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Yin T, Zhu P, Lao IW, Yu L, Bai Q, Zhou X, Wang J. NR1D1-rearranged soft tissue tumour: A clinicopathological and molecular analysis of four additional cases. Histopathology 2024; 84:661-670. [PMID: 38084644 DOI: 10.1111/his.15111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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AIMS Nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group D member 1 (NR1D1)-rearranged soft tissue tumour is a newly described entity with an epithelioid morphology and a potential for aggressive behaviour. Largely due to under-recognition, this tumour type has not yet been widely acknowledged. Herein, we report four additional cases to further expand its clinicopathological and molecular spectrum. METHODS AND RESULTS Four mesenchymal tumours with NR1D1 rearrangement were identified from our consultation files. There were one male and three females with ages ranging from 19 to 47 years (median = 28.5 years). Tumour occurred in the tongue, neck, hip and index finger, respectively. Histologically, two tumours were composed predominantly of epithelioid cells; one tumour had admixed epithelioid-spindle cells and one tumour consisted of monomorphic small round to ovoid cells. By immunohistochemistry, none of the tumours expressed lineage-specific markers. Targeted RNA-sequencing identified NR1D1 fusions in all four tumours, the partner genes being MAML2, MAML3, KMT2A and NCOA2, respectively. The novel MAML3 and NCOA2 rearrangements were confirmed by fluorescence in-situ hybridisation analysis. On follow-up (2-23 months), one patient experienced local recurrence due to incomplete resection and one patient developed lung metastasis. The other two patients were alive without disease. CONCLUSIONS This study adds more support for NR1D1-rearranged soft tissue tumour as an emerging entity. The occurrence of two additional tumours in the head and neck region, description of a small round cell variant and identification of novel MAML3, KMT2A and NCOA2 partners further expand its clinicopathological and molecular spectrum. More studies on larger series are necessary to validate the fully malignant potential of NR1D1-rearranged soft tissue tumour.
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- Tangchen Yin
- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Yakmaz F, Bozkurt AS, Görücü Yilmaz Ş. PTZ-kindled rat model; evaluation of seizure, hippocampal EGR-1, and Rev-erbα gene regulation, behavioral analysis, and antioxidant capacity of Gum Arabic. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:279. [PMID: 38324049 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09210-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND Epilepsy is a neurological disease characterized by recurrent seizures, hyperexcitable neurons and various behavioral comorbidities. The electrical charge during seizures depletes the antioxidant defense mechanism in the epileptic brain and increases the oxidative burden. Natural antioxidant compounds are potential therapeutics in the treatment of two major pathologies of epilepsy with their anticonvulsant and anxiolytic effects and can modulate these targets. Gum Arabic is one of the natural plant polysaccharides that is non-toxic and biodegradable. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 30 Wistar albino male rats (8-12 weeks, 350-500 g), were randomly divided into 5 groups with 6 animals in each group: 1-Control, 2-Sham (Phosphate buffer saline (PBS)), 3-PTZ, 4-Gum Arabic, 5-PTZ + Gum Arabic. PTZ was administered i.p at 35 mg/kg/day for 11 days. After 48 h, the injection was completed with 75 mg/kg PTZ. Locomotor activity, immobilization, rearing, grooming, eating, and drinking behaviors were recorded with the LABORAS behavior system for 30 min after kindling. Animals were treated with Gum Arabic (2 mg/kg/day, oral gavage) for 10 days. At the end of the period, animal behavior was recorded again. Then the hippocampus tissues were removed. Oxidative parameters (TAS and TOS), early growth response 1 (EGR1) and nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group D member 1 (Rev-erbα) gene expressions and behaviors were analyzed. CONCLUSION Gum Arabic increased TAS levels (P = 0.000), decreased TOS levels (P = 0.000), and thus exhibited antioxidant properties by reducing oxidative stress burden. EGR1, which was upregulated in the seizure group, was downregulated after treatment (P = 0.000), and Rev-erbα was downregulated in seizure and upregulated after treatment (P = 0.000). Gum arabic may be an antiepileptic and anxiolytic therapeutic in improving epileptic seizures by reducing oxidative stress burden through EGR1 and Rev-erbα.0.
