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Zhu RT, Jia Z, Zhou L. Light therapy improved depression-like behavior induced by chronic unpredictable mild stress in Mongolian gerbils. Neurosci Lett 2021; 765:136256. [PMID: 34543679 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Progress has been made in elucidating the mechanism by which light modulates depressive-like behaviors. However, almost all of these studies ignore an important issue, namely, that examining the effects of light therapy in nocturnal animals may be difficult because the influences of light on behavioral responses differ between nocturnal and diurnal animals. To date, few diurnal rodents have been utilized to establish animal models that closely mimic clinical depression. Herein, the chronic unpredictable mild stress model, which is the most representative, reliable, and effective rodent model of depression, was implemented in diurnal Mongolian gerbils for the first time. The gerbils were subjected to two hours of light therapy or fluoxetine treatment for 2 weeks. Our work revealed that Mongolian gerbils subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress showed depression-like behaviors. Interestingly, we also found that light therapy improved anhedonic behavior more effectively than fluoxetine after two weeks of treatment. In summary, our study is the first to use diurnal Mongolian gerbils, which have the same circadian rhythm as humans, to establish an effective, economical, and practical animal model of depression and confirmed that light therapy could improve depression-like behavior more effectively than fluoxetine to some extent in diurnal Mongolian gerbils, which establishes a good foundation for clarifying the neural mechanism of light therapy for depression.
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- Rong-Ting Zhu
- Department of Social Psychiatry, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Social Psychiatry, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, China; School of Public and Management, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Social Psychiatry, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders, Guangzhou, China.
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Circadian rhythms of mineral metabolism in chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2021; 29:367-377. [PMID: 32452917 DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0000000000000611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The circadian rhythms have a systemic impact on all aspects of physiology. Kidney diseases are associated with extremely high-cardiovascular mortality, related to chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD), involving bone, parathyroids and vascular calcification. Disruption of circadian rhythms may cause serious health problems, contributing to development of cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, cancer, organ fibrosis, osteopenia and aging. Evidence of disturbed circadian rhythms in CKD-MBD parameters and organs involved is emerging and will be discussed in this review. RECENT FINDINGS Kidney injury induces unstable behavioral circadian rhythm. Potentially, uremic toxins may affect the master-pacemaker of circadian rhythm in hypothalamus. In CKD disturbances in the circadian rhythms of CKD-MBD plasma-parameters, activin A, fibroblast growth factor 23, parathyroid hormone, phosphate have been demonstrated. A molecular circadian clock is also expressed in peripheral tissues, involved in CKD-MBD; vasculature, parathyroids and bone. Expression of the core circadian clock genes in the different tissues is disrupted in CKD-MBD. SUMMARY Disturbed circadian rhythms is a novel feature of CKD-MBD. There is a need to establish which specific input determines the phase of the local molecular clock and to characterize its regulation and deregulation in tissues involved in CKD-MBD. Finally, it is important to establish what are the implications for treatment including the potential applications for chronotherapy.
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Jha PK, Bouâouda H, Kalsbeek A, Challet E. Distinct feedback actions of behavioural arousal to the master circadian clock in nocturnal and diurnal mammals. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 123:48-60. [PMID: 33440199 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The master clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus provides a temporal pattern of sleep and wake that - like many other behavioural and physiological rhythms - is oppositely phased in nocturnal and diurnal animals. The SCN primarily uses environmental light, perceived through the retina, to synchronize its endogenous circadian rhythms with the exact 24 h light/dark cycle of the outside world. The light responsiveness of the SCN is maximal during the night in both nocturnal and diurnal species. Behavioural arousal during the resting period not only perturbs sleep homeostasis, but also acts as a potent non-photic synchronizing cue. The feedback action of arousal on the SCN is mediated by processes involving several brain nuclei and neurotransmitters, which ultimately change the molecular functions of SCN pacemaker cells. Arousing stimuli during the sleeping period differentially affect the circadian system of nocturnal and diurnal species, as evidenced by the different circadian windows of sensitivity to behavioural arousal. In addition, arousing stimuli reduce and increase light resetting in nocturnal and diurnal species, respectively. It is important to address further question of circadian impairments associated with shift work and trans-meridian travel not only in the standard nocturnal laboratory animals but also in diurnal animal models.
