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Leone VA, Onishi KG, Kennedy M, Riggle JP, Pierre JF, Maneval AC, Spedale MN, Theriault BR, Chang EB, Prendergast BJ. Atypical behavioral and thermoregulatory circadian rhythms in mice lacking a microbiome. Sci Rep 2022; 12:14491. [PMID: 36008471 PMCID: PMC9411200 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18291-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Trillions of microbial oscillators reside throughout the mammalian body, yet their contributions toward fundamental features of host circadian rhythms (CRs) have not been characterized. Here, we demonstrate that the microbiome contributes to host CRs in activity and thermoregulation. Mice devoid of microbes (germ-free, GF) exhibited higher-amplitude CRs in a light-dark cycle and longer circadian periods in constant darkness. Circadian entrainment to food was greater in GF mice, but resetting responses to simulated jet-lag were unaffected. Microbial transplantation with cecal contents of conventionally-raised mice normalized CRs of GF mice, indicating that the concurrent activity of gut microbes modulates host circadian networks. Obesogenic effects of high-fat diet were absent in GF mice, but some circadian-disruptive effects persisted. Transkingdom (host-microbe) interactions affect circadian period and entrainment of CRs in diverse traits, and microbes alter interactions among light- and food-entrainable circadian processes in the face of environmental (light, diet) perturbations.
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- Vanessa A Leone
- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1933 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Institute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago, 940 E 57th St., Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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- Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Institute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago, 940 E 57th St., Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Institute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago, 940 E 57th St., Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Animal Resources Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Institute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago, 940 E 57th St., Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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Caba M, Meza E, Escobar C, Jiménez A, Caba-Flores MD, Moreno-Cortés ML, Melo AI. Oxytocinergic cells of the posterior hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus participate in the food entrained clock. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19957. [PMID: 34620909 PMCID: PMC8497610 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99266-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The mechanisms underlying food anticipatory activity are still poorly understood. Here we explored the role of oxytocin (OT) and the protein c-Fos in the supraoptic nucleus (SON), medial (PVNm) and posterior (PVNp) regions of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus. Adult rats were assigned to one of four groups: scheduled restricted feeding (RF), ad libitum (AL), fasting after restricted feeding (RF-F), to explore the possible persistence of oscillations, or ad libitum fasted (AL-F). In the SON and in the PVNm, OT cells were c-Fos positive after food intake; in contrast, OT cells in the PVNp showed c-Fos activation in anticipation to food access, which persisted in RF-F subjects. We conclude that OT and non-OT cells of the SON and PVNm may play a role as recipients of the entraining signal provided by food intake, whereas those of the PVNp which contain motor preautonomic cells that project to peripheral organs, may be involved in the hormonal and metabolic anticipatory changes in preparation for food presentation and thus, may be part of a link between central and peripheral oscillators. In addition, due to their persistent activation they may participate in the neuronal network for the clock mechanism that leads to food entrainment.
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- Mario Caba
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Animal, CINVESTAV-UAT, Tlaxcala, Tlax, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Animal, CINVESTAV-UAT, Tlaxcala, Tlax, Mexico
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Caba M, Huerta C, Meza E, Hernández M, Rovirosa-Hernández MJ. Oxytocinergic Cells of the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Are Involved in Food Entrainment. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:49. [PMID: 32082116 PMCID: PMC7005215 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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When food is presented at a specific time of day subjects develop intense locomotor behavior before food presentation, termed food anticipatory activity (FAA). Metabolic and hormonal parameters, as well as neural structures also shift their rhythm according to mealtime. Food-entrained activity rhythms are thought to be driven by a distributed system of central and peripheral oscillators sensitive to food cues, but it is not well understood how they are organized for the expression of FAA. The hormone Oxytocin plays an important role in food intake, satiety and homeostatic glucose metabolism and although it is recognized that food is the main cue for food entrainment this hormone has not been implicated in FAA. Here we investigated the activity of oxytocinergic (OTergic) cells of the hypothalamus in relation to the timing of feeding in rabbit pups, a natural model of food entrainment. We found that OTergic cells of the supraoptic nucleus and the main body of the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) are activated after feeding which suggests that OT may be an entraining signal for food synchronization. Moreover, a detailed analysis of the PVN revealed that OTergic cells of the caudal PVN and a subpopulation in the dorsal part of the main body of this nucleus shows activation before the time of food but not 12 h later. Moreover this pattern persists in fasted subjects at the time of the previous scheduled time of nursing. The fact that those OTergic cells of the dorsal and caudal part of the PVN contain preautonomic cells that project to the adrenal, pancreas and liver perhaps may be related to the physiological changes in preparation for food ingestion, and synchronization of peripheral oscillators, which remains to be determined; perhaps they play a main role in the central oscillatory mechanism of FAA as their activity persists in fasted subjects at the time of the next feeding time.
