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In April 2023, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), in partnership with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Aging, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, hosted a 2-day online workshop to discuss neural plasticity in energy homeostasis and obesity. The goal was to provide a broad view of current knowledge while identifying research questions and challenges regarding neural systems that control food intake and energy balance. This review includes highlights from the meeting and is intended both to introduce unfamiliar audiences with concepts central to energy homeostasis, feeding, and obesity and to highlight up-and-coming research in these areas that may be of special interest to those with a background in these fields. The overarching theme of this review addresses plasticity within the central and peripheral nervous systems that regulates and influences eating, emphasizing distinctions between healthy and disease states. This is by no means a comprehensive review because this is a broad and rapidly developing area. However, we have pointed out relevant reviews and primary articles throughout, as well as gaps in current understanding and opportunities for developments in the field.
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Dieta , Metabolismo Energético , Plasticidad Neuronal , Obesidad , Humanos , Metabolismo Energético/fisiología , Plasticidad Neuronal/fisiología , Obesidad/fisiopatología , Obesidad/metabolismo , Homeostasis/fisiología , Ingestión de Alimentos/fisiología , Conducta Alimentaria/fisiología , AnimalesRESUMEN
The peripheral taste system is more complex than previously thought. The novel taste-signaling proteins TRPM4 and PLCß3 appear to function in normal taste responding as part of Type II taste cell signaling or as part of a broadly responsive (BR) taste cell that can respond to some or all classes of tastants. This work begins to disentangle the roles of intracellular components found in Type II taste cells (TRPM5, TRPM4, and IP3R3) or the BR taste cells (PLCß3 and TRPM4) in driving behavioral responses to various saccharides and other sweeteners in brief-access taste tests. We found that TRPM4, TRPM5, TRPM4/5, and IP3R3 knockout (KO) mice show blunted or abolished responding to all stimuli compared with wild-type. IP3R3 KO mice did, however, lick more for glucose than fructose following extensive experience with the 2 sugars. PLCß3 KO mice were largely unresponsive to all stimuli except they showed normal concentration-dependent responding to glucose. The results show that key intracellular signaling proteins associated with Type II and BR taste cells are mutually required for taste-driven responses to a wide range of sweet and carbohydrate stimuli, except glucose. This confirms and extends a previous finding demonstrating that Type II and BR cells are both necessary for taste-driven licking to sucrose. Glucose appears to engage unique intracellular taste-signaling mechanisms, which remain to be fully elucidated.
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Glucosa , Fosfolipasa C beta , Canales Catiónicos TRPM , Gusto , Animales , Ratones , Carbohidratos , Glucosa/farmacología , Glucosa/metabolismo , Ratones Noqueados , Edulcorantes/farmacología , Gusto/genética , Gusto/fisiología , Percepción del Gusto , Canales Catiónicos TRPM/genética , Fosfolipasa C beta/genética , Fosfolipasa C beta/metabolismoRESUMEN
Peripheral taste receptor cells use multiple signaling pathways to transduce taste stimuli into output signals that are sent to the brain. We have previously identified a subpopulation of Type III taste cells that are broadly responsive (BR) and respond to multiple taste stimuli including bitter, sweet, umami, and sour. These BR cells use a PLCß3/IP3R1 signaling pathway to detect bitter, sweet, and umami stimuli and use a separate pathway to detect sour. Currently, the downstream targets of the PLCß3 signaling pathway are unknown. Here we identify TRPM4, a monovalent selective TRP channel, as an important downstream component in this signaling pathway. Using live cell imaging on isolated taste receptor cells from mice, we show that inhibition of TRPM4 abolished the taste-evoked sodium responses and significantly reduced the taste-evoked calcium responses in BR cells. Since BR cells are a subpopulation of Type III taste cells, they have conventional chemical synapses that require the activation of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) to cause neurotransmitter release. We found that TRPM4-dependent membrane depolarization selectively activates L-type VGCCs in these cells. The calcium influx through L-type VGCCs also generates a calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) via ryanodine receptors that enhances TRPM4 activity. Together these signaling events amplify the initial taste response to generate an appropriate output signal.
