The CApillary FEeder assay measures food intake in Drosophila melanogaster

…, K Kastenholz, LV Escarcena, N Strudthoff… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2017 - jove.com
For most animals, feeding is an essential behavior for securing survival, and it influences
development, locomotion, health and reproduction. Ingestion of the right type and quantity of …

ERR and dPECR Suggest a Link Between Neuroprotection and the Regulation of Ethanol Consumption Preference

L Velo Escarcena, M Neufeld, M Rietschel… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Reconsumption of ethanol after withdrawal is a hallmark for relapse in recovering patients
with alcohol use disorders. We show that the preference of Drosophila melanogaster to …

Plasmalogen, a glycerophospholipid crucial for Streptococcus mutans acid tolerance and colonization

R Mu, S Momeni, M Krieger, B Xie, X Cao… - Applied and …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study sheds light on the biological role of plasmalogen, a specific glycerophospholipid,
in bacteria, particularly in Streptococcus mutans . Plasmalogens are known for their …

Probiotic Bifidobacteria Mitigate the Deleterious Effects of para-Cresol in a Drosophila melanogaster Toxicity Model

GA Stuivenberg, JA Chmiel, PP Akouris, JP Burton… - Msphere, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… (III) l-tyrosine and l-phenylalanine are fermented by members of the gut microbiota, forming
p-cresol, (IV) which is rapidly absorbed by the colon mucosa and (V) transported to the liver, (…

The acyclotide ribe 31 from Rinorea bengalensis has selective cytotoxicity and potent insecticidal properties in Drosophila

TT Dang, YH Huang, S Ott, PJ Harvey… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Cyclotides and acyclic versions of cyclotides (acyclotides) are peptides involved in plant
defense. These peptides contain a cystine knot motif formed by three interlocked disulfide bonds…

Bacterial Metabolism and Transport Genes Are Associated with the Preference of Drosophila melanogaster for Dietary Yeast

TB Call, EK Davis, JD Bean, SG Lemmon… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… only the yeast or only the glucose in increments of 25 g L −1 . (Fig. S1; Table S1). … 75% led
to no major changes in dietary preference in axenic or L. brevis-treated flies and to decreased, …

Opposing effects of genetic variation in MTCH2 for obesity versus heart failure

JA Fischer, TO Monroe, LL Pesce… - Human molecular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
… in a non-ischemic cardiomyopathy cohort (N = 172) when compared to a general cohort
derived from the Northwestern medical biobank (N = 772) with an overall allele frequency of …

The immune deficiency pathway regulates metabolic homeostasis in Drosophila

S Davoodi, A Galenza, A Panteluk… - The Journal of …, 2019 - journals.aai.org
Immune and metabolic pathways collectively influence host responses to microbial invaders,
and mutations in one pathway frequently disrupt activity in another. We used the …

[HTML][HTML] Modified Capillary Feeder assay using micro-tips to measure real-time feeding in Drosophila

A Segu, D Radhakrishnan, NN Kannan - STAR protocols, 2023 - Elsevier
… The equation of the line (l) with radius r 1 and r 3 and h 1 and h 3 with slope m, is … d i n g ,
h 1 = h e i g h t a t t h e b a s e , r 3 = r a d i u s a t t h e p o i n t o f v o l u m e r e m a i n i n g i n t …

Evidence for Involvement of the Alcohol Consumption WDPCP Gene in Lipid Metabolism, and Liver Cirrhosis

…, I Tzoulaki, D Abbas, S Loh, J Barclay, L Martins - 2023 - researchsquare.com
… Diegelmann S, Jansen A, Jois S, Kastenholz K, Velo Escarcena L, Strudthoff N and Scholz
H. The CApillary FEeder Assay Measures Food Intake in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of …