Daily rhythms in right-sided and left-sided temporal lobe epilepsy

Introduction Epilepsy is closely related to daily rhythms, such as the sleep–wake cycle. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and the parameters related to the sleep–wake cycle, seizure time and epilepsy laterality. Methods Consecutive patients admitted to the video electroencephalogram unit with a diagnosis of TLE were enrolled. Patients were divided into two groups: those with left TLE (LTLE) and those with right TLE (RTLE). They then remained in the conditions of 12-hour light, 12-hour darkness. Demographic data, treatment, number and time of seizure occurrence, sleep diary, morningness–eveningness questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Epworth Sleepiness Scale were recorded. Results In total, 74 patients with TLE, 43 with LTLE and 31 with RTLE, were studied. RTLE patients showed a significant preference for morningness. Patients treated with benzodiazepines showed worse sleep quality and greater daytime sleepiness. Patients who did not report any clear predominance and patients who reported seizures during wakefulness had significantly more seizures during wakefulness and patients who reported sleep predominance had more seizures during sleep (p>0.001). The LTLE group had a greater number of seizures from 8 to 16 hours, unlike the RTLE group, which had a uniform distribution (p=0.008). Conclusions This was a prospective study of patients with drug-resistant TLE performed in a controlled environment to study the impact of daily rhythms, seizure frequency and seizure distribution. Laterality seems to be a key factor in seizure distribution.Fil: Latini, Manuel Facundo. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Ministerio de Salud. Hospital Alta Complejidad en Red El Cruce Dr. Néstor Carlos Kirchner Samic; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Oddo, Silvia Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital General de Agudos "Ramos Mejía"; ArgentinaFil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Kochen, Sara Silvia. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Ministerio de Salud. Hospital Alta Complejidad en Red El Cruce Dr. Néstor Carlos Kirchner Samic; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Building an experimental nutritional model of obesity. Evaluation of anthropometrical and nutritional parameters

The etiology of obesity is multifactorial, and includes genetic, environmental, and dietary factors, where hypercaloric diets play a central role in the development of the disease. It is known that obesity in adulthood can increase the risk of suffering neurodegenerative diseases. As a part of an institutional project that studies obesity as a base disease for the development of chronic age-associated diseases and the search for early biomarkers with predictive potential, one of our general objectives is to establish a nutritional model of obesity in rat. Particularly, the objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of a high saturated fat diet on different anthropometric and nutritional parameters. Male Wistar rats weaned at 21 days of age were fed with a normocaloric diet (ND) containing 366 kcal from lipids/kg diet. At 2 months old, they were randomly separated and fed with the NC diet (Control group) and a high saturated fat diet containing 1570.7 kcal from margarine/kg diet (HFD group) for the following 14 weeks. Animals were maintained under 12 h light:12 h dark and 22–24°C conditions, with food and water ad libitum. The anthropometric profile included the evaluation of food intake, body weight, body mass index (BMI), weight gain, dietary consumption, and Lee index, throughout the entire treatment period. The following nutritional parameters were also calculated: energy-intake, and feed efficiency. Statistical differences between groups and throughout the treatment period were analyzed by two-way ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test, with P < 0.05 to confirm significant differences between groups and weeks. Our results show that feeding HFD resulted in significant increases in the following anthropometric parameters: body weight (P < 0.001 from the 9th to the 21st week), BMI (P < 0.05 from the 14th to the 22nd week), weight gain (P < 0.05 from the 15th to the 22nd week) as well as in the nutritional parameter: energy-intake from lipids (P < 0.001 from the 9th to the 22nd week). We did not observe significant changes in food intake, Lee index, feed efficiency nor in the total energy intake. Thus, we could conclude that a high saturated fat, from margarine, diet modifies key anthropometrical and nutritional parameters, and it could be used to establish a nutritional model of obesity in rat.Fil: Alfonso, Javier Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Lopez, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Delgado, Silvia Marcela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Navigatore Fonzo, Lorena Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaIV Reunión Conjunta de Sociedades de Biología de la República Argentina: “Nuevas Evidencias y Cambios de Paradigmas en Ciencias Biológicas”ArgentinaSociedad de Biología de CuyoUniversidad Nacional de CuyoSociedad Argentina de BiologíaSociedad de Biología de CórdobaSociedad de Biología de RosarioAsociación de Biología de TucumánHonorable Legislatura de la Provincia de MendozaSociedad Chilena de Reproducción y DesarrolloMinisterio de Salud Provincia de MendozaGobierno de la Provincia de Mendoz

