ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0019.15-7 | New Hormones | ESPEYB19

15.7. A nutrient-specific gut hormone arbitrates between courtship and feeding

HH Lin , MC Kuang , I Hossain , Y Xuan , L Beebe , AK Shepherd , M Rolandi , JW Wang

Nature. 2022;602(7898):632-8. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04408-7.PubMed ID: 35140404Brief summary: This study in the fruit-fly, Drosophila melanogaster, identified a novel gut-derived, nutrient-specific neuropeptide hormone, ‘Diuretic hormone 31’ (Dh31), which triggers the insects to switch their behaviour from feeding to courtship and reproduction.Romantic di...