| Title: | The TRPC2 ion channel and pheromone sensing in the accessory olfactory system |
| Address: | "Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 20 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-1509, USA. fzufa001@umaryland.edu" |
| Journal Title: | Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00210-005-1028-8 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0028-1298 (Print) 0028-1298 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The mammalian vomeronasal organ (VNO) has emerged as an excellent model to investigate the signaling mechanisms, mode of activation, biological function, and molecular evolution of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in real neurons and real physiological systems. TRPC2, a member of the canonical TRPC subfamily, is highly localized to the dendritic tip of vomeronasal sensory neurons. Targeted deletion of the TRPC2 gene has established that TRPC2 plays a fundamental role in the detection of pheromonal signals by the VNO. TRPC2-deficient mice exhibit striking behavioral defects in the regulation of sexual and social behaviors. A novel Ca(2+)-permeable, diacylglycerol-activated cation channel found at the dendritic tip of vomeronasal neurons is severely defective in TRPC2 mutants, providing the first clear example of native diacylglycerol-gated cation channels in the mammalian nervous system. The TRPC2 gene has become an important marker for the evolution of VNO-dependent pheromone signaling in primates" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Humans Mice Mice, Knockout Pheromones/*metabolism Sexual Behavior Signal Transduction/physiology Social Behavior TRPC Cation Channels/genetics/metabolism/*physiology Vomeronasal Organ/metabolism/*physiology;Neuroscience;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineZufall, F eng Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review Germany 2005/05/05 Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2005 Apr; 371(4):245-50. doi: 10.1007/s00210-005-1028-8" |
