Widespread receptor-driven modulation in peripheral olfactory coding

Lu Xu

doi:10.1126/science.aaz5390

Widespread receptor-driven modulation in peripheral olfactory coding

2020-01-01

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Venkatakaushik Voleti

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Dong‐Jing Zou

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Elizabeth M. C. Hillman

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Stuart Firestein

DOI：10.1126/science.aaz5390

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Abstract We utilized swept confocally aligned planar excitation (SCAPE) microscopy to measure odor-driven activity simultaneously in many (>10,000) olfactory sensory neurons distributed over large areas of intact mouse olfactory epithelium. This approach allowed us to investigate the responses to mixtures or blends of odors and their components, a more realistic stimulus than monomolecular odors. In up to 38% of responding cells, responses to a mixture of odors were different - absent, smaller or larger - than what would be expected from the sum of the individual components. Further investigation revealed instances of both antagonism and allosteric enhancement in the primary olfactory sensory neurons. All 10 of the odor compounds tested were found to act as both agonists and antagonists at different receptors. We present a hypothetical scheme for how modulation at the peripheral receptors increases the capability of the olfactory system to recognize patterns of complex odor mixtures. The widespread modulation of primary sensory receptors argues against a simple combinatorial code and should motivate a search for alternative coding strategies.

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