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Interestingly, of the highly expressed cardiac T2Rs, T2R10, T2R14, and T2R46 were shown to bind a wide array of ligands, which is considered disproportional in comparison to the others Meyerhof et al.
However, if heart tissue expresses over half of the T2Rs family, a major question arises - what is the source of ligands for these T2Rs within the cardiovascular system? The post-prandial concentration of bitter compounds in the blood increases. One perhaps common example of this is caffeine, which reportedly modulates calcium signaling via interaction with the ryanodine receptor Kong et al.
Interestingly, caffeine also activates T2R10, , and Meyerhof et al. In the gut, caffeine activation of T2R has been linked to gastric secretion Liszt et al. Caffeine may also act as a stimulate for the central nervous system via the antagonism of adenosine receptors Fisone et al. Hence in considering the homeostatic consequence of bitter compounds such as caffeine one must also accept that at high concentrations they are interacting with multiple receptor systems.
We would anticipate that many bitter compounds in food would have actions on both T2Rs and other targets. Another interesting possibility is that the body produces endogenous factors that could activate T2Rs. Currently, alanine, pantothenic acid vitamin B5 , steroids androsterone and progesterone and taurocholic acid primary bile acid have all been identified as ligands for specific receptors Ji et al. Potentially, the cardiotonic steroids may be ligands for cardiac-expressed T2Rs, although ouabain has already been shown not to be an agonist in vitro Meyerhof et al.
The other members of this family could also be investigated as potential ligands for cardiac T2Rs. A more provocative idea is that colonizing bacteria, in complex organisms, could produce bitter compounds, including metabolic by-products and other signaling molecules that alter our physiology via T2Rs.
A recent study showed commensal bacteria are enable to synthesize GPCR ligands that mimic human signaling molecules Cohen et al. Interestingly, an olfactory receptor Olfr78 has been reported to respond to short chain fatty acids produced by gut bacteria Pluznick et al. Olfr78 KO mice had elevated blood pressure when treated with antibiotics.
As for the T2Rs, T2R38 although its expression is low in the heart, was shown to be broadly tuned for seven bacterial metabolites Verbeurgt et al. One example is quorum sensing molecules - when they reach a certain concentration, bacteria produce a biofilm in order to evade and survive the host immune defense system Davies et al. Therefore, it is plausible that T2Rs may alter cardiovascular physiology in response to systemic infections such as sepsis where dramatic cardiovascular changes are observed, e.
Finally, it is important to address the possibility that off-target activation of T2Rs may play a role beyond normal physiology and mediate unexpected responses to therapeutic drugs, many of which are bitter. Indeed, the possibility that T2Rs act as the mediators of off-target drug effects due to the prevalence of their expression throughout the body has been discussed previously Clark et al. The continuous, proper functioning of the heart is fundamental to life. The discovery of T2Rs expressed in cardiac cells predicts important but yet to be appreciated roles in heart physiology, as well as its response to external challenges e.
Research and knowledge regarding the physiology of T2Rs within the human heart is challenging, primarily due to the constraints of readily acquiring suitable human heart tissue samples.
Furthermore, the lack of homology between rodent Tas2rs and human T2Rs Foster et al. Additionally, the 29 T2Rs and their many variants have been historically difficult to heterologously express on the cell membrane of model cells, and this has impeded further investigation of their signaling properties.
It is important to note, that researchers have ectopically expressed human T2Rs in mice and this has provided strong confirmation that a given ligand tastants can activate a specific human T2R Mueller et al.
Perhaps future experiments might extend this approach to develop transgenic mice expressing human T2Rs in a cell-specific context. Stimulation of these receptors with ligands that selectively bind and activate only human T2Rs could provide important insights into the physiological role s of T2Rs in human tissues. Another critical objective will be to develop appropriate cardiac models that express endogenous receptors and recapitulate cardiac physiology.
One major advance in cardiovascular research has been the development of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived human cardiomyocytes Hudson et al. These models will offer the unique opportunity to modulate T2R expression in cardiomyocytes and to thereby investigate bitter ligand-driven changes in cardiac gene transcription, as well as to define alterations in cardiac contractility and function.
Finally, the ultimate goal will be to attribute T2R-mediated expression, activation and signaling to definitive changes in human cardiovascular function in vivo. In order for this to succeed, the following challenges need to be resolved - the promiscuity of bitter receptor—ligand interactions, the elucidation of tissue-specific T2R signaling, as well as the lack of definitive research tools e.
We anticipate that studies focused on examining the functionality or lack thereof for the various highly penetrant, cardiac-expressed T2R polymorphisms may provide the means for unambiguously attributing T2R activation to a specific physiological outcome.
Analogous to the advances made with non-functional T2R38 variants T2R38AVI in the lung, we predict that non-functional, cardiac-expressed T2Rs can be identified and these will prove to be critical in providing the necessary controls for investigating explanted cardiac tissues. CB collated data. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U.
Journal List Front Physiol v. Front Physiol. Published online May 8. Conor J. Bloxham , 1 Simon R. Foster , 2 and Walter G. Simon R. Walter G. Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer.
Thomas, ua. This article was submitted to Integrative Physiology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Physiology. Received Feb 21; Accepted Apr 8. The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author s and the copyright owner s are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice.
No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Keywords: taste receptors, G protein-coupled receptors, cardiac physiology, signaling, polymorphisms, bitter ligands. Open in a separate window. Model Systems for Expressing T2Rs and Defining Their Function In attempting to define the function of, and to identify ligands for, the T2Rs, researchers have established heterologous expression systems in human cells e.
Potential signaling pathway for T2Rs in human cardiomyocytes. Naturally Occurring Polymorphisms and Disease GPCRs and their respective ligands have profound homeostatic and regulatory effects on the cardiovascular system. Classification Activates T2R Jaggupilli et al.
Hypertension Kang et al. Future Directions The continuous, proper functioning of the heart is fundamental to life. Conflict of Interest The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. References Abernathy A.
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