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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 260-271Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.02.015
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- NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs [P40 OD010440]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Food deprivation suppresses animal growth and development but spares the systems essential for foraging. The mechanisms underlying this selective development, and potential roles of lipids in it, are unclear. When C. elegans hatch in a food-free environment, postembryonic growth and development stall, but sensory neuron differentiation and neuronal development required for food responses continue. Here, we show that monomethyl branched-chain fatty acids (mmBCFAs) and their derivative, d17isoglucosylceramide, function in the intestine to promote foraging behavior and sensory neuron maturation through both TORC1-dependent and -independent mechanisms. We show that mmBCFAs impact the expression of a subset of genes, including ceh-36/Hox, which we show to play a key role in mediating the regulation of the neuronal functions by this lipid pathway. This study uncovers that a lipid pathway promotes neuronal functions involved in foraging under both fed and fasting conditions and adds critical insight into the physiological functions of TORC1.
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