Molecular cloning and circadian regulation of cryptochrome genes in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) - PubMed (original) (raw)
Molecular cloning and circadian regulation of cryptochrome genes in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
Zhengwei Fu et al. J Biol Rhythms. 2002 Feb.
Abstract
The circadian system is thought to have three components: input, pacemaker (internal clock), and output. Cryptochromes (Cry) are important clock genes, and recent findings indicate that these genes not only act as circadian photoreceptors but are also essential components in the negative feedback of the circadian system. As a first step toward understanding the avian circadian system, the authors tried to clone Japanese quail homologs of mammalian Crys and analyze their expression patterns in different circumstances. Partial cDNAs of qCry1 and qCry2, which are homologs of mammalian Cry1 and Cry2, respectively, were obtained and their gene expressions were analyzed. Both qCry1 and qCry2 mRNAs were present in all the tissues examined. The oscillation patterns of the qCry1 transcripts were tissue specific and generally showed robust changes between daytime and nighttime; except for lung and testis tissues (which showed no detectable changes between daytime and nighttime), daytime levels were higher in all of the tissues examined. This rapid oscillation in qCry1 persisted through constant darkness or constant illumination, indicating that an endogenous clock controls these changes. In contrast, the expression of qCry2 did not oscillate in any tissue examined. In addition, in tissues of the pineal gland and eye, unexpected light exposure in the dark period was able to block the decrease in qCry1 transcripts or induce its expression. These findings, in conjunction with the established roles of CRYs in other species, led the authors to propose that in the circadian system, qCRYs may play important roles similar to the known roles of CRYs of other species, such as acting as circadian photoreceptors and as components of the circadian system.
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