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絶え間ない暗闇は,哺乳類の昼間代謝信号である
Jianfa Zhang1, Krista Kaasik, Michael R Blackburn
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Nature
|January 20, 2006
まとめ
恒常的な暗闇はマウスの昼夜リズムを誘発し,脂肪燃焼遺伝子を活性化し,上昇した5'-AMPレベルを通じて冬眠のような状態 (麻痺) を誘発します.
科学分野:
- シルカディアン生物学
- メタボリック調節 メタボリック調節
- 哺乳類生理学 哺乳類生理学
背景:
- 環境の光は,哺乳類の昼夜リズムの主な時間提供者として作用する.
- 冬眠中に遭遇する恒常的な暗闇は,自由走行する昼夜状態を表しています.
- シュプラキアスマティック核は昼夜行動を同期し,その消去は麻痺を妨害する.
研究 の 目的:
- 絶え間ない暗闇が脂肪代謝酵素の遺伝子発現を調節するメカニズムを解明する.
- 絶え間ない暗闇中の代謝の昼夜調節に関与する重要な媒介者を特定する.
- 麻痺と代謝のシフトにおける昼夜時計の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- マウスは,ライト・ダーク (LD) とコンスタント・ダーク (DD) のサイクルにさらされました.
- ミュリンプロコレパース (mClps) と臓リパース関連タンパク質2 (mPlrp2) の遺伝子発現を分析した.
- 血液中の5eAL-AMP,グルコース,非エステリ化脂肪酸のレベルを測定した.
- Torporは,eal-AMPの5回の投与に反応して誘発され,分析されました.
主要な成果:
- マウリン・プロコレパース (mClps) と臓リパース関連タンパク質2 (mPlrp2) の遺伝子発現は,DDサイクルでは周辺臓器における昼夜活性化を示したが,LDサイクルではそうではなかった.
- シルカディアン欠陥マウスは,これらの遺伝子発現が緩和された.
- DDマウスにおける血中5eal-AMPの上昇は,主要な媒介体として特定され,LD動物におけるトーポールおよびmClps発現を誘発した.
- メタボリックストレスによって引き起こされた麻痺は,5eal-AMPレベルの増加と相関しています.
- 血糖と非エステル化された脂肪酸のレベルはDDとLDの条件の間に逆転し,5eal-AMPはグルコースレベルと相互に関連していました.
結論:
- 絶え間ない暗闇は,哺乳類の昼夜間の代謝リズムを活性化し,脂肪の分解を調節する.
- 5 eal-AMPは,昼夜信号を麻痺と代謝調整と結びつける重要なメディエーターである.
- 昼間の時計は,長時間の暗闇に対する代謝反応の調整において重要な役割を果たし,潜在的に冬眠を容易にする.
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