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Boyd HM, Frick KM, Kwapis JL. Connecting the Dots: Potential Interactions Between Sex Hormones and the Circadian System During Memory Consolidation. J Biol Rhythms 2023; 38:537-555. [PMID: 37464775 PMCID: PMC10615791 DOI: 10.1177/07487304231184761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Both the circadian clock and sex hormone signaling can strongly influence brain function, yet little is known about how these 2 powerful modulatory systems might interact during complex neural processes like memory consolidation. Individually, the molecular components and action of each of these systems have been fairly well-characterized, but there is a fundamental lack of information about how these systems cooperate. In the circadian system, clock genes function as timekeeping molecules that convey time-of-day information on a well-stereotyped cycle that is governed by the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Keeping time is particularly important to synchronize various physiological processes across the brain and body, including those that regulate memory consolidation. Similarly, sex hormones are powerful modulators of memory, with androgens, estrogens, and progestins, all influencing memory consolidation within memory-relevant brain regions like the hippocampus. Despite clear evidence that each system can influence memory individually, exactly how the circadian and hormonal systems might interact to impact memory consolidation remains unclear. Research investigating either sex hormone action or circadian gene function within memory-relevant brain regions has unveiled several notable places in which the two systems could interact to control memory. Here, we bring attention to known interactions between the circadian clock and sex hormone signaling. We then review sex hormone-mediated control of memory consolidation, highlighting potential nodes through which the circadian system might interact during memory formation. We suggest that the bidirectional relationship between these two systems is essential for proper control of memory formation based on an animal's hormonal and circadian state.
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- Hannah M. Boyd
- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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Waddell H, Stevenson TJ, Mole DJ. The role of the circadian rhythms in critical illness with a focus on acute pancreatitis. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15335. [PMID: 37089281 PMCID: PMC10119767 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Circadian rhythms are responsible for governing various physiological processes, including hormone secretion, immune responses, metabolism, and the sleep/wake cycle. In critical illnesses such as acute pancreatitis (AP), circadian rhythms can become dysregulated due to disease. Evidence suggests that time of onset of disease, coupled with peripheral inflammation brought about by AP will impact on the circadian rhythms generated in the central pacemaker and peripheral tissues. Cells of the innate and adaptive immune system are governed by circadian rhythms and the diurnal pattern of expression can be disrupted during disease. Peak circadian immune cell release and gene expression can coincide with AP onset, that may increase pancreatic injury, tissue damage and the potential for systemic inflammation and multiple organ failure to develop. Here, we provide an overview of the role of circadian rhythms in AP and the underpinning inflammatory mechanisms to contextualise ongoing research into the chronobiology and chronotherapeutics of AP.
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- Heather Waddell
- Medical Research Council Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
- Clinical Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
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Circle(s) of Life: The Circadian Clock from Birth to Death. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12030383. [PMID: 36979075 PMCID: PMC10045474 DOI: 10.3390/biology12030383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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Most lifeforms on earth use endogenous, so-called circadian clocks to adapt to 24-h cycles in environmental demands driven by the planet’s rotation around its axis. Interactions with the environment change over the course of a lifetime, and so does regulation of the circadian clock system. In this review, we summarize how circadian clocks develop in humans and experimental rodents during embryonic development, how they mature after birth and what changes occur during puberty, adolescence and with increasing age. Special emphasis is laid on the circadian regulation of reproductive systems as major organizers of life segments and life span. We discuss differences in sexes and outline potential areas for future research. Finally, potential options for medical applications of lifespan chronobiology are discussed.
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Coborn J, de Wit A, Crawford S, Nathan M, Rahman S, Finkelstein L, Wiley A, Joffe H. Disruption of Sleep Continuity During the Perimenopause: Associations with Female Reproductive Hormone Profiles. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022; 107:e4144-e4153. [PMID: 35878624 PMCID: PMC9516110 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgac447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Nocturnal vasomotor symptoms (nVMS), depressive symptoms (DepSx), and female reproductive hormone changes contribute to perimenopause-associated disruption in sleep continuity. Hormonal changes underlie both nVMS and DepSx. However, their association with sleep continuity parameters resulting in perimenopause-associated sleep disruption remains unclear. OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the association between female reproductive hormones and perimenopausal sleep discontinuity independent of nVMS and DepSx. METHODS Daily sleep and VMS diaries, and weekly serum assays of female reproductive hormones were obtained for 8 consecutive weeks in 45 perimenopausal women with mild DepSx but no primary sleep disorder. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine associations of estradiol, progesterone, and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) with mean number of nightly awakenings, wakefulness after sleep onset (WASO) and sleep-onset latency (SOL) adjusting for nVMS and DepSx. RESULTS Sleep disruption was common (median 1.5 awakenings/night, WASO 24.3 and SOL 20.0 minutes). More awakenings were associated with estradiol levels in the postmenopausal range (β = 0.14; 95% CI, 0.04 to 0.24; P = 0.007), and higher FSH levels (β [1-unit increase] = 0.12; 95% CI, 0.02 to 0.22; P = 0.02), but not with progesterone (β [1-unit increase] = -0.02; 95% CI, -0.06 to 0.01; P = 0.20) in adjusted models. Female reproductive hormones were not associated with WASO or SOL. CONCLUSION Associations of more awakenings with lower estradiol and higher FSH levels provide support for a perimenopause-associated sleep discontinuity condition that is linked with female reproductive hormone changes, independent of nVMS and DepSx.
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- Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
- Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
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- Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
- Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
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- Correspondence: Hadine Joffe, MD MSc, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Thorn 1117, 75 Francis St, Boston MA 02115-6106, USA.
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Morphofunctional State and Circadian Rhythms of the Liver of Female Rats under the Influence of Chronic Alcohol Intoxication and Constant Lighting. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810744. [PMID: 36142658 PMCID: PMC9502101 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A separate and combined effect of constant illumination and chronic alcohol intoxication (CAI) on diurnal dynamics of micromorphometric parameters of hepatocytes in female Wistar rats and p53, Ki-67, PER2, BMAL1, and ADH5 expression in these cells were studied. The increase in apoptotic activity and proliferation in all animals under the action of chronodestructors is shown. All experimental animals showed a decrease in BMAL1 expression and increase in PER2 expression; ADH5 is overexpressed under the influence of ethanol. Circadian rhythms (CRs) of BMAL1, PER2, p53, and Ki-67 expression persist in all groups, except combined action of chronodestructors, and ADH5 CRs persist in all groups—thus, these rhythms in females are quite stable. CRs of the hepatocyte nuclei area are preserved in all the studied groups, although they undergo a significant shift. At the same time, the CRs of the hepatocyte area are destroyed under the action of light, both independently and in combination with CAI, and the CR of the nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio (NCR) is destroyed by exposure to CAI. It can be assumed that CRs of the hepatocyte area are significantly affected by dark deprivation and NCR rhythm is sensitive to ethanol consumption, while the stability of studied genes’ expression rhythms at separate influences of studied chronodestructors is maintained by yet unknown adaptation mechanisms. It is necessary to note that, according to our previous studies of male rats, rat females show significantly greater stability of the studied CRs.
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Sex as a biological variable is the focus of much literature and has been emphasized by the National Institutes of Health, in part, to remedy a long history of male-dominated studies in preclinical and clinical research. We propose that time-of-day is also a crucial biological variable in biomedical research. In common with sex differences, time-of-day should be considered in analyses and reported to improve reproducibility of studies and to provide the appropriate context to the conclusions. Endogenous circadian rhythms are present in virtually all living organisms, including bacteria, plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. Virtually all physiological and behavioral processes display daily fluctuations in optimal performance that are driven by these endogenous circadian clocks; importantly, many of those circadian rhythms also show sex differences. In this review, we describe some of the documented sex differences in circadian rhythms.
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- James C Walton
- Department of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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Williams CT, Chmura HE, Deal CK, Wilsterman K. Sex-differences in Phenology: A Tinbergian Perspective. Integr Comp Biol 2022; 62:980-997. [PMID: 35587379 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Shifts in the timing of cyclic seasonal life-history events are among the most commonly reported responses to climate change, with differences in response rates among interacting species leading to phenological mismatches. Within a species, however, males and females can also exhibit differential sensitivity to environmental cues and may therefore differ in their responsiveness to climate change, potentially leading to phenological mismatches between the sexes. This occurs because males differ from females in when and how energy is allocated to reproduction, resulting in marked sex-differences in life-history timing across the annual cycle. In this review, we take a Tinbergian perspective and examine sex differences in timing of vertebrates from adaptive, ontogenetic, mechanistic, and phylogenetic viewpoints with the goal of informing and motivating more integrative research on sexually dimorphic phenologies. We argue that sexual and natural selection lead to sex-differences in life-history-timing and that understanding the ecological and evolutionary drivers of these differences is critical for connecting climate-driven phenological shifts to population resilience. Ontogeny may influence how and when sex differences in life-history timing arise because the early-life environment can profoundly affect developmental trajectory, rates of reproductive maturation, and seasonal timing. The molecular mechanisms underlying these organismal traits are relevant to identifying the diversity and genetic basis of population- and species-level responses to climate change, and promisingly, the molecular basis of phenology is becoming increasingly well-understood. However, because most studies focus on a single sex, the causes of sex-differences in phenology critical to population resilience often remain unclear. New sequencing tools and analyses informed by phylogeny may help generate hypotheses about mechanism as well as insight into the general "evolvability" of sex differences across phylogenetic scales, especially as trait and genome resources grow. We recommend that greater attention be placed on determining sex-differences in timing mechanisms and monitoring climate change responses in both sexes, and we discuss how new tools may provide key insights into sex-differences in phenology from all four Tinbergian domains.
