BAZALOVÁ, Olga, Markéta KVÍČALOVÁ, Tereza VÁLKOVÁ, Pavel SLABÝ, Přemysl BARTOŠ, Radek NETUŠIL, Kateřina TOMANOVÁ, Peter BRAEUNIG, How-Jing LEE, Ivo ŠAUMAN, Milena DAMULEWICZ, Jan PROVAZNIK, Richard POKORNY, David DOLEZEL and Martin VÁCHA. Cryptochrome 2 mediates directional magnetoreception in cockroaches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. WASHINGTON: National Academy of Sciences, vol. 113, No 6, p. 1660-1665. ISSN 0027-8424. doi:10.1073/pnas.1518622113. 2016.
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Original name Cryptochrome 2 mediates directional magnetoreception in cockroaches
Authors BAZALOVÁ, Olga (203 Czech Republic), Markéta KVÍČALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tereza VÁLKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel SLABÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Přemysl BARTOŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radek NETUŠIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kateřina TOMANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Peter BRAEUNIG (276 Germany), How-Jing LEE (158 Taiwan), Ivo ŠAUMAN (203 Czech Republic), Milena DAMULEWICZ (616 Poland), Jan PROVAZNIK (203 Czech Republic), Richard POKORNY (703 Slovakia), David DOLEZEL (203 Czech Republic) and Martin VÁCHA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, WASHINGTON, National Academy of Sciences, 2016, 0027-8424.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30105 Physiology
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 9.661
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/16:00087833
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1518622113
UT WoS 000369571700058
Keywords in English magnetoreception; cryptochrome; light spectrum; locomotor activity; circadian genes
Tags AKR, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: doc. RNDr. Martin Vácha, Ph.D., učo 1376. Changed: 13/3/2018 10:12.
Abstract
The ability to perceive geomagnetic fields (GMFs) represents a fascinating biological phenomenon. Studies on transgenic flies have provided evidence that photosensitive Cryptochromes (Cry) are involved in the response to magnetic fields (MFs). However, none of the studies tackled the problem of whether the Cry-dependent magnetosensitivity is coupled to the sole MF presence or to the direction of MF vector. In this study, we used gene silencing and a directional MF to show that mammalian-like Cry2 is necessary for a genuine directional response to periodic rotations of the GMF vector in two insect species. Longer wavelengths of light required higher photon fluxes for a detectable behavioral response, and a sharp detection border was present in the cyan/green spectral region. Both observations are consistent with involvement of the FADox, FAD(.-) and FADH(-) redox forms of flavin. The response was lost upon covering the eyes, demonstrating that the signal is perceived in the eye region. Immunohistochemical staining detected Cry2 in the hemispherical layer of laminal glia cells underneath the retina. Together, these findings identified the eye-localized Cry2 as an indispensable component and a likely photoreceptor of the directional GMF response. Our study is thus a clear step forward in deciphering the in vivo effects of GMF and supports the interaction of underlying mechanism with the visual system.
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GC13-11908J, research and development projectName: Fyziologická a funkčně genetická analýza magnetorecepce na hmyzím modelu. (Acronym: Magnet)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
GC206/07/J041, research and development projectName: Neurální podstata magnetorecepce hmyzu.
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Towards the neuronal basis of insect magnetoreception
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