ALPHA-KETOGLUTARATE INDUCES NUCLEAR RECEPTORS RATHER THAN NRF2 IN THE FRUIT FLY Drosophila melanogaster
Journal: Biotechnologia Acta (Vol.17, No. 2)Publication Date: 2024-04-30
Authors : O.I. Demianchuk D.V. Gospodaryov;
Page : 27-28
Keywords : Drosophila melanogaster; alpha-ketoglutarate; mRNA; Cyp6a2; Nrf2.;
Abstract
Aim. To test whether expression of Nrf2 targets in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster are activated by diet supplemented with alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG). Methods. The Canton-S strain of D. melanogaster was used in the study. Female flies were reared in demographic cages (150 flies per group) on the medium containing 5% sucrose, 5% yeast, 1.2% agar, 0.18% nipagin. Experimental diet was supplemented with 10 mM disodium salt of AKG. The flies were reared during 21 days and after that were anesthetized with carbon dioxide and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen for further biochemical studies. Expression of genes Ugt37A2, GstD2, and Cyp6a2, coding for a uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferase family 37 member A2, glutathione S-transferase D2, and cytochrome P450 6a2, respectively, respectively, was analyzed using semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction followed by visualization of the products in agarose gel. The gene Tbp (TATA-box binding protein) was used as a reference gene. Results. Flies fed AKG-supplemented diet during 21 days had 2.8-fold higher level of the Cyp6a2 expression than control flies. At the same time, AKG-supplemented food did not affect expression of Ugt37A2 and GstD2 genes. Conclusions. Continuous consumption of AKG-supplemented food results in the increase in the levels of messenger ribonucleic acid of Cyp6a2 gene, a target of transcriptional factors Nrf2 and DHR96, but not Ugt37A2 and GstD2 genes. Since expression of the latter two genes was unaffected by AKG-supplemented diet, it indicates that AKG may influence other transcriptional regulators, such as nuclear receptors that have common targets with Nrf2.
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