Drosophila melanogasterGenAge entry for Ilp6 (Drosophila melanogaster)

Gene information (ID: 1756)

Symbol
Ilp6
Aliases
CG14049; dilp; Dilp; DILP; Dilp; 6; dilp-6; dilp6; dILP6; D
Name
Insulin-like peptide 6
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster (AnAge)

Potential relevance to longevity and/or ageing

Observations
Conditional expression of dilp6 abdominal fat body extended lifespan in females maintained on a low-yeast diet but not on high-yeast diet. Conditional expression in head fat body modestly increased lifespan in females upon high-yeast diet but decreased it upon low-yeast diet. No detectable effect was seen for males on any diet. Conditional expression with ubiquitous drivers and ubiquitous RNAi resulted in shortened lifespan. Overexpression by a conditional pan-neuronal driver or fat body RNAi have no effect on lifespan.
% change in avg or median lifespan
Lifespan is up to 15.6% higher.
Lifespan Effect
Increase
Genetic Manipulation
Overexpression
Longevity Category
Pro-Longevity
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    Homologs in other organisms

    No homologs found

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