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Heightened avidity for trisodium pyrophosphate in mice lacking Tas1r3.
Chemical senses - 1 Jan 2015
Tordoff Michael G, Aleman Tiffany R, McCaughey Stuart A
Abstract excerpt
Laboratory rats and mice prefer some concentrations of tri- and tetrasodium pyrophosphate (Na3HP2O7 and Na4P2O7) to water, but how they detect pyrophosphates is unknown. Here, we assessed whether T1R3 is involved. We found that relative to wild-type littermate controls, Tas1r3 knockout mice had stronger preferences for 5.6-56mM Na3HP2O7 in 2-bottle choice tests, and they licked more 17.8-56mM Na3HP2O7 in...
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