Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill
| Autor: | Patrick G. Gallagher, Marco Mastrotto, Eve R. Schneider, Robert H. LaMotte, Elena O. Gracheva, Vincent P. Schulz, Jon D. Matson, Sviatoslav N. Bagriantsev, Evan O. Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
animal structures Multidisciplinary biology HEK 293 cells Vertebrate Somatosensory system Cell biology 03 medical and health sciences Trigeminal ganglion Electrophysiology 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine biology.animal Patch clamp Heterologous expression Mechanotransduction 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114:13036-13041 |
| ISSN: | 1091-6490 0027-8424 |
| DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.1708793114 |
| Popis: | Tactile-foraging ducks are specialist birds known for their touch-dependent feeding behavior. They use dabbling, straining, and filtering to find edible matter in murky water, relying on the sense of touch in their bill. Here, we present the molecular characterization of embryonic duck bill, which we show contains a high density of mechanosensory corpuscles innervated by functional rapidly adapting trigeminal afferents. In contrast to chicken, a visually foraging bird, the majority of duck trigeminal neurons are mechanoreceptors that express the Piezo2 ion channel and produce slowly inactivating mechano-current before hatching. Furthermore, duck neurons have a significantly reduced mechano-activation threshold and elevated mechano-current amplitude. Cloning and electrophysiological characterization of duck Piezo2 in a heterologous expression system shows that duck Piezo2 is functionally similar to the mouse ortholog but with prolonged inactivation kinetics, particularly at positive potentials. Knockdown of Piezo2 in duck trigeminal neurons attenuates mechano current with intermediate and slow inactivation kinetics. This suggests that Piezo2 is capable of contributing to a larger range of mechano-activated currents in duck trigeminal ganglia than in mouse trigeminal ganglia. Our results provide insights into the molecular basis of mechanotransduction in a tactile-specialist vertebrate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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