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- Pawan Kumar Jha
- Circadian Clocks and Metabolism Team, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Strasbourg, France; Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Circadian Clocks and Metabolism Team, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Circadian Clocks and Metabolism Team, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Strasbourg, France
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Poisson A, Nicolas A, Bousquet I, Raverot V, Gronfier C, Demily C. Smith-Magenis Syndrome: Molecular Basis of a Genetic-Driven Melatonin Circadian Secretion Disorder. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E3533. [PMID: 31330985 PMCID: PMC6679101 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20143533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS), linked to Retinoic Acid Induced (RAI1) haploinsufficiency, is a unique model of the inversion of circadian melatonin secretion. In this regard, this model is a formidable approach to better understand circadian melatonin secretion cycle disorders and the role of the RAI1 gene in this cycle. Sleep-wake cycle disorders in SMS include sleep maintenance disorders with a phase advance and intense sleepiness around noon. These disorders have been linked to a general disturbance of sleep-wake rhythm and coexist with inverted secretion of melatonin. The exact mechanism underlying the inversion of circadian melatonin secretion in SMS has rarely been discussed. We suggest three hypotheses that could account for the inversion of circadian melatonin secretion and discuss them. First, inversion of the circadian melatonin secretion rhythm could be linked to alterations in light signal transduction. Second, this inversion could imply global misalignment of the circadian system. Third, the inversion is not linked to a global circadian clock shift but rather to a specific impairment in the melatonin secretion pathway between the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) and pinealocytes. The development of diurnal SMS animal models that produce melatonin appears to be an indispensable step to further understand the molecular basis of the circadian melatonin secretion rhythm.
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- Alice Poisson
- GénoPsy, Reference Center for Diagnosis and Management of Genetic Psychiatric Disorders, Centre Hospitalier le Vinatier and EDR-Psy Q19 Team (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique & Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University), 69678 Bron, France.
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- GénoPsy, Reference Center for Diagnosis and Management of Genetic Psychiatric Disorders, Centre Hospitalier le Vinatier and EDR-Psy Q19 Team (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique & Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University), 69678 Bron, France
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- GénoPsy, Reference Center for Diagnosis and Management of Genetic Psychiatric Disorders, Centre Hospitalier le Vinatier and EDR-Psy Q19 Team (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique & Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University), 69678 Bron, France
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- Laboratoire d'hormonologie-CBPE, CHU de Lyon, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron, France
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- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Integrative Physiology of the Brain Arousal Systems, Waking Team, Inserm UMRS 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, 69675 Lyon, France
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- GénoPsy, Reference Center for Diagnosis and Management of Genetic Psychiatric Disorders, Centre Hospitalier le Vinatier and EDR-Psy Q19 Team (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique & Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University), 69678 Bron, France
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Engert LC, Weiler U, Pfaffinger B, Stefanski V, Schmucker SS. Diurnal rhythms in peripheral blood immune cell numbers of domestic pigs. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 79:11-20. [PMID: 29017838 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Diurnal rhythms within the immune system are considered important for immune competence. Until now, they were mostly studied in humans and rodents. However, as the domestic pig is regarded as suitable animal model and due to its importance in agriculture, this study aimed to characterize diurnal rhythmicity in porcine circulating leukocyte numbers. Eighteen pigs were studied over periods of up to 50 h. Cosinor analyses revealed diurnal rhythms in cell numbers of most investigated immune cell populations in blood. Whereas T cell, dendritic cell, and eosinophil counts peaked during nighttime, NK cell and neutrophil counts peaked during daytime. Relative amplitudes of cell numbers in blood differed in T helper cell subtypes with distinctive differentiation states. Mixed model analyses revealed that plasma cortisol concentration was negatively associated with cell numbers of most leukocyte types, except for NK cells and neutrophils. The observed rhythms mainly resemble those found in humans and rodents.
