrate <strong>for</strong> axon outgrowth and potentially assist<br />
with targeting and/or glomerular recognition. Damage to the olfactory<br />
system (OS) results in incorrect target recognition by the OSNs; the<br />
effect of injury on the OECs is unknown. One hypothesis is that OECs<br />
fail to correctly ensheath and/or sort OSN axons following lesions. The<br />
effect of growth/guidance molecules associated with OECs on the<br />
olfactory projection after injury remains ambiguous. Despite the<br />
apparent inability of newly developed OSN axons to accurately target<br />
following lesions, they nonetheless do innervate glomeruli in the OB,<br />
albeit in an indiscriminate manner. What happens to the OECs during<br />
this process? We used established immunohistochemical protocols with<br />
antibodies to tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), GAP43, NCAM and S100 to<br />
evaluate changes in the mouse OS during degeneration (5 days, 10d),<br />
reinnervation (30d, 60d), and recovery (90d) following exposure to the<br />
olfactoxin, methimazole. Our data demonstrate that TH expression is<br />
initially decreased in the OB but recovers by 90d post-lesion, whereas<br />
GAP43 expression is markedly upregulated at 10d post-lesion be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
returning to baseline. In addition, we addressed OEC turnover using<br />
both BrdU and a marker <strong>for</strong> apoptosis (NeuroTACS II) and report<br />
evidence of both OEC genesis and death in control tissue. Thus, OECs<br />
appear to be dynamic agents in the normal adult OS. NIH DC00210,<br />
DC06291.<br />
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350 Poster [ ] Olfactory Regeneration<br />
EARLY OLFACTORY ENRICHMENT DECREASES TUNEL-<br />
POSITIVE CELLS IN OLFACTORY BULBS OF NEONATAL<br />
RATS.<br />
Woo C.C. 1, Hingco E.E. 1, Taylor G.E. 1, Johnson B.A. 1, Leon M. 1<br />
1Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Irvine, Irvine,<br />
CA<br />
A proportion of rat olfactory bulb interneurons normally undergo<br />
postnatal cell death, as is evident by both a decrease in the total<br />
numbers of interneurons after the second postnatal week, and the<br />
presence of TUNEL-positive cells in most layers of the main olfactory<br />
bulb at that time. In the current study, we determined whether increased<br />
olfactory experience could save olfactory bulb cells from an early<br />
death. To that end, we examined the effects of early olfactory<br />
enrichment on cell death in the main olfactory bulb. Rats were exposed<br />
continuously to a battery of natural and artificial odorants that were<br />
changed daily from postnatal days (PNDs) 1-15. On PND 16, TUNELpositive<br />
cells were quantified in both the granule cell layer and the<br />
glomerular layer of the main olfactory bulb. Early olfactory enrichment<br />
resulted in a statistically significant decrease in the number of TUNELpositive<br />
cells present in both of these layers. In addition, we examined<br />
the effects of odor enrichment on the neural response to odorants using<br />
[14C]2-deoxyglucose. Odor enrichment during the first three postnatal<br />
weeks resulted in a statistically significant increase in activity in the<br />
glomerular layer in response to odorants. These data suggest that<br />
olfactory enrichment during the early postnatal period can save<br />
olfactory bulb cells from dying, and can also enhance the glomerular<br />
response to odorants. This research was supported by NIDCD grant<br />
#DC03840 to M.L.<br />
351 Poster [ ] Olfactory Regeneration<br />
CASPASE 8 ACTIVATES ORN APOPTOSIS FOLLOWING<br />
DEAFFERENTATION AND EXCITOTOXIC LESION OF<br />
MOUSE OLFACTORY BULB<br />
Fung F.W. 1, Carson C. 1, Saleh M. 2, Nicholson D. 2, Roskams J. 1<br />
1Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia,<br />
Canada; 2Merck Frosst, Montreal, Quebec, Canada<br />
Our lab has been testing how signals initiated at the olfactory bulb<br />
mitral cell synapse may regulate the apoptosis of olfactory receptor<br />
neurons (ORNs). We have previously shown that, following olfactory<br />
bulbectomy, ORNs undergo apoptosis driven by caspase-9 and 3mediated<br />
retrograde axonal signaling. Because a bulbectomy is also a<br />
distal axotomy, we modified our lesion model to remove only the ORN<br />
target neurons (mitral and tufted cells) in the olfactory bulb using<br />
NMDA-mediated excitotoxicity. We find that NMDA infused directly<br />
into the olfactory bulb effectively kills off the majority of bulbar mitral<br />
and tufted cells within 48 hrs of being administered. Surprisingly, most<br />
OMP-positive mature ORNs do not immediately undergo target<br />
deprivation-induced apoptosis following NMDA infusion, and despite<br />
the loss of functional glomeruli, a significant population of their axons<br />
persist <strong>for</strong> up to 8 days in the nerve fiber layer. A delayed <strong>for</strong>m of<br />
apoptosis does appear to eventually occur (by 4 days after loss of<br />
postsynaptic target) in a sub-population of vulnerable ORNs in NMDAlesioned<br />
mice. We have identified caspase 8 as the apical caspase first<br />
activated at the glomerular synapse. We demonstrate (by coimmunoprecipitation)<br />
that Dynactin, a DED (Death Effector Domain) -<br />
containing protein, is a retrograde motor complex protein that can<br />
regulate the transport and/or activation of caspase 8 in ORNs following<br />
target lesion. Finally, by using taxol to inhibit axonal microtubule<br />
motors following bulbectomy, we can delay caspase-mediated<br />
retrograde apoptosis in ORNs.<br />
Supported by NIH (NIDCD) 5RO1 DC04579-03 to JR
352 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
COMPARATIVE GENOMICS OF OLFACTORY RECEPTOR<br />
GENE CLUSTERS<br />
Young J.M. 1, Newman T. 1, Schlador M. 1, Linardopoulou E. 1, Walker<br />
M. 1, Hsu J. 1, Williams E. 1, Trask B.J. 1 1Division of Human Biology,<br />
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA<br />
Comparison of the nearly complete genomes of rat, mouse, and<br />
human reveals extensive lineage-specific change in the olfactory<br />
receptor (OR) gene repertoires of these species. The primary<br />
contributor to repertoire change has been recent duplications that create<br />
new genes. Genes have also been lost through deletion and mutation.<br />
Only ~400 human genes appear to be functional, compared to ~1210 <strong>for</strong><br />
mouse and ~1390 <strong>for</strong> rat. Our cDNA screen of olfactory<br />
neuroepithelium confirmed expression there <strong>for</strong> over one third of the<br />
intact mouse OR genes and also revealed extensive alternative splicing<br />
within the 5´UTRs of OR transcripts. We observe up to a 300-fold<br />
difference in mRNA levels among mouse OR genes, which appears to<br />
be due to differences in both the number of expressing cells and the<br />
number of transcripts per cell. The family expanded primarily through<br />
local duplications in all three species, but inter-chromosomal<br />
duplications also occurred in both the human and rat lineages.<br />
Intriguingly, these inter-chromosomal duplications involved large<br />
genomic segments (up to 800 kb) containing primarily OR<br />
pseudogenes. The complex structures and evolutionary relationships<br />
among these regions suggest that they are subject to ongoing gene<br />
conversion-like ectopic exchange subsequent to the original<br />
duplication. The propensity of these segmental duplications to undergo<br />
recombination can also lead to gross allelic variation among normal<br />
individuals and /or the <strong>for</strong>mation of chromosome abnormalities<br />
associated with disease. Funded by NIH DC004209 and GM057070.<br />
353 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
HANDS OFF MY ENDANGERED SPECIES: LOW ALLELIC<br />
VARIATION OF SEA TURTLE OR GENES SUPPORTS<br />
IMPORTANCE OF OLFACTORY SENSE.<br />
Vieyra M. 1, Vogt R.G. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of South<br />
Carolina, Columbia, SC<br />
How to determine the importance of a given sense to the life history<br />
of an endangered species when government regulations prohibit direct<br />
physiological analysis? Estimate the evolutionary selective pressure<br />
acting on the sense. Clone an "important" gene and examine its allelic<br />
variation within a population; low variation suggesting selection is<br />
strong and that the sense is important to the life history of the animal,<br />
high variation suggesting selection is low and that the sense is less<br />
important. Cloning and characterizing genes of endangered species is<br />
feasible because archives of DNA samples OR genes were cloned from<br />
3 sea turtles (loggerhead, green, leatherback), 4 freshwater or terrestrial<br />
turtles (musk, painted, box, gopher tortoise) and American alligator.<br />
These genes are more similar to the mammalian than to the fish OR<br />
gene subfamily. Sea turtles have a reduced number of OR genes and a<br />
greater number of OR pseudogenes (internal stop codons) than<br />
freshwater or terrestrial turtles. Population analysis of 5 sea turtle genes<br />
indicates a strong dominance of a single allele <strong>for</strong> conserved genes, and<br />
a surprisingly low level of allelic variation among pseudogenes. These<br />
findings suggest olfaction is important and that pseudoization may be a<br />
relatively recent event if not an ongoing process. Turtles have similar<br />
sized OR and VNO systems; VNO neurons are thought to convey<br />
aquatic signals. The presence of strongly selected OR genes suggests<br />
that airborne odors may be important signals <strong>for</strong> sea turtles. Funding:<br />
NOAA<br />
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354 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
EXPRESSION OF CANDIDATE GUSTATORY RECEPTOR<br />
GENES IN ANOPHELES GAMBIAE<br />
Kent L.B. 1, Robertson H.M. 1 1Entomology, University of Illinois at<br />
Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL<br />
The ability to detect and discriminate between chemical cues in the<br />
environment is key to successful host finding in mosquitoes. The recent<br />
availability of the genome sequence of Anopheles gambiae, the<br />
principle vector of human malaria in Africa, has allowed <strong>for</strong> the<br />
identification and annotation of the genes believed to encode odorant<br />
(AgOr) and gustatory (AgGr) receptor genes in the mosquito. These<br />
genes are members of the G-coupled protein receptor (GCPR)<br />
superfamily of chemoreceptors, characterized in part by their seventransmembrane<br />
domains. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that only a few<br />
orthologous pairs of the genes have been conserved between<br />
Drosophila and Anopheles. Otherwise, most Ors and Grs <strong>for</strong>m speciesspecific<br />
gene subfamilies. We have begun studies of the expression<br />
patterns of the putative AgGr genes, based upon an RT-PCR assay. In<br />
this way, we can examine the conservation of expression of Grs in A.<br />
gambiae over the roughly 250 million years since it diverged from the<br />
lineage containing Drosophila melanogaster. Patterns of similarity<br />
across the two species are apparent. Three of the genes (AgGr22,<br />
AgGr23, AgGr24) with high sequence similarity to two genes in<br />
Drosophila melanogaster (DmGr21a and DmGr63a) are expressed in<br />
antennae and maxillary palps, which matches the expression patterns<br />
seen in Drosophila. Interestingly, DmGr21a has recently been<br />
identified by Dr. Marien de Bruyne, at the Freie Universität Berlin, as a<br />
candidate carbon dioxide receptor in Drosophila. We are in the process<br />
of determining whether the closely related anopheline genes share the<br />
same function. This research is funded by NIH RO1AI056081.<br />
355 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
EXPRESSION OF AN ANOPHELES GAMBIAE CANDIDATE<br />
ODORANT RECEPTOR IN A SUBSET OF DISTINCT<br />
SENSILLA ON THE PROBOSCIS INDICATES A POTENTIAL<br />
OLFACTORY FUNCTION<br />
Pitts J. 1, Rützler M. 1, Zwiebel L. 1 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong> and Center <strong>for</strong><br />
Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN<br />
The biting behavior of Anopheles gambiae (An. gambiae) is largely<br />
influenced by olfactory cues emanating from host animals. The strong<br />
preference of the An. gambiae s.s. species <strong>for</strong> human hosts contributes<br />
significantly to the transmission of human malaria in sub-Sahara Africa.<br />
The family of odorant receptor genes in An. gambiae encodes G<br />
protein-coupled receptors <strong>for</strong> which some ligands have been identified.<br />
One of these genes, GPRor7, is highly conserved with respect to single<br />
genes from many insect orders. Immunocytochemistry demonstrates<br />
that its protein product is localized to most sensilla of olfactory organs<br />
of An. gambiae. By RT-PCR analysis, GPRor7 is also expressed in the<br />
proboscis of An. gambiae, a known gustatory organ in other<br />
mosquitoes. Immunocytochemisry indicates that GPRor7 is found<br />
within each of a small subset of sensilla on the labellar lobes, a pair of<br />
bulbous organs at tip of the proboscis. Scanning electron micrographic<br />
analysis reveals that the GPRor7 expressing sensilla are short, grooved<br />
hairs residing in a socket on the cuticle surface and that there are about<br />
25 of these hairs per labellar lobe. Their morphology is reminiscent of<br />
other grooved olfactory sensilla, and the presence of an odorant<br />
receptor within them indicates either a potential olfactory function <strong>for</strong><br />
them, or a potential gustatory function <strong>for</strong> GPRor7. This work was<br />
supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health: the NIDCD<br />
and the NIAID.
356 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
OLFACTORY CODING IN PERIPHERAL ORGANS OF<br />
ANOPHELES GAMBIAE<br />
Kwon H. 1, Zwiebel L.J. 1 1Department of Biologial <strong>Sciences</strong> and Center<br />
<strong>for</strong> Molucualr Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN<br />
A principal goal in neuroscience is to understand how sensory<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation is processed and integrated to control a suitable behavioral<br />
output in a nervous system of an animal. Of these, olfactory cues are<br />
primarily used in an insect to find a host, mate, and oviposition site.<br />
There<strong>for</strong>e, it is important to understand how olfactory coding occurs a<br />
peripheral olfactory organ as well as in central nervous system. In<br />
insects, olfactory transduction is initiated by G protein-coupled<br />
receptors in the cell membrane, which have been characterized in<br />
different insect species so far. In this study, using an important malaria<br />
vector mosquito, A. gambiae, from which 79 different G proteincoupled<br />
receptor genes have been found, we focus on functional<br />
analysis of olfactory in<strong>for</strong>mation processing in antenna as well as<br />
proboscis where an odorant receptor gene (AgOR7) is also expressed.<br />
With analysis of gene expression in these appendages, here we aim to<br />
characterize central processing and olfactory coding in a primary<br />
olfactory and gustatory organ, antenna and proboscis, using<br />
electrophysiological methods and backfilling techniques. Recording<br />
from epithelia of antenna and proboscis was employed with several key<br />
mosquito odorant components. Here we report that proboscis shows<br />
olfactory responses to an odorant chemical. This result supports the idea<br />
that proboscis contributes olfactory perception in accordance with gene<br />
expression of the odorant receptor in proboscis. More detailed evidence<br />
of neural anatomy and single sensillum recording will be presented.<br />
(Supported by NIH grants A1056402 & DC04692)<br />
357 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF DROSOPHILA ODORANT<br />
RECEPTORS<br />
Benton R. 1, Vosshall L.B. 1 1Rockefeller University, New York, NY<br />
The Drosophila olfactory system is a powerful model to determine<br />
how neuronal circuits represent the external world in the brain. The<br />
peripheral circuitry has a striking stereotypical spatial organization.<br />
Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) express only one of ~60 odorant<br />
receptors (ORs) along with Or83b, a broadly expressed member of the<br />
OR gene family. The axons of OSNs expressing the same OR converge<br />
on specific glomeruli in the antennal lobe. Each class of OSN also<br />
displays distinct spiking properties in response to odor stimulation,<br />
suggesting that both temporal and spatial patterns of neuronal activity<br />
contribute to the representation of odor identity.<br />
ORs are polytopic membrane proteins that lie at the interface<br />
between the odorous environment and neuronal activity patterns. Little<br />
is known about their ligand specificity, what second messenger cascade<br />
couples receptor activation to neuronal spiking, or the mechanisms by<br />
which their activity and localization are regulated. Genetic analysis of<br />
candidate downstream signaling components has failed to reveal the<br />
involvement of a single canonical pathway, suggesting that multiple<br />
and/or novel cascades are involved. ORs are not expressed on the<br />
surface of heterologous cells, indicating that OSNs possess unique<br />
trafficking pathways integral to the localization and function of ORs.<br />
To dissect OR function and regulation, we have initiated a<br />
combination of molecular and transgenic approaches. We are using the<br />
yeast two-hybrid system to identify cytoplasmic factors that associate<br />
with their intracellular loops, and have generated a panel of epitopetagged<br />
ORs <strong>for</strong> biochemical analysis in vivo.<br />
Funding: EMBO, NIH and NSF<br />
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358 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
THE SPERM "NOSE": KEY ROLE OF PARTICULATE<br />
ADENYLATE CYCLASE<br />
Schwane K. 1, Spehr M. 1, Riffell J. 2, Barbour J. 1, Zimmer R. 2, Neuhaus<br />
E.M. 1, Hatt H. 1 1Cell Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum,<br />
Germany; 2Biology, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles,<br />
CA<br />
Besides their 'conventional' role in olfaction, odorant receptors have<br />
long been suggested to function in mammalian sperm physiology and<br />
fertilization. Recently, Spehr et al. (2003) identified and characterized a<br />
human testicular odorant receptor, hOR17-4, that is activated by certain<br />
floral odorants (e.g. bourgeonal, scent of lilies of the valley) In<br />
additional behavioral bioassays, bourgeonal was found to act as a strong<br />
chemoattractant to navigating human sperm. Nevertheless, the<br />
molecular mechanisms that link hOR17-4 activation to sperm responses<br />
remain obscure.<br />
In imaging experiments as well as behavioral assays, we show here<br />
that a membrane-bound AC (mAC) couples OR activation to changes in<br />
sperm swimming behaviour, such as chemotaxis, chemokinesis, and<br />
hyperactive flagellar beating.<br />
Introducing a new approach of protein identification in mature sperm<br />
by mass spectrometry (mudpit) we provide evidence <strong>for</strong> expression and<br />
participation of specific receptors, G-proteins, and mACs in the<br />
underlying signaling cascade. Spatial distribution patterns of the<br />
identified signaling components largely correspond to the<br />
spatiotemporal character of odorant-induced Ca2+ changes viewed via<br />
single cell high-resolution imaging techniques.<br />
Taken together our data show that mAC activation is linked to sperm<br />
chemotaxis and hyperactivity and provide a basis <strong>for</strong> further<br />
investigations in the field of fertility and sterility.<br />
This work was generously sponsored by the Heinrich and Alma<br />
Vogelsang Foundation (to K.S.).<br />
359 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION AND THE LANGUAGE<br />
SPOKEN BY SPERM AND EGGS<br />
Zimmer R. 1, Riffell J. 1, Krug P. 2 1Ecology and Evolution, University of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; 2Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>,<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Chemical communication between sperm and egg is a critical factor<br />
mediating sexual reproduction. Sperm attractants may be significant<br />
evolutionarily <strong>for</strong> maintaining species barriers, and important<br />
ecologically <strong>for</strong> increasing gamete encounters. Still unresolved,<br />
however, are the functional consequences of these dissolved signal<br />
molecules. Here, we provide the first experimental evidence that sperm<br />
chemoattraction directly affects the magnitude of fertilization success.<br />
The recent discovery of L-tryptophan as a potent attractant to red<br />
abalone (Haliotis rufescens) sperm offered the opportunity to quantify<br />
how navigation affects gamete interactions. Sperm behavioral responses<br />
to manipulations of the natural tryptophan gradient around individual<br />
eggs revealed that both chemotaxis and chemokinesis significantly<br />
promote contacts. Our results showed further that attractant release via<br />
diffusion effectively doubles the target size of red abalone eggs, which<br />
in turn significantly increases fertilization success. Although long<br />
theorized as potential barriers to hybridization, species-specific sperm<br />
attractants in red and green (H. fulgens) abalone are only minor<br />
contributors to maintaining reproductive isolation. Because abalone<br />
typically live in dense, multi-species aggregations, chemically mediated<br />
navigation would prevent sperm from pointlessly tracking<br />
heterospecific eggs. Thus, even though reproductive isolation<br />
fundamentally resides at the level of membrane recognition proteins,<br />
species-specific sperm attractants may have evolved to locate the right<br />
target within mixed gamete suspensions of closely related species.
360 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
MOUSE TESTICULAR OLFACTORY RECEPTORS:<br />
EXPRESSION PATTERN, ODORANT RESPONSIVENESS, AND<br />
REGULATION OF SPERM MOTILITY.<br />
Fukuda N. 1, Yomogida K. 2, Okabe M. 3, Kataoka H. 1, Touhara K. 1<br />
1Department of Integrated Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa,<br />
Chiba, Japan; 2Research Institute <strong>for</strong> Microbial Diseases, Osaka<br />
University, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 3Genome In<strong>for</strong>mation Research<br />
Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan<br />
Although a subset of olfactory receptor (OR) gene family is<br />
expressed in mammalian testis, developmental expression pattern and<br />
physiological function of testicular ORs have not been fully<br />
characterized. To clarify testicular OR function in mice, we first<br />
analyzed expression pattern of mouse OR genes in testis and found that<br />
ORs were expressed stage-specifically in round spermatids during<br />
spermatogenesis. We next conducted functional analysis of MOR23, a<br />
mouse testicular OR, that had been shown to recognize a floral odorant,<br />
lyral, in the olfactory system. Lyral elicited Ca2+ -increases in a fraction<br />
of spermatids and mature sperm in a dose-dependent manner.<br />
Comparison of lyral-responsiveness of germ cells derived from<br />
transgenic mice expressing MOR23 with that of wild type mice<br />
provided evidence that MOR23 mediated lyral-induced Ca2+ -increases<br />
in spermatids and spermatozoa. Finally, lyral induced sperm<br />
accumulation in chemotaxis assay, suggesting that MOR23 functioned<br />
as a chemosensor in mature sperm, and that the internal Ca2+ -increase<br />
via MOR23 affected the sperm motility. The MOR23-expressing<br />
transgenic mouse line generated in this study will be a powerful tool to<br />
identify endogenous ligand(s) that may be structurally related to lyral,<br />
with implications <strong>for</strong> physiological roles of mouse testicular OR(s).<br />
361 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
DISCOVERY OF ACETALS, ALCOHOLS, AND ESTERS AS<br />
ISOVALERIC ACID ODOR BLOCKERS<br />
Qi M. 1, Rogers D.H. 1, Warren C.B. 2, Darmohusodo V. 1 1Senomyx, Inc.,<br />
La Jolla, CA; 2Chemosensory Perception Lab, UC San Diego, La Jolla,<br />
CA<br />
Isovaleric acid (IVA) is probably a potent agonist <strong>for</strong> one or more of<br />
the approximately 350 human olfactory receptors (Zozulya 2001). To<br />
find an odor blocker, we hypothesized a simple binding pocket based<br />
on known GPCR receptors and then designed antagonist candidates that<br />
would fit into this binding pocket. Each candidate was tested <strong>for</strong> its<br />
ability to reduce the perceived odor intensity of a 56 ppm solution of<br />
IVA in water (Target). The evaluation of blocking utilized a cross<br />
adaptation protocol in which the subject a) sniffed the target solution<br />
with both nostrils and scored its odor intensity on a Labeled Magnitude<br />
Scale (LMS); b) waited one minute, c) sniffed a 1% v/v solution of the<br />
candidate in diethyl phthalate twice with each nostril, and d) sniffed the<br />
target again with both nostrils. The reduction in IVA intensity between<br />
the first and third sniffing was used to calculate a % malodor reduction<br />
(MOR) <strong>for</strong> each candidate. The compounds that worked best have a<br />
hydrocarbon tail similar to that of IVA and a polar head. Of the<br />
homologous series tested, the acetals worked best with 2-isobutyl-<br />
[1,3]dioxane giving a MOR score of 97%. For the alcohols, 2methylcyclopropane<br />
methanol provided the best blocking with a MOR<br />
of 85%. For the ester series, the ethyl and methyl esters of IVA gave<br />
MOR scores of 94 and 92% respectively. The magnitude of blocking<br />
was much higher than the 25 to 30% odor reduction generally reported<br />
in the cross adaptation literature. These results suggest that we have<br />
identified antagonists <strong>for</strong> the primary IVA receptor.<br />
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362 Slide [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
HELA CELLS DESIGNED FOR FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF<br />
ODORANT RECEPTORS AND PHEROMONE RECEPTORS<br />
Shirokova E. 1, Schmiedeberg K. 1, Bedner P. 2, Niessen H. 2, Willecke<br />
K. 2, Harteneck C. 3, Raguse J. 4, Krautwurst D. 1 1Molecular Genetics,<br />
German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal,<br />
Germany; 2Institute of Genetics, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany;<br />
3Institute of Pharmacology, Free University Berlin, Charité Campus<br />
Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany; 4Clinic and Policlinic <strong>for</strong> Oral<br />
and Maxillofacial Surgery and Plastic Surgery, Charité, Berlin,<br />
Germany<br />
Odorant receptors (OR) of the main olfactory epithelium, and<br />
pheromone receptors (VR) of the vomeronasal organ, are the largest<br />
group of orphan G-protein-coupling receptors (GPCR), with a small<br />
number of ligands identified out of thousands of odorants and hundreds<br />
of pheromones. De-orphanization of OR was hampered by their<br />
combinatorial odorant coding, suboptimal plasma membrane<br />
expression, and lack of olfactory-specific signal transduction in<br />
recombinant cell systems. Heterologous functional expression of VR<br />
has not been reported, so far. We have achieved stable reconstitution of<br />
OR-specific signaling in HeLa cells, via G-protein αolf and adenylyl<br />
cyclase type-III to the olfactory cyclic nucleotide-gated CNGA2<br />
channel. In these cells, receptors of the V1R-type inhibit, via G protein<br />
αi, the cAMP pathway. In another cell line, we established stable<br />
expression of a TRP channel that can be activated by pheromones via<br />
V1R and phospholipase C-β2. CNGA2 or TRP channels translate<br />
changes in intracellular cyclic nucleotides into changes in Ca 2+ -influx<br />
that can be monitored by means of fluorescence imaging multiwellplate<br />
reader techniques. This allows us to functionally characterize the<br />
de-orphanized OR and V1R by EC 50 -ranking odorant profiles.
