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Monitoring Cell-autonomous Circadian Clock Rhythms of Gene Expression Using Luciferase Bioluminescence Reporters
Published on: September 27, 2012
El restablecimiento inducido por la luz de un reloj circadiano de mamíferos se asocia con la inducción rápida de la
Y Shigeyoshi1, K Taguchi, S Yamamoto
1Department of Anatomy and Brain Science, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
Cell
|January 15, 1998
Resumen
La exposición a la luz induce rápidamente mPer1 en el reloj circadiano de los mamíferos, en correlación con los cambios de fase. Este hallazgo pone de relieve mPer1
Área de la Ciencia:
- Cronobiología cronobiología.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
Sus antecedentes:
- El reloj circadiano de los mamíferos regula los ritmos biológicos diarios.
- La luz es una señal ambiental primaria para sincronizar los relojes circadianos.
- Los mecanismos moleculares del arrastre de la luz no se comprenden completamente.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el papel del gen mPer1 en el arrastre del reloj circadiano inducido por la luz.
- Determinar la relación entre la inducción de mPer1 y el cambio de fase del ritmo circadiano.
Principales métodos:
- Se examinaron los efectos de la exposición a la luz en la expresión de mPer1 en el núcleo supraquiasmático (SCN).
- Se analizaron las relaciones dosis-respuesta entre la exposición a la luz y la inducción de mPer1.
- Inducción correlacionada de mPer1 con cambios de fase en ritmos abiertos.
Principales resultados:
- mPer1 (homólogo del período del ratón 1) es inducido rápidamente por la luz en el SCN.
- La inducción de mPer1 demuestra reciprocidad y se correlaciona fuertemente con el cambio de fase circadiano.
- mPer1 muestra similitudes con el gen del reloj de Neurospora frq en la respuesta a la luz y la fase.
Conclusiones:
- mPer1 juega un papel clave en la mediación de los efectos de la luz en el reloj circadiano de los mamíferos.
- La inducción de mPer1 es un componente crítico de la captación del reloj circadiano por la luz.
- Los osciladores sensibles e insensibles a la luz están localizados dentro de la SCN.
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