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- Larissa C Engert
- Behavioral Physiology of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 17, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Behavioral Physiology of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 17, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Behavioral Physiology of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 17, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Behavioral Physiology of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 17, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Behavioral Physiology of Livestock, Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 17, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Antle MC, Sterniczuk R, Smith VM, Hagel K. Non-Photic Modulation of Phase Shifts to Long Light Pulses. J Biol Rhythms 2016; 22:524-33. [DOI: 10.1177/0748730407306882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Circadian rhythms can be reset by both photic and non-photic stimuli. Recent studies have used long light exposure to produce photic phase shifts or to enhance non-photic phase shifts. The presence or absence of light can also influence the expression of locomotor rhythms through masking; light during the night attenuates locomotor activity, while darkness during the day induces locomotor activity in nocturnal animals. Given this dual role of light, the current study was designed to examine the relative contributions of photic and non-photic components present in a long light pulse paradigm. Mice entrained to a light/dark cycle were exposed to light pulses of various durations (0, 3, 6, 9, or 12 h) starting at the time of lights-off. After the light exposure, animals were placed in DD and were either left undisturbed in their home cages or had their wheels locked for the remainder of the subjective night and subsequent subjective day. Light treatments of 6, 9, and 12 h produced large phase delays. These treatments were associated with decreased activity during the nocturnal light and increased activity during the initial hours of darkness following light exposure. When the wheels were locked to prevent high-amplitude activity, the resulting phase delays to the light were significantly attenuated, suggesting that the activity following the light exposure may have contributed to the overall phase shift. In a second experiment, telemetry probes were used to assess what effect permanently locking the wheels had on the phase shift to the long light pulses. These animals had phase shifts fully as large as animals without any form of wheel lock, suggesting that while non-photic events can modulate photic phase shifts, they do not play a role in the full phase-shift response observed in animals exposed to long light pulses. This paradigm will facilitate investigations into non-photic responses of the mouse circadian system.
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- Michael C. Antle
- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada,
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Chassard D, Bur I, Poirel VJ, Mendoza J, Simonneaux V. Evidence for a Putative Circadian Kiss-Clock in the Hypothalamic AVPV in Female Mice. Endocrinology 2015; 156:2999-3011. [PMID: 25993523 DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The kisspeptin (Kp) neurons in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) are essential for the preovulatory LH surge, which is gated by circulating estradiol (E2) and the time of day. We investigated whether AVPV Kp neurons in intact female mice may be the site in which both E2 and daily signals are integrated and whether these neurons may host a circadian oscillator involved in the timed LH surge. In the afternoon of proestrous day, Kp immunoreactivity displayed a marked and transient decrease 2 hours before the LH surge. In contrast, Kp content was stable throughout the day of diestrus, when LH levels are constantly low. AVPV Kp neurons expressed the clock protein period 1 (PER1) with a daily rhythm that is phase delayed compared with the PER1 rhythm measured in the main clock of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). PER1 rhythm in the AVPV, but not in the SCN, exhibited a significant phase delay of 2.8 hours in diestrus as compared with proestrus. Isolated Kp-expressing AVPV explants from PER2::LUCIFERASE mice displayed sustained circadian oscillations of bioluminescence with a circadian period (23.2 h) significantly shorter than that of SCN explants (24.5 h). Furthermore, in AVPV explants incubated with E2 (10 nM to 1 μM), the circadian period was lengthened by 1 hour, whereas the SCN clock remained unaltered. In conclusion, these findings indicate that AVPV Kp neurons display an E2-dependent daily rhythm, which may possibly be driven by an intrinsic circadian clock acting in combination with the SCN timing signal.