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The transcriptional corepressor BASP1 requires N-terminal myristoylation for its activity and functions through interactions with nuclear lipids. Here we determine the role of BASP1 lipidation in histone modification and the modulation of chromatin accessibility. We find that the removal of the active histone modifications H3K9ac and H3K4me3 by BASP1 requires the N-terminal myristoylation of BASP1. In contrast, the placement of the repressive histone modification, H3K27me3, by BASP1 does not require BASP1 lipidation. RNA-seq and ATAC-seq analysis finds that BASP1 regulates the activity of multiple transcription factors and induces extensive changes in chromatin accessibility. We find that â¼50% of BASP1 target genes show lipidation-dependent chromatin compaction and transcriptional repression. Our results suggest that BASP1 elicits both lipid-dependent and lipid-independent functions in histone modification and transcriptional repression. In accordance with this, we find that the tumor suppressor activity of BASP1 is also partially dependent on its myristoylation.
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All organisms have the ability to detect chemicals in the environment, which likely evolved out of organisms' needs to detect food sources and avoid potentially harmful compounds. The taste system detects chemicals and is used to determine whether potential food items will be ingested or rejected. The sense of taste detects five known taste qualities: bitter, sweet, salty, sour, and umami, which is the detection of amino acids, specifically glutamate. These different taste qualities encompass a wide variety of chemicals that differ in their structure and as a result, the peripheral taste utilizes numerous and diverse mechanisms to detect these stimuli. In this chapter, we will summarize what is currently known about the signaling mechanisms used by taste cells to transduce stimulus signals.
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Papilas Gustativas , Gusto , Humanos , Transducción de Señal , Papilas Gustativas/metabolismoRESUMEN
Lipids are present within the cell nucleus, where they engage with factors involved in gene regulation. Cholesterol associates with chromatin in vivo and stimulates nucleosome packing in vitro, but its effects on specific transcriptional responses are not clear. Here, we show that the lipidated Wilms tumor 1 (WT1) transcriptional corepressor, brain acid soluble protein 1 (BASP1), interacts with cholesterol in the cell nucleus through a conserved cholesterol interaction motif. We demonstrate that BASP1 directly recruits cholesterol to the promoter region of WT1 target genes. Mutation of BASP1 to ablate its interaction with cholesterol or the treatment of cells with drugs that block cholesterol biosynthesis inhibits the transcriptional repressor function of BASP1. We find that the BASP1-cholesterol interaction is required for BASP1-dependent chromatin remodeling and the direction of transcription programs that control cell differentiation. Our study uncovers a mechanism for gene-specific targeting of cholesterol where it is required to mediate transcriptional repression.
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Colesterol/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/genética , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/genética , Proteínas Represoras/genética , Transcripción Genética , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Regulación hacia Abajo , Humanos , Células K562 , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/metabolismo , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Unión Proteica , Proteínas Represoras/metabolismoRESUMEN
Taste receptor cells use multiple signaling pathways to detect chemicals in potential food items. These cells are functionally grouped into different types: Type I cells act as support cells and have glial-like properties; Type II cells detect bitter, sweet, and umami taste stimuli; and Type III cells detect sour and salty stimuli. We have identified a new population of taste cells that are broadly tuned to multiple taste stimuli including bitter, sweet, sour, and umami. The goal of this study was to characterize these broadly responsive (BR) taste cells. We used an IP3R3-KO mouse (does not release calcium (Ca2+) from internal stores in Type II cells when stimulated with bitter, sweet, or umami stimuli) to characterize the BR cells without any potentially confounding input from Type II cells. Using live cell Ca2+ imaging in isolated taste cells from the IP3R3-KO mouse, we found that BR cells are a subset of Type III cells that respond to sour stimuli but also use a PLCß signaling pathway to respond to bitter, sweet, and umami stimuli. Unlike Type II cells, individual BR cells are broadly tuned and respond to multiple stimuli across different taste modalities. Live cell imaging in a PLCß3-KO mouse confirmed that BR cells use this signaling pathway to respond to bitter, sweet, and umami stimuli. Short term behavioral assays revealed that BR cells make significant contributions to taste driven behaviors and found that loss of either PLCß3 in BR cells or IP3R3 in Type II cells caused similar behavioral deficits to bitter, sweet, and umami stimuli. Analysis of c-Fos activity in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) also demonstrated that functional Type II and BR cells are required for normal stimulus induced expression.
