Characterization of taste compounds: chemical structures and sensory properties

Characterization of taste compounds: chemical structures and sensory properties

Functional roles of the sweet taste receptor in oral and extraoral tissues

International audience; Purpose of review: This review summarizes and discusses the current knowledge about the physiological roles of the sweet taste receptor in oral and extraoral tissues. Recent findings: The expression of a functional sweet taste receptor has been reported in numerous extragustatory tissues, including the gut, pancreas, bladder, brain and, more recently, bone and adipose tissues. In the gut, this receptor has been suggested to be involved in luminal glucose sensing, the release of some satiety hormones, the expression of glucose transporters, and the maintenance of glucose homeostasis. More recently, the sweet taste receptor was proposed to regulate adipogenesis and bon…

Recombinant expression of the N-terminal domain of human T1R2 taste receptor: interaction with brazzein, a sweet-tasting protein

Le point sur... Perspectives thérapeutiques des inhibiteurs du goût sucré

Nous percevons le goût sucré à l’aide d’un récepteur unique, appelé T1R2/T1R3. Ce récepteur nous permet de détecter tous les divers composés chimiques que nous percevons comme sucrés. De façon surprenante, des études récentes ont montré qu’il était présent dans de nombreux tissus et organes en dehors de la cavité orale. Parce qu’il joue un rôle dans le contrôle métabolique, ce récepteur représente une cible potentielle et prometteuse pour le traitement de l’obésité et des maladies métaboliques, telles que le diabète et l’obésité via notamment l’utilisation d’inhibiteurs spécifiques.

Les inhibiteurs du goût sucré : perspectives thérapeutiques

This review summarizes and discusses the current knowledge concerning the physiological role of the sweet taste receptor (T1R2/T1R3) and the potential therapeutic perspectives concerning its inhibition. The functional expression of the sweet taste receptor has also been described in many extra-oral tissues where it has been proposed that the receptor participated in the regulation of metabolic processes. The receptor has been highlighted in various organs such as the intestine, pancreas, bladder, brain, and more recently in the bone and adipose tissue. In the intestine, T1R2/T1R3 receptor has been shown to be involved in the detection of luminal glucose, cytokine release of certain hormones…

Interaction of the n-terminal domain of human t1r2 taste receptor with brazzein, a sweet-tasting protein

Brazzein is a small (6.5 kDa) sweet-tasting protein originating from the fruit of Pentadiplandra brazzeana, a plant found in West Africa. Brazzein like all classes of sweet compounds is perceived through the activation of the T1R2/T1R3 heterodimeric sweet-taste receptor. T1R2 and T1R3 subunits are members of the small family of class C G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Class C GPCRs possess a large N-terminal domain (NTD) linked to seven transmembrane domain by a cysteine rich domain (CRD). The NTD of T1R2 (T1R2-NTD) has been shown to contain the primary binding site for most of the sweet ligands. However, brazzein has been shown to require CRD of human T1R3 for receptor activation [1]. …