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- Mario Caba
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
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- Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
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- Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
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Caba M, Mendoza J. Food-Anticipatory Behavior in Neonatal Rabbits and Rodents: An Update on the Role of Clock Genes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:266. [PMID: 29881373 PMCID: PMC5976783 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), the master circadian clock, is mainly synchronized to the environmental light/dark cycle. SCN oscillations are maintained by a molecular clockwork in which certain genes, Period 1-2, Cry1-2, Bmal1, and Clock, are rhythmically expressed. Disruption of these genes leads to a malfunctioning clockwork and behavioral and physiological rhythms are altered. In addition to synchronization of circadian rhythms by light, when subjects are exposed to food for a few hours daily, behavioral and physiological rhythms are entrained to anticipate mealtime, even in the absence of the SCN. The presence of anticipatory rhythms synchronized by food suggests the existence of an SCN-independent circadian pacemaker that might be dependent on clock genes. Interestingly, rabbit pups, unable to perceive light, suckle milk once a day, which entrains behavioral rhythms to anticipate nursing time. Mutations of clock genes, singly or in combination, affect diverse rhythms in brain activity and physiological processes, but anticipatory behavior and physiology to feeding time remains attenuated or unaffected. It had been suggested that compensatory upregulation of paralogs or subtypes genes, or even non-transcriptional mechanisms, are able to maintain circadian oscillations entrained to mealtime. In the present mini-review, we evaluate the current state of the role played by clock genes in meal anticipation and provide evidence for rabbit pups as a natural model of food-anticipatory circadian behavior.
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- Mario Caba
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Mario Caba,
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, CNRS UPR-3212, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Mulder CK, Papantoniou C, Gerkema MP, Van Der Zee EA. Neither the SCN nor the adrenals are required for circadian time-place learning in mice. Chronobiol Int 2014; 31:1075-92. [PMID: 25083974 PMCID: PMC4219850 DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2014.944975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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During Time-Place Learning (TPL), animals link biological significant events (e.g. encountering predators, food, mates) with the location and time of occurrence in the environment. This allows animals to anticipate which locations to visit or avoid based on previous experience and knowledge of the current time of day. The TPL task applied in this study consists of three daily sessions in a three-arm maze, with a food reward at the end of each arm. During each session, mice should avoid one specific arm to avoid a foot-shock. We previously demonstrated that, rather than using external cue-based strategies, mice use an internal clock (circadian strategy) for TPL, referred to as circadian TPL (cTPL). It is unknown in which brain region(s) or peripheral organ(s) the consulted clock underlying cTPL resides. Three candidates were examined in this study: (a) the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), a light entrainable oscillator (LEO) and considered the master circadian clock in the brain, (b) the food entrainable oscillator (FEO), entrained by restricted food availability, and (c) the adrenal glands, harboring an important peripheral oscillator. cTPL performance should be affected if the underlying oscillator system is abruptly phase-shifted. Therefore, we first investigated cTPL sensitivity to abrupt light and food shifts. Next we investigated cTPL in SCN-lesioned- and adrenalectomized mice. Abrupt FEO phase-shifts (induced by advancing and delaying feeding time) affected TPL performance in specific test sessions while a LEO phase-shift (induced by a light pulse) more severely affected TPL performance in all three daily test sessions. SCN-lesioned mice showed no TPL deficiencies compared to SHAM-lesioned mice. Moreover, both SHAM- and SCN-lesioned mice showed unaffected cTPL performance when re-tested after bilateral adrenalectomy. We conclude that, although cTPL is sensitive to timing manipulations with light as well as food, neither the SCN nor the adrenals are required for cTPL in mice.
