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Neuropeptide F regulates courtship in Drosophila through a male-specific neuronal circuit

  1. Weiwei Liu
  2. Anindya Ganguly
  3. Jia Huang
  4. Yijin Wang
  5. Jinfei D Ni
  6. Adishthi S Gurav
  7. Morris A Aguilar
  8. Craig Montell  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
  2. Zhejiang University, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49574
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  1. Weiwei Liu
  2. Anindya Ganguly
  3. Jia Huang
  4. Yijin Wang
  5. Jinfei D Ni
  6. Adishthi S Gurav
  7. Morris A Aguilar
  8. Craig Montell
(2019)
Neuropeptide F regulates courtship in Drosophila through a male-specific neuronal circuit
eLife 8:e49574.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49574
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Abstract

Male courtship is provoked by perception of a potential mate. In addition, the likelihood and intensity of courtship are influenced by recent mating experience, which affects sexual drive. Using Drosophila melanogaster, we found that the homolog of mammalian neuropeptide Y, neuropeptide F (NPF), and a cluster of male-specific NPF (NPFM) neurons, regulate courtship through affecting courtship drive. Disrupting NPF signaling produces sexually hyperactive males, which are resistant to sexual satiation, and whose courtship is triggered by sub-optimal stimuli. We found that NPFM neurons make synaptic connections with P1 neurons, which comprise the courtship decision center. Activation of P1 neurons elevates NPFM neuronal activity, which then act through NPF receptor neurons to suppress male courtship, and maintain the proper level of male courtship drive.

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  1. Weiwei Liu

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States
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  2. Anindya Ganguly

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States
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  3. Jia Huang

    Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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  4. Yijin Wang

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States
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  5. Jinfei D Ni

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States
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  6. Adishthi S Gurav

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States
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  7. Morris A Aguilar

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States
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  8. Craig Montell

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC007864)

  • Craig Montell

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (DP1AI124453)

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The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Mani Ramaswami, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

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  1. Received: June 21, 2019
  2. Accepted: August 7, 2019
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: August 12, 2019 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: September 3, 2019 (version 2)

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© 2019, Liu et al.

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  1. Weiwei Liu
  2. Anindya Ganguly
  3. Jia Huang
  4. Yijin Wang
  5. Jinfei D Ni
  6. Adishthi S Gurav
  7. Morris A Aguilar
  8. Craig Montell
(2019)
Neuropeptide F regulates courtship in Drosophila through a male-specific neuronal circuit
eLife 8:e49574.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49574

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