Circadian Structural Plasticity in Central Pacemakers

中央起搏器的昼夜节律结构可塑性

• 批准号: 10287332
• 负责人: Horacio O De La Iglesia
• 金额: $ 29.19万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10287332
• 关键词: ARNTL gene; Alzheimer' s Disease; Alzheimer' s disease patient; Animals; Astrocytes; Automobile Driving; Award; Axon; Biochemical; Biological Rhythm; Brain; Cells; Characteristics; Circadian Dysregulation; Circadian Rhythms; Coupled; Coupling; Cues; Dendritic Spines; Disease; Elements; Enterobacteria phage P1 Cre recombinase; Environment; Feedback; Fiber; Gene Expression; Genes; Genetic Transcription; Heavy Metals; Homeostasis; Image; Immunohistochemistry; Impairment; Individual; Injections; Investigation; Label; Luciferases; Mammals; Manuals; Mediating; Membrane; Molecular; Monitor; Mus; Nervous system structure; Network-based; Neurons; Pacemakers; Parents; Periodicity; Plant Resins; Positioning Attribute; Process; Property; Reporting; Role; Sampling; Scanning Electron Microscopy; Sleep disturbances; Slice; Stains; Structure; Symptoms; Synapses; Synaptophysin; Testing; Time; Tissues; Translations; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; Viral; Virus; Wild Type Mouse; base; circadian; circadian pacemaker; density; ex vivo imaging; experimental study; fascinate; microscopic imaging; millisecond; molecular clock; mouse Cre recombinase; postsynaptic; presynaptic; promoter; receptor; recruit; response; suprachiasmatic nucleus; vector

SUMARY Circadian rhythms depend on the molecular transcription/translation negative feedback loop (TTL) operating in clock neurons, and on the network properties of these neurons. Among the properties that could be recruited by the circadian clock are changes in the identity of pre/post synaptic partners and/or strength of the connectivity between clock neurons, a property collectively termed as circadian structural plasticity. The central hypothesis for our parent Award is that circadian structural plasticity within the central circadian clock of mammals, located within the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), is part of the time-encoding mechanism. An early-stage symptom of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the disruption of sleep and circadian rhythms. For this Supplement, we test the hypothesis that these symptoms may result in part from the disruption of circadian structural plasticity within the SCN. Specific aim 2D will assess the effect of AD on the expression of the clock gene PER2 through PER2-LUC reporting in ex vivo SCN slices from either AD or WT mice. This experiment will determine the effect of AD on the amplitude of the rhythm of clock gene expression and on the synchrony between cells within the SCN neuronal network. Specific aim 2E will examine the effect of AD on circadian structural remodeling in SCN VIPergic neurons, which are an essential component of the timekeeping mechanism, through virally mediated labeling of VIP neurons with synaptophysin-mCherry followed by ex vivo fluorescent reporting of circadian rhythms of retraction/extension of presynaptic fibers. Specific aims 2F and 2G will use serial blockface scanning electron microscopy to examine circadian plasticity at the ultrastructural level by examining synaptic structural changes (2F) and changes in astrocytic processes that ensheath neurons (2G). Our experiments test predictions of the hypothesis that disruptions of sleep and circadian rhythms that are characteristic of early stages of AD may emerge from the effect of the disease on key circadian plasticity changes within the master circadian clock. Elucidating the potential mechanisms behind these early symptoms of AD could open new opportunities to treat sleep and circadian disruptions in AD patients.

sumary 昼夜节律取决于分子转录/翻译负反馈回路（TTL） 时钟神经元，以及这些神经元的网络属性。在可以招募的物业中 昼夜节律的时钟是突触前/突触伴侣的身份和/或强度的变化 时钟神经元之间的连通性，该属性统称为昼夜节律可塑性。中央 我们父母奖的假设是昼夜节律中昼夜节律钟表 哺乳动物位于超节核（SCN）内，是时间编码机制的一部分。一个 阿尔茨海默氏病（AD）的早期症状是睡眠和昼夜节律的破坏。为了这 补充，我们检验了以下假设：这些症状可能因昼夜节律的破坏而导致 SCN内的结构可塑性。 具体目标2D将评估AD对通过PER2-LUC的时钟基因表达的影响 在AD或WT小鼠的离体SCN切片中报告。该实验将确定AD对 时钟基因表达节奏的放大器以及SCN内细胞之间的同步 神经元网络。 具体目标2E将检查AD对SCN染色神经元中昼夜节律结构重塑的影响， 通过病毒介导的VIP标记，这是计时机制的重要组成部分 神经元具有突触素-mcherry的神经元，然后是体内荧光报告的昼夜节律 缩回/突触前纤维的延伸。 特定的目标2F和2G将使用串行区块扫描电子显微镜检查昼夜节律可塑性 通过检查合成结构变化（2F）和星形细胞过程的变化，在超微结构层面 那个神经元（2G）。 我们的实验测试了对睡眠和昼夜节律中断的假设的预测 AD早期阶段的特征可能来自疾病对关键昼夜节律可塑性的影响 大师昼夜时钟内的变化。阐明这些早期症状背后的潜在机制 广告可能会为AD患者打开新的机会治疗睡眠和昼夜节律干扰。