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Olfactory receptors for isolvaleric acid and related malodorants and use thereof in assays for identification of blockers

a technology of isolvaleric acid and receptors, which is applied in the field of olfactory receptors for isolvaleric acid and related malodorants and assays for identification of blockers, can solve the problems of psychophysical testing of human subjects, application failure to provide the specificity of many of these receptors, and inability to identify whether, so as to block, inhibit, modulate, enhance the activation of isovaleric acid receptors

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-12-04
SENOMYX INC
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However, these patent applications fail to provide the odorant specificity of many of these receptors.
Particularly, these patent applications fail to identify whether the genus of odorant receptors disclosed therein includes receptors having specificity for isovaleric acid or related carboxylic acid odorants.
The screening strategies based on psychophysical testing of human subjects, however, have intrinsically very low throughput and can be subjective and error prone.
Additionally, the identification of some anti-odorants has been accomplished to a limited effect by applying the conventional principles and strategies of medicinal chemistry by relying on the structure-activity (SAR) studies of malodorants and potential malodor-blocking compounds in order to identify best candidates for psychophysical testing.
However, this approach is generally tedious and is generally only applicable for a malodorant of interest, especially for refining existing leads from primary screens of chemical libraries.

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Isolation and Imaging of Individual Murine Olfactory Neurons

[0214]In this example, the details of how the individual murine olfactory neurons were isolated from murine olfactory epithelium and subjected to Ca2+ imaging are described.

[0215]Olfactory neuroepithelium was dissected from Balb / C mice and placed in a small Petri dish with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) without Ca2+ and Mg2+. The tissue was fragmented under the dissecting microscope into pieces as small as possible. The buffer was removed and replaced by 2 ml of fresh PBS without Ca2+ and Mg2+ supplemented with 0.025% trypsin, 0.75 mM EDTA for 15 min. After dissociation, the tissue was transferred into 5 ml PBS without Ca2+ and Mg2+ and the tissue was triturated very gently by pipetting up and down 4-5 times with plastic disposable, progress of cell dissociation was monitored under inverted microscope. After dissociation, the tissue was transferred into 10 ml of Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10%...

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Single-Cell cDNA Synthesis and PCR Amplification of or cDNA Fragments

[0218]The single neurons collected in lysis buffer were heated to 65° C. in a water for 1 min to lyse the cells, then kept at room temperature for 1-2 min to allow the oli primer to anneal to the RNA and put back on ice. The tube was centrifuged briefly μl of a 1:1 mix of AMV- and MMLV-reverse transcriptases (Gibco-BRL) were added followed by incubation for 15 min at 37° C. For control experiments, the reaction mi was divided into two equal aliquots—one for reverse transcriptase reaction (cDNA synthesis) and another for a negative control without reverse transcriptase. After incubation, the reverse transcriptases were inactivated by incubation for 10 min at 6 the tubes were put back on ice, then briefly centrifuged (2 min at 4° C.). 4.5 μl of 2× buffer (stock tailing buffer: 800 μl of 5× Gibco-BRL terminal transferase buffer, 30 μl 100 mM dATP, 1.17 ml H2O) containing 10 units of terminal transferase were added rea...

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Abstract

A subgenus of olfactory receptors (ORs) that are activated by isovaleric acid (IVA) are identified as well as assays that utilize one or more of these ORs. These assays are useful for identifying potential anti-odorants which may be used in deodorants, air and carpet fresheners, fabric deodorizers, and other compositions for camouflaging odor attributable to IVA and related carboxylic acids.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application relates to PCT WO 01 / 68805 A2 and U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 809,291, both by Zozulya et al., having a filing date of Mar. 13, 2001, and both entitled “Human Olfactory Receptors and Genes Encoding Same.” These applications disclose the amino acid and nucleic acid sequences for a genus of human olfactory receptors which includes some of the isovaleric acid olfactory receptors which are the subject of this application. This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 341,872 filed Dec. 21, 2001 and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 348, 371 filed Jan. 16, 2002 both of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety herein.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0002]1. Field of Invention[0003]The present invention relates to the elucidation of the isovaleric acid odorant specificity of a number of previously reported odorant receptors, the specificity of which were previously not known, and the use of this in...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01N33/53G01N33/566C12N5/06C07K14/705C12N5/08G01N33/50G01N33/68
CPCC07K14/705C12N2510/00G01N33/5008G01N33/502G01N33/566G01N33/6893G01N2333/4719
Inventor HAN, YIZOZULYA, SERGEYECHEVERRI, FERNANDOWANG, KUN
Owner SENOMYX INC
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