Search results for "Chimioperception"
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Implication of an odorant-binding protein in precopulatory behaviour and interaction with the bacterial microbiota
2023
Chemoreception allows animals to detect nutritive food and avoid toxic compounds. Volatile and non-volatile chemical compounds, which are detected by olfactory and gustatory sensory organs, can trigger feeding and reproductive behaviours in animals such as Drosophila melanogaster. Inside chemosensory organs, perireceptor proteins like odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) serve to transport odorant and tastant molecule to dedicated receptors. OBPs are not only involved in chemoreception but also in several other functions. A recent study revealed an interaction between insect microbiota and OBP expression while another one showed that microbes can promote nutrient harvesting on food. In our proje…
Rôle des enzymes du métabolisme des xénobiotiques dans les processus chimiosensoriels. Contribution de deux modèles de perception phéromonale
2009
Diplôme : Dr. d'Université; Résumé : Les individus peuvent détecter les stimuli présents dans l'environnement (nourriture, partenaire sexuel, ...) par l'intermédiaire de processus de chimioperception. Pour être efficace, ces processus doivent être très sensibles, discriminants et éviter la saturation des récepteurs. Dans l'espace périrécepteur, les enzymes du métabolisme des xénobiotiques (EMX), impliquées dans la détoxication en catalysant la biotransformation des xénobiotiques, pourraient avoir un rôle crucial dans la modification ou l'arrêt du signal sensoriel. Pour étudier l'implication des EMX dans les processus chimiosensoriels et particulièrement dans la perception phéromonale, deux …
Role of odorant-binding proteins in Drosophila melanogaster chemosensory perception
2019
Chemoperception is used by animals to detect nutritive food and avoid toxic compounds. It also allows animals to identify suitable ecological niche and mating partners. Like many other insects, Drosophila melanogaster possesses a very sensitive chemosensory ability and can detect and discriminate a wide panel of semiochemicals. Chemosensory detection is mostly mediated by olfactory and gustatory systems involving several multigene chemoreceptor families. Volatile and non-volatile chemical compounds entering the sensory organ (sensillum) must be solubilized before being transported through the hydrophilic sensillum lymph bathing the dendrites of chemosensory neurons. These perireceptor event…