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MCB 186 CIRCADIAN BIOLOGY Slides Lecture 2 September 28, 2005 J. W. Hastings. CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS - KEY PROPERTIES. RHYTHMS CONTINUE IN ABSENCE OF LIGHT / DARK CYCLES WITH PERIODS CLOSE TO BUT NOT EXACTLY 24 HOURS exact period length is a function of environmental conditions
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MCB 186CIRCADIAN BIOLOGYSlides Lecture 2 September 28, 2005J. W. Hastings
CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS - KEY PROPERTIES RHYTHMS CONTINUE IN ABSENCE OF LIGHT / DARK CYCLESWITH PERIODS CLOSE TO BUT NOT EXACTLY 24 HOURSexact period length is a function of environmental conditions PERIOD IS TEMPERATURE “COMPENSATED”; ABOUT 24 HRAT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES not temperature independent PHASE can be RESET by LIGHT: RHYTHMS ENTRAINED or SYNCHRONIZED to DAILY ENVIRONMENTAL CYCLESresetting does not need cycles: single exposures or pulses suffice
RHYTHM IN HUMAN: LD & LL Raster Plots:- Single, double, triple etc.- Modulo tau
GONYAULAX CELLS IN DD: PHASE SHIFT BY SINGLE LIGHT PULSESADVANCE OR DELAY DEPENDS ON TIME IN CYCLE LATE NIGHT PULSE PHASE ADVANCE EARLY NIGHT PULSE PHASE DELAY CONTROL IN DARK
HOW DOES ONE DISTINGUISH DELAYS from ADVANCES?GIVE a STRONGER(BRIGHTER) EXPOSURE to LIGHTTHIS RESULTS in a GREATER PHASE SHIFT - but in WHICH DIRECTION??
GONYAULAX LIGHT PHASE RESPONSE CURVE (the PRC)LIGHT PULSES GIVEN AT TIMES INDICATED DEAD ZONE DAY PHASE TIME 0 is the BEGINNING of NIGHT PHASE
GONYAULAX ACTION SPECTRUM FOR PHASE SHIFTING BY 3 HOUR LIGHT EXPOSURES
Schematic depiction of entrainment by light: T constant, Tau changes
ENTRAINMENT by DIFFERENT LIGHT/DARK CYCLES and EFFECT of LIGHT INTENSITY on LIMITS of ENTRAINMENT
LONG DAYS (LIGHT PERIOD) VERSUS SHORT DAYS LONG DAYS CAUSE BOTH DELAYS and ADVANCES SHORT DAYS ONLY ONE or the OTHER Phase angle (acrophase) differs with day length
LONG & SHORT DAY PHASE SHIFTS in an ORGANISM with a CIRCADIAN TAU OF 24.5 hr
SKELETON PHOTOPERIODS TWO LIGHT EXPOSURES (e.g., 15 min, or 1 hr each) EVERY CYCLE Longer dark interval (outside of 11-13) is self-selected as the night phase. 11-13 is the bistability region Cycles can be different from 24 hrs.
DROSOPHILA ECLOSION ACROPHASES with DIFFERENT INTERVALS for TWO-PULSE SKELETON PHOTOPERIODS Pittendrigh
BISTABILITY IN HAMSTER ENTRAINMENT SKELETON PHOTOPERIOD 13.5:0.25:10:0.25 hrs ANIMAL C15 ACTIVE INSHORT NIGHT TESTES MAINTAINED; ANIMAL C16 ACTIVE IN LONG NIGHT; TESTES REGRESSED
SINGLE PULSES EVERY 24hSometimes called T-cycles A single light pulse (e.g., 15 min, 1hr) every cycle will entrain a circadian rhythm. Cycle may be =24h, longer or shorter than 24 Organism self selects location of light pulse If tau is greater than 24 it will fall at late night If tau is less than 24 it will fall at early night
FREE RUNNING PERIOD HAMSTER ACTIVITY RHYTHM DEPENDS ON PERIOD OF SINGLE PULSE T CYCLE AND PULSE IS POSITIONED DIFFERENTLY