363 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
MECHANISM FOR OLFACTORY RECEPTOR-ODORANT<br />
INTERACTIONS<br />
Crasto C.J. 1, Lai P.C. 2, Singer M. 3, Shepherd G.M. 1 1Neurobiology,<br />
Yale University, New Haven, CT; 2Molecular and Cell Biology,<br />
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; 3Deaprtment of Opthalmology,<br />
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA<br />
Objective of the Study<br />
To study the interactions between olfactory receptors (OR) and odor<br />
molecules through molecular dynamics simulations.<br />
Methods<br />
Ten odorant ligands, eight carbon atom chain aldehydes with variable<br />
branches, side chains and unsaturation, were docked into the binding<br />
region of rat olfactory receptor I7, the first olfactory receptor identified<br />
by Buck & Axel in1991 and modeled by Singer (2000). The<br />
experimental binding of the ligands with I7 has been previously<br />
reported by Araneda and co-workers. (2000). We used the Singer OR<br />
model, and the lowest energy configuration <strong>for</strong> each docked ligand.<br />
Each system was first minimized, and molecular dynamics simulations<br />
were carried out <strong>for</strong> 500 picoseconds.<br />
Results<br />
Our results <strong>for</strong> in vacuo molecular dynamics simulations indicate that<br />
the ligand attempts periodically to exit and re-enter the OR binding<br />
region. There is an exit channel in I7 irrespective of whether the loops<br />
of the helical domains are included in the model. The exit events were<br />
strongly correlated with significant structural changes within the<br />
binding pocket.<br />
Conclusions<br />
The exit-reentry events may be related to the binding strengths of the<br />
ligands with the OR. This previously unreported exit-reentry behavior<br />
in OR-odor dynamics is an important consideration in the study of the<br />
mechanism of olfaction at the molecular level.<br />
Acknowledgments<br />
This work was supported by the Human Brain Project and the<br />
National Library of Medicine.<br />
364 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
CAN TWO NOSTRIL SNIFFING HELP ELECTRONIC NOSES?<br />
Johnson B.N. 1, Khan R.M. 1, Sobel N. 1 1Bioengineering, University of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<br />
There is worldwide interest in development of devices to detect and<br />
identify airborne chemical compounds. Currently, techniques such as<br />
gas-chromatography and mass-spectroscopy are expensive and difficult<br />
to deploy in a portable package. Portable sensing devices have a wide<br />
range of applications such as monitoring of food and drug processing,<br />
manufacturing, dangerous substance identification, land mind detection,<br />
and medical diagnostics. However, chemical sensor technology is new<br />
and applications are often limited by sensor sensitivity, selectivity,<br />
discrimination, drift, and durability. A new theme in electronic nose<br />
research is to use the mammalian olfactory system as a model to<br />
address these issues. This direction is focusing on using multiple<br />
sensors and sophisticated multi-variant statistical models (PCA,<br />
learning machines, etc). However, there has been little attention to<br />
sampling technique. Often, sampling is done by flowing the carrier gas<br />
over the sensor or exposing the sensor to an aqueous solution<br />
containing the odorants. These methods are the easiest to per<strong>for</strong>m, but<br />
may not be the most effective. In the mammalian olfactory system,<br />
there are two separate inputs--the left and the right nostrils. Each nostril<br />
receives slightly different flow rates and this results in odorants having<br />
different solubility characteristics between the two nostrils. In essence,<br />
the olfactory system receives two offset samples in a single sniff. Here<br />
we explore the possible benefits of using mammal-like sampling<br />
strategies <strong>for</strong> electronic nose technologies.<br />
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365 Poster [ ] Odorant Receptors<br />
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MECHANISM OF ODOR<br />
SENSING IN NOVEL DNA-BASED FLUORESCENT SENSORS.<br />
Williams L.B. 1, Kauer J.S. 1, White J.E. 1 1Neuroscience, Tufts<br />
University, Boston, MA<br />
Our laboratory has developed an artificial nose that exploits in<br />
principle, some 22 attributes of the biological olfactory system. One<br />
important feature is the use of broadly tuned sensor arrays to achieve<br />
odor detection. In the first such experiments of which we are aware, we<br />
show that 20-30 base single-stranded DNA-Cy3 (ssDNA) conjugates<br />
can respond to odorant molecules in our artificial nose. DNA-Cy3<br />
conjugates have the combinatorial potential to provide large arrays of<br />
novel sensors. The mechanism by which these sensors operate is as yet<br />
unknown. Preliminary work has produced a set of 9 DNA-Cy3 sensors.<br />
Using this sensor set, the following odorant response observations have<br />
been made: 1) Sensor responses return to baseline when no longer<br />
exposed to odorant, suggesting that the interactions between the odorant<br />
and the sensor are rapidly reversible and there<strong>for</strong>e non-covalent. 2)<br />
Change in fluorescence intensity (∆F) can be either positive or<br />
negative, suggesting that a simple quenching process is unlikely to be<br />
the mechanism. 3) Sensors tested so far (dried from water based<br />
buffers) do not respond as well to non-polar odorants as to polar<br />
odorants, and 4) Sensors do not function well at below 15% humidity<br />
suggesting a role <strong>for</strong> residual water (solvent). 5) Odor detection<br />
increases in a relatively linear manner with increasing concentration of<br />
odor. Based on these data, we believe that the ∆F seen in the presence<br />
of odors may be due to odorant molecules dissolving into the hydration<br />
layer surrounding the DNA and exerting solvent effects on Cy3. These<br />
are modulated by DNA sequence mechanisms under investigation that<br />
involve tertiary structure.<br />
Supported by grants from NIDCD and NSF.<br />
366 Slide [ ] Taste Genetics and Physiology<br />
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PTC/PROP GENE, 6-N-<br />
PROPYLTHIOURACIL (PROP) BITTERNESS AND ALCOHOL<br />
INTAKE<br />
Duffy V.B. 1, Davidson A. 2, Kidd J. 2, Kidd K. 3, Speed W. 2, Pakstis A. 2,<br />
Reed D. 4, Snyder D. 5, Bartoshuk L. 5 1Dietetics Program, University of<br />
Connecticut, Storrs, CT; 2Genetics, Yale University, New Haven, CT;<br />
3Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT; 4Monell Chemical Senses<br />
Center, Philadelphia, PA; 5Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT<br />
Nontasters (PROP is weakly bitter) report less negative (bitterness,<br />
irritation) and more positive (sweet) sensations from alcoholic<br />
beverages than do supertasters (PROP is strongly bitter). Younger (23<br />
F, 26 M) and middle-aged (30 F, 5 M) adults rated bitterness of 5 PROP<br />
concentrations (0.032-3.2 mM) on the general Labeled Magnitude<br />
Scale. Alcoholic beverage intake was assessed by frequency survey;<br />
adults stated drinking at least once per year. DNA was analyzed <strong>for</strong> the<br />
PTC/PROP gene (TAS2R38) that codes <strong>for</strong> molecularly different<br />
receptors depending on specific amino acids at three positions in the<br />
protein. The common <strong>for</strong>ms are AVI and PAV [Proline, Alanine,<br />
Valine, Isoleucine] (Kim et al, 2003). Via repeated measures analysis of<br />
variance (ANOVA), PROP bitterness varied significantly across<br />
genotype groups [AVI (n=26) less than PAV/AVI (n=38) less than<br />
PAV (n=22)] but not enough to explain supertasting. Age group<br />
(younger>middle-age) and 3.2 mM PROP bitterness (greater bitterness,<br />
less intake) contributed significantly to predicting alcohol intake via<br />
multiple regression analyses. With ANOVA, alcohol intake varied<br />
significantly across genotype groups (AVI>PAV/AVI>PAV) yet<br />
significance was primarily in younger adults. These data support taste<br />
genetic effects on alcohol intake. Phenotypical and genetic markers of<br />
taste may be necessary to study orosensory effects on diet across aging.<br />
(NRICGP/USDA 2002-00788, NIH DC00283, GM 57672)
367 Slide [ ] Taste Genetics and Physiology<br />
GENETICS OF PTC TASTE SENSITIVITY IN HUMANS<br />
Drayna D. 1, Kim U. 2, Wooding S. 3, Jorde L. 4, Floriano W. 5, Goddard<br />
W.A. 5 1National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication<br />
Disor, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; 2NIDCD, National<br />
Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; 3Genetics, University of Utah, Salt<br />
Lake City, UT; 4Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,<br />
UT; 5Chemistry, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA<br />
The inability of some individuals to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)<br />
was discovered more than 70 years ago and since that time it has been<br />
the subject of detailed studies in genetics, anthropology, and sensory<br />
physiology. We have identified the major gene underlying this trait as<br />
TAS2R38, a G protein coupled bitter taste receptor located on<br />
chromosome 7q. The taster and non-taster <strong>for</strong>ms of this protein differ at<br />
3 amino acid positions, and we have identified other alleles of this gene<br />
that encode various combinations of these 3 variant amino acids, at<br />
least some of which produce intermediate PTC sensitivity. We have<br />
used population genetic methods to study the paradoxical high<br />
frequency of the non-taster <strong>for</strong>m of this gene. Our analyses indicate that<br />
both the major taster and major non-taster alleles have been maintained<br />
by balancing natural selection. Since bitter taste is thought to protect<br />
individuals from ingestion of toxic substances in our diet, this raises the<br />
question of what selective benefit is provided by the non-taster allele.<br />
We hypothesize that the non-taster <strong>for</strong>m of the protein serves as a<br />
functional receptor <strong>for</strong> a different toxic bitter substance not yet<br />
identified. We have also employed molecular structure prediction<br />
techniques to determine the 3D structure of the taster and non-taster<br />
<strong>for</strong>ms of this receptor, along with PTC ligand binding sites. Our results<br />
indicate that PTC binds to both <strong>for</strong>ms of the receptor with equal<br />
affinity, and that the non-taster <strong>for</strong>m of the protein does not signal due<br />
to a failure of G protein activation.<br />
Supported by NIDCD/NIH Z01-000046 (to D.D.), by NIH grants<br />
ES12125 (to S.W.), GM59290 (to L.J.), and NSF grant BCS0218370<br />
(to L.J.)<br />
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368 Slide [ ] Taste Genetics and Physiology<br />
GENETIC CONTROL OF LICK RATE IN MICE<br />
Boughter J. 1, St. John S. 2, Williams R.W. 3, Lu L. 1 1Anatomy &<br />
Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN; 2Psychology,<br />
Reed College, Portland, OR; 3Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of<br />
Tennessee, Memphis, Memphis, TN<br />
Licking is a highly stereotyped behavior that is thought to be<br />
determined in part by a central pattern generator (CPG). Lick rate has<br />
been shown to differ among inbred strains of mice, and may play a role<br />
in apparent differences in gustatory sensitivity. We used a 20 minuteaccess<br />
procedure to quantify lick rate in several strains of waterdeprived<br />
mice. Inbred strains could be classified as fast, intermediate,<br />
or slow lickers based on the median value of the inter-lick interval (ILI)<br />
distribution. With virtually no overlap among individual distributions,<br />
C57BL/6J (B6; n = 36) mice were classified as slow lickers (average<br />
median ILI = 122.8 ms) whereas DBA/2J (D2; n = 27) mice were fast<br />
lickers (average median ILI = 101.1). Mice from an F1 generation (n =<br />
14) possessed an intermediate phenotype (112.8 ms). Fast / slow lick<br />
rate phenotypes were static over an extended time period, and were also<br />
evident in non-deprived tests with sucrose. Further testing of an F2<br />
generation (n = 62) resulted in an estimate of broad-sense heritability =<br />
0.54, with no fewer than 2 polymorphic genes influencing the ILI<br />
phenotype. Initial QTL mapping analysis using a panel of BXD RI<br />
strains indicates that at least two and possibly as many as 4 QTL with<br />
comparatively large effects on the ILI are segregating in this cross.<br />
These data will soon be complemented with a genome scan of a panel<br />
of ~ 150 F2 mice that are now being typed using a panel of ~70<br />
microsatellite markers. Additionally, we show how differences in lick<br />
rate between B6 and D2 strains may exert a non-gustatory influence in<br />
lick ratio measurements of sucrose sensitivity. Supported by<br />
DC004935(JDB).<br />
369 Slide [ ] Taste Genetics and Physiology<br />
INTAKE OF SWEET AND BITTER SOLUTIONS: VARIATION<br />
IN INBRED STRAINS OF GOLDEN HAMSTERS<br />
Frank M.E. 1, Wada Y. 2, Makino J. 2, Mizutani M. 2, Umezawa H. 3,<br />
Katsuie Y. 3, Hettinger T.P. 1, Blizard D.A. 4 1Oral Diagnosis,<br />
Neurosciences, UCONN Health Center, Farmington, CT; 2Institute of<br />
Psychology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;<br />
3Laboratory Animal Research Station, Nippon Institute <strong>for</strong> Biological<br />
Science, Kobuchizawa, Yamanashi, Japan; 4Pennsylvania State<br />
University, University Park, PA<br />
Intake of sweet and bitter solutions by 7 inbred strains of golden<br />
hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), a principal species <strong>for</strong> studies of<br />
mammalian gustatory systems, was measured. Two concentrations of<br />
sucrose, maltose, D-Phe and Na saccharin, which are sweet; and<br />
quinine·HCl, L-Phe, caffeine and sucrose octaacetate (SOA), which are<br />
bitter to humans, were tested. Difference scores, solution intake minus<br />
mean baseline water intake in mL (DIF), were evaluated by analysis of<br />
variance (α = .05). Compared to ACN, CN, APA, APG and CBN (5<br />
strains with similar DIF <strong>for</strong> all tested solutions), the strains ACNT and<br />
GN (an ACNT ancestral strain) preferred sucrose, caffeine and SOA<br />
more strongly; ACNT also preferred saccharin and maltose more<br />
strongly and rejected quinine more strongly. There were no strain<br />
differences in DIF <strong>for</strong> D-Phe or L-Phe. Narrow sense heritabilities <strong>for</strong><br />
the 6 compounds <strong>for</strong> which strain differences were revealed ranged<br />
from 0.31 to 0.57. Genetic correlations indicated the strain variations in<br />
intake of sucrose, saccharin, SOA and caffeine were coupled,<br />
suggesting an association with several possible interpretations. The<br />
genetic differences that influence taste behaviors in existing strains of<br />
hamsters may help identify relevant genes. [Supported by NIH grant<br />
R01 DC04099 (MEF) and a Japan Society Senior Fellowship (DAB)]
370 Slide [ ] Taste Genetics and Physiology<br />
RESPONSES TO ETHANOL IN WILD TYPE (WT) AND -<br />
GUSTDUCIN KNOCKOUT (KO) MICE<br />
Danilova V. 1, Danilov Y. 1, Damak S. 2, Margolskee R. 2, Hellekant G. 1<br />
1Animal Health and Biomedical <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of Wisconsin-<br />
Madison, Madison, WI; 2Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai<br />
School of Medicine, New York, NY<br />
Although it has been shown that C57Bl/J mice prefer ethanol, it is<br />
not known what kind of taste nerve responses ethanol elicits. We have<br />
shown in primates that ethanol stimulates chorda tympani (CT) and<br />
glossopharyngeal (NG) taste fibers and the response depends on type of<br />
taste fibers. Our purpose was to study taste responses to ethanol in<br />
mice. We also investigated if α-gustducin is involved in transduction of<br />
ethanol taste.<br />
Methods. CT and NG responses and results of two bottle preference<br />
tests (TBP) with ethanol (0.5-5 M) were recorded in WT and KO mice.<br />
Results. 1. In WT only high concentrations of ethanol elicited CT<br />
responses. This contrasts NG effects in which low concentrations<br />
elicited significant responses. 2. In both nerves the responses developed<br />
slowly. 3. In KO ethanol did not produce CT responses at any<br />
concentration. The NG responses did not differ between the two groups.<br />
4. In contrast to WT, KO did not prefer ethanol at any concentration<br />
and rejected higher concentrations in TBP tests.<br />
Conclusion. Ethanol is not an effective stimulus in WT mice in<br />
contrast to primates. Absence of preference and CT responses to<br />
ethanol together with previously demonstrated decrease of responses to<br />
sweeteners in KO mice suggest that ethanol has a sweet taste<br />
component, which may be the cause <strong>for</strong> its consumption by WT. Thus<br />
α-gustducin is important in transduction of ethanol taste and<br />
consumption. Rejection of ethanol by the KO might be explained by the<br />
significant responses in the NG, which may originate from non-taste<br />
fibers or non-sweet fibers.<br />
Supported by NIH DC 03155 and NIH DC005336<br />
371 Slide [ ] Pheromones<br />
A DROSOPHILA ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN MEDIATES<br />
RESPONSES TO A PHEROMONE<br />
Smith D. 1, Xu P. 1, Atkinson R. 2, Jones D. 3 1Pharmacology, University<br />
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX;<br />
2Phamacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at<br />
Dallas, Dallas, TX; 3Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong> Center, Denver, CO<br />
Pheromones are chemosensory cues released by animals to influence<br />
the behavior of other members of the same species. In Drosophila, a<br />
male-specific lipid, 11-cis vaccenyl acetate (VA), mediates olfactorybased<br />
social aggregation. OBPs are a large family of proteins found in<br />
all terrestrial species and have been suggested to transport odorants.<br />
Here we show that the odorant binding protein 76a (OBP76a), an<br />
extracellular protein secreted into the fluid bathing a subset of olfactory<br />
neurons, is required <strong>for</strong> behavioral attraction to VA. This phenotype is<br />
due to a complete loss of VA-evoked activity in pheromone sensitive<br />
neurons. These defects are reversed by germline trans<strong>for</strong>mation with a<br />
cloned, wildtype copy of obp76a or, importantly, by introducing<br />
recombinant OBP76a protein into mutant sensilla. Remarkably,<br />
spontaneous activity of the pheromone-sensitive neurons is reduced<br />
over 400-fold in the absence of the binding protein. This implicates the<br />
binding protein as a direct activator of the pheromone-sensitive<br />
neurons. These studies directly link odorant binding protein expression<br />
with activation of a specific subset of olfactory neurons and<br />
pheromone-induced behavior. We suggest OBP76a is an extracellular<br />
modulator of neuronal activity that translates the presence of<br />
pheromone to neuronal activation.<br />
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372 Slide [ ] Pheromones<br />
PHEROMONE REGULATION OF A TRANSCRIPTION<br />
FACTOR IN THE HONEY BEE BRAIN<br />
Grozinger C.M. 1, Robinson G.E. 2 1Department of Entomology,<br />
Program in Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,<br />
Urbana, IL; 2Department of Entomology; Program in Neuroscience,<br />
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL<br />
Christina M. Grozinger*‡ and Gene E. Robinson‡<br />
*Beckman Institute <strong>for</strong> Advanced Science and Technology<br />
‡Department of Entomology<br />
‡Program in Neuroscience<br />
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<br />
Honey bee social organization is predominantly regulated by<br />
chemical communication. Using honey bee cDNA microarrays, we<br />
have begun to analyze the molecular mechanisms of pheromonal<br />
regulation of honey bee behavior by using queen mandibular<br />
pheromone (QMP), one of the primary pheromonal regulators of<br />
physiology and behavior of worker bees. One of the genes QMP<br />
regulates in the bee brain is the transcription factor, Kr-h1. Kr-h1 is<br />
expressed primarily in the mushroom bodies, the region of the insect<br />
brain associated with multimodal integration and learning, and its<br />
expression is regulated by QMP especially strongly in this region.<br />
Furthermore, Kr-h1 expression is correlated with <strong>for</strong>aging in bees, and<br />
seems to be activated prior to the transition to the <strong>for</strong>aging behavioral<br />
state. Previous work has demonstrated that honey bee mushroom<br />
bodies undergo a period of synaptic remodeling and expansion prior to<br />
the initiation of <strong>for</strong>aging, and synaptic remodeling continues as bees<br />
gain <strong>for</strong>aging experience. The specific localization and timing of Kr-h1<br />
expression suggests that it may be involved in this process.<br />
Supported by a Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship to CMG,<br />
and grants from the Burroughs Welcome Trust, NIH, and USDA to<br />
GER
373 Slide [ ] Pheromones<br />
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION IN ZEBRAFISH: HOW<br />
PHEROMONES AFFECT FEMALE MATE CHOICE<br />
Gerlach G. 1 1Marine Resources Center, Marine Biological Laboratory,<br />
Woods Hole, MA<br />
In contrast to males, female fitness can decrease significantly by<br />
inappropriate matings. In species in which females usually receive no<br />
resources from a male besides his sperm, females might choose mating<br />
partners whose genes will confer greater fitness on her offspring. While<br />
several studies have shown how pheromones trigger and synchronize<br />
mating behavior in fish very little is known if pheromones can be used<br />
as signals to assess mate quality. In odor choice tests we analyzed the<br />
olfactory preference of female zebrafish <strong>for</strong> a) males of different<br />
relatedness and b) males of different social rank.<br />
A single female zebrafish was exposed to stimulus water of different<br />
males on either side of a flume. The time a female spent on either side<br />
was determined. As odor stimuli holding water of males were used that<br />
were either related (brother) or unrelated to the female. In the second<br />
experiment two male zebrafish were isolated in a 9 l tank and observed<br />
<strong>for</strong> agonistic interactions. After two days the dominant and subordinate<br />
male were separated in single tanks and their holding water was used as<br />
stimuli.<br />
The results can be summarized as follows: 1) Adult females preferred<br />
the odor of unrelated males. 2) Females preferred odor cues of<br />
dominant over subordinate males.<br />
We conclude that kin recognition mechanisms such as phenotype<br />
matching occur in zebrafish that enables females to avoid inbreeding. In<br />
addition, dominant males seem to release a specific odor cue that made<br />
them distinguishable from subordinate males.<br />
Our successful breeding of a zebrafish mutant without a nose and an<br />
olfactory bulbus provides a unique opportunity <strong>for</strong> further analyses of<br />
the effect of pheromones on mate choice.<br />
374 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development, Disease, and Plasticity<br />
IT CAME FROM THE SEA – OLFACTORY ADAPTATIONS<br />
FOR A TERRESTRIAL LIFE IN THE ROBBER CRAB (BIRGUS<br />
LATRO)<br />
Stensmyr M.C. 1, Erland S. 2, Greenaway P. 3, Hansson B.S. 1 1Swedish<br />
University of Agricultural <strong>Sciences</strong>, Alnarp, Sweden; 2Ecology, Lund<br />
University, Lund, Sweden; 3Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of New<br />
South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />
An important step in the evolution of the olfactory sense has been the<br />
transition from sea to land. Although terrestrial and aqueous olfactory<br />
systems share many characteristics, marked differences exist. These<br />
distinctions likely reflect the differences of the ligands that the systems<br />
need to detect, air borne, mostly hydrophobic volatiles on land and<br />
water-soluble molecules in the sea. The olfactory system of land crabs,<br />
whose terrestrial existence is a comparatively recent evolutionary<br />
development, represents an excellent opportunity to investigate the<br />
effects of the sea to land transition. Have land crabs come to the same<br />
solutions as other terrestrial animals, or is their olfactory sense<br />
characterized by unique innovations? Here we show that the terrestrial<br />
robber crab (Birgus latro) have evolved an olfactory sense displaying a<br />
high degree of resemblance to the insect system. The similarities extend<br />
to physiological, behavioural and morphological characters. The insect<br />
nose of the robber crab is a striking example of convergent evolution,<br />
and nicely illustrates how similar requirements result in similar endproducts.<br />
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375 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development, Disease, and Plasticity<br />
EXAMINATION OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN THE<br />
ANTENNA OF THE MOTH MANDUCA SEXTA<br />
Stengl M. 1, Flecke C. 2, Schuckel J. 2, Siwicki K.K. 3 1University of<br />
Marburg, Marburg, Germany; 2Biology, Philipps-University of<br />
Marburg, Marburg, Germany; 3Biology, Swarthmore College,<br />
Swarthmore, PA<br />
A coupled network of circadian pacemakers orchestrates<br />
physiological processes in a 24 h rhythm. In Drosophila melanogaster<br />
circadian pacemakers in the antenna contain the circadian protein<br />
PERIOD (PER) and appear to drive 24 h rhythms of olfactory<br />
sensitivity. In the hawkmoth Manduca sexta a circadian rhythm of<br />
octopamine was measured in the hemolymph and octopaminergic<br />
neurons project into the antenna. Because octopamine is known to<br />
sensitize pheromone-perception in different moths apparently via<br />
cAMP-dependent mechanisms we wanted to know whether this also<br />
applies to the night-active M. sexta. In addition, we tested whether also<br />
in M. sexta olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) are PERimmunoreactive.<br />
In extracellular tip-recordings from single sex-pheromone-dependent<br />
ORNs responses to the pheromone-component bombykal were tested<br />
under constant light at two different time points with or without the<br />
presence of 8bromo-cAMP in the recording electrode. During control<br />
recordings pheromone-dependent action potential responses showed a<br />
decline from ZT 1-4, but not at ZT 8-11. This decline was not seen in<br />
the presence of 8bromo-cAMP. Thus, possibly circadian adaptation of<br />
the action potential generator occurs during the day which is<br />
counteracted by octopamine-dependent cAMP-rises at night. Antibodies<br />
against the circadian clock protein PER stained ORNs and other<br />
antennal cells. Future studies examine whether PER-antibodies delete<br />
the circadian decline in the sensitivity of ORNs.[Supported by DFG<br />
grant STE531/13-1 to M.S.]
