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ArticleCell reports2015

RNAi Interrogation of Dietary Modulation of Development, Metabolism, Behavior, and Aging in C. elegans.

Rui Xiao, Lei Chun, Elizabeth A Ronan, David I Friedman, Jianfeng Liu, X Z Shawn Xu

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Article in Cell reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rui XiaoLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Lei ChunCollege of Life Science and Technology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
Elizabeth A RonanLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
David I FriedmanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Jianfeng LiuCollege of Life Science and Technology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
X Z Shawn XuLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: shawnxu@umich.edu.

Funding

Neural circuits and synaptic mechanisms underlying behavior in C. elegansR01GM083241 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI XU, SHAWN · 2008 to 2017
$3.4M
Thermosensation and longevity in C. elegansR01AG048072 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI XU, SHAWN · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
Neuronal and genetic basis of photosensory behavior in C. elegansR01EY022315 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI XU, SHAWN · 2012 to 2014
$1.1M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022315NIA NIH HHS R01 AG048072NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diet affects nearly every aspect of animal life such as development, metabolism, behavior, and aging, both directly by supplying nutrients and indirectly through gut microbiota. C. elegans feeds on bacteria, and like other animals, different bacterial diets induce distinct dietary responses in the worm. However, the lack of certain critical tools hampers the use of worms as a model for dietary signaling. Here, we genetically engineered the bacterial strain OP50, the standard laboratory diet for C. elegans, making it compatible for dsRNA production and delivery. Using this RNAi-compatible OP50 strain and the other bacterial strain HT115, we feed worms different diets while delivering RNAi to interrogate the genetic basis underlying diet-dependent differential modulation of development, metabolism, behavior, and aging. We show by RNAi that neuroendocrine and mTOR pathways are involved in mediating differential dietary responses. This genetic tool greatly facilitates the use of C. elegans as a model for dietary signaling.

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DietModels, AnimalAgingAnimalsBacteriaCaenorhabditis elegansGenes, BacterialGenetic EngineeringRNA Interference

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PMID25959815
PMCPMC4439342

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