Methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone, MG-H1, increases food intake by altering tyramine signaling via the GATA transcription factor ELT-3 in Caenorhabditis elegans

  1. Muniesh Muthaiyan Shanmugam
  2. Jyotiska Chaudhuri
  3. Durai Sellegounder
  4. Amit Kumar Sahu
  5. Sanjib Guha
  6. Manish Chamoli
  7. Brian Hodge
  8. Neelanjan Bose
  9. Charis Amber
  10. Dominique O Farrera
  11. Gordon Lithgow
  12. Richmond Sarpong
  13. James J Galligan
  14. Pankaj Kapahi  Is a corresponding author
  1. Buck Institute for Research on Aging, United States
  2. University of California, Berkeley, United States
  3. University of Arizona, United States

Abstract

The Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction between amino acids and sugars, is exploited to produce flavorful food ubiquitously, from the baking industry to our everyday lives. However, the Maillard reaction also occurs in all cells, from prokaryotes to eukaryotes, forming Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs). AGEs are a heterogeneous group of compounds resulting from the irreversible reaction between biomolecules and α-dicarbonyls (α-DCs), including methylglyoxal (MGO), an unavoidable byproduct of anaerobic glycolysis and lipid peroxidation. We previously demonstrated that Caenorhabditis elegans mutants lacking the glod-4 glyoxalase enzyme displayed enhanced accumulation of α-DCs, reduced lifespan, increased neuronal damage, and touch hypersensitivity. Here, we demonstrate that glod-4 mutation increased food intake and identify that MGO-derived hydroimidazolone, MG-H1, is a mediator of the observed increase in food intake. RNAseq analysis in glod-4 knockdown worms identified upregulation of several neurotransmitters and feeding genes. Suppressor screening of the overfeeding phenotype identified the tdc-1-tyramine-tyra-2/ser-2 signaling as an essential pathway mediating AGEs (MG-H1) induced feeding in glod-4 mutants. We also identified the elt-3 GATA transcription factor as an essential upstream regulator for increased feeding upon accumulation of AGEs by partially controlling the expression of tdc-1 gene. Further, the lack of either tdc-1 or tyra-2/ser-2 receptors suppresses the reduced lifespan and rescues neuronal damage observed in glod-4 mutants. Thus, in C. elegans, we identified an elt-3 regulated tyramine-dependent pathway mediating the toxic effects of MG-H1 AGE. Understanding this signaling pathway may help understand hedonistic overfeeding behavior observed due to modern AGEs-rich diets.

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All data generated during this study are included in the manuscript. The RNAseq data is included as supplementary file.

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  1. Muniesh Muthaiyan Shanmugam

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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  2. Jyotiska Chaudhuri

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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  3. Durai Sellegounder

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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  4. Amit Kumar Sahu

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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  5. Sanjib Guha

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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  6. Manish Chamoli

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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  7. Brian Hodge

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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  8. Neelanjan Bose

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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  9. Charis Amber

    Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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  10. Dominique O Farrera

    Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
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  11. Gordon Lithgow

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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  12. Richmond Sarpong

    Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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  13. James J Galligan

    Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
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  14. Pankaj Kapahi

    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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    Pkapahi@buckinstitute.org
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    Pankaj Kapahi, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (R01AG061165)

  • Pankaj Kapahi

National Institutes of Health (R01AG068288)

  • Pankaj Kapahi

Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (2021-A-007-FEL)

  • Pankaj Kapahi

National Institutes of Health (R01DK133196)

  • James J Galligan

National Institutes of Health (R35GM137910)

  • James J Galligan

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. Muniesh Muthaiyan Shanmugam
  2. Jyotiska Chaudhuri
  3. Durai Sellegounder
  4. Amit Kumar Sahu
  5. Sanjib Guha
  6. Manish Chamoli
  7. Brian Hodge
  8. Neelanjan Bose
  9. Charis Amber
  10. Dominique O Farrera
  11. Gordon Lithgow
  12. Richmond Sarpong
  13. James J Galligan
  14. Pankaj Kapahi
(2023)
Methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone, MG-H1, increases food intake by altering tyramine signaling via the GATA transcription factor ELT-3 in Caenorhabditis elegans
eLife 12:e82446.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82446

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