376 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development, Disease, and Plasticity<br />
LIFE STAGE AND ODORANT-INDUCED CHANGES IN<br />
OLFACTORY SENSITIVITY IN COHO SALMON,<br />
ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH<br />
Dittman A. 1, May D. 2, Baldwin D. 3, Scholz N. 3 1Northwest Fisheries<br />
Science Center; NOAA-Fisheries, Seattle, WA; 2School of Aquatic and<br />
Fishery Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 3Northwest<br />
Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA<br />
Over the lifetime of an organism, the sensitivity of the olfactory<br />
system to specific odors may change in response to developmental<br />
changes, hormones, environmental stimuli, and odorant exposure.<br />
Salmon provide an excellent model <strong>for</strong> studying such changes because<br />
almost every aspect of their lives is influenced by olfaction and they<br />
experience dramatic developmental and environmental transitions<br />
(smolting, maturation, freshwater vs. oceanic) as part of their<br />
migrations from freshwater to oceanic feeding grounds and back.<br />
Furthermore, these homing migrations are governed by olfactory<br />
discrimination of home stream odors that juvenile salmon learn (imprint<br />
to) prior to their seaward migrations. Our previous studies demonstrated<br />
that salmon imprinted to the odorant phenylethyl alcohol (PEA)<br />
developed a long-term sensitization of peripheral olfactory neurons to<br />
this odorant. To further examine this imprinting phenomenon, we<br />
exposed juvenile coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch to three distinct<br />
classes of odorants (amino acids, bile acids and PEA) during smolting,<br />
the presumptive sensitive period <strong>for</strong> imprinting. To assess life stage and<br />
olfactory imprinting associated changes in the sensitivity of the<br />
olfactory system, we recorded electrical field potentials (electroolfactograms)<br />
generated in response to these three classes of odorants<br />
and ovarian fluid at four distinct life stages: oceanic juvenile, maturing<br />
adult , immature adult, and mature. Our results suggest that olfactory<br />
sensitivity changes over the lifetime of the salmon and previous odor<br />
exposure can influence olfactory responses.<br />
Funded by BPA Grant #199305600<br />
377 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development, Disease, and Plasticity<br />
DEFECTIVE OLFACTORY DEVELOPMENT IN 3GNT1 NULL<br />
MICE<br />
Schwarting G. 1, Raitcheva D. 2, Hennet T. 3, Henion T. 1 1University of<br />
Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester), Waltham, MA; 2Shriver<br />
Center, Waltham, MA; 3University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Subsets of olfactory neurons in mice express unique lactosamine<br />
containing glycans (LCGs) that reacts with the monoclonal antibody,<br />
1B2. We have previously shown that LCGs are expressed by neurons in<br />
all zones of the embryonic OE but project axons preferably to the<br />
ventral OB, suggesting that this glycan may participate in axon<br />
guidance mechanisms. The gene encoding an enzyme critical <strong>for</strong><br />
synthesis of LCGs was recently isolated. In situ hybridization reveals<br />
that this enzyme, β1-3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-1 (β3GnT-1) is<br />
expressed by neurons in the OE beginning at very early embryonic<br />
stages. We show here that mice deficient in β3Gnt-1 fail to express<br />
LCGs during embryonic and early postnatal olfactory development.<br />
β3Gnt-1 null mice have severe defects in <strong>for</strong>mation of connections<br />
between the OE and OB at birth. Between P1 and P10, many OMP+<br />
glomeruli are absent from the glomerular layer of the OB of β3GnT-1<br />
null mice. This defect in glomerulogenesis is accompanied by increased<br />
neuronal cell death in P1 mice followed by an increase in neurogenesis<br />
at P10. In addition, the expression of some odorant receptors, such as<br />
P2, are significantly down-regulated in β3Gnt-1 null mice. Although<br />
OBs of β3GnT-1 null mice are about 25% smaller than control<br />
littermates, overall structure and layering of these OBs is relatively<br />
normal. In summary, mice that do not express LCGs in the embryonic<br />
and early postnatal OE fail to <strong>for</strong>m normal axonal connections with the<br />
OB, suggesting that LCGs play an important role in axon growth and<br />
guidance in the developing mouse olfactory system. Supported by<br />
DC00953.<br />
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378 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development, Disease, and Plasticity<br />
EFFECT OF AIR POLLUTION ON OLFACTORY FUNCTION<br />
IN RESIDENTS OF MEXICO CITY<br />
Hudson R. 1, Arriola A. 1, Martínez-Gómez M. 2, Distel H. 3 1Inst. Biomed.<br />
Res., Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico;<br />
2Centro Tlaxcala Biol. Conducta, Univ. Autónoma de Tlaxcala,<br />
Tlaxcala, Mexico; 3Inst. Med. Psychol., Univ. München, München,<br />
Germany<br />
To our knowledge there has been no study of the effect of everyday<br />
air pollution on olfactory function. It was there<strong>for</strong>e the aim of this study<br />
to compare the olfactory per<strong>for</strong>mance of long-term residents of Mexico<br />
City (MC) - an environment with high air pollution, with the olfactory<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance of residents of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala (Tx) - a<br />
region culturally and geographically similar to MC but with low air<br />
pollution. Healthy volunteers (MC n = 82, Tx n = 86) from 20-63 years<br />
of age and balanced <strong>for</strong> gender were tested <strong>for</strong> the perception of the<br />
odors of everyday beverages presented in squeeze bottles. When tested<br />
with ascending concentrations of stimuli in a 3-way oddball paradigm,<br />
residents of Tx detected the odor of an orange juice preparation (Clight)<br />
and of Nescafe at significantly lower concentrations than residents of<br />
MC. They could also attribute a quality to and then finally correctly<br />
identify the stimuli at lower concentrations. However, differences<br />
between the groups decreased across the three tasks, suggesting the<br />
increasing participation of central, cognitive processes unimpaired by<br />
pollution. Residents of Tx also per<strong>for</strong>med significantly better in<br />
discriminating between the two similarly smelling Mexican beverages<br />
of horchata and atole in oddball tests. Significant differences between<br />
the two populations were apparent even in the youngest subjects. No<br />
significant differences were found between sexes. Thus, air pollution in<br />
Mexico City appears to have a substantial impact on peripheral<br />
olfactory function, even in young adults.<br />
379 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development, Disease, and Plasticity<br />
OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION OCCURS IN TRANSGENIC<br />
MICE OVEREXPRESSING HUMAN TAU PROTEIN<br />
Doty R.L. 1, Macknin J. 2, Kerr K. 3, Higuchi M. 4, Lee V. 5, Trojanowski<br />
J. 5 1Smell and Taste Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head<br />
& Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Smell<br />
& Taste Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head & Neck<br />
Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Smell & Taste<br />
Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery,<br />
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 4Laboratory <strong>for</strong><br />
Proteolytic Neuroscience, Riken Brain Science Institute, Saitama,<br />
Japan; 5Center <strong>for</strong> Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of<br />
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Disorders of olfaction are among the first clinical signs of<br />
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer´s disease (AD) and<br />
idiopathic Parkinson´s disease (PD). In this study, we evaluated the<br />
olfactory function of Ta1-3RT transgenic mice that overexpress tau, a<br />
key pathogenic protein in AD, and compared such function to that of<br />
wild type controls who do not express this protein. The Ta1-3RT mice,<br />
but not the controls, exhibited responses indicative of decreased<br />
olfactory function. These data (a) lend support to the notion that tau<br />
may be involved in the pathogenesis of the olfactory dysfunction of<br />
some neurodegenerative diseases and (b) demonstrate, <strong>for</strong> the first time,<br />
that olfactory function is present in a transgenic mouse model of<br />
neurodegenerative tauopathies including the filamentous tau tangles<br />
seen in AD. Future studies need to similarly assess other pathogenic<br />
markers, as well as their distribution within various sectors of the brain,<br />
to determine the specificity of this phenomenon.<br />
Supported, in part, by the following grants from the National<br />
Institure of Health, Bethesda, MD: RO1 DC 04278, RO1 DC 02974,<br />
RO1 AG 17496 and PO1 AG 11542.
380 Slide [ ] Olfactory Development, Disease, and Plasticity<br />
PREDATOR AND NON-PREDATOR ODORS: SIMILARITIES<br />
IN SPECTRAL AND BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS<br />
Lowry C.A. 1, Kay L.M. 2 1Neurobiology, University of Chicago,<br />
Chicago, IL; 2Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL<br />
Previous research has suggested that olfactory structures respond to<br />
predator odors with bursts of oscillatory activity in the beta frequency<br />
band (15-40Hz). However, those same oscillation bursts were seen in<br />
response to some non-predator odors. We compare physiological and<br />
behavioral responses to six monomolecular odorants (toluene, amyl<br />
acetate, benzaldehyde, acetone, indole, vanillin) with responses to two<br />
predator odors (trimethyl thiazoline [TMT] and fox urine). Olfactory<br />
bulb (OB) local field potential (LFP) responses were recorded during<br />
five consecutive 2-minute presentations of odorants in a closed<br />
chamber, and behavior was recorded by webcam. Theta (3-15 Hz), beta<br />
(15-40Hz), low gamma (35-60Hz), and high gamma (60-115Hz)<br />
oscillation patterns are examined in response to each odor. We find<br />
similarities between predator and non-predator odors across frequency<br />
bands, as well as some differences between the two predator odors<br />
tested. Behavioral responses, such as freezing and attentive sniffing, are<br />
strongly correlated with concurrent oscillatory activity. Our results<br />
suggest that variations in oscillatory patterns can be attributed primarily<br />
to behavioral variations. We also find that isoamyl acetate (IAA)<br />
produces frequency responses different from all the other<br />
monomolecular odors tested. This suggests that IAA, which is used as a<br />
control odor in many olfactory studies, may be inappropriate <strong>for</strong> this<br />
purpose.<br />
Support: Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Seed Grant<br />
381 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE PROMOTER-DRIVEN<br />
REPORTER GENE EXPRESSION IN OLFACTORY<br />
EPITHELIUM OF TRANSGENIC MICE<br />
Sasaki H. 1, Berlin R. 1, Baker H. 1 1Burke Med. Res. Inst., Weill Med.<br />
Coll., Cornell Univ., White Plains, NY<br />
Transgenic mice expressing either green fluorescent protein (GFP) or<br />
lacZ reporter genes driven by 9kb of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)<br />
promoter have been extensively used in characterizing the CNS<br />
dopaminergic phenotype. To investigate whether TH promoter driven<br />
reporter gene expression occurred in the olfactory epithelium (OE),<br />
TH/GFP and TH/lacZ transgenic mouse strains were examined using<br />
immunohistochemical or X-gal histochemical methods. The antibodies<br />
used were chicken anti-GFP, rabbit anti-TH, rabbit anti-βgal and goat<br />
anti-olfactory marker protein (OMP). Both GFP-immunoreactive (IR)<br />
and βgal-IR cells localized to the superficial OE. The cells showed a<br />
sparse distribution that was similar to the zone 1 pattern of olfactory<br />
receptor neurons (ORN). Morphologically, the cells resembled ORNs<br />
with a dendritic and an axonal process directed towards the nasal cavity<br />
and the lamina propria, respectively. Axonal processes did not enter the<br />
OB. Double label confocal analysis showed that OMP, a marker of<br />
mature ORNs, was not coexpressed with either GFP or βgal. X-gal<br />
staining confirmed the cellular morphology and distribution of the<br />
transgene expressing cells in the OE. The vomeronasal organ contained<br />
a few βgal-IR cells. Reporter gene expression was negatively correlated<br />
with age with cell number highest at postnatal day 2 (P2), the first age<br />
examined, and declining until few cells could be detected at P22. These<br />
studies suggest that some cells in the OE transiently exhibit low level<br />
expression of dopaminergic properties during early postnatal<br />
development. (Supported by grant #AG09686)<br />
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382 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
THE FINE STRUCTURAL DISTRIBUTION G-PROTEIN<br />
RECEPTOR KINASE 3 (GRK3), &BETA-ARRESTIN-2,<br />
CA++/CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II<br />
(CAMKII), AND PHOSPHODIESTERASE PDE1C2 IN<br />
OLFACTORY EPITHELIA<br />
Menco B. 1 1Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University,<br />
Evanston, IL<br />
The sequentially activated molecules of olfactory signaling onset are<br />
mostly concentrated in the long thin distal parts of olfactory epithelial<br />
(OE) receptor cell (ORC) cilia (Chem Senses 22:295,1997). Is this also<br />
true <strong>for</strong> the sites of signal termination? GRK3 is thought to act at the<br />
level of the odor receptors, whereas &beta-arrestin-2, CAMKII, and<br />
PDE1C2 are thought to act at the level of adenylyl cyclase. We used<br />
four antibodies to GRK3, two to &beta-arrestin-2 (one, courtesy Dr.<br />
Lefkowitz, Duke Univers.), five to CAMKII (one to both the &alpha<br />
and &beta <strong>for</strong>m, and two each specific to &alpha- and &beta-<br />
CAMKII), and two to PDE1C2 (courtesy Dr. Beavo, Univers. of<br />
Washington). Earlier, light microscopic, studies showed that antibodies<br />
to all of these molecules labeled the OE luminal border that includes<br />
ORC cilia (Science, 259:825,1993; J Biol Chem 41:25425,1997;<br />
Neuron 21:495,1998; Proc Natl Acad. Sci USA 94:3388,1997).<br />
However, the current, fine structural, data indicate that none of these<br />
antibodies labeled ORC cilia exclusively, and included other ORC<br />
structures, such as dendritic endings, as well. Significantly, the<br />
antibodies also labeled apices and microvilli of neighboring OE<br />
supporting cells and some bound to luminal regions, including cilia, of<br />
the respiratory epithelium adjacent to the OE. Thus, among others, the<br />
observations suggest that neuronal ORCs and neighboring OE<br />
supporting cells share at least some molecules of signal transduction. In<br />
the supporting cells, these molecules occur in addition to those of<br />
biotrans<strong>for</strong>mation and transepithelial transport. Supported by NSF<br />
Grant IBN-0094709.<br />
383 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF 11 BETA-<br />
HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE IN THE<br />
MAMMALIAN OLFACTORY MUCOSA<br />
Foster J.D. 1, Sullivan D. 1 1Anatomy, Western University of Health<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong>, Pomona, CA<br />
Mineralocorticoid (type I) receptors have been identified in the<br />
olfactory mucosa by a number of approaches. In immunohistochemical<br />
studies, mineralocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity was localized to<br />
the supranuclear region of sustentacular cells, as well as the acinar cells<br />
of the Bowman's glands. Functioning of the mineralocorticoid (type I)<br />
receptor is enhanced by the action of the enzyme 11 betahydroxysteroid<br />
dehydrogenase type II (11 beta HSD2). 11-beta HSD2<br />
catalyses the inactivation of glucocorticoids, thus playing a major role<br />
in the protection of the mineralocorticoid (type I) receptor. In previous<br />
studies using histochemical and biochemical approaches, 11 beta HSD<br />
was identified in the olfactory mucosa. The objective of this current<br />
study was to identify the corticosteroid inactivating (type II) <strong>for</strong>m of the<br />
11 beta HSD by use of a monoclonal antibody specific to 11-beta<br />
HSD2. When we incubated sections from the olfactory mucosa with<br />
this antibody, 11 beta HSD2 immunoreactivity was found associated<br />
with the acinar cells of Bowman´s glands and the supranuclear region<br />
of sustentacular cells. This distribution corresponds with the location of<br />
mineralocorticoid (type I) receptors reported in earlier studies and the<br />
histochemical location of 11 beta HSD. This study provides further<br />
evidence that mineralocorticoid hormones may be involved in the<br />
modulation of olfactory function. Supported by Western University<br />
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Summer Research<br />
Program
384 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
LOCALIZATION OF RETINOIC ACID RECEPTORS IN<br />
MOUSE AND HUMAN NASAL EPITHELIUM<br />
Yee K.K. 1, Hahn C. 2, Rawson N.E. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center,<br />
Philadelphia, PA; 2Dept. Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania,<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), a metabolite of vitamin A, binds to<br />
retinoic acid receptors (RARs) to mediate gene-transcription in target<br />
cells. We previously found that an ATRA supplement enhanced<br />
olfactory recovery rate in adult mice after olfactory bulb (OB)<br />
deafferentation. In this study, we examined the localization of<br />
RAR&alpha, RAR&beta, and RAR&gamma after injury and ATRA<br />
treatment using immunocytochemistry. Mice received a left olfactory<br />
nerve transection (LNX) with the right side serving as control. One day<br />
after LNX, the mice were given either ATRA mixed with sesame oil or<br />
just sesame oil. In the control OB, RAR&alpha immunoreactivity (ir)<br />
was observed in periglomerular and granule cells, while we did not<br />
detect immunostaining <strong>for</strong> RAR&beta or RAR&gamma. In the oiltreated<br />
right olfactory epithelium (OE), RAR&alpha -ir was found in<br />
NST- and SUS4-negative microvillar-like cells located in the<br />
supporting cell layer, in cells in the lamina propria, and in some<br />
respiratory cells. RAR&beta -ir was localized only in the respiratory<br />
cells while no RAR&gamma -ir was observed in the OE. Surprisingly,<br />
the density of RAR&alpha -ir microvillar-like cells was higher in the<br />
transected OE and highest in transected OE with ATRA treatment,<br />
suggesting these cells are non-neural. We also examined RARs-ir in<br />
human nasal tissue and found a similar cellular localization. These<br />
findings suggest that microvillar cells, a population about which<br />
comparatively little is known, are targets <strong>for</strong> ATRA modulation of gene<br />
expression in the OE and may play a role in OE recovery following<br />
injury. Supported by NIH DC04645 and DC00214.<br />
385 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
IMMUNOLOCALIZATION OF BEX PROTEINS IN THE<br />
MOUSE BRAIN: COLOCALIZATION WITH OMP<br />
Koo J. 1, Manda S. 1, Margolis F.L. 1 1Medicine, University of Maryland<br />
at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD<br />
Bex proteins are a family of “Brain expressed X-linked genes” that<br />
are closely linked on the X-chromosome. Bex1 and 2 have been<br />
characterized as interacting partners of OMP. Here we report the<br />
development and characterization of an antibody to mouse Bex1 protein<br />
that also cross-reacts with Bex2 (but not Bex3) and its use to determine<br />
the first comprehensive distribution of Bex proteins in the murine brain.<br />
Immuno-blots and immunocytochemical analyses of cells transfected<br />
with either Bex1 or Bex2 have shown that the antiserum reacts with<br />
both Bex1 and Bex2. Antibodies preabsorbed with recombinant Bex2<br />
still recognize Bex1 while blocking with Bex1 totally eliminates all<br />
immunoreactivity to Bex1 and Bex2. Bex protein immunoreactivity (ir)<br />
was primarily localized to neuronal cells within select regions of the<br />
brain, including the olfactory bulb, epithelium, peri/paraventricular<br />
nuclei, suprachiasmatic nucleus, arcuate nucleus, median eminence,<br />
lateral hypothalamic area, thalamus, hippocampus, and cerebellum. Bex<br />
protein-ir was broadly present throughout the rostral-caudal aspects of<br />
the hypothalamic region. Further studies, using double-label<br />
immunocytochemistry, indicate that Bex-ir is colocalized with OMP in<br />
mature ORNs and in the OMP-positive subpopulation of hypothalamic<br />
neurons. This is the first anatomical demonstration of the<br />
comprehensive mapping of Bex proteins in the mouse brain and their<br />
colocalization with OMP in ORNs and hypothalamic neurons.<br />
Supported by NIH grants DC003112 and DC00054.<br />
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386 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
REDUCED OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM MITOTIC RATE IN<br />
STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETIC RATS<br />
Dennis J.C. 1, Swyers S. 2, Wright J.C. 3, Coleman E.S. 4, Judd R.L. 2, Hoe<br />
L. 2, Morrison E.E. 4 1Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn<br />
University, Auburn, AL; 2Anatomy, Physiology, Pharacology, Auburn<br />
University, Auburn, AL; 3Pathobiology, Auburn University, Auburn,<br />
AL; 4Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn,<br />
AL<br />
Individuals who suffer from diabetes frequently develop anosmia <strong>for</strong><br />
unknown reasons. The site(s) of disfunction in the olfactory pathways is<br />
(are) not known. We used immunohistochemistry to compare the<br />
numbers of mitotically active cells in the main olfactory epithelium<br />
(OE) of normal (n=4) male Wistar rats and in males (n=4) that suffered<br />
from streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes. Insulin-dependent (type 1)<br />
diabetes was induced by intravenous injection of 50 mg/kg bw STZ.<br />
After 8 weeks, each animal was injected with bromodeoxyuridine<br />
(BrdU) (50ìg/gm bw). An hour later, the animals were deeply<br />
anesthetized with pentobarbital and perfused with buffered 4%<br />
para<strong>for</strong>maldehyde. After paraffin embedding, 7 ìm transverse sections<br />
were mounted on slides and hydrated. BrdU(+) cells were counted in 8<br />
nonserial sections from 3 regions dorsal to ventral per animal. The<br />
length of epithelium containing those cells was measured using Spot<br />
Advanced software. Counts were rendered as BrdU(+) cells/mm<br />
epithelium. Analysis by Student´s t Test using SAS 8.2 software<br />
indicated a significant difference in mitotic rates (p0.05).<br />
These data indicate that, after 8 weeks of STZ-induced type 1 diabetes<br />
in Wistar rats, mitotic rate in the main OE is lower in diabetics<br />
compared to normal controls.<br />
387 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF<br />
CYTOCHROME OXIDASE STAINING PATTERN IN<br />
OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM OF NEONATAL RAT<br />
Pataramekin P.P. 1, Meisami E. 1 1Molecular and Integrative Physiology,<br />
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL<br />
Newborn rats are capable of olfaction and their olfactory epithelium<br />
(OE) contains functionally mature olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs),<br />
although total ORN number is less than 10% of adult. Cytochrome<br />
oxidase (CO) staining density is positively correlated to levels of<br />
metabolic/neuronal activity. We stained newborn rat OE to characterize<br />
its staining pattern qualitatively and quantitatively. Staining<br />
densitometry was carried out using MCID software to gauge the<br />
luminescence of the sample over a range of 0.0 – 1.0 (higher numbers<br />
indicated lesser CO staining). A differential banding pattern of CO<br />
staining was observed corresponding to specific OE layers and ORN<br />
cellular sites, indicating the parts of the ORNs that were most actively<br />
involved in neuronal activity and transduction. Zones corresponding to<br />
ORN dendrite and knob exhibited high CO activity (0.34). Staining was<br />
heterogeneous within and along the length of dendrites, darker in the<br />
apical part, implying higher neuronal activity in this region than the<br />
deeper part of the dendrite, closer to the soma. A light staining band<br />
(0.40), between the two dark bands, corresponded to the overlapping<br />
presence of supporting cell cytoplasm and nuclei. Areas of OE close to<br />
the basal lamina also stained lightly (>0.44), implying lack of<br />
mitochondria and neuronal functional activity in the basal and immature<br />
neurons. The findings confirm that some ORNs are metabolically<br />
mature and functional in neonatal rats, capable of neuronal function.<br />
Support: University of Illinois Research Funds
388 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CUB-SERINE<br />
PROTEASE IN THE SPINY LOBSTER'S OLFACTORY ORGAN<br />
Johns M. 1, Tai P. 1, Derby C.D. 1 1Biology, Georgia State University,<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
Several serine proteases and protease inhibitors have been identified<br />
in the olfactory organ of decapod crustaceans (Hollins et al., 2003, J<br />
Comp Neurol 455:125-138; Stoss et al., 2002, Chem Senses 27:A45)<br />
including a CUB-serine protease (Csp: Levine et al., 2001, J Neurobiol<br />
49:277-302). The function of these proteases in the olfactory organ is<br />
unknown. To examine directly the functional activity of proteases in<br />
the olfactory organ of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus, we<br />
used soluble and membrane tissue fractions from the lateral flagellum<br />
in a spectrophotometric enzyme activity assay with a variety of protease<br />
substrates and inhibitors to demonstrate trypsin-like serine protease<br />
activity. Csp accounts <strong>for</strong> at least 40% of the serine protease activity of<br />
the membrane fraction of the olfactory organ, based on<br />
immunoprecipitation of Csp. Serine protease activity follows a<br />
developmental pattern: it is lowest in the proximal zone, which lacks<br />
aesthetascs, and in the proliferation zone, where olfactory receptor<br />
neurons and associated cells are born, and highest in aesthetascs of the<br />
senescence zone, which has the oldest olfactory tissue. Csp activity is<br />
present at approximately the same level in each of the developmental<br />
zones. Currently we are determining if Csp´s functional activity<br />
changes due to damage of olfactory tissue. Supported by NIH grant<br />
DC00312.<br />
389 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
EXOCRINE GLANDS CONTAINING SERINE PROTEASE ARE<br />
ASSOCIATED WITH OLFACTORY SENSILLA IN THE SPINY<br />
LOBSTER, PANULIRUS ARGUS<br />
Derby C.D. 1, Schmidt M. 1 1Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta,<br />
GA<br />
In decapod crustaceans, the olfactory organ is constituted by<br />
specialized setae - aesthetascs - located on the lateral flagella of the 1st<br />
antennae. In an attempt to identify molecular components of the<br />
aesthetascs, diverse genes have been cloned from the lateral flagella of<br />
the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, among them a gene encoding a<br />
CUB-serine protease (Csp) (Levine et al., J. Neurobiol. 49:277-302,<br />
2001). We found that an antibody against Csp specifically labels cells<br />
that are closely associated with but not a component of the aesthetascs.<br />
These cells are arranged in a rosette-like pattern of 5-7 cells around a<br />
duct with a terminal swelling revealed by labeling with phalloidin, an<br />
actin marker. The arrangement and phalloidin-reactivity are typical <strong>for</strong><br />
“rosette glands”, an exocrine epithelial gland of decapods (Talbot et al.,<br />
Zoomorphology, 110:329-338, 1991). SEM imaging revealed that in<br />
Panulirus argus the gland openings are a field of 50-70 dome-shaped<br />
cuticular structures (ca. 1 µm in diameter) with crescent-shaped pores<br />
proximal to each row of aesthetascs. Similar small pores have been<br />
found at the base of aesthetascs of other decapod crustaceans,<br />
suggesting that the association of exocrine rosette glands with<br />
aesthetascs is a common feature. From the presence of Csp among the<br />
excreted substances, we hypothesize that the rosette glands protect the<br />
aesthetascs from microbial fouling. Supported by NSF IBN-0077474<br />
and NIH DC00312<br />
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390 Poster [ ] Cell Biology of the Olfactory Epithelium<br />
FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF A SERINE PROTEASE AND AN<br />
AMINE MONO-OXYGENASE SPECIFIC TO THE LOBSTER<br />
OLFACTORY ORGAN.<br />
Stepanyan R. 1, Day K.M. 1, Stepanyan T.D. 2, Mcclintock T.S. 1<br />
1Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; 2Molecular and<br />
Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY<br />
Olfactory specific proteins probably participate in critical functions<br />
of the olfactory system. We previously identified olfactory enriched<br />
transcript-03 (OET-03), which is expressed only by collar cells<br />
associated with the inner dendrites of the olfactory sensory neurons of<br />
Homarus americanus (Hollins et al., 2003. J. Comp. Neurol. 455:125).<br />
We now report the complete cDNA sequence of OET-03, a serine<br />
protease. Confirmation that OET-03 is a protease was obtained by<br />
assaying protease substrates and inhibitors. Removal of the presumed<br />
catalytic domain eliminated activity. Preliminary evidence indicates<br />
that OET-03 is functionally related to the chymotrypsin family. In<br />
addition, full-length OET-03 specifically reduces proliferation of<br />
transfected HEK293 cells. We also report the complete sequence of<br />
OET-02, expressed only by outer auxiliary cells ensheathing the<br />
proximal regions of the inner dendrites of the sensory neurons. OET-02<br />
has a unique double mono-oxygenase structure in which the two<br />
domains characteristic of dopamine beta-hydroxylases are repeated.<br />
Preliminary assays of olfactory tissue have not identified a biogenic<br />
amine product of this enzyme, so tests with recombinant OET-02 are<br />
planned. An antiserum raised against OET-02 confirms the large size of<br />
this protein (155 kDa) and its restricted expression to the outer auxiliary<br />
cells.<br />
Supported by R01 DC02366.<br />
391 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
QUANTIFICATION OF TAURINE-SYNTHESIZING ENZYME<br />
MRNA IN OLFACTORY STRUCTURES WITH REAL-TIME<br />
RT-PCR<br />
Kratskin I. 1, Hao Y. 1 1Smell and Taste Center, University of<br />
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA<br />
The olfactory epithelium (OE) and olfactory bulb (OB) are rich in the<br />
amino acid taurine, which is synthesized in liver and nervous tissue via<br />
the enzyme cysteine sulfinate decarboxylase (CSD). Our previous<br />
studies have shown that (i) taurine, acting on GABA receptors, inhibits<br />
mitral/tufted cells and their synaptic responses to olfactory nerve input,<br />
(ii) immunoreactivities <strong>for</strong> taurine and CSD are located in olfactory<br />
receptor cells and most OB neurons, and (iii) CSD mRNA is expressed<br />
in the OE and OB. In the present study, gene expression of CSD in the<br />
rat OE and OB was assessed quantitatively using the real time reverse<br />
transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in the LightCycler.<br />
With this method, a PCR product is detected after each amplification<br />
cycle by measuring fluorescence emission of a reporter dye, whose<br />
release is proportional to the amount of the product. A calibration curve<br />
(a regression line with a correlation coefficient of 0.99) showing the<br />
relationship between a starting copy number of CSD mRNA and a<br />
threshold cycle number within a range of 200 to 20000,000 mRNA<br />
copies was obtained first. Values of the threshold cycle number <strong>for</strong><br />
tissue samples were then detected and a copy number of CSD mRNA<br />
was calculated using a regression equation. The level of CSD mRNA in<br />
both OE and OB was about 1000,000 copies/mg tissue. A higher<br />
amount of about 100,000,000 CSD mRNA copies/mg tissue was<br />
detected in the liver. The results confirm that CSD mRNA is expressed<br />
in the OE and OB and provide its quantitative evaluation. (Supported<br />
by NIDCD grant DC04083).
392 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
KV1.3-NULL MUTATION ALTERS SCAFFOLDING<br />
PROTEINS, OLFACTORY BULB BIOPHYSICS, AND<br />
GLOMERULI SIZE/ABUNDANCE.<br />
Perkins R.M. 1, Tucker K. 2, Meredith M. 2, Fadool D. 2 1Dept. of<br />
Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; 2Prog. in<br />
Neurosci. & Mol. Biophys., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
Previously we demonstrated that Kv1.3-null (KO) mice had smaller<br />
sized and more abundant glomeruli independent of coronal position in<br />
the olfactory bulb (OB). To test whether projections to the OB were<br />
altered, we generated Kv1.3-/- mice with a targeted P2-IRES-taulacZ<br />
mutation (KvP2). Coronal cryosections (12 µm) and whole mounts of<br />
OB and olfactory epithelium of KvP2 and P2 mice (n=3-5) were<br />
photographed using a Zeiss Axiocam digital camera with Axiovision<br />
software. The location of P2 receptors along the olfactory epithelium<br />
and known P2 glomeruli in the OB showed no noticeable differences<br />
between P2 and KvP2 mice. In spite of a demonstrated lack of change<br />
in axonal connectivity, action potentials recorded from mitral cells of<br />
KO mice exhibited increased hyperpolarization, 10-90% rise time, and<br />
width at ½ maximum amplitude. Current injection elicited higher<br />
spiking frequency with less variance in interpulse interval. OB neurons<br />
are no longer modulated by activation of receptor tyrosine kinases<br />
(insulin or TrkB receptor) typically associated with the Kv1.3 channel.<br />
SDS-PAGE indicates the upregulation of Ca2+ channels, two tyr<br />
kinases, and six adapter proteins in the OB of KO mice. The electrical<br />
properties in mitral cells from Kv1.3 KO mice could produce rapid<br />
synchronous firing to strengthen connections to the more numerous<br />
glomeruli. This interpretation would be consistent with other<br />
experiments in our laboratory that indicate an increased olfactory ability<br />
in the mice. Support: NIH DC03387 (NIDCD) & Florida Foundation.<br />
393 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
MULTIPLE ROLES OF TRKB RECEPTOR IN MODULATING<br />
KV1.3 ION CHANNEL IN THE OLFACTORY BULB.<br />
Colley B.S. 1, Visegrady A. 1, Fadool D. 1 1Prog. in Neurosci. & Mol.<br />
Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
Previously we have shown that olfactory bulb neuron (OBN) current<br />
properties are modulated by activation of the neurotrophin receptor<br />
TrkB, by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), to increase<br />
tyrosine phosphorylation of the potassium channel Kv1.3. Here we<br />
made Y to F mutations in the Kv1.3 channel to test whether removal of<br />
the Y phosphorylation motif disrupted BDNF-induced current<br />
suppression in Kv1.3 + TrkB transfected HEK293 cells. Tyrosines in<br />
the N and C termini (111-113, 137, 449) were found to be the molecular<br />
targets <strong>for</strong> current modulation via phosphorylation as demonstrated by<br />
patch-clamp electrophysiology and phosphorylation assays using<br />
various mutant channel constructs compared with the wildtype channel.<br />
Unexpectedly, we found a 2.1 fold increase in channel protein<br />
expression (n=4) and a 2 fold increase in peak current amplitude in<br />
HEK293 cells co-transfected with channel + TrkB versus channel<br />
alone. This phosphorylation-independent upregulation of Kv1.3 was<br />
not observed using a GFP-tagged Kv1.3 that likely disrupts an Nterminal<br />
ER retention motif. Kv1.3 can be immunoprecipitated with<br />
TrkB in the presence of the adaptor protein nShc and the described<br />
upregulation is disrupted by substituting trkB K538N or Y490F, which<br />
are trkB mutants that lack kinase activity or association with nShc<br />
adaptor respectively. These results suggest that TrkB receptor may<br />
alter the excitability of OBNs by both phosphorylation-dependent and -<br />
independent mechanisms involving Kv1.3 ion channel.<br />
Supported by NIH R01 DC03387 (NIDCD).<br />
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394 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
GABAERGIC PERIGLOMERULAR CELLS<br />
PRESYNAPTICALLY INHIBIT ON INPUT TO THEMSELVES<br />
Shao Z. 1, Szabo G. 2, Puche A.C. 1, Shipley M.T. 1 1University of<br />
Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD; 2Dept. of Gene Tech. and Dev.<br />
Neurobiol., Institute of Exp. Med., Budapest, ., Hungary<br />
Olfactory nerve axons terminate in olfactory bulb glomeruli and <strong>for</strong>m<br />
excitatory synapses onto the dendrites of mitral/tufted (M/T) and<br />
periglomerular (PG) cells. ON terminals express dopamine D2 and<br />
GABAB receptors and there is evidence that DA and GABA<br />
presynaptically inhibit the release of glutamate from ON synapses. It is<br />
thought that ON excitation of GABAergic PG cells releases GABA<br />
back onto ON terminals, but there is no direct evidence <strong>for</strong> this. To<br />
investigate this question we used whole cell patch clamp recordings of<br />
identified GABAergic PG cells in a line of mice expressing green<br />
fluorescent protein under the control of the glutamic acid decarboxylase<br />
65kDa gene (GAD65-GFP). GAD65-GFP+ GABAergic PG cells are<br />
excited by ON stimulation; 30%-40% receive monosynaptic ON input,<br />
the remainder have variable latency, polysynaptic responses to ON<br />
stimulation. For those that receive monosynaptic input, paired-pulse<br />
ON stimulation caused a reduction of EPSC amplitude in response to<br />
the second pulse. This paired-pulse inhibition was abolished by addition<br />
of selective GABAB receptor antagonists. This indicates that ON<br />
terminals targeting GABAergic PG cells are subject to GABAergic<br />
presynaptic inhibition. When step-depolarization of the cell was used to<br />
evoke GABA release prior to stimulation of ON, the magnitude of the<br />
ON-evoked EPSC was reduced by ~30%. The reduction was prevented<br />
by application of selective GABAB receptor antagonists. This<br />
demonstrates that a GABAergic PG cell can presynaptically inhibit the<br />
ON terminals targeting that same PG cell. GABAergic PG cells,<br />
there<strong>for</strong>e, may provide feedback, presynaptic inhibition that limits<br />
subsequent glutamate release from ON terminals. Supported by NIH<br />
DC02173, DC00347 & NS36940.
395 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
INTRAGLOMERULAR SYNCHRONOUS CALCIUM<br />
OSCILLATIONS OF PERIGLOMERULAR CELLS IN THE<br />
MOUSE OLFACTORY BULB<br />
Jia F. 1, Shepherd G.M. 1, Chen W.R. 1 1Neurobiology, Yale University,<br />
New Haven, CT<br />
Synchronous neuronal oscillations have been widely considered to be<br />
an important mechanism <strong>for</strong> coding and processing odor in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
Oscillations of different frequency ranges have been reported in the<br />
olfactory bulbs of a wide range of vertebrate species. Olfactory sensory<br />
neurons expressing the same odorant receptor project to a few<br />
glomeruli in the mammalian olfactory bulb. Thus, glomeruli are key<br />
<strong>for</strong> the neural basis of olfactory coding. In this study we have used<br />
optical imaging methods to map neuronal synchrony among<br />
periglomerular (PG) cell populations that either share a common<br />
glomerulus or belong to different glomeruli. An ester <strong>for</strong>m of calciumsensitive<br />
dye was used to load hundreds of neurons in the olfactory bulb<br />
slices. Thirty to one hundred fifty seconds of calcium imaging was<br />
per<strong>for</strong>med to analyze the dynamic structure of PG-cell spontaneous<br />
activities by a cooled CCD camera. We observed novel slow (
398 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
OLFACTORY NERVE-EVOKED METABOTROPIC<br />
GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR (MGLUR)-MEDIATED<br />
RESPONSES IN RAT OLFACTORY BULB MITRAL CELLS<br />
Zhu M. 1, Heinbockel T. 2, Ennis M. 1 1Anatomy and Neurobiology,<br />
University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN; 2Anatomy and Neurobiology,<br />
University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD<br />
The group I mGluR, mGluR1, is highly expressed on mitral cell<br />
(MC) apical dendrites, and thus may be activated by glutamate from the<br />
olfactory nerve (ON) and/or mitral/tufted cells. We have shown that<br />
mGluR1 agonists potently excite MCs. Here we investigated if ON<br />
stimulation engages mGluR-mediated responses in MCs in rat olfactory<br />
bulb slices. In voltage clamp recordings, EPSCs evoked by single ON<br />
shocks were unaffected by the potent, non-selective mGluR antagonist<br />
LY341495 (50-100 uM). Single ON shocks in the presence of<br />
ionotropic glutamate and GABAa receptor antagonists (CNQX, APV,<br />
Gabazine) did not evoke EPSCs, except at high intensities (>600uA). In<br />
the same cell (in CNQX, APV, Gabazine), brief high frequency ON<br />
trains (6 pulses at 10-200Hz) induced long duration EPSCs that were<br />
blocked by TTX or by low calcium ACSF. Application of glutamate<br />
uptake inhibitor (TBOA 100uM) and a glutamate transporter inhibitor<br />
(THA 300uM) increased the amplitude and duration of responses to<br />
single or trains of ON stimuli. These agents also unmasked “latent”<br />
responses to single ON stimuli in some cells. Additional application<br />
LY341495 (50-100uM) reduced or completely blocked ON-evoked<br />
responses observed in the presence CNQX, Gabazine and APV. These<br />
results demonstrate that ON stimulation evokes frequency dependent<br />
excitatory responses in MCs that are mediated, in part, by activation of<br />
mGluRs. Such responses are maximally engaged during high frequency<br />
ON input, as occurs during odor stimulation. Support: PHS grants<br />
DC03195, DC00347<br />
399 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS (MGLURS)<br />
ENHANCE SYNAPTIC INTERACTIONS AMONG<br />
JUXTAGLOMERULAR (JG) NEURONS IN OLFACTORY<br />
BULB GLOMERULI<br />
Hayar A. 1, Heinbockel T. 2, Shipley M.T. 2, Ennis M. 1 1Dept. of Anatomy<br />
and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN; 2Dept. of<br />
Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD<br />
mGluRs are present on JG cells and may regulate dendrodendritic<br />
synapses. We investigated the actions of mGluR agonists in identified<br />
JG cells in slices. Group I (DHPG), and group II (CCGI) mGluR<br />
agonists, but not group III mGluR agonists (L-AP4) increased the<br />
number of spikes/burst in external tufted (ET) cells in the presence of<br />
synaptic blockers. In the presence of TTX and synaptic blockers,<br />
DHPG and CCGI directly excite and induce an inward current in ET<br />
cells. They also increased the frequency of spontaneous and miniature<br />
IPSCs in ET cells. This effect, abolished by the Ca2+ channel blocker,<br />
cadmium, may be due to increased ET and/or mitral cell dendritic<br />
excitability and/or a direct, mGluR-mediated excitatory effect on the<br />
dendrites of GABAergic periglomerular (PG) cells. DHPG and CCGI<br />
also increased the frequency of miniature EPSCs in PG and short axon<br />
(SA) cells but not in ET cells, suggesting that activation of mGluRs on<br />
ET cell dendrites, increases glutamate release onto PG and SA cells. In<br />
the presence of fast synaptic blockers and the Na + channel blocker QX-<br />
314 in the pipette, DHPG induced in ET cells rhythmic events<br />
associated with membrane current oscillations (~2 Hz) that are possibly<br />
due to gap junctions among ET cells. mGluR agonists also decreased<br />
olfactory nerve-evoked EPSCs in ET and mitral cells via a GABA - B<br />
mediated presynaptic mechanism. Thus, mGluR agonists directly<br />
activate rhythmically bursting ET cells and enhance glomerular<br />
dendrodendritic interactions. Support: PHS Grants: DC03195,<br />
DC05676.<br />
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400 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
IN VIVO MOUSE PREPARATION FOR OLFACTORY BULB<br />
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY<br />
Mast T. 1, Griff E. 2 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of Cincinnati*,<br />
Cincinnati, OH; 2Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of Cincinnati,<br />
Cincinnati, OH<br />
The objective of this study was to develop an in vivo mouse<br />
preparation <strong>for</strong> recording from the main olfactory bulb (MOB). An aim<br />
was to establish a protocol using an injectable anesthetic such as chloral<br />
hydrate. The anesthetic plane was evaluated using the EEG and the<br />
hindpaw withdrawal response. Single-unit recordings measured the<br />
spontaneous activity of neurons in the MOB. The amount of chloral<br />
hydrate required to maintain a surgical plane of anesthesia was linearly<br />
correlated with a decrease in MOB spontaneous activity (p=0.2; n=13),<br />
and could be lethal. There<strong>for</strong>e, analgesic supplements to chloral<br />
hydrate anesthesia were investigated. Supplementation with<br />
buprenorphine, a synthetic µ-opioid receptor agonist, was problematic.<br />
Buprenorphine at doses of 0.02, 0.05, and 0.2 mg/kg reduced<br />
spontaneous activity of bulbar neurons by 19, 45, and 54%,<br />
respectively. In contrast, ketoprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory<br />
with reported analgesic activity, did not inhibit spontaneous activity at<br />
doses of 100 or 200 mg/kg. Importantly, mice given 100 mg/kg<br />
ketoprofen at the beginning of an experiment, be<strong>for</strong>e surgery, required<br />
significantly less chloral hydrate than control animals (p=0.05; n=18).<br />
Animals in both groups were maintained at a surgical plane of<br />
anesthesia. Lastly, administration of ketoprofen during an experiment<br />
changed the EEG indicative of a deeper plane of anesthesia. Thus,<br />
chloral hydrate supplemented with ketoprofen in the mouse provides an<br />
in vivo preparation <strong>for</strong> stable, long-term recording of neurons in the<br />
MOB. This work was supported in part by NIH grant 1R15DC04548 to<br />
ERG.<br />
401 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY OF MAIN OLFACTORY BULB<br />
NEURONS IN THE RAT<br />
Griff E.R. 1, Stakic J. 2, Suchanek J. 2 1Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of<br />
Cincinnati*, Cincinnti, OH; 2Biological <strong>Sciences</strong>, University of<br />
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH<br />
Neurons in the main olfactory bulb (MOB) are spontaneously active,<br />
with rates above 30 Hz reported. In this study, the sources of this<br />
activity were investigated. We specifically tested the hypothesis that<br />
the spontaneous activity of bulbar neurons is at least partly due to<br />
spontaneous activity in olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs).<br />
This study was conducted using anesthetized rats breathing clean air.<br />
The conduction of ORN action potentials was blocked by cooling the<br />
olfactory nerve rostral to the cribi<strong>for</strong>m plate. To assess the efficacy of<br />
the cold block, a bipolar stimulation electrode was positioned rostral to<br />
the cold probe, and field potentials were recorded from the MOB while<br />
cooling the nerve. Cooling completely and reversibly abolished the<br />
field potentials. The spontaneous activity of single units was recorded<br />
from the same region of the MOB, and the recording sites subsequently<br />
marked with dye. Mitral and tufted cells were further identified by<br />
antidromic activation from the lateral olfactory tract. To date, <strong>for</strong> every<br />
cell recorded that exhibited spontaneous activity (from glomerular,<br />
external plexi<strong>for</strong>m, and mitral cell layers of the MOB), cold decreased<br />
this activity. This study suggests that ORNs are spontaneously active in<br />
the rat. Thus, in the absence of odor stimulation, ORN spontaneous<br />
activity, directly and/or via bulbar circuits, at least in part sets and<br />
maintains neuronal activity in the MOB.<br />
This work was supported in part by NIH grant 1R15DC04548 to<br />
ERG.
