Erratum: Clocks for all seasons: Unwinding the roles and mechanisms of circadian and interval timers in the hypothalamus and pituitary [J Endocrinol., 222, 2 (2014) (R39-R59) DOI:10.1530/JOE-14-0141];Clocks for all seasons: Unwinding the roles and mechanisms of circadian and interval timers in the hypothalamus and pituitary

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2014, Pages X1-

  Wood, Shona ^a   Loudon, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Eya3; Melatonin; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiod; Thyroid hormone; Thyrotrophin

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CYCLIC AMP; DEIODINASE TYPE 2; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; ENZYME; EYES ABSENT 3 PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PER1 PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROXINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NPAS4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTUMN; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BREEDING; BUNNING HYPOTHESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; DAY LENGTH; EARLY RESPONSE GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EPENDYMA CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRING; SUMMER; TANYCYTE; THYROIDECTOMY; TSH SECRETING CELL;

CIRCADIAN; EYA3; MELATONIN; PARS TUBERALIS; PHOTOPERIOD; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPHIN;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84905709225     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-14-0141e     Document Type: Erratum

References (159)

1. Akimoto M, Nishimaki T, Arai Y, Uchinuma E, Yamauchi H Kameda, Y 2010 Hes1 regulates formations of the hypophyseal pars tuberalis and the hypothalamus. Cell and Tissue Research 340 509-521.
2. Akmayev IG, Fidelina OV, 1974 Morphological aspects of the hypothalamic- hypophyseal system. V. The tanycytes: their relation to the hypophyseal adrenocorticotrophic function. An enzymehistochemical study. Cell and Tissue Research 152 403-410.
3. Anderson GM& Barrell GK, 1998 Pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in the ovariectomized, thyroidectomized red deer hind following treatment with dopaminergic and opioidergic agonists and antagonists. Biology of Reproduction 59 960-968.
4. Anderson G, Hardy SL, Valent M, Billings HJ, Connors JM, Goodman RL, 2003 Evidence that thyroid hormones act in the ventromedial preoptic area and the premammillary region of the brain to allow the termination of the breeding season in the ewe. Endocrinology 144 2892-2901.
5. Angel A, Song J, Dean C Howard M, 2011 A polycomb-based switch underlying quantitative epigenetic memory. Nature 476 105-108.
6. Bahar A, Bicknell JE, Simpson DJ, Clayton RN, Farrell WE, 2004 Loss of expression of the growth inhibitory gene GADD45g, in human pituitary adenomas, is associated with CpG island methylation. Oncogene 23 936-944.
7. Barrell GK, Moenter SM, Caraty A, Karsch FJ, 1992 Seasonal changes of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion in the ewe. Biology of Reproduction 46 1130-1135.
8. Barrett P, BolboreaM, 2012 Molecular pathways involved in seasonal body weight and reproductive responses governed by melatonin. Journal of Pineal Research 52 376-388.
9. Barrett P, SchusterC,Mercer J&Morgan PJ, 2003a Sensitization: amechanism formelatonin action in the pars tuberalis. Journal ofNeuroendocrinology 15 415-421.
10. Barrett P, Conway S, Morgan PJ, 2003b Digging deep - structure-function relationships in themelatonin receptor family. Journal of Pineal Research 35 221-230.
11. BarrettP, IvanovaE,GrahamES,RossAW,WilsonD, Plé H,MercerJG,Ebling FJ, Schuhler S, Dupré SM et al. 2006 Photoperiodic regulation of cellular retinol binding protein, CRBP1 [corrected] and nestin in tanycytes of the third ventricle ependymal layer of the Siberian hamster. Journal of Endocrinology 191 687-698.
12. Barrett P, Ebling FJ, Schuhler S, Wilson D, Ross AW, Warner A, Jethwa P, Boelen A, Visser TJ, Ozanne DM et al. 2007 Hypothalamic thyroid hormone catabolism acts as a gatekeeper for the seasonal control of body weight and reproduction. Endocrinology 148 3608-3617.
13. Bartness TJ, Goldman BD, Bittman EL 1991 SCN lesions block responses to systemic melatonin infusions in Siberian hamsters. American Journal of Physiology 260 R102-R112.
14. Bechtold DA, Sidibe A, Saer BR, Li J, Hand LE, Ivanova EA, Darras VM, DamJ, Jockers R, Luckman SM et al. 2012 A role for the melatonin-related receptor GPR50 in leptin signaling, adaptive thermogenesis, and torpor. Current Biology 22 70-77.
