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Molecular mechanism of compound eye dependent photic entrainment in insect circadian clocks

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H02480
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 44050:Animal physiological chemistry, physiology and behavioral biology-related
Research InstitutionOkayama University

Principal Investigator

Tomioka Kenji  岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 教授 (30136163)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 吉井 大志  岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 准教授 (50611357)
守山 禎之  川崎医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (30707394)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥7,540,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,740,000)
Keywords概日リズム / 概日時計 / 光同調 / 時計遺伝子 / 複眼 / RNAi / 昆虫
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The circadian clock sets the peak time for various physiological functions by synchronizing with the daily environmental cycle. In the present study, we have elucidated the molecular mechanism of compound-eye dependent light entrainment and found that light information from the compound eye induces c-fosB expression in the optic lobe, which in turn induces Brwd3, Fbxl3, Fbxl 4, Fbxl 5, Fbxl 7, Fbxl 13, and Fbxl 16 downstream of c-fosB. Their RNAi markedly suppressed light entrainment of behavioral rhythms, in both advance and delay shifts, and CRY2 protein increased during the dark period but decreased with light exposure. The light-dependent decrease in CRY2 protein was suggested to be induced by light-dependent ubiquitination by Brwd3 and Fbxls. A similar mechanism was suggested to be involved in firebrats.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

概日時計はヒトを含めて動物の日周リズムを制御しており、その最も重要な働きは光周期に同調し、各種の生理機能のピークを適切な時刻に設定することにある。昆虫概日時計の光同調機構は、キイロショウジョウバエでクリプトクロム(CRY)に依存した機構が詳しく解析されている。しかし、この系は例外的であり、多くの昆虫は複眼を光同調に使っている。実際、ショウジョウバエでも、CRYの機能欠損系統が光周期に同調することが知られており、この場合には複眼が光受容器として働いている。従って、複眼を経由する光同調機構を解明することは、昆虫概日時計の光同調機構を理解する上で最も重要な課題である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] IISER(インド)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] IISER(インド)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The compound eye possesses a self-sustaining circadian oscillator in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus2021

    • Author(s)
      Ohguro, C., Moriyama, Y., Tomioka, K.
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Pages: 82-89

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs200118

    • NAID

      210000165543

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The role of clockwork orange in the circadian clock of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus2020

    • Author(s)
      Tomiyama, Y., Shinohara, T., Matsuka, M., Bando, T., Mito, T. & Tomioka, K.
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Letters

      Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Pages: 12-12

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40851-020-00166-4

    • NAID

      120006937503

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Functional analysis of Pdp1 and vrille in the circadian system of a cricket2020

    • Author(s)
      Narasaki-Funo, Y., Tomiyama, Y., Nose, M., Bando, T. & Tomioka, K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Insect Physiology

      Volume: 127 Pages: 104156-104156

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104156

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ショウジョウバエ概日時計の神経ネットワーク2020

    • Author(s)
      関口学・吉井大志
    • Journal Title

      細胞

      Volume: 52

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] ショウジョウバエの概日リズムは生存に重要か?2020

    • Author(s)
      吉井大志
    • Journal Title

      昆虫と自然

      Volume: 55

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Temperature entrainment of circadian locomotor and transcriptional rhythms in the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus2019

    • Author(s)
      N. N. Kannan , Y. Tomiyama, M. Nose, A. Tokuoka, K. Tomioka
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Pages: 95-104

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs180148

    • NAID

      210000169136

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The circadian system in insects: Cellular, molecular, and functional organization2019

    • Author(s)
      K. Tomioka, A. Matsumoto
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Insect Physiology

      Volume: 56 Pages: 73-115

    • DOI

      10.1016/bs.aiip.2019.01.001

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] cryptochrome genes mediate photoperiodic responses in the cricket Modicogryllus siamensis.2018

    • Author(s)
      H. Ueda, S. Tamaki, T. Miki, O. Uryu, Y. Kamae, M. Nose, T. Shinohara, K. Tomioka
    • Journal Title

      Physiological Entomology

      Volume: 43 Issue: 4 Pages: 285-294

    • DOI

      10.1111/phen.12258

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A novel photic entrainment mechanism for the circadian clock in an insect: involvement of c-fos and cryptochromes2018

    • Author(s)
      Kutaragi Y, Tokuoka A, Tomiyama Y, Nose M, Watanabe T, Bando T, Moriyama Y, Tomioka K.
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Letters

      Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Pages: 26-26

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40851-018-0109-8

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] コオロギ概日時計の光同調機構へのBrwd3 と fbxlの関与2020

    • Author(s)
      松家未来, 神原早紀,篠原従道, 富岡憲治
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第91回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] フタホシコオロギ複眼内の概日自律振動体2020

    • Author(s)
      大黒智和子・守山禎之・富岡憲治
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第91回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Involvement of Brwd3 and Fbxl in the photic entrainment mechanism of the circadian clock in the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus2020

    • Author(s)
      Mirai Matsuka, Tsugumichi Shinohara, Kenji Tomioka
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会第42回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 昆虫の季節適応機構:光周期と温度による制御2020

    • Author(s)
      富岡憲治
    • Organizer
      第93回日本生化学会大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] フタホシコオロギにおける概日時計出力神経路の解析2019

    • Author(s)
      二木祐実子,富岡憲治
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第90回大阪大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The BRWD3 gene is required for normal circadian activity rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster.2019

    • Author(s)
      T. Yoshii, T. Nakayama, S. Tamura, K. Tomioka
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会第41回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Functional analysis of the clock gene cwo in the circadian clock of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus.2019

    • Author(s)
      Y. Tomiyama, K. Tomioka
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会第41回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A novel photic entrainment mechanism of the circadian clock in a hemimetabolous insect.2018

    • Author(s)
      K. Tomioka, Y. Kutaragi, A. Tokuoka, Y. Tomiyama, M. Nose, T. Watanabe, T. Bando, Y. Moriyama
    • Organizer
      Asian Forum on Chronobiology
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] フタホシコオロギにおける時計遺伝子clockwork orangeの時間生物学的解析2018

    • Author(s)
      富山泰旭,能勢基希,富岡憲治
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会中国四国支部 第70回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Analysis of the function of clock gene clockwork orange in the circadian clock of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus2018

    • Author(s)
      Y. Tomiyama, M. Nose, K. Tomioka
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会第40回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 昆虫概日リズムを駆動する複数振動体機構:ウスグロショウジョウバエA-B2振動体モデルの継承と発展2018

    • Author(s)
      富岡憲治
    • Organizer
      第25回日本時間生物学会学術大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] コオロギ視葉における時計遺伝子発現細胞の解析2018

    • Author(s)
      守山禎之,泰山浩司,富岡憲治
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会中国四国支部 第70回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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