淡水三刺鱼免疫系统中与月相相关的生物节律。

Lunar-linked biological rhythms in the immune system of freshwater three-spined stickleback.

作者信息

Jackson Joseph A, Stewart Alexander, Cable Joanne

机构信息

School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, Salford, UK.

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

出版信息

Discov Immunol. 2024 May 25;3(1):kyae007. doi: 10.1093/discim/kyae007. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Immune responses are widely accepted to be under circadian regulation via a molecular clock, with many practical consequences, but much less is known of how other biological rhythms could affect the immune system. In this study, we search for lunar rhythms (circalunar, circasemilunar, and circatidal cycles) in the immune expression of the recently marine-derived freshwater fish, the low-plate morph of the three-spined stickleback. We employed time series of immune expression (mRNA) measurements for 14 immune-associated genes, representing a variety of immunological pathways. Times series measurements were taken on fish populations in the wild, in seminatural outdoor mesocosms, and in the laboratory, according to sampling regimens originally designed to study circannual variation but with the additional potential to provide information about lunar variation. Our evidence best supported the existence of a very small endogenous tidal rhythm. This is consistent with previous suggestions of the existence of a primordial tidal endogenous clock, some elements of which may be conserved in animals evolving outside the marine environment.

摘要

免疫反应通过分子时钟受到昼夜节律调节,这一点已被广泛接受,且有许多实际影响,但对于其他生物节律如何影响免疫系统,人们所知甚少。在本研究中,我们在最近从海洋衍生而来的淡水鱼——三刺鱼低板形态的免疫表达中寻找月节律(月周期、半月周期和潮汐周期)。我们对14个与免疫相关的基因进行了免疫表达(mRNA)测量的时间序列,这些基因代表了多种免疫途径。时间序列测量是根据最初设计用于研究年周期变化但也有提供月变化信息潜力的采样方案,在野生鱼群、半自然室外中型生态系统和实验室中进行的。我们的证据最有力地支持了存在一个非常小的内源性潮汐节律。这与之前关于存在原始潮汐内源性时钟的观点一致,其中一些元素可能在海洋环境之外进化的动物中得以保留。

https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/blobs/25f7/11165434/a6417c8f991d/kyae007_fig8.jpg

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