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Aging does not affect the proportion of taste cell types in mice.
IBRO neuroscience reports. 2024 June
Generally, taste sensitivity is known to change with age. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain unclear. Mammalian taste buds are classified into type I, II, III, and IV cells; among them, type II and III cells have an important role in the taste detection process. We hypothesized that age-related changes in the proportion of taste cell types would be a factor in changes in taste sensitivity. To test this hypothesis, we compared the expression patterns of type II and III cell markers in taste buds obtained from the circumvallate papillae of young and old mice. Gustducin, SEMA3A, PLCβ2, and CAR4 were used as type II and III cell markers, respectively. When we performed double-fluorescence staining using antibodies for these molecules, Gustducin and SEMA3A immune-positive cells were 22.7 ± 1.2% and 27.6 ± 0.9% in young mice and 22.0 ± 0.7% and 25.9 ± 1.1% in old mice, respectively. PLCβ2 and CAR4 immune-positive cells were 30.3 ± 1.5% and 20.7 ± 1.3% in young mice and 29.1 ± 0.8% and 21.1 ± 1.2% in old mice, respectively. There were no significant differences in the percentage of immunopositive cells for all antibodies tested between young and old mice. These results suggest that the proportion of type II and III cells does not change with aging.
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