does the circadian clock modulate an organism’s response to toxins?
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Does the Circadian Clock Modulate an Organism’s Response to Toxins?. Katherine Sherman Mentor: Dr. Jaga Giebultowicz Co-Mentor: Dr. Louisa Hooven. T. Entrainment. Circadian Clock. Mechanism driving daily rhythms of life processes Entrained by external stimuli: Light/dark cycles - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Does the Circadian Clock Modulate an Organism’s
Response to Toxins?
Katherine Sherman
Mentor: Dr. Jaga GiebultowiczCo-Mentor: Dr. Louisa Hooven
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Circadian Clock• Mechanism driving daily rhythms of life
processes• Entrained by external stimuli:
• Light/dark cycles• Temperature cycles
Entrainment
T
Clock Regulated systems
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Clock Genes• 6-10% of genes rhythmically expressed in
Drosophila melanogaster
• Clock controlled genes have diverse functions:
• metabolic enzymes• oxidative stress• ion channels• detoxification
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Rationale• The clock may be able to adapt to an
organism’s recurring chemical challenge
Significance• The clock may be involved in the
development of resistance to chemicals in both insects and humans
• This may have implications for the timing of administration of pharmaceuticals to patients
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Drosophila melanogaster
• Common biological model• Has clock mechanism similar to that of
humans
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Propoxur• A member of the carbamate type of
pesticides• Drosophila show rhythmic pattern of
susceptibility to propoxur
0 4 8 12 16 200
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ZT
LC50
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Drosophila Offer Genetic Tools• Several key proteins involved in clock
mechanism• Mutants exist with an absent or defective
clock protein Feedback loops of clock mechanism
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Disrupting the Clock• It has been shown removing clock genes
can disturb activity rhythms Rhythmic Arrhythmic
NormalizedJaga's Special Flies M01C11
0 6 12 18 0 6 12 18 0
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NormalizedJaga's Special Flies M01C30
0 6 12 18 0 6 12 18 0
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Detoxification and Circadian Clock• Detoxification genes and susceptibility to
propoxur show parallel rhythmic activity in Drosophila
• This suggests that the circadian clock modulates the ability to detoxify propoxur
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Cyc01 Flies Have a Disrupted Clock• Cyc01 lack the function of the clock gene
cyc and are clock deficient • To learn how the absence of this gene
affects detoxification, cyc01 are tested alongside flies with a normal clock, CSc
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Hypothesis• The clock mechanism can shift to increase
an organism’s resistance to a recurring chemical insult
Phase Shift in Response to a Stimulus
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Predictions• Repeated exposure to propoxur at the
same time daily will decrease sensitivity to propoxur at this time in flies with a normal clock
• In response to repeated exposure to propoxur, the peak of susceptibility in these flies will shift
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Method• Perform dose response tests to determine
sub-lethal dose and LC50• Flies are collected around the clock at 4
hour intervals before and after treatment– Measure detoxification enzyme activity
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• Expose a large group of CSc and cyc01 flies to the sub-lethal dose at the same time daily for 4 consecutive days– Keep flies in constant darkness– Treatment performed at 9:00pm– Exposure lasts for a duration of one hour
• Control flies are manipulated in a similar way without exposure to propoxur
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• After a two day hiatus a dose response test is performed to determine if the LC50 has changed– Upregulation of genes in response to a toxin
would be expected to subside during this time period
– While a change in the rhythm of the clock would be expected to persist
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Results• Two days after the dose response test, the
number of flies that have died are counted• Percent mortality is calculated and
graphed to determine the LC50 for each group of flies
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• The average of the four trials performed shows no significant difference in the susceptibilities of any group of flies
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• When the LC50s for each group are compared there is no significant difference
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Conclusion• Our results indicate that propoxur cannot
shift the clock at the dose and treatment regimen used
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Future Work
• One data set compared susceptibility to propoxur between males and females
• This revealed dramatic sex-specific differences in LC50
• We plan to examine whether these differences depend on an intact clock– Test LC50 in males and females with mutated
clock genes
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Acknowledgements• HHMI• Dr. Kevin Ahern• Dr. Jaga Giebultowicz• Dr. Louisa Hooven• Eileen Chow• Members of the Giebultowicz lab