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New Insights into Ancient Seasonal Life Timers David Hazlerigg, Andrew Loudon  Current Biology  Volume 18, Issue 17, Pages R795-R804 (September 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.040 Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Processing of thyroid hormone by deiodinases. Thyroxine (T4) is the principal circulating form of thyroid hormone (TH), but has relatively low biological potency for activation of nuclear TH receptors. This potency is increased markedly by conversion to triiodothyronine (T3) through outer ring deiodination. This is mediated by type II deiodinase (DIO2). Conversely, T4 can be converted to an inactive form, reverse T3 (rT3) by inner ring deiodination mediated by type III deiodinase (DIO3). Both T3 and rT3 can be further metabolised by DIO3 or DIO2, respectively, leading to diiodothyronine (T2) formation. Current Biology 2008 18, R795-R804DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.040) Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 TH pathway gene expression in the pars tuberalis and mediobasal hypothalamus of the photoperiodic Soay sheep. Shown are autoradiographic images of radioactive in situ hybridisations with antisense probes to thyrotrophin stimulating hormone (TSH) beta subunit (βTSH), TSH receptor (TSH-R), type II deiodinase (DIO2) and the kisspeptin encoding gene, KISS 1, performed on tissue from Soay sheep acclimated to the indicated photoperiods for 6 weeks. Note the strong photoperiodic effects on pars tuberalis (PT) βTSH expression and on DIO2 expression in the TSH-R expressing region of the ME. KISS-1 expression in the adjacent ARC is also photoperiod-dependent, and the relationship between this and DIO2 regulation in adjacent areas remains to be established. Images provided by E.A. Hanon and G.C. Wagner. Current Biology 2008 18, R795-R804DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.040) Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 A unifying model for PT-dependent photoperiodic regulation of seasonal endocrine function in birds and mammals. Shown are schematic sagittal views of the basal hypothalamus and anterior pituitary (sand shading) in birds (A) and mammals (B). The third ventricle (3V) is shown in grey. Key cellular anatomical elements are in bold, and hormonal signals are shown in italics. The pituitary portal system is depicted in purple. At the core of the model are the PT thyrotroph cells , present in both groups. (A) In birds, these cells are controlled by extra-retinal, deep brain photoreceptors. Two putative sites of extra-retinal photoreception are conceivable: Cells lining the walls of the 3V (yellow) — which would require a further unspecified relay step to the PT, or possibly within the PT itself. Functional evidence for either of these possibilities is still lacking. (B) In mammals, the PT thyrotrophs are governed by melatonin arriving through the portal blood supply. Downstream of the PT, evidence in birds and mammals indicates that PT-derived TSH acts on TSH-R expressing tanycytes (dark blue) lining the 3V. These cells control T3 availability in the basal hypothalamus through changing expression of DIO2/3; precursor T4 is presumed to reach these cells via the portal blood supply, as drawn, or possibly through the cerebio-spinal fluid. T3 may act on tanycytes themselves, possibly affecting their interaction with the neurosecretory terminals of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons where they contact the primary capillary beds of the portal system. Alternatively T3 may affect neuropeptide gene expression within hypothalamic neurons. Thus, PT-derived TSH ultimately controls neurosecretion into the portal supply and hence the endocrine output of endocrine cells in the PD, releasing the gonadotrophins follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and LH. Additional to the intrahypothalamic, TSH-mediated effects of PT thyrotrophs, evidence in mammals supports the proposal that an additional, so far unidentified PT signal (‘Tuberalin‘) is released into the portal vessels, and acts directly in the PD to influence lactotroph secretion of prolactin. Current Biology 2008 18, R795-R804DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.040) Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Decoding the melatonin signal to produce a photoperiodic response in mammalian PT. The critical parameter from which photoperiodic information is decoded is the duration of elevated nigh-time secretion of melatonin — shorter in summer, longer in winter. The model proposes that this leads to differing waveforms for cAMP (and possibly other second messenger signals), which in turn leads to altered patterns of rhythmical clock gene expression. In particular, ‘coincidence’ in the relative phasing of Per (morning) and Cry (evening) gene expression rhythms changes as the melatonin signal duration changes. Since PER and CRY proteins interact to control circadian clock-controlled gene expression, the model predicts that this leads to quantitative, wave-form effects, as well as qualitative, absence- or presence-effects, on gene expression in PT cells. This produces a ‘seasonal transcriptome’ in PT thyrotroph cells, notably changing production of TSH, and thereby driving changes in seasonal biology. Current Biology 2008 18, R795-R804DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.040) Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions