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Bioluminescence Imaging of NADPH Oxidase Activity in Different Animal Models
Published on: October 22, 2012
メラノプシンの光に対する昼夜反応における役割
Norman F Ruby1, Thomas J Brennan, Xinmin Xie
1Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. ruby@stanford.edu
まとめ
哺乳類の昼夜系の重要な分子であるメラノプシン (Melanopsin) は必須ではないが,光誘発反応に大きく貢献する. メラノプシン・ノックアウトマウスは,光に対する行動および遺伝子発現の変化を欠かさず,減少させています.
科学分野:
- * シルカディアン生物学
- * 神経科学について
- * フォトバイオロジー
背景:
- *哺乳類の昼夜循環系は,日々の生物学的リズムを調節する.
- * メラノプシン (Melanopsin) は,日中の光学訓練に関与する光感受性分子です.
- * サーカディアンシステムに対する光の影響を媒介するメラノプシンの正確な役割については,さらなる解明が必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- * 哺乳類の昼間運動システム内の光反応を媒介するメラノプシンの必要性と貢献を調査する.
- * メラノプシン欠乏が,光刺激に対する行動および分子反応に与える影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- * メラノプシン・ノックアウトマウスと野生型の littermates を使用しました.
- * 制御された光/暗サイクルと光パルスに暴露されたマウス.
- * 行動反応 (引き寄せ,フェーズシフト) とc-fos遺伝子発現誘導のモニタリング.
主要な成果:
- * メラノプシン・ノックアウトマウスは,光と闇のサイクルと相変化反応に正常な誘導を示した.
- * 野生型のマウスと比較して,ノックアウトマウスでは,光に対する行動反応の大きさの有意な減少 (40%) が観察されました.
- * 夜間の光パルスは,両方のゲノタイプでc-fos発現を誘導したが,メラノプシン欠乏マウスでは減少した大きさであった.
結論:
- * メラノプシンは,日中時計が光入力を受け取るために不可欠ではありません.
- *メラノプシンは,光に対する行動的および分子反応の大きさを調節する上で重要な役割を果たします.
- *これらの発見は,日中照射および光媒介信号伝達の絶対的な要件ではなく,メラノプシンが,日中照射および光媒介信号伝達の絶対的な要件であることの貢献を強調しています.
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