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BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
卷 25, 期 1, 页码 101-109出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.08.007
关键词
Sympathectomy; Guanethidine; Spleen; Interferon-gamma; Tumor necrosis factor-alpha; Granzyme-B; Perforin; Circadian
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 HL088041-01A1]
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL088041] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Previous research in our laboratory has demonstrated robust circadian variations of cytokines and cytolytic factors in enriched NM cells from rat spleen, strongly suggesting these functions may be subject to circadian regulation. The SCN mediates timing information to peripheral tissues by both humoral and neural inputs. In particular, noradrenergic (NE) sympathetic nervous system (SNS) terminals innervate the spleen tissue communicating information between central and peripheral systems. However, whether these immune factors are subject to timing information conveyed through neural NE innervation to the spleen remained unknown. Indeed, we were able to characterize a circadian rhythm of NE content in the spleen, supporting the role of the SNS as a conveyor of timing information to splenocytes. By chemically producing a local splenic sympathectomy through guanethidine treatment, the splenic NE rhythm was abolished or shifted as indicated by a blunting of the expected peak at ZT7. Consequently, the daily variations of cytokine, TNF-alpha, and cytolytic factors, granzyme-B and perforin, in NM cells and splenocytes were altered. Only time-dependent mRNA expression of IFN-gamma was altered in splenocytes, but not protein levels in NM cells, suggesting non-neural entrainment cues may be necessary to regulate specific immune factors. In addition, the rhythms of clock genes and proteins, Bmal1 and Per2, in these tissues also displayed significantly altered daily variations. Collectively, these results demonstrate rhythmic NE input to the spleen acts as an entrainment cue to modulate the molecular clock in NM cells and other spleen cells possibly playing a role in regulating the cytokine and cytolytic function of these cells. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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