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Refinetti R. Circadian rhythmicity of body temperature and metabolism. Temperature (Austin) 2020; 7:321-362. [PMID: 33251281 PMCID: PMC7678948 DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2020.1743605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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This article reviews the literature on the circadian rhythms of body temperature and whole-organism metabolism. The two rhythms are first described separately, each description preceded by a review of research methods. Both rhythms are generated endogenously but can be affected by exogenous factors. The relationship between the two rhythms is discussed next. In endothermic animals, modulation of metabolic activity can affect body temperature, but the rhythm of body temperature is not a mere side effect of the rhythm of metabolic thermogenesis associated with general activity. The circadian system modulates metabolic heat production to generate the body temperature rhythm, which challenges homeothermy but does not abolish it. Individual cells do not regulate their own temperature, but the relationship between circadian rhythms and metabolism at the cellular level is also discussed. Metabolism is both an output of and an input to the circadian clock, meaning that circadian rhythmicity and metabolism are intertwined in the cell.
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Affiliation(s)
- Roberto Refinetti
- Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Machado FSM, Zhang Z, Su Y, de Goede P, Jansen R, Foppen E, Coimbra CC, Kalsbeek A. Time-of-Day Effects on Metabolic and Clock-Related Adjustments to Cold. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:199. [PMID: 29755411 PMCID: PMC5932155 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Daily cyclic changes in environmental conditions are key signals for anticipatory and adaptive adjustments of most living species, including mammals. Lower ambient temperature stimulates the thermogenic activity of brown adipose tissue (BAT) and skeletal muscle. Given that the molecular components of the endogenous biological clock interact with thermal and metabolic mechanisms directly involved in the defense of body temperature, the present study evaluated the differential homeostatic responses to a cold stimulus at distinct time-windows of the light/dark-cycle. METHODS Male Wistar rats were subjected to a single episode of 3 h cold ambient temperature (4°C) at one of 6 time-points starting at Zeitgeber Times 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, and 23. Metabolic rate, core body temperature, locomotor activity (LA), feeding, and drinking behaviors were recorded during control and cold conditions at each time-point. Immediately after the stimulus, rats were euthanized and both the soleus and BAT were collected for real-time PCR. RESULTS During the light phase (i.e., inactive phase), cold exposure resulted in a slight hyperthermia (p < 0.001). Light phase cold exposure also increased metabolic rate and LA (p < 0.001). In addition, the prevalence of fat oxidative metabolism was attenuated during the inactive phase (p < 0.001). These metabolic changes were accompanied by time-of-day and tissue-specific changes in core clock gene expression, such as DBP (p < 0.0001) and REV-ERBα (p < 0.01) in the BAT and CLOCK (p < 0.05), PER2 (p < 0.05), CRY1 (p < 0.05), CRY2 (p < 0.01), and REV-ERBα (p < 0.05) in the soleus skeletal muscle. Moreover, genes involved in substrate oxidation and thermogenesis were affected in a time-of-day and tissue-specific manner by cold exposure. CONCLUSION The time-of-day modulation of substrate mobilization and oxidation during cold exposure provides a clear example of the circadian modulation of physiological and metabolic responses. Interestingly, after cold exposure, time-of-day mostly affected circadian clock gene expression in the soleus muscle, despite comparable changes in LA over the light-dark-cycle. The current findings add further evidence for tissue-specific actions of the internal clock in different peripheral organs such as skeletal muscle and BAT.