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Papilas Gustativas/citología , Gusto , Vías Aferentes/citología , Animales , Señalización del Calcio , Células Cultivadas , Femenino , Receptores de Inositol 1,4,5-Trifosfato/genética , Receptores de Inositol 1,4,5-Trifosfato/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Fosfolipasa C beta/metabolismo , Núcleo Solitario/citología , Núcleo Solitario/metabolismo , Núcleo Solitario/fisiología , Papilas Gustativas/metabolismo , Papilas Gustativas/fisiología , Percepción del GustoRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have reported that individuals with obesity have reduced taste perception, but the relationship between obesity and taste is poorly understood. Earlier work has demonstrated that diet-induced obesity directly impairs taste. Currently, it is not clear whether these changes to taste are due to obesity or to the high-fat diet exposure. The goal of the current study was to determine whether diet or excess weight is responsible for the taste deficits induced by diet-induced obesity. METHODS: C57BL/6 mice were placed on either high-fat or standard chow in the presence or absence of captopril. Mice on captopril did not gain weight when exposed to a high-fat diet. Changes in the responses to different taste stimuli were evaluated using live cell imaging, brief-access licking, immunohistochemistry, and real-time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS: Diet and weight gain each affected taste responses, but their effects varied by stimulus. Two key signaling proteins, α-gustducin and phospholipase Cß2, were significantly reduced in the mice on the high-fat diet with and without weight gain, identifying a potential mechanism for the reduced taste responsiveness to some stimuli. CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that, for some stimuli, diet alone can cause taste deficits, even without the onset of obesity.
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Peso Corporal/efectos de los fármacos , Dieta Alta en Grasa/métodos , Obesidad/dietoterapia , Percepción del Gusto/fisiología , Animales , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones ObesosRESUMEN
WT1 is a transcriptional activator that controls the boundary between multipotency and differentiation. The transcriptional cofactor BASP1 binds to WT1, forming a transcriptional repressor complex that drives differentiation in cultured cells; however, this proposed mechanism has not been demonstrated in vivo. We used the peripheral taste system as a model to determine how BASP1 regulates the function of WT1. During development, WT1 is highly expressed in the developing taste cells while BASP1 is absent. By the end of development, BASP1 and WT1 are co-expressed in taste cells, where they both occupy the promoter of WT1 target genes. Using a conditional BASP1 mouse, we demonstrate that BASP1 is critical to maintain the differentiated state of adult taste cells and that loss of BASP1 expression significantly alters the composition and function of these cells. This includes the de-repression of WT1-dependent target genes from the Wnt and Shh pathways that are normally only transcriptionally activated by WT1 in the undifferentiated taste cells. Our results uncover a central role for the WT1-BASP1 complex in maintaining cell differentiation in vivo.
