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Gut Cells Release Their Own Opioid Peptides When Tasting Nutrients Through TRPM5 Channels

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The takeaway

Duodenal enteroendocrine cells released endogenous opioid peptides (beta-endorphin) in response to nutrients through TRPM5 taste channels — the gut has its own opioid signaling triggered by food tasting at the intestinal level.

Key finding

Duodenal enteroendocrine cells released endogenous opioid peptides (beta-endorphin) in response to nutrients through TRPM5 taste channels — the gut ha

What the researchers found

Duodenal enteroendocrine cells released endogenous opioid peptides (beta-endorphin) in response to nutrients through TRPM5 taste channels — the gut has its own opioid signaling triggered by food tasting at the intestinal level.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2009.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Gut Cells Release Their Own Opioid Peptides When Tasting Nutrients Through TRPM5 Channels
What was found?
Duodenal enteroendocrine cells released endogenous opioid peptides (beta-endorphin) in response to nutrients through TRPM5 taste channels — the gut has its own opioid signaling triggered by food tasting at the intestinal level.

Read the original research

Release of endogenous opioids from duodenal enteroendocrine cells requires Trpm5.

Gastroenterology, 137(2), 598-606, 606.e1-2

Citation

Kokrashvili, Zaza; Rodriguez, Deniliz; Yevshayeva, Valeriya; Zhou, Hang; Margolskee, Robert F; Mosinger, Bedrich. (2009). Release of endogenous opioids from duodenal enteroendocrine cells requires Trpm5.. Gastroenterology, 137(2), 598-606, 606.e1-2. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.070