Epidermal tyrosine catabolism is crucial for metabolic homeostasis and survival against high-protein diets in Drosophila

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作   者：

Kosakamoto, Hina;  Miura, Masayuki;  Obata, Fumiaki; 

作者机构：

Inst Cellular & Organism BiolMRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine University of Edinburgh Sch Biol; 

关键词：

Tyrosine;  FoxO;  High-protein diet;  AMPK;  Insulin/IGF-1 signalling;  Drosophila melanogaster;  Epidermal metabolism; 

期刊名称：

Development

i s s n：

0950-1991

年卷期：

2024 年 151 卷 1 期

页   码：

dev202372-dev202372

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摘   要：

The insect epidermis forms the exoskeleton and determines the body size of an organism. How the epidermis acts as a metabolic regulator to adapt to changes in dietary protein availability remains elusive. Here, we show that the Drosophila epidermis regulates tyrosine (Tyr) catabolism in response to dietary protein levels, thereby promoting metabolic homeostasis. The gene expression profile of the Drosophila larval body wall reveals that enzymes involved in the Tyr degradation pathway, including 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (Hpd), are upregulated by increased protein intake. Hpd is specifically expressed in the epidermis and is dynamically regulated by the internal Tyr levels. Whereas basal Hpd expression is maintained by insulin/IGF-1 signalling, Hpd induction on high-protein diet requires activation of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)- forkhead box O subfamily (FoxO) axis. Impairment of the FoxOmediated Hpd induction in the epidermis leads to aberrant increases in internal Tyr and its metabolites, disrupting larval development on high-protein diets. Taken together, our findings uncover a crucial role of the epidermis as a metabolic regulator in coping with an unfavourable dietary environment.