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- Cory T Williams
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 1878 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2140 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA.,Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, 800 E. Beckwith Ave, Missoula, MT 59801, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 1878 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 1878 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Lopes-Júnior LC, Veronez LC. Circadian rhythms disruption in cancer. BIOL RHYTHM RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2021.1951470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior
- Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Health in Sciences. Health Sciences Center at the Universidade Federal Do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brazil
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- BSc in Biology., Ph.D. In Immunology. Post-doctoral Fellow at the Department of Childcare and Pediatrics at the Ribeirão PretoMedical School at the University of São Paulo (USP). (FMRP-USP)., Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Koop S, Oster H. Eat, sleep, repeat - endocrine regulation of behavioural circadian rhythms. FEBS J 2021; 289:6543-6558. [PMID: 34228879 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The adaptation of organisms to a rhythmic environment is mediated by an internal timing system termed the circadian clock. In mammals, molecular clocks are found in all tissues and organs. This circadian clock network regulates the release of many hormones, which in turn influence some of the most vital behavioural functions. Sleep-wake cycles are under strict circadian control with strong influence of rhythmic hormones such as melatonin, cortisol and others. Food intake, in contrast, receives circadian modulation through hormones such as leptin, ghrelin, insulin and orexin. A third behavioural output covered in this review is mating and bonding behaviours, regulated through circadian rhythms in steroid hormones and oxytocin. Together, these data emphasize the pervasive influence of the circadian clock system on behavioural outputs and its mediation through endocrine networks.
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- Sarah Koop
- Centre of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Lübeck, Germany
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- Centre of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Lübeck, Germany
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Joye DAM, Evans JA. Sex differences in daily timekeeping and circadian clock circuits. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 126:45-55. [PMID: 33994299 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The circadian system regulates behavior and physiology in many ways important for health. Circadian rhythms are expressed by nearly every cell in the body, and this large system is coordinated by a central clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Sex differences in daily rhythms are evident in humans and understanding how circadian function is modulated by biological sex is an important goal. This review highlights work examining effects of sex and gonadal hormones on daily rhythms, with a focus on behavior and SCN circuitry in animal models commonly used in pre-clinical studies. Many questions remain in this area of the field, which would benefit from further work investigating this topic.
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- Deborah A M Joye
- Marquette University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Marquette University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
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Alvord VM, Kantra EJ, Pendergast JS. Estrogens and the circadian system. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 126:56-65. [PMID: 33975754 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Circadian rhythms are ~24 h cycles of behavior and physiology that are generated by a network of molecular clocks located in nearly every tissue in the body. In mammals, the circadian system is organized hierarchically such that the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the main circadian clock that receives light information from the eye and entrains to the light-dark cycle. The SCN then coordinates the timing of tissue clocks so internal rhythms are aligned with environmental cycles. Estrogens interact with the circadian system to regulate biological processes. At the molecular level, estrogens and circadian genes interact to regulate gene expression and cell biology. Estrogens also regulate circadian behavior across the estrous cycle. The timing of ovulation during the estrous cycle requires coincident estrogen and SCN signals. Studies using circadian gene reporter mice have also elucidated estrogen regulation of peripheral tissue clocks and metabolic rhythms. This review synthesizes current understanding of the interplay between estrogens and the circadian system, with a focus on female rodents, in regulating molecular, physiological, and behavioral processes.
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de Alba G, López-Olmeda JF, Sánchez-Vázquez FJ. Rearing temperature conditions (constant vs. thermocycle) affect daily rhythms of thermal tolerance and sensing in zebrafish. J Therm Biol 2021; 97:102880. [PMID: 33863444 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.102880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the wild, the environment does not remain constant, but periodically oscillates so that temperature rises in the daytime and drops at night, which generates a daily thermocycle. The effects of thermocycles on thermal tolerance have been previously described in fish. However, the impact of thermocycles on daytime-dependent thermal responses and daily rhythms of temperature tolerance and sensing expression mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study investigates the effects of two rearing conditions: constant (26 °C, C) versus a daily thermocycle (28 °C in the daytime; 24 °C at night, T) on the thermal tolerance response in zebrafish. Thermal tolerance (mortality) was assessed in 4dpf (days post fertilization) zebrafish larvae after acute heat shock (39 °C for 1 h) at two time points: middle of the light phase (ML) or middle of the dark phase (MD). Thermal stress responses were evaluated in adult zebrafish after a 37 °C challenge for 1 h at ML or MD to examine the expression of the heat-shock protein (HSP) (hsp70, hsp90ab1, grp94, hsp90aa1, hspb1, hsp47, cirbp) and transient receptor potential (TRP) channels (trpv4, trpm4a, trpm2, trpa1b) in the brain. Finally, the daily rhythms of gene expression of HSPs and TRPs were measured every 4 h for 24 h. The results revealed the larval mortality rates and the expression induction of most HSPs in adult zebrafish brain reached the highest values in fish reared under constant temperature and subjected to thermal shock at MD. The expression of most HSPs and TRPs was mainly synchronized to the light/dark (LD) cycle, regardless of the temperature regime. Most HSPs involved in hyperthermic challenges displayed diurnal rhythms with their acrophases in phase with warm-sensing thermoTRPs acrophases. The cold-sensing trpa1b peaked in the second half of the light period and slightly shifted toward the dark phase anticipating the acrophase of cirpb, which is involved in hypothermic challenges. These findings indicated that: a) thermal shocks are best tolerated in the daytime; b) the implementation of daily thermocycles during larval development reduces mortality and stress-cellular expression of HSPs to an acute thermal stress at MD; c) daily rhythms need to be considered when discussing physiological responses of thermal sensing and thermotolerance in zebrafish.
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- Gonzalo de Alba
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain
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Elderbrock EK, Hau M, Greives TJ. Sex steroids modulate circadian behavioral rhythms in captive animals, but does this matter in the wild? Horm Behav 2021; 128:104900. [PMID: 33245879 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nearly all organisms alter physiological and behavioral activities across the twenty-four-hour day. Endogenous timekeeping mechanisms, which are responsive to environmental and internal cues, allow organisms to anticipate predictable environmental changes and time their daily activities. Among-individual variation in the chronotype, or phenotypic output of these timekeeping mechanisms (i.e. timing of daily behaviors), is often observed in organisms studied under naturalistic environmental conditions. The neuroendocrine system, including sex steroids, has been implicated in the regulation and modulation of endogenous clocks and their behavioral outputs. Numerous studies have found clear evidence that sex steroids modulate circadian and daily timing of activities in captive animals under controlled conditions. However, little is known about how sex steroids influence daily behavioral rhythms in wild organisms or what, if any, implication this may have for survival and reproductive fitness. Here we review the evidence that sex steroids modulate daily timing in vertebrates under controlled conditions. We then discuss how this relationship may be relevant for the reproductive success and fitness of wild organisms and discuss the limited evidence that sex steroids modulate circadian rhythms in wild organisms.
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- Emily K Elderbrock
- North Dakota State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA.
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- Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Evolutionary Physiology Research Group, Seewiesen, Germany; University of Konstanz, Department of Biology, Konstanz, Germany
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- North Dakota State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA
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Yaw AM, McLane-Svoboda AK, Hoffmann HM. Shiftwork and Light at Night Negatively Impact Molecular and Endocrine Timekeeping in the Female Reproductive Axis in Humans and Rodents. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 22:E324. [PMID: 33396885 PMCID: PMC7795361 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22010324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Shiftwork, including work that takes place at night (nightshift) and/or rotates between day and nightshifts, plays an important role in our society, but is associated with decreased health, including reproductive dysfunction. One key factor in shiftwork, exposure to light at night, has been identified as a likely contributor to the underlying health risks associated with shiftwork. Light at night disrupts the behavioral and molecular circadian timekeeping system, which is important for coordinated timing of physiological processes, causing mistimed hormone release and impaired physiological functions. This review focuses on the impact of shiftwork on reproductive function and pregnancy in women and laboratory rodents and potential underlying molecular mechanisms. We summarize the negative impact of shiftwork on female fertility and compare these findings to studies in rodent models of light shifts. Light-shift rodent models recapitulate several aspects of reproductive dysfunction found in shift workers, and their comparison with human studies can enable a deeper understanding of physiological and hormonal responses to light shifts and the underlying molecular mechanisms that may lead to reproductive disruption in human shift workers. The contributions of human and rodent studies are essential to identify the origins of impaired fertility in women employed in shiftwork.
