Biology:Period (gene)

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Short description: Gene located on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster
per
Identifiers
OrganismD. melanogaster
Symbolper
Entrez31251
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_080317
RefSeq (Prot)NP_525056
UniProtP07663
Other data
ChromosomeX: 2.58 - 2.59 Mb

Period (per) is a gene located on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Oscillations in levels of both per transcript and its corresponding protein PER have a period of approximately 24 hours and together play a central role in the molecular mechanism of the Drosophila biological clock driving circadian rhythms in eclosion and locomotor activity.[1][2] Mutations in the per gene can shorten (perS), lengthen (perL), and even abolish (per0) the period of the circadian rhythm.[1]

Discovery

The period gene and three mutants (perS, perL, and per0) were isolated in an EMS mutagenesis screen by Ronald Konopka and Seymour Benzer in 1971.[3] The perS, perL, and per0 mutations were found to not complement each other, so it was concluded that the three phenotypes were due to mutations in the same gene.[3] The discovery of mutants that altered the period of circadian rhythms in eclosion and locomotor activity (perS and perL) indicated the role of the per gene in the clock itself and not an output pathway. The period gene was first sequenced in 1984 by Michael Rosbash and colleagues.[4] In 1998, it was discovered that per produces two transcripts (differing only by the alternative splicing of a single untranslated intron) which both encode the PER protein.[5]

Function

Circadian clock

In Drosophila, per mRNA levels oscillate with a period of approximately 24 hours, peaking during the early subjective night.[1] The per product PER also oscillates with a nearly 24-hour period, peaking about six hours after per mRNA levels during the middle subjective night.[6][citation needed] When PER levels increase, the inhibition of per transcription increases, lowering the protein levels. However, because PER protein cannot directly bind to DNA, it does not directly influence its own transcription; alternatively, it inhibits its own activators.[7] After PER is produced from per mRNA, it dimerizes with Timeless (TIM) and the complex goes into the nucleus and inhibits the transcription factors of per and tim, the CLOCK/CYCLE heterodimer.[7] This CLOCK/CYCLE complex acts as a transcriptional activator for per and tim by binding to specific enhancers (called E-boxes) of their promoters.[7][8] Therefore, inhibition of CLK/CYC lowers per and tim mRNA levels, which in turn lower the levels of PER and TIM.[7] Now, cryptochrome (CRY) is a light sensitive protein which inhibits TIM in the presence of light.[9] When TIM is not complexed with PER, another protein, doubletime, or DBT, phosphorylates PER, targeting it for degradation.[10]

In mammals, an analogous transcription-translation negative feedback loop is observed.[11] Translated from the three mammalian homologs of drosophila-per, one of three PER proteins (PER1, PER2, and PER3) dimerizes via its PAS domain with one of two cryptochrome proteins (CRY1 and CRY2) to form a negative element of the clock.[11] This PER/CRY complex moves into the nucleus upon phosphorylation by CK1-epsilon (casein kinase 1 epsilon) and inhibits the CLK/BMAL1 heterodimer, the transcription factor that is bound to the E-boxes of the three per and two cry promoters by basic helix-loop-helix (BHLH) DNA-binding domains.[11]

The mammalian period 1 and period 2 genes play key roles in photoentrainment of the circadian clock to light pulses.[12][13] This was first seen in 1999 when Akiyama et al. showed that mPer1 is necessary for phase shifts induced by light or glutamate release.[12] Two years later, Albrecht et al. found genetic evidence to support this result when they discovered that mPer1 mutants are not able to advance the clock in response to a late-night light pulse (ZT22) and that mPer2 mutants are not able to delay the clock in response to an early night light pulse (ZT14).[13] Thus, mPer1 and mPer2 are necessary for the daily resetting of the circadian clock to normal environmental light cues.[13]

per has also been implicated in the regulation of several output processes of the biological clock, including mating activity[14] and oxidative stress response,[15] through per mutation and knockout experiments.

Drosophila melanogaster has naturally occurring variation in Thr-Gly repeats, occurring along a latitude cline. Flies with 17 Thr-Gly repeats are found more commonly in Southern Europe and 20 Thr-Gly repeats are found more commonly in Northern Europe.[16]

Non-circadian

In addition to its circadian functions, per has also been implicated in a variety of other non-circadian processes.

