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Journal Article
Cellular and Molecular Roles of Human Odorant-Binding Proteins and Related Lipocalins in Olfaction and Neuroinflammation
2025
Overview
Olfactory perception depends on soluble proteins in the perireceptor environment that support odorant transport, mucosal protection, and tissue homeostasis. In insects, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) in the sensillum lymph are indispensable for odor detection, whereas in humans the indispensability of OBPs (OBP2A/2B) remains unclear because they are inconsistently detected in nasal mucus. Consequently, it remains unclear whether other soluble proteins compensate for this function or how they contribute to odorant processing and signal transmission within the olfactory mucus. Accumulating evidence indicates that OBP-like lipocalins (LCN1, LCN2, LCN15) and apolipoprotein D, together with bactericidal/permeability-increasing (BPI)-fold proteins, act as major mediators of odorant solubilization, antimicrobial defense, oxidative stress regulation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. Alterations in those proteins and ECM organization are linked to idiopathic and age-related smell loss, chronic rhinosinusitis, and neurodegenerative disorders, underscoring their broad relevance at the interface of chemosensation, mucosal defense, and brain health. Major unresolved issues include the functional indispensability of human OBPs, the receptor-specific contributions of OBP-like proteins, and the mechanistic relationships linking olfactory proteome remodeling, sensory signaling, and disease progression. This review provides an integrative overview of structural and mechanistic insights, highlights current controversies, and proposes future research directions, including receptor–protein mapping, integrated structural–functional studies, structural–functional analysis of OBP–ECM networks, and clinical validation of OBP-related biomarkers.
Publisher
MDPI AG
Subject
/ Analysis
/ Animals
/ Cellular signal transduction
/ Genomes
/ Humans
/ Insects
/ Ligands
/ Mucosa
/ Mucus
/ Neuroinflammatory Diseases - metabolism
/ Neurons
/ Odors
/ Proteins
/ Receptors, Odorant - metabolism
/ Roles