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- Department of Animal Science and the Reproductive and Developmental Science Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Aten S, Kalidindi A, Yoon H, Rumbaugh G, Hoyt KR, Obrietan K. SynGAP is expressed in the murine suprachiasmatic nucleus and regulates circadian-gated locomotor activity and light-entrainment capacity. Eur J Neurosci 2020; 53:732-749. [PMID: 33174316 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus functions as the master circadian clock. The phasing of the SCN oscillator is locked to the daily solar cycle, and an intracellular signaling cassette from the small GTPase Ras to the p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (ERK/MAPK) pathway is central to this entrainment process. Here, we analyzed the expression and function of SynGAP-a GTPase-activating protein that serves as a negative regulator of Ras signaling-within the murine SCN. Using a combination of immunohistochemical and Western blotting approaches, we show that SynGAP is broadly expressed throughout the SCN. In addition, temporal profiling assays revealed that SynGAP expression is regulated over the circadian cycle, with peak expression occurring during the circadian night. Further, time-of-day-gated expression of SynGAP was not observed in clock arrhythmic BMAL1 null mice, indicating that the daily oscillation in SynGAP is driven by the inherent circadian timing mechanism. We also show that SynGAP phosphorylation at serine 1138-an event that has been found to modulate its functional efficacy-is regulated by clock time and is responsive to photic input. Finally, circadian phenotypic analysis of Syngap1 heterozygous mice revealed enhanced locomotor activity, increased sensitivity to light-evoked clock entrainment, and elevated levels of light-evoked MAPK activity, which is consistent with the role of SynGAP as a negative regulator of MAPK signaling. These findings reveal that SynGAP functions as a modulator of SCN clock entrainment, an effect that may contribute to sleep and circadian abnormalities observed in patients with SYNGAP1 gene mutations.
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- Sydney Aten
- Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Scripps Research, Department of Neuroscience, Jupiter, FL, USA.,Scripps Research, Department of Molecular Medicine, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Garbarino S, Lanteri P, Prada V, Falkenstein M, Sannita WG. Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Aging. J PSYCHOPHYSIOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Abstract. Circadian mechanisms and the sleep-wakefulness rhythms guarantee survival, adaptation, efficient action in everyday life or in emergencies and well-being. Disordered circadian processes at central and/or cellular levels, sleep disorders, and unhealthy wakefulness/sleep rhythms can impair the physiological circadian organization and result in subjective, professional, or behavioral changes ranging from functional inadequacy to higher risks at work or on the road to medical relevance. Circadian rhythms and the sleep organization change ontogenetically; major changes result from normal aging and from the multiple diseases that are often associated. There are circular functional interactions involving sleep/sleep disorders, the autonomic and immune systems, and the functional changes in the circadian system due to aging that deserve attention but have been overlooked thus far.
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- Sergio Garbarino
- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal/Child Sciences, University of Genova, Polyclinic Hospital San Martino IRCCS, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostics and Applied Technology, Neurophysiopathology Center, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal/Child Sciences, University of Genova, Polyclinic Hospital San Martino IRCCS, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal/Child Sciences, University of Genova, Polyclinic Hospital San Martino IRCCS, Genova, Italy
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Caba M, Huerta C, Meza E, Hernández M, Rovirosa-Hernández MJ. Oxytocinergic Cells of the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Are Involved in Food Entrainment. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:49. [PMID: 32082116 PMCID: PMC7005215 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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When food is presented at a specific time of day subjects develop intense locomotor behavior before food presentation, termed food anticipatory activity (FAA). Metabolic and hormonal parameters, as well as neural structures also shift their rhythm according to mealtime. Food-entrained activity rhythms are thought to be driven by a distributed system of central and peripheral oscillators sensitive to food cues, but it is not well understood how they are organized for the expression of FAA. The hormone Oxytocin plays an important role in food intake, satiety and homeostatic glucose metabolism and although it is recognized that food is the main cue for food entrainment this hormone has not been implicated in FAA. Here we investigated the activity of oxytocinergic (OTergic) cells of the hypothalamus in relation to the timing of feeding in rabbit pups, a natural model of food entrainment. We found that OTergic cells of the supraoptic nucleus and the main body of the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) are activated after feeding which suggests that OT may be an entraining signal for food synchronization. Moreover, a detailed analysis of the PVN revealed that OTergic cells of the caudal PVN and a subpopulation in the dorsal part of the main body of this nucleus shows activation before the time of food but not 12 h later. Moreover this pattern persists in fasted subjects at the time of the previous scheduled time of nursing. The fact that those OTergic cells of the dorsal and caudal part of the PVN contain preautonomic cells that project to the adrenal, pancreas and liver perhaps may be related to the physiological changes in preparation for food ingestion, and synchronization of peripheral oscillators, which remains to be determined; perhaps they play a main role in the central oscillatory mechanism of FAA as their activity persists in fasted subjects at the time of the next feeding time.
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- Mario Caba
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
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- Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
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- Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
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Ajuogu PK, Al-Aqbi MA, Hart RA, Wolden M, Smart NA, McFarlane JR. The effect of dietary protein intake on factors associated with male infertility: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of animal clinical trials in rats. Nutr Health 2020; 26:53-64. [PMID: 31992124 DOI: 10.1177/0260106019900731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies have shown that the amount of protein in the diet affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-testis axis and sub-optimal quantity reduces male fertility potential in both animals and humans. However, individual research reports on the factors associated with male infertility are collectively uncharacterized. AIM We systematically reviewed, and meta-analysed animal (rats) studies on the effect of low protein diet on factors associated with male infertility. METHODS PubMed Central, EMBASE and Scopus databases were searched from inception to 30 March 2019 for the study concepts and related keywords in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol. Data on the outcome measures were extracted and pooled across trials using random-effects model and expressed as mean differences (MD) at a 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS Twelve trials identified from 3327 studies, met our inclusion criteria in the comparison of a low protein diet (2-10% protein) vs control protein diet (17-23% protein). The results showed that a low protein diet caused a significant reduction in the body weight (P = 0.0001) testis weight (P = 0.0001), seminal vesicle weight (P = 0.0003), epididymis weight P = 0.02), serum testosterone (P = 0.001) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) concentrations (P = 0.04) compared with the control treatments. No effect on luteinizing hormone (LH) plasma concentration (P = 0.13) was observed. CONCLUSION This study revealed that low protein diet caused significant reductions in body weight, testis, epididymis and seminal vesicle weights, serum testosterone and FSH concentration in rats. We infer that sub-optimal protein consumption reduces the gonadal and endocrine function, and consequently male infertility.
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- School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Australia.,College of Agriculture, Wasit University, Iraq
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- School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Australia
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- School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Australia
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- School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Australia
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Cedernaes J, Waldeck N, Bass J. Neurogenetic basis for circadian regulation of metabolism by the hypothalamus. Genes Dev 2019; 33:1136-1158. [PMID: 31481537 PMCID: PMC6719618 DOI: 10.1101/gad.328633.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Circadian rhythms are driven by a transcription-translation feedback loop that separates anabolic and catabolic processes across the Earth's 24-h light-dark cycle. Central pacemaker neurons that perceive light entrain a distributed clock network and are closely juxtaposed with hypothalamic neurons involved in regulation of sleep/wake and fast/feeding states. Gaps remain in identifying how pacemaker and extrapacemaker neurons communicate with energy-sensing neurons and the distinct role of circuit interactions versus transcriptionally driven cell-autonomous clocks in the timing of organismal bioenergetics. In this review, we discuss the reciprocal relationship through which the central clock drives appetitive behavior and metabolic homeostasis and the pathways through which nutrient state and sleep/wake behavior affect central clock function.
