Satiety behavior is regulated by ASI/ASH reciprocal antagonism

Abstract Appropriate decision-making is essential for ensuring survival; one such decision is whether to eat. Overall metabolic state and the safety of food are the two factors we examined using C. elegans to ask whether the metabolic state regulates neuronal activities and corresponding feeding beh...

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Autores principales: Kristen C. Davis, Young-In Choi, Jeongho Kim, Young-Jai You
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2fd70b769a934a908dbae8e741991abf2021-12-02T15:07:44ZSatiety behavior is regulated by ASI/ASH reciprocal antagonism10.1038/s41598-018-24943-62045-2322https://doaj.org/article/2fd70b769a934a908dbae8e741991abf2018-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24943-6https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Appropriate decision-making is essential for ensuring survival; one such decision is whether to eat. Overall metabolic state and the safety of food are the two factors we examined using C. elegans to ask whether the metabolic state regulates neuronal activities and corresponding feeding behavior. We monitored the activity of sensory neurons that are activated by nutritious (or appetitive) stimuli (ASI) and aversive stimuli (ASH) in starved vs. well-fed worms during stimuli presentation. Starvation reduces ASH activity to aversive stimuli while increasing ASI activity to nutritious stimuli, showing the responsiveness of each neuron is modulated by overall metabolic state. When we monitored satiety quiescence behavior that reflects the overall metabolic state, ablation of ASI and ASH produce the opposite behavior, showing the two neurons interact to control the decision to eat or not. This circuit provides a simple approach to how neurons handle sensory conflict and reach a decision that is translated to behavior.Kristen C. DavisYoung-In ChoiJeongho KimYoung-Jai YouNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
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Kristen C. Davis
Young-In Choi
Jeongho Kim
Young-Jai You
Satiety behavior is regulated by ASI/ASH reciprocal antagonism
description Abstract Appropriate decision-making is essential for ensuring survival; one such decision is whether to eat. Overall metabolic state and the safety of food are the two factors we examined using C. elegans to ask whether the metabolic state regulates neuronal activities and corresponding feeding behavior. We monitored the activity of sensory neurons that are activated by nutritious (or appetitive) stimuli (ASI) and aversive stimuli (ASH) in starved vs. well-fed worms during stimuli presentation. Starvation reduces ASH activity to aversive stimuli while increasing ASI activity to nutritious stimuli, showing the responsiveness of each neuron is modulated by overall metabolic state. When we monitored satiety quiescence behavior that reflects the overall metabolic state, ablation of ASI and ASH produce the opposite behavior, showing the two neurons interact to control the decision to eat or not. This circuit provides a simple approach to how neurons handle sensory conflict and reach a decision that is translated to behavior.
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author Kristen C. Davis
Young-In Choi
Jeongho Kim
Young-Jai You
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Jeongho Kim
Young-Jai You
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title Satiety behavior is regulated by ASI/ASH reciprocal antagonism
title_short Satiety behavior is regulated by ASI/ASH reciprocal antagonism
title_full Satiety behavior is regulated by ASI/ASH reciprocal antagonism
title_fullStr Satiety behavior is regulated by ASI/ASH reciprocal antagonism
title_full_unstemmed Satiety behavior is regulated by ASI/ASH reciprocal antagonism
title_sort satiety behavior is regulated by asi/ash reciprocal antagonism
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