Elastin Lumen area ( m 2 ) Media to lumen ratio (x1) H.E. Medium thickness ( m) Medium area ( m 2 ) SUPPLEMENTAL DATA A (Bmal1 flox/flox ) (SM-Bmal1 -/- ) B 1 8 8 6 6 4 4 2 2 1µm 5 8 4 6 3 2 4 1 2 Supplemental Figure 1. Lack of detectable vascular remodeling in the 2 nd branch of mesenteric arteries isolated from the SM-Bmal1- mice. (A) Representative H&E (the upper panel) and elastin staining (the bottom panel) cross-sectional photographs. (B) Quantification of the medium thickness, medium area, lumen area, and medium to lumen ratio from the elastin staining data. 1
Contraction (mg) 5-HT-induced maximum contraction (mg) 143 mk K-induced plateau contraction (mg) PE-induced contraction (mg) PE-induced maximum contraction (mg) A B C D 3 2 1 P<.1 P<.1 P<.1 ZT5 ZT17 ZT5 ZT17 6 -ZT5 5 -ZT17 4 -ZT5 -ZT17 3 2 1-9 -8-7 -6-5 5-HT Concentration (Log[M]) 5 4 3 2 1 P<.1 P<.1 -ZT5 -ZT17 -ZT5 -ZT17-7 -6-5 -4 PE Concentration (Log[M]) E 8 6 4 2 P<.5 P<.5 P<.1 ZT5 ZT17 ZT5 ZT17 P<.1 6 4 2 P<.1 P<.5 ZT5 ZT17 ZT5 ZT17 Supplemental Figure 2. The time-of-day variation in contractile responses is suppressed in right renal artery from SM-Bmal1- mice. (A) The plateau response to 143 mm K + (n=15). (B and C) The concentration-response curve (B) and the maximum response (C) to phenylephrine (PE; n=7-11). (D and E) The concentration-response curve (D) and the maximum response (E) to serotonin (5-HT; n=7-11). 2
Wall Area ( m 2 ) Wall to lumen ratio Vessel area ( m 2 ) Lumen area ( m 2 ) A B 4, vs. : 25, vs. : 3, 2, 2, 1, 15, 1, 5, 2 4 6 8 1 12 Pressure (mmhg) 2 4 6 8 1 12 Pressure (mmhg) C D 1, 8, 6, vs. :.6.4 vs. : P<.1 4, 2,.2. 2 4 6 8 1 12 Pressure (mmhg) 2 4 6 8 1 12 Pressure (mmhg) Supplemental Figure 3. Vessel structure of the 5 th branch of mesenteric arteries. The cross-sectional vessel area (A), the cross-sectional lumen area (B), the cross-sectional wall area (C), and the wall to lumen ratio (D) were calculated from the outer and inner diameters of the vessels as described (1). N=6-7. 3
MYPT1/b-ACTIN CPI-17/b-ACTIN ROCK2/b-ACTIN RhoA/b-ACTIN a-sma/b-actin MLC 2 /b-actin A B C a-sma 2.5 MLC 2 2. MYPT1 CPI-17 ROCK2 RhoA b-actin 1.5 1..5. 2.5 2. 1.5 1..5. D E F G 1.2.9.6.3 2.4 1.8 1.2.6 1.2.8.4 P<.1 1..8.6.4.2.... Supplemental Figure 4. ROCK2 protein expression is selectively suppressed in mesenteric arteries from SM-Bmal1- mice. Representative Western-blots (A) and quantitative data (B-G; n=8-14) of smooth muscle alpha actin (a-sma; B), myosin light chain (MLC 2 ; C), myosin phosphatase target subunit 1 (MYPT1; D), 17 kda PKC-potentiated protein phosphatase-1 inhibitor (CPI-17; E), Rho-kinase 2 (ROCK2; F), and small molecular weight G- protein RhoA (RhoA; G). 4
HR (beats/min) HR amplitude (mmhg) HR acrophase (hour) HR period length (hour) Pulse Pressure (mmhg) Locomoter Activity (counts/min) DBP (mmhg) MAP (mmhg) SBP (mmhg) SBP amplitude (mmhg) SBP acrophase (ZT hour) SBP period length (hour) A B C D 137 132 127 122 117 112 17 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 ZT 12 24 36 48 6 72 84 96 18 12 132 144 156 168 9 P<.5 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 25 23 21 19 17 15 26 25 24 23 22 21 2 E 15 1 95 9 85 8 75 G 4 35 3 25 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 ZT 12 24 36 