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The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks
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Starting with the beginning of the last century, a multitude of scientific studies has documented that the lunar cycle times behaviors and physiology in many organisms. It is plausible that even the first life forms adapted to the different rhythms controlled by the moon. Consistently, many marine species exhibit lunar rhythms, and also the number of documented "lunar-rhythmic" terrestrial species is increasing. Organisms follow diverse lunar geophysical/astronomical rhythms, which differ significantly in terms of period length: from hours (circalunidian and circatidal rhythms) to days (circasemilunar and circalunar cycles). Evidence for internal circatital and circalunar oscillators exists for a range of species based on past behavioral studies, but those species with well-documented behaviorally free-running lunar rhythms are not typically used for molecular studies. Thus, the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely obscure: the dark side of the moon. Here we review findings that start to connect molecular pathways with moon-controlled physiology and behaviors. The present data indicate connections between metabolic/endocrine pathways and moon-controlled rhythms, as well as interactions between circadian and circatidal/circalunar rhythms. Moreover, recent high-throughput analyses provide useful leads toward pathways, as well as molecular markers. However, for each interpretation, it is important to carefully consider the, partly substantially differing, conditions used in each experimental paradigm. In the future, it will be important to use lab experiments to delineate the specific mechanisms of the different solar- and lunar-controlled rhythms, but to also start integrating them together, as life has evolved equally long under rhythms of both sun and moon.
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This review synthesizes evidence that lunar-controlled rhythms, from circatidal to circalunar periods, are widespread and that molecular links are emerging with circadian clock genes, metabolic/endocrine pathways, and high-throughput markers. It argues that mechanisms remain largely obscure because species with well-documented behavioral free-running lunar rhythms are rarely used for molecular work and experimental conditions vary widely.
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- Lunar geophysical cycles span hours to days: lunidian ~24.8 h, semilunar ~14.8 days, synodic ~29.5 days; other lunar months include sidereal 27.32166 days, anomalistic 27.55 days, draconic 27.212220 days, and tropical 27.321582 days.
- Circadian clock genes interact with lunar rhythms but not uniformly: in *Platynereis dumerilii*, free-running FM showed significantly higher mRNA for *pdp1*, *period*, *clock*, and *tim*; the CK1δ/ε inhibitor PF-670462 rendered clock gene transcription and locomotor activity arrhythmic but left monthly spawning unaffected. In *Eurydice pulchra*, circatidal timekeeping was independent of PER and TIM cycles, no circatidal oscillations were found in core clock genes, only *tim* showed a clear circadian profile, and peroxiredoxin plus 10 of 11 detected mitochondrial genes followed circatidal patterns.
- Endocrine and metabolic pathways are implicated: melatonin levels were reduced around FM in several fish, melatonin receptors and *aanat* showed lunar-phase-dependent expression, and *Platynereis* GnRH-like/corazonin1 was differentially expressed across the circalunar cycle.
- High-throughput studies provide candidate markers: coral spawning transcriptomes showed downregulation of clock genes and upregulation of GPCR, calcium signaling, and respiratory genes; in *Platynereis* heads, about 25% of the analyzed proteome was differentially regulated between NM and free-running FM, a much higher circalunar regulation than at the transcript level.
Methods
- Narrative review, not a primary experimental study; it synthesizes behavioral, molecular, pharmacological, genetic linkage, transcriptomic, and proteomic findings across marine and terrestrial organisms.
- Data/sample: published literature on corals, *Platynereis dumerilii*, *Eurydice pulchra*, *Clunio marinus*, fish, mollusks, *Drosophila*, rodents, and humans, among others.
- Main analysis: compares experimental paradigms—natural versus artificial moonlight, free-running versus entrainment, field versus laboratory conditions—and highlights candidate pathways and molecular markers.
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- Stated: the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely obscure; species with well-documented behaviorally free-running lunar rhythms are not typically used for molecular studies; data variability likely arises from differing experimental regimes; current resolution may be insufficient to distinguish among different lunar cycles; laboratory versus field discrepancies exist; functional studies, knockouts, and transgenic models are needed.
- Stated: many interpretations require careful consideration of partly substantially differing experimental conditions, and some analyses, such as those on the HPG axis and lunar rhythmicity, are inconclusive.
- Evident: as a review, it reports no new primary data; cited studies show conflicting results, and many candidate mechanisms remain functionally untested.
