Pineal Regulation: Developmental and Circadian Changes in the Transcriptome

松果体调节：转录组的发育和昼夜节律变化

• 批准号: 8351219
• 负责人: David Klein
• 金额: $ 51.04万
• 依托单位: EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8351219
• 关键词: 5' Flanking Region; Acids; Adrenergic Receptor; Area; Biology; Cellular biology; Circadian Rhythms; Complex; Cyclic Nucleotides; Data; Development; Equipment and supply inventories; Gene Expression; Gene Expression Profile; Genes; Gland; Glutamates; Homeostasis; Hour; Human; Immune response; Ion Channel; Ions; Knowledge; Literature; Melatonin; Membrane Protein Traffic; Metabolic Pathway; Metals; MicroRNAs; Modeling; Molecular; Molecular Profiling; Monkeys; Organ Culture Techniques; Pattern; Phenotype; Phospholipids; Pineal gland; Play; Process; Production; Proteins; Publishing; RNA; RNA Splicing; Rattus; Regulation; Retina; Retinoids; Rodent; Role; Second Messenger Systems; Signal Transduction; Site; Staging; Technology; Thyroid Hormones; Tissues; Transcript; Untranslated RNA; Work; base; follow-up; nucleotide analog; receptor; second messenger; transcription factor

Analysis of global gene expression: Studies are in progress which have characterized gene expression in the pineal gland. The first stage has involved analysis of the rat pineal gland: The rodent pineal transcriptome was investigated using microarray gene expression. Comparison of midday and midnight expression profiles revealed that a global >2-fold change in the expression of 1000 genes, 2/3 of which increase at night. Among these, 400 increase >4- fold in expression; studies in organ culture reveal that in nearly all cases, the expression of the highly upregulated genes is induced by treatment with NE or cyclic nucleotide analogs. These findings are consistent with the conclusion that NE-cyclic nucleotide signaling is the primary mechanism responsible for the nocturnal increase in gene expression. However, it is also clear that other mechanisms are involved, because a small number of highly rhythmic genes are not induced or are weakly induced by NE treatment. Comparison of the level of gene expression in the pineal gland to the median expression in other tissues indicates that a set of > 300 genes are expressed >8- fold higher in the pineal gland. A significant subset of the most highly expressed genes encode proteins involved in melatonin synthesis and the control of this process, including signalling via adrenergic receptors and second messengers including cyclic nucleotides, Ca++ and phospholipids. Clusters of highly expressed genes are associated with the cellular biology of thyroid hormone, retinoid acid, glutamate biology; and, with metal ion homeostasis, membrane trafficking, and the immune response. Other highly and/or rhythmically expressed genes also encode transcription factors, ion channels, transporters, receptors, regulatory molecules and secreted products that have not previously appeared in the pineal literature. Comparison of the pineal gene expression profile to that of several other tissues adds to the evidence that the pineal gland is most similar to the retina by expanding the number of genes that are highly expressed exclusively in these two tissues. This study indicates that control of pineal biology is significantly more complex than previously thought, that the number of highly expressed genes in the pineal gland and retina is higher than previously thought, and also provides molecular evidence to suspect that the gland might function outside of the highly conserved role it plays in melatonin production. The work on the rodent pineal gland is being followed up with similar work on the pineal gland of the monkey and human, so as to determine the similarity of the patterns of gene expression in these three tissues. The results of the analysis of the rodent pineal gland has triggered a number of studies, some of which have been published, which have focused on genes that have been highlighted by the microarray studies. An example is detailed in HD000095-37. This work is being extended using RNA Seq technology, with focus on miRNA and long noncoding RNAs in addition to annotated genes.

全球基因表达分析：松果体中基因表达的研究正在进行中。第一阶段涉及大鼠松果体的分析：使用微阵列基因表达研究啮齿动物松果体转录组。比较正午和午夜的表达谱发现，全球1000个基因的表达发生了2倍的变化，其中2/3在夜间增加。其中400个表达量增加4倍；器官培养研究表明，在几乎所有情况下，高度上调基因的表达都是由NE或环核苷酸类似物诱导的。这些发现与ne -环核苷酸信号是夜间基因表达增加的主要机制的结论是一致的。然而，也很清楚，其他机制也参与其中，因为少数高节律性基因不被NE治疗诱导或被NE治疗弱诱导。将松果体中的基因表达水平与其他组织中的中位表达水平进行比较，发现一组bbb300基因在松果体中的表达水平高出>8倍。高表达基因的一个重要子集编码参与褪黑素合成和控制这一过程的蛋白质，包括通过肾上腺素能受体和第二信使（包括环核苷酸、钙++和磷脂）发出信号。高表达基因簇与甲状腺激素、类视黄酸、谷氨酸等细胞生物学相关；还有金属离子稳态，膜运输，和免疫反应。其他高表达和/或节律表达的基因也编码转录因子、离子通道、转运体、受体、调节分子和分泌产物，这些在以前的松果体文献中没有出现。将松果体基因表达谱与其他几种组织的基因表达谱进行比较，进一步证明松果体与视网膜最相似，因为这两种组织中只高度表达的基因数量增加了。这项研究表明，松果体生物学的控制比以前认为的要复杂得多，松果体和视网膜中高表达基因的数量比以前认为的要高，并且还提供了分子证据，怀疑松果体可能在褪黑激素生产中扮演高度保守的角色之外发挥作用。在啮齿动物松果体的研究工作之后，正在对猴和人的松果体进行类似的研究，以确定这三种组织中基因表达模式的相似性。