Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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Research Abstract |
This study has revealed (1) Endocannabinoids selectively enhance sweet taste via CB1 receptor on sweet sensitive taste cells, (2) Taste cells expressing T1R3, a sweet and umami taste receptor component, that are identified by using T1R3-GFP mice respond to various sweet and/or umami taste stimuli, (3) T1R3-GFP taste cells lacking T1R3, gustducin, or TRPM5 do not respond to taste stimuli, (4) T1R3-GFP taste cells express Gα11, 14, s, q, and i2 as Gα subunits other than gustducin.
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