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![Figure 1 Schematized representations of the known astronomical and geophysical rhythms dictated by the moon. (A) Lunidian rhythm, the period between two consecutive maximal heights of the moon in the sky (meridian transits). (B) Tidal rhythm: water levels increase twice every day in two opposite sites on earth, with one being the closest to our satellite. (C) Semilunar rhythm: the alignment of moon, earth and sun potentiate tidal variations, creating spring (during FM and NM) and neap (during FQM and LQM) tides cycles. (D) Synodic and sidereal months. The first gives rise to the known lunar phases: NM, FQM, FM, and LQM or third quarter moon. (E) Anomalistic month. (F) Draconic month. The plane described by moon's orbit is inclined (5.14°) compared to the plane on which the sun and the earth lay, and the two planes cross in two points called nodes (purple circles). (G) Tropical month: the clockwise rotation of earth's axis affects moon's relative trajectory in the sky (declination). Thus, periodically, the moon faces a more northern or southern portion of earth relative to the Equator, and this affects both moonlight intensity and tides. Moonlight depicted in the figure is a reflection of sunlight. The sun was purposely left away from the scheme for the sake of clarity. For further details, see text. Sources: [5,6]; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_month;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWCBhVfeAQU;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6DpPQ8QdLg;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adzx547ptck;http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/faq/astronomical-questions/what-are-the-different-months;https://moonblink.info/Eclipse/why/months;https://www.slideshare.net/RAFIULALAM006/month-57977849).](/paper-figures/1d23087421a74288bbc7367c677b3ca3/the-still-dark-side-of-the-moon-molecular-mechanisms-of-lunar-controlled-rhythms-figure-1.jpg)
![Figure 2 Circadian clock genes expression is affected by the lunar cycle or laboratory conditions mimicking moonlight cues. Gray areas on the left of each panel describe the environmental conditions or laboratory experimental settings employed. Green circles indicate experiments conducted under natural conditions, whereas orange circles refer to artificial (lab) experimental conditions. (A) The expression of A. millepora cry1, cry2, clk, and cyc is influenced by the lunar cycle. (B) Expression of a set of clock genes in P. dumerilii is regulated by an endogenous circalunar clock, as shown by experiments under lunar free-running conditions (absence of artificial moonlight cue at night). (C) Altered night illumination affect the expression of clock genes in a lunar phase-dependent manner in S. guttatus. For references, see [[26], [27], [28], [29]].](/paper-figures/4956229228e14d55b1403a4643b85f8c/the-still-dark-side-of-the-moon-molecular-mechanisms-of-lunar-controlled-rhythms-figure-2.jpg)
![Figure 3 Tidal activity rhythm in E. pulchra generates antisense tidal cycles of metabolism but is independent from classical clock genes oscillation. (A) Swimming activity pattern of Eurydice specimens shows a period of 12.5 h in free-running conditions, with maxima during predicted high water (HW). (B) Representative western blot of overoxidized peroxiredoxin. (C) Relative intensity of overoxidized head peroxiredoxin. (D and E) Relative expression of mitochondrially-encoded genes (ND = NADH dehydrogenase subunits, COX = cytochrome oxidase subunits; CYTB = cytochrome B) under free-running laboratory conditions. (F) None of Eurydice circadian clock genes exhibit a tidal rhythm at the transcript level, and curiously, only tim shows a clear circadian profile (red arrows show the time of expected high water). For references, see [10,54]. Orange circles: artificial (lab) conditions.](/paper-figures/33accdbf28ec425f91d98687195fa0e8/the-still-dark-side-of-the-moon-molecular-mechanisms-of-lunar-controlled-rhythms-figure-3.jpg)
![Figure 4 Summary table showing the experimental conditions, the main findings, and patterns of a sample of the high-throughput analysis reviewed. NM = new moon; FQM = first quarter moon; FM = full moon; LQM = last quarter moon; SP = spawning; NS = not spawning; T/L = regulated by the interaction between temperature and lunar cycle; D/L = regulated by the interaction between daily and lunar cycles; D/L/T = regulated by the interaction among daily, lunar, and temperature cues; TR = tidally regulated; T = transcript; P = protein. For references, see [57,79,86,89,91].](/paper-figures/a391c5c44d5e488aa50871b99aa31eea/the-still-dark-side-of-the-moon-molecular-mechanisms-of-lunar-controlled-rhythms-figure-4.jpg)
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“Thus, the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely obscure: the dark side of the moon.”