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Varcoe TJ, Boden MJ, Voultsios A, Salkeld MD, Rattanatray L, Kennaway DJ. Characterisation of the maternal response to chronic phase shifts during gestation in the rat: implications for fetal metabolic programming. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53800. [PMID: 23342007 PMCID: PMC3544759 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Disrupting maternal circadian rhythms through exposure to chronic phase shifts of the photoperiod has lifelong consequences for the metabolic homeostasis of the fetus, such that offspring develop increased adiposity, hyperinsulinaemia and poor glucose and insulin tolerance. In an attempt to determine the mechanisms by which these poor metabolic outcomes arise, we investigated the impact of chronic phase shifts (CPS) on maternal and fetal hormonal, metabolic and circadian rhythms. We assessed weight gain and food consumption of dams exposed to either CPS or control lighting conditions throughout gestation. At day 20, dams were assessed for plasma hormone and metabolite concentrations and glucose and insulin tolerance. Additionally, the expression of a range of circadian and metabolic genes was assessed in maternal, placental and fetal tissue. Control and CPS dams consumed the same amount of food, yet CPS dams gained 70% less weight during the first week of gestation. At day 20, CPS dams had reduced retroperitoneal fat pad weight (-15%), and time-of-day dependent decreases in liver weight, whereas fetal and placental weight was not affected. Melatonin secretion was not altered, yet the timing of corticosterone, leptin, glucose, insulin, free fatty acids, triglycerides and cholesterol concentrations were profoundly disrupted. The expression of gluconeogenic and circadian clock genes in maternal and fetal liver became either arrhythmic or were in antiphase to the controls. These results demonstrate that disruptions of the photoperiod can severely disrupt normal circadian profiles of plasma hormones and metabolites, as well as gene expression in maternal and fetal tissues. Disruptions in the timing of food consumption and the downstream metabolic processes required to utilise that food, may lead to reduced efficiency of growth such that maternal weight gain is reduced during early embryonic development. It is these perturbations that may contribute to the programming of poor metabolic homeostasis in the offspring.
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- Tamara J Varcoe
- Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Morgado E, Juárez C, Melo AI, Domínguez B, Lehman MN, Escobar C, Meza E, Caba M. Artificial feeding synchronizes behavioral, hormonal, metabolic and neural parameters in mother-deprived neonatal rabbit pups. Eur J Neurosci 2011; 34:1807-16. [PMID: 22098455 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07898.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Nursing in the rabbit is under circadian control, and pups have a daily anticipatory behavioral arousal synchronized to this unique event, but it is not known which signal is the main entraining cue. In the present study, we hypothesized that food is the main entraining signal. Using mother-deprived pups, we tested the effects of artificial feeding on the synchronization of locomotor behavior, plasma glucose, corticosterone, c-Fos (FOS) and PERIOD1 (PER1) rhythms in suprachiasmatic, supraoptic, paraventricular and tuberomammillary nuclei. At postnatal day 1, an intragastric tube was placed by gastrostomy. The next day and for the rest of the experiment, pups were fed with a milk formula through the cannula at either 02:00 h or 10:00 h [feeding time = zeitgeber time (ZT)0]. At postnatal days 5-7, pups exhibited behavioral arousal, with a significant increase in locomotor behavior 60 min before feeding. Glucose levels increased after feeding, peaking at ZT4-ZT12 and then declining. Corticosterone levels were highest around the time of feeding, and then decreased to trough concentrations at ZT12-ZT16, increasing again in anticipation of the next feeding bout. In the brain, the suprachiasmatic nucleus had a rhythm of FOS and PER1 that was not significantly affected by the feeding schedule. Conversely, the supraoptic, paraventricular and tuberomammillary nuclei had rhythms of both FOS and PER1 induced by the time of scheduled feeding. We conclude that the nursing rabbit pup is a natural model of food entrainment, as food, in this case milk formula, is a strong synchronizing signal for behavioral, hormonal, metabolic and neural parameters.