48 6 72 84 96 18 12 132 144 156 168 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 ZT 12 24 36 48 6 72 84 96 18 12 132 144 156 168 I J K L F H 118 113 18 13 98 93 1 8 6 4 2 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17 5 ZT 12 24 36 48 6 72 84 96 18 12 132 144 156 168 12 24 36 48 6 72 84 96 18 12 132 144 156 168 6 55 5 3 2 25 2 15 26 24 45 4 1 1 5 22 12 24 36 48 6 72 84 96 18 12 132 144 156 168 2 Supplemental Figure 5. Circadian rhythms in blood pressure, but not in locomotor activity and heart rate, are altered in SM-Bmal1- mice under constant light condition. (A, E-I) 2-h means of consecutive 7 day s telemetric recording of the systolic blood pressure (SBP; A), diastolic blood pressure (DBP; E), mean blood pressure (MAP; F), pulse pressure (G), locomotor activity (H), and heart rate (HR; I) under constant light conditions (n=5-7). (B-D) SBP circadian oscillations in amplitude (B), acrophase (C), and period length (D). (J-L) HR circadian oscillations in amplitude (J), acrophase (K), and period length (L). 5
HR (beats/min) HR amplitude (mmhg) HR acrophas (hour) HR period length (hour) Pulse pressure (mmhg) Locomotor Activity (beats/min) DBP (mmhg) MAP (mmhg) SBP (mmhg) SBP amplitude (mmhg) SBP acrophase (hour) SBP period (hour) A B C D E G 136 131 126 121 116 111 16 97 92 87 82 77 72 12 24 36 48 6 72 4 38 36 34 32 3 28 17 5 17 5 17 5 ZT 12 24 36 48 6 72 17 5 17 5 17 5 ZT 12 24 36 48 6 72 17 5 17 5 17 5 ZT ZT I J K L F H 12.5 P<.5 1. 7.5 5. 2.5. 12 115 11 15 1 95 9 12.5 1. 7.5 5. 2.5. 12 24 36 48 6 72 Time(hour) 17 5 17 5 17 5 ZT 19 18 17 16 15 P<.5 25 24 23 22 21 2 6 12 18 24 3 36 42 48 54 6 66 72 65 6 55 5 45 4 5 4 3 2 1 19 18 17 16 25 24 23 22 21 6 12 18 24 3 36 42 48 54 6 66 72 Time (hours) 15 2 Supplemental Figure 6. Circadian rhythms in blood pressure, but not in locomotor activity and heart rate, are altered in SM-Bmal1- mice under 12:12 light/dark condition. (A, E-I) 2-h means of consecutive 3 day s telemetric recording of the systolic blood pressure (SBP; A), diastolic blood pressure (DBP; E), mean blood pressure (MAP; F), pulse pressure (G), locomotor activity (H), and heart rate (HR; I) under 12:12 light/dark conditions (n=8). (B-D) SBP Circadian oscillations in amplitude (B), acrophase (C), and period length (D). E). (J-L) HR circadian oscillations in amplitude (J), acrophase (K), and period length (L). 6
MAP (mmhg) MAP (mmhg) A 13 SM22a-Cre Bmal1 flox/flox B 13 ics-bmal1- ics-bmal1-12 11 1 9 12 11 1 9 12 24 36 48 6 72 12 24 36 48 6 72 Supplemental Figure 7. Smooth muscle specific Cre-recombinase expression or cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of Bmal1 has no significant effect on blood pressure level and circadian oscillations. (A) Consecutive 3 day s telemetric recording of mean arterial pressure (MAP) under 12:12 light/dark condition in SM22α-Cre mice and Bmal1 flox/flox mice (A, n=6 to 8). (B) Consecutive 3 day s telemetric recording of MAP in inducible cardiomyocyte specific Bmal1- mice (ics-bmal1-) and control mice (ics-bmal1-, B, n=3-4). To delete Bmal1 from cardiomyocyte, the Cre-recombination was activated by consecutive intraperitoneal injection of tamoxifen (2mg/day) for 5 consecutive days and the control mice were administered with vehicle (15% ethanol in sunflower seed oil). 7
