Peppers in Diet: Genome-Wide Transcriptome and Metabolome Changes in Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: The habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense) is an increasingly important spice and vegetable crop worldwide because of its high capsaicin content and pungent flavor. Diets supplemented with the phytochemicals found in habanero peppers might cause shifts in an organism's metabolism and gene expression. Thus, understanding how these interactions occur can reveal the potential health effects associated with such changes. We performed transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of Drosophila melanogaster adult flies reared on a habanero pepper diet. We found 539 genes/59 metabolites that were differentially expressed/accumulated in flies fed a pepper versus control diet. Transcriptome results indicated that olfactory sensitivity and behavioral responses to the pepper diet were mediated b

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Ortiz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9455967 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature