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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
Abnormalities in insulin/IGF-1 signaling are associated with infertility, but the molecular mechanisms are not well understood. Here we use liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry to show that the C. elegans insulin/FOXO pathway regulates the metabolism of locally acting lipid hormones called prostaglandins. C. elegans prostaglandins are synthesized without prostaglandin G/H synthase homologs, the targets of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Our results support the model that insulin signaling promotes the conversion of oocyte polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) into F-series prostaglandins that guide sperm to the fertilization site. Reduction in insulin signaling activates DAF-16/FOXO, which represses the transcription of germline and intestinal genes required to deliver PUFAs to oocytes in lipoprotein complexes. Nutritional and neuroendocrine cues target this mechanism to control prostaglandin metabolism and reproductive output. Prostaglandins may be conserved sperm guidance factors and widespread downstream effectors of insulin actions that influence both reproductive and nonreproductive processes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1878-1551
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
858-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Caenorhabditis elegans, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Fatty Acids, Unsaturated, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Forkhead Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Genes, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Ovary, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Prostaglandins F, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Receptor, Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Reproduction, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Sperm Motility, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:21145501-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Insulin/FOXO signaling regulates ovarian prostaglandins critical for reproduction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural