2024
Mosquito taste responses to human and floral cues guide biting and feeding
Baik L, Talross G, Gray S, Pattisam H, Peterson T, Nidetz J, Hol F, Carlson J. Mosquito taste responses to human and floral cues guide biting and feeding. Nature 2024, 1-8. PMID: 39415007, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08047-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResponse to sugarFloral cuesCoding capacityControl mosquito vectorsEgg layingTaste sensillaTranscriptome profilingTaste organsNeuronal repertoireBiting behaviorInsect behaviorBitter compoundsInvasive diseaseTaste receptorsTaste systemTasteTaste responsesMosquito vectorsStop signalTaste stimuliFeedingSite waterLabellumExcitatory responsesNectar
2022
Sugar sensation and mechanosensation in the egg-laying preference shift of Drosophila suzukii
Wang W, Dweck H, Talross G, Zaidi A, Gendron J, Carlson J. Sugar sensation and mechanosensation in the egg-laying preference shift of Drosophila suzukii. ELife 2022, 11: e81703. PMID: 36398882, PMCID: PMC9674340, DOI: 10.7554/elife.81703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEgg-laying preferenceTaste organsAgricultural pestsDrosophila suzukiiChannel genesStiff substratesDrosophilaTaste sensillaReceptor geneMechanosensory cuesFruit sugarsGenesMechanosensationTaste sensationBitter taste sensationSpeciesEggsSweet taste sensationMajor subsetSuzukiiPestsSugarsElectrophysiological responsesWeak preferenceVariety of changes
2021
Evolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii
Dweck HK, Talross GJ, Wang W, Carlson JR. Evolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii. ELife 2021, 10: e64317. PMID: 33616529, PMCID: PMC7899650, DOI: 10.7554/elife.64317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFruit pest Drosophila suzukiiRipe fruitPest Drosophila suzukiiEvolutionary shiftsBitter compoundsLays eggsAgricultural pestsDrosophila suzukiiBitter taste perceptionDrosophilaTaste sensillaSpeciesPhysiological responsesReduced expressionEggsTaste organsSensillaOverripe fruitsFruitTranscriptomeTaste codingSuzukiiMutantsLabellumPests
2003
Drosophila Gr5a encodes a taste receptor tuned to trehalose
Chyb S, Dahanukar A, Wickens A, Carlson JR. Drosophila Gr5a encodes a taste receptor tuned to trehalose. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 14526-14530. PMID: 14523229, PMCID: PMC304113, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2135339100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsG protein-coupled receptor genesDrosophila S2 cell lineS2 cell lineFirst functional expressionTaste receptorsHeterologous expressionGenetic analysisFunctional expressionGr5aTaste sensillaReceptor geneCell linesGenesLabellar sensillaExpressionSensillaTaste neuronsReceptorsRecent studiesLabellumSensory responsesFliesNeuronsTrehaloseFamily