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- Jonathan Cedernaes
- Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Heller HC, Ruby NF. Functional Interactions Between Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Learning and Learning Disabilities. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2019; 253:425-440. [PMID: 30443786 DOI: 10.1007/164_2018_176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2023]
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The propensity for sleep is timed by the circadian system. Many studies have shown that learning and memory performance is affected by circadian phase. And, of course it is well established that critical processes of memory consolidation occur during and depend on sleep. This chapter presents evidence that sleep and circadian rhythms do not just have separate influences on learning and memory that happen to coincide because of the circadian timing of sleep, but rather sleep and circadian systems have a critical functional interaction in the processes of memory consolidation. The evidence comes primarily from research on two models of learning disability: Down's syndrome model mice and Siberian hamsters. The Down's syndrome model mouse (Ts65Dn) has severe learning disability that has been shown to be due to GABAergic over-inhibition. Short-term, chronic therapies with GABAA antagonists restore learning ability in these mice long-term, but only if the antagonist treatments are given during the dark or sleep phase of the daily rhythm. The Siberian hamster is a model circadian animal except for the fact that a light treatment that gives the animal a phase advance on one day and a phase delay on the next day can result in total circadian arrhythmia for life. Once arrhythmic, the hamsters cannot learn. Learning, but not rhythmicity, is restored by short-term chronic treatment with GABA antagonists. Like many other species, if these hamsters are made arrhythmic by SCN lesion, their learning is unaffected. However, if made arrhythmic and learning disabled by the light treatment, subsequent lesions of their SCNs restore learning. SCN lesions also appear to restore learning in the Ts65Dn mice. The collective work on these two animal models of learning disability suggests that the circadian system modulates neuroplasticity. Our hypothesis is that a previously unrecognized function of the circadian system is to dampen neuroplasticity during the sleep phase to stabilize memory transcripts during their transfer to long-term memory. Thus, sleep and circadian systems have integrated roles to play in memory consolidation and do not just have separate but coincident influences on that process.
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- H Craig Heller
- Biology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Biology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Lee J, Brock G, Barkin J, Bryson N, Gronski MA, Ormsby R. MY-T study: Symptom-based titration decisions when using testosterone nasal gel, Natesto ®. Can Urol Assoc J 2019; 13:301-306. [PMID: 31364978 DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.5662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Natesto®, testosterone nasal gel (TNG), is a testosterone therapy (TTh) indicated for adult male hypogonadism. This study allowed titration decisions to be based on physicians' assessment of patient symptoms. METHODS Hypogonadal males on active topical testosterone therapy (TThE) or naive to any form of testosterone therapy (TThN) were treated with 22 mg TNG daily (11 mg twice daily) for 90 days. Titration was determined by the physician at day 90 wherein the dose was increased to 33 mg daily if symptoms were not properly managed. Total testosterone (TT) levels were collected at day 90 and 120 and the quantitative Androgen Deficiency in the Aging Male (qADAM) symptom questionnaire was administered on days 0, 30, 60, 90, and 120. RESULTS At study endpoint, 77.0% of all patients were in the normal TT range. Mean qADAM scores increased from 30.8 at baseline to 35.5 (6.6) at day 90. Physician assessments resulted in 37% patients being up-titrated for an additional 30 days, however, qADAM scores did not change significantly at the higher dose. CONCLUSIONS The majority of patients achieved the normal range of testosterone with TNG when physicians based their titration decision on an assessment of symptoms. Sexual function and energy-related symptoms were predictive of improvements resulting from treatment. These symptoms were the most relevant indicators for physicians in making decisions relating to titration.
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- Jay Lee
- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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- Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Riganello F, Prada V, Soddu A, di Perri C, Sannita WG. Circadian Rhythms and Measures of CNS/Autonomic Interaction. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:E2336. [PMID: 31269700 PMCID: PMC6651187 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16132336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The physiological role and relevance of the mechanisms sustaining circadian rhythms have been acknowledged. Abnormalities of the circadian and/or sleep-wakefulness cycles can result in major metabolic disorders or behavioral/professional inadequacies and stand as independent risk factors for metabolic, psychiatric, and cerebrovascular disorders and early markers of disease. Neuroimaging and clinical evidence have documented functional interactions between autonomic (ANS) and CNS structures that are described by a concept model (Central Autonomic Network) based on the brain-heart two-way interplay. The circadian rhythms of autonomic function, ANS-mediated processes, and ANS/CNS interaction appear to be sources of variability adding to a variety of environmental factors, and may become crucial when considering the ANS major role in internal environment constancy and adaptation that are fundamental to homeostasis. The CNS/ANS interaction has not yet obtained full attention and systematic investigation remains overdue.
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- Francesco Riganello
- Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University Hospital of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal/Child Sciences, University of Genova, Polyclinic Hospital San Martino IRCCS, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University Hospital of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal/Child Sciences, University of Genova, Polyclinic Hospital San Martino IRCCS, 16132 Genova, Italy.
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Ross CL. Energy Medicine: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Glob Adv Health Med 2019; 8:2164956119831221. [PMID: 30834177 PMCID: PMC6396053 DOI: 10.1177/2164956119831221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Current practices in allopathic medicine measure different types of energy in the human body by using quantum field dynamics involved in nuclear medicine, radiology, and imaging diagnostics. Once diagnosed, current treatments revert to biochemistry instead of using biophysics therapies to treat the disturbances in subtle energies detected and used for diagnostics. Quantum physics teaches us there is no difference between energy and matter. All systems in the human being, from the atomic to the molecular level, are constantly in motion-creating resonance. This resonance is important to understanding how subtle energy directs and maintains health and wellness in the human being. Energy medicine (EM), whether human touch or device-based, is the use of known subtle energy fields to therapeutically assess and treat energetic imbalances, bringing the body's systems back to homeostasis (balance). The future of EM depends on the ability of allopathic medicine to merge physics with biochemistry. Biophoton emissions as well as signal transduction and cell signaling communication systems are widely accepted in today's medicine. This technology needs to be expanded to include the existence of the human biofield (or human energy field) to better understand that disturbances in the coherence of energy patterns are indications of disease and aging. Future perspectives include understanding cellular voltage potentials and how they relate to health and wellness, understanding the overlap between the endocrine and chakra systems, and understanding how EM therapeutically enhances psychoneuroimmunology (mind-body) medicine.
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- Christina L Ross
- Wake Forest Center for Integrative Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Lee J, Brock G, Barkin J, Bryson N, Gronski MA, Ormsby R. The My-T study: Patient satisfaction and preference comparing topical and nasal testosterone therapies. Can Urol Assoc J 2019; 13:384-389. [PMID: 30817284 DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.5680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Natesto®, testosterone nasal gel (TNG) is an intranasal testosterone therapy (TTh) used to restore testosterone levels and improve symptoms of hypogonadism. Treatment requires application two (bid) or three (tid) times daily. The Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM) and a Patient Preference and Use (PPU) Questionnaire were used to obtain patient feedback on the use of TNG and compare to experience with topical TTh. METHODS The study enrolled 24 TTh-naive (TThN) and 93 TTh-experienced (TThE) hypogonadal men. Treatment lasted up to 120 days, with titration at day 90 to determine the most appropriate dose for restoration of testosterone levels (11 mg bid or tid). Patient satisfaction and symptom changes were measured at days 0, 30, 60, 90, and 120. The PPU Questionnaire was performed at study entry and study completion. RESULTS Symptoms improved from baseline (30.6) to day 90 (35.1) (p<0.0001; +15%), consistent with testosterone replacement. TNG increased scores for effectiveness (+20%), convenience (+30%), and global satisfaction (+3%) as compared to their previous topical TTh. TThE patients reported ease of use, convenience, efficacy/effectiveness, and travel friendliness as "likes" of TNG therapy. Overall, 67.2% of patients agreed or strongly agreed that they preferred TNG over topical TTh and 59% sought a prescription to continue treatment with TNG. CONCLUSIONS Patients switching from topical TTh to TNG reported significant improvements in symptoms and patient satisfaction compared to their previous topical TTh. Patients also reported a significant improvement in convenience with TNG despite two to three times daily application. Preference, satisfaction, and convenience may translate to better treatment compliance.
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- Jay Lee
- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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- Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Kim P, Oster H, Lehnert H, Schmid SM, Salamat N, Barclay JL, Maronde E, Inder W, Rawashdeh O. Coupling the Circadian Clock to Homeostasis: The Role of Period in Timing Physiology. Endocr Rev 2019; 40:66-95. [PMID: 30169559 DOI: 10.1210/er.2018-00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A plethora of physiological processes show stable and synchronized daily oscillations that are either driven or modulated by biological clocks. A circadian pacemaker located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the ventral hypothalamus coordinates 24-hour oscillations of central and peripheral physiology with the environment. The circadian clockwork involved in driving rhythmic physiology is composed of various clock genes that are interlocked via a complex feedback loop to generate precise yet plastic oscillations of ∼24 hours. This review focuses on the specific role of the core clockwork gene Period1 and its paralogs on intra-oscillator and extra-oscillator functions, including, but not limited to, hippocampus-dependent processes, cardiovascular function, appetite control, as well as glucose and lipid homeostasis. Alterations in Period gene function have been implicated in a wide range of physical and mental disorders. At the same time, a variety of conditions including metabolic disorders also impact clock gene expression, resulting in circadian disruptions, which in turn often exacerbates the disease state.
