Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

A tachykinin-like neuroendocrine signalling axis couples central serotonin action and nutrient sensing with peripheral lipid metabolism

  • Lavinia Palamiuc,
  • Tallie Noble,
  • Emily Witham,
  • Harkaranveer Ratanpal,
  • Megan Vaughan,
  • Supriya Srinivasan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14237
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Serotonin is a potent stimulator of fat loss and energy expenditure in several species, includingC. elegans. Here, Palamiuc et al. identify the neuropeptide, FP-7, and its receptor in the intestine, NRP-22 as mediators of serotonergic body fat loss in worms.