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Responses of insect olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) involve an entry of Ca 2+  through olfactory heterodimeric receptor complexes. In moths, the termination of ORN responses was found to strongly depend on the external Ca 2+  concentration through the activation of unknown Ca 2+ -dependent Cl −  channels. We thus investigated the molecular identity of these Cl −  channels. There is compelling evidence that bestrophins form Cl −  channels when expressed in heterologous systems. Here we provide evidence that antennae of the moth  Spodoptera littoralis  express three transcripts encoding proteins with hallmarks of bestrophins. One of these transcripts, SlitBest1b, is expressed in ORNs. The heterologous expression of SlitBest1b protein in CHO-K1 cells yielded a Ca 2+ -activated Cl −  current that shares electrophysiological properties with the native Ca 2+ -activated Cl −  current of ORNs. Both currents are anionic, present similar dependence on the intracellular Ca 2+  concentration, partly inactivate over time, have the same anion permeability sequence, the same sequence of inhibitory efficiency of blockers, the same almost linear  I–V  relationships and finally both currents do not depend on the cell volume. Therefore, our data suggest that SlitBest1b is a good candidate for being a molecular component of the olfactory Ca 2+ -activated Cl −  channel and is likely to constitute part of the insect olfactory transduction pathway. A different function (e.g. regulation of other proteins, maintenance of the anionic homeostasis in the sensillar lymph) and a different role (e.g. involvement in the olfactory system development) cannot be excluded however.

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Bestrophin-Encoded Ca2+-Activated Cl− Channels Underlie a Current with Properties Similar to the Native Current in the Moth Spodoptera littoralis Olfactory Receptor Neurons