Molecular and biochemical modifications of liver glutamine synthetase elicited by daytime restricted feeding


Por: Vazquez-Martinez, O, De Ita-Perez, D, Valdes-Fuentes, M, Flores-Vidrio, A, Vera-Rivera, G, Miranda, MI, Mendez, I, Diaz-Munoz, M

Publicada: 1 oct 2014
Categoría: Hepatology

Resumen:
Background & AimsThe circadian clock system in the liver plays important roles in regulating metabolism and energy homeostasis. Restricted feeding schedules (RFS) become an entraining stimulus that promotes adaptations that form part of an alternative circadian clock known as the food entrained oscillator (FEO). The aim of this study was to evaluate the daily variations of glutamine synthetase (GS) in liver under a daytime RFS. MethodsHepatic GS properties were analysed at 3-h intervals over a 24-h period in adult male Wistar rats maintained in a 12:12h light-dark cycle. RFS group: food access for 2-h in light phase, during 3weeks. AL group: feeding ad libitum. Fa group: acute fast (21h). Fa-Re group: acute fast followed by refed 2h. mRNA expression was measured by RT-qPCR, protein presence by Western-blot and immunohistochemistry, enzyme activity by a spectrophotometric assay, and glutamine by high pressure liquid chromatography. Results and ConclusionsRestricted feeding schedule induced circadian rhythmicity in mRNA levels of GS and the loss of the rhythmic pattern in mitochondrial GS activity. GS activity in liver homogenates displayed a robust rhythmic pattern in AL that was not modified by RFS. The presence of GS and its zonal distribution did not show rhythmic pattern in both groups. However, acute Fa and Fa-Re diminished GS protein and activity in liver homogenates. Hepatic glutamine concentrations showed a 24-h rhythmic pattern in both groups, in an antiphasic pattern. In conclusion, daytime RFS influences the liver GS system at different levels, that could be part of rheostatic adaptations associated to the FEO, and highlight the plasticity of this system.

Filiaciones:
Vazquez-Martinez, O:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Cellular & Mol Neurobiol, Queretaro 76230, Qro, Mexico

De Ita-Perez, D:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Cellular & Mol Neurobiol, Queretaro 76230, Qro, Mexico

Valdes-Fuentes, M:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Cellular & Mol Neurobiol, Queretaro 76230, Qro, Mexico

Flores-Vidrio, A:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Cellular & Mol Neurobiol, Queretaro 76230, Qro, Mexico

Vera-Rivera, G:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Behav & Cognit Neurobiol, Queretaro 76230, Qro, Mexico

Miranda, MI:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Behav & Cognit Neurobiol, Queretaro 76230, Qro, Mexico

Mendez, I:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Cellular & Mol Neurobiol, Queretaro 76230, Qro, Mexico

Diaz-Munoz, M:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Cellular & Mol Neurobiol, Queretaro 76230, Qro, Mexico
ISSN: 14783223
Editorial
WILEY-BLACKWELL, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 34 Número: 9
Páginas: 1391-1401
WOS Id: 000342579400012
ID de PubMed: 25368882