期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 21, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21114086
关键词
Drosophila; serotonin transporter; eye development; cell death; PI3K/Akt pathway
资金
- JSPS Core-to-Core program, B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms
Serotonin transporter (SerT) in the brain is an important neurotransmitter transporter involved in mental health. However, its role in peripheral organs is poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the function of SerT in the development of the compound eye in Drosophila melanogaster. We found that SerT knockdown led to excessive cell death and an increased number of cells in S-phase in the posterior eye imaginal disc. Furthermore, the knockdown of SerT in the eye disc suppressed the activation of Akt, and the introduction of PI3K effectively rescued this phenotype. These results suggested that SerT plays a role in the healthy eye development of D.melanogaster by controlling cell death through the regulation of the PI3K/Akt pathway.
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