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ArticleScientific reports2019

Peroxisome-associated Sgroppino links fat metabolism with survival after RNA virus infection in Drosophila.

Sarah H Merkling, Human Riahi, Gijs J Overheul, Annette Schenck, Ronald P van Rij

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. 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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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cellular and molecular organization of the Drosophila foregut.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  4. Peroxisomes in host defense.PLoS pathogens · 2020
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  6. Rosy Beginnings: Studying Peroxisomes inFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020
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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 2 countries.

Sarah H MerklingDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Human RiahiDepartment of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Gijs J OverheulDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Annette SchenckDepartment of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Ronald P van RijDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. ronald.vanrij@radboudumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0003-0221-4689
Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

Resource Component: Acquisition, maintenance and distribution of Drosophila stocksP40OD018537 · OD · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Annette L. Parks · 2014 to 2026
$13.5M
European Research Council 615680NIH HHS P40 OD018537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a valuable model organism for the discovery and characterization of innate immune pathways, but host responses to virus infection remain incompletely understood. Here, we describe a novel player in host defense, Sgroppino (Sgp). Genetic depletion of Sgroppino causes hypersensitivity of adult flies to infections with the RNA viruses Drosophila C virus, cricket paralysis virus, and Flock House virus. Canonical antiviral immune pathways are functional in Sgroppino mutants, suggesting that Sgroppino exerts its activity via an as yet uncharacterized process. We demonstrate that Sgroppino localizes to peroxisomes, organelles involved in lipid metabolism. In accordance, Sgroppino-deficient flies show a defect in lipid metabolism, reflected by higher triglyceride levels, higher body mass, and thicker abdominal fat tissue. In addition, knock-down of Pex3, an essential peroxisome biogenesis factor, increases sensitivity to virus infection. Together, our results establish a genetic link between the peroxisomal protein Sgroppino, fat metabolism, and resistance to virus infection.

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AnimalsDicistroviridaeDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsLipid MetabolismPeroxisomesRNA VirusesRNA Virus InfectionsDrosophila Proteins

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PMID30765784
PMCPMC6375949
OpenAlexW2913922832

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