The one-carbon metabolism enzyme Ahcy is a redox sensor that modulates gene expression to protect against light stress-induced retinal degeneration
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ABSTRACT: One-carbon metabolism influences the response to oxidative stress through antioxidant biosynthesis and the transcriptional status of the cell via epigenetic mechanisms. One-carbon metabolism is responsible for the production of the universal methyl donor, S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), which generates the potent methyltransferase inhibitor, S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH). The essential metabolic enzyme, S-adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY), functions within one-carbon metabolism and is the sole enzyme to catabolize the metabolite S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH). Under oxidative stress conditions, AHCY becomes oxidized at a critical residue for its activity correlating with increased SAH abundance in the Drosophila head. Here, we profiled the photoreceptor transcriptome at a single time point after 3-hour blue light exposure relative to untreated controls in the Drosophila eye. We used RNAi expressed in all cells of the eye under longGMR-Gal4 to knockdown Ahcy and examined photoreceptor cells enriched using nuclei-immunoenrichment. As a control, we expressed non-specific RNAi against mCherry.
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
PROVIDER: GSE294368 | GEO | 2025/09/04
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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