Action spectrum for photoperiodic control of thyroid-stimulating hormone in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

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Autoři: Yusuke Nakane ^aff001; Ai Shinomiya ^aff003; Wataru Ota ^aff001; Keisuke Ikegami ^aff002; Tsuyoshi Shimmura ^aff003; Sho-Ichi Higashi ^aff006; Yasuhiro Kamei ^aff006; Takashi Yoshimura ^aff001
Působiště autorů: Institute of Transformative Bio-molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan ^aff001; Laboratory of Animal Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan ^aff002; Division of Seasonal Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan ^aff003; Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan ^aff004; Department of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu Japan ^aff005; Spectrography and Bioimaging Facility, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan ^aff006; Avian Bioscience Research Center, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan ^aff007
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222106

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At higher latitudes, vertebrates exhibit a seasonal cycle of reproduction in response to changes in day-length, referred to as photoperiodism. Extended day-length induces thyroid-stimulating hormone in the pars tuberalis of the pituitary gland. This hormone triggers the local activation of thyroid hormone in the mediobasal hypothalamus and eventually induces gonadal development. In avian species, light information associated with day-length is detected through photoreceptors located in deep-brain regions. Within these regions, the expressions of multiple photoreceptive molecules, opsins, have been observed. However, even though the Japanese quail is an excellent model for photoperiodism because of its robust and significant seasonal responses in reproduction, a comprehensive understanding of photoreceptors in the quail brain remains undeveloped. In this study, we initially analyzed an action spectrum using photoperiodically induced expression of the beta subunit genes of thyroid-stimulating hormone in quail. Among seven wavelengths examined, we detected maximum sensitivity of the action spectrum at 500 nm. The low value for goodness of fit in the alignment with a template of retinal1-based photopigment, assuming a spectrum associated with a single opsin, proposed the possible involvement of multiple opsins rather than a single opsin. Analysis of gene expression in the septal region and hypothalamus, regions hypothesized to be photosensitive in quail, revealed mRNA expression of a mammal-like melanopsin in the infundibular nucleus within the mediobasal hypothalamus. However, no significant diurnal changes were observed for genes in the infundibular nucleus. Xenopus-like melanopsin, a further isoform of melanopsin in birds, was detected in neither the septal region nor the infundibular nucleus. These results suggest that the mammal-like melanopsin expressed in the infundibular nucleus within the mediobasal hypothalamus could be candidate deep-brain photoreceptive molecule in Japanese quail. Investigation of the functional involvement of mammal-like melanopsin-expressing cells in photoperiodism will be required for further conclusions.

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Biology and life sciences – Cell biology – Biochemistry – Organisms – Eukaryota – Physical sciences – Research and analysis methods – Neuroscience – Psychology – Animals – Social sciences – Cellular types – Animal cells – Anatomy – Medicine and health sciences – Vertebrates – Amniotes – Mathematical and statistical techniques – Hormones – Physics – Peptide hormones – Brain – Electromagnetic radiation – Light – Cellular neuroscience – Neurons – Birds – Fowl – Gamefowl – Quails – Hypothalamus – Afferent neurons – Photoreceptors – Signal transduction – Sensory receptors – Sensory perception – Thyroid-stimulating hormone – Mathematical functions – Curve fitting

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