Lu Lingjun, Li Yannuo, Schloss Rene, Androulakis Ioannis P
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States.
Biomedical Engineering Department, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States.
Front Syst Biol. 2024 Mar 25;4:1256398. doi: 10.3389/fsysb.2024.1256398. eCollection 2024.
The central circadian pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) aligns the phase and period of autonomous molecular oscillators in peripheral cells to daily light/dark cycles via physiological, neuronal, hormonal, and metabolic signals. Among different entrainment factors, temperature entrainment has been proposed as an essential alternative for inducing and sustaining circadian rhythms . While the synchronization mechanisms for hormones such as glucocorticoids have been widely studied, little is known about the crucial role of body temperature as a systemic cue. In this work, we develop a semi-mechanistic mathematical model describing the entrainment of peripheral clocks to temperature rhythms. The model incorporates a temperature sensing-transduction cascade involving a heat shock transcription factor-1 (HSF1) and heat shock response (HSR) pathway to simulate the entrainment of clock genes. The model is used to investigate the mammalian temperature entrainment and synchronization of cells subject to temperature oscillations of different amplitudes and magnitudes and examine the effects of transitioning between temperature schedules. Our computational analyses of the system's dynamic responses reveal that 1) individual cells gradually synchronize to the rhythmic temperature signal by resetting their intrinsic phases to achieve coherent dynamics while oscillations are abolished in the absence of temperature rhythmicity; 2) alterations in the amplitude and period of temperature rhythms impact the peripheral synchronization behavior; 3) personalized synchronization strategies allow for differential, adaptive responses to temperature rhythms. Our results demonstrate that temperature can be a potent entrainer of circadian rhythms. Therefore, systems subjected to temperature modulation can serve as a potential tool for studying the adjustment or disruption of circadian rhythms.
视交叉上核(SCN)中的中枢昼夜节律起搏器通过生理、神经、激素和代谢信号,使外周细胞中自主分子振荡器的相位和周期与每日的光/暗周期同步。在不同的同步因素中,温度同步被认为是诱导和维持昼夜节律的一种重要替代方式。虽然糖皮质激素等激素的同步机制已得到广泛研究,但体温作为一种全身信号的关键作用却鲜为人知。在这项工作中,我们开发了一个半机械数学模型,描述外周生物钟对温度节律的同步。该模型纳入了一个温度传感-转导级联,涉及热休克转录因子-1(HSF1)和热休克反应(HSR)途径,以模拟生物钟基因的同步。该模型用于研究哺乳动物的温度同步以及不同幅度和大小的温度振荡下细胞的同步情况,并研究温度模式转换的影响。我们对系统动态响应的计算分析表明:1)单个细胞通过重置其固有相位逐渐与节律性温度信号同步,以实现连贯的动态,而在没有温度节律性的情况下振荡会消失;2)温度节律的幅度和周期变化会影响外周同步行为;3)个性化的同步策略允许对温度节律有不同的适应性反应。我们的结果表明,温度可以是昼夜节律的有力同步因素。因此,受温度调制的系统可作为研究昼夜节律调整或破坏的潜在工具。