Avian olfactory receptors: differentiation of olfactory neurons under normal and experimental conditions

Developmental Biology
M LeiboviciChristiane S Ayer-Le Lièvre

Abstract

The bird olfactory system has a simple structure and affords an attractive developmental model for the study of olfactory morphogenesis and differentiation. We have cloned and characterized several chick olfactory receptor (COR) genes belonging to the superfamily of seven-transmembrane domain proteins. In situ hybridization analysis of their spatiotemporal patterns of expression during development reveals several important characteristics. COR expression starts early in placodal cells (Embryonic Day 5, E5). Changes in their expression pattern then correlate with the onset of synaptogenesis (E8). The adult pattern, achieved before hatching, shows that cells expressing a particular COR are not regionalized within the epithelium. By double-label in situ hybridization, we clearly demonstrate that a single cell does not coexpress different COR genes (or subsets of CORs) at any stage of development. Following bulbar deafferentation, COR expression ceases more rapidly than expected from previous axotomy experiments. Concomitantly, a reactivation of the Cash-1 gene, which is involved in early neuronal specification, could be an early sign of olfactory neuronal regeneration. Modulation of COR and Cash-1 expression points to a simultaneo...Continue Reading

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