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Olfactory receptor and neural pathway responsible for highly selective sensing of musk odors.
Shirasu, Mika; Yoshikawa, Keiichi; Takai, Yoshiki; Nakashima, Ai; Takeuchi, Haruki; Sakano, Hitoshi; Touhara, Kazushige.
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  • Shirasu M; Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan; ERATO Touhara Chemosensory Signal Project, JST, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
  • Yoshikawa K; Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
  • Takai Y; Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
  • Nakashima A; Department of Brain Function, School of Medical Science, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
  • Takeuchi H; Department of Brain Function, School of Medical Science, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
  • Sakano H; Department of Brain Function, School of Medical Science, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
  • Touhara K; Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan; ERATO Touhara Chemosensory Signal Project, JST, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. Electronic address: ktouhara@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
Neuron ; 81(1): 165-78, 2014 Jan 08.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24361078
Musk odorants are used widely in cosmetic industries because of their fascinating animalic scent. However, how this aroma is perceived in the mammalian olfactory system remains a great mystery. Here, we show that muscone, one musk odor secreted by various animals from stink glands, activates a few glomeruli clustered in a neuroanatomically unique anteromedial olfactory bulb. The muscone-responsive glomeruli are highly specific to macrocyclic ketones; interestingly, other synthetic musk odorants with nitro or polycyclic moieties or ester bonds activate distinct but nearby glomeruli. Anterodorsal bulbar lesions cause muscone anosmia, suggesting that this region is involved in muscone perception. Finally, we identified the mouse olfactory receptor, MOR215-1, that was a specific muscone receptor expressed by neurons innervating the muscone-responsive anteromedial glomeruli and also the human muscone receptor, OR5AN1. The current study documents the olfactory neural pathway in mice that senses and transmits musk signals from receptor to brain.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Olfactory Bulb / Olfactory Pathways / Smell / Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Olfactory Receptor Neurons Limits: Animals / Humans Language: En Journal: Neuron Journal subject: NEUROLOGIA Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Japan Country of publication: United States
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Olfactory Bulb / Olfactory Pathways / Smell / Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Olfactory Receptor Neurons Limits: Animals / Humans Language: En Journal: Neuron Journal subject: NEUROLOGIA Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Japan Country of publication: United States