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- Pureum Kim
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Circadian regulation of endocrine systems. Auton Neurosci 2019; 216:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ovid D, Hayes TB, Bentley GE. Melatonin Administration Methods for Research in Mammals and Birds. J Biol Rhythms 2018; 33:567-588. [PMID: 30246597 DOI: 10.1177/0748730418795802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Endocrine research in animals often entails exogenous hormone administration. Special issues arise when developing administration protocols for hormones with circadian and seasonal periodicity. This article reviews various methods for the exogenous administration of hormones with such periodicities by focusing on melatonin. We discuss that methodological variations across studies can affect experimental results. Melatonin administration techniques used in vertebrates includes infusion pumps, beeswax pellets, oral administration, injections, SILASTIC capsules, osmotic pumps, transdermal delivery, beads, and sponges.
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- Dax Ovid
- University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Mizuta S, Sugiyama M, Tokuda IT, Nakamura W, Nakamura TJ. Photic phase-response curves for cycling female mice. Horm Behav 2018; 105:41-46. [PMID: 30031017 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The photic entrainment system is critical for the internal circadian clock to be synchronized by external time cues. In nocturnal rodents, exposure to light during the early subjective night causes a phase delay, whereas it causes a phase advance during the late subjective night. This is represented by a phase-response curve (PRC). The PRC of females has not been well studied due to their estrous cycles. Our aim in this study was to understand the characteristics of photic entrainment in female cycling rodents and identify differences in photic entrainment among the stages of the estrous cycle. To establish two types of PRC, immediate PRC (iPRC) and steady state PRC (ssPRC), in each stage of the estrous cycle, we recorded circadian rhythms of wheel running activity, applying a 15-min light pulse to cycling female mice in constant darkness. In the iPRC, which was evaluated on the next day of the light pulse, the amount of phase shift in the diestrus was larger than that in the metestrus stage at circadian time (CT) 2. Similarly, the amount of phase shift in metestrus was larger than that in proestrus at CT 10. In the ssPRC, which was evaluated after completion of a new steady state, no significant estrous variations in the amount of photic phase shifts were detected for any CTs. Although these results indicate that the intrinsic photic entrainment system is not influenced by the estrous cycle, it may affect photoreception and cause sudden behavioral changes.
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- Shuto Mizuta
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Oral-Chrono Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan.
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Silver R. Cells have sex chromosomes and circadian clocks: Implications for organismal level functions. Physiol Behav 2018; 187:6-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Epidemiological studies provided the first evidence suggesting a connection between the circadian clock and human health. Mutant mice convincingly demonstrate the principle that dysregulation of the circadian system leads to a multitude of pathologies. Chrono-medicine is one of the most important upcoming themes in the field of circadian biology. Although treatments counteracting circadian dysregulation are already being applied (e.g., prescribing strong and regular zeitgebers), we need to comprehend entrainment throughout the body's entire circadian network before understanding the mechanisms that tie circadian dysregulation to pathology. Here, we attempt to provide a systematic approach to understanding the connection between the circadian clock and health. This taxonomy of (mis)alignments on one hand exposes how little we know about entrainment within any organism and which 'eigen-zeitgeber' signals are used for entrainment by the different cells and tissues. On the other hand, it provides focus for experimental approaches and tools that will logically map out how circadian systems contribute to disease as well as how we can treat and prevent them.
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Cowan M, Azpeleta C, López-Olmeda JF. Rhythms in the endocrine system of fish: a review. J Comp Physiol B 2017; 187:1057-1089. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-017-1094-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2016] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Machado FSM, Fóscolo DRC, Poletini MO, Coimbra CC. Influence of Time-of-Day on Maximal Exercise Capacity Is Related to Daily Thermal Balance but Not to Induced Neuronal Activity in Rats. Front Physiol 2016; 7:464. [PMID: 27790157 PMCID: PMC5063920 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the present study, we investigated whether the daily fluctuations of internal body temperature (Tb) and spontaneous locomotor activity (SLA) interact with the thermal and neuronal adjustments induced by high-intensity aerobic exercise until fatigue. The body temperature and SLA of adult Wistar rats (n = 23) were continuously recorded by telemetry for 48 h. Then, the rats were subjected to a protocol of graded exercise until fatigue or rest on the treadmill during light and dark-phases. Tb, tail skin temperature and ambient temperature during each experimental session were recorded. At the end of the last experimental session, the animals were anaesthetized; the brains were perfused and removed for immunohistochemical analysis of c-fos neuronal activation. The daily rhythms of SLA and Tb were strongly correlated (r = 0.88 and p < 0.001), and this was followed by a daily oscillation in both the ratio and the correlation index between these variables (p < 0.001). Exercise capacity was associated with a lower resting Tb (p < 0.01) and was higher in the light-phase (p < 0.001), resulting in an increased capacity to accumulate heat during exercise (p < 0.01). Independent of time-of-day, high intensity exercise strongly activated the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), the supra-optic nucleus (SON) and the locus coeruleus (LC) (p < 0.001) but not the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Taken together, our results points toward a role of the circadian system in a basal activity control of the thermoregulatory system as an important component for the onset of physical activities. In fact, rather than directly limiting the adjustments induced by exercise the present study brings new evidence that the effect of time-of-day on exercise performance occurs at the threshold level for each thermoregulatory system effector activity. This assumption is based on the observed resilience of the central clock to high-intensity exercise and the similarities in exercise-induced neuronal activation in the PVN, SON, and LC.
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- Frederico S M Machado
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Williams WPT, McLin DE, Dressman MA, Neubauer DN. Comparative Review of Approved Melatonin Agonists for the Treatment of Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders. Pharmacotherapy 2016; 36:1028-41. [PMID: 27500861 PMCID: PMC5108473 DOI: 10.1002/phar.1822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Circadian rhythm sleep‐wake disorders (CRSWDs) are characterized by persistent or recurrent patterns of sleep disturbance related primarily to alterations of the circadian rhythm system or the misalignment between the endogenous circadian rhythm and exogenous factors that affect the timing or duration of sleep. These disorders collectively represent a significant unmet medical need, with a total prevalence in the millions, a substantial negative impact on quality of life, and a lack of studied treatments for most of these disorders. Activation of the endogenous melatonin receptors appears to play an important role in setting the circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus. Therefore, melatonin agonists, which may be able to shift and/or stabilize the circadian phase, have been identified as potential therapeutic candidates for the treatment of CRSWDs. Currently, only one melatonin receptor agonist, tasimelteon, is approved for the treatment of a CRSWD: non–24‐hour sleep‐wake disorder (or non‐24). However, three additional commercially available melatonin receptor agonists—agomelatine, prolonged‐release melatonin, and ramelteon—have been investigated for potential use for treatment of CRSWDs. Data indicate that these melatonin receptor agonists have distinct pharmacologic profiles that may help clarify their clinical use in CRSWDs. We review the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of these melatonin agonists and summarize their efficacy profiles when used for the treatment of CRSWDs. Further studies are needed to determine the therapeutic potential of these melatonin agonists for most CRSWDs.
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- Department of Medical Affairs, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Washington, D.C
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- Department of Clinical Development, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Washington, D.C
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Korenevskii AV, Arutyunyan AV. On the role of biogenic amines and reactive oxygen species in the disruption of the hypothalamic regulation of reproductive function in xenobiotic-induced and experimental hyperhomocysteinemia. NEUROCHEM J+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712416010116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Mereness AL, Murphy ZC, Forrestel AC, Butler S, Ko C, Richards JS, Sellix MT. Conditional Deletion of Bmal1 in Ovarian Theca Cells Disrupts Ovulation in Female Mice. Endocrinology 2016; 157:913-27. [PMID: 26671182 PMCID: PMC5393362 DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Rhythmic events in female reproductive physiology, including ovulation, are tightly controlled by the circadian timing system. The molecular clock, a feedback loop oscillator of clock gene transcription factors, dictates rhythms of gene expression in the hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis. Circadian disruption due to environmental factors (eg, shift work) or genetic manipulation of the clock has negative impacts on fertility. Although the central pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus classically regulates the timing of ovulation, we have shown that this rhythm also depends on phasic sensitivity to LH. We hypothesized that this rhythm relies on clock function in a specific cellular compartment of the ovarian follicle. To test this hypothesis we generated mice with deletion of the Bmal1 locus in ovarian granulosa cells (GCs) (Granulosa Cell Bmal1 KO; GCKO) or theca cells (TCs) (Theca Cell Bmal1 KO; TCKO). Reproductive cycles, preovulatory LH secretion, ovarian morphology and behavior were not grossly altered in GCKO or TCKO mice. We detected phasic sensitivity to LH in wild-type littermate control (LC) and GCKO mice but not TCKO mice. This decline in sensitivity to LH is coincident with impaired fertility and altered patterns of LH receptor (Lhcgr) mRNA abundance in the ovary of TCKO mice. These data suggest that the TC is a pacemaker that contributes to the timing and amplitude of ovulation by modulating phasic sensitivity to LH. The TC clock may play a critical role in circadian disruption-mediated reproductive pathology and could be a target for chronobiotic management of infertility due to environmental circadian disruption and/or hormone-dependent reprogramming in women.