402 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
MULTIUNIT AND FIELD POTENTIAL RECORDINGS IN RAT<br />
OLFACTORY BULB<br />
Sherrill L. 1, Green E. 1, Scott J.W. 1 1Cell Biology, Emory University,<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
To test the relationship between olfactory bulb slow waves and single<br />
cell responses, we conducted recordings with silicon based multiple<br />
electrodes. Field potential recordings are used to calculate one and twodimensional<br />
current source density in rats anesthetized with urethane<br />
(1.5 gm/K) or chloral hydrate (0.4/K). Antidromic stimulation of the<br />
lateral olfactory tract is used to localize the mitral cell layer and in some<br />
cases to identify output cells. Under both anesthetics a number of<br />
odorants can evoke spike responses and waves in the 30-60 Hz range at<br />
concentrations in the range of 10-3 times saturated vapor in our<br />
preliminary results. The field responses evoked by odorants are more<br />
obvious in the voltage records than in the current density calculations.<br />
This agrees with our findings that the voltage oscillations are not well<br />
localized in the olfactory bulb. We failed to find spikes in either the<br />
mitral or granule layers that are strongly synchronized with slow waves.<br />
On the other hand it has been common to see strong inhibition or<br />
excitation of spikes in the mitral cell layer during bursts of oscillations.<br />
While some of these cells may be too strongly inhibited to show<br />
oscillations, preliminary attempts to uncover the underlying oscillation<br />
by reducing odorant concentration have been unsuccessful. While the<br />
prominence of these oscillatory phenomenia in the bulb suggests that<br />
they represent a strong synchronization of inibitory interneurons, our<br />
results suggest that it will be difficult to show simple relationships with<br />
spike activity. Supported by NIH grant DC00113. Multichannel silicon<br />
probes were provided by the Univ.Mich. Center <strong>for</strong> Neural<br />
Communication Technology sponsored by NIH NIBIB grant P41-<br />
RR09754.<br />
403 Poster [ ] Olfactory Bulb: Neurophysiology<br />
NITRIC OXIDE MODULATES ANTENNAL LOBE NEURON<br />
ACTIVITY IN THE MOTH, MANDUCA SEXTA, THROUGH<br />
SOLUBLE GUANYLYL CYCLASE-DEPENDENT<br />
MECHANISMS<br />
Wilson C. 1, Christensen T. 1, Nighorn A. 1 1Neurobiology, University of<br />
Arizona, Tucson, AZ<br />
Gaseous messengers like nitric oxide (NO) have been implicated in a<br />
number of physiological processes including the modulation of<br />
olfactory representations in the brain. NO and its signaling components<br />
have been studied in the olfactory systems of several species, but the<br />
function of NO in olfactory processing remains elusive. In the moth,<br />
Manduca sexta, NO synthase (NOS) was found in olfactory receptor<br />
neurons (ORNs), while a well-characterized target of NO, soluble<br />
guanylyl cyclase (sGC) was found in the post-synaptic targets of ORNs<br />
in antennal lobe (AL). This expression pattern, along with preliminary<br />
imaging data showing increases in fluorescence of an NO-sensitive dye<br />
in odor-activated glomeruli, led to a hypothesis that NO is released<br />
focally when odor is present, and then modulates signaling in the<br />
activated glomeruli by acting on the sGC-containing neurons in the AL.<br />
This hypothesis was tested with multi-channel and intracellular<br />
recording methods coupled with pharmacological manipulation of NO<br />
levels and the activity of sGC in the AL. Blocking NO production with<br />
L-NAME resulted in an overall decrease of spontaneous activity in AL<br />
neurons, and this effect was mimicked reversibly by the sGC inhibitor<br />
ODQ. Odor-evoked responses were also diminished when NOdependent<br />
signaling was blocked. These results suggest that NO is an<br />
important modulator of odor responsiveness, and that sGC-dependent<br />
signaling is at least partially responsible <strong>for</strong> the observed changes in<br />
glomerular activity levels. Supported by NIH-NIDCD DC04292 and<br />
DC06368.<br />
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404 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF THE CRAYFISH<br />
PROCAMBARUS CLARKII TO SINGLE COMPOUNDS<br />
Corotto F.S. 1, Johnston M.E. 1, Rogers J.L. 1, Williams J.M. 1<br />
1Department of Biology, North Georgia College & State University,<br />
Dahlonega, GA<br />
We investigated chemosensory behavior of the crayfish Procambarus<br />
clarkii in response to glutamate and glucose (not stimulatory to leg<br />
chemoreceptors in physiological tests; J. Chem. Ecol., 28:1117-1130),<br />
ammonium, glycine, maltose, and trehalose (physiological stimuli of<br />
varying efficacies), and a blank. Each animal was acclimated to a 1.5 L<br />
testing chamber <strong>for</strong> >2 h and was stationary in the chamber´s shelter<br />
when tested. Individual compounds were injected in 10 mL aliquots<br />
into a 149 mL/min carrier flow and were diluted to 200 µM-2 mM<br />
within the testing chamber according to conductivity measurements.<br />
Each animal was tested once. Responses were filmed, and the time<br />
spent probing with pereopods, the time spent exploring, and the number<br />
of dactyl clasps were quantified by observers blind to the stimulus.<br />
ANOVA followed by Fisher´s PLSD tests indicated the following<br />
elicited responses that differed significantly from that evoked by the<br />
blank: glucose <strong>for</strong> the time spent probing; glucose, maltose, and glycine<br />
<strong>for</strong> exploration time; glucose, maltose, and trehalose <strong>for</strong> the number of<br />
dactyl clasps. Ammonium´s ineffectiveness parallels its weakness as a<br />
physiological stimulus. Trehalose was the most potent physiological<br />
stimulus tested, but it was no more effective in evoking behavioral<br />
responses than glucose or maltose. Glucose was a potent behavioral<br />
stimulus, but earlier physiological tests failed to show responses to<br />
glucose from leg chemoreceptor cells. Either receptor cells <strong>for</strong> glucose<br />
are elsewhere or they are on the legs in small numbers and carry a<br />
disproportionate influence on behavior.<br />
405 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
DUAL INTRACELLULAR RECORDINGS FROM SINGLE<br />
PARASOL CELLS REVEAL IMPULSE BURST INITIATION<br />
SITE AND DENDRITIC TRAJECTORIES<br />
Mellon D. 1 1Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA<br />
Parasol cells are multimodal sensory interneurons in the crustacean<br />
<strong>for</strong>ebrain. They exhibit complex and interesting <strong>for</strong>ms of electrical<br />
activity, investigations of which may reveal novel concepts of dendritic<br />
integrative mechanisms. We are using dual intracellular recordings<br />
from individual parasol cells to examine impulse and impulse burst<br />
initiation sites and propagation within the dendritic tree. Previous<br />
findings (Mellon, DeF., J. Neurophysiol. 90:2465 [2003]) indicated that<br />
impulses are initiated at a low threshold region on the dendritic trunk<br />
adjacent to the basal branch points. Dual simultaneous recordings from<br />
different basal branches of the same neuron support this interpretation<br />
and, furthermore, suggest that impulse bursts arise at a trunk region<br />
distant from (more ventral to) the intitation zone of single spikes.<br />
Orthodromic stimulation via the olfactory-globular tract or antidromic<br />
stimulation via the parasol cell axon terminals generates slightly<br />
different impulse latencies in simultaneous recordings from basal<br />
branches on opposite sides of the dendritic tree. Impulse bursts, evoked<br />
either by photic stimulation of the compound eyes or by posthyperpolarization-activated<br />
I h , invade both recording sites and exhibit<br />
latency differences identical with those of individual spikes following<br />
orthodromic or antidromic stimulation. These findings support<br />
conclusions regarding a trunk site <strong>for</strong> impulse initiation and provide<br />
evidence <strong>for</strong> bursts also being initiated on the dendritic trunk.<br />
Supported by NSF.
406 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
TUNING OF MECHANORECEPTORS IN THE LOBSTER<br />
ANTENNULE<br />
Miller-Sims V. 1, Atema J. 1 1Biology, Boston University, Woods Hole,<br />
MA<br />
The American lobster, Homarus americanus, is capable of tracking<br />
an odor to its source in a turbulent plume. In such a plume an animal<br />
encounters hydrodynamic and chemical signals. Concurrent reception<br />
of odor and flow could be an important cue <strong>for</strong> odor plume tracking.<br />
The lateral antennule contains many chemoreceptor neurons and is<br />
important <strong>for</strong> successful tracking. We now want to determine the<br />
bandwidth in which the lobster uses lateral antennule mechanoreceptors<br />
to monitor the hydrodynamic properties of the plume. Under oscillatory<br />
flow conditions the antennule has a resonance of frequency of 5-12 Hz;<br />
antennular mechanoreceptors could also be expected to respond<br />
optimally in this range. In this experiment frequency synchronization is<br />
used to determine the types of hydrodynamic stimuli to which the<br />
antennule is capable of responding. The distal end of the antennule was<br />
fixed in a speaker driven oscillatory flow chamber to stimulate whole<br />
antennule movement. We recorded extracellular responses from<br />
antennular axons to oscillatory antennule movement over a frequency<br />
range of 1-128 Hz in an amplitude range of 16 to125 µm. Responses<br />
were recorded from 30 cells and synchronization coefficients were<br />
computed <strong>for</strong> each stimulus presentation. As a population these cells<br />
were capable of synchronizing to the stimulus at frequencies between 4<br />
and 64 Hz. Cells with low to no background spiking synchronized best<br />
at lower frequencies of 4-16 Hz while cells with high background<br />
spiking synchronized best at higher frequencies between 16 and 64 Hz.<br />
This frequency range may have significance in monitoring turbulent<br />
plume dynamics. Funding Source: NSF IBN-0091358<br />
407 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
OCTOPAMINE-IMMUNOREACTIVE NEURONS IN THE<br />
OLFACTORY AND GUSTATORY CENTERS IN THE BRAIN<br />
OF MANDUCA SEXTA.<br />
Dacks A. 1, Christensen T. 1, Hildebrand J.G. 2 1Neurobiology, University<br />
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 2Univeristy of Arizona*, Tucson, AZ<br />
Octopamine (OA) is a neuroactive monoamine that is found in the<br />
nervous systems of many invertebrates and plays a key role in different<br />
aspects of behavior, including associative learning. In this study, we<br />
used a monoclonal antibody against OA (gift of H.-J. Agricola) to<br />
examine the distribution of OA-immunoreactive (OA-ir) cells in the<br />
olfactory and gustatory neuropil centers that mediate olfactory<br />
conditioning in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. OA-ir processes were<br />
observed in many regions of the brain with the distinct exception of the<br />
upper division of the central body. We found 11 ventral unpaired<br />
median (VUM) cell bodies in the subesophageal ganglion that express<br />
OA-ir. Two particularly elaborate cells project bilaterally: one<br />
interconnects the antennal lobes and the calyces (input region) of the<br />
mushroom bodies, and a second cell innervates the gamma-lobe of the<br />
mushroom bodies. The branching patterns of Manduca VUM neurons<br />
are there<strong>for</strong>e similar, but not identical to those in other insects,<br />
including the uniquely identifiable VUMmx1 neuron in the honeybee.<br />
Supported by grants from NIH/NIDCD and NSERC Canada.<br />
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408 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
TEMPORAL INTERACTION OF OLFACTORY AND<br />
TRIGEMINAL PROCESSING<br />
Heilmann S.K. 1, Hummel T. 1 1Otorhinolaryngology, University of<br />
Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany<br />
Aim:<br />
In everyday life, olfactory and trigeminal sensations hardly ever<br />
occur seperately. Contrary, most odors in our environment will elicit<br />
excitation of both olfactory receptor cells and trigeminal neurons.<br />
However, the temporal resolution of this interaction has not been<br />
studied in detail yet, mostly due to technical difficulties. Aim of this<br />
study was to analyse the interaction of both systems using intensity<br />
estimates following olfactory and trigeminal stimuli with different<br />
interstimulus intervals.<br />
Methods:<br />
Participants were 11 women and 12 men (age 21-29 years).<br />
Trigeminal (50 % v/v CO2) and olfactory (5 ppm H2S) stimuli were<br />
presented at different interstimulus intervals (0, 700, 1200, 2200, 4200<br />
and 8200 ms). One group of subjects received first the olfactory<br />
stimulus, followed by a trigeminal stimulation (OT). A second group<br />
received the stimuli in reversed order (TO). Intensity estimates were<br />
recorded using a visual analogue scale.<br />
Results:<br />
OT: Olfactory stimulation resulted in a significant enhancement of<br />
perceived intensity of the following trigeminal stimulus <strong>for</strong> up to 1000<br />
ms. When the stimulation sequence was reversed (TO), perceived<br />
intensity of the olfactory stimulus was significantly reduced <strong>for</strong> up to<br />
2000 ms.<br />
Summary:<br />
With regard to the present experimental conditions, the olfactory and<br />
trigeminal systems interact within a time frame of 1-2 s. It appears that<br />
trigeminal activation affects the processing of other chemosensory<br />
stimuli <strong>for</strong> a longer period than olfactory excitation.<br />
409 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
PROP TASTER STATUS VERSUS TEXTURE AND FLAVOR<br />
SENSATIONS FOR LOW-FAT SEMI-SOLID FOODS<br />
De Wijk R.A. 1, Weenen H. 2 1Wageningen Center <strong>for</strong> Food<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong>/A&F, Wageningen, Netherlands; 2WCFS/TNO-V,<br />
Wageningen, Netherlands<br />
The hypothesis was tested that sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil<br />
(PROP) was related to texture and flavor perception, and preference <strong>for</strong><br />
16 commercial vanilla custard desserts (mostly starch-based, fat levels<br />
between 0.1% and 4%). A group of 175 naive consumers rated the<br />
intensity of a PROP stimulus presented on a filter paper using a gLMS.<br />
The group was divided into 25% non-tasters (NT, rating=86%). PROP status affected ratings <strong>for</strong> creaminess, fattiness,<br />
thickness, melting, heterogeneity, airiness, stickiness, and roughness,<br />
and preference significantly (p
410 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
EFFECTS OF GINKGO BILOBA ON CHEMOSENSORY<br />
FUNCTION<br />
Mattes R.D. 1, Pawlik K. 2 1Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University,<br />
West Lafayette, IN; 2Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, W.<br />
Lafayette, IN<br />
Diminutions and losses of chemosensory function are common.<br />
While diagnostic procedures have advanced markedly, there are few<br />
known methods to enhance chemosensory function. Ginko biloba<br />
reportedly enhances cerebral blood flow, neurogenesis in the olfactory<br />
epithelium, neurotransmission and cognition. Improved odor<br />
recognition has been noted in rats administered the extract. This trial<br />
examined the effects of acute and chronic extract administration on<br />
taste and smell threshold sensitivity and odor recognition in healthy<br />
humans. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was<br />
underetaken with 30 individuals meeting strict eligibility criteria<br />
including non-use of medications, nutraceuticals or supplements that<br />
can affect sensory function. Active treatment consisted of a daily<br />
0.87mg/kg dose (2.35% Ginkgo biloba extract standardized to 24%<br />
flavanoids and 6% terpenes (%w/w)) administed TID <strong>for</strong> 13 weeks.<br />
Forced-choice, staircase thresholds <strong>for</strong> sucrose, NaCl and butanol and<br />
odor identification were measured at weeks 0, 1, 5, 9 and 13 following<br />
a standardized meal. No significant treatment or treatment X time<br />
interactions were observed <strong>for</strong> the olfactory indices. Taste thresholds<br />
were significantly higher with active treatment over the trial. This trial<br />
revealed no beneficial effects of Ginkgo biloba on taste or smell in<br />
healthy adults. Whether benefits may be realized by individuals with<br />
diminished chemosensory function is not known.<br />
Supported by: Purdue-UAB Botanicals Center <strong>for</strong> Dietary<br />
Supplement Research #P50 AT-00477.<br />
411 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
INFLUENCES OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AND<br />
ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC DRUGS ON THE SENSES OF TASTE<br />
AND SMELL: AN OVERVIEW<br />
Kerr K.L. 1, Philip S. 1, Reddy K. 1, Doty R.L. 1 1Smell and Taste Center,<br />
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania<br />
Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA<br />
According to the Physician´s Desk Reference (PDR), 36% of modern<br />
antihypertensive and antihyperlipidemic drugs produce untoward<br />
alterations in chemosensory perception. Such disturbances can<br />
adversely affect the quality of life, produce noncompliance to<br />
medication schedules, and may result in decreased food intake, loss of<br />
appetite, weight decrement, and depression. This abstract lists the<br />
primary antihypertensive and antihyperlipidemic drugs that adversely<br />
alter chemosensory function. Among these, angiotensin-converting<br />
enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and antihyperlipidemic drugs are the worst<br />
offenders, as seven of the 10 (70%) ACE inhibitors and seven of the 10<br />
(70%) antihyperlipidemic drugs included in the PDR are listed as<br />
having chemosensory side effects. Of the 15 calcium-channel blockers<br />
in the PDR, eight (53%) have been reported to induce taste or smell<br />
disturbances. Moreover, chemosensory dysfunctions have also been<br />
reported with use of angiotensin II antagonists and diuretics. This<br />
abstract also provides in<strong>for</strong>mation on better defining the nature of the<br />
dysfunction, outlines testing strategies and available tests that could be<br />
used to better define the prevalence of the dysfunction, and summarizes<br />
means <strong>for</strong> mitigating such alterations.<br />
This abstract was supported, in part, by Grants PO1 DC 00161, RO1<br />
DC 04278, RO1 DC 02974, and RO1 AG27496 (RLD)<br />
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412 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
REPEATABILITY AND INTERCORRELATIONS OF SENSORY<br />
AND COGNITIVE TESTS IN UNMEDICATED ELDERLY<br />
SUBJECTS<br />
Schiffman S.S. 1, Murray S.G. 1, Watson E.L. 1 1Psychiatry, Duke<br />
University, Durham, NC<br />
The purpose of the study was threefold: 1) to determine if age-related<br />
losses in various sensory functions are correlated, 2) to determine if<br />
sensory acuity is related to cognitive per<strong>for</strong>mance, and 3) to determine<br />
if practice effects occur with repeated testing over a 6 month period.<br />
Elderly individuals between 65 and 85 years of age in good health on<br />
no medications (other than hormone replacement) were tested on the<br />
same battery of cognitive and sensory tests measuring taste, smell,<br />
vision, hearing, and touch. There were a total of 71 subjects (29 male,<br />
42 female) with a mean age of 72.6 years and mean years of education<br />
of 16 years. Subjects were tested at the following time points: baseline,<br />
at 3 weeks, at 2 months, and at 6 months. Data <strong>for</strong> each time point were<br />
collected during two 2-hour sessions per<strong>for</strong>med within 1 week of each<br />
other. The results over the four sessions show considerable variability.<br />
Data analysis indicates rather low correlations between tests of each<br />
sensory modality and with cognition. Repeated testing of elderly<br />
subjects over the 6 month period showed the following trends: 1) selfrated<br />
perception of taste and smell ability decreased, 2) cognitive<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance improved slightly, and 3) olfactory identification and odor<br />
memory scores decreased slightly. These findings suggest that repeated<br />
testing is necessary to evaluate accurately some sensory and cognitive<br />
functions in the elderly. Supported by a grant from National Institute on<br />
Aging NIA AG 00443.<br />
413 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
HEDONIC CONTRAST AND HEDONIC DISCRIMINATION<br />
Allen D. 1, Henley M. 1, Zellner D. 1, Parker S. 2 1Psychology, Montclair<br />
State University, Upper Montclair, NJ; 2Psychology, American<br />
University, Washington, DC<br />
Stimuli are rated as less intense when compared to very intense<br />
context stimuli than when presented alone or with less intense context<br />
stimuli (Frederiksen, 1975), a phenomenon called contrast. In audition,<br />
loud contextual sounds engender a reduction in intensity discrimination,<br />
perhaps by changing the psychophysical loudness function (Parker et<br />
al., 2002). We recently demonstrated contrast with hedonic judgments<br />
(Zellner et al., 2003). Here we look <strong>for</strong> a reduced hedonic<br />
discrimination accompanying hedonic contrast.<br />
In Experiment 1 two groups of subjects rated the pleasantness of<br />
two diluted fruit drinks (Test drinks). Group 1 drank and rated the Test<br />
drinks. Group 2 rated four other full-strength fruit drinks (Context<br />
drinks) be<strong>for</strong>e the Test drinks. Group 2 rated the Test drinks as less<br />
pleasant (M=-22.22) than did Group 1 (M=+8.44), t(32)=2.63, p=.013.<br />
Thus, hedonic contrast occurred.<br />
Experiment 2 investigated whether reduced hedonic discrimination<br />
accompanies that hedonic contrast. Subjects rated how much more they<br />
liked the preferred Test drink than the other one. On the10-point rating<br />
scale, 1 meant “slightly more” and 10 meant “very much more”. Group<br />
1 drank only the diluted Test drinks and rated their difference in<br />
likeability. Group 2 drank and rated them after exposure to the four fullstrength<br />
Context drinks. Group 2 rated the two Test drinks as<br />
hedonically less different (M=1.31) than did Group 1 (M=3.63),<br />
t(30)=2.69, p=.012.<br />
These results demonstrate reduced hedonic discrimination<br />
accompanying hedonic contrast, paralleling phenomena seen in studies<br />
of loudness. Perhaps the psychophysical growth of pleasantness is<br />
malleable.
