Regulation of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide release in the suprachiasmatic nucleus circadian clock.
Summary of "Regulation of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide release in the suprachiasmatic nucleus circadian clock."
Timing of the mammalian circadian clock of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is regulated by photic input from the retina. Retinorecipient units entrain rhythmicity of SCN pacemaker cells in part through their release of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). The underlying nature of this process is conjectural, however, as in-vivo SCN VIP release has never been measured. Here, SCN microdialysis was used to investigate mechanisms regulating VIP. Hamsters under light-dark cycle of 14:10 exhibited a daily peak in synaptic VIP release near midday. Under constant darkness, this output was arrhythmic. Light and the glutamatergic agonist, N-methyl-D-aspartate, stimulated VIP release at night, whereas the serotonin (1A,7) agonist, (±)8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin hydrobromide, suppressed release at midday. Hence, SCN VIP activity is stimulated by photic input and inhibited by serotonin.
Affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Neuroreport
ISSN: 1473-558X
Pages: 1055-9
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20838260
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833fcba4
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide, Type I
A pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide receptor subtype that binds both PACAP and VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE. It is found predominately in the BRAIN.
Circadian Clocks
Biological mechanism that controls CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. Circadian clocks exist in the simplest form in cyanobacteria and as more complex systems in fungi, plants, and animals. In humans the system includes photoresponsive RETINAL GANGLION CELLS and the SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS that acts as the central oscillator.
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
A highly basic, 28 amino acid neuropeptide released from intestinal mucosa. It has a wide range of biological actions affecting the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and respiratory systems and is neuroprotective. It binds special receptors (RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE).
Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
Cell surface proteins that bind VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; (VIP); with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells.
Period Circadian Proteins
Circadian rhythm signaling proteins that influence circadian clock by interacting with other circadian regulatory proteins and transporting them into the CELL NUCLEUS.
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