Project description:For the model alga Chlamydomonas, acclimation to diurnal low light (LL) or high light (HL) results in changes in photosynthetic complexes, chlorophyll content, thylakoid membrane architecture, and nonphotochemical quenching capacity that are maintained through the intervening night phases. To determine how diurnal photoacclimation influences algal fitness and document the molecular events during reacclimation upon a change in daylight intensity, we transitioned LL-acclimated populations to diurnal HL and HL-acclimated populations to diurnal LL and performed an RNA-Seq timecourse over two diurnal periods.
Project description:Brown adipose tissue (BAT) burns fatty acids to produce heat, and shows diurnal oscillation with peak activity in glucose and triglyceride-derived fatty acid uptake at wakening. To gain further insight in the diurnal regulation of metabolic BAT activity, we performed chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) on pooled interscapular (i)BAT samples collected from chow-fed male C57BL/6J mice (10 weeks old) exposed to mild cold (22°C) at 3-hour intervals throughout a 24-hour period (n=8 mice per time point). All mice were entrained to a 12h:12h light:dark cycle, and therefore time is denoted as Zeitgeber Time (ZT) in which ZT0 indicates the onset of the light (active) phase.
Project description:Brown adipose tissue (BAT) burns fatty acids to produce heat, and shows diurnal oscillation with peak activity in glucose and triglyceride-derived fatty acid uptake at wakening. To gain further insight in the diurnal regulation of metabolic BAT activity, we performed RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) on interscapular (i)BAT samples collected from chow-fed male C57BL/6J mice (10 weeks old) exposed to mild cold (22°C) at 3-hour intervals throughout a 24-hour period (n=4 mice per time point). All mice were entrained to a 12h:12h light:dark cycle, and therefore time is denoted as Zeitgeber Time (ZT) in which ZT0 indicates the onset of the light (active) phase.
Project description:Photosynthetic organisms coordinate their metabolism and growth with diurnal light, which can range in intensity from limiting to inhibitory. To gain a comprehensive understanding of how diurnal regulatory circuits interface with sensing and response to various light intensities, we performed a systems analysis of synchronized Chlamydomonas reinhardtii populations acclimated to low, moderate, and high diurnal light. Transcriptomic and proteomic data revealed that Chlamydomonas’ rhythmic gene expression program is resilient to limiting and excess light. Although gene expression is dynamic over the diurnal cycle, Chlamydomonas populations acclimated to low and high diurnal light exhibit constitutive phenotypes with respect to photosystem abundance, thylakoid architecture, and non-photochemical quenching that persist through the night. This suggests that cells harbor a “memory” or anticipation of the daylight environment. The integrated data constitute an excellent resource for understanding gene regulatory mechanisms and photoprotection in eukaryotes under environmentally relevant conditions.
Project description:<p><strong>OBJECTIVE: </strong>Brown adipose tissue (BAT) burns fatty acids (FAs) to produce heat, and shows diurnal oscillation in glucose and triglyceride (TG)-derived FA-uptake, peaking around wakening. Here we aimed to gain insight in the diurnal regulation of metabolic BAT activity.</p><p><strong>METHODS: </strong>RNA-sequencing, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-sequencing and lipidomics analyses were performed on BAT samples of wild type C57BL/6J mice collected at 3-h intervals throughout the day. Knockout and overexpression models were used to study causal relationships in diurnal lipid handling by BAT.</p><p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>We identified pronounced enrichment of oscillating genes involved in extracellular lipolysis in BAT, accompanied by oscillations of FA and monoacylglycerol content. This coincided with peak lipoprotein lipase (Lpl) expression, and was predicted to be driven by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) activity. ChIP-sequencing for PPARγ confirmed oscillation in binding of PPARγ to Lpl. Of the known LPL-modulators, angiopoietin-like 4 (Angptl4) showed the largest diurnal amplitude opposite to Lpl, and both Angptl4 knockout and overexpression attenuated oscillations of LPL activity and TG-derived FA-uptake by BAT.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSIONS: </strong>Our findings highlight involvement of PPARγ and a crucial role of ANGPTL4 in mediating the diurnal oscillation of TG-derived FA-uptake by BAT, and imply that time of day is essential when targeting LPL activity in BAT to improve metabolic health.</p>
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of light response in the zebrafish at several organizational levels: the whole animal, the organ and the cell. Exposure of larvae, heart organ cultures and cell culture cells to light pulses of 1 and 3 hours duration and measurement of changes in gene expression compared to controls kept in the dark.
Project description:Circadian rhythmicity is a defining feature of mammalian metabolism that synchronizes metabolic processes to day-night light cycles. Here, we show that the intestinal microbiota programs diurnal metabolic rhythms in the mouse small intestine through histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3). The microbiota induced expression of intestinal epithelial HDAC3, which was recruited rhythmically to chromatin and produced synchronized diurnal oscillations in histone acetylation, metabolic gene expression, and nutrient uptake. HDAC3 also functioned non-canonically to coactivate estrogen related receptor a (ERRa), inducing microbiota-dependent rhythmic transcription of the lipid transporter gene Cd36 and promoting lipid absorption and diet-induced obesity. Our findings reveal that HDAC3 integrates microbial and circadian cues to regulate diurnal metabolic rhythms, and pinpoint a key mechanism by which the microbiota controls host metabolism.
Project description:Poplar (Populus trichocarpa, clone Nisqually-1) plants were grown in a Conviron PGR 15 growth chamber using precise control of temperature, light, and humidity. Diurnal (driven) conditions included 12L:12D light cycles and 25C/12C thermocycles in three different combinations. These were: photocycles (LDHH), 12 hrs. light (L)/12 hrs. dark (D) at a constant temperature (25C; HH); photo/thermocycles (LDHC): 12 hrs. light (L) /12 hrs. dark (D) with a high day temperature (25C) and a low night temperature (12C); and thermocycles (LLHC): continuous light (LL) with 12 hrs. high/12 hrs. low temperature (25C, day; 12C, night). Light intensity and relative humidity were 700 micromol m-2s-2 and 50%, respectively. Three-month-old poplar plants were entrained for at least one week under the respective condition prior to initiation of each experiment. Leaves and stems from individual poplar plants were collected every four hours for 48 hrs in driven (diurnal) conditions followed by a two day freerun spacer under continuous light/temperature followed by two additional days of sampling under the same continuous free run condition.