A Symphony of Signals: Intercellular and Intracellular Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Circadian Timekeeping in Mice and Flies

Hegazi, Sara; Lowden, Christopher; Rios Garcia, Julian; Cheng, Arthur H.; Obrietan, Karl; Levine, Joel D.; Cheng, Hai-Ying Mary

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A Symphony of Signals: Intercellular and Intracellular Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Circadian Timekeeping in Mice and Flies

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Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada

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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(9), 2363; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092363

Received: 1 April 2019 / Revised: 10 May 2019 / Accepted: 10 May 2019 / Published: 13 May 2019

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Circadian Rhythms: Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms)

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The central pacemakers of circadian timekeeping systems are highly robust yet adaptable, providing the temporal coordination of rhythms in behavior and physiological processes in accordance with the demands imposed by environmental cycles. These features of the central pacemaker are achieved by a multi-oscillator network in which individual cellular oscillators are tightly coupled to the environmental day-night cycle, and to one another via intercellular coupling. In this review, we will summarize the roles of various neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in the regulation of circadian entrainment and synchrony within the mammalian and Drosophila central pacemakers. We will also describe the diverse functions of protein kinases in the relay of input signals to the core oscillator or the direct regulation of the molecular clock machinery. View Full-Text

Keywords: circadian rhythms; central pacemaker; suprachiasmatic nucleus; Drosophila; neurotransmitters; neuropeptides; entrainment; synchrony; intercellular and intracellular signaling; protein kinases

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Hegazi, S.; Lowden, C.; Rios Garcia, J.; Cheng, A.H.; Obrietan, K.; Levine, J.D.; Cheng, H.-Y.M. A Symphony of Signals: Intercellular and Intracellular Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Circadian Timekeeping in Mice and Flies. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 2363. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092363

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Hegazi S, Lowden C, Rios Garcia J, Cheng AH, Obrietan K, Levine JD, Cheng H-YM. A Symphony of Signals: Intercellular and Intracellular Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Circadian Timekeeping in Mice and Flies. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(9):2363. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092363

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Hegazi, Sara, Christopher Lowden, Julian Rios Garcia, Arthur H. Cheng, Karl Obrietan, Joel D. Levine, and Hai-Ying M. Cheng. 2019. "A Symphony of Signals: Intercellular and Intracellular Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Circadian Timekeeping in Mice and Flies" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 9: 2363. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092363

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