Liu Cambrian Y, Fraser Scott E, Koos David S
Biological Imaging Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
J Comp Neurol. 2009 Sep 1;516(1):36-48. doi: 10.1002/cne.22096.
The mammalian olfactory sense employs several olfactory subsystems situated at characteristic locations in the nasal cavity to detect and report on different classes of odors. These olfactory subsystems use different neuronal signal transduction pathways, receptor expression repertoires, and axonal projection targets. The Grueneberg ganglion (GG) is a newly appreciated olfactory subsystem with receptor neurons located just inside of the nostrils that project axons to a unique domain of interconnected glomeruli in the caudal olfactory bulb. It is not well understood how the GG relates to other olfactory subsystems in contributing to the olfactory sense. Furthermore, the range of chemoreceptors and the signal transduction cascade utilized by the GG have remained mysterious. To resolve these unknowns, we explored the molecular relationship between the GG and the GC-D neurons, another olfactory subsystem that innervates similarly interconnected glomeruli in the same bulbar region. We found that mouse GG neurons express the cGMP-associated signaling proteins phosphodiesterase 2a, cGMP-dependent kinase II, and cyclic nucleotide gated channel subunit A3 coupled to a chemoreceptor repertoire of cilia-localized particulate guanylyl cyclases (pGC-G and pGC-A). The primary cGMP signaling pathway of the GG is shared with the GC-D neurons, unifying their target glomeruli as a unique center of olfactory cGMP signal transduction. However, the distinct chemoreceptor repertoire in the GG suggests that the GG is an independent olfactory subsystem. This subsystem is well suited to detect a unique set of odors and to mediate behaviors that remained intact in previous olfactory perturbations.
哺乳动物的嗅觉利用位于鼻腔特定位置的几个嗅觉子系统来检测和报告不同类别的气味。这些嗅觉子系统使用不同的神经元信号转导途径、受体表达库和轴突投射靶点。格伦贝格神经节(GG)是一个新发现的嗅觉子系统,其受体神经元位于鼻孔内侧,轴突投射到尾侧嗅球中相互连接的独特肾小球区域。目前尚不清楚GG在嗅觉中与其他嗅觉子系统是如何相关的。此外,GG所利用的化学感受器范围和信号转导级联仍然是个谜。为了解决这些未知问题,我们探索了GG与GC-D神经元之间的分子关系,GC-D神经元是另一个嗅觉子系统,它支配同一嗅球区域中类似相互连接的肾小球。我们发现,小鼠GG神经元表达与cGMP相关的信号蛋白磷酸二酯酶2a、cGMP依赖性激酶II和环核苷酸门控通道亚基A3,这些蛋白与纤毛定位的颗粒型鸟苷酸环化酶(pGC-G和pGC-A)的化学感受器库偶联。GG的主要cGMP信号通路与GC-D神经元共享,将它们的目标肾小球统一为嗅觉cGMP信号转导的独特中心。然而,GG中独特的化学感受器库表明GG是一个独立的嗅觉子系统。这个子系统非常适合检测一组独特的气味,并介导在先前嗅觉干扰中仍然完整的行为。