LAB OF NEURAL
INTEROCEPTION
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
I. Nutrient Sensing
1 Oh, Y., Lai, J. S. Y., Min, S., Huang, H. W., Liberles, S. D., Ryoo, H. D., & Suh, G. S. (2021).
Periphery signals generated by Piezo-mediated stomach stretch and Neuromedin-mediated glucose
load regulate the Drosophila brain nutrient sensor. Neuron, 109(12), 1979-1995.
2 Kim, B. #, Kanai, M. I. #, Oh, Y., Kyung, M., Kim, E. K., Jang, I. H., Lee, J. H., Kim, S. K.,
Suh, G. S.*, & Lee, W. J.* (2021). Response of the microbiome–gut–brain axis in Drosophila to
amino acid deficit. Nature, 593(7860), 570-574.
3 Oh, Y., Lai, J. S., Mills, H. J., Erdjument-Bromage, H., Giammarinaro, B., Saadipour, K., Wang, J.
G., Abu, F., Neubert, T. A., & Suh, G. (2019). A glucose-sensing neuron pair regulates insulin and
glucagon in Drosophila. Nature, 574(7779), 559–564. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1675-4
4 Park, J. Y., Dus, M., Kim, S., Abu, F., Kanai, M. I., Rudy, B., & Suh, G. (2016). Drosophila
SLC5A11 Mediates Hunger by Regulating K(+) Channel Activity. Current biology : CB, 26(15),
1965–1974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.076
5 Dus, M., Lai, J. S., Gunapala, K. M., Min, S., Tayler, T. D., Hergarden, A. C., Geraud, E., Joseph,
C. M., & Suh, G. S. (2015). Nutrient Sensor in the Brain Directs the Action of the Brain-Gut Axis
in Drosophila. Neuron, 87(1), 139–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.05.032
6 Dus, M., Ai, M., & Suh, G. S. (2013). Taste-independent nutrient selection is mediated by a brain-
specific Na+/solute co-transporter in Drosophila. Nature neuroscience, 16(5), 526.
7 Dus, M., Min, S., Keene, A. C., Lee, G. Y., & Suh, G. S. (2011). Taste-independent detection of
the caloric content of sugar in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America, 108(28), 11644–11649. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1017096108
II. Valence Encoding
1 Kim, J., Lee, S., Fang, Y. Y., Shin, A., Park, S., Hashikawa, K., Bhat, S., Kim, D., Sohn, J. W., Lin,
D.* & Suh, G.* (2019). Rapid, biphasic CRF neuronal responses encode positive and negative
valence. Nature neuroscience, 22(4), 576–585. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-019-0342-2
2 Min, S., Ai, M., Shin, S. A., & Suh, G. S. (2013). Dedicated olfactory neurons mediating attraction
behavior to ammonia and amines in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
of the United States of America, 110(14), E1321–E1329. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1215680110
3 Enjin, A., & Suh, G. S. (2013). Neural mechanisms of alarm pheromone signaling. Molecules and
cells, 35(3), 177–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10059-013-0056-3
III. Sensory Processing
1 Kim, B. S., & Suh, G. S. (2019). Signal Amplification in Drosophila Olfactory Receptor
Neurons. Neuron, 104(5), 829-831.
2 Ai, M., Blais, S., Park, J. Y., Min, S., Neubert, T. A., & Suh, G. S. (2013). Ionotropic glutamate
receptors IR64a and IR8a form a functional odorant receptor complex in vivo in Drosophila. The
Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 33(26), 10741–
3 Ai, M., Min, S., Grosjean, Y., Leblanc, C., Bell, R., Benton, R., & Suh, G. S. (2010). Acid sensing
by the Drosophila olfactory system. Nature, 468(7324), 691–695.
4 Suh, G. S., Wong, A. M., Hergarden, A. C., Wang, J. W., Simon, A. F., Benzer, S., ... & Anderson,
D. J. (2004). A single population of olfactory sensory neurons mediates an innate avoidance
behaviour in Drosophila. Nature, 431(7010), 854-859.
IV. Others
2 Lim, S. Y., You, H., Lee, J., Lee, J., Lee, Y., Lee, K. A., ... & Suh, G. S. (2021). Identification and
characterization of GAL4 drivers that mark distinct cell types and regions in the Drosophila adult
gut. Journal of Neurogenetics, 35(1), 33-44.
3 Abu, F., Wang, J. G., Oh, Y., Deng, J., Neubert, T. A., & Suh, G. (2018). Communicating the
nutritional value of sugar in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America, 115(12), E2829–E2838. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719827115
4 Ai, M., Mills, H., Kanai, M., Lai, J., Deng, J., Schreiter, E., Looger, L., Neubert, T., & Suh, G.
(2015). Green-to-Red Photoconversion of GCaMP. PloS one, 10(9), e0138127.