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“In line with this, it is not surprising that lunar rhythms are widespread among marine species [3], especially those living in relatively shallow waters and coastal reef habitats.”
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- Not checked yetcites [3] Raible F. Takekata H. Tessmar-Raible K. An overview of monthly rhythms and clocks Front. Neurol. 8 2017 1 14 10.3389/fneur.2017.00189 28553258 PMC5428424 source
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“However, it is interesting to report that potential effects of the anomalistic cycle on biological rhythmicity approximating the synodic month have been shown in Crassostrea gigas, both at the behavioral and reproductive levels [6,9].”
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- Not checked yetcites [6] Tran D. Nadau A. Durrieu G. Ciret P. Parisot J.P. Massabuau J.C. Field chronobiology of a molluscan bivalve: how the moon and sun cycles interact to drive oyster activity rhythms Chronobiol. Int. 28 2011 307 317 10.3109/07420528.2011.565897 21539422 source
- Not checked yetcites [9] Bernard I. Massabuau J.C. Ciret P. Sow M. Sottolichio A. Pouvreau S. Tran D. In situ spawning in a marine broadcast spawner, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas: timing and environmental triggers Limnol. Oceanogr. 61 2016 635 647 10.1002/lno.10240 source
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“As witnessed by the crew on Colombo's caravel, also in the Bermuda fireworm, Odontosyllis enopla, reproductive swarming occurs precisely during the first nights after FM in summer and early autumn [20].”
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- Not checked yetcites [20] Fischer A. Fischer U. On the life-style and life-cycle of the luminescent polychaete Odontosyllis enopla (Annelida: Polychaeta) Invert. Biol. 114 2019 236 247 10.2307/3226878 source
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“Like inside a shaken snow globe, once every year, the barrier reef explodes of eggs and sperms, few days after FM, during late spring/summer nights, a phenomenon even visible from the space [21,22].”
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- Not checked yetcites [21] Babcock R.C. Bull G.D. Harrison P.L. Heyward A.J. Oliver J.K. Wallace C.C. Willis B.L. Synchronous spawnings of 105 scleractinian coral species on the Great Barrier Reef Mar. Biol. 90 1986 379 394 10.1007/BF00428562 source
- Not checked yetcites [22] Fogarty N.D. Marhaver K.L. Coral spawning, unsynchronized Science. 365 2019 987 988 10.1126/science.aay7457 31488677 source
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“This cycle is defined as semilunar (~ 14.8 days, half a lunar synodic cycle) and is probably mostly related to tidal phenomena rather than moonlight intensity”
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“Evidence for internal circatital and circalunar oscillators exists for a range of species based on past behavioral studies”
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“as well as interactions between circadian and circatidal/circalunar rhythms.”
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“Since the beginning of the 20th century, detailed scientific studies have shown that the reproductive behavior and sexual maturation of animals as diverse as corals, polychaetes, echinoderms or fishes are synchronized by the lunar cycle, reviewed in [2,3].”
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- Not checked yetcites [2] Tessmar-Raible K. Raible F. Arboleda E. Another place, another timer: marine species and the rhythms of life BioEssays. 33 2011 165 172 10.1002/bies.201000096 21254149 PMC3182551 source
- Not checked yetcites [3] Raible F. Takekata H. Tessmar-Raible K. An overview of monthly rhythms and clocks Front. Neurol. 8 2017 1 14 10.3389/fneur.2017.00189 28553258 PMC5428424 source
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“Unfortunately, reef corals are losing this critical reproductive synchrony, likely due to anthropogenic impact [22,23].”
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- Not checked yetcites [22] Fogarty N.D. Marhaver K.L. Coral spawning, unsynchronized Science. 365 2019 987 988 10.1126/science.aay7457 31488677 source
- Not checked yetcites [23] Shlesinger T. Loya Y. Breakdown in spawning synchrony: a silent threat to coral persistence Science. 365 2019 1002 1007 10.1126/science.aax0110 31488683 source
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“but those species with well-documented behaviorally free-running lunar rhythms are not typically used for molecular studies.”
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“Consistently, many marine species exhibit lunar rhythms, and also the number of documented “lunar-rhythmic” terrestrial species is increasing.”
