title: Candidate ionotropic taste receptors in the Drosophila larva.
abstract: We examine in Drosophila a group of ∼35 ionotropic receptors (IRs), the IR20a clade, about which remarkably little is known. Of 28 genes analyzed, GAL4 drivers representing 11 showed expression in the larva. Eight drivers labeled neurons of the pharynx, a taste organ, and three labeled neurons of the body wall that may be chemosensory. Expression was not observed in neurons of one taste organ, the terminal organ, although these neurons express many drivers of the Gr (Gustatory receptor) family. For most drivers of the IR20a clade, we observed expression in a single pair of cells in the animal, with limited coexpression, and only a fraction of pharyngeal neurons are labeled. The organization of IR20a clade expression thus appears different from the organization of the Gr family or the Odor receptor (Or) family in the larva. A remarkable feature of the larval pharynx is that some of its organs are incorporated into the adult pharynx, and several drivers of this clade are expressed in the pharynx of both larvae and adults. Different IR drivers show different developmental dynamics across the larval stages, either increasing or decreasing. Among neurons expressing drivers in the pharynx, two projection patterns can be distinguished in the CNS. Neurons exhibiting these two kinds of projection patterns may activate different circuits, possibly signaling the presence of cues with different valence. Taken together, the simplest interpretation of our results is that the IR20a clade encodes a class of larval taste receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.
authors.forename: Tong-Wey
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.
authors.forename: Arpan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 john.carlson@yale.edu.
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010614:Pharynx / Q000196:embryology; D058468:Receptors, Ionotropic Glutamate / Q000378:metabolism*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D058468:Receptors, Ionotropic Glutamate
keywords: ionotropic receptors; larva; taste; taste receptors
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