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MESH Headings
- ARNTL Transcription Factors/genetics
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- CLOCK Proteins/genetics
- CLOCK Proteins/metabolism
- Circadian Rhythm/genetics
- Cryptochromes/genetics
- Cryptochromes/metabolism
- Female
- Fertility/genetics
- Gene Expression
- Granulosa Cells/metabolism
- Infertility/genetics
- Luteinizing Hormone/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/metabolism
- Ovarian Follicle/metabolism
- Ovary/anatomy & histology
- Ovulation/genetics
- Ovulation Induction
- Period Circadian Proteins/genetics
- Period Circadian Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, FSH/genetics
- Receptors, FSH/metabolism
- Receptors, LH/genetics
- Theca Cells/metabolism
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- Amanda L Mereness
- Department of Medicine (A.L.M., Z.C.M., A.C.F., S.B., M.T.S.), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642; Department of Comparative Biosciences (C.K.), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802; and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (J.S.R.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Medicine (A.L.M., Z.C.M., A.C.F., S.B., M.T.S.), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642; Department of Comparative Biosciences (C.K.), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802; and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (J.S.R.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Medicine (A.L.M., Z.C.M., A.C.F., S.B., M.T.S.), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642; Department of Comparative Biosciences (C.K.), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802; and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (J.S.R.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Medicine (A.L.M., Z.C.M., A.C.F., S.B., M.T.S.), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642; Department of Comparative Biosciences (C.K.), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802; and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (J.S.R.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Medicine (A.L.M., Z.C.M., A.C.F., S.B., M.T.S.), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642; Department of Comparative Biosciences (C.K.), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802; and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (J.S.R.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Medicine (A.L.M., Z.C.M., A.C.F., S.B., M.T.S.), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642; Department of Comparative Biosciences (C.K.), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802; and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (J.S.R.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Medicine (A.L.M., Z.C.M., A.C.F., S.B., M.T.S.), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642; Department of Comparative Biosciences (C.K.), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802; and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (J.S.R.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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Yin W, Maguire SM, Pham B, Garcia AN, Dang NV, Liang J, Wolfe A, Hofmann HA, Gore AC. Testing the Critical Window Hypothesis of Timing and Duration of Estradiol Treatment on Hypothalamic Gene Networks in Reproductively Mature and Aging Female Rats. Endocrinology 2015; 156:2918-33. [PMID: 26018250 PMCID: PMC4511137 DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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At menopause, the dramatic loss of ovarian estradiol (E2) necessitates the adaptation of estrogen-sensitive neurons in the hypothalamus to an estrogen-depleted environment. We developed a rat model to test the "critical window" hypothesis of the effects of timing and duration of E2 treatment after deprivation on the hypothalamic neuronal gene network in the arcuate nucleus and the medial preoptic area. Rats at 2 ages (reproductively mature or aging) were ovariectomized and given E2 or vehicle replacement regimes of differing timing and duration. Using a 48-gene quantitative low-density PCR array and weighted gene coexpression network analysis, we identified gene modules differentially regulated by age, timing, and duration of E2 treatment. Of particular interest, E2 status differentially affected suites of genes in the hypothalamus involved in energy balance, circadian rhythms, and reproduction. In fact, E2 status was the dominant factor in determining gene modules and hormone levels; age, timing, and duration had more subtle effects. Our results highlight the plasticity of hypothalamic neuroendocrine systems during reproductive aging and its surprising ability to adapt to diverse E2 replacement regimes.
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- Weiling Yin
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (W.Y., B.P., N.-V.D., J.L., A.C.G.), Departments of Integrative Biology (S.M.M., H.A.H.) and Psychology (A.N.G., A.C.G.), and Institute for Neuroscience (H.A.H., A.C.G.), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (A.W.), Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (W.Y., B.P., N.-V.D., J.L., A.C.G.), Departments of Integrative Biology (S.M.M., H.A.H.) and Psychology (A.N.G., A.C.G.), and Institute for Neuroscience (H.A.H., A.C.G.), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (A.W.), Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (W.Y., B.P., N.-V.D., J.L., A.C.G.), Departments of Integrative Biology (S.M.M., H.A.H.) and Psychology (A.N.G., A.C.G.), and Institute for Neuroscience (H.A.H., A.C.G.), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (A.W.), Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (W.Y., B.P., N.-V.D., J.L., A.C.G.), Departments of Integrative Biology (S.M.M., H.A.H.) and Psychology (A.N.G., A.C.G.), and Institute for Neuroscience (H.A.H., A.C.G.), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (A.W.), Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (W.Y., B.P., N.-V.D., J.L., A.C.G.), Departments of Integrative Biology (S.M.M., H.A.H.) and Psychology (A.N.G., A.C.G.), and Institute for Neuroscience (H.A.H., A.C.G.), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (A.W.), Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (W.Y., B.P., N.-V.D., J.L., A.C.G.), Departments of Integrative Biology (S.M.M., H.A.H.) and Psychology (A.N.G., A.C.G.), and Institute for Neuroscience (H.A.H., A.C.G.), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (A.W.), Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (W.Y., B.P., N.-V.D., J.L., A.C.G.), Departments of Integrative Biology (S.M.M., H.A.H.) and Psychology (A.N.G., A.C.G.), and Institute for Neuroscience (H.A.H., A.C.G.), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (A.W.), Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (W.Y., B.P., N.-V.D., J.L., A.C.G.), Departments of Integrative Biology (S.M.M., H.A.H.) and Psychology (A.N.G., A.C.G.), and Institute for Neuroscience (H.A.H., A.C.G.), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (A.W.), Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (W.Y., B.P., N.-V.D., J.L., A.C.G.), Departments of Integrative Biology (S.M.M., H.A.H.) and Psychology (A.N.G., A.C.G.), and Institute for Neuroscience (H.A.H., A.C.G.), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712; and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (A.W.), Baltimore, Maryland 21287
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The cellular mechanisms governing the impact of the central circadian clock on neuronal networks are incompletely understood. We examine here the influence of the suprachiasmatic nucleus output neuropeptide arginine-vasopressin (AVP) on the activity of preoptic area kisspeptin neurons. These cells integrate circadian and hormonal signals within the neuronal network that regulates fertility in females. Electrophysiological recordings in brain slices from kisspeptin-GFP mice showed that AVP dose-dependently increased the firing rate of most kisspeptin neurons. These actions were mediated directly at the kisspeptin neuron. Experiments in mice expressing the calcium indicator GCaMP3 in kisspeptin neurons enabled simultaneous monitoring of intracellular calcium concentrations ([Ca(2+)]i) in multiple cells and revealed that AVP increased [Ca(2+)]i in >80% of diestrous kisspeptin neurons via a mechanism involving voltage-gated calcium channels. We next examined whether AVP signaling in kisspeptin neurons was time and ovarian cycle dependent. AVP exerted the same effects on diestrous and proestrous days of the ovarian cycle, whether hours before [zeitgeber time 4 (ZT4)-ZT6] or just before (ZT10) the expected time of the proestrous preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge. Remarkably, however, AVP signaling was critically dependent on circulating ovarian steroids as AVP no longer excited preoptic kisspeptin neurons in ovariectomized mice, an effect that was fully restored by estradiol treatment. Together, these studies show that AVP exerts a potent and direct stimulatory influence upon the electrical activity and [Ca(2+)]i of most preoptic kisspeptin neurons. Unexpectedly, estrogen is found to permit circadian AVP signaling at preoptic kisspeptin neurons rather than dynamically modulate its activity throughout the estrous cycle.
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Kanikowska D, Sato M, Witowski J. Contribution of daily and seasonal biorhythms to obesity in humans. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2015; 59:377-384. [PMID: 25034796 PMCID: PMC4427629 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0871-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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While the significance of obesity as a serious health problem is well recognized, little is known about whether and how biometerological factors and biorhythms causally contribute to obesity. Obesity is often associated with altered seasonal and daily rhythmicity in food intake, metabolism and adipose tissue function. Environmental stimuli affect both seasonal and daily rhythms, and the latter are under additional control of internal molecular oscillators, or body clocks. Modifications of clock genes in animals and changes to normal daily rhythms in humans (as in shift work and sleep deprivation) result in metabolic dysregulation that favours weight gain. Here, we briefly review the potential links between biorhythms and obesity in humans.