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- Elvira Morgado
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Ver., México CIRA, CINVESTAV-UAT, Tlaxcala, Tlax., México
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Morgado E, Meza E, Gordon MK, Pau FK, Juárez C, Caba M. Persistence of hormonal and metabolic rhythms during fasting in 7- to 9-day-old rabbits entrained by nursing during the night. Horm Behav 2010; 58:465-72. [PMID: 20478309 PMCID: PMC2917531 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2009] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Rabbit does nurse their litter once every 24h during the night. We hypothesized that corticosterone, ghrelin, leptin, and metabolites such as glucose, liver glycogen, and free fatty acids could be affected in the pups by the time at which does nurse them. Therefore, we measured these parameters in pups nursed at 02:00 h (nighttime for the doe) to compare them with results from a previous study where does nursed at 10:00 h, during daytime. From postnatal day 7, pups were sacrificed either just before their scheduled time of nursing or at 4, 8, 12, 16, or 20 h after nursing (n=6 at each time point); additional pups were sacrificed at 4h intervals between 48 and 72 h after nursing to study the persistence of oscillations during fasting. All pups developed locomotor anticipatory activity to nursing. Corticosterone, ghrelin, and free fatty acids exhibited a rhythm that persisted in fasted pups. Glucose concentrations were lower in fasted than in nursed pups, and glycogen was only detected in nursed subjects. Leptin values were stable and low in nursed subjects but increased significantly in fasted subjects up to 72 h after the expected nursing time. The rhythm of ghrelin persisted during fasting, contrary to our previous findings in pups nursed during daytime (i.e., outside the natural time of nursing for this species). Therefore, in 7-day-old rabbit pups, night nursing is a strong zeitgeber for corticosterone, ghrelin, free fatty acids, and energy metabolites but not for leptin.
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- Elvira Morgado
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, México
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- Endocrine Technology and Support Lab., Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, México
- Correspondence: Dr. Mario Caba, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, A.P. # 114, Xalapa 91000, Ver., México, Phone +52 228 8418900 ext. 13405, Fax +52 228 841 8911,
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Abstract
Mother rabbits nurse their young once a day with circadian periodicity. Nursing bouts are brief (ca. 3 min) and occur inside the maternal burrow. Despite this limited contact mother rabbits and their pups are tuned to each other to ensure that the capacities of each party are used efficiently to ensure the weaning of a healthy litter. In this review we present behavioral, metabolic and hormonal correlates of this phenomenon in mother rabbits and their pups. Research is revealing that the circadian rhythm of locomotion shifts in parallel to the timing of nursing in both parties. In pups corticosterone has a circadian rhythm with highest levels at the time of nursing. Other metabolic and hormonal parameters follow an exogenous or endogenous rhythm which is affected by the time of nursing. In the brain, clock genes and their proteins (e.g. Per1) are differentially expressed in specific brain regions (e.g. suprachiasmatic nucleus, paraventricular nucleus) in relation to providing or ingesting milk in mothers and young, respectively. These findings suggest that circadian activities are modulated, in the mothers, by suckling stimulation and, in the young, by the ingestion of milk and/or the perception of the mammary pheromone. In conclusion, the rabbit pup is an extraordinary model for studying the entraining by a single daily food pulse with minimal manipulations. The mother offers the possibility of studying nursing as a non-photic synchronizer, also with minimal manipulation, as suckling stimulation from the litter occurs only once daily.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mario Caba
- Dirección General de Investigaciones, Universidad Veracruzana, Apdo. Postal 114, Xalapa, Ver., México.
