title: Role of sympathetic nervous system in the entrainment of circadian natural-killer cell function.
abstract: Previous research in our laboratory has demonstrated robust circadian variations of cytokines and cytolytic factors in enriched NK cells from rat spleen, strongly suggesting these functions may be subject to circadian regulation. The SCN mediates timing information to peripheral tissues by both humoral and neural inputs. In particular, noradrenergic (NE) sympathetic nervous system (SNS) terminals innervate the spleen tissue communicating information between central and peripheral systems. However, whether these immune factors are subject to timing information conveyed through neural NE innervation to the spleen remained unknown. Indeed, we were able to characterize a circadian rhythm of NE content in the spleen, supporting the role of the SNS as a conveyor of timing information to splenocytes. By chemically producing a local splenic sympathectomy through guanethidine treatment, the splenic NE rhythm was abolished or shifted as indicated by a blunting of the expected peak at ZT7. Consequently, the daily variations of cytokine, TNF-α, and cytolytic factors, granzyme-B and perforin, in NK cells and splenocytes were altered. Only time-dependent mRNA expression of IFN-γ was altered in splenocytes, but not protein levels in NK cells, suggesting non-neural entrainment cues may be necessary to regulate specific immune factors. In addition, the rhythms of clock genes and proteins, Bmal1 and Per2, in these tissues also displayed significantly altered daily variations. Collectively, these results demonstrate rhythmic NE input to the spleen acts as an entrainment cue to modulate the molecular clock in NK cells and other spleen cells possibly playing a role in regulating the cytokine and cytolytic function of these cells.
authors.affiliation: Program of Endocrinology, Center of Alcohol Studies and Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, Endocrine Research Facility, NJ 08901, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arjona
authors.forename: Dipak K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Sarkar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D056926:CLOCK Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000276:immunology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006145:Guanethidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013154:Spleen / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism; D013563:Sympathectomy, Chemical; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D013565:Sympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D013565:Sympatholytics; D012313:RNA; D056926:CLOCK Proteins; D009638:Norepinephrine; D006145:Guanethidine
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