Presented By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Taste Perception and Internal Nutrient Sensing in Drosophila
Hubert Amrein, Texas A&M Health Science College of Medicine
The fly brain harbors a small subset of neurons capable of gluconeogenesis. These neurons express the critically important enzyme Glucose6Phosphatase (green), and a subset of them also express NPY, a neuropeptide implicated in feeding regulation, fat metabolism, and numerous other processes. Neural gluconeogenesis regulates glucose and glycogen levels in flies that experience starvation, revealing an novel mechanism of metabolic regulation of energy carriers.
Host: Monica Dus
Host: Monica Dus
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