Fatty acid metabolic reprogramming promotes C. elegans development

作者：Xuwen Cao, Yusu Xie, Beining Xue, Hanwen Yang, L. René García, Liusuo Zhang · 发表于：bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1101/2020.12.30.424804 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms、Circadian rhythm and melatonin、Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Abstract Acetylcholine signaling has been reported to play essential roles in animal metabolic regulation and disease affected by diets. However, the underlying mechanisms that how diets regulate animal physiology and health are not well understood. Here we found that the acetylcholine receptor gene eat-2 was expressed in most of the pharyngeal muscles, which is in accordance to our previous report that EAT-2 received synaptic signals not only from pharyngeal MC neurons. The expression of fatty acid synthesis genes was significantly increased in both eat-2 and tmc-1 fast-growth mutants on CeMM food environment, compared to the wild-type. Excitingly, dietary fatty acids such as 15-methyl-hexadecanoic acid (C17ISO), palmitic acid (PA, C16:0) and stearic acid (SA, C18:0) supplementation, significantly accelerated wild-type worm development on CeMM, indicating that the fatty acid synthesis reprogramming is an essential strategy for C. elegans to regulate its development and growth on CeMM diet. Furthermore, we found that fatty acid elongase gene elo-6 knock-out significantly attenuated eat-2 mutant’ fast growth, while overexpression of elo-6 could rescue the eat-2; elo-6 double mutant’ slow development, which suggested that elo-6 played a major role in the above metabolic remodeling. Taken together, our report indicates that diets regulate neuromuscular circuit and modulate C. elegans development via fatty acid metabolic reprogramming. As most of the key genes and metabolites fou...