15. Benoit J. 1936 Role de la thyroide dans la gonado-stimulation par lumiere artificielle chez le canard domestique. Comptes Rendus Societe de Biologie Paris 123 243-246.
16. Berson DM, Dunn FA, Takao M. 2002 Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock. Science 295 1070-1073.
17. Billings HJ, Viguié C, Karsch FJ, Goodman RL, Connors JM& Anderson GM. 2002 Temporal requirements of thyroid hormones for seasonal changes in LH secretion. Endocrinology 143 2618-2625.
18. Bittman EL, Dempsey RJ. Karsch FJ. 1983 Pineal melatonin secretion drives the reproductive response to daylength in the ewe. Endocrinology 113 2276-2283.
19. Bockmann J, Böckers TM, Winter C, Wittkowski W, Winterhoff H, Deufel T & Kreutz MR 1997 Thyrotropin expression in hypophyseal pars tuberalis-specific cells is 3,5,30-triiodothyronine, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, and Pit-1 independent. Endocrinology 138 1019-1028.
20. Bolborea M & Dale N, 2013 Hypothalamic tanycytes: potential roles in the control of feeding and energy balance. Trends in Neurosciences 36 91-100.
21. Brady AK, Snyder KA. Vize PD. 2011 Circadian cycles of gene expression in the coral, Acropora millepora. PLoS ONE 6 e25072.
22. Brinklow BR & Loudon AS 1993 Evidence for a circannual rhythm of reproduction and prolactin secretion in a seasonally breeding macropodid marsupial, the Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 98 625-630.
23. Bronson FH. 1995 Seasonal variation in human reproduction: environmental factors. Quarterly Review of Biology 70 141-164.
24. Brown TM & Piggins HD, 2009 Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the electrical activity of suprachiasmatic nuclei neurons and their response to photoperiod. Journal of Biological Rhythms 24 44-54.
25. Bünning E 1936 Die endogene Tagesperiodik als Grundlage der photoperiodischen Reaktion. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 54 590-608.
26. Carter DS. Goldman BD 1983 Antigonadal effects of timed melatonin infusion in pinealectomized male Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus sungorus): duration is the critical parameter. Endocrinology 113 1261-1267.
27. Dardente H 2012 Melatonin-dependent timing of seasonal reproduction by the pars tuberalis: pivotal roles for long daylengths and thyroid hormones. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 24 249-266.
28. Dardente H, Klosen P, Pévet P & Masson-Pévet M 2003 MT1 melatonin receptor mRNA expressing cells in the pars tuberalis of the European hamster: effect of photoperiod. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 15 778-786.
29. Dardente H, Wyse CA, Birnie MJ, Dupré SM, Loudon AS, Lincoln GA & Hazlerigg DG 2010 A molecular switch for photoperiod responsiveness in mammals. Current Biology 20 2193-2198.
30. Dardente H, Hazlerigg DG & Ebling FJ 2014 Thyroid hormone and seasonal rhythmicity. Frontiers in Endocrinology 5 19.
31. Dawson A, King VM, Bentley GE, Ball GF 2001 Photoperiodic control of seasonality in birds. Journal of Biological Rhythms 16 365-380.
32. Deneubourg J-L, Destexhe A, Leloup J-C, Ebenhöh O & Hazlerigg D 2013 Modelling a molecular calendar: the seasonal photoperiodic response in mammals. Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals 50 39-47.
33. Dufourny L, Levasseur A,MigaudM, Callebaut I, Pontarotti P, Malpaux B & Monget P 2008 GPR50 is the mammalian ortholog of Mel1c: evidence of rapid evolution in mammals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 105.
34. Dupré SM, Burt DW, Talbot R, Downing A, Mouzaki D, Waddington D, Malpaux B, Davis JRE, Lincoln GA & Loudon AS 2008 Identification of melatonin-regulated genes in the ovine pituitary pars tuberalis, a target site for seasonal hormone control. Endocrinology 149 5527-5539.
35. Dupré SM, Miedzinska K, Duval CV, Yu L, Goodman RL, Lincoln GA, Davis JRE, McNeilly AS, Burt DD & Loudon AS 2010 Identification of Eya3 and TAC1 as long-day signals in the sheep pituitary. Current Biology 20 829-835.
