Molecular basis of fatty acid taste in Drosophila

• Published in: eLife Vol. 6
• Main Authors: Ahn, Ji-Eun, Chen, Yan, Amrein, Hubert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England eLife Science Publications, Ltd 12.12.2017; eLife Sciences Publications Ltd; eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
• Subjects: Amino acids; Bitter taste; Ca2+ imaging; Drosophila; Ethanol; Fatty acids; Food; Genes; Gustatory Receptor Neuron; Hypotheses; Insects; Ionotrophic Receptors; Ligands; Mammals; Neurons; Neuroscience; Saturated fatty acids; Software; Sour taste; Sucrose; Sugar; Sweet taste; taste; Taste (Sense); Taste receptors; Transgenes; United States > US; Texas; fatty acids; Drosophila; Ionotrophic Receptors; neuroscience; Ca2+ imaging; Gustatory Receptor Neuron; taste; D. melanogaster

Behavioral studies have established that appetitive taste responses towards fatty acids are mediated by sweet sensing Gustatory Receptor Neurons (GRNs). Here we show that sweet GRN activation requires the function of the genes , and . The former two genes are expressed in several neurons per sensill...