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Arnhold MM, Wotus C, Engeland WC. Differential regulation of parvocellular neuronal activity in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus following single vs. repeated episodes of water restriction-induced drinking. Exp Neurol 2007; 206:126-36. [PMID: 17537436 PMCID: PMC2001306 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Revised: 04/20/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Acute activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis releases glucocorticoids to maintain homeostasis, whereas prolonged exposure to elevated glucocorticoids has deleterious effects. Due to the potential benefits of limiting stress-induced glucocorticoid secretion, the present study uses drinking in dehydrated rats as a model to delineate mechanisms mobilized to rapidly inhibit HPA activity during stress. Using Fos expression as an indicator of neuronal activation, the effect of a single or repeated episode of dehydration-induced drinking on the activity of magnocellular and parvocellular neurons in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus was examined. Adult male rats underwent a single episode or repeated (six) episodes of water restriction and were sacrificed before or after drinking water in the AM. Plasma osmolality, vasopressin (AVP), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone were elevated by water restriction and reduced after drinking in both models. Fos expression was elevated in AVP-positive magnocellular PVN neurons and AVP- and corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH)-positive parvocellular PVN neurons after water restriction. Fos expression was reduced in magnocellular AVP neurons after both models of restriction-induced drinking. In contrast, Fos expression did not change in AVP and CRH parvocellular neurons after a single episode of restriction-induced drinking, but was reduced after repeated episodes of restriction-induced drinking. These data indicate that drinking-induced decreases in glucocorticoids in dehydrated rats involve multiple factors including reduction in magnocellular release of vasopressin and reduction in parvocellular neuronal activity. The differential inhibition of PVN parvocellular neurons after repeated rehydration may reflect a conditioned response to repeated stress reduction.
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- Michelle M Arnhold
- Departments of Surgery and Neuroscience, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Davidson AJ, Cappendijk SL, Stephan FK. Feeding-entrained circadian rhythms are attenuated by lesions of the parabrachial region in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000; 278:R1296-304. [PMID: 10801300 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.5.r1296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rats anticipate daily restricted meals with increased approaches to a feeder and an increase in core body temperature. Food anticipatory activity (FAA) is thought to be under the control of a feeding-entrained circadian oscillator. Although numerous forebrain lesions have failed to permanently abolish FAA, the hindbrain has not been investigated. The parabrachial nuclei (PBN) integrate information from visceral and gustatory afferents. This region is also innervated by neurons in the area postrema that have access to the peripheral circulation. Therefore, it is possible that this region plays a role in triggering FAA. In two experiments, a total of 19 rats were given ibotenic acid or electrolytic lesions targeted at the PBN. The PBN-lesioned animals showed a marked attenuation in anticipatory approaches to the food bin relative to sham-operated controls. Some animals did not anticipate the meal at all. In addition, the expected increase in core body temperature was severely attenuated in the PBN-lesioned animals compared with controls. The most likely interpretation of these data is that the PBN serve as a relay for information about the zeitgeber (food in the gut) or as a clock output pathway, but not as the site of the feeding-entrained circadian oscillator.
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- A J Davidson
- Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1270, USA
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Plamondon H, Merali Z. Push-pull perfusion reveals meal-dependent changes in the release of bombesin-like peptides in the rat paraventricular nucleus. Brain Res 1994; 668:54-61. [PMID: 7704618 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)90510-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Bombesin (BN)-like peptides have been implicated in the regulation of ingestive behavior. The main objective of the present study was to monitor the dynamics of central BN-like peptide release in relationship to spontaneous meal ingestion and termination. Peptide level fluctuations were determined using in vivo push-pull perfusion of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and off PVN sites, combined with ex vivo radioimmunoassay. Analysis across all meals revealed significant differences between preprandial, prandial and postprandial extracellular BN-like immunoreactivity (BLI) at the anterior aspect of the PVN, with about a 3-fold diminution during a meal as compared to before or after a meal. Meal-related fluctuations were not detected at more distal hypothalamic sites or at sites within the caudate nucleus. When the analysis was restricted exclusively to the first meal after dark onset, a similar pattern of change in the interstitial levels of PVN BLI was generally observed; levels being higher preprandially as compared to the prandially (albeit by a smaller magnitude), and the termination of the first meal being accompanied by a robust (about 3-fold) increase in BLI. This is the first demonstration of site specific in vivo release of BN-like peptides in relation to feeding status and it further supports the physiological role of this family of peptides in the regulation of food intake.
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- H Plamondon
- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ont., Canada
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