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Acid sensing by the Drosophila olfactory system.

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The odour of acids has a distinct quality that is perceived as sharp, pungent and often irritating. How acidity is sensed and translated into an appropriate behavioural response is poorly understood. Here we describe a functionally segregated population of olfactory sensory neurons in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, that are highly selective for acidity. These olfactory sensory neurons express IR64a, a member of the recently identified ionotropic receptor (IR) family of putative olfactory receptors. In vivo calcium imaging showed that IR64a+ neurons projecting to the DC4 glomerulus in the antennal lobe are specifically activated by acids. Flies in which the function of IR64a+ neurons or the IR64a gene is disrupted had defects in acid-evoked physiological and behavioural responses, but their responses to non-acidic odorants remained unaffected. Furthermore, artificial stimulation of IR64a+ neurons elicited avoidance responses. Taken together, these results identify cellular and molecular substrates for acid detection in the Drosophila olfactory system and support a labelled-line mode of acidity coding at the periphery.

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hal-00755440 , version 1 (21-11-2012)

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Minrong Ai, Soohong Min, Yael Grosjean, Charlotte Leblanc, Rati Bell, et al.. Acid sensing by the Drosophila olfactory system.. Nature, 2010, 468 (7324), pp.691-5. ⟨10.1038/nature09537⟩. ⟨hal-00755440⟩
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