Indy (gene)

Short description: Gene found in fruit flies

I'm not dead yet

Identifiers
Organism| Drosophila melanogaster
Symbol| Indy
UniProt| Q9VVT2
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Structures| Swiss-model
Domains| InterPro
I'm not dead yet 2

Identifiers
Organism| Drosophila melanogaster
Symbol| Indy-2
UniProt| Q9VDQ0
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Structures| Swiss-model
Domains| InterPro

Indy, short for I'm not dead yet, is a gene found in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, an important model organism. Mutant versions of this gene have doubled the average life span of fruit flies in at least one set of experiments, but this result has been subject to controversy. Both Indy proteins are sodium sulfate symporters.[1] Its name originates from a well-known comic line in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.[2]

Reduced expression of this gene in Drosophila melanogaster flies and C. elegans worms (P32739) modeled the effects on obesity and diabetes of caloric reduction in primates such as humans. A similar effect was seen with SLC13A5 (mIndy) knockouts of mice.[3][4][5][6]

## See also

* Cell biology

## References

1. ↑ "Extended life-span conferred by cotransporter gene mutations in Drosophila". Science 290 (5499): 2137–40. 15 December 2000. doi:10.1126/science.290.5499.2137. PMID 11118146. Bibcode: 2000Sci...290.2137R.
2. ↑ "Clever Drosophila gene names". 25 March 2003. http://tinman.vetmed.helsinki.fi/eng/drosophila.html.
3. ↑ "Diet, diabetes, and a gene called mINDY". Yale School of Medicine. https://medicine.yale.edu/news/medicineatyale/diet-diabetes-and-a-gene-called-mindy.aspx. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
4. ↑ "The longevity gene mIndy (I'm Not Dead, Yet) affects blood pressure through sympathoadrenal mechanisms". Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71 (11S): A1813. 2018. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32354-4. https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/136083.
5. ↑ "The longevity gene mIndy (I'm Not Dead, Yet) affects blood pressure through sympathoadrenal mechanisms". JCI Insight 6 (2): e136083. 2021. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.136083. PMID 33491666.
6. ↑ "The longevity gene mammalian Indy (mINDY) is involved in blood pressure regulation". Medical Xpress. 2021. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-01-longevity-gene-mammalian-indy-mindy.html.

## External links

* Indy at FlyBase database of Drosophila genes.
* INDY (I’m Not Dead, Yet)

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