36. Ebling FJ & Barrett P 2008 The regulation of seasonal changes in food intake and body weight. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 20 827-833.
37. Elliott JA, Stetson MH & Menaker M 1972 Regulation of testis function in golden hamsters: a circadian clock measures photoperiodic time. Science 178 771-773.
38. Featherstone K, Harper CV,McNamara A, Semprini S, Spiller DG,McNeilly J, McNeilly AS, Mullins JJ, White MRH & Davis JRE 2011 Pulsatile patterns of pituitary hormone gene expression change during development. Journal of Cell Science 124 3484-3491.
39. Featherstone K, White MRH & Davis JRE 2012 The prolactin gene: a paradigm of tissue-specific gene regulation with complex temporal transcription dynamics. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 24 977-990.
40. Follett BK Nicholls TJ 1985 Influences of thyroidectomy and thyroxine replacement on photoperiodically controlled reproduction in quail. Journal of Endocrinology 107 211-221.
41. Follett BK & Sharp PJ 1969 Circadian rhythmicity in photoperiodically induced gonadotrophin release and gonadal growth in the quail. Nature 223 968-971.
42. Follett BK, Mattocks PW Farner DS 1974 Circadian function in the photoperiodic induction of gonadotropin secretion in the whitecrowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii. PNAS 71 1666-1669.
43. Fustin JM, Dardente H, Wagner GC, Carter DA, Johnston JD, Lincoln GA. Hazlerigg DG 2009 Egr1 involvement in evening gene regulation by melatonin. FASEB Journal 23 764-773.
44. Von Gall C, Garabette ML, Kell CA, Frenzel S, Dehghani F, Schumm- Draeger P-M, Weaver DR, Korf H-W, Hastings MH & Stehle JH 2002 Rhythmic gene expression in pituitary depends on heterologous sensitization by the neurohormone melatonin. Nature Neuroscience 5 234-238.
45. Goldman BD 2001 Mammalian photoperiodic system: formal properties and neuroendocrinemechanisms of photoperiodic time measurement. Journal of Biological Rhythms 16 283-301.
46. Goldman BD, Darrow JM Yogev L 1984 Effects of timed melatonin infusions on reproductive development in the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus). Endocrinology 114 2074-2083.
47. Goodman RL, Legan SJ, Ryan KD, Foster DL. Karsch FJ 1981 Importance of variations in behavioural and feedback actions of oestradiol to the control of seasonal breeding in the ewe. Journal of Endocrinology 89 229-240.
48. Goodman RL, Bittman EL, Foster DL, Karsch FJ 1982 Alterations in the control of luteinizing hormone pulse frequency underlie the seasonal variation in estradiol negative feedback in the ewe. Biology of Reproduction 27 580-589.
49. Grosse J, Maywood ES, Ebling FJ & Hastings MH 1993 Testicular regression in pinealectomized Syrian hamsters following infusions of melatonin delivered on non-circadian schedules. Biology of Reproduction 49 666-674.
50. Gwinner E 1981 Circannual rhythms in animals and their photoperiodic synchronization. Die Naturwissenschaften 68 542-551.
51. Gwinner E Dittami J 1990 Endogenous reproductive rhythms in a tropical bird. Science 249 906-908.
52. Hamner WM 1963 Diurnal rhythm and photoperiodism in testicular recrudescence of the house finch. Science 142 1294-1295.
53. Hanon EA, Lincoln GA, Fustin J-M, Dardente H, Masson-PévetM,Morgan PJ Hazlerigg DG 2008 Ancestral TSH mechanism signals summer in a photoperiodic mammal. Current Biology 18 1147-1152.
54. Hanon EA, Routledge K, Dardente H, Masson-Pévet M, Morgan PJ Hazlerigg DG 2010 Effect of photoperiod on the thyroid-stimulating hormone neuroendocrine system in the European hamster (Cricetus cricetus). Journal of Neuroendocrinology 22 51-55.
55. Hattar S, Liao HW, Takao M, Berson DM Yau KW 2002 Melanopsincontaining retinal ganglion cells: architecture, projections, and intrinsic photosensitivity. Science 295 1065-1070.
56. Hazlerigg DG Lincoln GA 2011 Hypothesis: cyclical histogenesis is the basis of circannual timing. Journal of Biological Rhythms 26 471-485.