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- Frederico Sander Mansur Machado
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Biological Sciences Institute, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Biological Sciences Institute, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Andries Kalsbeek,
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Leitner C, Bartness TJ. Acute brown adipose tissue temperature response to cold in monosodium glutamate-treated Siberian hamsters. Brain Res 2009; 1292:38-51. [PMID: 19643091 PMCID: PMC3995981 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2009] [Revised: 06/13/2009] [Accepted: 07/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Neonatal monosodium glutamate (MSG) administration increases adiposity, decreases energy expenditure and is associated with arcuate nucleus (Arc) destruction. Disrupted brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis underlies some of these effects, although, interscapular BAT temperature (T(IBAT)) has not been measured. Therefore, we tested the effects of neonatal MSG or vehicle administration in Siberian hamsters and, when they were adults, measured T(IBAT) during acute cold exposure. The Arc and its projection to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVH) are both components of the CNS outflow circuits to IBAT, with the latter implicated in BAT thermogenesis that could be compromised by MSG treatment. Using a viral transneuronal tract tracer, pseudorabies virus (PRV), we also tested whether the components of these circuits were intact. As adults, MSG-treated hamsters had significantly increased body mass and some white fat pad masses, markedly reduced Arc Nissl and neuropeptide staining, and PVH neuropeptide fiber staining. Cold-exposed (18 h at 5 degrees C) MSG- and vehicle-treated hamsters initially maintained T(IBAT), but the ability of the former waned after 2 h being significantly decreased by 18 h. PRV immunoreactive fibers/cells were not altered by neonatal MSG treatment despite substantial Arc and PVH destruction. MSG- and vehicle-treated hamsters given an exogenous norepinephrine challenge showed identical increases in the duration and peak of T(IBAT). Thus, the inability of MSG-treated animals to sustain T(IBAT) in the cold is not due to any obvious MSG-induced deletions of central sympathetic outflow circuits to IBAT, but appears to be extrinsic to the tissue nevertheless.
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- Claudia Leitner
- Department of Biology, Neurobiology and Behavior and Brains and Behavior Programs, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Ctr Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30302-4010, USA
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- Department of Biology, Neurobiology and Behavior and Brains and Behavior Programs, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Ctr Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30302-4010, USA
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Piccione G, Caola G. Influence of Shearing on the Circadian Rhythm of Body Temperature in the Sheep. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 50:235-40. [PMID: 14567509 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2003.00525.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The presence of functional rhythmic variations is a well-demonstrated phenomenon at all levels of physiological organization and especially in the functioning of the cell components, of tissues and of organic systems. In domestic animals, the body temperature presents spontaneous and regular periodic oscillations over different periods of time, which are the result of complex mechanisms that witness the existence of endogenous and exogenous factors. Taking this knowledge as a starting-point, the authors studied 12 Comisana breed ewes to observe the influence of shearing on the circadian periodicity of rectal and skin temperature. The obtained results show the transient loss of body temperature rhythm by shearing, with an exogenous component, the shearing itself, and an endogenous component, the modifications of metabolic levels induced by the removal of the fleece, the external insulating layer.
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- G Piccione
- Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italia.
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In loosely-restrained adult conscious rats exposed to stepwise changes in ambient temperature (T(a)) from 25 to 5 degrees C or from 20 to 35 degrees C, we have recorded body and tail temperatures, metabolic rate (VO(2)), shivering and ventilation (V). It was found that VO(2) and V vary with T(a) and show a nadir for a T(a) of 30 degrees C whereas shivering starts at 20 degrees C and increases progressively with cold exposure. T(tail) follows changes in T(a) whereas T(body) decreases slightly in cold and increases markedly in warm exposure. These results suggest that the control of T(body) interacts with the control of breathing in order to increase VO(2) during cold exposure and to facilitate evaporative respiratory heat dissipation during warm exposure.
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- H Gautier
- Atelier de Physiologie Respiratoire, Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, 27 rue Chaligny, 75012, Paris, France
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Dymond KE, Fewell JE. Coordination of autonomic and behavioral thermoregulatory responses during exposure to a novel stimulus in rats. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:R673-6. [PMID: 9728061 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.3.r673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The induction of psychological stress in rats is accompanied by an elevation of core temperature. Our experiments were carried out to determine whether the latency, duration, magnitude, or effector mechanisms of the core temperature response to psychological stress would be altered when rats were allowed to use behavioral as well as autonomic thermoregulation. Core temperature, oxygen consumption, and ambient temperature were measured in adult rats before and after handling and a sham intraperitoneal injection. Seven rats were studied in a thermocline (gradient of 7 to 42 degrees C) and eight rats were studied in a metabolic chamber (25 degrees C). The rats studied in the thermocline selected a warm ambient temperature following the sham intraperitoneal injection and exhibited an increase in core temperature of shorter latency, greater magnitude, and greater duration than those studied in the metabolic chamber. The rats studied in the metabolic chamber exhibited an oxygen consumption response of greater magnitude and duration than the animals studied in the thermocline. Thus the characteristics in addition to the effector mechanisms of the core temperature response to psychological stress are altered when rats are allowed to use behavioral as well as autonomic thermoregulatory effectors.
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- K E Dymond
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Calgary, Health Sciences Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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