1. CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS http://www.bobthealien.co.uk/daynight.png http://www.quantumdiaries.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/robert-weigand-night-and-day.jpg

2. CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS Understanding how biological clocks control daily rhythms Dr. Brigitte Dauwalder Associate Professor Department of Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston bdauwalder@uh.edu

3. Rhythm (Circa Diem = Approximately a Day)

5. Geophysical cycles are the basis of daily biological rhythms The earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours Daily cycles of -Light -Temperature -Humidity Very predictable changes Organisms have evolved to coordinate their activities with the day-night cycle

6. Jean Jacques de Mairan (1729)

7. Circadian clocks anticipate environmental changes

8. Circadian clocks controlling social behaviour Guy Bloch, Dan P. Toma and Gene E. Robinson

9. Annual geophysical cycles are the basis of seasonal rhythms The earth is tilted on its axis and revolves around the sun Seasonal changes correlate with changes in the ratio of light and dark each day Changes are very predictable

10. The monarch long-distance migration From Reppert et al, TINS 2010 Fall  Oriented flight south  Increased life span  Reproductive diapause Roosts College station

11. Circadian rhythms continue in a constant environment…biological clocks! Circadian clocks synchronize physiology, metabolism and behavior to the external environment, thereby enabling anticipation of daily environmental changes

12. Circadian rhythms are relatively insensitive to changes in temperature: They are “temperature compensated” In biochemical reactions, Q 10 = 2-3 For circadian rhythms, Q 10 = 0.8-1.3 Q 10 = frequency at Temp 1 frequency at Temp 1 - 10 o C

14. Circadian Clock Properties Entrained by environmental cues Light Temperature Food Social cues Rhythms persist in constant conditions periods close to 24 h. (circa-dian) Temperature compensated Can be used to tell time Sun compass orientation Seasonal breeding

15. Individual tissues have clocks too

16. How do circadian clocks keep time and control rhythms? Model Systems!

17. Measuring Locomotor Activity in Drosophila Days 1 10 5 Time of Day (h) 0 24 48 LD DD LD = Light/Dark Cycle DD = Constant Darkness

18. per 01 Konopka and Benzer, PNAS, 1971 The period mutants of Drosophila PAS 1 1218 A B per L per S TG

19. per mRNA and protein abundance cycle in a circadian manner Relative abundance Zeitgeber Time PER protein per mRNA

20. Per and tim genes Tim protein NUCLEUSCYTOPLASM Per protein Per mRNATim mRNA

21. Per and tim genes Tim protein Tim Protein active NUCLEUSCYTOPLASM Per mRNATim mRNA

22. Clock and cyc genes Clock protein Cyc protein Per and tim genes Tim protein Tim Protein active NUCLEUSCYTOPLASM Per mRNATim mRNA

23. Clock and cyc genes Clock protein Cyc protein Per and tim genes Tim protein Tim Protein active NUCLEUSCYTOPLASM Per mRNATim mRNA

24. Clock and cyc genes Clock protein Cyc protein Per and tim genes Tim protein Tim Protein active NUCLEUSCYTOPLASM Per mRNATim mRNA FEEDBACK LOOP

25. How do circadian clocks impact human health?

26. Smolensky and Lamberg, The Body Clock Guide to Better Health., 2000 Circadian rhythms in humans

27. Hatori et al. (2012) Cell Metab. Circadian clocks, feeding and obesity

28. Sleep time and social jetlag

29. Mammalian SCN

30. Maywood et al., Current Biology 2006 mPer1::Luc Oscillations in the SCN

31. Circadian rhythms also regulate our sleep patterns

32. The New York Times Goodnight. Sleep Clean. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/goodnight-sleep-clean.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

33. THE CIRCADIAN CIRCUITRY Clock mechanisms are highly conserved between flies and mammals. In both mammals and flies, defined groups of genes and neurons controls circadian behavior. These neurons communicate to remain synchronized. Work in flies has influenced mammalian studies, and vice versa, with regard to thinking about circuit interactions in the circadian system (e.g., roles for neuropeptides). Much more needs to be discovered to really understand the circadian clock and how it influences our health !