The mammalian period 2 gene plays a key role in tumor growth in mice; mice with an mPer2 knockout show a significant increase in tumor development and a significant decrease in apoptosis.[17] This is thought to be caused by mPer2 circadian deregulation of common tumor suppression and cell cycle regulation genes, such as Cyclin D1, Cyclin A, Mdm-2, and Gadd45α, as well as the transcription factor c-myc, which is directly controlled by circadian regulators through E box-mediated reactions.[17] In addition, mPer2 knockout mice show increased sensitivity to gamma radiation and tumor development, further implicating mPer2 in cancer development through its regulation of DNA damage-responsive pathways.[17] Thus, circadian control of clock controlled genes that function in cell growth control and DNA damage response may affect the development of cancer in vivo.[17]

per has been shown to be necessary and sufficient for long-term memory (LTM) formation in Drosophila melanogaster. per mutants show deficiencies in LTM formation that can be rescued with the insertion of a per transgene and enhanced with overexpression of the per gene.[18] This response is absent in mutations of other clock genes (timeless, dClock, and cycle).[18] Research suggests that synaptic transmission through per-expressing cells is necessary for LTM retrieval.[18]

per has also been shown to extend the lifespan of the fruit fly, suggesting a role in aging.[19] This result, however, is still controversial, as the experiments have not been successfully repeated by another research group.

In mice it has been shown that there is a link between per2 and preferred alcohol intake.[20] Alcohol consumption has also been linked to shortening the free running period.[21] The effect of alcoholism on per1 and per2 genes have also linked to the depression associated with alcohol as well as an individual's disposition to relapse into alcoholism.[21]

Mammalian homologs of per

In mammals, there are three known PER family genes: PER1, PER2, and PER3. The mammalian molecular clock has homologs to the proteins found in Drosophila. A homolog of CLOCK plays the same role in the human clock, and CYC is replaced by BMAL1.[7] CRY has two human homologs, CRY1 and CRY2, which was discovered by Edmund A. Griffin, Jr., David Staknis and Charles J. Weitz to encompass light-independent interactions with CLOCK and BMAL1.[22] A computational model for model has been developed by Jean-Christophe Leloup and Albert Goldbeter to simulate the feedback loop created by the interactions between these proteins and genes, including the per gene and PER protein.[23]

period homolog 1 (Drosophila)
Identifiers
SymbolPER1
NCBI gene5187
HGNC8845
OMIM602260
RefSeqNM_002616
UniProtO15534
Other data
LocusChr. 17 p12
period homolog 2 (Drosophila)
Identifiers
SymbolPER2
NCBI gene8864
HGNC8846
OMIM603426
RefSeqNM_003894
UniProtO15055
Other data
LocusChr. 2 q37.3
period homolog 3 (Drosophila)
Identifiers
SymbolPER3
NCBI gene8863
HGNC8847
OMIM603427
RefSeqNM_016831
UniProtP56645
Other data
LocusChr. 1 p36.23

The human homologs show sequence and amino acid similarity to Drosophila Per and also contain the PAS domain and nuclear localization sequences that the Drosophila Per have. The human proteins are expressed rhythmically in the suprachiasmatic nucleus as well as areas outside the SCN. Additionally, while Drosophila PER moves between the cytoplasm and the nucleus, mammalian PER is more compartmentalized: mPer1 primarily localizes to the nucleus and mPer2 to the cytoplasm.[24]

