Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 55, Issue 15, Pages 6236-6243Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf070503p
Keywords
sesquiterpene lactones; bitter taste; TAS2Rs; heterologous expression; strychnine; denatonium
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Sesquiterpene lactones are a major class of natural bitter compounds occurring in vegetables and culinary herbs as well as in aromatic and medicinal plants, where they often represent the main gustatory and pharmacologically active component. Investigations on sesquiterpene lactones have mainly focused on their bioactive potential rather than on their sensory properties. In the present study, we report about the stimulation of heterologously expressed human bitter taste receptors, hTAS2Rs, by the bitter sesquiterpene lactone herbolide D. A specific response to herbolide D was observed i.a. for hTAS2R46, a so far orphan bitter taste receptor without any known ligand. By further investigation of its agonist pattern, we characterized hTAS2R46 as a bitter receptor broadly tuned to sesquiterpene lactones and to clerodane and labdane diterpenoids as well as to the unrelated bitter substances strychnine and denatonium.
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