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Proteínas de Unión a Calmodulina/metabolismo , Diferenciación Celular , Proteínas del Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/metabolismo , Papilas Gustativas/citología , Papilas Gustativas/metabolismo , Proteínas WT1/metabolismo , Animales , Biomarcadores , Proteínas de Unión a Calmodulina/genética , Diferenciación Celular/genética , Proteínas del Citoesqueleto/genética , Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente , Expresión Génica , Técnicas de Silenciamiento del Gen , Ratones , Ratones Transgénicos , Modelos Biológicos , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/genética , Fenotipo , Unión Proteica , Proteínas WT1/genéticaRESUMEN
Peripheral taste receptor cells use multiple signaling pathways to transduce taste stimuli into output signals that are sent to the brain. Transient receptor potential melastatin 5 (TRPM5), a sodium-selective TRP channel, functions as a common downstream component in sweet, bitter, and umami signaling pathways. In the absence of TRPM5, mice have a reduced, but not abolished, ability to detect stimuli, suggesting that a TRPM5-independent pathway also contributes to these signals. Here, we identify a critical role for the sodium-selective TRP channel TRPM4 in taste transduction. Using live cell imaging and behavioral studies in KO mice, we show that TRPM4 and TRPM5 are both involved in taste-evoked signaling. Loss of either channel significantly impairs taste, and loss of both channels completely abolishes the ability to detect bitter, sweet, or umami stimuli. Thus, both TRPM4 and TRPM5 are required for transduction of taste stimuli.
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Canales Catiónicos TRPM/metabolismo , Papilas Gustativas/metabolismo , Animales , Calcio/metabolismo , Retículo Endoplásmico/metabolismo , Preferencias Alimentarias , Masculino , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Noqueados , Fosfolipasa C beta/metabolismo , Sodio/metabolismoRESUMEN
Tamoxifen binds to oestrogen receptor α (ERα) to elicit distinct responses that vary by cell/tissue type and status, but the factors that determine these differential effects are unknown. Here we report that the transcriptional corepressor BASP1 interacts with ERα and in breast cancer cells, this interaction is enhanced by tamoxifen. We find that BASP1 acts as a major selectivity factor in the transcriptional response of breast cancer cells to tamoxifen. In all, 40% of the genes that are regulated by tamoxifen in breast cancer cells are BASP1 dependent, including several genes that are associated with tamoxifen resistance. BASP1 elicits tumour-suppressor activity in breast cancer cells and enhances the antitumourigenic effects of tamoxifen treatment. Moreover, BASP1 is expressed in breast cancer tissue and is associated with increased patient survival. Our data have identified BASP1 as an ERα cofactor that has a central role in the transcriptional and antitumourigenic effects of tamoxifen.
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Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Receptor alfa de Estrógeno/biosíntesis , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Proteínas de la Membrana/biosíntesis , Proteínas de Neoplasias/biosíntesis , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/biosíntesis , Proteínas Represoras/biosíntesis , Tamoxifeno/farmacología , Transcripción Genética/efectos de los fármacos , Neoplasias de la Mama/genética , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Receptor alfa de Estrógeno/genética , Femenino , Humanos , Células K562 , Células MCF-7 , Proteínas de la Membrana/genética , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/genética , Proteínas Represoras/genéticaRESUMEN
The sense of taste is used by organisms to achieve the optimal nutritional requirement and avoid potentially toxic compounds. In the oral cavity, taste receptor cells are grouped together in taste buds that are present in specialized taste papillae in the tongue. Taste receptor cells are the cells that detect chemicals in potential food items and transmit that information to gustatory nerves that convey the taste information to the brain. As taste cells are in contact with the external environment, they can be damaged and are routinely replaced throughout an organism's lifetime to maintain functionality. However, this taste cell turnover loses efficiency over time resulting in a reduction in taste ability. Currently, very little is known about the mechanisms that regulate the renewal and maintenance of taste cells. We therefore performed RNA-sequencing analysis on isolated taste cells from 2 and 6-month-old mice to determine how alterations in the taste cell-transcriptome regulate taste cell maintenance and function in adults. We found that the activator protein-1 (AP1) transcription factors (c-Fos, Fosb and c-Jun) and genes associated with this pathway were significantly downregulated in taste cells by 6 months and further declined at 12 months. We generated conditional c-Fos-knockout mice to target K14-expressing cells, including differentiating taste cells. c-Fos deletion caused a severe perturbation in taste bud structure and resulted in a significant reduction in the taste bud size. c-Fos deletion also affected taste cell turnover as evident by a decrease in proliferative marker, and upregulation of the apoptotic marker cleaved-PARP. Thus, AP1 factors are important regulators of adult taste cell renewal and their downregulation negatively impacts taste maintenance.
