PUBLICATION
Acid-sensing ion channels and transient-receptor potential ion channels in zebrafish taste buds
- Authors
- Levanti, M., Randazzo, B., Viña, E., Montalbano, G., Garcia-Suarez, O., Germanà, A., Vega, J.A., Abbate, F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160816-25
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft 207: 32-7 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Germanà, Antonino, Montalbano, Giuseppe
- Keywords
- Acid-sensing ion channels, Taste buds, Transient receptor potential ion channels, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Acid Sensing Ion Channels/metabolism*
- Acid Sensing Ion Channels/ultrastructure
- Animals
- Organ Specificity/physiology
- Taste Buds/metabolism*
- Taste Buds/ultrastructure
- Tissue Distribution
- Transient Receptor Potential Channels/metabolism*
- Zebrafish/anatomy & histology
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 27513962 Full text @ Ann. Anat.
Citation
Levanti, M., Randazzo, B., Viña, E., Montalbano, G., Garcia-Suarez, O., Germanà, A., Vega, J.A., Abbate, F. (2016) Acid-sensing ion channels and transient-receptor potential ion channels in zebrafish taste buds. Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft. 207:32-7.
Abstract
Sensory information from the environment is required for life and survival, and it is detected by specialized cells which together make up the sensory system. The fish sensory system includes specialized organs that are able to detect mechanical and chemical stimuli. In particular, taste buds are small organs located on the tongue in terrestrial vertebrates that function in the perception of taste. In fish, taste buds occur on the lips, the flanks, and the caudal (tail) fins of some species and on the barbels of others. In fish taste receptor cells, different classes of ion channels have been detected which, like in mammals, presumably participate in the detection and/or transduction of chemical gustatory signals. However, since some of these ion channels are involved in the detection of additional sensory modalities, it can be hypothesized that taste cells sense stimuli other than those specific for taste. This mini-review summarizes current knowledge on the presence of transient-receptor potential (TRP) and acid-sensing (ASIC) ion channels in the taste buds of teleosts, especially adult zebrafish. Up to now ASIC4, TRPC2, TRPA1, TRPV1 and TRPV4 ion channels have been found in the sensory cells, while ASIC2 was detected in the nerves supplying the taste buds.
Errata / Notes
Correction: Corrigendum to "Acid-sensing ion channels and transient-receptor potential ion channels in zebrafish taste buds" [Ann. Anat. 207C (2016) 32-37]
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