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- Funda Yakmaz
- Physiology Department, Medicine Faculty, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Physiology Department, Medicine Faculty, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
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- Nutrition and Dietetics Department, Health Science Faculty, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Vales-Villamarín C, de Dios O, Mahíllo-Fernández I, Perales M, Pérez-Nadador I, Gavela-Pérez T, Soriano-Guillén L, Garcés C. Sex-dependent relationship of polymorphisms in CLOCK and REV-ERBα genes with body mass index and lipid levels in children. Sci Rep 2023; 13:22127. [PMID: 38092833 PMCID: PMC10719338 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49506-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Circadian rhythms, which are governed by a circadian clock, regulate important biological processes associated with obesity. SNPs in circadian clock genes have been linked to energy and lipid homeostasis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the associations of CLOCK and REV-ERBα SNPs with BMI and plasma lipid levels in pre-pubertal boys and girls. The study sample population comprised 1268 children aged 6-8 years. Information regarding anthropometric parameters and plasma lipid concentrations was available. Genotyping of CLOCK SNPs rs1801260, rs4580704, rs3749474, rs3736544 and rs4864548 and REV-ERBα SNPs rs2017427, rs20711570 and rs2314339 was performed by RT-PCR. The CLOCK SNPs rs3749474 and rs4864548 were significantly associated with BMI in girls but no in boys. Female carriers of the minor alleles for these SNPs presented lower BMI compared to non-carriers. A significant association of the REV-ERBα SNP rs2071570 with plasma total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and Apo B in males was also observed. Male AA carriers showed lower plasma levels of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and Apo B levels as compared with carriers of the C allele. No significant associations between any of the studied REV-ERBα SNPs and plasma lipid levels were observed in females. In summary, CLOCK and REV-ERBα SNPs were associated with BMI and plasma lipid levels respectively in a sex-dependent manner. Our findings suggest that sex-related factors may interact with Clock genes SNPs conditioning the effects of these polymorphisms on circadian alterations.
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- Lipid Research Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Lipid Research Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Lipid Research Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Lipid Research Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Zhang-Sun ZY, Xu XZ, Escames G, Lei WR, Zhao L, Zhou YZ, Tian Y, Ren YN, Acuña-Castroviejo D, Yang Y. Targeting NR1D1 in organ injury: challenges and prospects. Mil Med Res 2023; 10:62. [PMID: 38072952 PMCID: PMC10712084 DOI: 10.1186/s40779-023-00495-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group D, member 1 (NR1D1, also known as REV-ERBα) belongs to the nuclear receptor (NR) family, and is a heme-binding component of the circadian clock that consolidates circadian oscillators. In addition to repressing the transcription of multiple clock genes associated with circadian rhythms, NR1D1 has a wide range of downstream target genes that are intimately involved in many physiopathological processes, including autophagy, immunity, inflammation, metabolism and aging in multiple organs. This review focuses on the pivotal role of NR1D1 as a key transcription factor in the gene regulatory network, with particular emphasis on the milestones of the latest discoveries of NR1D1 ligands. NR1D1 is considered as a promising drug target for treating diverse diseases and may contribute to research on innovative biomarkers and therapeutic targets for organ injury-related diseases. Further research on NR1D1 ligands in prospective human trials may pave the way for their clinical application in many organ injury-related disorders.
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- Zi-Yin Zhang-Sun
- Department of Cardiology, Northwest University First Hospital, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine , Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Biomedical Research Center, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biotechnology, Technological Park of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 18016, Granada, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Ibs.Granada, San Cecilio University Hospital, 18016, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwest University First Hospital, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine , Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwest University First Hospital, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine , Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwest University First Hospital, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine , Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwest University First Hospital, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine , Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Biomedical Research Center, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biotechnology, Technological Park of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 18016, Granada, Spain.
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Ibs.Granada, San Cecilio University Hospital, 18016, Granada, Spain.