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Factor de Transcripción Activador 1/metabolismo , Gusto , Envejecimiento/metabolismo , Animales , Apoptosis/genética , Diferenciación Celular/genética , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Ratones Noqueados , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-fos/metabolismo , ARN Mensajero/genética , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Análisis de Secuencia de ARN , Papilas Gustativas/metabolismoRESUMEN
Cell cycle checkpoint signaling stringently regulates chromosome segregation during cell division. MAD2 is one of the key components of the spindle and mitotic checkpoint complex that regulates the fidelity of cell division along with MAD1, CDC20, BUBR1, BUB3 and MAD3. MAD2 ablation leads to erroneous attachment of kinetochore-spindle fibers and defective chromosome separation. A potential role for MAD2 in the regulation of events beyond the spindle and mitotic checkpoints is not clear. Together with active spindle assembly checkpoint signaling, AURORA B kinase activity is essential for chromosome condensation as cells enter mitosis. AURORA B phosphorylates histone H3 at serine 10 and serine 28 to facilitate the formation of condensed metaphase chromosomes. In the absence of functional AURORA B cells escape mitosis despite the presence of misaligned chromosomes. In this study we report that silencing of MAD2 results in a drastic reduction of metaphase-specific histone H3 phosphorylation at serine 10 and serine 28. We demonstrate that this is due to mislocalization of AURORA B in the absence of MAD2. Conversely, overexpression of MAD2 concentrated the localization of AURORA B at the metaphase plate and caused hyper-phosphorylation of histone H3. We find that MAD1 plays a minor role in influencing the MAD2-dependent regulation of AURORA B suggesting that the effects of MAD2 on AURORA B are independent of the spindle checkpoint complex. Our findings reveal that, in addition to its role in checkpoint signaling, MAD2 ensures chromosome stability through the regulation of AURORA B.
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Aurora Quinasa B/metabolismo , Puntos de Control de la Fase M del Ciclo Celular , Proteínas Mad2/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Línea Celular , Histonas/metabolismo , Humanos , Mitosis , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , FosforilaciónRESUMEN
Studies over the last 8 years have identified 3 potential channels that appear to release ATP from Type II cells in response to taste stimuli. These studies have taken different methodological approaches but have all provided data supporting their candidate channel as the ATP release channel. These potential channels include Pannexin 1, Connexins (30 and/or 43), and most recently, the Calhm1 channel. Two papers in this issue of Chemical Senses provide compelling new evidence that Pannexin 1 is not the ATP release channel. Tordoff et al. did a thorough behavioral analysis of the Pannexin1 knock out mouse and found that these animals have the same behavioral responses as wild type mice for 7 different taste stimuli that were tested. Vandenbeuch et al. presented an equally thorough analysis of the gustatory nerve responses in the Pannexin1 knock out mouse and found no differences compared with controls. Thus when the role of Pannexin 1 is analyzed at the systems level, it is not required for normal taste perception. Further studies are needed to determine the role of this hemichannel in taste cells.
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Adenosina Trifosfato/metabolismo , Conexinas/metabolismo , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/metabolismo , Gusto/fisiología , Animales , Conexinas/análisis , Conexinas/deficiencia , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/análisis , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/deficiencia , Papilas Gustativas/citología , Percepción del Gusto/fisiologíaRESUMEN
The sense of taste is a common ability shared by all organisms and is used to detect nutrients as well as potentially harmful compounds. Thus taste is critical to survival. Despite its importance, surprisingly little is known about the mechanisms generating and regulating responses to taste stimuli. All taste responses depend on calcium signals to generate appropriate responses which are relayed to the brain. Some taste cells have conventional synapses and rely on calcium influx through voltage-gated calcium channels. Other taste cells lack these synapses and depend on calcium release to formulate an output signal through a hemichannel. Beyond establishing these characteristics, few studies have focused on understanding how these calcium signals are formed. We identified multiple calcium clearance mechanisms that regulate calcium levels in taste cells as well as a calcium influx that contributes to maintaining appropriate calcium homeostasis in these cells. Multiple factors regulate the evoked taste signals with varying roles in different cell populations. Clearly, calcium signaling is a dynamic process in taste cells and is more complex than has previously been appreciated. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: 13th European Symposium on Calcium.