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“As external fertilization is frequent among these animals, its synchronization with a reliable environmental cycle maximizes the probability that eggs and sperms encounter, and hence is critical for the survival of these species.”
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“In animals where the gonads contribute to a large proportion of the body mass, such as sea urchins or mussels, this effect is particularly prominent, leading indeed to significant changes in body mass”
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“In this case, the spawning occurred 17–18 days after mating, in a precise lunar phase, between LQM and NM [19].”
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- Not checked yetcites [19] A.M. Adamczewska, S. Morris, Ecology and behavior of Gecarcoidea natalis, the Christmas Island red crab, during the annual breeding migration, (2001) 305–320. 11441973 source
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“Moreover, recent high-throughput analyses provide useful leads toward pathways, as well as molecular markers.”
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“The anomalistic cycle, modulating the proximity of our satellite to earth, can impact for instance on tides amplitude during the synodic month (spring–neap tides cycle, 14.76 days), although slightly out of phase (13.78 days from perigee to apogee) [5,7].”
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- Not checked yetcites [5] Coughenour C.L. Archer A.W. Lacovara K.J. Tides, tidalites, and secular changes in the earth–moon system Earth-Science Rev. 97 2009 59 79 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.09.002 source
- Not checked yetcites [7] Kvale E.P. The origin of neap–spring tidal cycles Mar. Geol. 235 2006 5 18 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.001 source
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“Organisms follow diverse lunar geophysical/astronomical rhythms, which differ significantly in terms of period length: from hours (circalunidian and circatidal rhythms) to days (circasemilunar and circalunar cycles).”
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“While for short and long lunar period lengths marine examples are very well established, this is less clear for terrestrial organisms.”
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“Most of the genes analyzed showed similar circadian expression profiles in the two different lunar phases, but significantly higher mRNA levels during FR-FM were found for pdp1, period, clock, and tim (see Figure 2), suggesting that a subset of circadian clock transcripts is affected by the circalunar clock, independently of nocturnal light cues.”
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- Not checked yetcites [28] Zantke J. Ishikawa-Fujiwara T. Arboleda E. Lohs C. Schipany K. Hallay N. Straw A.D. Todo T. Circadian and circalunar clock interactions in a marine annelid Cell Rep. 5 2013 99 113 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.08.031 24075994 PMC3913041 source
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“These data suggest that the integration of multiple environmental features and/or the specific light spectrum of sunlight and moonlight might affect the expression of these genes.”
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“In spite of the increasing literature, the elucidation of the mechanisms underlying circalunar/circasemilunar and circatidal/circalunidian rhythms is still at an early stage.”
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“In this species, the circalunar clock seems to also affect locomotor activity levels, with worms showing a weaker circadian rhythmicity during free-running FM (FR-FM) compared to NM.”
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- Not checked yetcites [28] Zantke J. Ishikawa-Fujiwara T. Arboleda E. Lohs C. Schipany K. Hallay N. Straw A.D. Todo T. Circadian and circalunar clock interactions in a marine annelid Cell Rep. 5 2013 99 113 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.08.031 24075994 PMC3913041 source
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“Before this time, the scientific literature is rich in examples of other rhythms, including tidal and monthly. Those were mainly focused on behavioral observations and include many studies that provide evidence for free-running rhythms (for overviews, see [24,25]).”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > The Moon Controls Rhythms of Physiology and Behavior
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- Not checked yetcites [24] Fingerman M. Lunar rhythmicity in marine organisms Am. Nat. 91 1957 167 178 source
- Not checked yetcites [25] Numata H. Helm B. Annual, Lunar, and Tidal Clocks: Patterns and Mechanisms of Nature’s Enigmatic Rhythms 2014 Springer
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“In the reef-building coral Acropora millepora, which reproduces once every year integrating both seasonal, lunar and daily cues, natural FM, as well as artificial night illumination mimicking FM, have been shown to impact on clock genes expression.”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Core Circadian Clock Genes and Lunar-Regulated Processes: Are There Connections? > Circalunar rhythms and clocks
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- Not checked yetcites [26] Levy O. Appelbaum L. Leggat W. Gothlif Y. Hayward D.C. Miller D.J. Hoegh-Guldberg O. Light-responsive cryptochromes from a simple multicellular animal, the coral Acropora millepora Science. 318 2007 467 470 10.1126/science.1145432 17947585 source
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“Both cry1 and cry2 were expressed in the ectodermal layer of larvae and adults, and their mRNA levels peaked during daylight phases.”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Core Circadian Clock Genes and Lunar-Regulated Processes: Are There Connections? > Circalunar rhythms and clocks
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- Not checked yetcites [26] Levy O. Appelbaum L. Leggat W. Gothlif Y. Hayward D.C. Miller D.J. Hoegh-Guldberg O. Light-responsive cryptochromes from a simple multicellular animal, the coral Acropora millepora Science. 318 2007 467 470 10.1126/science.1145432 17947585 source
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“For instance, only cry1 (but not cry2) was affected by exposure to DD, whereas, although not significantly, cry2 increased under natural moonlight compared to the artificial one during both LQM and FM [27,31].”
