Experiments in Drosophila melanogaster have revealed that limostatin, a peptide hormone, suppresses insulin production and secretion and can therefore be classed as a decretin hormone. Flies that lacked limostatin displayed features similar to hyperinsulinaemia, hypoglycaemia and increased adiposity. The researchers suggest that neuromedin U receptors are a human orthologue for limostatin, as NMRU1 is expressed in human islet β cells and purified neuromedin U suppressed insulin section in isolated human β cells.
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Limostatin—a decretin—suppresses insulin production. Nat Rev Endocrinol 11, 194 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2015.20
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