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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2015

FOXO regulates RNA interference in Drosophila and protects from RNA virus infection.

Michael J Spellberg, Michael T Marr

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Double-stranded RNA induces antiviral transcriptional response through the Dicer-2/Ampk/FoxO axis in an arthropod.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  15. Regular Exercise Modulates theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  16. FOXO-mediated repression of Dicer1 regulates metabolism, stress resistance, and longevity inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael J SpellbergDepartment of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454.
Michael T MarrDepartment of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454 mmarr@brandeis.edu.
Brandeis University · US

Funding

Drosophila Transgenic RNAi Resource ProjectR01GM084947 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PERRIMON, NORBERT · 2008 to 2019
$9.8M
GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF REGULATIONT32GM007122 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI LOVETT, SUSAN THOMAS · 1985 to 2020
$7.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084947NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM084947NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small RNA pathways are important players in posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. These pathways play important roles in all aspects of cellular physiology from development to fertility to innate immunity. However, almost nothing is known about the regulation of the central genes in these pathways. The forkhead box O (FOXO) family of transcription factors is a conserved family of DNA-binding proteins that responds to a diverse set of cellular signals. FOXOs are crucial regulators of cellular homeostasis that have a conserved role in modulating organismal aging and fitness. Here, we show that Drosophila FOXO (dFOXO) regulates the expression of core small RNA pathway genes. In addition, we find increased dFOXO activity results in an increase in RNA interference (RNAi) efficacy, establishing a direct link between cellular physiology and RNAi. Consistent with these findings, dFOXO activity is stimulated by viral infection and is required for effective innate immune response to RNA virus infection. Our study reveals an unanticipated connection among dFOXO, stress responses, and the efficacy of small RNA-mediated gene silencing and suggests that organisms can tune their gene silencing in response to environmental and metabolic conditions.

Indexed as

RNA InterferenceAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsForkhead Transcription FactorsDrosophila ProteinsForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXO protein, DrosophilaArgonauteDrosophilaFOXORNAiviral immunity

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PMID26553999
PMCPMC4664361
OpenAlexW2160283131

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