57. Hazlerigg DG Loudon A 2008 New insights into ancient seasonal life timers. Current Biology 18 R795-R804.
58. Hazlerigg DG, Morgan PJ, Lawson W Hastings MH 1991 Melatonin inhibits the activation of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase in cultured pars tuberalis cells from ovine pituitary. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 3 597-603.
59. Hazlerigg DG, Gonzalez-Brito A, LawsonW, Hastings MH &Morgan PJ 1993 Prolonged exposure to melatonin leads to time-dependent sensitization of adenylate cyclase and downregulates melatonin receptors in pars tuberalis cells from ovine pituitary. Endocrinology 132 285-292.
60. Hazlerigg DG, Morgan PJ Messager S 2001 Decoding photoperiodic time and melatonin in mammals: what can we learn from the pars tuberalis? Journal of Biological Rhythms 16 326-335
61. Hazlerigg DG, Ebling FJ Johnston JD 2005 Photoperiod differentially regulates gene expression rhythms in the rostral and caudal SCN. Current Biology 15 R449-R450.
62. Henson JR, Carter SN Freeman DA 2013 Exogenous T3 elicits long day-like alterations in testis size and the RFamides kisspeptin and gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone in short-day Siberian hamsters. Journal of Biological Rhythms 28 193-200.
63. Herwig A, Petri I Barrett P 2012 Hypothalamic gene expression rapidly changes in response to photoperiod in juvenile Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Journal of Neuroendocrinology 24 991-998.
64. Heyland A, Hodin J Reitzel AM 2005 Hormone signaling in evolution and development: a non-model system approach. BioEssays 27 64-75.
65. Hinds L Loudon A 1997 Mechanisms of seasonality in marsupials: a comparative review. In Marsupial Biology - Recent Research, New Perspectives, pp 41-70. Eds NR Saunders & LA Hinds. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
66. Hoffman RA Reiter RJ 1965 Pineal gland: influence on gonads of male hamsters. Science 148 1609-1611.
67. Hong SM Stetson MH 1986 Functional maturation of the gonads of Turkish hamsters under various photoperiods. Biology of Reproduction 35 858-862.
68. Hong SM, Rollag MD Stetson MH 1986 Maintenance of testicular function in Turkish hamsters: interaction of photoperiod and the pineal gland. Biology of Reproduction 34 527-531.
69. Ikegami K, Iigo M & Yoshimura T 2013 Circadian clock gene Per2 is not necessary for the photoperiodic response in mice. PLoS ONE 8 e58482.
70. Imaizumi T & Kay SA 2006 Photoperiodic control of flowering: not only by coincidence. Trends in Plant Science 11 550-558.
71. Inagaki N, Honma S, Ono D, Tanahashi Y Honma K 2007 Separate oscillating cell groups in mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus couple photoperiodically to the onset and end of daily activity. PNAS 104 7664-7669.
72. Jemc J Rebay I 2007 Identification of transcriptional targets of the dualfunction transcription factor/phosphatase eyes absent. Developmental Biology 310 416-429.
73. Johnston JD, Cagampang FR, Stirland JA, Carr AJ, White MR, Davis JR Loudon AS 2003 Evidence for an endogenous per1- and ICER-independent seasonal timer in the hamster pituitary gland. FASEB Journal 17 810-815.
74. Johnston JD, Ebling FJ Hazlerigg DG 2005 Photoperiod regulates multiple gene expression in the suprachiasmatic nuclei and pars tuberalis of the Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus). European Journal of Neuroscience 21 2967-2974.
75. Johnston JD, Klosen P, Barrett P Hazlerigg DG 2006 Regulation of MT melatonin receptor expression in the foetal rat pituitary. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 18 50-56.
76. Karsch FJ Moenter SM 1990 Neuroendocrine regulation of seasonal breeding cycles in the ewe. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Supplement 4 17-21.
77. Klosen P, Bienvenu C, Demarteau O, Dardente H, Guerrero H, Pévet P Masson-Pévet M 2002 The mt1 melatonin receptor and RORb receptor are co-localized in specific TSH-immunoreactive cells in the pars tuberalis of the rat pituitary. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 50 1647-1657.
78. Klosen P, Sébert M-E, Rasri K, Laran-Chich M-P Simonneaux V 2013 TSH restores a summer phenotype in photoinhibited mammals via the RF-amides RFRP3 and kisspeptin. FASEB Journal 27 2677-2686.
