FABP7 : a glial integrator of sleep, circadian rhythms, plasticity, and metabolic function

Copyright © 2023 Gerstner, Flores, Lefton, Rogers and Davis..

Sleep and circadian rhythms are observed broadly throughout animal phyla and influence neural plasticity and cognitive function. However, the few phylogenetically conserved cellular and molecular pathways that are implicated in these processes are largely focused on neuronal cells. Research on these topics has traditionally segregated sleep homeostatic behavior from circadian rest-activity rhythms. Here we posit an alternative perspective, whereby mechanisms underlying the integration of sleep and circadian rhythms that affect behavioral state, plasticity, and cognition reside within glial cells. The brain-type fatty acid binding protein, FABP7, is part of a larger family of lipid chaperone proteins that regulate the subcellular trafficking of fatty acids for a wide range of cellular functions, including gene expression, growth, survival, inflammation, and metabolism. FABP7 is enriched in glial cells of the central nervous system and has been shown to be a clock-controlled gene implicated in sleep/wake regulation and cognitive processing. FABP7 is known to affect gene transcription, cellular outgrowth, and its subcellular localization in the fine perisynaptic astrocytic processes (PAPs) varies based on time-of-day. Future studies determining the effects of FABP7 on behavioral state- and circadian-dependent plasticity and cognitive processes, in addition to functional consequences on cellular and molecular mechanisms related to neural-glial interactions, lipid storage, and blood brain barrier integrity will be important for our knowledge of basic sleep function. Given the comorbidity of sleep disturbance with neurological disorders, these studies will also be important for our understanding of the etiology and pathophysiology of how these diseases affect or are affected by sleep.

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ErratumIn: Front Syst Neurosci. 2023 Jul 31;17:1258687. - PMID 37588810

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in systems neuroscience - 17(2023) vom: 21., Seite 1212213

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gerstner, Jason R [VerfasserIn]
Flores, Carlos C [VerfasserIn]
Lefton, Micah [VerfasserIn]
Rogers, Brooke [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Christopher J [VerfasserIn]

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β-oxidation
Astroctye
BBB
Endocytosis
Glycolysis
Homeostasis
Journal Article
Synaptic plasticity
Transcytosis

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Date Revised 17.08.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

ErratumIn: Front Syst Neurosci. 2023 Jul 31;17:1258687. - PMID 37588810

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fnsys.2023.1212213

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359060382