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High-fat diet enhances starvation-induced hyperactivity via sensitizing hunger-sensing neurons in Drosophila

  1. Rui Huang  Is a corresponding author
  2. Tingting Song
  3. Haifeng Su
  4. Zeliang Lai
  5. Wusa Qin
  6. Yinjun Tian
  7. Xuan Dong
  8. Liming Wang  Is a corresponding author
  1. Chongqing University, China
  2. Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China
  3. Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  4. Zhejiang University, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53103
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  1. Rui Huang
  2. Tingting Song
  3. Haifeng Su
  4. Zeliang Lai
  5. Wusa Qin
  6. Yinjun Tian
  7. Xuan Dong
  8. Liming Wang
(2020)
High-fat diet enhances starvation-induced hyperactivity via sensitizing hunger-sensing neurons in Drosophila
eLife 9:e53103.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53103
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Abstract

The function of the central nervous system to regulate food intake can be disrupted by sustained metabolic challenges such as high-fat diet (HFD), which may contribute to various metabolic disorders. Previously, we showed that a group of octopaminergic (OA) neurons mediated starvation-induced hyperactivity, an important aspect of food-seeking behavior (Yu et al., 2016). Here we find that HFD specifically enhances this behavior. Mechanistically, HFD increases the excitability of these OA neurons to a hunger hormone named adipokinetic hormone (AKH), via increasing the accumulation of AKH receptor (AKHR) in these neurons. Upon HFD, excess dietary lipids are transported by a lipoprotein LTP to enter these OA+AKHR+ neurons via the cognate receptor LpR1, which in turn suppresses autophagy-dependent degradation of AKHR. Taken together, we uncover a mechanism that links HFD, neuronal autophagy, and starvation-induced hyperactivity, providing insight in the reshaping of neural circuitry under metabolic challenges and the progression of metabolic diseases.

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Sequencing data have been deposited in GEO under accession codes GSE129601 and GSE129602.All behavioral data are uploaded in Supplementary Data File 1.Mass spectrometry data is updated in Supplementary Data File 2.

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  1. Rui Huang

    Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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  2. Tingting Song

    Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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  3. Haifeng Su

    Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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  4. Zeliang Lai

    Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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  5. Wusa Qin

    Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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  6. Yinjun Tian

    Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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  7. Xuan Dong

    Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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  8. Liming Wang

    Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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National Natural Science Foundation of China (31522026)

  • Liming Wang

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31800883)

  • Rui Huang

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  1. Rui Huang
  2. Tingting Song
  3. Haifeng Su
  4. Zeliang Lai
  5. Wusa Qin
  6. Yinjun Tian
  7. Xuan Dong
  8. Liming Wang
(2020)
High-fat diet enhances starvation-induced hyperactivity via sensitizing hunger-sensing neurons in Drosophila
eLife 9:e53103.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53103

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