RRC ID 11662
著者 Kahsai L, Kapan N, Dircksen H, Winther AM, Nässel DR.
タイトル Metabolic stress responses in Drosophila are modulated by brain neurosecretory cells that produce multiple neuropeptides.
ジャーナル PLoS One
Abstract In Drosophila, neurosecretory cells that release peptide hormones play a prominent role in the regulation of development, growth, metabolism, and reproduction. Several types of peptidergic neurosecretory cells have been identified in the brain of Drosophila with release sites in the corpora cardiaca and anterior aorta. We show here that in adult flies the products of three neuropeptide precursors are colocalized in five pairs of large protocerebral neurosecretory cells in two clusters (designated ipc-1 and ipc-2a): Drosophila tachykinin (DTK), short neuropeptide F (sNPF) and ion transport peptide (ITP). These peptides were detected by immunocytochemistry in combination with GFP expression driven by the enhancer trap Gal4 lines c929 and Kurs-6, both of which are expressed in ipc-1 and 2a cells. This mix of colocalized peptides with seemingly unrelated functions is intriguing and prompted us to initiate analysis of the function of the ten neurosecretory cells. We investigated the role of peptide signaling from large ipc-1 and 2a cells in stress responses by monitoring the effect of starvation and desiccation in flies with levels of DTK or sNPF diminished by RNA interference. Using the Gal4-UAS system we targeted the peptide knockdown specifically to ipc-1 and 2a cells with the c929 and Kurs-6 drivers. Flies with reduced DTK or sNPF levels in these cells displayed decreased survival time at desiccation and starvation, as well as increased water loss at desiccation. Our data suggest that homeostasis during metabolic stress requires intact peptide signaling by ipc-1 and 2a neurosecretory cells.
巻・号 5(7)
ページ e11480
公開日 2010-7-8
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0011480
PMID 20628603
PMC PMC2900207
MeSH Animals Brain / cytology* Brain / metabolism* Drosophila Drosophila Proteins / genetics Drosophila Proteins / metabolism* Immunohistochemistry Motor Activity / genetics Motor Activity / physiology Neuropeptides / genetics Neuropeptides / metabolism* Neurosecretion / physiology Starvation / genetics Starvation / metabolism Tachykinins / genetics Tachykinins / metabolism
IF 2.74
引用数 48
WOS 分野 NEUROSCIENCES
リソース情報
ショウジョウバエ snpf-Gal4 (NP6301 DGRC#105193 or DGRC#113901)