- UGC of Clinical Laboratories, San Cecilio Clinical University Hospital, 18016, Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwest University First Hospital, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine , Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
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Ansarin A, Mahdavi AM, Javadivala Z, Shanehbandi D, Zarredar H, Ansarin K. The cross-talk between leptin and circadian rhythm signaling proteins in physiological processes: a systematic review. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:10427-10443. [PMID: 37874505 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08887-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Today, modern lifestyles and disrupted sleep patterns cause circadian clock rhythm impairments that are associated with altered leptin levels, which subsequently affect a wide range of physiological processes and have significant health burdens on societies. Nevertheless, there has been no systematic review of circadian clock genes and proteins, leptin, and related signaling pathways. METHODS Accordingly, we systematically reviewed circadian clock proteins, leptin, and molecular mechanisms between them by searching Pubmed, Scopus, ProQuest, Web of Sciences, and Google Scholar until September 2022. After considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 20 animal studies were selected. The risk of bias was assessed in each study. RESULTS The results clarified the reciprocal interconnected relationship between circadian clock genes and leptin. Circadian clock genes regulate leptin expression and signaling via different mechanisms, such as CLOCK-BMAL1 heterodimers, which increase the expression of PPARs. PPARs induce the expression of C/EBPα, a key factor in upregulating leptin expression. CLOCK-BMAL1 also induces the expression of Per1 and Rev-erb genes. PER1 activates mTORC1 and mTORC1 enhances the expression of C/EBPα. In addition, REV-ERBs activate the leptin signaling pathway. Also, leptin controls the expression of circadian clock genes by triggering the AMPK and ERK/MAPK signaling pathways, which regulate the activity of PPARs. Moreover, the roles of these molecular mechanisms are elucidated in different physiological processes and organs. CONCLUSIONS Crosstalk between circadian clock genes and leptin and their affecting elements should be considered in the selection of new therapeutic targets for related disorders, especially obesity and metabolic impairments.
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- Atefeh Ansarin
- Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Pashmineh Research Complex, Daneshgah Street, P.O. Box: 5448151429, Tabriz, Iran
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- Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Pashmineh Research Complex, Daneshgah Street, P.O. Box: 5448151429, Tabriz, Iran
- Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Health Education & Promotion, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Pashmineh Research Complex, Daneshgah Street, P.O. Box: 5448151429, Tabriz, Iran
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- Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Pashmineh Research Complex, Daneshgah Street, P.O. Box: 5448151429, Tabriz, Iran.
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Bukhnikashvili L. Overlaps Between CDS Regions of Protein-Coding Genes in the Human Genome: A Case Study on the NR1D1-THRA Gene Pair. J Mol Evol 2023; 91:963-975. [PMID: 38006429 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-023-10147-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
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For several decades, it has been known that a substantial number of genes within human DNA exhibit overlap; however, the biological and evolutionary significance of these overlaps remain poorly understood. This study focused on investigating specific instances of overlap where the overlapping DNA region encompasses the coding DNA sequences (CDSs) of protein-coding genes. The results revealed that proteins encoded by overlapping CDSs exhibit greater disorder than those from nonoverlapping CDSs. Additionally, these DNA regions were identified as GC-rich. This could be partially attributed to the absence of stop codons from two distinct reading frames rather than one. Furthermore, these regions were found to harbour fewer single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites, possibly due to constraints arising from the overlapping state where mutations could affect two genes simultaneously.While elucidating these properties, the NR1D1-THRA gene pair emerged as an exceptional case with highly structured proteins and a distinctly conserved sequence across eutherian mammals. Both NR1D1 and THRA are nuclear receptors lacking a ligand-binding domain at their C-terminus, which is the region where these gene pairs overlap. The NR1D1 gene is involved in the regulation of circadian rhythm, while the THRA gene encodes a thyroid hormone receptor, and both play crucial roles in various physiological processes. This study suggests that, in addition to their well-established functions, the specifically overlapping CDS regions of these genes may encode protein segments with additional, yet undiscovered, biological roles.
