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Expression of Kainate Glutamate Receptors in Type II Cells in Taste Buds of Rats

  • Lee, Sang-Bok (Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Dentistry, Kangnung National University) ;
  • Lee, Cil-Han (Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Dentistry, Kangnung National University) ;
  • Cho, Young-Kyung (Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Dentistry, Kangnung National University) ;
  • Chung, Ki-Myung (Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Dentistry, Kangnung National University) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Nyun (Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Dentistry, Kangnung National University)
  • Published : 2008.09.30
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Abstract

Glutamate-induced cobalt uptake reveals non-NMDA glutamate receptors (GluRs) in rat taste bud cells. Previous studies suggest that glutamate-induced cobalt uptake in taste cells occurs mainly via kainate type GluRs. Cobaltstained cells were immunoreactive against GluR6 and KA1 subunits of GluRs. However, the functions of those type of receptors are not known yet. It is important question which types of taste cells are cobalt-stained when stimulated by glutamate and whether they express these kinds of GluRs. Circumvallate and foliate papilla of Sprague-Dawley rats (45-60 days old) were used. A cobalt-staining technique combined with immunohistochemistry against specific markers for taste bud cell types, such as blood group H antigen (BGH), $\alpha$-gustducin (Gus), or neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) was employed. We also performed double labeling of GluR6 or KA1 subunits of GluR with each specific marker for taste bud cell types. Lots of cobaltstained taste bud cells expressed Gus-like immunoreactivity, and subsets of the cobalt stained cells appeared NCAM- or BGH-like immunoreactivity. Stimulation with 1 mM glutamate significantly increased the number of cobaltstained cells in Gus-like immunoreactive cells, but not in NCAM- or BGH-like immunoreactive cells. In the double labeling experiments, GluR6 and KA1 subunits of GluRs were mainly expressed with Gus. These results suggest that kainate glutamate receptors preferentially expressed in type II taste bud cells in rat.

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