Abstract

Neuropeptides play pivotal roles in modulating circadian rhythms. Pigment-dispersing factor (PDF) is critical to the circadian rhythms in Drosophila locomotor activity. Here, we demonstrate that diuretic hormone 31 (DH31) complements PDF function in regulating free-running rhythmicity using male flies. We determined that Dh31 loss-of-function mutants (Dh31#51) showed normal rhythmicity, whereas Dh31#51;Pdf01 double mutants exhibited a severe arrhythmic phenotype compared to Pdf-null mutants (Pdf01). The expression of tethered-PDF or tethered-DH31 in clock cells, posterior dorsal neurons 1 (DN1ps), overcomes the severe arrhythmicity of Dh31#51;Pdf01 double mutants, suggesting that DH31 and PDF may act on DN1ps to regulate free-running rhythmicity in a hierarchical manner. Unexpectedly, the molecular oscillations in Dh31#51;Pdf01 mutants were similar to those in Pdf01 mutants in DN1ps, indicating that DH31 does not contribute to molecular oscillations. Furthermore, a reduction in Dh31 receptor (Dh31r) expression resulted in normal locomotor activity and did not enhance the arrhythmic phenotype caused by the Pdf receptor (Pdfr) mutation, suggesting that PDFR, but not DH31R, in DN1ps mainly regulates free-running rhythmicity. Taken together, we identify a novel role of DH31, in which DH31 and PDF hierarchically regulate free-running rhythmicity through DN1ps.

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Title
Neuropeptides PDF and DH31 hierarchically regulate free-running rhythmicity in Drosophila circadian locomotor activity
Author
Goda Tadahiro 1 ; Umezaki Yujiro 1 ; Fay, Alwattari 1 ; Seo, Hanna W 1 ; Hamada, Fumika N 2 

 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati, USA (GRID:grid.239573.9) (ISNI:0000 0000 9025 8099) 
 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati, USA (GRID:grid.239573.9) (ISNI:0000 0000 9025 8099); Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati, USA (GRID:grid.239573.9) (ISNI:0000 0000 9025 8099); University of Cincinnati, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, USA (GRID:grid.24827.3b) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 9593) 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jan 2019
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2172667703
Copyright
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