Trehalose metabolism confers developmental robustness and stability in Drosophila by regulating glucose homeostasis
Open Access
- 7 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Communications Biology
- Vol. 3 (1), 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0889-1
Abstract
Organisms have evolved molecular mechanisms to ensure consistent and invariant phenotypes in the face of environmental fluctuations. Developmental homeostasis is determined by two factors: robustness, which buffers against environmental variations; and developmental stability, which buffers against intrinsic random variations. However, our understanding of these noise-buffering mechanisms remains incomplete. Here, we showed that appropriate glycemic control confers developmental homeostasis in the fruit fly Drosophila. We found that circulating glucose levels are buffered by trehalose metabolism, which acts as a glucose sink in circulation. Furthermore, mutations in trehalose synthesis enzyme (Tps1) increased the among-individual and within-individual variations in wing size. Whereas wild-type flies were largely resistant to changes in dietary carbohydrate and protein levels, Tps1 mutants experienced significant disruptions in developmental homeostasis in response to dietary stress. These results demonstrate that glucose homeostasis against dietary stress is crucial for developmental homeostasis. Matsushita and Nishimura study the role of trehalose metabolism in glucose homeostasis and developmental stability in D. melanogaster. They show that the trehalose biosynthesis enzyme Tps1 buffers circulating glucose levels and affects cell growth and organ symmetry in the wing.Funding Information
- MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP17H03658)
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