Baroreflex Sensitivity (ms/mmhg) Time: P<.1 Strain: P<.1 3. 2.5 2. 1.5 1. 2 4 6 8 1 12 14 16 18 2 22 24 ZT Supplemental Figure 8. The time of day variation in spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity is suppressed in Bmal1- mice. The systolic blood pressure data collected under 12:12 light:dark condition were used for the sequence analysis of the spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity. The data were obtained from 6 to 22 mice in each strain. Note that the difference between dark and light phase detected in the littermates mice was mostly lost in the SM-Bmal1- mice. 8
Supplemental Table 1 Mean arterial pressure before and after phenylephrine (PE) injections Bmal1 flox/flox SM-Bmal1- PE dose ZT5 (mmhg) ZT17 (mmhg) ZT5 (mmhg) ZT17 (mmhg) ( g/ml) basal injection basal injection basal injection basal injection 5 83.3 92.2 8.5 86.7 74.4 81.3 74. 78.7 1 81.9 95.1 82.4 9.2 76.4 85.2 72.8 81.5 5 8.9 16. 8.3 98.5 79.6 96.4 71.9 87.2 Seven to 1 days after the implantation of telemetry transmitters, the SM-Bmal1- and littermate were anesthetized at ZT5 and ZT17, respectively. A catheter was inserted into femoral vein and various doses of phenylephrine (5, 1, and 5 g/kg) were bolus injected. Maximal pressure increase was recorded. n=3 for each mouse strain. Values are expressed as mean value ± SEM from 3 mice. 9
Supplemental Table 2 PCR primers Gene Primer Sequence Application Mouse Forward 5 -GTCGGGACAAAATGAACAGTTT-3 C Real-time Bmal1 Reverse 5 -TCCTGGACATTGCATTGCAT-3 PCR Mouse Forward 5 -TTTCTAAACATGCGAAGAATCTCATATG-3 Real-time Rock2 Reverse 5 -CTTCTACCCCATTTCTTCCAAGTC-3 PCR Mouse Forward 5 -ATCCTCCCTGAAAAGGGGTA-3 ChIP Per1 Reverse 5 -GGATCTCTTCCTGGCATCTG-3 assay Mouse Forward 5 -AATCAGAACCCTAGGACGCA-3 ChIP (E-box 5 Rock2 Reverse 5 -ATATATCAGCACACACATGTAAATGTG-3 to E-box 8) Mouse Forward 5 -AACTCAGAAATCCGCCTGC-3 ChIP (E-box 9 Rock2 Reverse 5 -ATGTTTTCATGCTGGGTG-3 to E-box 1) Mouse Forward 5 -TCCTATTTTAGGTTTTTCTGAGATCCA-3 Cloning Rock2 Rock2 Reverse 5 -CATGGCATTTATTGTAAATCGTGTTCT-3 promoter 1
SUPPLEMENTAL METHODS Morphometric Analysis of Mesentery Artery. Secondary order branch mesenteric arteries were embedded in paraffin, sectioned, and stained with Hematoxylin-Eosin and elastin as described (2). Elastin stained slides were used for morphometric analysis as described (3). Analysis of spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity. Baroreflex sensitivity for control of heart rate was calculated from spontaneous fluctuations in systolic arterial blood pressure and heart rate using the sequence technique and a custom-made software [Hemolab Ver. 7.5 (July 21, 29), down loaded from http://www.haraldstauss.com/hemolab/hemolab.html]. Recordings were obtained at a high sampling rate of 1 Hz. A period of 1 minutes with minimal locomotor activity was selected for analysis from each hour over the 24-h day for analysis. Sequences of 4 consecutive blood pressure pulses where the systolic arterial pressure and pulse interval are positively correlated (r 2 >.8) were counted. Baroreflex sensitivity was calculated as the average slope of the systolic pressure-pulse interval relationships. 11
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