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- David Chassard
- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (Unité Propre de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité 3212); Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (Unité Propre de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité 3212); Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (Unité Propre de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité 3212); Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (Unité Propre de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité 3212); Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (Unité Propre de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité 3212); Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Hubbard J, Ruppert E, Calvel L, Robin-Choteau L, Gropp CM, Allemann C, Reibel S, Sage-Ciocca D, Bourgin P. Arvicanthis ansorgei, a Novel Model for the Study of Sleep and Waking in Diurnal Rodents. Sleep 2015; 38:979-88. [PMID: 25409107 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Sleep neurobiology studies use nocturnal species, mainly rats and mice. However, because their daily sleep/wake organization is inverted as compared to humans, a diurnal model for sleep studies is needed. To fill this gap, we phenotyped sleep and waking in Arvicanthis ansorgei, a diurnal rodent widely used for the study of circadian rhythms. DESIGN Video-electroencephalogram (EEG), electromyogram (EMG), and electrooculogram (EOG) recordings. SETTING Rodent sleep laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Fourteen male Arvicanthis ansorgei, aged 3 mo. INTERVENTIONS 12 h light (L):12 h dark (D) baseline condition, 24-h constant darkness, 6-h sleep deprivation. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Wake and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep showed similar electrophysiological characteristics as nocturnal rodents. On average, animals spent 12.9 h ± 0.4 awake per 24-h cycle, of which 6.88 h ± 0.3 was during the light period. NREM sleep accounted for 9.63 h ± 0.4, which of 5.13 h ± 0.2 during dark period, and REM sleep for 89.9 min ± 6.7, which of 52.8 min ± 4.4 during dark period. The time-course of sleep and waking across the 12 h light:12 h dark was overall inverted to that observed in rats or mice, though with larger amounts of crepuscular activity at light and dark transitions. A dominant crepuscular regulation of sleep and waking persisted under constant darkness, showing the lack of a strong circadian drive in the absence of clock reinforcement by external cues, such as a running wheel. Conservation of the homeostatic regulation was confirmed with the observation of higher delta power following sustained waking periods and a 6-h sleep deprivation, with subsequent decrease during recovery sleep. CONCLUSIONS Arvicanthis ansorgei is a valid diurnal rodent model for studying the regulatory mechanisms of sleep and so represents a valuable tool for further understanding the nocturnality/diurnality switch.
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- Jeffrey Hubbard
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UPR 3212, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Strasbourg, France.,Sleep Disorders Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) and Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), University of Strasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UPR 3212, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Strasbourg, France.,Sleep Disorders Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) and Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), University of Strasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UPR 3212, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Strasbourg, France.,Sleep Disorders Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) and Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), University of Strasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UPR 3212, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Strasbourg, France.,Sleep Disorders Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) and Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), University of Strasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UPR 3212, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Strasbourg, France.,Sleep Disorders Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) and Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), University of Strasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UPR 3212, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Strasbourg, France
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- Chronobiotron Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UMS 3415, Strasbourg, France
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- Chronobiotron Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UMS 3415, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UPR 3212, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Strasbourg, France.,Sleep Disorders Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) and Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), University of Strasbourg, France
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Ware JV, Nelson OL, Robbins CT, Jansen HT. Temporal organization of activity in the brown bear (Ursus arctos): roles of circadian rhythms, light, and food entrainment. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 303:R890-902. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00313.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Seasonal cycles of reproduction, migration, and hibernation are often synchronized to changes in daylength (photoperiod). Ecological and evolutionary pressures have resulted in physiological specializations enabling animals to occupy a particular temporal niche within the diel cycle leading to characteristic activity patterns. In this study, we characterized the annual locomotor activity of captive brown bears (Ursus arctos). Locomotor activity was observed in 18 bears of varying ages and sexes during the active (Mar-Oct) and hibernating (Nov-Feb) seasons. All bears exhibited either crepuscular or diurnal activity patterns. Estimates of activity duration (α) and synchronization to the daily light:dark cycle (phase angles) indirectly measured photoresponsiveness. α increased as daylength increased but diverged near the autumnal equinox. Phase angles varied widely between active and hibernating seasons and exhibited a clear annual rhythm. To directly test the role of photoperiod, bears were exposed to controlled photoperiod alterations. Bears failed to alter their daily activity patterns (entrain) to experimental photoperiods during the active season. In contrast, photic entrainment was evident during hibernation when the daily photocycle was shifted and when bears were exposed to a skeleton (11:1:11:1) photoperiod. To test whether entrainment to nonphotic cues superseded photic entrainment during the active season, bears were exposed to a reversed feeding regimen (dark-fed) under a natural photocycle. Activity shifted entirely to a nocturnal pattern. Thus daily activity in brown bears is highly modifiable by photoperiod and food availability in a stereotypic seasonal fashion.
