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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology2014

CRTC2 activation in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, but not paraventricular nucleus, varies in a diurnal fashion and increases with nighttime light exposure.

Julie A Highland, Michael J Weiser, Laura R Hinds, Robert L Spencer

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Article in American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julie A HighlandDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
Michael J WeiserDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
Laura R HindsDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
Robert L SpencerDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado Robert.spencer@colorado.edu.
University of Colorado Boulder · USUniversity of Colorado System · US

Funding

Glucocorticoid Negative Feedback: Intrinsic and Extrinsic MechanismsR01MH075968 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI SPENCER, ROBERT L · 2006 to 2012
$2.0M
Glucocorticoid Negative Feedback: Intrinsic and Extrinsic MechanismsK02MH065977 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI SPENCER, ROBERT L · 2002 to 2011
$874k
NIMH NIH HHS MH-065977NIMH NIH HHS MH-75968
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Entrainment of the intrinsic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) molecular clock to the light-dark cycle depends on photic-driven intracellular signal transduction responses of SCN neurons that converge on cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB)-mediated regulation of gene transcription. Characterization of the CREB coactivator proteins CREB-regulated transcriptional coactivators (CRTCs) has revealed a greater degree of differential activity-dependent modulation of CREB transactivational function than previously appreciated. In confirmation of recent reports, we found an enrichment of crtc2 mRNA and prominent CRTC2 protein expression within the SCN of adult male rats. With use of a hypothalamic organotypic culture preparation for initial CRTC2-reactive antibody characterization, we found that CRTC2 immunoreactivity in hypothalamic neurons shifted from a predominantly cytoplasmic profile under basal culture conditions to a primarily nuclear localization (CRTC2 activation) 30 min after adenylate cyclase stimulation. In adult rat SCN, we found a diurnal variation in CRTC2 activation (peak at zeitgeber time of 4 h and trough at zeitgeber time of 16-20 h) but no variation in the total number of CRTC2-immunoreactive cells. There was no diurnal variation of CRTC2 activation in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, another site of enriched CRTC2 expression. Exposure of rats to light (50 lux) for 30 min during the second half of their dark (nighttime) phase produced CRTC2 activation. We observed in the SCN a parallel change in the expression of a CREB-regulated gene (FOS). In contrast, nighttime light exposure had no effect on CRTC2 activation or FOS expression in the paraventricular nucleus, nor did it affect corticosterone hormone levels. These results suggest that CRTC2 participates in CREB-dependent photic entrainment of SCN function.

Indexed as

Circadian RhythmPhotoperiodActive Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsFemaleGene Expression RegulationLightMaleParaventricular Hypothalamic NucleusPhotic StimulationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosRats, Sprague-DawleyRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionSuprachiasmatic NucleusTime FactorsCRTC2 protein, ratProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosRNA, MessengerTrans-ActivatorscircadianCREB-regulated transcriptional coactivatororganotypic cultureratsuprachiasmatic nucleus

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PMID25080490
PMCPMC4187060
OpenAlexW2137127018

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