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Article Dans Une Revue Chemical Senses Année : 2012

Salivary protein profiles and sensitivity to the bitter taste of caffeine.

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The interindividual variation in the sensitivity to bitterness is attributed in part to genetic polymorphism at the taste receptor level, but other factors, such as saliva composition, might be involved. In order to investigate this, 2 groups of subjects (hyposensitive, hypersensitive) were selected from 29 healthy male volunteers based on their detection thresholds for caffeine, and their salivary proteome composition was compared. Abundance of 26 of the 255 spots detected on saliva electrophoretic patterns was significantly different between hypo- and hypersensitive subjects. Saliva of hypersensitive subjects contained higher levels of amylase fragments, immunoglobulins, and serum albumin and/or serum albumin fragments. It also contained lower levels of cystatin SN, an inhibitor of protease. The results suggest that proteolysis occurring within the oral cavity is an important perireceptor factor associated to the sensitivity to the bitter taste of caffeine.
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hal-00723339 , version 1 (09-08-2013)

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Micheline Dsamou, Olivier Palicki, Chantal Septier, Claire Chabanet, Géraldine Lucchi, et al.. Salivary protein profiles and sensitivity to the bitter taste of caffeine.. Chemical Senses, 2012, 37 (1), pp.87-95. ⟨10.1093/chemse/bjr070⟩. ⟨hal-00723339⟩
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