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Ca2+/cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB)-dependent activation of Per1 is required for light-induced signaling in the suprachiasmatic nucleus circadian clock
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Ca2+/cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB)-dependent activation of Per1 is required for light-induced signaling in the suprachiasmatic nucleus circadian clock

Shelley A Tischkau, Jennifer W Mitchell, Sheue-Houy Tyan, Gordon F Buchanan and Martha U Gillette
The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.278(2), pp.718-723
01/10/2003
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M209241200
PMID: 12409294
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Abstract

Light is a prominent stimulus that synchronizes endogenous circadian rhythmicity to environmental light/dark cycles. Nocturnal light elevates mRNA of the Period1 (Per1) gene and induces long term state changes, expressed as phase shifts of circadian rhythms. The cellular mechanism for Per1 elevation and light-induced phase advance in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), a process initiated primarily by glutamatergic neurotransmission from the retinohypothalamic tract, was examined. Glutamate (GLU)-induced phase advances in the rat SCN were blocked by antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) against Per1 and Ca(2+)/cAMP response element (CRE)-decoy ODN. CRE-decoy ODN also blocked light-induced phase advances in vivo. Furthermore, the CRE-decoy blocked GLU-induced accumulation of Per1 mRNA. Thus, Ca(2+)/cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) and Per1 are integral components of the pathway transducing light-stimulated GLU neurotransmission into phase advance of the circadian clock.
Glutamic Acid - pharmacology Rats, Long-Evans Gene Expression Regulation Rats Male Nitric Oxide - physiology Circadian Rhythm - physiology Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein - physiology Period Circadian Proteins Suprachiasmatic Nucleus - physiology Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases - physiology Animals Calcium - physiology Light Glutamic Acid - secretion Mice Nuclear Proteins - genetics Response Elements - physiology Cell Cycle Proteins

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