ReviewWormBook : the online review of C. elegans biology2008
Neuropeptides.
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- FMRFamide-like peptides expand the behavioral repertoire of a densely connected nervous system.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Pooled it
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- INS-17 acts as a nutrient deprivation signal to mediate adult IIS-regulated associative behaviors in C. elegans.PLoS genetics · 2026Article
- A neuropeptide regulates cell non-autonomous protein homeostasis.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Intestinal pathogens override hunger-driven decision-making via immune regulation of central serotonin signaling in C. elegans.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Harnessing microbial tools: Escherichia coli as a vehicle for neuropeptide functional analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans.Genetics · 2026Article
- Evolution of Insulin, Insulin-like Growth Factors, and Their Cognate Receptors in Vertebrates, Invertebrates, and Viruses.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Article
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- FLP-15 modulates the amplitude of body-bends during locomotion inOpen biology · 2025Article
- Neuropeptide Characterization Workflow from Sampling to Data-Independent Acquisition Mass Spectrometry.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2025Article
- The insulin-like peptide INS-27 mediates a muscle-to-neuron feedback signal coupling muscle activity with AMPA receptor trafficking.PLoS genetics · 2025Article
- Navigating Central Oxytocin Transport: Known Realms and Uncharted Territories.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2025Review
- The hypoxic response extends lifespan through a bioaminergic and peptidergic neural circuit.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Sensory plasticity caused by up-down regulation encodes the information of short-term learning and memory.iScience · 2025Article
- The neurohormone tyramine stimulates the secretion of an insulin-like peptide from the Caenorhabditis elegans intestine to modulate the systemic stress response.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Neuropeptide signaling network of Caenorhabditis elegans: from structure to behavior.Genetics · 2024Review
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Abstract
The role of neuropeptides in modulating behavior is slowly being elucidated. With the sequencing of the C. elegans genome, the extent of the neuropeptide genes in C. elegans can be determined. To date, 113 neuropeptide genes encoding over 250 distinct neuropeptides have been identified. Of these, 40 genes encode insulin-like peptides, 31 genes encode FMRFamide-related peptides, and 42 genes encode non-insulin, non-FMRFamide-related neuropeptides. As in other systems, C. elegans neuropeptides are derived from precursor molecules that must be post-translationally processed to yield the active peptides. These precursor molecules contain a single peptide, multiple copies of a single peptide, multiple distinct peptides, or any combination thereof. The neuropeptide genes are expressed extensively throughout the nervous system, including in sensory, motor, and interneurons. In addition, some of the genes are also expressed in non-neuronal tissues, such as the somatic gonad, intestine, and vulval hypodermis. To address the effects of neuropeptides on C. elegans behavior, animals in which the different neuropeptide genes are inactivated or overexpressed are being isolated. In a complementary approach the receptors to which the neuropeptides bind are also being identified and examined. Among the knockout animals analyzed thus far, defects in locomotion, dauer formation, egg laying, ethanol response, and social behavior have been reported. These data suggest that neuropeptides have a modulatory role in many, if not all, behaviors in C. elegans.
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