414 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
MEMANTINE AND MECAMYLAMINE ALTER NICOTINE<br />
PERCEPTION IN MAN<br />
Thuerauf N. 1, Lunkenheimer B. 1, Lunkenheimer J. 1, Bleich S. 1,<br />
Schlabeck M. 1, Kornhuber J. 1 1Department of Psychiatry and<br />
Psychotherapy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany<br />
NMDA-receptors are present at different regions of the olfactory<br />
system and NMDA-knockout mice were profoundly impaired in<br />
olfactory discrimination. Memantine, a non-competitive, selective<br />
NMDA-antagonist with a voltage-dependent, fast unblocking kinetic<br />
can be used in man. Neuronal nicotinic Acetylcholine receptors<br />
(nAchRs) are present at the nasal mucosa. Mecamylamine, an<br />
Acetylcholine-receptor-antagonist, blocked painful responses to<br />
nicotine following chemical stimulation of the tongue. In the present<br />
study we investigated (1) the influence of Memantine (oral application)<br />
and of (2) Mecamylamine (local application) on nicotine perception<br />
using a placebo controlled double blind (1) parallel group and (2) a<br />
two-fold crossover design. Nicotine perception was studied under<br />
Memantine / placebo (steady state condition, n=15) and under<br />
Mecamaylamine / placebo (following local application, n=15)<br />
following chemical stimulation of the nasal cavity with olfactory and<br />
trigeminal stimulus concentrations. Memantine significantly reduced<br />
the olfactory intensity estimates of S(-)-nicotine and Mecamylamine<br />
significantly reduced trigeminal intensity estimates of nicotine<br />
enantiomers. Thus, Acetylcholine-receptor- and NMDA-antagonists are<br />
effective tools to influence nicotine perception in man acting with<br />
different specificity.<br />
Acknowledgement: Research described in this article was supported<br />
by Philip Morris USA Inc. (Philip Morris External Research Program /<br />
Postdoctoral Fellowship).<br />
415 Poster [ ] Multimodal Integration<br />
MULTIPLE SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL<br />
TOBACCO SMOKE AND PROPIONIC ACID<br />
Suarez J.C. 1, Whitt R. 1, Walker D. 1, Walker J. 1 1Sensory Research<br />
Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL<br />
As part of a research program to better understand short-term<br />
responses of humans to environmental chemical exposures, we are<br />
measuring multiple responses/impacts from 20 normal (no evidence of<br />
chemosensory deficits or of chemical hypersensitivity) participants (Ps)<br />
in a previously described (ACHEMS 2003) 10-m3 environmental<br />
chamber. Ps are tested in pairs and are given one 100-minute test<br />
session with each of eight stimulus conditions. By varying the<br />
proportion of total chamber flow (fixed at 1000 LPM) derived from an<br />
antechamber in which one or two smokers puff in response to signal<br />
lights, we approximate three target concentrations of environmental<br />
tobacco smoke (ETS): 15, 100 and 800 mg/m3 of ETS-attributable<br />
respirable suspended particulate. As a control, smokers puff on unlit<br />
cigarettes. Four concentrations (0, 1, 10, 15 ppm) of propionic acid<br />
(PA) are generated by varying the proportion of chamber flow passed<br />
over liquid PA held in glass saturators. Except with 15 ppm PA (where<br />
the plateau is held <strong>for</strong> minutes 20-30), concentrations of PA and ETS<br />
rise during minutes 11-20 and then are held through minute 70, when an<br />
exponential decline begins. Sensory/symptom, breathing, eyeblink rate,<br />
psychological state and in<strong>for</strong>mation processing speed responses/impacts<br />
are measured at various times over the course of the session. As a first<br />
step toward an improved understanding of the effects of various<br />
environmental contaminants on short-term responses in humans, our<br />
analyses evaluate stimulus type, concentration and time as determinants<br />
of the magnitude of the change in each endpoint.<br />
Research supported in part by Philip Morris USA Inc.<br />
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416 Poster [ ] Taste: Umami<br />
COMPARISON OF THE TASTES OF MSG AND L-ALANINE<br />
Taylor-Burds C.C. 1, Westburg A.M. 1, Wifall T.C. 1, Delay E.R. 1<br />
1Neuroscience Program, Regis University, Denver, CO<br />
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) is an amino acid that occurs<br />
naturally in protein rich foods such as meat and dairy products.<br />
Chaurdhari et al. (1996) showed that MSG activates taste-mGluR4<br />
receptors. Nelson et al. (2002) found that the receptor T1R1/T1R3<br />
responds to many amino acids including MSG, but not to stimuli<br />
perceptually sweet to humans. Alternatively, the T1R2/T1R3 receptor<br />
responds to sugars and artificial sweeteners but not to umami<br />
substances. Nevertheless, conditioned taste aversion (CTA) studies<br />
report that rats perceive similarities in taste between MSG and several<br />
sweet substances when the sodium taste is reduced by amiloride, a<br />
sodium channel blocker (Heyer et al., 2003). Several L-amino acids,<br />
such as L-alanine (ALA), elicit a variety of taste qualities including<br />
“sweet” in humans (Schiffman et al, 1981). Two questions were<br />
addressed in this study: Do ALA and MSG share taste qualities, and if<br />
so can rats distinguish between the two substances? CTA experiments<br />
were done with water-deprived rats conditioned to either ALA or MSG,<br />
and then tested against 3 concentrations of the opposite stimulus, the<br />
conditioned stimulus, and control substances. The results revealed a<br />
strong perceptual similarity between MSG and ALA. To assess the<br />
strength of similarities in these tastes, discrimination experiments were<br />
also conducted. Rats can discriminate between the two substances but<br />
the discrimination is significantly difficult when amiloride or amiloride<br />
+ NaCl is added to control <strong>for</strong> the taste of Na+ in MSG. These results<br />
suggest that MSG and ALA may share similar but not identical afferent<br />
signaling.<br />
417 Poster [ ] Taste: Umami<br />
L-SERINE, GLYCINE, AND MSG TASTES IN RATS:<br />
GENERALIZATION OF CONDITIONED TASTE AVERSION<br />
Mitzelfelt J.D. 1, Westburg A.M. 1, Delay E.R. 1 1Neuroscience Program,<br />
Regis University, Denver, CO<br />
Recent molecular studies suggest that L-amino acids and substances<br />
that elicit an “umami” taste may be detected by T1R1/T1R3<br />
heterodimeric receptors in taste receptor cells whereas “sweet”<br />
substances are detected by T1R2/T1R3 receptors. Monosodium<br />
glutamate (MSG) is a naturally occurring amino acid found in most<br />
protein rich foods such as meats, dairy products, and some vegetables,<br />
and is a prototypical substance that elicits an “umami” taste. In humans,<br />
L-amino acids can elicit quite different tastes (Schiffman et al, 1981).<br />
However, other than preference measures there is little behavioral<br />
research on the taste qualities of amino acids in nonhuman mammalian<br />
species. In this study, conditioned taste aversion (CTA) methods were<br />
used to see if aversions to L-Serine and Glycine, both common and<br />
naturally occurring amino acids, would cross-generalize to L-MSG in<br />
short duration, reactive tests. In contrast to other CTA studies,<br />
amiloride was present to reduce the taste of the sodium ion. A lithium<br />
chloride-induced aversion to 100 mM MSG generalized to L-Serine and<br />
Glycine at concentrations as low as 10 mM when amiloride was present<br />
in all solutions. Similar generalization to MSG was detected when the<br />
rats were conditioned with L-Serine and Glycine. These results suggest<br />
that MSG shares taste qualities with L-Serine and Glycine, possibly<br />
through common afferent signaling mechanisms. Supported by NIH<br />
R15DC005962
418 Poster [ ] Taste: Umami<br />
POLYMORPHISMS OF KNOWN MONOSODIUM<br />
GLUTAMATE (MSG) TASTE RECEPTORS AND BIMODAL<br />
DISTRIBUTION OF SENSITIVITY TO GLUTAMATE SAVORY<br />
TASTE<br />
Alarcon S.M. 1, Mascioli K.J. 1, Reed D. 1, Keast R. 1, Tharp C. 1, Lui S. 1,<br />
Ahmed O. 1, Breslin P. 1 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia,<br />
PA<br />
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) elicits a unique taste quality, often<br />
labeled savory, brothy, or umami. This quality is thought to underlie the<br />
protein and amino acid tastes, which convey a preferred flavor in many<br />
foods. But a small subset of the population (~6%) is insensitive to this<br />
taste quality. Subjects were screened <strong>for</strong> their ability to distinguish 29<br />
mM NaCl vs 29 mM MSG in a <strong>for</strong>ced-choice triangle test. The few<br />
subjects who could not discriminate these stimuli also demonstrated an<br />
insensitivity to glutamate on a concentration-intensity scaling task.<br />
Furthermore, the synergy of savory taste that occurs <strong>for</strong> most subjects<br />
when MSG is mixed with 5' ribonuclotides, such as GMP or IMP, is<br />
lacking in selected individuals and can occur despite normal sensitivity<br />
to MSG savoriness. There<strong>for</strong>e, there are semi-independent mechanisms<br />
underlying sensitivity to MSG and its interactions with IMP and GMP.<br />
At present, there are two putative savory taste metabotropic receptors<br />
identified: human taste GRM4 [6p21.3] and the receptor dimer human<br />
TAS1R1-TAS1R3 [1p36.23; 1p36.33]. Taste GRM4 (an orally located<br />
splice variant of the CNS GRM4, the group lll inhibitory glutamate<br />
receptor) was sequenced and several identified exonic polymorphisms<br />
were not correlated with savory taster status. The common<br />
polymorphism in TAS1R3 (A5T) was also not correlated with savory<br />
taster status. TAS1R1 contains eight less common polymorphisms,<br />
including a nonsense mutation, comprising several haplotypes in our<br />
subjects. TAS1R1 also has four splice variants. These studies will help<br />
identify the receptors responsible <strong>for</strong> this quality of taste in humans.<br />
Research was funded by DC02995 (breslin@monell.org).<br />
419 Poster [ ] Taste: Umami<br />
GLUTAMATE- AND INOSINE-INDUCED CALCIUM<br />
RESPONSES IN MOUSE TASTE RECEPTOR CELLS<br />
Maruyama Y. 1, Chaudhari N. 2, Roper S.D. 2 1Physiology & Biophysics,<br />
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL; 2Physiology &<br />
Biophysics and Program in Neuroscience, University of Miami, Miami,<br />
FL<br />
L-glutamate (L-Glu) is a naturally occurring amino acid in proteinrich<br />
food and elicits umami taste. Umami taste is synergistically<br />
enhanced by nucleotides, including inosine 5'-monophosphate (IMP).<br />
Hypotheses proposed to explain nucleotide synergy include: 1) separate<br />
receptors <strong>for</strong> L-Glu and nucleotide are expressed in distinct cells and<br />
integration occurs at a subsequent stage, e.g. postsynaptically; 2) each<br />
receptor is expressed in the same taste receptor cells; 3) L-Glu and<br />
nucleotide interact with the same receptor. To examine whether the<br />
same taste cells respond to L-Glu and IMP, we measured intracellular<br />
Ca2+ responses to L-Glu, IMP and a mixture of both tastants in<br />
gustatory sensory cells loaded with Calcium Green-1 Dextran and<br />
imaged in slices of circumvallate papillae with confocal microscopy.<br />
Monopotassium glutamate (MPG, 500 mM) alone, as well as IMP (1<br />
mM) alone, applied focally to taste pores, induced transient [Ca2+ ] i<br />
responses in some taste receptor cells. To date, MPG-responsive cells<br />
have also responded to IMP, suggesting that glutamate and nucleotides<br />
act on the same receptor. Alternatively, the cognate receptors are<br />
expressed in the same cell and the receptor(s) do not obligatorily<br />
require a mixture of IMP and glutamate. Mixtures of MPG and IMP<br />
elicited ~3-fold larger responses than the summation of individual<br />
responses to MPG and IMP alone. These data indicate that nucleotide<br />
synergy of glutamate taste is detectable at the level of Ca2+ signals in<br />
individual taste cells. Supported by NIH/NIDCD grant DC03013.<br />
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420 Poster [ ] Taste: Umami<br />
BEHAVIORAL TASTE RESPONSES TO MONOSODIUM<br />
GLUTAMATE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE IN FOUR SPECIES<br />
OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES<br />
Hernandez Salazar L. 1, Laska M. 2 1Instituto de Neuro-Etologia,<br />
Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico; 2Department of Medical<br />
Psychology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany<br />
Taste responses of six squirrel monkeys, five pigtail macaques, four<br />
olive baboons and four spider monkeys to monosodium glutamate<br />
(MSG) and to sodium chloride were assessed in two-bottle preference<br />
tests of brief duration (2 min). When given the choice between tap<br />
water and defined concentrations of the two tastants dissolved in tap<br />
water, the animals were found to significantly discriminate<br />
concentrations of MSG as low as 2 mM (spider monkeys and olive<br />
baboons), 50 mM (pigtail macaques) and 300 mM (squirrel monkeys)<br />
from the solvent. With sodium chloride, taste preference thresholds<br />
were found to be 1 mM (spider monkeys), 20 mM (pigtail macaques),<br />
50 mM (olive baboons), and 200 mM (squirrel monkeys), respectively.<br />
Across-species comparisons of the degree of preference <strong>for</strong> MSG and<br />
sodium chloride displayed by the four primate species showed the same<br />
order of spider monkeys > olive baboons > pigtail macaques > squirrel<br />
monkeys. When presented with equimolar concentrations of different<br />
tastants, all four species preferred sucrose as well as a mixture of<br />
sucrose and sodium chloride over MSG, and – at least at one<br />
concentration – they preferred MSG over sodium chloride. The results<br />
support the assumption that the taste responses of the four primate<br />
species to MSG and sodium chloride might reflect an evolutionary<br />
adaptation to their respective dietary habits.<br />
421 Poster [ ] Human Olfactory Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
SOURCE MEMORY FOR ODORS AND OBJECTS IN<br />
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS<br />
Pirogovsky E. 1, Gilbert P. 2, Addie S. 1, Stull K. 1, Ricardo T. 1, Viera E. 1,<br />
Murphy C. 1 1Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA;<br />
2School of Medicine, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia San Diego, San Diego,<br />
CA<br />
Recall and recognition memory <strong>for</strong> odors is poorer in children than in<br />
adolescents. In addition, children per<strong>for</strong>m worse than young adults in<br />
source memory tasks using visual and auditory stimuli. However,<br />
source memory <strong>for</strong> odor stimuli has not been examined in children. The<br />
present study investigated source and item memory <strong>for</strong> odors and<br />
objects in children (7-10 yrs) and young adults (18-24 yrs). During the<br />
study phase, 1 male and 1 female experimenter (sources) randomly<br />
presented either 16 odors or 16 objects to the participant. Presentation<br />
alternated between sources so that each source presented 8 stimuli.<br />
Once the16 stimuli were presented, the sources exited and a third<br />
experimenter began the test phase. To assess item recognition memory,<br />
a stimulus from the study phase and a novel stimulus were presented to<br />
the participant who was asked to choose the stimulus presented in the<br />
study phase. Source memory was assessed with the 8 stimuli not used in<br />
the item memory task. The experimenter presented a stimulus and asked<br />
whether the male or female experimenter had previously presented the<br />
stimulus. Results indicate that <strong>for</strong> objects, source and item memory<br />
were similar <strong>for</strong> children and adults. For odors, item memory was<br />
similar <strong>for</strong> the two groups; however, source memory <strong>for</strong> odors was<br />
significantly poorer in children than in young adults. It has been<br />
suggested that the frontal lobes play a critical role in source memory<br />
and odor memory and that this brain region continues to develop into<br />
adolescence. Children´s poor per<strong>for</strong>mance on the source memory task<br />
<strong>for</strong> odors may be due in part to the immaturity of the frontal lobes.<br />
Supported by NIH grant #AG04085 to CM
422 Poster [ ] Human Olfactory Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN SOURCE AND ITEM MEMORY<br />
FOR ODORS AND OBJECTS<br />
Gilbert P.E. 1, Ferdon S. 2, Pirogovsky E. 2, Moreland M. 2, Owens A. 2,<br />
Wilkes A. 2, Murphy C. 2 1Head and Neck Surgery, University of<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, San Diego, San Diego, CA; 2Psychology, San Diego State<br />
University, San Diego, CA<br />
Source memory is more affected by aging than item memory.<br />
However, little research has investigated age-related changes in source<br />
and item memory <strong>for</strong> olfactory stimuli. The present study compared<br />
source and item memory <strong>for</strong> odors and objects in healthy elderly and<br />
young adults. During the study phase, either 16 odors or 16 objects<br />
were randomly presented by a male and a female experimenter<br />
(sources) to the participant. Presentation alternated between sources so<br />
that 8 stimuli were presented by each source. Once the stimuli were<br />
presented, the test phase was conducted by a third experimenter. To<br />
assess source memory, a stimulus from the study phase was presented<br />
to the participant who was asked to indicate whether the stimulus was<br />
presented by the male or female experimenter. To assess item<br />
recognition memory, a stimulus from the study phase and a novel<br />
stimulus were presented and the participant was asked to indicate which<br />
stimulus was presented during the study phase. Source and item<br />
memory <strong>for</strong> odors and objects were similar in young adults. In elderly<br />
adults, source memory was impaired relative to item memory <strong>for</strong> odors<br />
and objects. However, the impairment in source memory relative to<br />
item memory <strong>for</strong> odors was significantly greater than <strong>for</strong> objects. The<br />
data suggest that source memory <strong>for</strong> olfactory stimuli may be<br />
particularly sensitive to age-related changes in the brain. Supported by<br />
NIH grant AG04085 to Claire Murphy and training grant DC00032 to<br />
Terence M. Davidson.<br />
423 Poster [ ] Human Olfactory Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
AGE DEPENDENT ODOUR MEMORY AND ODOUR<br />
IDENTIFICATION: DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF GENDER<br />
Møller P. 1, Wulff C. 1 1Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University,<br />
Frederiksberg, Denmark<br />