Clinical significance

Familial advanced sleep-phase syndrome known to be associated with mutations in the mammalian Per2 gene. People suffering from the disorder have a shorter period and advanced phase where they go to sleep in the early evening (around 7pm) and wake up before sunrise (around 4am). In 2006, a lab in Germany identified particular phosphorylated residues of PER2 that are mutated in people suffering of FASPS.[25] Chronotherapy is sometimes used as a treatment, as an attempt to alter the phase of the individual's clock using cycles of bright light.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Feedback of the Drosophila period gene product on circadian cycling of its messenger RNA levels". Nature 343 (6258): 536–40. February 1990. doi:10.1038/343536a0. PMID 2105471. Bibcode: 1990Natur.343..536H. 
  2. ↑ Dunlap, JC (January 1999). "Molecular Bases for Circadian Clocks". Cell 96 (2): 271–290. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80566-8. PMID 9988221. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Clock mutants of Drosophila melanogaster". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 68 (9): 2112–6. September 1971. doi:10.1073/pnas.68.9.2112. PMID 5002428. Bibcode: 1971PNAS...68.2112K. 
  4. ↑ "Molecular analysis of the period locus in Drosophila melanogaster and identification of a transcript involved in biological rhythms". Cell 38 (3): 701–10. October 1984. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(84)90265-4. PMID 6435882. 
  5. ↑ "Two Alternatively Spliced Transcripts from the Drosophila period Gene Rescue Rhythms Having Different Molecular and Behavioral Characteristics". Molecular and Cellular Biology 18 (11): 6505–6514. November 1998. doi:10.1128/MCB.18.11.6505. PMID 9774666. 
  6. ↑ "Antibodies to the period Gene Product of Drosophila Reveal Diverse Tissue Distribution and Rhythmic Changes in the Visual System". Neuron 1 (2): 141–150. April 1988. doi:10.1016/0896-6273(88)90198-5. PMID 3152288. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Biological clocks". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 (16): 8819–20. August 1999. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.16.8819. PMID 10430850. Bibcode: 1999PNAS...96.8819I. 
  8. ↑ "A circadian enhancer mediates PER-dependent mRNA cycling in Drosophila melanogaster". Molecular and Cellular Biology 17 (7): 3687–3693. July 1997. doi:10.1128/MCB.17.7.3687. PMID 9199302. 
  9. ↑ "Light-dependent sequestration of TIMELESS by CRYPTOCHROME". Science 285 (5427): 553–6. July 1999. doi:10.1126/science.285.5427.553. PMID 10417378. 
  10. ↑ "Activating PER repressor through a DBT-directed phosphorylation switch". PLOS Biology 6 (7): e183. July 2008. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060183. PMID 18666831. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Molecular components of the mammalian circadian clock". Human Molecular Genetics 15 (2): 271–277. July 2006. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddl207. PMID 16987893. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Inhibition of light- or glutamate-induced mPer1 expression represses the phase shifts into the mouse circadian locomotor and suprachiasmatic firing rhythms". J. Neurosci. 19 (3): 1115–21. February 1999. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-03-01115.1999. PMID 9920673. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "MPer1 and mper2 are essential for normal resetting of the circadian clock". J. Biol. Rhythms 16 (2): 100–4. April 2001. doi:10.1177/074873001129001791. PMID 11302552. 
  14. ↑ "Circadian rhythms of female mating activity governed by clock genes in Drosophila". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 (16): 9221–5. July 2001. doi:10.1073/pnas.151443298. PMID 11470898. Bibcode: 2001PNAS...98.9221S. 
  15. ↑ "Circadian regulation of response to oxidative stress in Drosophila melanogaster". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 374 (2): 299–303. September 2008. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.07.011. PMID 18627767. 
  16. ↑ "A latitudinal cline in a Drosophila clock gene". Proc. Biol. Sci. 250 (1327): 43–49. October 1992. doi:10.1098/rspb.1992.0128. PMID 1361061. Bibcode: 1992RSPSB.250...43C. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 "The circadian gene Period2 plays an important role in tumor suppression and DNA damage response in vivo". Cell 111 (1): 41–50. October 2002. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00961-3. PMID 12372299. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "A clock gene, period, plays a key role in long-term memory formation in Drosophila". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (45): 16058–63. November 2004. doi:10.1073/pnas.0401472101. PMID 15522971. Bibcode: 2004PNAS..10116058S. 
  19. ↑ "The circadian clock gene period extends healthspan in aging Drosophila melanogaster". Aging 1 (11): 937–48. November 2009. doi:10.18632/aging.100103. PMID 20157575. 
  20. ↑ "The clock gene Per2 influences the glutamatergic system and modulates alcohol consumption". Nat. Med. 11 (1): 35–42. January 2005. doi:10.1038/nm1163. PMID 15608650. http://doc.rero.ch/record/4324/files/1_albrecht_cgp.pdf. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Alcohol consumption and the body's biological clock". Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. 29 (8): 1550–7. August 2005. doi:10.1097/01.alc.0000175074.70807.fd. PMID 16156052. 
  22. ↑ "Light-independent role of CRY1 and CRY2 in the mammalian circadian clock". Science 286 (5440): 768–71. October 1999. doi:10.1126/science.286.5440.768. PMID 10531061. 
  23. ↑ "Toward a detailed computational model for the mammalian circadian clock". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100 (12): 7051–6. June 2003. doi:10.1073/pnas.1132112100. PMID 12775757. Bibcode: 2003PNAS..100.7051L. 
  24. ↑ "Nuclear entry of the circadian regulator mPER1 is controlled by mammalian casein kinase I epsilon". Molecular Cell Biology 20 (13): 4888–99. July 2000. doi:10.1128/MCB.20.13.4888-4899.2000. PMID 10848614. 
  25. ↑ "Differential effects of PER2 phosphorylation: molecular basis for the human familial advanced sleep phase syndrome (FASPS)". Genes Dev. 20 (19): 2660–72. October 2006. doi:10.1101/gad.397006. PMID 16983144. 

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