79. Koike N, Yoo S-H, Huang H-C, Kumar V, Lee C, Kim T-K Takahashi JS 2012 Transcriptional architecture and chromatin landscape of the core circadian clock in mammals. Science 338 349-354.
80. Korf HW, Schomerus C & Stehle JH 1998 The pineal organ, its hormone melatonin, and the photoneuroendocrine system. Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology 146 1-100.
81. Leitner C & Bartness TJ 2011 An intact dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, but not the subzona incerta or reuniens nucleus, is necessary for short-day melatonin signal-induced responses in Siberian hamsters. Neuroendocrinology 93 29-39.
82. Lincoln GA & Clarke IJ 1994 Photoperiodically-lnduced cycles in the secretion of prolactin in hypothalamo-pituitary disconnected rams: evidence for translation of the melatonin signal in the pituitary gland. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 6 251-260.
83. Lincoln GA & Short RV 1980 Seasonal breeding: nature's contraceptive. Recent Progress in Hormone Research 36 1-52.
84. Lincoln G, Messager S, Andersson H & Hazlerigg D 2002 Temporal expression of seven clock genes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and the pars tuberalis of the sheep: evidence for an internal coincidence timer. PNAS 99 13890-13895.
85. Lincoln GA, Andersson H & Loudon A 2003 Clock genes in calendar cells as the basis of annual timekeeping in mammals - a unifying hypothesis. Journal of Endocrinology 179 1-13.
86. Lincoln GA, Johnston JD, Andersson H, Wagner G & Hazlerigg DG 2005 Photorefractoriness in mammals: dissociating a seasonal timer from the circadian-based photoperiod response. Endocrinology 146 3782-3790.
87. Lincoln GA, Clarke IJ, Hut RA & Hazlerigg DG 2006 Characterizing a mammalian circannual pacemaker. Science 314 1941-1944.
88. Lionnet T & Singer RH 2012 Transcription goes digital. EMBO Reports 13 313-321.
89. Loudon AS & Curlewis JD 1988 Cycles of antler and testicular growth in an aseasonal tropical deer (Axis axis). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 83 729-738.
90. Loudon AS, Ihara N & Menaker M 1998 Effects of a circadian mutation on seasonality in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Proceedings. Biological Sciences 265 517-521.
91. Lowrey PL, Shimomura K, Antoch MP, Yamazaki S, Zemenides PD, Ralph MR, Menaker M & Takahashi JS 2000 Positional syntenic cloning and functional characterization of the mammalian circadian mutation tau. Science 288 483-492.
92. Lu W, Meng QJ, Tyler NJ, Stokkan KA & Loudon AS 2010 A circadian clock is not required in an arctic mammal. Current Biology 20 533-537.
93. Lucas RJ & Foster RG 1999 Neither functional rod photoreceptors nor rod or cone outer segments are required for the photic inhibition of pineal melatonin. Endocrinology 140 1520-1524.
94. Lucas RJ, Stirland JA, Darrow JM, Menaker M & Loudon AS 1999 Free running circadian rhythms of melatonin, luteinizing hormone, and cortisol in Syrian hamsters bearing the circadian tau mutation. Endocrinology 140 758-764.
95. Lucas RJ, Hattar S, Takao M, Berson DM, Foster RG & Yau K-W 2003 Diminished pupillary light reflex at high irradiances in melanopsinknockout mice. Science 299 245-247.
96. Masumoto K-H, Ukai-Tadenuma M, Kasukawa T, Nagano M, Uno KD, Tsujino K, Horikawa K, Shigeyoshi Y & Ueda HR 2010 Acute induction of Eya3 by late-night light stimulation triggers TSHb expression in photoperiodism. Current Biology 20 2199-2206.
97. Maywood ES, Buttery RC, Vance GH, Herbert J & Hastings MH 1990 Gonadal responses of the male Syrian hamster to programmed infusions of melatonin are sensitive to signal duration and frequency but not to signal phase nor to lesions of the suprachiasmatic nuclei. Biology of Reproduction 43 174-182.
98. Maywood ES, Grosse J, Lindsay JO, Karp JD, Powers JB, Ebling FJ, Herbert J & Hastings MH 1992 The effect of signal frequency on the gonadal response of male Syrian hamsters to programmed melatonin infusions. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 4 37-44.