Objective: To investigate the decline of odour memory and odour<br />
identification with age.<br />
Method: Ten different well-known food odours were presented in a<br />
4AFC identification task to 279 subjects (78 males) younger and 229<br />
subjects (73 males) older than 50 years of age. Half of the subjects in<br />
each age group were cued to remember three of the ten odours, whereas<br />
the other half were not in<strong>for</strong>med about the following memory task.<br />
Memory <strong>for</strong> the same target odours in the two groups were tested with a<br />
3AFC procedure, where each target odour was to be detected among<br />
two distractor odours.<br />
Results: Mann-Whitney tests of overall memory find no significant<br />
differences between males and females in the groups below and above<br />
50 years of age. If subjects are divided by the age of 60 (202 Ss older<br />
than 60, 68 males) elderly women outper<strong>for</strong>m elderly men significantly<br />
(p
426 Poster [ ] Human Olfactory Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
ODORS AND MEMORIES: THE PROUST PHENOMENON<br />
REVISITED<br />
Hudson J.A. 1, Wilson P. 2, Freyberg R. 1, Haviland-Jones J. 1<br />
1Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway,<br />
NJ; 2LaSalle University., Philadelphia, PA<br />
The Proust phenomenon refers to the common belief that odor cues<br />
elicit vivid and emotional childhood memories. To test the validity of<br />
this phenomenon, we investigated the effects of odors alone, in the<br />
absence of semantic or visual cues, on autobiographic memory. 110<br />
participants (N=55 men, 55 women) were exposed to either a control<br />
(no odor) or an ambient odor (one of 3 childhood, 3 environmental or 3<br />
floral odors) while writing childhood and recent memories. ANOVAS<br />
compared emotion words, sensory references, and emphatic language<br />
across odor categories. We found no evidence <strong>for</strong> a Proust<br />
phenomenon. There was no significant difference in emotion, sensory<br />
qualities or emphatic language in childhood memories as a function of<br />
odor condition. When odor effects were obtained, they were effects of<br />
floral odors on recent memories, not childhood memories (all reported<br />
effects, p < .05). Recent memories included more positive emotion<br />
words in the floral odor condition as compared to all other conditions.<br />
Women reported less negative emotion in the floral condition <strong>for</strong> recent<br />
memories and men reported more sensory qualities in the floral odor<br />
condition. Thus, (a) childhood odors had no special effect on childhood<br />
memories (b) there was no overall odor effect on childhood memories;<br />
and (c) odors did not affect childhood memories more than recent<br />
memories. In contrast, recent memories were more affected by odor<br />
than childhood memories.<br />
Funded by International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.<br />
427 Poster [ ] Human Olfactory Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
ODOR CATEGORIZATION IN THE ABSENCE OR IN THE<br />
PRESENCE OF ODOR NAMES<br />
David S. 1, Rouby C. 2, Bensafi M. 2, Barkat S. 2 1CNRS UMR 7114 –<br />
Modyco et Université Paris 10, Paris, France; 2CNRS UMR 5020 et<br />
Universite Lyon1, Lyon, France<br />
In order to study the top-down influence of names on odor<br />
categorization, we compared situations allowing perceptual<br />
categorization which is supposed to be mainly driven by stimulus<br />
properties, with semantic categorization supposed to be driven by our<br />
knowledge. Two groups of 20 subjects were asked to <strong>for</strong>m categories<br />
among 16 odors according to their similarity : group 1 was provided<br />
odor vials without any in<strong>for</strong>mation on the name, group 2 was provided<br />
the same odor vials labeled with a name. A third group categorized only<br />
the labels, without olfactory stimuli, so relying on their memory to<br />
judge similarity. After the categorization task, subjects evaluated the 16<br />
odors again on intensity, pleasantness, familiarity and typicality. We<br />
stated the hypothesis that when judging real odors, the main dimension<br />
<strong>for</strong> odor categorization would be the hedonic valence, and that valence<br />
would no longer dominate when categorizing from memory. The results<br />
confirmed the hypothesis : hedonic ratings were correlated with the<br />
main dimension <strong>for</strong> groups 1 and 2, not <strong>for</strong> group 3. Results also show<br />
that the presence of names reduces the number of categories and that<br />
these categories tend to be hierarchically organized, which is not the<br />
case <strong>for</strong> the group 1.<br />
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428 Poster [ ] Human Olfactory Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
CAN YOUR NOSE SHINE AN ATTENTIONAL SPOTLIGHT?<br />
Porter J.A. 1, Zelano C. 1, Mainland J. 1, Johnson B. 1, Bremner E. 1, Khan<br />
R.M. 1, Bensafi M. 1, Sobel N. 1 1Biophysics, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia,<br />
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<br />
Directed spatial attention in vision and audition enables heightened<br />
sensory acuity <strong>for</strong> events at known spatial locations. We asked whether<br />
a similar phenomenon exists in chemical sensing. Initially, we asked if<br />
humans have access to spatial in<strong>for</strong>mation through chemosensation. We<br />
tested 33 subjects on a 16 trial left vs. right localization task. The<br />
odorants rose and strawberry (diluted 1:4 into proprionic acid) were<br />
generated by an air dilution olfactometer, and delivered via a divided<br />
nasal mask with separate left and right entry ports. As a group, subjects<br />
were slightly but significantly above chance in their ability to spatially<br />
localize the odorants (accuracy = 57.8%±2.7% t=2.841, p
430 Poster [ ] Human Olfactory Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
DISCRIMINATING DEUTERATED FROM UNDEUTERATED<br />
ACETOPHENONE: COMPARING HUMANS AND A DOG<br />
Zelano C. 1, Rubenstein N. 1, Mainland J. 1, Porter J. 1, Bremner E. 1,<br />
Johnson B. 1, Khan R. 1, Sobel N. 1 1Biopyhsics, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia,<br />
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<br />
To determine if deuterated compounds can be distinguished from<br />
their undeuterated counterparts through smell, we set out to replicate a<br />
previous report: 31 subjects per<strong>for</strong>med a one-trial same/different<br />
discrimination on two jars containing deuterated (D) and undeuterated<br />
(H) acetophenone. 24 subjects correctly chose different. However,<br />
when per<strong>for</strong>ming the same task using two identical samples of H, 23<br />
subjects erroneously chose different. Thus, a bias existed toward<br />
answering different. To avoid the bias, we used an olfactometer to test<br />
38 subjects in a 32 trial same/different <strong>for</strong>ced choice design. Mean<br />
accuracy was not different from chance (52.5% ± 3.5, p>.1). To<br />
eliminate possible habituation effects, we repeated the task in 14<br />
subjects with only 8 trials. Mean accuracy was not different from<br />
chance (60% ± 23, p>.1). To test a different paradigm, an additional 10<br />
subjects per<strong>for</strong>med a three-alternative <strong>for</strong>ced choice identification task.<br />
Mean accuracy was not different from chance (38.5%±22, p>.1).<br />
Humans thus far unsuccessful, we set out to see if a dog could<br />
discriminate H from D. A German Shepard was trained to recognize H.<br />
He then did 7 trials of a three-alternative <strong>for</strong>ced-choice identification<br />
task at 100% accuracy (p
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Acevedo, Humberto P, 290<br />
Ache, Barry W, 47, 216<br />
Adams, Chris, 63<br />
Adams, Julie, 246<br />
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Atarot, Tal, 127<br />
Atema, Jelle, 237, 265, 406<br />
Atkinson, Rachel, 371<br />
AtKisson, Mary S., 125<br />
Axel, Richard, 72<br />
Bachmanov, Alexander, 90, 296<br />
Bai, Li, 204<br />
Bailey, Michele L., 115<br />
Bailie, Jason M, 118, 120, 121<br />
Baird, John P, 316<br />
Baker, Harriet, 381<br />
Balderston, Catherine C, 332<br />
Baldwin, David, 376<br />
Baquero, Arian, 181<br />
Barbara, Cerf, 251<br />
Barbour, Jon, 130, 358<br />
Bargmann, Cornelia I., 70<br />
Barkat, Samy, 427<br />
Barnard, Joan, 245<br />
Barrows, Jennell, 83<br />
Bartoshuk, Linda M., 21, 215, 304, 305, 306, 366<br />
Battey, James F., 211<br />
Bayevsky, Alex, 319<br />
Beauchamp, Gary K., 13, 58, 296<br />
Bedner, Peter, 362<br />
Behan, John, 104<br />
115<br />
Beites, Crestina, 11<br />
Belanger, Andrea, 157<br />
Belanger, Rachelle M., 52, 236<br />
Bell, Wade E., 108<br />
Ben-Asher, Edna, 127<br />
Benard, Lumie, 182, 295<br />
Bensafi, Moustafa, 103, 310, 427, 428<br />
Benton, Richard, 357<br />
Bergman, Daniel A., 52, 234, 235<br />
Berlin, RoseAnn, 381<br />
Bernd, Bufe, 191, 433<br />
Berndtsson, Jonas, 164<br />
Best, Aaron Robert, 99<br />
Bhandawat, Vikas, 51<br />
Bhatt-Mackin, Seamus Michael, 26<br />
Bigbee, John W, 188<br />
Bilder, Robert M, 331<br />
Blake, Camille, 96<br />
Blakemore, Laura J., 396<br />
Bleich, Stefan, 414<br />
Blizard, David A., 369<br />
Blonde, Ginger D., 79<br />
Bobkov, Yuriy V, 47<br />
Bohbot, Jonathan, 136, 268<br />
Bomsztyk, Mayan, 208<br />
Bönigk, Wolfgang, 50<br />
Bose, Soma C., 286<br />
Böttger, Bärbel, 172<br />
Boughter, John D., 186, 318, 368<br />
Boughter, Jr, John D., 213<br />
Boyle, Julie A., 101, 102<br />
Bradley, Jonathan, 50, 279<br />
Bradley, Robert M., 92<br />
Brand, Joseph, 183, 328, 330<br />
Brann, Jessica H., 35<br />
Brasser, Susan M, 93, 209<br />
Bremner, Elizabeth, 310, 428, 430, 432<br />
Breslin, Paul A.S., 23, 24, 25, 166, 191, 298, 418, 433<br />
Breza, Joseph M., 85<br />
Brown, Heather J., 108<br />
Brunjes, Peter C., 8<br />
Bryant, Bruce, 170<br />
Buck, Linda, 311<br />
Buntinas, Linas, 292<br />
Burd, Gail, 140<br />
Burgess, John R., 31<br />
Burks, Catherine A, 74<br />
Buschmann-Maiworm, Regina, 123<br />
Byrd, Christine A., 221<br />
Cain, William S., 67<br />
Calder, Andrew J, 26<br />
Calhoun-Haney, Rose, 251<br />
Calof, Anne L., 11<br />
Campbell, Hannah, 17<br />
Cao, Jie, 328, 330<br />
Caprio, John, 97<br />
Caramanos, Zografos, 68
Carlson, John R, 129, 131<br />
Carlsson, Mikael, 3<br />
Carlton, Michelle, 62<br />
Carr, Virginia McM, 206<br />
Carson, Christine, 351<br />
Case, Gilbert R., 96, 275<br />
Cerf-Ducastel, Barbara, 303, 309<br />
Chalé, Angela, 31<br />
Chandran, Suchismita, 106, 124, 283<br />
Chapo, Audrey, 21, 306<br />
Chaudhari, Nirupa, 80, 419<br />
Chen, Denise, 162, 163<br />
Chen, Margaret, 309<br />
Chen, Ping, 32, 33, 278<br />
Chen, Wei R., 395<br />
Chen, Wen, 63<br />
Chess, Andrew, 145<br />
Chi, Qiuyi, 128<br />
Chin, Joanna, 349<br />
Chopra, Anita, 65<br />
Choudhury, Eric, 122<br />
Christ-Hazelhof, Elly, 15<br />
Christensen, Thomas, 138, 230, 403, 407<br />
Christiansson, Sven Åke, 164<br />
Christina, Kuhn, 191<br />
Christy, Robert C., 87, 186<br />
Cinelli, Angel, 33, 278<br />
Clapp, Tod, 184<br />
Clark, Larry, 271<br />
Cleland, Thomas, 60, 231, 232<br />
Clevenger, Amy C., 57<br />
Clyburn, Virginia L, 28<br />
Coelho, Daniel, 306<br />
Cohen, Lawrence B., 7<br />
Colbert, Connie L., 78, 319<br />
Coleman, Elaine S, 386<br />
Colley, Beverly Shelley, 393<br />
Collmann, Chad, 3, 44<br />
Cometto-Muniz, Jorge Enrique, 67<br />
Conley, David B, 337, 348<br />
Connelly, Timothy, 335<br />
Contreras, Robert J., 27, 85<br />
Cook, Michelle, 259<br />
Cooney, Janine, 42<br />
Corkum, Lynda, 157<br />
Cornelia, Hummel, 109<br />
Corotto, Frank Stuart, 404<br />
Costanzo, Richard M., 41<br />
Coureaud, Gerard, 312<br />
Cowart, Beverly J., 119, 342<br />
Crasto, Chiquito J, 363<br />
Crocker, Candice, 11<br />
Cunningham, Anne M., 144<br />
Curran, Maryanne, 58<br />
Curtis, Kathleen S, 27, 85<br />
Cusick, Matthew, 283<br />
Dacks, Andrew, 407<br />
116<br />
Dalton, Pamela, 116, 117, 166, 167, 176, 338, 342<br />
Dalton, Wang, 33<br />
Daly, Kevin, 216, 219, 220<br />
Daly, Mark, 145<br />
Damak, Sami, 189, 370<br />
Damann, Nils, 175<br />
Daniel, Peter Carter, 53<br />
Daniels, Yasmine, 38<br />
Danilov, Yuri, 370<br />
Danilova, Vicktoria, 370<br />
Dankulich, Luba, 291<br />
Darby-King, Andrea, 61<br />
Darmohusodo, Vincent, 361<br />
Davenport, Rachel A., 317<br />
David, Sophie, 427<br />
Davidson, Andrew, 304, 366<br />
Davis, Michael, 59<br />
Davison, Ian G., 224<br />
Day, Kristen M., 390<br />
De Wijk, Rene, 22, 409<br />
DeFazio, Richard Anthony, 81<br />
Delay, Eugene R., 416, 417<br />
Delay, Rona, 155, 280, 281, 283<br />
Delwiche, Jeannine, 16<br />
DeMarchis, Silvia, 257<br />
DenBleyker, Megan J., 294<br />
Dennis, John Carroll, 386<br />
Derby, Charles D., 238, 239, 247, 269, 270, 388, 389<br />
DeSimone, John A., 75<br />
Desimone, John A., 76, 82, 188<br />
Devanand, Devangere P., 193<br />
Di Lorenzo, Patricia, 88, 91<br />
Diamond, Jeanmarie, 166<br />
Dinehart, Mary E., 215<br />
Distel, Hans, 378<br />
Dittman, Andrew, 376<br />
Djordjevic, Jelena, 102<br />
Dodds, Tyler, 256, 349<br />
Dolensek, Jurij, 153<br />
Dotson, Cedrick D., 210<br />
Doty, Richard L., 122, 192, 195, 341, 335, 379, 411<br />
Dowling, Ryan S, 84<br />
Drago, Joan, 165<br />
Drayna, D., 191, 367, 433<br />
Duffy, Valerie B., 19, 21, 215, 304, 306, 366<br />
Dulchenko, Natalia, 271<br />
Dvoriantchikov, Guennadiy, 80<br />
Eisthen, Heather L., 156<br />
El Sharaby, Ashraf, 200<br />
Ennis, Matthew, 397, 398, 399<br />
Erdelyi, F., 397<br />
Erisir, Alev, 321<br />
Erland, Susanne, 374<br />
Ern<strong>for</strong>s, Patrik, 205<br />
Eslinger, Paul J., 104<br />
Essick, Greg, 65<br />
Eylam, Shachar, 77
Fadool, Debra, 34, 35, 64, 392, 393<br />
Farahbod, Haleh, 228<br />
Farbman, Albert I., 206, 345<br />
Farmer, Jennifer M, 335<br />
Farmer-George, Megan, 69<br />
Fasolo, Aldo, 257<br />
Fatsis, Stefan, 116<br />
Fee, Michale, 225<br />
Felber, Stefan, 331<br />
Feld, I, 163<br />
Feldman, George, 178<br />
Feldman, Roy S., 330<br />
Feldmesser, Ester, 127<br />
Ferdon, Sally, 251, 422<br />
Fernandez, Kenny, 136<br />
Fernando, Shahan, 44<br />
Findley, Leslie, 333<br />
Fine, Jared M., 264<br />
Finger, Thomas E., 83, 86, 148, 172<br />
Firby, Ashley E., 284<br />
Flecke, Christian, 375<br />
Fleischhacker, W Wolfgang, 331<br />
Fletcher, Max, 226<br />
Floriano, Wely B., 126, 367<br />
Forestell, Catherine A., 159<br />
Formaker, Bradley K, 84<br />
Foster, James D., 383<br />
Frank, Marion E., 84, 212, 302, 369<br />
Frank, Robert A., 118, 120, 121<br />
Frasnelli, Johannes, 109, 174, 177, 277, 339<br />
Freyberg, Robin, 425, 426<br />
Frings, Stephan, 50<br />
Fukami, Hideyuki, 92<br />
Fukuda, Nanaho, 360<br />
Fuller, Cynthia L., 221<br />
Fung, France W., 351<br />
Fusetani, Nobuhiro, 240<br />
Fushiki, Tohru, 29<br />
Fussnecker, Brendon L., 62<br />
Futschik, Thomas, 177<br />
Galindo-Cuspinera, Veronica, 24<br />
Gallagher, Michela, 308<br />
Garcea, Mircea, 78, 79, 319<br />
Gelperin, Alan, 225, 233<br />
Gensch, Thomas, 50<br />
Gent, Janneane F., 302<br />
George, Pravin, 300<br />
Gerber, Johannes C, 277<br />
Gerlach, Gabriele, 265, 373<br />
Gesteland, Robert C, 118, 120, 121<br />
Getchell, M. L., 346, 347<br />
Getchell, T. V., 346, 347<br />
Ghosh, Shobha, 188<br />
Gibson, Nicholas J., 137, 139<br />
Gilad, Yoav, 127<br />
Gilbert, Paul E, 421, 422<br />
117<br />
Gilbertson, Timothy A, 69, 74, 179, 180, 181<br />
Gin, Christopher, 141<br />
Gisselmann, Günter, 130<br />
Glendinning, John I, 189, 208<br />
Goddard, William A., 126, 367<br />
Goins, Michael, 307, 343<br />
Goldman, Aaron, 131<br />
Goldman, Daniel J., 221<br />
Gomez, George, 154, 291<br />
Gorman, Rachael, 280<br />
Gould, Fred L., 55<br />
Gould, Michele, 338<br />
Graham, Kristin, 112<br />
Green, Barry, 300<br />
Green, Elgin, 402<br />
Green, Mariah H., 108<br />
Greenaway, Peter, 374<br />
Greenwood, David, 42, 314<br />
Greer, Charles A., 222, 256, 349<br />
Griff, Edwin R., 400, 401<br />
Groot, A, 55<br />
Grozinger, Christina M., 372<br />
Guenter, Jeremy, 180<br />
Guerenstein, Pablo G., 267<br />
Guest, Steve, 65<br />
Gulbransen, Brian, 172<br />
Gunnarson, Amy, 135<br />
Gur, Raquel E, 332<br />
Gutierrez, Ranier, 94<br />
Haas, Lori, 309<br />
Haase, Lori B., 303<br />
Hagelin, Julie, 241, 242, 243<br />
Hahn, Chang Gyu, 384<br />
Halbich, Wolfgang, 218<br />
Hall, Spencer, 126<br />
Hallem, Elissa A., 129<br />
Hallock, Robert M., 88, 91<br />
Halpern, Bruce Peter, 429<br />
Halpern, Mimi, 32, 33, 38, 40, 273, 274, 278<br />
Hamilton, K. A., 397<br />
Hänel, Tobias, 174<br />
Hansen, Anne, 148<br />
Hansen, Dane R, 69, 74, 179<br />
Hansson, Bill, 3, 374<br />
Hao, Yan-Peng, 391<br />
Hardin, Debra, 286<br />
Harley, Carolyn W, 61<br />
Harteneck, Christian, 362<br />
Haskins, Mark, 291<br />
Hastings, Lloyd, 110<br />
Hatt, Hanns, 130, 168, 175, 358<br />
Haviland-Jones, Jeannette, 425, 426<br />
Hawkes, Christopher H., 196, 333<br />
Haxel, Boris R., 336<br />
Hayar, Abdallah, 397, 399<br />
Hayashi, Hisaki, 11<br />
Hayes, John, 19, 21
Heck, Gerard L, 75, 76, 82, 178, 188<br />
Hegg, Colleen, 254, 285<br />
Heidema, Johannes, 15<br />
Heilmann, Stefan, 130, 174, 339<br />
Heilmann, Stefan K., 408<br />
Heinbockel, Thomas, 397, 398, 399<br />
Heldt, Scott, 59<br />
Hellekant, Goran, 370<br />
Henion, Timothy, 377<br />
Henkel, Marta, 123<br />
Henley, Monique, 413<br />
Hennet, Thierry, 377<br />
Hernandez Salazar, Laura Teresa, 420<br />
Hettinger, Thomas P., 212, 369<br />
Higuchi, Makoto, 379<br />
Hildebrand, John G., 138, 230, 267, 407<br />
Hile, Arla, 243<br />
Hill, David L., 321, 322<br />
Hillier, Kirk N, 55, 217<br />
Hing, Huey K., 9<br />
Hingco, Edna E., 350<br />
Hino, Akihiro, 12<br />
Hinterhuber, Hartmann, 331<br />
Hirano, Ken-ichi, 29<br />
Hirsch, Alan R., 115, 344<br />
Ho, Michael G., 129<br />
Hoe, Lori, 386<br />
Hoffman, S M, 118<br />
Horner, Amy J., 238<br />
Horning, K A, 118<br />
Hornung, David, 56<br />
Houpt, Thomas A., 317<br />
Hsu, Jessie, 352<br />
Huang, Liquan, 183, 328<br />
HUANG, YI-JEN J, 329<br />
Hudry, Julie, 424<br />
Hudson, Judith A., 425, 426<br />
Hudson, Robyn, 378<br />
Huesa, Gema, 86<br />
Huettenbrink, Karl-Bernd, 177<br />
Hultine, Stacy, 58<br />
Hummel, Patrick A., 126<br />
Hummel, Thomas, 109, 130, 165, 174, 177, 277, 339, 340, 408<br />
Huque, Taufiqul, 330<br />
Hurst, Jane, 313<br />
Hutchinson, Ian, 253<br />
Hüttenbrink, Karl-Bernd, 339. 340<br />
Hyder, Fahmeed, 4<br />
Ichikawa, Masumi, 37<br />
Illig, Kurt R., 8<br />
Inoue, Masashi, 296<br />
Iwatsuki, Ken, 199<br />
Iwema, Carrie, 256, 349<br />
Jacobson, Aaron, 303<br />
Jafek, Bruce W., 114<br />
Jahng, Jeong Won, 320<br />
118<br />
Jakob, Ingrid, 158<br />
Jang, Woochan, 143<br />
Jean, Gotman, 334<br />
Jensen, Dwayne, 42<br />
Jeon, S-Y, 297<br />
Ji, Qingzhou, 182<br />
Jia, Changping, 40, 274<br />
Jia, Fan, 395<br />
Jiang, Peihua, 295<br />
Jinks, Anthony, 253<br />
Johns, Malcolm, 388<br />
