Muscle function and homeostasis require cytokine inhibition of AKT activity in Drosophila

  1. Katrin Kierdorf  Is a corresponding author
  2. Fabian Hersperger
  3. Jessica Sharrock
  4. Crystal M Vincent
  5. Pinar Ustaoglu
  6. Jiawen Dou
  7. Attila Gyoergy
  8. Olaf Gross
  9. Daria E Siekhaus
  10. Marc S Dionne  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Freiburg, Germany
  2. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  3. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria

Abstract

Unpaired ligands are secreted signals that act via a GP130-like receptor, domeless, to activate JAK/STAT signaling in Drosophila. Like many mammalian cytokines, unpaireds can be activated by infection and other stresses and can promote insulin resistance in target tissues. However, the importance of this effect in non-inflammatory physiology is unknown. Here, we identify a requirement for unpaired-JAK signaling as a metabolic regulator in healthy adult Drosophila muscle. Adult muscles show basal JAK-STAT signaling activity in the absence of any immune challenge. Plasmatocytes (Drosophila macrophages) are an important source of this tonic signal. Loss of the dome receptor on adult muscles significantly reduces lifespan and causes local and systemic metabolic pathology. These pathologies result from hyperactivation of AKT and consequent deregulation of metabolism. Thus, we identify a cytokine signal that must be received in muscle to control AKT activity and metabolic homeostasis.

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  1. Katrin Kierdorf

    Institute of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  2. Fabian Hersperger

    Institute of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  3. Jessica Sharrock

    Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  4. Crystal M Vincent

    Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  5. Pinar Ustaoglu

    Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  6. Jiawen Dou

    Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  7. Attila Gyoergy

    Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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  8. Olaf Gross

    Institute of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  9. Daria E Siekhaus

    Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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  10. Marc S Dionne

    Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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    m.dionne@imperial.ac.uk
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Funding

Wellcome (Investigator Award 207467/Z/17/Z)

  • Marc S Dionne

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Research Grant BB/P000592/1)

  • Katrin Kierdorf
  • Pinar Ustaoglu
  • Marc S Dionne

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Research Grant BB/L020122/2)

  • Jessica Sharrock
  • Marc S Dionne

Medical Research Council (Research Grant MR/L018802/2)

  • Katrin Kierdorf
  • Marc S Dionne

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Research fellowship KI-1876/1)

  • Katrin Kierdorf

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (PhD studentship BB/L502169/1)

  • Jessica Sharrock

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CIBSS-EXC-2189-Project ID 390939984)

  • Fabian Hersperger

European Commission (ERC starting grant 337689)

  • Olaf Gross

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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© 2020, Kierdorf et al.

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  1. Katrin Kierdorf
  2. Fabian Hersperger
  3. Jessica Sharrock
  4. Crystal M Vincent
  5. Pinar Ustaoglu
  6. Jiawen Dou
  7. Attila Gyoergy
  8. Olaf Gross
  9. Daria E Siekhaus
  10. Marc S Dionne
(2020)
Muscle function and homeostasis require cytokine inhibition of AKT activity in Drosophila
eLife 9:e51595.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51595

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