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- Not checked yetcites [27] Brady A.K. Willis B.L. Harder L.D. Vize P.D. Lunar phase modulates circadian gene expression cycles in the broadcast spawning coral Acropora millepora Biol. Bull. 230 2016 130 142 10.1086/BBLv230n2p130 27132135 source
- Not checked yetcites [31] Brady A.K. Snyder K.A. Vize P.D. Circadian cycles of gene expression in the coral, Acropora millepora PLoS One 6 2011 10.1371/journal.pone.0025072 PMC3176305 21949855 source
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“This phenomenon threatens several species, not only corals, but entire reef communities.”
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“These and other data reported in this review suggest a high level of data variability, likely due to differences in experimental regimes, as well as strong environmental and possibly population variability.”
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“This intertidal isopod showed robust tidal rhythmicity after being caught in the wild and released in DD, suggesting the existence of a true circatidal endogenous oscillator.”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Core Circadian Clock Genes and Lunar-Regulated Processes: Are There Connections? > Circatidal rhythms and clocks
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- Not checked yetcites [10] Zhang L. Hastings M.H. Green E.W. Tauber E. Sladek M. Webster S.G. Kyriacou C.P. Wilcockson D.C. Dissociation of circadian and circatidal timekeeping in the marine crustacean Eurydice pulchra Curr. Biol. 23 2013 1863 1873 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.038 24076244 PMC3793863 source
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“Furthermore, circadian rhythm disruption through LL exposure affected neither the tidal swimming period nor overall activity levels [10].”
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- Not checked yetcites [10] Zhang L. Hastings M.H. Green E.W. Tauber E. Sladek M. Webster S.G. Kyriacou C.P. Wilcockson D.C. Dissociation of circadian and circatidal timekeeping in the marine crustacean Eurydice pulchra Curr. Biol. 23 2013 1863 1873 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.038 24076244 PMC3793863 source
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“Circatidal clocks and their relation with circadian clocks are particularly interesting, because in essence a 12.4 h period is just half of 24.8 h, i.e. a period covered by the conventional core circadian clock network.”
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“Genetic linkage analysis identified two specific chromosomal regions responsible for diurnal emergence and two related to lunar timing.”
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- Not checked yetcites [46] Kaiser T.S. Poehn B. Szkiba D. Preussner M. Sedlazeck F.J. Zrim A. Neumann T. Nguyen L.T. The genomic basis of circadian and circalunar timing adaptations in a midge Nature. 540 2016 69 73 10.1038/nature20151 27871090 PMC5133387 source
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“Thus, the data presented might actually suggest the presence of both a photo-repressive mechanism and an endogenous clock contributing together to the circalunar timing.”
