Project description:Circadian clocks are aligned to the environment via synchronizing signals, or Zeitgebers, such as daily light and temperature cycles, food availability, and social behavior. In this study, we found that genome-wide expression profiles from temperature-entrained flies show a dramatic difference in the presence or absence of a thermocycle. Whereas transcript levels appear to be modified broadly by changes in temperature, there is a specific set of temperature-entrained circadian mRNA profiles that continue to oscillate in constant conditions. There are marked differences in the biological functions represented by temperature-driven or circadian regulation. The set of temperature-entrained circadian transcripts overlaps significantly with a previously defined set of transcripts oscillating in response to a photocycle. In follow-up studies, all thermocycle-entrained circadian transcript rhythms also responded to light/dark entrainment, whereas some photocycle-entrained rhythms did not respond to temperature entrainment. Transcripts encoding the clock components Period, Timeless, Clock, Vrille, PAR-domain protein 1, and Cryptochrome were all confirmed to be rhythmic after entrainment to a daily thermocycle, although the presence of a thermocycle resulted in an unexpected phase difference between period and timeless expression rhythms at the transcript but not the protein level. Generally, transcripts that exhibit circadian rhythms both in response to thermocycles and photocycles maintained the same mutual phase relationships after entrainment by temperature or light. Comparison of the collective temperature- and light-entrained circadian phases of these transcripts indicates that natural environmental light and temperature cycles cooperatively entrain the circadian clock. This interpretation is further supported by comparative analysis of the circadian phases observed for temperature-entrained and light-entrained circadian locomotor behavior. Taken together, these findings suggest that information from both light and temperature is integrated by the transcriptional clock mechanism in the adult fly head.

Project description:Circadian clocks are temporally aligned to the environment via signals, or Zeitgebers, such as daily light and temperature cycles, food availability, and social behavior. In this study, we show that genome-wide expression profiles from temperature-entrained flies show a dramatic difference in the presence or absence of a thermocycle. Whereas transcription appears to be modified globally by changes in temperature, there is a specific set of transcripts that continue to oscillate in constant conditions following temperature entrainment. These transcripts show a significant overlap with a previously defined set of transcripts oscillating in response to a photocycle. Further, these overlapping transcripts maintain the same mutual phase relationships after entrainment by temperature or light. Comparison of the collective temperature- and light-entrained circadian phases indicates that natural environmental light and temperature cycles cooperatively entrain the circadian clock. These findings suggest that a single transcriptional clock in the adult fly head is able to integrate information from both light and temperature. Keywords: circadian time course Overall design: cn bw flies that had been reared in constant darkness initially at 25 C and later in a 12-hr 18 C/ 12-hr 25 C thermocycle for more than 4 days were harvested every four hours during an additional two days at constant 25 C (also indicated as ambient/ambient or AA days 1 and 2) . Relative to time AA0 as the time of the onset of the subjective cryophase during constant 25 C, samples were collected in a AA2-AA6-AA10-AA14-AA18-AA22-AA26-AA30-AA34-AA38-AA42-AA46 schedule. Heads were isolated by breaking up frozen flies and passing them through a set of sieves. RNA was prepared using guanidine-thiocyanate extraction followed by purification over a CsCl gradient. Additional purification of the RNA samples was achieved by applying them to Rneasy columns (Qiagen). Biotin-labeled cRNA probe was generated from 25 μg of purified RNA and hybridized as described previously (Wijnen H, Naef F, and Young MW, Methods Enzymol. 2005; 393: 341-365). For more information see also http://biorhythm.rockefeller.edu

Project description:Circadian clocks are temporally aligned to the environment via signals, or Zeitgebers, such as daily light and temperature cycles, food availability, and social behavior. In this study, we show that genome-wide expression profiles from temperature-entrained flies show a dramatic difference in the presence or absence of a thermocycle. Whereas transcription appears to be modified globally by changes in temperature, there is a specific set of transcripts that continue to oscillate in constant conditions following temperature entrainment. These transcripts show a significant overlap with a previously defined set of transcripts oscillating in response to a photocycle. Further, these overlapping transcripts maintain the same mutual phase relationships after entrainment by temperature or light. Comparison of the collective temperature- and light-entrained circadian phases indicates that natural environmental light and temperature cycles cooperatively entrain the circadian clock. These findings suggest that a single transcriptional clock in the adult fly head is able to integrate information from both light and temperature. Keywords: circadian time course Overall design: y w flies that had been reared in constant darkness initially at 25 C and later in a 12-hr 18 C/ 12-hr 25 C thermocycle for more than 4 days were harvested every four hours during an additional 18 C/25 C thermo cycle (also indicated as a cold/ambient or CA cycle) or an additional day at constant 25 C (also indicated as ambient/ambient or AA) . Relative to time CA0 as the time of the onset of the 18 C cryophase or AA0 as the time of the onset of the subjective cryophase during constant 25 C, samples were collected in a CA2- CA6-CA10-CA14-CA18-CA22 and AA2-AA6-AA10-AA14-AA18-AA22 schedule. Heads were isolated by breaking up frozen flies and passing them through a set of sieves. RNA was prepared using guanidine-thiocyanate extraction followed by purification over a CsCl gradient. Additional purification of the RNA samples was achieved by applying them to Rneasy columns (Qiagen). Biotin-labeled cRNA probe was generated from 25 μg of purified RNA and hybridized as described previously (Wijnen H, Naef F, and Young MW, Methods Enzymol. 2005; 393: 341-365). For more information see also http://biorhythm.rockefeller.edu

Project description:Circadian clocks are temporally aligned to the environment via signals, or Zeitgebers, such as daily light and temperature cycles, food availability, and social behavior. In this study, we show that genome-wide expression profiles from temperature-entrained flies show a dramatic difference in the presence or absence of a thermocycle. Whereas transcription appears to be modified globally by changes in temperature, there is a specific set of transcripts that continue to oscillate in constant conditions following temperature entrainment. These transcripts show a significant overlap with a previously defined set of transcripts oscillating in response to a photocycle. Further, these overlapping transcripts maintain the same mutual phase relationships after entrainment by temperature or light. Comparison of the collective temperature- and light-entrained circadian phases indicates that natural environmental light and temperature cycles cooperatively entrain the circadian clock. These findings suggest that a single transcriptional clock in the adult fly head is able to integrate information from both light and temperature. Keywords: circadian time course Overall design: y w; tim01 flies that had been reared in constant darkness initially at 25 C and later in a 12-hr 18 C/ 12-hr 25 C thermocycle for more than 4 days were harvested every four hours during an additional 18 C/25 C thermo cycle (also indicated as a cold/ambient or CA cycle) or an additional day at constant 25 C (also indicated as ambient/ambient or AA) . Relative to time CA0 as the time of the onset of the 18 C cryophase or AA0 as the time of the onset of the subjective cryophase during constant 25 C, samples were collected in a CA2- CA6-CA10-CA14-CA18-CA22 and AA2-AA6-AA10-AA14-AA18-AA22 schedule. Heads were isolated by breaking up frozen flies and passing them through a set of sieves. RNA was prepared using guanidine-thiocyanate extraction followed by purification over a CsCl gradient. Additional purification of the RNA samples was achieved by applying them to Rneasy columns (Qiagen). Biotin-labeled cRNA probe was generated from 25 μg of purified RNA and hybridized as described previously (Wijnen H, Naef F, and Young MW, Methods Enzymol. 2005; 393: 341-365). For more information see also http://biorhythm.rockefeller.edu

Project description:Circadian clocks are temporally aligned to the environment via signals, or Zeitgebers, such as daily light and temperature cycles, food availability, and social behavior. In this study, we show that genome-wide expression profiles from temperature-entrained flies show a dramatic difference in the presence or absence of a thermocycle. Whereas transcription appears to be modified globally by changes in temperature, there is a specific set of transcripts that continue to oscillate in constant conditions following temperature entrainment. These transcripts show a significant overlap with a previously defined set of transcripts oscillating in response to a photocycle. Further, these overlapping transcripts maintain the same mutual phase relationships after entrainment by temperature or light. Comparison of the collective temperature- and light-entrained circadian phases indicates that natural environmental light and temperature cycles cooperatively entrain the circadian clock. These findings suggest that a single transcriptional clock in the adult fly head is able to integrate information from both light and temperature. Experiment Overall Design: cn bw flies that had been reared in constant darkness initially at 25 C and later in a 12-hr 18 C/ 12-hr 25 C thermocycle for more than 4 days were harvested every four hours during an additional two days at constant 25 C (also indicated as ambient/ambient or AA days 1 and 2) . Relative to time AA0 as the time of the onset of the subjective cryophase during constant 25 C, samples were collected in a AA2-AA6-AA10-AA14-AA18-AA22-AA26-AA30-AA34-AA38-AA42-AA46 schedule. Heads Experiment Overall Design: were isolated by breaking up frozen flies and passing them through a set of Experiment Overall Design: sieves. RNA was prepared using guanidine-thiocyanate extraction followed by Experiment Overall Design: purification over a CsCl gradient. Additional purification of the RNA samples was Experiment Overall Design: achieved by applying them to Rneasy columns (Qiagen). Biotin-labeled cRNA Experiment Overall Design: probe was generated from 25 μg of purified RNA and hybridized as described Experiment Overall Design: previously (Wijnen H, Naef F, and Young MW, Methods Enzymol. 2005; 393: 341-365). Experiment Overall Design: For more information see also http://biorhythm.rockefeller.edu

