Chemical Senses, Vol 23, 269-281, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press
LR Gentilcore and CD Derby
Our study was designed to examine how components of complex mixtures can
inhibit the binding of other components to receptor sites in the olfactory
system of the spiny lobster Panulirus argus. Biochemical binding assays
were used to study how two- to six-component mixtures inhibit binding of
the radiolabeled odorants taurine, L-glutamate and
adenosine-5'-monophosphate to a tissue fraction rich in dendritic membrane
of olfactory receptor neurons. Our results indicate that binding inhibition
by mixtures can be large and is dependent on the nature of the odorant
ligand and on the concentration and composition of the mixture. The binding
inhibition by mixtures of structurally related components was generally
predicted using a competitive binding model and binding inhibition data for
the individual components. This was not the case for binding inhibition by
most mixtures of structurally unrelated odorants. The binding inhibition
for these mixtures was generally smaller than that for one or more of their
components, indicating that complex binding interactions between components
can reduce their ability to inhibit binding. The magnitude of binding
inhibition was influenced more by the mixture's precise composition than by
the number of components in it, since mixtures with few components were
sometimes more inhibitory than mixtures with more components. These
findings raise the possibility that complex binding interactions between
components of a mixture and their receptors may shape the output of
olfactory receptor neurons to complex mixtures.
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Complex binding interactions between multicomponent mixtures and odorant receptors in the olfactory organ of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus
Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30302-4010, USA.
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