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Analysis of mechanisms for photoperiod-dependent regulation of reproduction by photoperiodic clock

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K15842
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 44050:Animal physiological chemistry, physiology and behavioral biology-related
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

Hasebe Masaharu  大阪大学, 大学院理学研究科, 助教 (40802822)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords光周性 / 概日時計 / 神経分泌細胞 / 電気生理学 / RNA干渉法 / 生殖 / 免疫組織化学
Outline of Research at the Start

動物は日長・日数情報を読み取ることで季節を感知し、生殖機能を調節している。脳内の約24時間周期のリズムを刻む概日時計細胞の一部が、この日長・日数計測の中枢時計:光周時計を担うと考えられている。しかし、光周時計による日長・日数依存的な生殖制御の詳細なメカニズムは不明瞭である。
本研究では、ホソヘリカメムシにおいて、(1)電気生理・分子遺伝学的手法を用いた、概日時計細胞による生殖制御細胞の日長・日数依存的な神経活動制御の解析、(2)形態学的手法を用いた、日長・日数条件に応答し光周時計を担う脳内の概日時計細胞の探索を行う。本研究により、光周時計による日長・日数依存的な生殖制御機構の解明を目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Animals sense seasonal changes from photoperiods and appropriately control their reproduction. Some of the circadian clock cells in the brain are thought to function as the photoperiodic clock that measures day length. However, neural mechanisms of photoperiodic reproductive control by the photoperiodic clock were unclear.
In this study, I chose the bean bug Riptortus pedestris as an experimental model to analyze the neural mechanism underlying photoperiodic control. It was found that the expression of clock protein PERIOD in a specific brain region changes according to photoperiodic conditions. Next, I demonstrated that brain glutamate levels photoperiodically change depending on the clock gene period expression. Additionally, I also revealed that glutamate regulates the activity of oviposition-promoting neurons, which contributes to photoperiodic control of oviposition.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまでに、季節に伴う日長変化の読み取りには、体内時計(概日時計)が重要な役割を果たしていることが示唆されていた。しかし、概日時計をもとに日長変化に応じて生殖機能を適切に制御する、脳内神経機構の実体は不明瞭であった。
季節繁殖昆虫を用いた本研究により、概日時計をもとに日長変化に応じて産卵を適切に制御する脳内神経シグナル機構の一端が明らかになった。本研究で日長情報を伝える神経シグナルとして機能することが示唆されたグルタミン酸は、昆虫から哺乳類まで幅広い動物種で脳内情報伝達に使われている。そのため、本研究成果は、動物種全般における概日時計に基づいた生殖の季節性制御機構の解明に繋がることが期待される。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Clock gene-dependent glutamate dynamics in the bean bug brain regulate photoperiodic reproduction2022

    • Author(s)
      Hasebe Masaharu、Shiga Sakiko
    • Journal Title

      PLOS Biology

      Volume: 20 Issue: 9 Pages: e3001734-e3001734

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pbio.3001734

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Pigment-dispersing factor is involved in photoperiodic control of reproduction in the brown-winged green bug, Plautia stali2022

    • Author(s)
      Hasebe Masaharu、Kotaki Toyomi、Shiga Sakiko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Insect Physiology

      Volume: 137 Pages: 104359-104359

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jinsphys.2022.104359

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Immunoreactive Response of Plast-MIPs to Fasting and Their Functional Role in the Reduction of Hemolymph Reducing Sugars in the Brown-Winged Green Bug, Plautia stali2021

    • Author(s)
      Hasebe Masaharu、Shiga Sakiko
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Pages: 332-342

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs200162

    • NAID

      210000171864

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Photoperiodic Response in the Pars Intercerebralis Neurons, Including Plast-MIP Neurons, in the Brown-Winged Green Bug, Plautia stali2021

    • Author(s)
      Hasebe Masaharu、Shiga Sakiko
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Pages: 317-325

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs210005

    • NAID

      210000172945

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Oviposition-promoting pars intercerebralis neurons show period-dependent photoperiodic changes in their firing activity in the bean bug2021

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Hasebe, Sakiko Shiga
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

      Volume: 118 Issue: 9

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.2018823118

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Inhibitory glutamatergic signals regulate photoperiodic responses of oviposition-promoting pars intercerebralis neurons in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris2022

    • Author(s)
      Hasebe Masaharu、Shiga Sakiko
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会 第44回高知大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ホソヘリカメムシの光周性応答における時計遺伝子依存的なグルタミン酸ダイナミクスの役割2022

    • Author(s)
      Hasebe Masaharu、Shiga Sakiko
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会 第93回早稲田大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Nutritional status-dependent regulation of hemolymph sugar and ovarian development by myoinhibitory peptide in Plautia stali2021

    • Author(s)
      長谷部政治、志賀向子
    • Organizer
      第92回日本動物学会オンライン 米子大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] RNA interference of the clock gene period diminishes photoperiodic response of the pars intercerebralis neurons in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris2020

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Hasebe, Sakiko Shiga
    • Organizer
      The 42th annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] カメムシ二種間で異なる日長応答を示す脳間部細胞における 出力分子の発現プロファイリングとノックダウン解析2020

    • Author(s)
      長谷部 政治, 志賀 向子
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会 第91回 オンライン大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 司令塔は体内時計!季節情報をグルタミン酸が伝達 動物の季節適応の仕組み解明へ

    • URL

      https://resou.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/research/2022/20220907_1

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 体内時計を用いて季節に応答する脳神経細胞を発見―季節に伴う日の長さの変化を細胞レベルで感知―

    • URL

      https://www.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/topics/9043/

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Brain seasonality: Bean bug neurons need~

    • URL

      https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/ou-bsb021721.php

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Mysterious memory: pursuing the secrets of memory~

    • URL

      https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/news/global_outlook/research_highlights/rh_02_202104

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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