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ArticleCell reports2024

Integrated stress response signaling acts as a metabolic sensor in fat tissues to regulate oocyte maturation and ovulation.

Lydia Grmai, Manuel Michaca, Emily Lackner, Narayanan Nampoothiri V P, Deepika Vasudevan

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Article in Cell reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lydia GrmaiDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Manuel MichacaDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Emily LacknerDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Narayanan Nampoothiri V PDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Deepika VasudevanDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: deepika.vasudevan@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Digestive Diseases Training ProgramT32DK063922 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ARTEEL, GAVIN E, YADAV, DHIRAJ · 2003 to 2022
$5.2M
Elucidating the role of the Integrated Stress Response pathway in tissue homeostasis - Admin SupplementR35GM150516 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Deepika Vasudevan · 2023 to 2026
$1.7M
ER stress-induced translational regulation in retinal degenerationR00EY029013 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VASUDEVAN, DEEPIKA · 2021 to 2023
$724k
Stress response signaling as a metabolic sensor in reproductionK99GM149982 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GRMAI, LYDIA · 2023 to 2024
$198k
NEI NIH HHS R00 EY029013NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK063922NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM149982NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM150516
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reproduction is an energy-intensive process requiring systemic coordination. However, the inter-organ signaling mechanisms that relay nutrient status to modulate reproductive output are poorly understood. Here, we use Drosophila melanogaster as a model to establish the integrated stress response (ISR) transcription factor, Atf4, as a fat tissue metabolic sensor that instructs oogenesis. We demonstrate that Atf4 regulates lipase activity to mediate yolk lipoprotein synthesis in the fat body. Depletion of Atf4 in the fat body also blunts oogenesis recovery after amino acid deprivation and re-feeding, suggestive of a nutrient-sensing role for Atf4. We also discovered that Atf4 promotes secretion of a fat-body-derived neuropeptide, CNMamide, which modulates neural circuits that promote egg-laying behavior (ovulation). Thus, we posit that ISR signaling in fat tissue acts as a "metabolic sensor" that instructs female reproduction-directly by impacting yolk lipoprotein production and follicle maturation and systemically by regulating ovulation.

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Drosophila melanogasterOogenesisAnimalsFemaleLipoproteinsOocytesOvulationLipoproteinsadipocyteAtf4bmmCNMaCP: Cell biologyCP: Developmental biologyegg retentionintegrated stress responseoogenesisovulationyolk protein

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PMID38457339
PMCPMC11077669
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