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Title:		Olfactory channels associated with the Drosophila maxillary palp mediate short- and long-range attraction
Author(s):		Dweck HK; Ebrahim SA; Khallaf MA; Koenig C; Farhan A; Stieber R; Weissflog J; Svatos A; Grosse-Wilde E; Knaden M; Hansson BS;
Address:		"Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany. Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany"
Journal Title:		Elife
Year:		2016
Volume:		20160523
Issue:
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.7554/eLife.14925
ISSN/ISBN:		2050-084X (Electronic) 2050-084X (Linking)
Abstract:		"The vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster is equipped with two peripheral olfactory organs, antenna and maxillary palp. The antenna is involved in finding food, oviposition sites and mates. However, the functional significance of the maxillary palp remained unknown. Here, we screened the olfactory sensory neurons of the maxillary palp (MP-OSNs) using a large number of natural odor extracts to identify novel ligands for each MP-OSN type. We found that each type is the sole or the primary detector for a specific compound, and detects these compounds with high sensitivity. We next dissected the contribution of MP-OSNs to behaviors evoked by their key ligands and found that MP-OSNs mediate short- and long-range attraction. Furthermore, the organization, detection and olfactory receptor (Or) genes of MP-OSNs are conserved in the agricultural pest D. suzukii. The novel short and long-range attractants could potentially be used in integrated pest management (IPM) programs of this pest species"
Keywords:		"Animals *Behavior, Animal Drosophila melanogaster/*physiology *Olfactory Perception Olfactory Receptor Neurons/*physiology Pheromones/metabolism *Smell D.melanogaster D.suzukii ecology maxillary palp neuroscience olfaction;"
Notes:		"MedlineDweck, Hany Km Ebrahim, Shimaa Am Khallaf, Mohammed A Koenig, Christopher Farhan, Abu Stieber, Regina Weissflog, Jerrit Svatos, Ales Grosse-Wilde, Ewald Knaden, Markus Hansson, Bill S eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2016/05/24 Elife. 2016 May 23; 5:e14925. doi: 10.7554/eLife.14925"