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ArticleArchives of insect biochemistry and physiology2019

Knockdown of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase-like 2 in Drosophila melanogaster.

Ryan L Anderson, Dylan J Wallis, Alexander Aguirre, Dean Holliday, David J Merkler

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Article in Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ryan L AndersonDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Dylan J WallisDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Alexander AguirreDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Dean HollidayDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
David J MerklerDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6659-0005

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Subtraction LipidomicsR15GM107864 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI MERKLER, DAVID J · 2015 to 2017
$386k
Glycine N-AcyltransferasesR03DA034323 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI MERKLER, DAVID J · 2012 to 2013
$136k
National Institute of General Medical Science of the National Institutes of Health R15-GM107864NIDA NIH HHS R03 DA034323NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM107864Shirley W. and William L. Griffin Charitable FoundationUniversity of South Florida Creative Scholarship Grant from the College of Art
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Abstract

Drosophila melanogaster produces fatty acid amides, and thus, provides a model to unravel the pathways for their biosynthesis. We previously demonstrated that arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase-like 2 (AANATL2) from D. melanogaster will catalyze the formation of long-chain N-acylserotonins and N-acyldopamines in vitro. Generating silencing RNA via the UAS/GAL4 bipartite approach for targeted gene expression effectively decreased the endogenous levels of the AANATL2 transcripts in D. melanogaster, as shown by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Consistent with these data, western blot analysis of the offspring of the AANATL2 knockdown flies using an anti-AANATL2 antibody revealed a significant reduction in the expression of the AANATL2 protein. Reduced expression of AANATL2 decreased the cellular levels of N-palmitoyldopamine (PALDA), providing strong evidence that AANATL2 is responsible for the biosynthesis of PALDA in vivo. This is the first time that the expression of an AANAT has been reduced in D. melanogaster to link one of these enzymes to the in vivo production of an N-acylarylalkylamide.

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AcyltransferasesAnimalsDopamineDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGene SilencingAANATL2 protein, DrosophilaAcyltransferasesDopamineDrosophila ProteinsN-palmitoyl dopaminearylalkylamine N-acetyltransferaseDrosophila melanogasterexpression knockdownfatty acid amideLC-QToF-MSN-palmitoyldopamineUAS/Gal4

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PMCPMC6834884

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