SALT TASTE TRANSDUCTION OCCURS THROUGH AN AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM-TRANSPORT PATHWAY
SALT TASTE TRANSDUCTION OCCURS THROUGH AN AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM-TRANSPORT PATHWAY
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DOI:
10.1126/science.6691151
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
DESIMONE, JA
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作者:
HECK, GL;MIERSON, S;DESIMONE, JA
An important early event in mammalian gustatory transduction with respect to NaCl was the passage of Na+ through specific transport pathways in the apical region of the taste bud. The inward current caused by NaCl placed on the mucosal surface of an in vitro preparation of rat dorsal lingual epithelium can be substantially reduced by the blocker of Na ion transport, amiloride. Amiloride is a specific blocker of the chorda tympani response to NaCl, but not to KCl. Na and K gustatory systems are largely independent at the peripheral level; classical ion taste receptor is actually a specific transport pathway permitting the cation to enter the taste-bud cell and thereby to spread depolarizing current.