TheDrosophila double-timeSMutation Delays the Nuclear Accumulation ofperiodProtein and Affects the Feedback Regulation ofperiodmRNA
- 15 September 2001
- journal article
- Published by Society for Neuroscience in Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 21 (18), 7117-7126
- https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.21-18-07117.2001
Abstract
The Drosophila double-time(dbt) gene, which encodes a protein similar to vertebrate epsilon and delta isoforms of casein kinase I, is essential for circadian rhythmicity because it regulates the phosphorylation and stability of period (per) protein. Here, the circadian phenotype of a short-period dbt mutant allele (dbtS) was examined. The circadian period of the dbtSlocomotor activity rhythm varied little when tested at constant temperatures ranging from 20 to 29°C. However,perL;dbtS flies exhibited a lack of temperature compensation like that of the long-period mutant (perL) flies. Light-pulse phase–response curves were obtained for wild-type, the short-period (perS), anddbtS genotypes. For theperS anddbtS genotypes, phase changes were larger than those for wild-type flies, the transition period from delays to advances was shorter, and the light-insensitive period was shorter. Immunohistochemical analysis of per protein levels demonstrated that per protein accumulates in photoreceptor nuclei later in dbtSthan in wild-type and perS flies, and that it declines to lower levels in nuclei ofdbtS flies than in nuclei of wild-type flies. Immunoblot analysis of per protein levels demonstrated that total per protein accumulation in dbtS heads is neither delayed nor reduced, whereas RNase protection analysis demonstrated thatper mRNA accumulates later and declines sooner indbtS heads than in wild-type heads. These results suggest that dbt can regulate the feedback ofper protein on its mRNA by delaying the time at which it is translocated to nuclei and altering the level of nuclear PER during the declining phase of the cycle.Keywords
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