期刊
FLY
卷 5, 期 3, 页码 215-220出版社
LANDES BIOSCIENCE
DOI: 10.4161/fly.5.3.15477
关键词
Drosophila; ecdysone; sleep; memory; steroid; stress; chromatin modification; neuronal remodeling; non-genomic steroid action
资金
- National Institute of Health [MH62684, MH085081]
- University of Iowa
- Uehara Memorial Foundatioin
The molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) is an active metabolite of ecdysone and plays vital roles during ontogeny of the fruit fly Drosophila, coordinating critical developmental transitions such as molting and metamorphosis. Although 20E is known to exist throughout life in both male and female flies, its functions in adult physiology and behavior remain largely elusive. Notably, findings from previous studies suggest that this hormone may be involved in adult stress responses. Consistent with this possibility, we have found that ecdysone signaling in adult flies is activated by stressful social interactions and plays a role in the formation of long-term courtship memory. 1 In addition, we recently reported that ecdysone signaling contributes to the regulation of sleep, affecting transitions between sleep and wakefulness. 2 Here we first summarize our findings on the unconventional roles of 20E in regulating memory and sleep in adult flies. We then discuss speculative ideas concerning the stress hormone-like features of 20E, as well as the possibility that ecdysone signaling contributes to remodeling of the adult nervous system, at both the functional and structural levels, through epigenetic mechanisms.
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