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JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 113, Issue 3, Pages 234-245Publisher
JAPANESE PHARMACOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.10031FP
Keywords
noradrenaline; astrocyte; Per1; tyrosine kinase; glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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Astrocytes in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus, site of the master circadian pacemaker, play an essential role in the regulation of systemic circadian rhythms. To evaluate involvement of noradrenergic systems in regulation of circadian variation of clock-genes in astrocytes, we investigated effects of noradrenaline (NA) on expression of several clock genes in C6 glioma cells by using real-time PCR analysis. Treatment with NA (10 mu M) induced transient expression of Per 1 mRNA, but not of Per2, Bmal1, Clock, Cry1, or Cry2 mRNA, through activation of beta(2) adrenoceptors. Action of NA was partially blocked by H-89 [protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor] or KG-501 [inhibitor of cAMP response element binding protein (CREB)]. We found that pretreatment with genistein or PP2 (general or Src tyrosine kinase inhibitors, respectively) or LiCl [inhibitor of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3 beta)] significantly inhibited NA-induced Per1 mRNA expression. In addition, treatment with H-89 and either genistein or LiCl completely blocked NA stimulatory effects. NA markedly induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Src and GSK-3 beta via activation of beta(2) adrenoceptors. Phosphorylation of GSK-3 beta by NA was completely eliminated by genistein or PP2. These results primarily suggest that two distinct NA-mediating pathways, PKA CREB and Src GSK-3 beta, play crucial roles in regulation of Per1 expression in astroglial cells.
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