99. Meijer JH, Thio B, Albus H, Schaap J & Ruijs AC 1999 Functional absence of extraocular photoreception in hamster circadian rhythm entrainment. Brain Research 831 337-339.
100. Meng Q-J, Logunova L, Maywood ES, Gallego M, Lebiecki J, Brown TM, Sládek M, Semikhodskii AS, Glossop NR, Piggins HD et al. 2008 Setting clock speed in mammals: the CK1 3 tau mutation in mice accelerates circadian pacemakers by selectively destabilizing PERIOD proteins. Neuron 58 78-88.
101. Messager S, Ross AW, Barrett P & Morgan PJ 1999 Decoding photoperiodic time through Per1 and ICER gene amplitude. PNAS 96 9938-9943.
102. Messager S, Garabette ML, Hastings MH & Hazlerigg DG 2001 Tissuespecific abolition of Per1 expression in the pars tuberalis by pinealectomy in the Syrian hamster. Neuroreport 12 579-582.
103. Michaelis KA, Knox AJ, Xu M, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Edwards MG, Geraci M, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Lillehei KO & Wierman ME 2011 Identification of growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible gene b (GADD45b) as a novel tumor suppressor in pituitary gonadotrope tumors. Endocrinology 152 3603-3613.
104. Morgan PJ, Lawson W, Davidson G & Howell HE 1989 Melatonin inhibits cyclic AMP production in cultured ovine pars tuberalis cells. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 3 R5-R8.
105. Morgan PJ, Barrett P, Howell HE & Helliwell R 1994 Melatonin receptors: localization, molecular pharmacology and physiological significance. Neurochemistry International 24 101-146.
106. Morgan PJ, Webster CA, Mercer JG, Ross AW, Hazlerigg DG, MacLean A & Barrett P 1996 The ovine pars tuberalis secretes a factor(s) that regulates gene expression in both lactotropic and nonlactotropic pituitary cells. Endocrinology 137 4018-4026.
107. Murphy M, Jethwa PH, Warner A, Barrett P, Nilaweera KN, Brameld JM & Ebling FJ 2012 Effects of manipulating hypothalamic triiodothyronine concentrations on seasonal body weight and torpor cycles in Siberian hamsters. Endocrinology 153 101-112.
108. Naito E, Watanabe T, Tei H, Yoshimura T & Ebihara S 2008 Reorganization of the suprachiasmatic nucleus coding for day length. Journal of Biological Rhythms 23 140-149.
109. Nakane Y, Ikegami K, Iigo M, Ono H, Takeda K, Takahashi D, Uesaka M, Kimijima M, Hashimoto R, Arai N et al. 2013 The saccus vasculosus of fish is a sensor of seasonal changes in day length. Nature Communications 4 2108.
110. Nakao N, Ono H, Yamamura T, Anraku T, Takagi T, Higashi K, Yasuo S, Katou Y, Kageyama S, Uno Y et al. 2008 Thyrotrophin in the pars tuberalis triggers photoperiodic response. Nature 452 317-322.
111. Nanda KK & Hamner K 1958 Studies on the nature of the endogenous rhythm affecting photoperiodic response of Biloxi soybean. Botanical Gazette 120 14-28.
112. Nelson RJ & Zucker I 1981 Photoperiodic control of reproduction in olfactory-bulbectomized rats. Neuroendocrinology 32 266-271.
113. Nicholls TJ, Follett BK, Goldsmith AR & Pearson H 1988 Possible homologies between photorefractoriness in sheep and birds: the effect of thyroidectomy on the length of the ewe's breeding season. Reproduction, Nutrition, Development 28 375-385.
114. Nuesslein-Hildesheim B, O'Brien JA, Ebling FJ, Maywood ES & HastingsMH 2000 The circadian cycle of mPER clock gene products in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the Siberian hamster encodes both daily and seasonal time. European Journal of Neuroscience 12 2856-2864.
115. Oakley AE, Clifton DK & Steiner RA 2009 Kisspeptin signaling in the brain. Endocrine Reviews 30 713-743.
116. Ono H, Hoshino Y, Yasuo S, Watanabe M, Nakane Y, Murai A, Ebihara S, Korf H-W & Yoshimura T 2008 Involvement of thyrotropin in photoperiodic signal transduction in mice. PNAS 105 18238-18242.
