title: Circadian Modulation of Alcohol-Induced Sedation and Recovery in Male and Female Drosophila.
abstract: Delineating the factors that affect behavioral and neurological responses to alcohol is critical to facilitate measures for preventing or treating alcohol abuse. The high degree of conserved molecular and physiological processes makes Drosophila melanogaster a valuable model for investigating circadian interactions with alcohol-induced behaviors and examining sex-specific differences in alcohol sensitivity. We found that wild-type Drosophila exhibited rhythms in alcohol-induced sedation under light-dark and constant dark conditions with considerably greater alcohol exposure necessary to induce sedation during the late (subjective) day and peak sensitivity to alcohol occurring during the late (subjective) night. The circadian clock also modulated the recovery from alcohol-induced sedation with flies regaining motor control significantly faster during the late (subjective) day. As predicted, the circadian rhythms in sedation and recovery were absent in flies with a mutation in the circadian gene period or arrhythmic flies housed in constant light conditions. Flies lacking a functional circadian clock were more sensitive to the effects of alcohol with significantly longer recovery times. Similar to other animals and humans, Drosophila exhibit sex-specific differences in alcohol sensitivity. We investigated whether the circadian clock modulated the rhythms in the loss-of-righting reflex, alcohol-induced sedation, and recovery differently in males and females. We found that both sexes demonstrated circadian rhythms in the loss-of-righting reflex and sedation with the differences in alcohol sensitivity between males and females most pronounced during the late subjective day. Recovery of motor reflexes following alcohol sedation also exhibited circadian modulation in male and female flies, although the circadian clock did not modulate the difference in recovery times between the sexes. These studies provide a framework outlining how the circadian clock modulates alcohol-induced behaviors in Drosophila and identifies sexual dimorphisms in the circadian modulation of alcohol behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
authors.forename: Aliza K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: De Nobrega
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL lyons@bio.fsu.edu.
authors.forename: Lisa C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057906:Circadian Clocks / Q000187:drug effects*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D009154:Mutation; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D000431:Ethanol
keywords: biological rhythms; circadian; ethanol; sedation; sexual dimorphism
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