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- Dominika Kanikowska
- Department of Pathophysiology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka 8, 60-806, Poznań, Poland,
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Xu J, Xu Y, Miao B, Deng M, Wang Y, Xiang P, Zhou C. Influence of menstrual cycle on the expression of clock genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in Macaca fascicularis. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2015; 186:54-8. [PMID: 25637813 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2015.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the expression patterns of periphery clock genes were influenced by menstrual cycle in a monkey model. STUDY DESIGN In this preliminary study, the expression patterns of four clock genes (Bmal1, Clock, Cry1 and Per2) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 6 female Macaca fascicularis in menstrual, late follicular and mid luteal phases of menstrual cycle were determined by qrt-PCR. RESULTS Bmal1 and Per2 mRNA levels were found to exhibit significant diurnal rhythms in all phases of the menstrual cycle. The expression of Cry1 mRNA was statistically rhythmic in late follicular and mid luteal phases. A main effect of menstrual cycle existed on the rhythms of Bmal1, Cry1 and Per2 expression, but not Clock expression. No significant differences were detected between menstrual phase and late follicular phase in all clock genes. Significant differences were found on the expression of Bmal1, Cry1 or Per2 mRNA between late follicular phase and mid luteal phase, when no difference existed in estrogen level, indicating the role of progesterone on biological clock gene expression. Furthermore, the peak of Bmal1 mRNA level slightly advanced in mid luteal phase compared with that in menstrual and late follicular phases. CONCLUSION The expression patterns of clock genes in PBMCs were influenced by menstrual cycle, potentially by the change of progesterone levels, and this effect maybe correlated with early pregnancy.
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- Jian Xu
- Reproductive Medicine Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, China; Reproductive Medicine Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou 510080, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou 510080, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou 510080, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou 510080, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou 510080, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou 510080, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
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Jahan MR, Kokubu K, Islam MN, Matsuo C, Yanai A, Wroblewski G, Fujinaga R, Shinoda K. Species differences in androgen receptor expression in the medial preoptic and anterior hypothalamic areas of adult male and female rodents. Neuroscience 2014; 284:943-961. [PMID: 25446364 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The medial preoptic and anterior hypothalamic areas (MPO/AH) are important androgen targets regulating homeostasis, neuroendocrinology and circadian rhythm as well as instinctive and sociosexual behaviors. Although species differences between rats and mice have been pointed out in terms of morphology and physiology, detailed distributions of androgen receptor (AR) have never been compared between the two rodents. In the present study, AR distribution was examined immunohistochemically in serial sections of the MPO/AH and compared for adult rats and mice. Western blotting and immunohistochemistry clearly demonstrated that AR expression in the brain was stronger in mice than in rats and was stronger in males than in females. In addition, we found (1) an "obliquely elongated calbindin-ir cell island" in mice medial preoptic nucleus (MPN) expressed AR intensely, as well as the sexually dimorphic nucleus in the MPN (SDN-MPN) in rats, strongly supporting a "putative SDN-MPN" previously proposed in mice; (2) AR expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) was much more prominent in mice than in rats and differed in localization between the two species; (3) a mouse-specific AR-ir cell cluster was newly identified as the "tear drop nucleus (TDN)", with male-dominant sexual dimorphism; and (4) two rat-specific AR-ir cell clusters were also newly identified as the "rostral and caudal nebular islands", with male-dominant sexual dimorphism. The present results may provide basic morphological evidence underlying species differences in androgen-modified psychological, physiological and endocrinergic responses. Above all, the findings of the mouse-specific TDN and differing AR expression in the SCN might explain not only species difference in gonadal modification of circadian rhythm, but also distinct structural bases in the context of transduction of SCN oscillation. The current study could also serve as a caution that data on androgen-sensitive functions obtained from one species should not always be directly applied to others among rodents.
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- M R Jahan
- Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan.
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Meza E, Aguirre J, Waliszewski S, Caba M. Suckling induces a daily rhythm in the preoptic area and lateral septum but not in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in lactating rabbit does. Eur J Neurosci 2014; 41:196-204. [PMID: 25370159 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Maternal behavior in the rabbit is restricted to a brief nursing period every day. Previously, we demonstrated that this event induces daily rhythms of Period1 (PER1) protein, the product of the clock gene Per1, in oxytocinergic and dopaminergic populations in the hypothalamus of lactating rabbit does. This is significant for the periodic production and ejection of milk, but the activation of other areas of the brain has not been explored. Here, we hypothesised that daily suckling would induce a rhythm in the preoptic area, lateral septum, and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, which are important areas for the expression of maternal behavior in mammals, including the rabbit. To this end, we analysed PER1 expression in those areas through a complete 24-h cycle at lactation day 7. Does were scheduled to nurse during either the day at 10:00 h [zeitgeber time (ZT)03] or the night at 02:00 h (ZT19). Non-pregnant, non-lactating females were used as controls. In contrast to control females, lactating does showed a clear, significant rhythm of PER1 that shifted in parallel with the timing of nursing in the preoptic area and lateral septum. We determined that the maximal expression of PER1 at 8 h after scheduled nursing decreased significantly at 24 and 48 h after the absence of suckling. This effect was more pronounced in the lateral septum than in the preoptic area. We conclude that daily suckling is a powerful stimulus inducing rhythmic activity in brain structures in the rabbit that appear to form part of a maternal entrainable circuit.
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- Enrique Meza
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Luis Castelazo s/n, Col. Industrial Animas, Xalapa Ver., C.P. 91190, México
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Rhythmic events in the female reproductive system depend on the coordinated and synchronized activity of multiple neuroendocrine and endocrine tissues. This coordination is facilitated by the timing of gene expression and cellular physiology at each level of the hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis, including the basal hypothalamus and forebrain, the pituitary gland, and the ovary. Central to this pathway is the primary circadian pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) that, through its myriad outputs, provides a temporal framework for gonadotropin release and ovulation. The heart of the timing system, a transcription-based oscillator, imparts SCN pacemaker cells and a company of peripheral tissues with the capacity for daily oscillations of gene expression and cellular physiology. Although the SCN sits comfortably at the helm, peripheral oscillators (such as the ovary) have undefined but potentially critical roles. Each cell type of the ovary, including theca cells, granulosa cells, and oocytes, harbor a molecular clock implicated in the processes of follicular growth, steroid hormone synthesis, and ovulation. The ovarian clock is influenced by the reproductive cycle and diseases that perturb the cycle and/or follicular growth can disrupt the timing of clock gene expression in the ovary. Chronodisruption is known to negatively affect reproductive function and fertility in both rodent models and women exposed to shiftwork schedules. Thus, influencing clock function in the HPO axis with chronobiotics may represent a novel avenue for the treatment of common fertility disorders, particularly those resulting from chronic circadian disruption.
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- Michael T. Sellix
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
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Authier S, Bassett L, Pouliot M, Rachalski A, Troncy E, Paquette D, Mongrain V. Reprint of “Effects of amphetamine, diazepam and caffeine on polysomnography (EEG, EMG, EOG)-derived variables measured using telemetry in Cynomolgus monkeys”. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2014; 70:287-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2014.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Gannon RL, Garcia DA, Millan MJ. Effects of systemically applied nAChRα7 agonists and antagonists on light-induced phase shifts of hamster circadian activity rhythms. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2014; 24:964-73. [PMID: 24388152 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2013.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Many physiological systems in mammals are linked to the body's master circadian rhythm in the sleep/wake cycle and dysfunctions in this rhythm has been associated with neurological diseases such as major depression, Alzheimer's Disease and schizophrenia. There is some evidence that nicotinic cholinergic input to the master circadian pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nucleus, may modulate circadian activity rhythms, but data employing in vivo preparations is sparse. Therefore we examined the ability of intraperitoneally applied nicotinic agonists and antagonists relatively selective for the α7 nicotinic receptor to modulate light-induced phase shifts of hamster circadian wheel running rhythms. Hamsters were maintained in constant darkness and exposed to light pulses early and late in their active period, mimicking dusk and dawn respectively, which elicited phase delays and advances of their circadian wheel running rhythms. The α7 receptor antagonists bPiDDB (0.03-3mg/kg) and methyllacaconitine (0.1-1mg/kg) inhibited both light- induced phase advances and delays of circadian wheel running rhythms by as much as 75% versus vehicle injections. In contrast, systemic injections of the α7 agonists PHA 543613 and ABT107, both at 0.156-2.5mg/kg, had no effect on light induced phase advances or delays. Further, α7 nicotinic receptors were identified in the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus using an antibody that recognizes α7 nicotinic receptors. These results clearly identify the ability of α7 nicotinic receptor antagonists to inhibit light-entrainment of the hamster circadian pacemaker. Therefore, nicotinic compounds may be useful for the treatment of circadian dysfunction associated with neurological diseases.
