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Imaging of single light-responsive clock cells reveals fluctuating free-running periods.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15738976     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Zebrafish tissues and cell lines contain circadian clocks that respond directly to light. Using fluorescence-activated cell sorting, we have isolated clonal cell lines that contain the reporter construct, zfperiod4-luciferase. Bioluminescent assays show that oscillations within cell populations are dampened in constant darkness. However, single-cell imaging reveals that individual cells continue to oscillate, but with widely distributed phases and marked stochastic fluctuations in free-running period. Because these cells are directly light responsive, we can easily follow phase shifts to single light pulses. Here we show that light acts to reset desynchronous cellular oscillations to a common phase, as well as stabilize the subsequent free-running period.
Authors:
Amanda-Jayne F Carr; David Whitmore
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nature cell biology     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1465-7392     ISO Abbreviation:  Nat. Cell Biol.     Publication Date:  2005 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-03-01     Completed Date:  2005-03-31     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100890575     Medline TA:  Nat Cell Biol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  319-21     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University College London, Centre for Cell and Molecular Dynamics, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Rockefeller Building, 21 University Street, London WC1E 6DE, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Biological Clocks
Cell Separation
Circadian Rhythm
Fibroblasts / metabolism
Flow Cytometry
Light
Luciferases / metabolism
Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods*
Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
Oscillometry
Time Factors
Zebrafish
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Nuclear Proteins; EC 1.13.12.-/Luciferases

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