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Role of G-Substrate in the NO/cGMP/PKG Signal Transduction Pathway for Photic Entrainment of the Hamster Circadian Clock
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
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| Author | Plano, Santiago Andrés Alessandro, María Soledad Trebucq, Laura Lucía Endo, Shogo Golombek, Diego Andrés Chiesa, Juan José |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Abstract | The mammalian circadian clock at the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) entrains biological rhythms to the 24-h cyclic environment, by encoding light-dark transitions in SCN neurons. Light pulses induce phase shifts in the clock and in circadian rhythms; photic signaling for circadian phase advances involves a nitric oxide (NO)/cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)/cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) pathway, increasing the expression of Period (Per) genes. Effectors downstream of PKG remain unknown. Here we investigate the role of G-substrate (GS), a PKG substrate, in the hamster SCN. GS and phosphorylated G-substrate (p-GS) were present in a subset of SCN cells. Moreover, GS phosphorylation (p-GS/GS ratio) increased in SCN homogenates after light pulses delivered at circadian time (CT) 18 and intraperitoneal treatment with sildenafil, an inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 5 (a cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase). On the other hand, intracerebroventricular treatment with the PKG inhibitor KT5823, reduced photic phosphorylation of GS to basal levels. Since p-GS could act as a protein phosphatase 2 A (PP2A) inhibitor, we demonstrated physical interaction between p-GS and PP2A in SCN homogenates, and also a light-pulse dependent decrease of PP2A activity. Intracerebroventricular treatment with okadaic acid, a PP2A inhibitor, increased the magnitude of light-induced phase advances of locomotor rhythms. We provide evidence on the physiological phosphorylation of GS as a new downstream effector in the NO/cGMP/PKG photic pathway in the hamster SCN, including its role as a PP2A inhibitor. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1759091420984920?download=true |
| ISSN | 17590914 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Journal | ASN Neuro (ASN) |
| e-ISSN | 17590914 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1759091420984920 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications CA |
| Publisher Date | 2021-01-11 |
| Publisher Place | Los Angeles |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2021 |
| Subject Keyword | protein phosphatase 2A phase advance G-substrate suprachiasmatic nuclei |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Neuroscience Neurology (clinical) |