117. Panda S, Provencio I, Tu DC, Pires SS, RollagMD, Castrucci AM, Pletcher MT, Sato TK, Wiltshire T, Andahazy M et al. 2003 Melanopsin is required for non-image-forming photic responses in blind mice. Science 301 525-527.
118. Paterson A, Chong NW, Brinklow BR, Loudon AS & Sugden D 1992 Characterization of 2-[125I]iodomelatonin binding sites in the brain of a marsupial, Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Comparative Physiology 102 55-58.
119. Pittendrigh CS & Minis DH 1964 The entrainment of circadian oscillations by light and their role as photoperiodic clocks. American Naturalist 98 261-299.
120. Post E & Forchhammer MC 2008 Climate change reduces reproductive success of an arctic herbivore through trophic mismatch. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 363 2369-2375.
121. Prendergast BJ, Pyter LM, Kampf-Lassin A, Patel PN & Stevenson TJ 2013 Rapid induction of hypothalamic iodothyronine deiodinase expression by photoperiod and melatonin in juvenile Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Endocrinology 154 831-841.
122. Randall VA & Ebling FJ 1991 Seasonal changes in human hair growth. British Journal of Dermatology 124 146-151.
123. Reiter RJ 1980 Photoperiod: its importance as an impeller of pineal and seasonal reproductive rhythms. International Journal of Biometeorology 24 57-63.
124. Reppert SM 1997 Melatonin receptors: molecular biology of a new family of G protein-coupled receptors. Journal of Biological Rhythms 12 528-531.
125. Reppert SM &Weaver DR 2001 Molecular analysis of mammalian circadian rhythms. Annual Review of Physiology 63 647-676.
126. Reppert SM & Weaver DR 2002 Coordination of circadian timing in mammals. Nature 418 935-941.
127. Reppert SM, Weaver DR, Ebisawa T, Mahle CD & Kolakowski LF 1996 Cloning of a melatonin-related receptor from human pituitary. FEBS Letters 386 219-224.
128. Revel FG, Saboureau M, Pévet P, Mikkelsen JD & Simonneaux V 2006 Melatonin regulates type 2 deiodinase gene expression in the Syrian hamster. Endocrinology 147 4680-4687.
129. Robinson JE, Radford HM & Karsch FJ 1985 Seasonal changes in pulsatile luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion in the ewe: relationship of frequency of LH pulses to day length and response to estradiol negative feedback. Biology of Reproduction 33 324-334.
130. Rodríguez EM, Blázquez JL, Pastor FE, Peláez B, Pen{ogonek}a P, Peruzzo B & Amat P 2005 Hypothalamic tanycytes: a key component of brain-endocrine interaction. International Review of Cytology 247 89-164.
131. Ross AW, Helfer G, Russell L, Darras VM & Morgan PJ 2011 Thyroid hormone signalling genes are regulated by photoperiod in the hypothalamus of F344 rats. PLoS ONE 6 e21351.
132. Sáenz de Miera C, Hanon EA, Dardente H, Birnie M, Simonneaux V, Lincoln GA & Hazlerigg DG 2013 Circannual variation in thyroid hormone deiodinases in a short-day breeder. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 25 412-421.
133. Schäfer A 2013 Gadd45 proteins: key players of repair-mediated DNA demethylation. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 793 35-50.
134. Simonneaux V, Bur I, Ancel C, Ansel L & Klosen P 2012 A kiss for daily and seasonal reproduction. Progress in Brain Research 199 423-437.
135. Simonneaux V, Ancel C, Poirel VJ & Gauer F 2013 Kisspeptins and RFRP-3 act in concert to synchronize rodent reproduction with seasons. Frontiers in Neuroscience 7 22.
136. Stevenson TJ & Prendergast BJ 2013 Reversible DNA methylation regulates seasonal photoperiodic time measurement. PNAS 110 16651-16656.
137. Stirland JA, Hastings MH, Loudon AS & Maywood ES 1996 The tau mutation in the Syrian hamster alters the photoperiodic responsiveness of the gonadal axis to melatonin signal frequency. Endocrinology 137 2183-2186.
138. Stokkan K-A & Reiter RJ 1994 Melatonin rhythms in arctic urban residents. Journal of Pineal Research 16 33-36.
139. Stokkan KA, van Oort BE, Tyler NJ & Loudon AS 2007 Adaptations for life in the arctic: evidence that melatonin rhythms in reindeer are not driven by a circadian oscillator but remain acutely sensitive to environmental photoperiod. Journal of Pineal Research 43 289-293.
