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Light-at-night exposure affects brain development through pineal allopregnanolone-dependent mechanisms

  1. Shogo Haraguchi  Is a corresponding author
  2. Masaki Kamata
  3. Takuma Tokita
  4. Kei-ichiro Tashiro
  5. Miku Sato
  6. Mitsuki Nozaki
  7. Mayumi Okamoto-Katsuyama
  8. Isao Shimizu
  9. Guofeng Han
  10. Vishwajit Sur Chowdhury
  11. Xiao-Feng Lei
  12. Takuro Miyazaki
  13. Joo-ri Kim-Kaneyama
  14. Tomoya Nakamachi
  15. Kouhei Matsuda
  16. Hirokazu Ohtaki
  17. Toshinobu Tokumoto
  18. Tetsuya Tachibana
  19. Akira Miyazaki
  20. Kazuyoshi Tsutsui  Is a corresponding author
  1. Waseda University, Japan
  2. Kyushu University, Japan
  3. Showa University School of Medicine, Japan
  4. University of Toyama, Japan
  5. Shizuoka University, Japan
  6. Ehime University, Japan
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45306
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  1. Shogo Haraguchi
  2. Masaki Kamata
  3. Takuma Tokita
  4. Kei-ichiro Tashiro
  5. Miku Sato
  6. Mitsuki Nozaki
  7. Mayumi Okamoto-Katsuyama
  8. Isao Shimizu
  9. Guofeng Han
  10. Vishwajit Sur Chowdhury
  11. Xiao-Feng Lei
  12. Takuro Miyazaki
  13. Joo-ri Kim-Kaneyama
  14. Tomoya Nakamachi
  15. Kouhei Matsuda
  16. Hirokazu Ohtaki
  17. Toshinobu Tokumoto
  18. Tetsuya Tachibana
  19. Akira Miyazaki
  20. Kazuyoshi Tsutsui
(2019)
Light-at-night exposure affects brain development through pineal allopregnanolone-dependent mechanisms
eLife 8:e45306.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45306
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Abstract

The molecular mechanisms by which environmental light conditions affect cerebellar development are incompletely understood. We showed that circadian disruption by light-at-night induced Purkinje cell death through pineal allopregnanolone (ALLO) activity during early life in chicks. Light-at-night caused the loss of diurnal variation of pineal ALLO synthesis during early life and led to cerebellar Purkinje cell death, which was suppressed by a daily injection of ALLO. The loss of diurnal variation of pineal ALLO synthesis induced not only reduction in pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), a neuroprotective hormone, but also transcriptional repression of the cerebellar Adcyap1 gene that produces PACAP, with subsequent Purkinje cell death. Taken together, pineal ALLO mediated the effect of light on early cerebellar development in chicks.

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  1. Shogo Haraguchi

    Department of Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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  2. Masaki Kamata

    Department of Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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  3. Takuma Tokita

    Department of Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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  4. Kei-ichiro Tashiro

    Department of Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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  5. Miku Sato

    Department of Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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  6. Mitsuki Nozaki

    Department of Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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  7. Mayumi Okamoto-Katsuyama

    Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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  8. Isao Shimizu

    Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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  9. Guofeng Han

    Laboratory of Stress Physiology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  10. Vishwajit Sur Chowdhury

    Laboratory of Stress Physiology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  11. Xiao-Feng Lei

    Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  12. Takuro Miyazaki

    Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  13. Joo-ri Kim-Kaneyama

    Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  14. Tomoya Nakamachi

    Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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  15. Kouhei Matsuda

    Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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  16. Hirokazu Ohtaki

    Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  17. Toshinobu Tokumoto

    Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
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  18. Tetsuya Tachibana

    Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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  19. Akira Miyazaki

    Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  20. Kazuyoshi Tsutsui

    Department of Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15K18571)

  • Shogo Haraguchi

Takeda Science Foundation

  • Shogo Haraguchi

Ichiro Kanehara Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Sciences and Medical Care

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Kao Corporation

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Naito Foundation

  • Shogo Haraguchi

Narishige Zoological Science Foundation

  • Shogo Haraguchi

Yamaguchi Endocrine Research Foundation

  • Shogo Haraguchi

Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22227002)

  • Kazuyoshi Tsutsui

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: The experimental protocols (2011-A090, 2012-A003, 2013-A010, 2014-A063, 2015-A012, 29M050, 30M047) were in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of Waseda University or Showa University, Japan.

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© 2019, Haraguchi et al.

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  1. Shogo Haraguchi
  2. Masaki Kamata
  3. Takuma Tokita
  4. Kei-ichiro Tashiro
  5. Miku Sato
  6. Mitsuki Nozaki
  7. Mayumi Okamoto-Katsuyama
  8. Isao Shimizu
  9. Guofeng Han
  10. Vishwajit Sur Chowdhury
  11. Xiao-Feng Lei
  12. Takuro Miyazaki
  13. Joo-ri Kim-Kaneyama
  14. Tomoya Nakamachi
  15. Kouhei Matsuda
  16. Hirokazu Ohtaki
  17. Toshinobu Tokumoto
  18. Tetsuya Tachibana
  19. Akira Miyazaki
  20. Kazuyoshi Tsutsui
(2019)
Light-at-night exposure affects brain development through pineal allopregnanolone-dependent mechanisms
eLife 8:e45306.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45306

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