Clock genes modulation by UVA/blue light stimulation in normal melan-A and transformed B-16 melanocytes

• Grant number: 13/24337-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Effective date (Start): March 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Physiology - General Physiology
• Principal Investigator: Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci
• Grantee: Leonardo Vinícius Monteiro de Assis
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/50214-4 - Biological clock setting by light and temperature: phylogenetic aspects, AP.TEM

Abstract

Environmental light-dark cycles evoke several physiological and behavioral responses in animals. In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the pacemaker responsible for generating the self-sustainable rhythms with a period close to 24 hours called circadian rhythms. Input signals such as light and temperature can reset the suprachiasmatic clock in a daily basis synchronizing the circadian rhythm to precisely 24 hours of the day. Besides the central clock there are also peripheral clocks spread throughout cells and tissues within the organism, which are under hierarchical influence of the central clock. Per, Cry, Clock and Bmal1 genes share an important role in generating these rhythms, through complex inhibition and activation mechanisms. Studies have shown an important correlation between circadian disruption and cancer development in shift workers. Although little is known about the mechanisms involved in this process, it is known that genes related to apoptosis, cell cycle and DNA repair display circadian oscillations and might be under circadian control. The super family of Transient Receptor Potential channel (TRP) is important in regulating several cellular processes, such as: temperature and pain detection, UV light response and early melanin synthesis. Interestingly, it has been demonstrated that UV light is able to interact with members of this family, through activation of rhodopsin, leading to rapid and sustained influx of calcium, which ultimately generates an early pigmentation in human melanocytes. Part of this phenomenon might be due to free radical generation; however, it is not known whether UVA/blue light interacts with TRP channels and free radicals to modulate clock gene expression. That would possibly characterize a route for peripheral clock adjustment and cell cycle control, which would ultimately promote or not cancer development. Therefore, the aim of this project is to study the modulation of clock genes through the UV/blue light stimulation in normal and transformed melanocytes. (AU)

Scientific publications

(11)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MONTEIRO DE ASSIS, LEONARDO VINICIUS; MORAES, MARIA NATHALIA; MAGALHAES-MARQUES, KEILA KAROLINE; DE LAURO CASTRUCCI, ANA MARIA. Melanopsin and rhodopsin mediate UVA-induced immediate pigment darkening: Unravelling the photosensitive system of the skin. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, v. 97, n. 3, p. 150-162, APR 2018. (14/16412-9, 13/24337-4, 12/50214-4)

LOCATELLI, JAMILLE; MONTEIRO DE ASSIS, LEONARDO VINICIUS; ARAUJO, CAROLINA MORAIS; ALZAMORA, ANDREIA CARVALHO; DE LIMA, WANDERSON GERALDO; CAMPAGNOLE-SANTOS, MARIA JOSE; DOS SANTOS, ROBSON AUGUSTO; ISOLDI, MAURO CESAR. Swimming training promotes cardiac remodeling and alters the expression of mRNA and protein levels involved in calcium handling in hypertensive rats. Life Sciences, v. 117, n. 2, p. 67-74, NOV 11 2014. (13/24337-4)

MONTEIRO DE ASSIS, LEONARDO VINICIUS; MENDES, DAVI; SILVA, MATHEUS MOLINA; KINKER, GABRIELA SARTI; PEREIRA-LIMA, ISABELLA; MORAES, MARIA NATHALIA; MARTINS MENCK, CARLOS FREDERICO; DE LAURO CASTRUCCI, ANA MARIA. Melanopsin mediates UVA-dependent modulation of proliferation, pigmentation, apoptosis, and molecular clock in normal and malignant melanocytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH, v. 1867, n. 10, OCT 2020. (14/27287-0, 19/19435-3, 13/24337-4, 17/24615-5, 12/50214-4, 18/16511-8, 17/26651-9, 17/18781-0, 18/14728-0, 17/24217-0)

DE ASSIS, L. V. M.; MORAES, M. N.; DA SILVEIRA CRUZ-MACHADO, S.; CASTRUCCI, A. M. L.. The effect of white light on normal and malignant murine melanocytes: A link between opsins, clock genes, and melanogenesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH, v. 1863, n. 6, p. 15-pg., 2016-06-01. (12/50214-4, 14/16412-9, 15/04557-5, 13/24337-4)

