Food-entrainment of circadian timekeeping in the dorsal vagal complex
Chrobok, L.; Muir, C.; Kaur, T. C.; Veneri, I.; Hitrec, T.; Ambler, M.; Pickering, A. E.; Piggins, H. D.
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The dorsal vagal complex (DVC) is a multi-component brainstem satiety centre which has gained attention as a key target of anti-obesity pharmacotherapies. Our recent studies revealed its circadian timekeeping properties, with molecular and electrophysiological 24h rhythms persisting independently of the primary hypothalamic clock. However, the factors entraining these brainstem oscillators, and the downstream transcriptional targets of the DVC molecular clock remain unclear. Here, using fluorescent in situ hybridisation, we demonstrate core clock gene expression in inhibitory and excitatory neuronal populations of the DVC, as well as in its output cholinergic vagal neurons. We further reveal that the molecular clock is associated with rhythmic expression of numerous neurotransmitter receptor genes in the DVC in vivo, with the phase of both clock and clock-controlled gene expression tightly regulated by meal timing. These findings uncover food-entrained circadian rhythms in the DVC and have important implications for clinical studies targeting brainstem satiety mechanisms.
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