Distinct contribution of cone photoreceptor subtypes to the mammalian biological clock.
Distinct contribution of cone photoreceptor subtypes to the mammalian biological clock.
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锥形感受器亚型对哺乳动物生物时钟的不同贡献。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2024500118
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发表时间:
2021-06-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Meijer JH
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作者:
van Diepen HC;Schoonderwoerd RA;Ramkisoensing A;Janse JAM;Hattar S;Meijer JH
Synchronization of our biological clocks to the environmental day–night cycle critically depends on daily exposure to light. Here, we show that cones transmit distinct photic information to the clock by performing recordings of clock neurons in freely moving mice with cones as their only photoreceptors. This is in contrast to the expectation that exclusively melanopsin and rods fulfil this role. Moreover, we show that especially short-wavelength–sensitive cones as compared to mid-wavelength–sensitive cones are important. The evidence for a role for cones implicates that clocks respond to a broad spectrum of colors rather than to blue light, which can be used to strengthen the clock in humans. Ambient light detection is important for the synchronization of the circadian clock to the external solar cycle. Light signals are sent to the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), the site of the major circadian pacemaker. It has been assumed that cone photoreceptors contribute minimally to synchronization. Here, however, we find that cone photoreceptors are sufficient for mediating entrainment and transmitting photic information to the SCN, as evaluated in mice that have only cones as functional photoreceptors. Using in vivo electrophysiological recordings in the SCN of freely moving cone-only mice, we observed light responses in SCN neuronal activity in response to 60-s pulses of both ultraviolet (UV) (λmax 365 nm) and green (λmax 505 nm) light. Higher irradiances of UV light led to irradiance-dependent enhancements in SCN neuronal activity, whereas higher irradiances of green light led to a reduction in the sustained response with only the transient response remaining. Responses in SCN neuronal activity decayed with a half-max time of ∼9 min for UV light and less than a minute for green light, indicating differential input between short-wavelength–sensitive and mid-wavelength–sensitive cones for the SCN responsiveness. Furthermore, we show that UV light is more effective for photoentrainment than green light. Based on the lack of a full sustained response in cone-only mice, we confirmed that rapidly alternating light levels, rather than slowly alternating light, caused substantial phase shifts. Together, our data provide strong evidence that cone types contribute to photoentrainment and differentially affect the electrical activity levels of the SCN.
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影响因子:
25
作者:
Altimus, Cara M.;Gueler, Ali D.;Alam, Nazia M.;Arman, A. Cyrus;Prusky, Glen T.;Sampath, Alapakkam P.;Hattar, Samer
通讯作者:
Hattar, Samer
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
MEIJER, JH;RUSAK, B;GANSHIRT, G
通讯作者:
GANSHIRT, G
影响因子:
16.2
作者:
Lall, Gurprit S.;Revell, Victoria L.;Momiji, Hiroshi;Al Enezi, Jazi;Altimus, Cara M.;Gueler, Ali D.;Aguilar, Carlos;Cameron, Morven A.;Allender, Susan;Hankins, Mark W.;Lucas, Robert J.
通讯作者:
Lucas, Robert J.
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.250478897
发表时间:
2000-12-05
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Calvert, PD;Krasnoperova, NV;Lem, J
通讯作者:
Lem, J
DOI:
10.1523/jneurosci.3656-10.2010
发表时间:
2010-12-01
期刊:
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
影响因子:
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作者:
Schmidt TM;Kofuji P
通讯作者:
Kofuji P