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Positive allosteric modulators of the human sweet taste receptor enhance sweet taste.


ABSTRACT: To identify molecules that could enhance sweetness perception, we undertook the screening of a compound library using a cell-based assay for the human sweet taste receptor and a panel of selected sweeteners. In one of these screens we found a hit, SE-1, which significantly enhanced the activity of sucralose in the assay. At 50 microM, SE-1 increased the sucralose potency by >20-fold. On the other hand, SE-1 exhibited little or no agonist activity on its own. SE-1 effects were strikingly selective for sucralose. Other popular sweeteners such as aspartame, cyclamate, and saccharin were not enhanced by SE-1 whereas sucrose and neotame potency were increased only by 1.3- to 2.5-fold at 50 microM. Further assay-guided chemical optimization of the initial hit SE-1 led to the discovery of SE-2 and SE-3, selective enhancers of sucralose and sucrose, respectively. SE-2 (50 microM) and SE-3 (200 microM) increased sucralose and sucrose potencies in the assay by 24- and 4.7-fold, respectively. In human taste tests, 100 microM of SE-1 and SE-2 allowed for a reduction of 50% to >80% in the concentration of sucralose, respectively, while maintaining the sweetness intensity, and 100 microM SE-3 allowed for a reduction of 33% in the concentration of sucrose while maintaining the sweetness intensity. These enhancers did not exhibit any sweetness when tasted on their own. Positive allosteric modulators of the human sweet taste receptor could help reduce the caloric content in food and beverages while maintaining the desired taste.

SUBMITTER: Servant G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2842059 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Positive allosteric modulators of the human sweet taste receptor enhance sweet taste.

Servant Guy G   Tachdjian Catherine C   Tang Xiao-Qing XQ   Werner Sara S   Zhang Feng F   Li Xiaodong X   Kamdar Poonit P   Petrovic Goran G   Ditschun Tanya T   Java Antoniette A   Brust Paul P   Brune Nicole N   DuBois Grant E GE   Zoller Mark M   Karanewsky Donald S DS  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100219 10


To identify molecules that could enhance sweetness perception, we undertook the screening of a compound library using a cell-based assay for the human sweet taste receptor and a panel of selected sweeteners. In one of these screens we found a hit, SE-1, which significantly enhanced the activity of sucralose in the assay. At 50 microM, SE-1 increased the sucralose potency by >20-fold. On the other hand, SE-1 exhibited little or no agonist activity on its own. SE-1 effects were strikingly selectiv  ...[more]

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