Baker Keith D, Thummel Carl S
Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5331, USA.
Cell Metab. 2007 Oct;6(4):257-66. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2007.09.002.
The past few years have seen a shift in the use of Drosophila, from studies of growth and development toward genetic characterization of carbohydrate, sterol, and lipid metabolism. This research, reviewed below, establishes a new foundation for using this simple genetic model system to define the basic regulatory mechanisms that underlie metabolic homeostasis and holds the promise of providing new insights into the causes and treatments of critical human disorders such as diabetes and obesity.
在过去几年中,果蝇的用途发生了转变,从生长发育研究转向碳水化合物、固醇和脂质代谢的遗传特征研究。下面回顾的这项研究,为利用这个简单的遗传模型系统来定义代谢稳态背后的基本调控机制奠定了新基础,并有望为糖尿病和肥胖症等严重人类疾病的病因和治疗提供新见解。