MONTEIRO DE ASSIS, LEONARDO VINICIUS; MORAES, MARIA NATHALIA; MAGALHAES-MARQUES, KEILA KAROLINE; KINKER, GABRIELA SARTI; CRUZ-MACHADO, SANSERAY DA SILVEIRA; DE LAURO CASTRUCCI, ANA MARIA. Non-Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma Induces Chronodisruption in Central and Peripheral Circadian Clocks. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v. 19, n. 4, p. 24-pg., 2018-04-01. (12/50214-4, 15/04557-5, 14/16412-9, 13/24337-4)

MONTEIRO DE ASSIS, LEONARDO VINICIUS; LACERDA, JOSE THALLES; MORAES, MARIA NATHALIA; DOMINGUEZ-AMOROCHO, OMAR ALBERTO; KINKER, GABRIELA SARTI; MENDES, DAVI; SILVA, MATHEUS MOLINA; MARTINS MENCK, CARLOS FREDERICO; SARAIVA CAMARA, NIELS OLSEN; DE LAURO CASTRUCCI, ANA MARIA. Melanopsin (Opn4) is an oncogene in cutaneous melanoma. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, v. 5, n. 1, p. 15-pg., 2022-05-13. (19/19435-3, 19/25129-2, 17/24217-0, 17/26651-9, 18/16511-8, 12/50214-4, 18/14728-0, 17/24615-5, 17/18781-0, 20/04524-8, 13/24337-4, 17/16711-4)

DE ASSIS, L. V. M.; MORAES, M. N.; DA SILVEIRA CRUZ-MACHADO, S.; CASTRUCCI, A. M. L.. The effect of white light on normal and malignant murine melanocytes: A link between opsins, clock genes, and melanogenesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH, v. 1863, n. 6, A, p. 1119-1133, JUN 2016. (13/24337-4, 12/50214-4, 15/04557-5, 14/16412-9)

HERMIDORFF, MILLA MARQUES; MONTEIRO DE ASSIS, LEONARDO VINICIUS; RODRIGUES, JOEL ALVES; SOARES, LEONCIO LOPES; GUERRA ANDRADE, MILTON HERCULES; NATALI, ANTONIO JOSE; ISOLDI, MAURO CESAR. Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists lead to increased adenosine bioavailability and modulate contractile cardiac parameters. HEART AND VESSELS, v. 35, n. 5, p. 719-730, MAY 2020. (13/24337-4, 18/16511-8)

MONTEIRO DE ASSIS, LEONARDO VINICIUS; KINKER, GABRIELA SARTI; MORAES, MARIA NATHALIA; MARKUS, REGINA P.; FERNANDES, PEDRO AUGUSTO; DE LAURO CASTRUCCI, ANA MARIA. Expression of the Circadian Clock Gene BMAL1 Positively Correlates With Antitumor Immunity and Patient Survival in Metastatic Melanoma. FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY, v. 8, JUN 12 2018. (13/24337-4, 14/27287-0, 12/50214-4, 14/16412-9)

LEONARDO VINÍCIUS MONTEIRO DE ASSIS; MAURO CÉSAR ISOLDI. Panorama dos processos bioquímicos e genéticos presentes no mesotelioma maligno. Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, v. 40, n. 4, p. 429-442, 2014-08-00. (13/24337-4)

JERONIMO, RODRIGO; MORAES, MARIA NATHALIA; MONTEIRO DE ASSIS, LEONARDO VINICIUS; RAMOS, BRUNO CESAR; ROCHA, THAINA; DE LAURO CASTRUCCI, ANA MARIA. Thermal stress in Danio rerio: a link between temperature, light, thermo-TRP channels, and clock genes. Journal of Thermal Biology, v. 68, p. 11-pg., 2017-08-01. (12/50214-4, 14/16412-9, 13/24337-4)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ASSIS, Leonardo Vinícius Monteiro de. Mechanisms of clock gene modulation by UVA radiation and visible light in normal (Melan-a) and transformed (B16-F10) melanocytes. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.