Publication Date:
1999-01-29
Description:
Cell lines derived from the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) were screened for circadian clock properties distinctive of the SCN in situ. Immortalized SCN cells generated robust rhythms in uptake of the metabolic marker 2-deoxyglucose and in their content of neurotrophins. The phase relationship between these rhythms in vitro was identical to that exhibited by the SCN in vivo. Transplantation of SCN cell lines, but not mesencephalic or fibroblast lines, restored the circadian activity rhythm in arrhythmic, SCN-lesioned rats. Thus, distinctive oscillator, pacemaker, and clock properties of the SCN are not only retained but also maintained in an appropriate circadian phase relationship by immortalized SCN progenitors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Earnest, D J -- Liang, F Q -- Ratcliff, M -- Cassone, V M -- NS35822/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Jan 29;283(5402):693-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Human Anatomy and Medical Neurobiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA. dearnest@tamu.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9924030" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Biological Clocks
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Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism
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Cell Line
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Cell Transplantation
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*Circadian Rhythm
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Deoxyglucose/metabolism
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Glucose-6-Phosphate/analogs & derivatives/metabolism
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Glycogen/metabolism
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Graft Survival
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Male
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Motor Activity
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Nerve Growth Factors/metabolism
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Neurons/metabolism/*physiology/transplantation
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Neurotrophin 3
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Rats
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Stem Cells/cytology/metabolism/*physiology
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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus/*cytology/metabolism/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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