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LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE
Volume 4, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE LLC
DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202101079
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISERTVM)
- Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, India [SR/S2/RJN-140/2011, EMR/2016/004978]
- IISER TVM, Ministry of Human Resources and Development, India
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In Drosophila, Edem1 plays a crucial role in regulating insulin signalling and maintaining metabolic homeostasis by limiting the activity of tumor necrosis factor-alpha Eiger, which helps the organism adapt to fluctuating nutrient environments.
In Drosophila, nutrient status is sensed by the fat body, a functional homolog of mammalian liver and white adipocytes. The fat body conveys nutrient information to insulin-producing cells through humoral factors which regulate Drosophila insulin-like peptide levels and insulin signalling. Insulin signalling has pleiotropic functions, which include the management of growth and metabolic pathways. Here, we report that Edem1 (endoplasmic reticulum degradation-enhancing alpha-mannosidase-like protein 1), an endoplasmic reticulum-resident protein involved in protein quality control, acts in the fat body to regulate insulin signalling and thereby the metabolic status in Drosophila. Edem1 limits the fat body-derived Drosophila tumor necrosis factor-alpha Eiger activity on insulin-producing cells and maintains systemic insulin signalling in fed conditions. During food deprivation, edem1 gene expression levels drop, which aids in the reduction of systemic insulin signalling crucial for survival. Overall, we demonstrate that Edem1 plays a vital role in helping the organism to endure a fluctuating nutrient environment by managing insulin signalling and metabolic homeostasis.
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