Project description:Circadian clocks are temporally aligned to the environment via signals, or Zeitgebers, such as daily light and temperature cycles, food availability, and social behavior. In this study, we show that genome-wide expression profiles from temperature-entrained flies show a dramatic difference in the presence or absence of a thermocycle. Whereas transcription appears to be modified globally by changes in temperature, there is a specific set of transcripts that continue to oscillate in constant conditions following temperature entrainment. These transcripts show a significant overlap with a previously defined set of transcripts oscillating in response to a photocycle. Further, these overlapping transcripts maintain the same mutual phase relationships after entrainment by temperature or light. Comparison of the collective temperature- and light-entrained circadian phases indicates that natural environmental light and temperature cycles cooperatively entrain the circadian clock. These findings suggest that a single transcriptional clock in the adult fly head is able to integrate information from both light and temperature. Experiment Overall Design: y w flies that had been reared in constant darkness initially at 25 C and later in a 12-hr 18 C/ 12-hr 25 C thermocycle for more than 4 days were harvested every four hours during an additional 18 C/25 C thermo cycle (also indicated as a cold/ambient or CA cycle) or an additional day at constant 25 C (also indicated as ambient/ambient or AA) . Relative to time CA0 as the time of the onset of the 18 C cryophase or AA0 as the time of the onset of the subjective cryophase during constant 25 C, samples were collected in a CA2- CA6-CA10-CA14-CA18-CA22 and AA2-AA6-AA10-AA14-AA18-AA22 schedule. Heads were isolated by breaking up frozen flies and passing them through a set of sieves. RNA was prepared using guanidine-thiocyanate extraction followed by purification over a CsCl gradient. Additional purification of the RNA samples was achieved by applying them to Rneasy columns (Qiagen). Biotin-labeled cRNA probe was generated from 25 μg of purified RNA and hybridized as described previously (Wijnen H, Naef F, and Young MW, Methods Enzymol. 2005; 393: 341-365). Experiment Overall Design: For more information see also http://biorhythm.rockefeller.edu

Project description:Circadian clocks are temporally aligned to the environment via signals, or Zeitgebers, such as daily light and temperature cycles, food availability, and social behavior. In this study, we show that genome-wide expression profiles from temperature-entrained flies show a dramatic difference in the presence or absence of a thermocycle. Whereas transcription appears to be modified globally by changes in temperature, there is a specific set of transcripts that continue to oscillate in constant conditions following temperature entrainment. These transcripts show a significant overlap with a previously defined set of transcripts oscillating in response to a photocycle. Further, these overlapping transcripts maintain the same mutual phase relationships after entrainment by temperature or light. Comparison of the collective temperature- and light-entrained circadian phases indicates that natural environmental light and temperature cycles cooperatively entrain the circadian clock. These findings suggest that a single transcriptional clock in the adult fly head is able to integrate information from both light and temperature. Experiment Overall Design: y w; tim01 flies that had been reared in constant darkness initially at 25 C and later in a 12-hr 18 C/ 12-hr 25 C thermocycle for more than 4 days were harvested every four hours during an additional 18 C/25 C thermo cycle (also indicated as a cold/ambient or CA cycle) or an additional day at constant 25 C (also indicated as ambient/ambient or AA) . Relative to time CA0 as the time of the onset of the 18 C cryophase or AA0 as the time of the onset of the subjective cryophase during constant 25 C, samples were collected in a CA2- Experiment Overall Design: CA6-CA10-CA14-CA18-CA22 and AA2-AA6-AA10-AA14-AA18-AA22 schedule. Heads Experiment Overall Design: were isolated by breaking up frozen flies and passing them through a set of Experiment Overall Design: sieves. RNA was prepared using guanidine-thiocyanate extraction followed by Experiment Overall Design: purification over a CsCl gradient. Additional purification of the RNA samples was Experiment Overall Design: achieved by applying them to Rneasy columns (Qiagen). Biotin-labeled cRNA Experiment Overall Design: probe was generated from 25 μg of purified RNA and hybridized as described Experiment Overall Design: previously (Wijnen H, Naef F, and Young MW, Methods Enzymol. 2005; 393: 341-365). Experiment Overall Design: For more information see also http://biorhythm.rockefeller.edu

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Setaria viridis (A10.1) circadian expression after light or temperature entrainment

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