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- Robert L Gannon
- Department of Biology, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Psychopharmacology, Institut de Recherches Servier, Paris, France
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Authier S, Bassett L, Pouliot M, Rachalski A, Troncy E, Paquette D, Mongrain V. Effects of amphetamine, diazepam and caffeine on polysomnography (EEG, EMG, EOG)-derived variables measured using telemetry in Cynomolgus monkeys. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2014; 70:86-93. [PMID: 24878255 DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Medication-induced sleep disturbances are a major concern in drug development as a multitude of prescription drugs alter sleep patterns, often negatively. Polysomnography is used in clinical diagnostics but is also applicable to animal models. Rodent sleep architecture (nocturnal) differs from larger diurnal mammals, including humans, increasing the translational potential of non-rodent species to the clinic. This study aimed to characterize the response to pharmacological agents known to affect sleep structure and EEG activity in a non-human primate (Macaca fascicularis) using telemetry-based polysomnography. METHODS Animals were instrumented with telemetry transmitters for continuous electroencephalogram (EEG), electro-oculogram (EOG) and electromyogram (EMG) monitoring combined with video. EEG, EMG and EOG were monitored for 12 to 24h to establish baseline values, followed by administration of pharmacological agents (saline, d-amphetamine, diazepam or caffeine). RESULTS Amphetamine (0.3 and 1mg/kg, by oral administration (PO)) significantly reduced total sleep time, including the duration of both non-rapid eye movement [NREM] sleep and REM sleep. It also decreased EEG activity in low frequencies (i.e., 4-6Hz) during wakefulness. Diazepam (2mg/kg, PO) did not significantly alter sleep duration, but importantly reduced EEG activity in low frequencies (approximately 2-12Hz) during wakefulness, NREM and REM sleep. Finally, caffeine (10 and 30mg/kg, PO) decreased both NREM and REM sleep duration. In addition, spectral analysis revealed important decreases in low frequency activity (i.e., 1-8Hz) during wakefulness with a parallel increase in high frequency activity (i.e., 20-50Hz) during NREM sleep. DISCUSSION As these observations are similar to previously reported pharmacological effects in humans, results support that EEG, EOG and EMG monitoring by telemetry in Cynomolgus monkeys represents a useful non-clinical model to investigate and quantify drug-induced sleep disturbances.
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- Simon Authier
- CIToxLAB North America, 445 Armand Frappier, Laval, QC, Canada, H7V 4B3; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, P.O. box 5000, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada, J2S 7C6.
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- CIToxLAB North America, 445 Armand Frappier, Laval, QC, Canada, H7V 4B3; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, P.O. box 5000, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada, J2S 7C6
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- CIToxLAB North America, 445 Armand Frappier, Laval, QC, Canada, H7V 4B3
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine and Research Center, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, H4J 1C5
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, P.O. box 5000, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada, J2S 7C6
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine and Research Center, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, H4J 1C5; Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3C 3J7
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Pet-1 deficiency alters the circadian clock and its temporal organization of behavior. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97412. [PMID: 24831114 PMCID: PMC4022518 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The serotonin and circadian systems are two important interactive regulatory networks in the mammalian brain that regulate behavior and physiology in ways that are known to impact human mental health. Previous work on the interaction between these two systems suggests that serotonin modulates photic input to the central circadian clock (the suprachiasmatic nuclei; SCN) from the retina and serves as a signal for locomotor activity, novelty, and arousal to shift the SCN clock, but effects of disruption of serotonergic signaling from the raphe nuclei on circadian behavior and on SCN function are not fully characterized. In this study, we examined the effects on diurnal and circadian behavior, and on ex vivo molecular rhythms of the SCN, of genetic deficiency in Pet-1, an ETS transcription factor that is necessary to establish and maintain the serotonergic phenotype of raphe neurons. Pet-1−/− mice exhibit loss of rhythmic behavioral coherence and an extended daily activity duration, as well as changes in the molecular rhythms expressed by the clock, such that ex vivo SCN from Pet-1−/− mice exhibit period lengthening and sex-dependent changes in rhythmic amplitude. Together, our results indicate that Pet-1 regulation of raphe neuron serotonin phenotype contributes to the period, precision and light/dark partitioning of locomotor behavioral rhythms by the circadian clock through direct actions on the SCN clock itself, as well as through non-clock effects.
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Li L, Zhang Z, Peng J, Wang Y, Zhu Q. Cooperation of luteinizing hormone signaling pathways in preovulatory avian follicles regulates circadian clock expression in granulosa cell. Mol Cell Biochem 2014; 394:31-41. [PMID: 24825178 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-014-2078-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ovulation in birds is triggered by a surge of luteinizing hormone (LH), and the ovulatory cycle is affected by the circadian rhythms of clock genes transcription levels in follicles. The influence of LH signaling cascades action on circadian clock genes was investigated using granulosa cells of preovulatory follicles from Roman hens cultured in a serum-free system. The expression of core oscillators (Bmal1, Clock, Cry1, Per2, and Rev-erbβ), clock-controlled gene (Star), Egr-1 and LHr was measured by quantitative real-time PCR. Significant changes in clock genes transcription levels were observed in control groups over 24 h, indicating that cell-autonomous rhythms exist in granulosa cells. Intriguingly, the transcript levels of clock genes increased with LH treatment during 24 h of culture; they peaked 4 h in advance of controls and second but weaker oscillations were also observed. It appeared that LH changed the cell-autonomous rhythm and cycle time of clock genes. To further investigate the LH signaling cascades, inhibitors of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (p38MAPK) and extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) pathways were used. The transcript levels of clock genes were suppressed by blocking cAMP, but increased with similar expression patterns by blocking the p38MPAK and ERK1/2 pathways over 24 h. Thus, the influence of LH signaling cascades in chicken ovulation is mediated by the cAMP pathway and also involves the p38MAPK and ERK1/2 pathways.
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- Liang Li
- Laboratory of Animal Genetic and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, Sichuan, China
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Miler M, Sošić-Jurjević B, Nestorović N, Ristić N, Medigović I, Savin S, Milošević V. Morphological and functional changes in pituitary-thyroid axis following prolonged exposure of female rats to constant light. J Morphol 2014; 275:1161-72. [PMID: 24797691 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Light regulates numerous physiological functions and synchronizes them with the environment, in part by adjusting secretion of different hormones. We hypothesized that constant light (CL) would disturb pituitary-thyroid axis. Our aim was to determine morphological and functional changes in this endocrine system in such extreme conditions and, based on the obtained results, to propose the underlying mechanism(s). Starting from the thirtieth postnatal day, female Wistar rats were exposed to CL (600 lx) for the following 95 days. The controls were maintained under the regular laboratory lighting conditions. After decapitation, pituitaries and thyroids were prepared for further histomorphometric, immunohistochemical, and immunofluorescence examinations. Concentration of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), total T4 and T3 (TH) were determined. Thyroid tissue of light-treated rats was characterized by microfollicular structure. We detected no change in total thyroid volume, localization and accumulation of thyroglobulin, thyroid peroxidase, and sodium-iodide symporter in the follicular epithelium of CL rats. The volume of follicular epithelium and activation index were increased, while volume of the colloid and serum levels of TH decreased. In the pituitary, the relative intensity of TSH β-immunofluorescence signal within the cytoplasm of thyrotrophs increased, but their average cell volume and the relative volume density decreased. Serum TSH was unaltered. We conclude that exposure of female rats to CL induced alterations in pituitary-thyroid axis. Thyroid tissue was characterized by microfollicular structure. Serum TH levels were reduced without accompanying increase in serum TSH. We hypothesize that increased secretion and clearance of TH together with unchanged or even decreased hormonal synthesis, resulted in decreased serum TH levels in CL group. We assume this decrease consequently led to increased synthesis and/or accumulation of pituitary TSH. However, decreased average TSH cell volume and relative volume density, together with unchanged serum TSH, point to additional, negative regulation of thyrotrophs.
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- Marko Miler
- Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković," University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Silver R, Kriegsfeld LJ. Circadian rhythms have broad implications for understanding brain and behavior. Eur J Neurosci 2014; 39:1866-80. [PMID: 24799154 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Circadian rhythms are generated by an endogenously organized timing system that drives daily rhythms in behavior, physiology and metabolism. In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus is the locus of a master circadian clock. The SCN is synchronized to environmental changes in the light:dark cycle by direct, monosynaptic innervation via the retino-hypothalamic tract. In turn, the SCN coordinates the rhythmic activities of innumerable subordinate clocks in virtually all bodily tissues and organs. The core molecular clockwork is composed of a transcriptional/post-translational feedback loop in which clock genes and their protein products periodically suppress their own transcription. This primary loop connects to downstream output genes by additional, interlocked transcriptional feedback loops to create tissue-specific 'circadian transcriptomes'. Signals from peripheral tissues inform the SCN of the internal state of the organism and the brain's master clock is modified accordingly. A consequence of this hierarchical, multilevel feedback system is that there are ubiquitous effects of circadian timing on genetic and metabolic responses throughout the body. This overview examines landmark studies in the history of the study of circadian timing system, and highlights our current understanding of the operation of circadian clocks with a focus on topics of interest to the neuroscience community.
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- Rae Silver
- Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, Mail Code 5501, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Health Sciences, New York, NY, USA
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