Abstract
Animals anticipate the timing of food availability via the food-entrainable oscillator (FEO). The anatomical location and timekeeping mechanism of the FEO are unknown. Several studies showed the circadian gene, Period 2, is critical for FEO timekeeping. However, other studies concluded that canonical circadian genes are not essential for FEO timekeeping. In this study, we re-examined the effects of the Per2Brdm1 mutation on food entrainment using methods that have revealed robust food anticipatory activity in other mutant lines. We examined food anticipatory activity, which is the output of the FEO, in single Period mutant mice. Single Per1, Per2, and Per3 mutant mice had robust food anticipatory activity during restricted feeding. In addition, we found that two different lines of Per2 mutant mice (ldc and Brdm1) anticipated restricted food availability. To determine if FEO timekeeping persisted in the absence of the food cue, we assessed activity during fasting. Food anticipatory (wheel-running) activity in all Period mutant mice was also robust during food deprivation. Together, our studies demonstrate that the Period genes are not necessary for the expression of food anticipatory activity.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-14-2017
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15332-6
Funding Information
This research was supported by National Institutes of Health grants R21NS099809 (to S.Y.), P20GM103527 (to J.S.P.), K01DK098321 (to J.S.P.), R03DK098321 (to J.S.P.), National Science Foundation grant IOS-1146908 (to S.Y.), an American Physiological Society Undergraduate Research Fellowship (to R.H.W.), and the University of Kentucky.
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Supplementary information accompanies this paper at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15332-6.
Repository Citation
Pendergast, Julie S.; Wendroth, Robert H.; Stenner, Rio C.; Keil, Charles D.; and Yamazaki, Shin, "mPeriod2Brdm1 and Other Single Period Mutant Mice Have Normal Food Anticipatory Activity" (2017). Biology Faculty Publications. 125.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/biology_facpub/125
Supplementary Information
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Scientific Reports, v. 7, article no. 15510, p. 1-8.
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