Goker Sevde, Lee Suengwon, Hong Christian I
Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine;
J Vis Exp. 2024 Feb 16(204). doi: 10.3791/66381.
Most living organisms possess circadian rhythms, which are biological processes that occur within a period of approximately 24 h and regulate a diverse repertoire of cellular and physiological processes ranging from sleep-wake cycles to metabolism. This clock mechanism entrains the organism based on environmental changes and coordinates the temporal regulation of molecular and physiological events. Previously, it was demonstrated that autonomous circadian rhythms are maintained even at the single-cell level using cell lines such as NIH3T3 fibroblasts, which were instrumental in uncovering the mechanisms of circadian rhythms. However, these cell lines are homogeneous cultures lacking multicellularity and robust intercellular communications. In the past decade, extensive work has been performed on the development, characterization, and application of 3D organoids, which are in vitro multicellular systems that resemble in vivo morphological structures and functions. This paper describes a protocol for detecting circadian rhythms using a bioluminescent reporter in human intestinal enteroids, which enables the investigation of circadian rhythms in multicellular systems in vitro.
大多数生物体都有昼夜节律,这是一种在大约24小时的周期内发生的生物过程,调节着从睡眠-清醒周期到新陈代谢等一系列不同的细胞和生理过程。这种时钟机制根据环境变化使生物体同步,并协调分子和生理事件的时间调节。以前,使用NIH3T3成纤维细胞等细胞系已证明,即使在单细胞水平也能维持自主的昼夜节律,这些细胞系在揭示昼夜节律机制方面发挥了重要作用。然而,这些细胞系是缺乏多细胞性和强大细胞间通讯的同质培养物。在过去十年中,人们对三维类器官的开发、表征和应用进行了大量工作,三维类器官是一种体外多细胞系统,类似于体内的形态结构和功能。本文描述了一种使用生物发光报告基因在人肠道类器官中检测昼夜节律的方案,该方案能够在体外多细胞系统中研究昼夜节律。