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Li C, Yang D, Yang W, Wang Y, Li D, Li Y, Xiao B, Zhang H, Zhao H, Dong H, Zhang J, Chu G, Wang A, Jin Y, Liu Y, Chen H. Hypoxia activation attenuates progesterone synthesis in goat trophoblast cells via NR1D1 inhibition of StAR expression†. Biol Reprod 2023; 109:720-735. [PMID: 37552055 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioad094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
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Trophoblast plays a crucial role in gestation maintenance and embryo implantation, partly due to the synthesis of progesterone. It has been demonstrated that hypoxia regulates invasion, proliferation, and differentiation of trophoblast cells. Additionally, human trophoblasts display rhythmic expression of circadian clock genes. However, it remains unclear if the circadian clock system is present in goat trophoblast cells (GTCs), and its involvement in hypoxia regulation of steroid hormone synthesis remains elusive. In this study, immunofluorescence staining revealed that both BMAL1 and NR1D1 (two circadian clock components) were highly expressed in GTCs. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that several circadian clock genes were rhythmically expressed in forskolin-synchronized GTCs. To mimic hypoxia, GTCs were treated with hypoxia-inducing reagents (CoCl2 or DMOG). Quantitative real-time PCR results demonstrated that hypoxia perturbed the mRNA expression of circadian clock genes and StAR. Notably, the increased expression of NR1D1 and the reduction of StAR expression in hypoxic GTCs were also detected by western blotting. In addition, progesterone secretion exhibited a notable decline in hypoxic GTCs. SR9009, an NR1D1 agonist, significantly decreased StAR expression at both the mRNA and protein levels and markedly inhibited progesterone secretion in GTCs. Moreover, SR8278, an NR1D1 antagonist, partially reversed the inhibitory effect of CoCl2 on mRNA and protein expression levels of StAR and progesterone synthesis in GTCs. Our results demonstrate that hypoxia reduces StAR expression via the activation of NR1D1 signaling in GTCs, thus inhibiting progesterone synthesis. These findings provide new insights into the NR1D1 regulation of progesterone synthesis in GTCs under hypoxic conditions.
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- Chao Li
- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Fat Deposition & Muscle Development, Department of Animal Genetics Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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He Y, Zhu D, Greenman K, Ruiz C, Shang J, Lu Q, Kojetin DJ, Drakas R, Cameron MD, Lizarzaburu M, Solt LA, Kamenecka TM. Structure-Activity Relationship and Biological Investigation of a REV-ERBα-Selective Agonist SR-29065 ( 34) for Autoimmune Disorders. J Med Chem 2023; 66:14815-14823. [PMID: 37888788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Autoimmune diseases affect 50 million Americans, predominantly women, and are thought to be one of the top 10 leading causes of death among women in age groups up to 65 years. A central role for TH17 cells has been highlighted by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) linking genes preferentially expressed in TH17 cells to several human autoimmune diseases. We and others have reported that the nuclear receptors REV-ERBα and β are cell-intrinsic repressors of TH17 cell development and pathogenicity and might therefore be therapeutic targets for intervention. Herein, we describe detailed SAR studies of a novel REV-ERBα-selective scaffold. Metabolic stability of the ligands was optimized allowing for in vivo interrogation of the receptor in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (EAE) with a ligand (34). Reduction in frequency and number of T-cells in the CNS as well as key REV-ERB target genes is a measure of target engagement in vivo.
