Drosophila as a model to study obesity and metabolic disease

LP Musselman, RP Kühnlein - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Excess adipose fat accumulation, or obesity, is a growing problem worldwide in terms of
both the rate of incidence and the severity of obesity-associated metabolic disease. Adipose …

[HTML][HTML] Using Drosophila to understand biochemical and behavioral responses to exercise

A Sujkowski, R Wessells - Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The development of endurance exercise paradigms in Drosophila has facilitated study of
genetic factors that control individual response to exercise. Recent work in Drosophila has …

Single swim sessions in C. elegans induce key features of mammalian exercise

R Laranjeiro, G Harinath, D Burke, BP Braeckman… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Exercise exerts remarkably powerful effects on metabolism and health, with anti-
disease and anti-aging outcomes. Pharmacological manipulation of exercise benefit circuits …

Swim exercise in Caenorhabditis elegans extends neuromuscular and gut healthspan, enhances learning ability, and protects against neurodegeneration

R Laranjeiro, G Harinath, JE Hewitt… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Regular physical exercise is the most efficient and accessible intervention known to promote
healthy aging in humans. The molecular and cellular mechanisms that mediate system-wide …

Alpha- and beta-adrenergic octopamine receptors in muscle and heart are required for Drosophila exercise adaptations

A Sujkowski, A Gretzinger, N Soave, SV Todi… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Endurance exercise has broadly protective effects across organisms, increasing metabolic
fitness and reducing incidence of several age-related diseases. Drosophila has emerged as …

Drosophila exercise, an emerging model bridging the fields of exercise and aging in human

M Ding, H Li, L Zheng - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Exercise is one of the most effective treatments for the diseases of aging. In recent years, a
growing number of researchers have used Drosophila melanogaster to study the broad …

Endurance exercise prevents high-fat-diet induced heart and mobility premature aging and dsir2 expression decline in aging Drosophila

DT Wen, L Zheng, F Yang, HZ Li, WQ Hou - Oncotarget, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
High-Fat-Diet (HFD)-induced obesity is a major contributor to heart and mobility premature
aging and mortality in both Drosophila and humans. The dSir2 genes are closely related to …

New opportunities: Drosophila as a model system for exercise research

LP Watanabe, NC Riddle - Journal of Applied Physiology, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Because of the growing rates of obesity in much of the world, exercise as a treatment option
for obesity and as part of a healthy lifestyle is of great interest to the general public, health …

Exercise-induced changes in climbing performance

LP Watanabe, NC Riddle - Royal Society Open Science, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Exercise is recommended to promote health and prevent a range of diseases. However,
how exercise precipitates these benefits is unclear, nor do we understand why exercise …

Swing Boat: Inducing and Recording Locomotor Activity in a Drosophila melanogaster Model of Alzheimer's Disease

J Berlandi, FJ Lin, O Ambrée, D Rieger… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies indicate that physical activity can slow down progression of
neurodegeneration in humans. To date, automated ways to induce activity have been …