title: Astakine 2--the dark knight linking melatonin to circadian regulation in crustaceans.
abstract: Daily, circadian rhythms influence essentially all living organisms and affect many physiological processes from sleep and nutrition to immunity. This ability to respond to environmental daily rhythms has been conserved along evolution, and it is found among species from bacteria to mammals. The hematopoietic process of the crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus is under circadian control and is tightly regulated by astakines, a new family of cytokines sharing a prokineticin (PROK) domain. The expression of AST1 and AST2 are light-dependent, and this suggests an evolutionarily conserved function for PROK domain proteins in mediating circadian rhythms. Vertebrate PROKs are transmitters of circadian rhythms of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the brain of mammals, but the mechanism by which they function is unknown. Here we demonstrate that high AST2 expression is induced by melatonin in the brain. We identify RACK1 as a binding protein of AST2 and further provide evidence that a complex between AST2 and RACK1 functions as a negative-feedback regulator of the circadian clock. By DNA mobility shift assay, we showed that the AST2-RACK1 complex will interfere with the binding between BMAL1 and CLK and inhibit the E-box binding activity of the complex BMAL1-CLK. Finally, we demonstrate by gene knockdown that AST2 is necessary for melatonin-induced inhibition of the complex formation between BMAL1 and CLK during the dark period. In summary, we provide evidence that melatonin regulates AST2 expression and thereby affects the core clock of the crustacean brain. This process may be very important in all animals that have AST2 molecules, i.e. spiders, ticks, crustaceans, scorpions, several insect groups such as Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, and Blattodea, but not Diptera and Coleoptera. Our findings further reveal an ancient evolutionary role for the prokineticin superfamily protein that links melatonin to direct regulation of the core clock gene feedback loops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Apiruck
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watthanasurorot
authors.forename: Netnapa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saelee
authors.forename: Amornrat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Phongdara
authors.forename: Sittiruk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roytrakul
authors.forename: Pikul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jiravanichpaisal
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Söderhäll
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Söderhäll
mesh_terms: D056930:ARNTL Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000235:genetics*; D003445:Crustacea / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008550:Melatonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D000075370:Receptors for Activated C Kinase; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D042662:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Endocrine-Gland-Derived / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D056930:ARNTL Transcription Factors; D000075370:Receptors for Activated C Kinase; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D042662:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Endocrine-Gland-Derived; C501708:astakine protein, Pacifastacus leniusculus; C066780:Clk dual-specificity kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D008550:Melatonin
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