Effect of a pparγ synthetic agonist associated with retinoic acid on 24-hour rhythms in the hippocampus of an experimental model of Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia in the older adults. The main pathogenic mechanism in sporadic AD is the decreasein amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) clearance. It is known that Apolipoprotein E (Apo E) modulates Aβ deposition and clearance. ApoE expression istranscriptionally induced by PPARγ in coordination with RXRs. Previously, we found that an intracerebroventricular injection of Aβ(1-42) modifiedthe daily rhythms of Apo E, Bmal 1, and Aβ in the rat hippocampus. Taking into account those observations, the objective of this work was toinvestigate the effects of synthetic PPARγ agonist, pioglitazone, and retinoic acid (Pio-RA) on the 24-h rhythms of Apo E, BMAL1 and Aβ proteinlevels, as well as on the daily rhythms of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf) and its receptor (TrkB) expression in the rat hippocampus. In thisstudy, male Holtzman rats from control, Aβ-injected (Aβ) and Aβ-injected treated with Pio-RA groups were euthanized throughout a 24-h period andhippocampus samples were isolated every 6 h. Apo E, BMAL1 and Aβ proteins levels were analyzed by immunoblotting and Bdnf and TrkB mRNAlevels were determined by RT-PCR. Regulatory regions of Apo E and clock genes were scanned for E-box, RORE, RXRE and PPRE sites. Weobserved that the treatment of Pio-RA reestablished the daily rhythms of Apo E, Aβ, BMAL1 protein, and Bdnf mRNA levels. This treatment alsoincreased Bdnf and TrkB levels. We found E-box, RXRE, and PPRE sites on regulatory regions of Apo E and Bmal1 genes. The results of thepresent study could suggest that the treatment of Pio-RA would not only restore the altered rhythmic patterns of the clock genes and their target genesobserved in animals injected with Aβ aggregates, but also, interestingly, would increase the levels of cognition-related genes, which are decreased inAlzheimer's patients.Fil: Castro, A.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Mazaferro, P.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Golini, Rebeca Laura Susana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Navigatore Fonzo, Lorena Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaXXXVII Annual Scientific Meeting of the Tucumán Biology Association XXIII Annual Scientific Meeting of the Córdoba Biology Society XXXVIII Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cuyo Biology Society Argentine Biology SocietyArgentinaSociedades de Biología de la República Argentin

Hypothyroidism modifies lipid composition of polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Thyroid hormones are important regulators of lipid metabolism. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) are essential components of innate immune response. Our goal was to determine whether hypothyroidism affects lipid metabolism in PMN cells. Wistar rats were made hypothyroid by administrating 0.1 g/L 6-propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU) in drinking water during 30 days. Triacylglycerides (TG), cholesterol and phospholipids were determined in PMN and serum by conventional methods. The mRNA expression of LDL receptor (LDL-R), 3hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCoAR), sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 (SREBP-2), and diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT-2) were quantified by Real-Time PCR. Cellular neutral lipids were identified by Nile red staining. We found hypothyroidism decreases serum TG whereas it increases them in PMN. This result agrees with those observed in Nile red preparations, however DAGT-2 expression was not modified. Cholesterol synthesizing enzyme HMGCoAR mRNA and protein was reduced in PMN of hypothyroid rats. As expected, cholesterol content decreased in the cells although it increased in serum. Hypothyroidism also reduced relative contents of palmitic, stearic, and arachidonic acids, whereas increased the myristic, linoleic acids, and the unsaturation index in PMN. Thus, hypothyroidism modifies PMN lipid composition. These findings would emphasize the importance of new research to elucidate lipid-induced alterations in specific function(s) of PMN.Fil: Coria, Mariela Janet. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Quimica, Bioquimica y Farmacia. Departamento de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas; ArgentinaFil: Carmona Viglianco, Yamila Virginia. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Quimica, Bioquimica y Farmacia. Departamento de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Marra, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata; Argentina; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; ArgentinaFil: Gomez-Mejiba, Sandra Esther. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Estados UnidosFil: Ramirez, Dario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Estados UnidosFil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Quimica, Bioquimica y Farmacia. Departamento de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas; ArgentinaFil: Gimenez, Maria Sofia. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Quimica, Bioquimica y Farmacia. Departamento de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentin