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“In spite of the observed phase delay, the amplitude of tidal oscillations was robust and comparable to the untreated control.”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Core Circadian Clock Genes and Lunar-Regulated Processes: Are There Connections? > Circatidal rhythms and clocks
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- Not checked yetcites [10] Zhang L. Hastings M.H. Green E.W. Tauber E. Sladek M. Webster S.G. Kyriacou C.P. Wilcockson D.C. Dissociation of circadian and circatidal timekeeping in the marine crustacean Eurydice pulchra Curr. Biol. 23 2013 1863 1873 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.038 24076244 PMC3793863 source
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“Moreover, per4 showed a robust oscillation over the lunar cycle under all the light regimes, but in antiphase compared to cry3.”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Core Circadian Clock Genes and Lunar-Regulated Processes: Are There Connections? > Circalunar rhythms and clocks
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- Not checked yetcites [50] Toda R. Okano K. Takeuchi Y. Yamauchi C. Fukushiro M. Takemura A. Okano T. Hypothalamic expression and moonlight-independent changes of Cry3 and Per4 implicate their roles in lunar clock oscillators of the lunar-responsive goldlined spinefoot PLoS One 9 2014 10.1371/journal.pone.0109119 PMC4182804 25272159 source
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“These data potentially indicate the existence of a circatidal clock in the grass puffer brain, which, together with the circadian clock, might contribute to set the proper daily and lunar-related reproductive rhythms.”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Circalunar Rhythms and Clocks: An Endocrine Perspective > Melatonin
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“Thus, the authors suggested that peaks of PRX activity and mitochondrially encoded transcript levels might anticipate changes in the energy demand and reactive oxygen species production originating from the prevailing metabolic program, following in this case a circatidal rest/activity rhythm.”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Core Circadian Clock Genes and Lunar-Regulated Processes: Are There Connections? > Circatidal rhythms and clocks
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- Not checked yetcites [54] O’Neill J.S. Lee K.D. Zhang L. Feeney K. Webster S.G. Blades M.J. Kyriacou C.P. Hastings M.H. Metabolic molecular markers of the tidal clock in the marine crustacean Eurydice pulchra Curr. Biol. 25 2015 R326 R327 10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.052 25898100 PMC4406942 source
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“Moreover, melatonin synthesis is exquisitely light sensitive, inhibited by light exposure, and fueled in the dark [48,58,59]”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Circalunar Rhythms and Clocks: An Endocrine Perspective > Melatonin
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- Not checked yetcites [48] Takemura A. Susilo E.S. Rahman M.D.S. Morita M. Perception and possible utilization of moonlight intensity for reproductive activities in a lunar-synchronized spawner, the golden rabbitfish J. Exp. Zool. Part A Comp. Exp. Biol. 301 2004 844 851 10.1002/jez.a.105 15449345 source
- Not checked yetcites [58] Rahman M.S. Kim B.H. Takemura A. Park C.B. Lee Y.D. Effects of moonlight exposure on plasma melatonin rhythms in the seagrass rabbitfish, Siganus canaliculatus J. Biol. Rhythm. 19 2004 325 334 10.1177/0748730404266712 15245651 source
- Not checked yetcites [59] Rahman M.S. Kim B.H. Takemura A. Park C.B. Lee Y.D. Influence of light-dark and lunar cycles on the ocular melatonin rhythms in the seagrass rabbitfish, a lunar-synchronized spawner J. Pineal Res. 37 2004 122 128 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2004.00147.x 15298671 source
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“Given its role as an endocrine mediator of other light-dependent rhythms (daily/circadian, i.e. daily sleep–wake cycle) in vertebrates, also melatonin has been suggested as a potential component of the molecular mechanisms contributing to lunar-regulated rhythms.”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Circalunar Rhythms and Clocks: An Endocrine Perspective > Melatonin
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“The period of these oscillations was consistent with swimming activity and respiratory rate tidal cycles, which peak around high tides [54,56].”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Core Circadian Clock Genes and Lunar-Regulated Processes: Are There Connections? > Circatidal rhythms and clocks
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- Not checked yetcites [54] O’Neill J.S. Lee K.D. Zhang L. Feeney K. Webster S.G. Blades M.J. Kyriacou C.P. Hastings M.H. Metabolic molecular markers of the tidal clock in the marine crustacean Eurydice pulchra Curr. Biol. 25 2015 R326 R327 10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.052 25898100 PMC4406942 source
- Not checked yetcites [56] Hastings M.H. Semi-lunar variations of endogenous circa-tidal rhythms of activity and respiration in the isopod Eurydice pulchra Mar. Ecol Prog Ser. 4 1981 85 90 10.3354/meps004085 source
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“Taking all above findings together might start to indicate that the circadian clockwork could be more plastic than previously thought and capable to adjust to the environmental cycle(s) most relevant for a given species [53,54,57].”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Core Circadian Clock Genes and Lunar-Regulated Processes: Are There Connections? > Circatidal rhythms and clocks
