Luan Z, Reddig K, Li HS. Loss of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in Drosophila photoreceptors leads to blindness and age-dependent neurodegeneration. Exp Neurol. 2014 Nov;261:791-801. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.08.025. Epub 2014 PMID: 25205229; PMCID: PMC4194232.
Rosenbaum EE, Vasiljevic E, Cleland SC, Flores C, Colley NJ. The Gos28 SNARE Mediates Intra-Golgi Transport of Rhodopsin and is Required for Photoreceptor Survival. J Biol Chem. 2014 Sep 26. PMID: 25261468.
Barclay SS, Tamura T, Ito H, Fujita K, Tagawa K, Shimamura T, Katsuta A, Shiwaku H, Sone M, Imoto S, Miyano S, Okazawa H. Systems biology analysis of Drosophila in vivo screen data elucidates core networks for DNA damage repair in SCA1. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Mar 1;23(5):1345-64. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt524. PMID: 24179173. From the abstract: "In this study, we performed a systematic in vivo screen of all available Drosophila melanogaster homolog DNA repair genes, and we tested the effect of their overexpression on lifespan and developmental viability in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 (SCA1) Drosophila models expressing human mutant Ataxin-1 (Atxn1)."
Xu S, Wilf R, Menon T, Panikker P, Sarthi J, Elefant F. Epigenetic Control of Learning and Memory in Drosophila by Tip60 HAT Action. Genetics. 2014 Oct 17. PMID: 25326235. From the abstract: "Disruption of epigenetic gene control mechanisms in the brain causes significant cognitive impairment that is a debilitating hallmark of most neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD). ... Here, we investigate an epigenetic role for the HAT Tip60 in learning and memory formation using the Drosophila CNS mushroom body (MB) as a well-characterized cognition model. ... we find that both learning and immediate recall memory deficits that occur under AD associated amyloid precursor protein (APP) induced neurodegenerative conditions can be effectively rescued by increasing Tip60 HAT levels specifically in the MB. ..."
Stepto A, Gallo JM, Shaw CE, Hirth F. Modelling C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Acta Neuropathol. 2014 Mar;127(3):377-89. PMID: 24366528. From the abstract of this review: "... studies using patient-derived cells, as well as Drosophila and zebrafish models overexpressing disease-related hexanucleotide expansions, can cause repeat length-dependent formation of RNA foci, which directly and progressively correlate with cellular toxicity. ..."
Zwarts L, Van Eijs F, Callaerts P. Glia in Drosophila behavior. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2014 Oct 22. PMID: 25336160. From the abstract: "... We here summarize recent work describing the role of glia in normal behavior and in Drosophila models for neurological and behavioral disorders."
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