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ArticlePloS one2015

Reduced Gut Acidity Induces an Obese-Like Phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster and in Mice.

Wei-Sheng Lin, Cheng-Wen Huang, You-Sheng Song, Jui-Hung Yen, Ping-Chang Kuo, Sheng-Rong Yeh, Hung-Yu Lin, Tsai-Feng Fu, Ming-Shiang Wu, Horng-Dar Wang and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei-Sheng LinGraduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin branch, Yun-Lin, Taiwan.
Cheng-Wen HuangGraduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu, Taiwan.
You-Sheng SongInstitute of Neuroscience, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jui-Hung YenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America.
Ping-Chang KuoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America.
Sheng-Rong YehGraduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hung-Yu LinInstitute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu, Taiwan.
Tsai-Feng FuDepartment of Applied Chemistry, National Chinan University, Nantou, Taiwan.
Ming-Shiang WuDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Horng-Dar WangInstitute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu, Taiwan; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu, Taiwan; Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu, Taiwan.
Pei-Yu WangGraduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWNational Tsing Hua University · TWIndiana University · USIndiana University School of MedicineNational Chengchi University · TWNational Chi Nan University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to identify genes involved in stress and metabolic regulation, we carried out a Drosophila P-element-mediated mutagenesis screen for starvation resistance. We isolated a mutant, m2, that showed a 23% increase in survival time under starvation conditions. The P-element insertion was mapped to the region upstream of the vha16-1 gene, which encodes the c subunit of the vacuolar-type H+-ATPase. We found that vha16-1 is highly expressed in the fly midgut, and that m2 mutant flies are hypomorphic for vha16-1 and also exhibit reduced midgut acidity. This deficit is likely to induce altered metabolism and contribute to accelerated aging, since vha16-1 mutant flies are short-lived and display increases in body weight and lipid accumulation. Similar phenotypes were also induced by pharmacological treatment, through feeding normal flies and mice with a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (acetazolamide) or proton pump inhibitor (PPI, lansoprazole) to suppress gut acid production. Our study may thus provide a useful model for investigating chronic acid suppression in patients.

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PhenotypeAcetazolamideAcid-Base EquilibriumAnimalsCarbonic Anhydrase InhibitorsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGastric Acidity DeterminationGastrointestinal TractLansoprazoleMiceObesityProton Pump InhibitorsVacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPasesAcetazolamideCarbonic Anhydrase InhibitorsDrosophila ProteinsLansoprazoleProton Pump InhibitorsVacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases

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