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- Not checked yetcites [53] Tran D. Perrigault M. Ciret P. Payton L. Bivalve mollusc circadian clock genes can run at tidal frequency Proc. Biol. Sci. 287 2020 20192440 10.1098/rspb.2019.2440 31910786 PMC7003461
- Not checked yetcites [54] O’Neill J.S. Lee K.D. Zhang L. Feeney K. Webster S.G. Blades M.J. Kyriacou C.P. Hastings M.H. Metabolic molecular markers of the tidal clock in the marine crustacean Eurydice pulchra Curr. Biol. 25 2015 R326 R327 10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.052 25898100 PMC4406942 source
- Not checked yetcites [57] Schnytzer Y. Simon-Blecher N. Li J. Ben-Asher H.W. Salmon-Divon M. Achituv Y. Hughes M.E. Levy O. Tidal and diel orchestration of behaviour and gene expression in an intertidal mollusc Sci. Rep. 8 2018 1 13 10.1038/s41598-018-23167-y 29559663 PMC5861051 source
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“This lack of both circatidal and circadian rhythmicity in clock gene expression is also conceivable with the idea that specific subsets of the core circadian clock might be differentially recruited in a tissue-dependent manner, and depending on cellular context form circadian, circatidal, or circalunidian clocks.”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Core Circadian Clock Genes and Lunar-Regulated Processes: Are There Connections? > Circatidal rhythms and clocks
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“Laboratory studies provide a better control of the multitude of environmental variables present in nature, allowing the investigation of the single contributions of a certain cue”
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“the generation of knockouts and transgenic animals clearly allow for a detailed functional dissection that is difficult to meet with other methods”
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“complex chronobiological changes likely caused by anthropogenic impacts (i.e. light pollution, temperature changes, architectural barriers) that are endangering the world's ecosystems as we know them [22,23], and possibly human health”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > Perspectives
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Life has evolved equally long under both lunar and solar influences.
“As the moon formed about 4.51 billion years ago, life evolved equally long under both lunar and solar influences”
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The lunar cycle is a reliable and steady environmental cue.
“Animals exploit reliable and steady environmental cues to synchronize crucial events of their life”
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“The Moon exhibits three different cycles that affect moonlight intensity and gravity on Earth and that are illustrated in Fig. 1 [see also figure 1 in the work by Andreatta and Tessmar-Raible (5)].”
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“In many marine species (1–5) and some terrestrial species (6–9), reproductive behavior is synchronized with a particular phase of the lunar cycle (often full or new moon).”
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“arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (aanat, enzyme involved in melatonin synthesis) in the retina were reduced during FM nights compared to NM in the grass puffer [62,63].”
§ The Still Dark Side of the Moon: Molecular Mechanisms of Lunar-Controlled Rhythms and Clocks > References
“62. Kashiwagi T. Park Y.J. Park J.G. Imamura S. Takeuchi Y. Hur S.P. Takemura A. Moonlight affects mRNA abundance of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase in the retina of a lunar-synchronized spawner, the goldlined spinefoot”
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“because of earth's axis clockwise rotation (Figure 1(f)).”
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“(F) Draconic month. The plane described by moon's orbit is inclined (5.14°) compared to the plane on which the sun and the earth lay, and the two planes cross in two points called nodes (purple circles). (G) Tropical month:”
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“The intertidal limpet Cellana rota exhibits circatidal locomotor activity [57] and oxygen consumption [99].”
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“99. Balaparameswara Rao M. Studies on the oxygen consumption of a tropical intertidal limpet Cellana radiata (Born): effect of body size and tidal rhythm”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Andreatta, G., & Tessmar-Raible, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Vienna (AT)
- ORCID
- Andreatta, Gabriele
- Venue
- Journal of Molecular Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-05
- Volume
- 432
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 3525-3546
- ISSN
- 0022-2836 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7322537
- OpenAlex
- W3012359533
- Semantic Scholar
- b671c083737034100dfd60550f2e16af2f3a5b0a
- Cited by
- 111
- References
- 148
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 1.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Molecular Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Seventh Framework Programme
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (819952)
- European Research Council (337011)
- Austrian Science Fund (P28970, SFB F78)
- Universität Wien
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Light effects on plants
- Keywords
- lunar rhythms, circatidal rhythm, circalunar rhythm, circadian rhythm, molecular clock mechanisms, metabolic pathways, endocrine pathways, molecular markers, free-running rhythm, marine organisms, terrestrial organisms
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Circadian Rhythm, Light, Moon, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Circadian Clocks
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