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- Jasmine V. Ware
- Departments of Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology,
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- Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington; and
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- School of the Environment, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Departments of Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology,
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Day or night administration of ketamine and pentobarbital differentially affect circadian rhythms of pineal melatonin secretion and locomotor activity in rats. Anesth Analg 2012; 115:805-13. [PMID: 22886841 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3182632bcb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Surgery with general anesthesia disturbs circadian rhythms, which may lead to postoperative sleep disorders and delirium in patients. However, it is unclear how circadian rhythms are affected by different anesthetics administered at different times during the rest-activity cycle. We hypothesized that pentobarbital (an agonist at the γ-aminobutyric acid A receptors) and ketamine (an antagonist at the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors) would have differential effects on circadian rhythms, and these effects would also be influenced by the time of their administration (the active versus resting phase). METHODS Rats were divided into 4 groups according to the anesthetic administered (pentobarbital or ketamine) and the timing of intraperitoneal administration (active/night phase or resting/day phase). Using online pineal microdialysis, we analyzed pineal melatonin secretion and locomotor activity rhythms in rats under a light/dark (12/12-hour) cycle for 5 days after anesthesia and microdialysis catheter implantation. The data were analyzed for rhythmicity by cosinor analysis. RESULTS Ketamine administered during the resting phase produced 65- and 153-minute phase advances, respectively, in melatonin secretion and locomotor activity rhythms on the first day after anesthesia. In contrast, ketamine administered during the active phase produced 43- and 235-minute phase delays. Pentobarbital had no effect on the phase of either melatonin secretion or locomotor activity, irrespective of the timing of administration. When administered during the active phase, both anesthetics decreased the amplitude of melatonin secretion on the day after anesthesia; when administered during the resting phase, however, neither anesthetic affected the amplitude. The amplitude of locomotor activity decreased in all animals for 3 days after anesthesia. CONCLUSION Ketamine has opposite phase-shifting effects on circadian rhythms according to the time of administration, whereas pentobarbital has no effect. Furthermore, both anesthetics decrease the postoperative amplitude of pineal melatonin secretion if administered during the active, but not the resting, phase of the 24-hour rest-activity cycle.
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Mendoza J, Gourmelen S, Dumont S, Sage-Ciocca D, Pévet P, Challet E. Setting the main circadian clock of a diurnal mammal by hypocaloric feeding. J Physiol 2012; 590:3155-68. [PMID: 22570380 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.230300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Caloric restriction attenuates the onset of a number of pathologies related to ageing. In mammals, circadian rhythms, controlled by the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic (SCN) clock, are altered with ageing. Although light is the main synchronizer for the clock, a daily hypocaloric feeding (HF) may also modulate the SCN activity in nocturnal rodents. Here we report that a HF also affects behavioural, physiological and molecular circadian rhythms of the diurnal rodent Arvicanthis ansorgei. Under constant darkness HF, but not normocaloric feeding (NF), entrains circadian behaviour. Under a light–dark cycle, HF at midnight led to phase delays of the rhythms of locomotor activity and plasma corticosterone. Furthermore, Per2 and vasopressin gene oscillations in the SCN were phase delayed in HF Arvicanthis compared with animals fed ad libitum. Moreover, light-induced expression of Per genes in the SCN was modified in HF Arvicanthis, despite a non-significant effect on light-induced behavioural phase delays. Together, our data show that HF affects the circadian system of the diurnal rodent Arvicanthis ansorgei differentially from nocturnal rodents. The Arvicanthis model has relevance for the potential use of HF to manipulate circadian rhythms in diurnal species including humans.
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- Jorge Mendoza
- Département de Neurobiologie des Rythmes, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, CNRS UPR-3212, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg, France.