Johnson, Brad, 103, 310, 364, 428, 430, 432<br />
Johnson, Brett Alan, 227, 228, 350<br />
Johnson, Paul, 269, 270<br />
Johnston, Megan Elizabeth, 404<br />
Johnston, Robert E., 315<br />
Jones, David, 371<br />
Jones, Seth V., 59<br />
Jones-Gotman, Marilyn K., 68, 101, 102, 334, 424<br />
Jordan, Melissa, 42<br />
Jorde, Lynn, 367<br />
Judd, Robert L, 386<br />
Julie, Hudry, 334<br />
Jung, Yewah, 154<br />
Kajii, Yuka, 29<br />
Kamio, Michiya, 239<br />
Kashyap, Manoj K, 202<br />
Kataoka, Hiroshi, 360<br />
Katdare, Ameeta, 163<br />
Katsuie, Yasutomi, 369<br />
Katsukawa, Hideo, 293<br />
Katz, Lawrence Charles, 5, 224<br />
Kauer, John S., 125, 289, 365<br />
Kaupp, Benjamin, 50<br />
Kawada, Teruo, 29<br />
Kawai, Takayuki, 29<br />
Kawauchi, Shimako, 11<br />
Kay, Leslie M, 380<br />
Keast, Russell SJ, 25, 418<br />
Keiser, Meagan, 107<br />
Keller, Andreas, 250<br />
Keller, Gerald S, 207<br />
Kemmler, Georg, 331<br />
Kemmotsu, Nobuko, 431<br />
Kennedy, Janice M., 13, 14, 214<br />
Kent, Lauren B., 354<br />
Kern, Robert C, 337, 348<br />
Kerr, Kara-Lynne, 379, 411<br />
Keshishian, Haig, 9<br />
Kett, Lauren, 242<br />
Khan, Rehan M., 103, 310, 364, 428, 430, 432<br />
Khen, Miriam, 127<br />
Kicklighter, Cynthia, 269, 270<br />
Kida, Ikuhiro, 4<br />
Kidd, Judith, 304, 366<br />
Kidd, Kenneth K., 304, 366<br />
Kim, Joon, 11
Kim, K-O, 297<br />
Kim, Un-kyung, 191, 367, 433<br />
Kim, Yoon Tae, 320<br />
King, Michael S, 207<br />
Kings<strong>for</strong>d, Michael, 265<br />
Kinnamon, John C., 324, 325<br />
Kinnamon, Sue C., 83, 184, 326<br />
Kinsley, Elizabeth, 215<br />
Kleene, Nancy Koster, 282<br />
Kleene, Steven J., 282<br />
Klein, Jeffrey T., 69, 180<br />
Kleineidam, Christoph J., 218<br />
Klimbacher, Martina, 331<br />
Klock, Christopher, 119<br />
Klupp, Barbara, 175<br />
Knecht, Michael, 277<br />
Knipe, Cheryl, 341<br />
Kokrashvilli, Zaza, 189<br />
Kong, Ji Yong, 208<br />
Konnerth, Claus-Günther, 340<br />
Koo, Jae Hyung, 385<br />
Kornhuber, Johannes, 414<br />
Kosmidis, Efstratios, 7<br />
Koulakov, Alexei, 233<br />
Kratskin, Igor, 391<br />
Krautwurst, Dietmar, 362<br />
Kremser, Christian, 331<br />
Kroeze, Jan H. A., 299<br />
Krug, Patrick, 359<br />
Kubanek, Julia, 239<br />
Kurahashi, Takashi, 46<br />
Kusakabe, Yuko, 12<br />
Kuwasako, Takahiro, 29<br />
Kwon, Hyun J, 150<br />
Kwon, Hyung-Wook, 356<br />
Kwong, K., 346, 347<br />
Labra, Antoineta L, 34<br />
Laflam, Timothy, 119<br />
Lai, Peter C., 363<br />
Laing, David, 253<br />
Lancet, Doron, 127<br />
Landis, Basile N, 109, 339, 340<br />
Lane, Robert P, 36<br />
Langlois, Dominique, 312<br />
Lanier, Sarah, 19<br />
Larsson, Maria, 164<br />
Laska, Matthias, 249, 420<br />
Lawless, Harry T., 301<br />
le Coutre, Johannes, 330<br />
Lechner, Theresia, 331<br />
Lee, H-S, 297<br />
Lee, Jong-Ho, 320<br />
Lee, Virginia M.-Y., 379<br />
Lehmkuhle, Mark J, 6<br />
Lei, Hong, 230<br />
Leinders-Zufall, Trese, 150<br />
Leininger, Elizabeth Claire, 243<br />
119<br />
Leitch, Amanda, 56<br />
Lemon, Christian H, 93, 209<br />
Leon, Michael, 227, 228, 350<br />
Leonard, Ong, 126<br />
Lewcock, Joseph W., 132<br />
Li, Cheng Shu, 89<br />
Li, Cheng Xiang, 89<br />
Li, Cheng-shu, 278<br />
Li, Weiming, 157<br />
Li, Xia, 296<br />
Liggett, Rachel, 16<br />
Lilley, Sarah, 252<br />
Liman, Emily R, 190<br />
Lin, Dayu, 5<br />
Lin, Jeff, 163<br />
Lin, Weihong, 45, 98<br />
Linardopoulou, Elena, 352<br />
Linn, Charles, 217, 266<br />
Linschoten, Miriam R., 114<br />
Linster, Christiane, 60, 231<br />
Litaudon, Philippe, 158<br />
Liu, Dan, 190<br />
Liu, Guang, 48<br />
Liu, H., 347<br />
Liu, Hong-Xiang, 197<br />
Liu, Nian, 4, 229<br />
Liu, Weimin, 32, 33, 278<br />
Liu, Zhan, 295<br />
Longo, Melissa, 20<br />
Lorig, Tyler S., 100<br />
Loudon, Catherine, 262<br />
Lowe, Graeme, 223<br />
Lowry, Catherine A, 380<br />
LU, KUO-SHYAN S, 329<br />
Lu, Lu, 368<br />
Lucas, Nadia, 163<br />
Lucero, Mary T., 49, 254, 285<br />
Lui, S., 418<br />
Lundstrom, Johan N, 160, 277<br />
Lunkenheimer, Birgit, 414<br />
Lunkenheimer, Jens, 414<br />
Lyall, Vijay, 75, 76, 82, 188<br />
Lynch, David R, 335<br />
Ma, Jie, 223<br />
Macdonald, Jessica, 141<br />
Mackay-Sim, Alan, 336<br />
Macknin, Jonathan, 379<br />
Maggi, Leigh, 159<br />
Maher, Timothy J., 63<br />
Maier, Claudia, 331<br />
Mainland, Joel, 103, 310, 428, 430, 432<br />
Makino, Junshiro, 369<br />
Man, Orna, 127<br />
Manda, Saraswati, 385<br />
Mangold, Jamie Elizabeth, 322<br />
Mann, Wolf, 336<br />
Manzini, Ivan, 152
Margolis, Frank L., 150, 151, 385<br />
Margolis, Joyce W., 151<br />
Margolskee, Robert, 182, 183, 189, 199, 295, 370<br />
Marks, Lawrence E., 302<br />
Marlicz, Wojciech, 144<br />
Maroldt, Heike, 339<br />
Marshall, Katrina, 253<br />
Martin, Arthur, 235<br />
Martínez-Gómez, Margarita, 378<br />
Martinez-Marcos, Alino, 40<br />
Maruyama, Yutaka, 419<br />
Mascioli, Kirsten J., 214, 418<br />
Mast, Thomas, 400<br />
Matsumura, Kouichi, 240<br />
Matsunaga, Shigeki, 240<br />
Matsunami, Hiroaki, 128<br />
Matsunami, Momoka, 128<br />
Matsuoka, Masato, 41<br />
Mattes, Richard D., 30, 31, 410<br />
Maute, Christopher, 117, 167<br />
Max, Marianna, 182, 183, 295<br />
May, Darran, 376<br />
May, Olivia L., 321<br />
Maynard, Edwin M., 6<br />
Mbiene, Joseph-Pascal, 198, 203<br />
Mc Cune, Allicia, 112<br />
McBride, Kathleen, 248<br />
McBurney, Donald H., 161<br />
McCann, Jennifer, 61<br />
McCaughey, Stuart, 90<br />
McClintock, Martha, 244<br />
McClintock, Timothy S., 286, 287, 390<br />
McCluskey, Lynnette Phillips, 187<br />
McDermott, Ryan, 176<br />
McGlone, Francis, 65, 68<br />
McIntyre, Jeremy C., 286, 287<br />
McKee, Sherry, 305<br />
McLean, John Harvey, 61<br />
McNamara, Ann Marie, 60<br />
Mead, Kristina S., 261<br />
Mechaber, Wendy L., 267<br />
Mechtcheriakov, Sergei, 331<br />
Medler, Kathryn, 184<br />
Medrano, Juan F., 330<br />
Meisami, Esmail, 149, 387<br />
Mellinger, Craig, 303<br />
Mellon, DeForest, 405<br />
Menashe, Idan, 127<br />
Menco, Bert, 382<br />
Mennella, Julie A., 13, 14, 159, 214<br />
Meredith, M, 96, 275<br />
Meredith, Michael, 276, 392<br />
Mettenleiter, Thomas C., 175<br />
Meyerhof, Wolfgang, 191, 433<br />
Michel, William Craig, 147<br />
Michele, Gould, 117<br />
Miklavc, Pika, 54<br />
Miller, Ginger, 262<br />
120<br />
Miller, Lauren, 162<br />
Miller, Perry L., 229<br />
Miller-Sims, Vanessa, 406<br />
Mirich, Jennifer, 8<br />
Mistretta, Charlotte, 197, 204<br />
Mitzelfelt, Jeremiah D., 417<br />
Miura, Hirohito, 12<br />
Mizutani, Makoto, 369<br />
Moberg, Paul J., 122, 194, 332<br />
Mogyorosi, Andras, 178<br />
Mojet, Jos, 15, 22<br />
Møller, Per, 423<br />
Moncomble, Anne-Sophie, 312<br />
Moon, Cheil, 142<br />
Moon, Young Wha, 320<br />
Moore, Paul A., 52, 219, 234, 235, 236, 246, 258, 259, 260<br />
Moreland, Molly, 422<br />
Morrison, Edward E, 386<br />
Muhammed, Nizar, 333<br />
Munger, Steven D., 151, 213, 318<br />
Murphy, Claire, 251, 303, 309, 421, 422, 431<br />
Murray, Sarah G, 412<br />
Naidenko, Sergei, 271<br />
Naqvi, Ferheen, 167<br />
Neff, Jessica K., 341<br />
Nelson, Gina M, 323<br />
Nelson, Theodore M., 213, 318<br />
Neuhaus, Eva Maria, 130, 358<br />
Neves, Guilherme, 145<br />
Newcomb, Richard, 42<br />
Newman, Tera, 36, 352<br />
Newth, Angela, 319<br />
Nguyen, Eric A, 316<br />
Nicholson, Donald, 351<br />
Nickell, Tom, 288<br />
Nickles, Scott P., 238<br />
Nicolelis, Miguel A. L., 94<br />
Niessen, Heiner, 362<br />
Nighorn, Alan, 3, 44, 403<br />
Nikonov, Alexandre A., 97<br />
Ninomiya, Yuzo, 12, 73, 185, 189, 293, 327<br />
Nishiduka, Taichi, 29<br />
Nojima, Satoshi, 266<br />
Nomura, Mariko, 162<br />
Norita, Masao, 41<br />
Normann, Richard A, 6<br />
Northup, John K., 211<br />
Nosrat, Christopher A., 205<br />
Nosrat, Irina, 205<br />
O'Mahony, Michael, 297<br />
O'Malley, Stephanie S., 305<br />
Obermayer, Marieluise, 218<br />
Okabe, Masaru, 360<br />
Oland, Lynne A., 139, 255<br />
Olender, Tzviya, 127<br />
Ollinger, Fred, 225
Olsson, Mats J, 160, 277<br />
Olsson, Shannon Bryn, 245<br />
Opiekun, Richard, 116, 176, 338<br />
Ou, Guangshuo, 135<br />
Overton, Michael, 64<br />
Owens, Alicia, 422<br />
Pakstis, Andrew, 304, 366<br />
Pan, Yunfeng, 107<br />
Park, Daesik, 156<br />
Parker, Scott, 413<br />
Parsons, Almetra D., 64<br />
Pataramekin, Piyanuch Pahn, 387<br />
Pause, Betina M., 101<br />
Pawlik, Kate, 410<br />
Pazour, Gregory J., 134<br />
Pepino, Marta Yanina, 14, 214<br />
Perkins, Randa M., 64, 392<br />
Perreau-Linck, Elizabeth, 68<br />
Petrides, Michael, 102<br />
Phan, Tam-Hao T, 75, 76, 82, 188<br />
Philip, Shaji, 411<br />
Phillips, Nicola, 68<br />
Pirogovsky, Eva, 421, 422<br />
Pitovski, Dimitri Z., 307, 343<br />
Pittman, Dave Wayne, 28<br />
Pitts, Jason, 355<br />
Pixley, Sarah K., 282<br />
Plummer, Kim, 42<br />
Poor, Alexander, 100<br />
Porter, Jess, 430<br />
Porter, Jessica A., 103, 310, 428, 432<br />
Pouliot, Sandra, 424<br />
Prescott, John, 17<br />
Preston, Robin, 107<br />
Preti, George, 116<br />
Pribitkin, Edmund, 119, 342<br />
Puchalski, Diana, 56<br />
Puche, Adam C., 257, 394<br />
Qi, Ming, 361<br />
Quan, Wei, 40<br />
Quinn, Eric, 258<br />
Radil, Tomas, 66<br />
Raghow, Sandeep, 318<br />
Raguse, Jan-Dirk, 362<br />
Raitcheva, Denitza, 377<br />
Raman, Shanmugam Achi, 39<br />
Rasmussen, LEL, 42, 241, 242, 272, 314<br />
Raudenbush, Bryan, 111, 112, 113, 252<br />
Rawson, Ashley, 113<br />
Rawson, Nancy E., 291, 384<br />
Ray, Anandasankar, 131<br />
Ray, Koela, 106<br />
Reddy, Krishna, 411<br />
Reden, Jens, 177<br />
Redman, Christopher, 234<br />
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Reed, Danielle R., 191, 214, 296, 298, 304, 366, 418, 433<br />
Reed, Randall R., 132<br />
Reisenman, Carolina E, 138, 230<br />
Reisert, Johannes, 51, 279<br />
Reneerkens, Jeroen, 241<br />
Resasco, Marilina, 396<br />
Ressler, Kerry J, 59<br />
Restrepo, Diego, 2, 4, 45, 57, 98, 146, 292<br />
Ricardo, Torres, 421<br />
Richardson, Anne, 104<br />
Richter, Trevor A., 80, 81, 210<br />
Riddle, Scott W, 272<br />
Riffell, Jeffrey A., 130, 358, 359<br />
Rigdon, Megan, 100<br />
Rigsby, Christine' Spring, 187<br />
Rinberg, Dima, 225, 233<br />
Roalf, David R., 332<br />
Roberts, Cherie, 17<br />
Roberts, Richard, 128<br />
Robertson, Hugh M., 354<br />
Robinson, Alan M, 337, 348<br />
Robinson, Gene E., 372<br />
Rochlin, M. William, 201, 202<br />
Roeder, Hendrikje, 272<br />
Roelofs, Wendell, 266<br />
Roessler, Wolfgang, 218<br />
Rogers, Daniel H, 361<br />
Rogers, Jessica Lee, 404<br />
Rong, Minqing, 189<br />
Ronnett, Gabriele V., 142<br />
Roper, Stephen D., 80, 81, 210, 329, 419<br />
Rosen, David, 119, 342<br />
Rosenthal, Allison, 180<br />
Roskams, Angela Jane, 141, 351<br />
Ross, Susan R, 58<br />
Rossi, Ferdinando, 257<br />
Rossier, Olivier, 330<br />
Rothman, Douglas L., 4<br />
Rouby, Catherine, 427<br />
Rubenstein, Nicola, 430<br />
Rubrum, Adam M., 87<br />
Rugai, Nick, 91<br />
Rupp, Claudia I, 331<br />
Rützler, Michael, 43, 355<br />
Rybalsky, Konstantin, 118, 120, 121<br />
Sadamitsu, Chiharu, 73<br />
Saddoris, Michael P, 308<br />
Sainz, Eduardo, 211<br />
Saito, Harumi, 128<br />
Sakata, Yoko, 147<br />
Salcedo, Ernesto, 146<br />
Saldanha, Jason, 201<br />
Saleh, Maya, 351<br />
Sammeta, Neeraja, 287<br />
Samuelsen, Chad L., 276<br />
Sandra, Pouliot, 334
Sanematsu, Keisuke, 185<br />
Santos, Rosaysela, 11<br />
Sasaki, Hayato, 381<br />
Schaal, Benoist, 158, 312<br />
Schafer, Michele, 4<br />
Schannen, Andrew P., 281<br />
Scherer, Peter W, 342<br />
Schiffman, Susan S, 412<br />
Schild, Detlev, 152<br />
Schlabeck, Martin, 414<br />
Schlador, Michael, 352<br />
Schmidt, Katrina C, 324<br />
Schmidt, Manfred, 247, 389<br />
Schmiedeberg, Kristin, 362<br />
Schoenbaum, Geoffrey, 308<br />
Scholey, Jonathan M., 135<br />
Scholtz, Arne W, 331<br />
Scholz, Nathaniel, 376<br />
Schuckel, Julia, 375<br />
Schuler, Amanda, 113<br />
Schüler, Jenny, 164<br />
Schurian, Walter, 123<br />
Schwane, Katlen, 130, 358<br />
Schwarting, Gary, 377<br />
Schwob, James E, 143<br />
Scott, Alexander P., 157<br />
Scott, John W, 290, 402<br />
Seiden, Allen, 120<br />
Sethupathy, Praveen, 232<br />
Shabani, Shkelzen, 269<br />
Shah, Mussadiq, 333<br />
Shangari, Gopal Krishan, 429<br />
Shao, Zouyi, 394<br />
Shaw - Taylor, Ewurama E., 244<br />
Shepherd, Gordon M., 4, 229, 363, 395<br />
Sherrill, Lisa, 402<br />
Shetty, Ranjit S, 287<br />
Shigemura, Noriatsu, 73, 327<br />
Shigeoka, Yuko, 327<br />
Shingai, Tomio, 29<br />
Shipley, Michael T., 394, 399<br />
Shiraiwa, Takashi, 131<br />
Shirokova, Elena, 362<br />
Shoup, Melanie L., 161<br />
Shtoyerman, Eran, 224<br />
Shusterman, Dennis J., 169<br />
Sicard, Gilles, 158<br />
Silman, Eric, 11<br />
Silver, Wayne L., 171, 172, 173<br />
Simon, Sidney Arthur, 69, 94<br />
Simpson, P Jeanette, 142<br />
Singer, Michael, 363<br />
Sitthichai, Arie A., 49<br />
Siwicki, Kathleen K., 375<br />
Slack, Jay, 191, 433<br />
Slotnick, Burton, 45, 248<br />
Small, Dana M, 26, 68<br />
Smeets, Monique, 22, 116<br />
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Smith, Brian H., 62, 220, 262<br />
Smith, David V, 87, 89, 93, 186, 209<br />
Smith, Dean, 371<br />
Smith, James C., 294<br />
Smith, Jeffrey, 111, 112<br />
Smith, Melissa Anne, 287<br />
Smith, Michael B., 104<br />
Smith, Patrick, 294<br />
Snow, Joshua, 135<br />
Snyder, Derek, 304, 305, 306, 366<br />
Snyder, Lenore, 182, 295<br />
Sobel, Noam, 103, 310, 364, 428, 430, 432<br />
Soleimani, Manoocher, 282<br />
Sollars, Suzanne I, 206<br />
Sorensen, Peter W., 263, 264<br />
Spec, Andrej, 202<br />
Spector, Alan C., 77, 78, 79, 210, 319<br />
Speed, William, 304, 366<br />
Spehr, Jennifer, 168<br />
Spehr, Marc, 130, 168, 358<br />
Spielman, Andrew I., 330<br />
Spray, Kristina J, 181<br />
St. John, Steven J, 316, 368<br />
St. John, Steven James, 318<br />
Stakic, Josif, 401<br />
Stange, Gert, 267<br />
Stein, Heather, 138<br />
Steinbach, Molly Ann, 237<br />
Stengl, Monika, 375<br />
Stensmyr, Marcus C, 374<br />
Stepanyan, Ruben, 390<br />
Stepanyan, Tracy D., 390<br />
Stern, Shai, 127<br />
Stevens, David A., 301<br />
Stone, Leslie M, 326<br />
Strat<strong>for</strong>d, Jennifer M, 27<br />
Streeter, Sybil A., 161<br />
Stromberg, A. J., 347<br />
Stull, Kimberly, 421<br />
Suarez, Joseph C., 415<br />
Suchanek, Jessica, 401<br />
Sugita, Daigo, 293<br />
Suhr, Steven T., 221<br />
Sullivan, Daniel, 383<br />
Sullivan, Susan L., 211<br />
Swyers, Sarah, 386<br />
Szabo, Gabor, 394, 397<br />
Szeszko, Philip R, 331<br />
Tabert, Matthias H., 193<br />
Tai, P.C., 270, 388<br />
Takeuchi, Hiroko, 46<br />
Talamo, Barbara R., 48<br />
Tarun, Alice, 169<br />
Taylor, Gordon E., 350<br />
Taylor, Polly A, 294<br />
Taylor-Burds, Carol C., 416<br />
Tepper, Beverly J, 18
Tetsuya, Ookura, 12<br />
Tharp, Anilet A., 298<br />
Tharp, Christopher D., 23, 191, 298, 418, 433<br />
Thomas, Stacey, 325<br />
Thompson, Roger N., 64<br />
Thuerauf, Norbert, 414<br />
Tolbert, Leslie P, 137, 139<br />
Tordoff, Michael G, 296<br />
Touhara, Kazushige, 360<br />
Tourbier, Isabelle A., 335<br />
Trask, Barbara J., 36, 352<br />
Treloar, Helen B., 256<br />
Trojanowski, John, 379<br />
Trombley, Paul Q., 396<br />
Tucker, Kristal, 392<br />
Turetsky, Bruce I, 194, 332<br />
Turri, Linda, 245<br />
Ueda, Katsura, 200<br />
Uemura, Tadashi, 9<br />
Uflacker, Andre B, 207<br />
Umeh, Yvonne, 162<br />
Umezawa, Hidehiko, 369<br />
Urban, Lenka, 260<br />
Vaidehi, Nagarajan, 126<br />
Vainius, Aldona, 66<br />
Vaishnav, R. A., 346, 347<br />
Valentincic, Tine, 54, 153<br />
Valentine, Megan, 105<br />
van der Goes van Naters, Wynand, 131<br />
Van Houten, Judith, 105, 106, 107, 124, 283<br />
Veldhuizen, Maria Geraldine, 299<br />
Verret, Travis, 280<br />
Vetter, Monica L., 10<br />
Vickers, Neil J., 55, 217<br />
Viera, Erin, 421<br />
Vieyra, Michelle, 353<br />
Vigers, Alison, 83<br />
Vilbig, Ryan, 201<br />
Villarreal, Rebecca, 162<br />
Vinnikova, Anna K, 76, 82, 188<br />
Visegrady, Andras, 393<br />
Vogalis, Fivos, 254, 285<br />
Vogt, Richard G., 136, 268, 353<br />
Vosshall, Leslie B, 250, 357<br />
Voznessenskaya, Vera, 271<br />
Vrieze, Lance A., 263<br />
Vucinic, Dejan, 7<br />
Wada, Yumiko, 369<br />
Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro, 37<br />
Wakisaka, Sayoshi, 200<br />
Walch, Thomas, 331<br />
Walker, Dianne, 415<br />
Walker, James, 415<br />
Walker, Megan, 352<br />
Walters, Eric, 198<br />
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Walworth, Ellen, 140<br />
Wang, Dalton, 32, 278<br />
Wang, Hong, 183<br />
Wang, Jian-li, 104<br />
Wang, Jing, 72<br />
Warren, Craig B., 361<br />
Watanabe, Akira, 199<br />
Waters, Robert S, 89<br />
Watson, Erika L, 412<br />
Weenen, Hugo, 22, 409<br />
Weeraratne, Shyamal Dilhan, 105, 124<br />
Weiler, Elke, 345<br />
Weinrich, Karl, 63<br />
Welge-Lüssen, Antje, 165<br />
Westberry, Jenne, 96, 276<br />
Westburg, Anna M., 416, 417<br />
Westerterp, Margriet, 22<br />
Wetzel, Christian, 168, 175<br />
White, Joel E., 125, 289, 365<br />
White, Theresa L., 20<br />
Whitt, Robert, 415<br />
Wifall, Timothy C., 416<br />
Wilkes, Annie, 422<br />
Willander, Johan Magnus, 164<br />
Willecke, Klaus, 362<br />
Williams, Eleanor, 352<br />
Williams, Jayme Melissa, 404<br />
Williams, Lloyd B., 125, 365<br />
Williams, Robert W., 368<br />
Wilson, Caroline, 403<br />
Wilson, Donald, 226<br />
Wilson, Donald A., 95, 99<br />
Wilson, Patricia, 425, 426<br />
Wilson, Tracy, 110<br />
Winnig, Marcel, 191<br />
Wirkus, Eric, 154<br />
Wirsig-Wiechmann, Celeste Renee, 155<br />
Wise, Paul, 66<br />
Witman, George B., 133<br />
Wolf, Mary, 219, 258<br />
Wolfensberger, Markus, 165<br />
Wong, Allan M, 72<br />
Woo, Cynthia C., 350<br />
Woo, Jinkyeung, 143<br />
Wooding, Stephen, 367<br />
Wright, Geraldine, 62<br />
Wright, James C, 386<br />
Wulff, Christian, 423<br />
Wysocki, Charles, 66<br />
Wysocki, Linda M., 291<br />
Xu, Fuqiang, 4, 229<br />
Xu, PingXi, 371<br />
Yamada, Ayako, 293<br />
Yamashita, Shizuya, 29<br />
Yamazaki, Kunio, 58<br />
Yamout, Adam, 202
Yang, Hsiuchin, 270<br />
Yang, Qing X., 104<br />
Yang, Ruibiao, 324, 325<br />
Yano, J., 105, 107<br />
Yano, Junji, 106, 124<br />
Yao, Ying, 9<br />
Yasumatsu, Keiko, 73, 189, 327<br />
Yau, King-Wai, 50, 51, 279<br />
Ye, Mi Kyung, 87<br />
Yee, Karen K., 384<br />
Yomogida, Kentaro, 360<br />
Yoshida, Ryusuke, 73, 185<br />
Young, Janet, 36<br />
Young, Janet M., 352<br />
Yu, Katie, 157<br />
Yu, Tun-Tzu, 286, 287<br />
Yue, Esther, 60<br />
Yun, Sang Seon, 157<br />
Yurchenko, Olga, 155<br />
Zald, David H., 68<br />
Zatorre, Robert, 101<br />
Zatorre, Robert J, 102<br />
Zelano, Christina, 103, 310, 428, 430, 432<br />
Zellner, Debra, 413<br />
Zhang, Chunbo, 2, 292<br />
Zhang, Jianhua, 282<br />
Zhao, Haiqing, 151<br />
Zhao, Kai, 342<br />
Zhao, Liqiang, 18<br />
Zhu, Mingyan, 398<br />
Zhukovskaya, Marianna, 107<br />
Zielinski, Barbara S., 157, 284<br />
Zimmer, Richard K., 130, 358, 359<br />
Zoladz, Phillip, 252<br />
Zou, Zhihua, 311<br />
Zucker, Jacob, 145<br />
Zufall, Frank, 150<br />
Zuker, Charles S., 71<br />
Zulandt, Thomas John, 258<br />
Zuri, Ido, 38, 273<br />
Zwiebel, Laurence J., 43, 355, 356<br />
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