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Canales de Calcio/metabolismo , Señalización del Calcio/fisiología , Calcio/metabolismo , Gusto/fisiología , Animales , HumanosRESUMEN
Tumour suppressors safeguard the fidelity of the mitotic checkpoint by transcriptional regulation of genes that encode components of the mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC). Here we report a new role for the tumour suppressor and transcription factor, WT1, in the mitotic checkpoint. We show that WT1 regulates the MCC by directly interacting with the spindle assembly checkpoint protein, MAD2. WT1 colocalizes with MAD2 during mitosis and preferentially binds to the functionally active, closed-conformer, C-MAD2. Furthermore, WT1 associates with the MCC containing MAD2, BUBR1 and CDC20, resulting in prolonged inhibition of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) and delayed degradation of its substrates SECURIN and CYCLIN B1. Strikingly, RNA interference-mediated depletion of WT1 leads to enhanced turnover of SECURIN, decreased lag time to anaphase and defects in chromosome segregation. Our findings identify WT1 as a regulator of the mitotic checkpoint and chromosomal stability.
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Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Proteínas Mad2/metabolismo , Mitosis , Proteínas WT1/metabolismo , Animales , Proteínas Cdc20/metabolismo , Línea Celular Tumoral , Cromosomas/química , Cromosomas/ultraestructura , Ciclina B1/metabolismo , Biblioteca de Genes , Glutatión Transferasa/metabolismo , Células HeLa , Humanos , Células K562 , Células MCF-7 , Ratones , Unión Proteica , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/metabolismo , Estructura Terciaria de Proteína , Interferencia de ARN , ARN Interferente Pequeño/metabolismo , Securina/metabolismo , Técnicas del Sistema de Dos HíbridosRESUMEN
Despite the importance of taste in determining nutrient intake, our understanding of the processes that control the development of the peripheral taste system is lacking. Several early regulators of taste development have been identified, including sonic hedgehog, bone morphogenetic protein 4 and multiple members of the Wnt/ß-catenin signaling pathway. However, the regulation of these factors, including their induction, remains poorly understood. Here, we identify a crucial role for the Wilms' tumor 1 protein (WT1) in circumvallate (CV) papillae development. WT1 is a transcription factor that is important in the normal development of multiple tissues, including both the olfactory and visual systems. In mice, WT1 expression is detectable by E12.5, when the CV taste placode begins to form. In mice lacking WT1, the CV fails to develop normally and markers of early taste development are dysregulated compared with wild type. We demonstrate that expression of the WT1 target genes Lef1, Ptch1 and Bmp4 is significantly reduced in developing tongue tissue derived from Wt1 knockout mice and that, in normal tongue, WT1 is bound to the promoter regions of these genes. Moreover, siRNA knockdown of WT1 in cultured taste cells leads to a reduction in the expression of Lef1 and Ptch1. Our data identify WT1 as a crucial transcription factor in the development of the CV through the regulation of multiple signaling pathways that have established roles in the formation and patterning of taste placodes.