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Stephenson KM, Schroder CM, Bertschy G, Bourgin P. Complex interaction of circadian and non-circadian effects of light on mood: shedding new light on an old story. Sleep Med Rev 2012; 16:445-54. [PMID: 22244990 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Revised: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 09/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In addition to its role in vision, light exerts strong effects on behavior. Its powerful role in the modulation of mood is well established, yet remains poorly understood. Much research has focused on the effects of light on circadian rhythms and subsequent interaction with alertness and depression. The recent discovery of a third photoreceptor, melanopsin, expressed in a subset of retinal ganglion cells, allows major improvement of our understanding of how photic information is processed. Light affects behavior in two ways, either indirectly through the circadian timing system, or directly through mechanisms that are independent of the circadian system. These latter effects have barely been studied in regard to mood, but recent investigations on the direct effects of light on sleep and alertness suggest additional pathways through which light could influence mood. Based on our recent findings, we suggest that light, via melanopsin, may exert its antidepressant effect through a modulation of the homeostatic process of sleep. Further research is needed to understand how these mechanisms interplay and how they contribute to the photic regulation of mood. Such research could improve therapeutic management of affective disorders and influence the management of societal lighting conditions.
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- Kathryn M Stephenson
- Department of Biological Rhythms, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, CNRS-UPR 3212, Strasbourg, France.
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Mendoza J, Pévet P, Challet E. Entrainment and coupling of the hamster suprachiasmatic clock by daily dark pulses. J Neurosci Res 2009; 87:758-65. [DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Cuesta M, Clesse D, Pévet P, Challet E. From daily behavior to hormonal and neurotransmitters rhythms: comparison between diurnal and nocturnal rat species. Horm Behav 2009; 55:338-47. [PMID: 19027018 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2008] [Revised: 10/23/2008] [Accepted: 10/25/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Mammalian species can be defined as diurnal or nocturnal, depending on the temporal niche during which they are active. Even if general activity occurs during nighttime in nocturnal rodents, there is a patchwork of general activity patterns in diurnal rodents, including frequent bimodality (so-called crepuscular pattern, i.e., dawn and dusk peaks of activity) and a switch to a nocturnal pattern under certain circumstances. This raises the question of whether crepuscular species have a bimodal or diurnal - as opposed to nocturnal - physiology. To this end, we investigated several daily behavioral, hormonal and neurochemical rhythms in the diurnal Sudanian grass rat (Arvicanthis ansorgei) and the nocturnal Long-Evans rat (Rattus norvegicus). Daily rhythms of general activity, wheel-running activity and body temperature, with or without blocked wheel, were diurnal and bimodal for A. ansorgei, and nocturnal and unimodal for Long-Evans rats. Moreover, A. ansorgei and Long-Evans rats exposed to light-dark cycles were respectively more and less active, compared to conditions of constant darkness. In contrast to other diurnal rodents, wheel availability in A. ansorgei did not switch their general activity pattern. Daily, unimodal rhythm of plasma leptin was in phase-opposition between the two rodent species. In the hippocampus, a daily, unimodal rhythm of serotonin in A. ansorgei occurred 7 h earlier than that in Long-Evans rats, whereas a daily, unimodal rhythm of dopamine was unexpectedly concomitant in both species. Multiparameter analysis demonstrates that in spite of bimodal rhythms linked with locomotor activity, A. ansorgei have a diurnally oriented physiology.
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- Marc Cuesta
- Département de Neurobiologie des Rythmes, Institut de Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, UMR7168, CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
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Koinuma S, Yagita K, Fujioka A, Takashima N, Takumi T, Shigeyoshi Y. The resetting of the circadian rhythm by Prostaglandin J2 is distinctly phase-dependent. FEBS Lett 2008; 583:413-8. [PMID: 19111547 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2008] [Revised: 11/30/2008] [Accepted: 12/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The circadian rhythm can be reset by a variety of substances. Prostaglandin J(2) (PGJ(2)) is one such substance and resets the circadian rhythm in fibroblasts. In our current study, we examined the phase-dependent phase shift following PGJ(2) treatment using a real-time luciferase luminescence monitoring system. In the phase response curves, we observed 12h differences in the times of peaks in comparison with the same analysis for forskolin. Quantification of clock gene mRNAs following PGJ(2) administration additionally revealed a rapid decrease in the Per1, Rev-erbAalpha and Dbp levels. Our current findings thus suggest that PGJ(2) resets the peripheral circadian clock via a mechanism that is distinct from that used by forskolin (FK).
