CYP9Q1 Modulates Dopamine to Increase Sugar Responsiveness in Honeybees (Apis mellifera)
Xue-Ling Xu, Long Geng, Zhao-Yang Zeng, Zun Wu, Lin-Feng Li, Shao-Han Tang, Zi-Jing Wang, Han-Hui Shi, Zhi-Guo Li, Hong-Yi Nie, Song-Kun Su · 2024
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Xue-Ling Xu and co-authors present a bee biology study, printed in 2024, on the gene that tunes a honeybee's sweet tooth. A forager's hunger shapes the whole colony's fortunes, and the brain chemical dopamine is known to stir appetite. The team compared bees starved briefly with fed bees, finding dopamine ran higher in the hungry ones, then sequenced brain genes to find what changed with appetite state.
A detox family gene, CYP9Q1, emerged as a regulator of sugar responsiveness. It acts through a partner in insulin signaling to promote dopamine production, closing a loop from metabolism to motivation. The authors offer the pathway as a molecular handle on food wanting in the hive.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xue-Ling Xu, Long Geng, Zhao-Yang Zeng, Zun Wu, Lin-Feng Li, Shao-Han Tang, Zi-Jing Wang, Han-Hui Shi, Zhi-Guo Li, Hong-Yi Nie, Song-Kun Su |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |