title: Identification of a neural pathway governing satiety in Drosophila.
abstract: Satiety cues a feeding animal to cease further ingestion of food, thus protecting it from excessive energy gain. Impaired control of satiety is often associated with feeding-related disorders such as obesity. In our recent study, we reported the identification of a neural pathway that expresses the myoinhibitory peptide (MIP), critical for satiety responses in Drosophila. Targeted silencing of MIP neuron activity strikingly increased the body weight (BW) through elevated food intake. Similarly, genetic disruption of the gene encoding MIP also elevated feeding and BW. Suppressing the MIP pathway behaviorally transformed the satiated flies to feed similar to the starved ones, with augmented sensitivity to food. Conversely, temporal activation of MIP neuron markedly reduced the food intake and BW, and blunted the sensitivity of the starved flies to food as if they have been satiated. Shortly after termination of MIP neuron activation, the reduced BW reverted to the normal level along with a strong feeding rebound. Together our results reveal the switch-like role of the MIP pathway in feeding regulation by controlling satiety. [BMB Reports 2016; 49(3): 137-138].
authors.affiliation: National Creative Research Initiatives Center for Energy Homeostasis Regulation, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics and School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Soohong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Min
authors.affiliation: National Creative Research Initiatives Center for Energy Homeostasis Regulation, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics and School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Jongkyeong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D012528:Satiety Response / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C000603492:myoinhibitory peptide, Drosophila