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Region-specific modulation of PER2 expression in the limbic forebrain and hypothalamus by nighttime restricted feeding in rats

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Region-specific modulation of PER2 expression in the limbic forebrain and hypothalamus by nighttime restricted feeding in rats

Verwey, Michael, Khoja, Zehra, Stewart, Jane and Amir, Shimon (2008) Region-specific modulation of PER2 expression in the limbic forebrain and hypothalamus by nighttime restricted feeding in rats. Neuroscience Letters, 440 (1). pp. 54-58. ISSN 0304-3940

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.043

Abstract

Feeding schedules that restrict food access to a predictable daytime meal induce in rodents food-anticipatory behaviors, changes in physiological rhythms and shifts in the rhythm of clock gene expression in the brain and periphery. However, little is known about the effects of nighttime restricted feeding. Previously, we showed that daytime restricted access to a highly palatable complete meal replacement, Ensure Plus (Ensure), shifts the rhythm of expression of the clock protein PER2 in limbic forebrain areas including the oval nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNSTov), central nucleus of the amygdala (CEA), basolateral amygdala (BLA) and dentate gyrus (DG), and induces a rhythm in the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus (DMH) in food deprived (restricted feeding), but not free-fed rats (restricted treat). In the present study we investigated the effects of nighttime restricted feeding (Ensure only, 2 h/night) and nighttime restricted treats (Ensure 2 h/night+free access to chow) in order to determine whether these effects were dependent on the time of day the meal was provided. We found that nighttime restricted feeding, like daytime restricted feeding, shifted the rhythm of PER2 expression in the BNSTov and CEA and peak expression was observed approximately 12 h after the mealtime. Also consistent with previous work, nighttime restricted feeding induced a rhythm of PER2 expression in the DMH and these effects occurred without affecting the rhythm in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). In contrast to previous work with daytime restricted feeding, nighttime restricted feeding had no effect on PER2 rhythms in the BLA and DG. Finally, nighttime restricted treats, as was the case for daytime restricted treats, had no effect on PER2 expression in any of the brain areas studied. The present results together with our previous findings show that the effect of restricted feeding on PER2 rhythms in the limbic forebrain and hypothalamus depend on a negative energy balance and vary as a function of time of day in a brain region-specific manner.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Psychology
Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Authors:Verwey, Michael and Khoja, Zehra and Stewart, Jane and Amir, Shimon
Journal or Publication:Neuroscience Letters
Date:July 2008
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.043
Keywords:Circadian rhythms; Restricted feeding; PER2; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Oval nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Central nucleus of the amygdala; Dentate gyrus; Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus
ID Code:6609
Deposited By: SHIMON AMIR
Deposited On:27 Apr 2010 21:07
Last Modified:18 Jan 2018 17:29
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