140. Sumová A, Jác M, Sládek M, Sauman I & Illnerová H 2003 Clock gene daily profiles and their phase relationship in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus are affected by photoperiod. Journal of Biological Rhythms 18 134-144.
141. Sun ZS, Albrecht U, Zhuchenko O, Bailey J, Eichele G & Lee CC 1997 RIGUI, a putative mammalian ortholog of the Drosophila period gene. Cell 90 1003-1011.
142. Tadjuidje E & Hegde RS 2013 The eyes absent proteins in development and disease. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 70 1897-1913.
143. Tsutsui K, Ubuka T, Bentley GE & Kriegsfeld LJ 2013 Review: Regulatory mechanisms of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) synthesis and release in photoperiodic animals. Frontiers in Neuroscience 7 60.
144. Turck F, Fornara F & Coupland G 2008 Regulation and identity of florigen: FLOWERING LOCUS T moves center stage. Annual Review of Plant Biology 59 573-594.
145. Wagner GC, Johnston JD, Clarke IJ, Lincoln GA & Hazlerigg DG 2008 Redefining the limits of day length responsiveness in a seasonal mammal. Endocrinology 149 32-39.
146. Weaver DR, Liu C & Reppert SM 1996 Nature's knockout: the Mel1b receptor is not necessary for reproductive and circadian responses to melatonin in Siberian hamsters. Molecular Endocrinology 10 1478-1487.
147. Webster JR, Moenter SM, Woodfill CJ & Karsch FJ 1991a Role of the thyroid gland in seasonal reproduction. II. Thyroxine allows a season-specific suppression of gonadotropin secretion in sheep. Endocrinology 129 176-183.
148. Webster JR, Moenter SM, Barrell GK, Lehman MN & Karsch FJ 1991b Role of the thyroid gland in seasonal reproduction. III. Thyroidectomy blocks seasonal suppression of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion in sheep. Endocrinology 129 1635-1643.
149. West A, Dupre S, Yu L, Paton I,Miedzinska K,McNeilly A, Davis J, Burt D & Loudon A 2013 Npas4 is activated by melatonin, and drives the clock gene Cry1 in the ovine pars tuberalis. Molecular Endocrinology 27 979-989.
150. Wittkowski W, Bockmann J, Kreutz MR & Böckers TM 1999 Cell and molecular biology of the pars tuberalis of the pituitary. International Review of Cytology 185 157-194.
151. Woitkewitsch A 1940 Dependence of seasonal periodicity in gonadal changes on the thyroid gland. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 27 741-745.
152. Woodfill CJ, Wayne NL, Moenter SM & Karsch FJ 1994 Photoperiodic synchronization of a circannual reproductive rhythm in sheep: identification of season-specific time cues. Biology of Reproduction 50 965-976.
153. Xu PX, Cheng J, Epstein JA & Maas RL 1997 Mouse Eya genes are expressed during limb tendon development and encode a transcriptional activation function. PNAS 94 11974-11979.
154. Yasuo S & Korf H-W 2011 The hypophysial pars tuberalis transduces photoperiodic signals via multiple pathways and messenger molecules. General and Comparative Endocrinology 172 15-22.
155. Yasuo S, Watanabe M, Nakao N, Takagi T, Follett BK, Ebihara S & Yoshimura T 2005 The reciprocal switching of two thyroid hormoneactivating and -inactivating enzyme genes is involved in the photoperiodic gonadal response of Japanese quail. Endocrinology 146 2551-2554.
156. Ye R, Selby CP, Ozturk N, Annayev Y & Sancar A 2011 Biochemical analysis of the canonical model for the mammalian circadian clock. Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 25891-25902.
157. Yoshimura T 2013 Thyroid hormone and seasonal regulation of reproduction. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 34 157-166.
158. Yoshimura T, Yasuo S, Watanabe M, Iigo M, Yamamura T, Hirunagi K & Ebihara S 2003 Light-induced hormone conversion of T4 to T3 regulates photoperiodic response of gonads in birds. Nature 426 178-181.
159. Zhang X, Sun H, DanilaDC, Johnson SR, Zhou Y, Swearingen B& Klibanski A 2002 Loss of expression of GADD45g, a growth inhibitory gene, in human pituitary adenomas: implications for tumorigenesis. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 87 1262-1267.