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Lazzerini Ospri L, Zhan JJ, Thomsen MB, Wang H, Komal R, Tang Q, Messanvi F, du Hoffmann J, Cravedi K, Chudasama Y, Hattar S, Zhao H. Light affects the prefrontal cortex via intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. Sci Adv 2024; 10:eadh9251. [PMID: 38552022 PMCID: PMC10980283 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh9251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024]
Abstract
The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) is a part of the limbic system engaged in the regulation of social, emotional, and cognitive states, which are characteristically impaired in disorders of the brain such as schizophrenia and depression. Here, we show that intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) modulate, through light, the integrity, activity, and function of the vmPFC. This regulatory role, which is independent of circadian and mood alterations, is mediated by an ipRGC-thalamic-corticolimbic pathway. Lack of ipRGC signaling in mice causes dendritic degeneration, dysregulation of genes involved in synaptic plasticity, and depressed neuronal activity in the vmPFC. These alterations primarily undermine the ability of the vmPFC to regulate emotions. Our discovery provides a potential light-dependent mechanism for certain PFC-centric disorders in humans.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Zheng DX, Cwalina TB, Treichel AM, Erickson KL, Workman KR, Zhan JJ, Rothermel LD, Levoska MA, Scott JF. Severe psychological distress among patients with skin cancer: a population-based study spanning two decades. Clin Exp Dermatol 2023; 48:403-405. [PMID: 36715365 DOI: 10.1093/ced/llac136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
In this analysis of the National Health Interview Survey, Americans with lower socioeconomic status, who are unmarried and with comorbidities were found to be at higher odds of severe psychological distress. Our findings may inform targeted support-based psycho-oncological interventions, such as shared medical appointments with other at-risk patients who have skin cancer.
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- David X Zheng
- Departments of Dermatology and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Departments of Dermatology and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Departments of Dermatology and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Departments of Dermatology and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Departments of Dermatology and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Nayak G, Zhang KX, Vemaraju S, Odaka Y, Buhr ED, Holt-Jones A, Kernodle S, Smith AN, Upton BA, D'Souza S, Zhan JJ, Diaz N, Nguyen MT, Mukherjee R, Gordon SA, Wu G, Schmidt R, Mei X, Petts NT, Batie M, Rao S, Hogenesch JB, Nakamura T, Sweeney A, Seeley RJ, Van Gelder RN, Sanchez-Gurmaches J, Lang RA. Adaptive Thermogenesis in Mice Is Enhanced by Opsin 3-Dependent Adipocyte Light Sensing. Cell Rep 2020; 30:672-686.e8. [PMID: 31968245 PMCID: PMC7341981 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Almost all life forms can detect and decode light information for adaptive advantage. Examples include the visual system, in which photoreceptor signals are processed into virtual images, and the circadian system, in which light entrains a physiological clock. Here we describe a light response pathway in mice that employs encephalopsin (OPN3, a 480 nm, blue-light-responsive opsin) to regulate the function of adipocytes. Germline null and adipocyte-specific conditional null mice show a light- and Opn3-dependent deficit in thermogenesis and become hypothermic upon cold exposure. We show that stimulating mouse adipocytes with blue light enhances the lipolysis response and, in particular, phosphorylation of hormone-sensitive lipase. This response is Opn3 dependent. These data establish a key mechanism in which light-dependent, local regulation of the lipolysis response in white adipocytes regulates energy metabolism.
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- Gowri Nayak
- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Clinical Engineering, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Clinical Engineering, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- The Cleveland Clinic, Ophthalmic Research, 9500 Euclid Avenue, OH 44195, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; Department of Metabolic Bioregulation, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA; Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
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