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ArticleNature aging2025

Body-to-brain insulin and Notch signaling regulates memory through neuronal CREB activity.

Shiyi Zhou, Katherine E Novak, Rachel Kaletsky, Yifei Weng, Jonathan St Ange, Morgan E Stevenson, Erik Toraason, Yanping Zhang, Wenhong Zhang, Meng-Qiu Dong and 1 more

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Article in Nature aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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11 authors.

Shiyi Zhou *Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Katherine E Novak *Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3564-9841
Rachel KaletskyDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7176-9154
Yifei WengDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Jonathan St AngeDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Morgan E StevensonDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Erik ToraasonDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Yanping ZhangNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wenhong ZhangNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China.
Meng-Qiu DongNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6094-1182
Coleen T MurphyDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. ctmurphy@princeton.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8257-984X

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM007388 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI CRISTEA, ILEANA M. · 1985 to 2022
$27.4M
Methods and Logic in Molecular Biology Training ProgramT32GM148739 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Ileana M. Cristea · 2023 to 2026
$3.6M
China Scholarship Council (CSC) NALife Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) NANational Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32061143020NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007388NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM148739Simons Foundation 811235SPIU.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32GM007388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While memory regulation is predominantly understood as autonomous to neurons, factors outside the brain can also affect neuronal function. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the insulin/IGF-1-like signaling (IIS) pathway regulates longevity, metabolism and memory: long-lived daf-2 insulin/IGF-1 receptor mutants more than double memory duration after a single training session, and it was assumed that memory regulation was strictly neuronal. However, here we show that degradation of DAF-2 in the hypodermis also greatly extends memory, via expression of the diffusible Notch ligand, OSM-11, which in turn activates Notch signaling in neurons. Single-nucleus RNA sequencing of neurons revealed increased expression of CREB and other memory genes. Furthermore, in aged animals, activation of the hypodermal IIS-Notch pathway as well as OSM-11 overexpression rescue both memory and learning via CREB activity. Thus, insulin signaling in the liver-like hypodermis non-autonomously regulates neuronal function, providing a systemic connection between metabolism and memory through IIS-Notch-CREB signaling from the body to the brain.

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BrainCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinInsulinMemoryNeuronsReceptors, NotchSignal TransductionAnimalsReceptor, InsulinCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinInsulinReceptor, InsulinReceptors, Notch

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PMID40425807
PMCPMC12270903

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