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- Satoshi Koinuma
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
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Antle MC, Tse F, Koke SJ, Sterniczuk R, Hagel K. Non-photic phase shifting of the circadian clock: role of the extracellular signal-responsive kinases I/II/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 28:2511-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06533.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mendoza J, Clesse D, Pévet P, Challet E. Serotonergic potentiation of dark pulse-induced phase-shifting effects at midday in hamsters. J Neurochem 2008; 106:1404-14. [PMID: 18498439 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05493.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In mammals, resetting of the suprachiasmatic clock (SCN) by behavioral activation or serotonin (5-HT) agonists is mimicked by dark pulses, presented during subjective day in constant light (LL). Because behavioral resetting may be mediated in part by 5-HT inputs to the SCN, here we determined whether 5-HT system can modulate dark-induced phase-shifts in Syrian hamsters housed in LL. Two hours of darkness at mid-subjective day (circadian time 6; CT-6) resulted in increased concentrations of 5-HT in the SCN tissue and induction of c-FOS expression in the raphe nuclei. Injections of the 5-HT(1A/7) agonist +8-OH-DPAT or dark pulses at CT-6 induced phase-advances of the wheel-running activity rhythm and down-regulated the expression of the clock genes Per1-2 and c-FOS in the SCN in a similar way. The combination of both treatments [+8-OH-DPAT + dark pulses], however, resulted in larger phase-advances, while associated molecular changes were not significantly modified, except for the gene Dbp, in comparison to +8-OH-DPAT or dark pulses alone. Dark resetting was blocked by pre-treatment with a 5-HT(7) antagonist, but not with a 5-HT(1A) antagonist. The additive phase-shifts of two different cues to reset the SCN clock open wide the gateway for non-photic shifting, leading to new strategies in chronotherapy.
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- Jorge Mendoza
- Institut de Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, Département de Neurobiologie des Rythmes, CNRS et Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
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Lindley J, Deurveilher S, Rusak B, Semba K. Transforming growth factor-α and glial fibrillary acidic protein in the hamster circadian system: Daily profile and cellular localization. Brain Res 2008; 1197:94-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.12.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2007] [Revised: 12/09/2007] [Accepted: 12/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kalsbeek A, Verhagen LA, Schalij I, Foppen E, Saboureau M, Bothorel B, Buijs RM, Pévet P. Opposite actions of hypothalamic vasopressin on circadian corticosterone rhythm in nocturnal versus diurnal species. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 27:818-27. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06057.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photoreceptor organisation and phenotypic characterization in retinas of two diurnal rodent species: Potential use as experimental animal models for human vision research. Vision Res 2008; 48:424-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2007] [Revised: 08/20/2007] [Accepted: 08/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Daily rhythmicity, including timing of wakefulness and hormone secretion, is mainly controlled by a master clock located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus. The SCN clockwork involves various clock genes, with specific temporal patterns of expression that are similar in nocturnal and diurnal species (e.g. the clock gene Per1 in the SCN peaks at midday in both categories). Timing of sensitivity to light is roughly similar, during nighttime, in diurnal and nocturnal species. Molecular mechanisms of photic resetting are also comparable in both species categories. By contrast, in animals housed in constant light, exposure to darkness can reset the SCN clock, mostly during the resting period, i.e. at opposite circadian times between diurnal and nocturnal species. Nonphotic stimuli, such as scheduled voluntary exercise, food shortage, exogenous melatonin, or serotonergic receptor activation, are also capable of shifting the master clock and/or modulating photic synchronization. Comparison between day- and night-active species allows classifications of nonphotic cues in two, arousal-independent and arousal-dependent, families of factors. Arousal-independent factors, such as melatonin (always secreted during nighttime, independently of daily activity pattern) or gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), have shifting effects at the same circadian times in both nocturnal and diurnal rodents. By contrast, arousal-dependent factors, such as serotonin (its cerebral levels follow activity pattern), induce phase shifts only during resting and have opposite modulating effects on photic resetting between diurnal and nocturnal species. Contrary to light and arousal-independent nonphotic cues, arousal-dependent nonphotic stimuli provide synchronizing feedback signals to the SCN clock in circadian antiphase between nocturnal and diurnal animals.
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- Etienne Challet
- Department of Neurobiology of Rhythms, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR 7168/LC2), University Louis Pasteur, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, Strasbourg, France.
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