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Regulación del Desarrollo de la Expresión Génica , Papilas Gustativas/embriología , Gusto/fisiología , Lengua/embriología , Proteínas WT1/metabolismo , Animales , Factor de Unión 1 al Potenciador Linfoide/metabolismo , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Noqueados , Receptores Patched , Receptor Patched-1 , Fenotipo , Receptores de Superficie Celular/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Factores de TiempoRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: Obesity is a growing epidemic that causes many serious health related complications. While the causes of obesity are complex, there is conclusive evidence that overconsumption coupled with a sedentary lifestyle is the primary cause of this medical condition. Dietary consumption is controlled by appetite which is in turn regulated by multiple neuronal systems, including the taste system. However, the relationship between taste and obesity has not been well defined. Growing evidence suggests that taste perception in the brain is altered in obese animals and humans, however no studies have determined if there are altered taste responses in the peripheral taste receptor cells, which is the initiation site for the detection and perception of taste stimuli. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study, we used C57Bl/6 mice which readily become obese when placed on a high fat diet. After ten weeks on the high fat diet, we used calcium imaging to measure how taste-evoked calcium signals were affected in the obese mice. We found that significantly fewer taste receptor cells were responsive to some appetitive taste stimuli while the numbers of taste cells that were sensitive to aversive taste stimuli did not change. Properties of the taste-evoked calcium signals were also significantly altered in the obese mice. Behavioral analyses found that mice on the high fat diet had reduced ability to detect some taste stimuli compared to their littermate controls. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings demonstrate that diet-induced obesity significantly influences peripheral taste receptor cell signals which likely leads to changes in the central taste system and may cause altered taste perception.
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Dieta/efectos adversos , Obesidad/etiología , Obesidad/fisiopatología , Papilas Gustativas/fisiopatología , Percepción del Gusto , Animales , Señalización del Calcio , Dieta Alta en Grasa , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Potenciales Evocados , Femenino , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Obesos , Gusto , Aumento de PesoRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: WE REPORTED THAT RYANODINE RECEPTORS ARE EXPRESSED IN TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAMMALIAN PERIPHERAL TASTE RECEPTOR CELLS: Type II and Type III cells. Type II cells lack voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) and chemical synapses. In these cells, ryanodine receptors contribute to the taste-evoked calcium signals that are initiated by opening inositol trisphosphate receptors located on internal calcium stores. In Type III cells that do have VGCCs and chemical synapses, ryanodine receptors contribute to the depolarization-dependent calcium influx. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The goal of this study was to establish if there was selectivity in the type of VGCC that is associated with the ryanodine receptor in the Type III taste cells or if the ryanodine receptor opens irrespective of the calcium channels involved. We also wished to determine if the ryanodine receptors and VGCCs require a physical linkage to interact or are simply functionally associated with each other. Using calcium imaging and pharmacological inhibitors, we found that ryanodine receptors are selectively associated with L type VGCCs but likely not through a physical linkage. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Taste cells are able to undergo calcium induced calcium release through ryanodine receptors to increase the initial calcium influx signal and provide a larger calcium response than would otherwise occur when L type channels are activated in Type III taste cells.
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Canales de Calcio Tipo L/metabolismo , Canal Liberador de Calcio Receptor de Rianodina/metabolismo , Papilas Gustativas/metabolismo , Animales , Calcio/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Femenino , Glutamato Descarboxilasa/genética , Proteínas Fluorescentes Verdes/genética , Proteínas Fluorescentes Verdes/metabolismo , Inmunohistoquímica , Masculino , Potenciales de la Membrana/fisiología , Ratones Transgénicos , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Papilas Gustativas/citología , Imagen de Colorante Sensible al VoltajeRESUMEN
The Wilms' tumor 1 protein WT1 is a transcriptional regulator that is involved in cell growth and differentiation. The transcriptional corepressor BASP1 interacts with WT1 and converts WT1 from a transcriptional activator to a repressor. Here, we demonstrate that the N-terminal myristoylation of BASP1 is required in order to elicit transcriptional repression at WT1 target genes. We show that myristoylated BASP1 binds to nuclear PIP2, which leads to the recruitment of PIP2 to the promoter regions of WT1-dependent target genes. BASP1's myristoylation and association with PIP2 are required for the interaction of BASP1 with HDAC1, which mediates the recruitment of HDAC1 to the promoter and elicits transcriptional repression. Our findings uncover a role for myristoylation in transcription, as well as a critical function for PIP2 in gene-specific transcriptional repression through the recruitment of histone deacetylase.