An intracerebroventricular injection of amyloid-beta peptide (1–42) aggregates modifies daily temporal organization of clock factors expression, protein carbonyls and antioxidant enzymes in the rat hippocampus

Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most frequent form of dementia in the elderly. It is characterized by the deterioration of memory and learning. The histopathological hallmarks of AD include the presence of extracellular deposits of amyloid beta peptide, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, neuron and synapse loss, in the brain, including the hippocampus. Accumulation of Aβ peptide causes an increase in intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and free radicals associated to a deficient antioxidant defense system. Besides oxidative stress and cognitive deficit, AD patients show alterations in their circadian rhythms. The objective of this work was to investigate the effects of an intracerebroventricular injection of amyloid beta peptide Aβ(1–42) aggregates on temporal patterns of protein oxidation, antioxidant enzymes and clock factors in the rat hippocampus. Four-month-old male Holtzman rats divided into the groups control (CO) and Aβ-injected (Aβ), were maintained under 12 h-light12h-dark conditions and received water and food ad-libitum. Hippocampus samples were isolated every 6 h during a 24 h period. Our results showed daily patterns of protein carbonyls, catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) expression and activity, as well as Rorα and Rev-erbß mRNA, in the rat hippocampus. Interestingly, an intracerebroventricular injection of Aβ aggregates modified daily oscillation of protein carbonyls levels, phase-shifted daily rhythms of clock genes and had a differential effect on the daily expression and activity of CAT and GPx. Thus, Aβ aggregates might affect clock-mediated transcriptional regulation of antioxidant enzymes, by affecting the formation of BMAL1:CLOCK heterodimer, probably, as a consequence of the alteration of the redox state observed in rats injected with Aβ.Fil: Navigatore Fonzo, Lorena Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Alfaro, Mauro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Mazaferro, Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Golini, Rebeca Laura Susana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Leporatti, Jorge. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Jurídicas y Sociales; ArgentinaFil: Della Vedova, Maria Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Química de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Ramirez, Dario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Delsouc, María Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Casais, Marilina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentin

An intracerebroventricular injection of AΒ (1–42) modifies temporal profiles of spatial memory performance and oxidative status in the temporal cortex rat

Alzheimer´s dementia (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes memory loss and dementia in older adults. Intracellular accumulation of Aβ causes an imbalance in the oxidative status and cognitive dysfunctions. Besides oxidative stress and loss of memory, Alzheimer´s patients show dysfunction of the circadian rhythms. The objective of this work was to evaluate the consequences of an intracerebroventricular injection of Aβ (1-42) on temporal patterns of cognitive performance, as well as on lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation and total antioxidant capacity levels, in the rat temporal cortex. Holtzman male rats from control and Aβ-injected groups were used in this study. We found that MDA, protein carbonyls and total antioxidant capacity levels displayed day-night oscillations in the rat temporal cortex and spatial memory performance also varied rhythmically. An intracerebroventricular injection of Aβ (1-42) modified temporal patterns of cognitive performance as well as daily profiles of parameters of oxidative stress. Thus, elevated levels of Aβ aggregates induces alterations in daily rhythmicity of parameters of oxidative stress and, consequently, would affect cellular clock activity, affecting the spatial memory performance in the AD.Fil: Coria Lucero, Cinthia Daiana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Castro, Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Ledezma, Carina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Leporatti, Jorge. Universidad Nacional de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Ramirez, Darío. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Ghersi, Marisa Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Farmacología Experimental de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Instituto de Farmacología Experimental de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Delgado, Silvia Marcela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Navigatore Fonzo, Lorena Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentin

Circadian Synchronization of Cognitive Functions

Animals, human beings among them, can adapt their behavior to (predictable) temporal fluctuations in the environment (such as day and night alternation, food and water availability, or social contact)by learning and memory processes interacting with an endogenous circadian clock.Behavioral, physiological and biochemical circadian rhythms are crucial for the good mental health of an individual and rely on the integrity and functioning of the Circadian System.The master clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus synchronizes independent circadian peripheral clocks, localized in other brain areas, organs and tissues, to the appropriate phases, by neural and humoral signals. Thus, circadian clocks orchestrate interactions between the organism's internal processes and the environmentin good health but also in pathological conditions.This chapter makes focus onthe main components of the circadian system, the temporal organization of cognitive functionsat the molecular, biochemical and behavioural levels and their clock-mediated regulation, as well as onfactors that could disrupt the normal functioning of the circadian system and thus, contribute to the etiology of cognitive disorders.Fil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentin

SREBP-1 as a transcriptional integrator of circadian and nutritional cues in the liver

The act of feeding in mammals can generate such powerful cues for peripheral organs that, under certain conditions, they can override the entraining signals coming from the clock in the brain. Restricting the feeding time to the inactivity period, for example, can completely and quickly reverse the rhythms of gene expression in the liver. This manipulation does not affect the central oscillator in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, which is phase-locked to the light-dark cycle, but does release the peripheral oscillations in the liver from central control. It seems reasonable to predict the existence of one or more immediate response systems designed to sense the need to acutely reverse the sequence of absorptive and postabsorptive phases in the liver. In this study, the authors monitored the posttranslational activation of the sterol response element binding proteins from a circadian point of view to evaluate the role they might play in the circadian organization of the liver transcriptome as well as in the reversal of hepatic physiology that accompanies diurnal restricted feeding. This study highlights a possible direct link between the immediate effects of food consumption on the level of key membrane and humoral factors and the expression status of a set of coordinately regulated target genes in the liver.Fil: Brewer, Michelle. National Institute of Mental Health. Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation. Unit on Temporal Gene Expression; Estados UnidosFil: Lange, David. National Institutes of Health; Estados UnidosFil: Baler, Ruben. National Institute of Mental Health. Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation. Unit on Temporal Gene Expression; Estados UnidosFil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia; Argentina. National Institute of Mental Health. Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation. Unit on Temporal Gene Expression; Estados Unido

Homeobox-Clock protein interaction in zebrafish: a shared mechanism for pineal-specific and circadian gene expression

In non-mammalian vertebrates, the pineal gland is photoreceptive and contains an intrinsic circadian oscillator that drives rhythmic production and secretion of melatonin. These features require an accurate spatiotemporal expression of an array of specific genes in the pineal gland. Among these is the arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase, a key enzyme in the melatonin production pathway. In zebrafish, pineal specificity of zfaanat2 is determined by a region designated the pineal-restrictive downstream module (PRDM), which contains three photoreceptor conserved elements (PCEs) and an E-box, elements that are generally associated with photoreceptor-specific and rhythmic expression, respectively. Here, by using in vivo and in vitro approaches, it was found that the PCEs and E-box of the PRDM mediate a synergistic effect of the photoreceptor-specific homeobox OTX5 and rhythmically expressed clock protein heterodimer, BMAL/CLOCK, on zfaanat2 expression. Furthermore, the distance between the PCEs and the E-box was found to be critical for PRDM function, suggesting a possible physical feature of this synergistic interaction. OTX5-BMAL/CLOCK may act through this mechanism to simultaneously control pineal-specific and rhythmic expression of zfaanat2 and possibly also other pineal and retinal genes.Fil: Appelbaum, Lior. Bar-Ilan University. Faculty of Life Sciences; Israel. Universitat Tel Aviv; IsraelFil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; Argentina. National Institutes of Health; Estados UnidosFil: Baler, Ruben. National Institutes of Health; Estados UnidosFil: Gothilf, Yoav. Universitat Tel Aviv; Israe

Magnetic fields, cancer and circadian rhythms: Hypotheses on the relevance of intermittence and cycling

This commentary deals with the controversial relation between magnetic fields (MF) and cancer. Having been argued in a recent review article published in the Proceedings B that circadian rhythms could be a key to explain how MF could cause cancer, we pose additional hypotheses on how the intermittence and cycling patterns of the exposure to MF could radically change the effect. MF could either cause cancer or be used for cancer treatment,depending on their interplay with intrinsic ultradian and circadian oscillations.Fil: Guerra, Maria Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Física Aplicada "Dr. Jorge Andrés Zgrablich". Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto de Física Aplicada "Dr. Jorge Andrés Zgrablich"; ArgentinaFil: Lacoste, Maria Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Anzulovich Miranda, Ana Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Makinistian, Leonardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Física Aplicada "Dr. Jorge Andrés Zgrablich". Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto de Física Aplicada "Dr. Jorge Andrés Zgrablich"; Argentin