TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple receptor proteins for sweet taste in Drosophila discriminated by papain treatment
AU - Tanimura, Teiichi
AU - Shimada, Ichiro
PY - 1981/6/1
Y1 - 1981/6/1
N2 - Treatment of the labellar chemosensory setae of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, with 0.1 % papain for 3 min induced a complete elimination of the taste nerve response to fructose (Fig. 1). Responses to other sugars examined were not affected (Table 1). Responses to 20 mM LiCl and 0.1 M NaCl also remained unchanged by the treatment. The experiment on the time-dependency of the papain treatment showed a clear difference in the proteasesensitivity between the response to fructose and to glucose and sucrose (Fig. 2). The treatment with 0.005% trypsin for 3 min produced the same results. The response to fructose which was eliminated with the papain treatment, was restored after 3 hrs. These findings reveal the presence of a specific receptor site for fructose and its protease-sensitive nature and suggest the involvement of multiple receptor proteins in the sugar receptor of Drosophila.
AB - Treatment of the labellar chemosensory setae of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, with 0.1 % papain for 3 min induced a complete elimination of the taste nerve response to fructose (Fig. 1). Responses to other sugars examined were not affected (Table 1). Responses to 20 mM LiCl and 0.1 M NaCl also remained unchanged by the treatment. The experiment on the time-dependency of the papain treatment showed a clear difference in the proteasesensitivity between the response to fructose and to glucose and sucrose (Fig. 2). The treatment with 0.005% trypsin for 3 min produced the same results. The response to fructose which was eliminated with the papain treatment, was restored after 3 hrs. These findings reveal the presence of a specific receptor site for fructose and its protease-sensitive nature and suggest the involvement of multiple receptor proteins in the sugar receptor of Drosophila.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01342672
DO - 10.1007/BF01342672
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000541334
VL - 141
SP - 265
EP - 269
JO - Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
JF - Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
SN - 0340-7594
IS - 2
ER -