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- Yuanjun He
- The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- ChemPartner Corporation, 280 Utah Avenue, Suite 100, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- ShangPharma Innovation, 280 Utah Avenue, Suite 100, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- ChemPartner Corporation, 280 Utah Avenue, Suite 100, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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Chen R, Routh BN, Straetker JE, Gibson CR, Weitzner AS, Bell KS, Gaudet AD, Fonken LK. Microglia depletion ameliorates neuroinflammation, anxiety-like behavior, and cognitive deficits in a sex-specific manner in Rev-erbα knockout mice. Brain Behav Immun 2023; 114:287-298. [PMID: 37648007 PMCID: PMC10788180 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023] Open
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The circadian system is an evolutionarily adaptive system that synchronizes biological and physiological activities within the body to the 24 h oscillations on Earth. At the molecular level, circadian clock proteins are transcriptional factors that regulate the rhythmic expression of genes involved in numerous physiological processes such as sleep, cognition, mood, and immune function. Environmental and genetic disruption of the circadian clock can lead to pathology. For example, global deletion of the circadian clock gene Rev-erbα (RKO) leads to hyperlocomotion, increased anxiety-like behaviors, and cognitive impairments in male mice; however, the mechanisms underlying behavioral changes remain unclear. Here we hypothesized that RKO alters microglia function leading to neuroinflammation and altered mood and cognition, and that microglia depletion can resolve neuroinflammation and restore behavior. We show that microglia depletion (CSF1R inhibitor, PLX5622) in 8-month-old RKO mice ameliorated hyperactivity, memory impairments, and anxiety/risky-like behaviors. RKO mice exhibited striking increases in expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., IL-1β and IL-6). Surprisingly, these increases were only fully reversed by microglia depletion in the male but not female RKO hippocampus. In contrast, male RKO mice showed greater alterations in microglial morphology and phagocytic activity than females. In both sexes, microglia depletion reduced microglial branching and decreased CD68 production without altering astrogliosis. Taken together, we show that male and female RKO mice exhibit unique perturbations to the neuroimmune system, but microglia depletion is effective at rescuing aspects of behavioral changes in both sexes. These results demonstrate that microglia are involved in Rev-erbα-mediated changes in behavior and neuroinflammation.
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- Ruizhuo Chen
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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- Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
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Schibler U. How the circadian nuclear orphan receptor REV-ERBα represses transcription: Temporal and spatial phase separation combined. Mol Cell 2023; 83:3399-3401. [PMID: 37802021 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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In this issue of Molecular Cell, Zhu et al.1 demonstrate that REV-ERBα and its co-repressor NCOR1 are assembled into daytime-dependent liquid droplets that constitute hubs in which the transcription of multiple REV-ERBα target genes is simultaneously repressed.
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- Ueli Schibler
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Zhu K, Celwyn IJ, Guan D, Xiao Y, Wang X, Hu W, Jiang C, Cheng L, Casellas R, Lazar MA. An intrinsically disordered region controlling condensation of a circadian clock component and rhythmic transcription in the liver. Mol Cell 2023; 83:3457-3469.e7. [PMID: 37802023 PMCID: PMC10575687 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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Circadian gene transcription is fundamental to metabolic physiology. Here we report that the nuclear receptor REV-ERBα, a repressive component of the molecular clock, forms circadian condensates in the nuclei of mouse liver. These condensates are dictated by an intrinsically disordered region (IDR) located in the protein's hinge region which specifically concentrates nuclear receptor corepressor 1 (NCOR1) at the genome. IDR deletion diminishes the recruitment of NCOR1 and disrupts rhythmic gene transcription in vivo. REV-ERBα condensates are located at high-order transcriptional repressive hubs in the liver genome that are highly correlated with circadian gene repression. Deletion of the IDR disrupts transcriptional repressive hubs and diminishes silencing of target genes by REV-ERBα. This work demonstrates physiological circadian protein condensates containing REV-ERBα whose IDR is required for hub formation and the control of rhythmic gene expression.
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- Kun Zhu
- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Nuclear Biology, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Basic Research, Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangdong 510005, China
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Nuclear Biology, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Erdag E, Haskologlu IC, Mercan M, Abacioglu N, Sehirli AO. An in silico investigation: Can melatonin serve as an adjuvant in NR1D1-linked chronotherapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? Chronobiol Int 2023; 40:1395-1403. [PMID: 37781884 DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2023.2265476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
Abstract
Chronobiology, which studies biological rhythms and their impacts on health, presents a potential avenue for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clock gene-related therapies, focusing on genes responsible for regulating biological rhythms, may hold promise in the treatment. Among these clock genes, nuclear receptor subfamily 1 Group D member 1 (NR1D1) plays a vital role in neurodegenerative diseases. In this particular study, it was aimed to investigate the potential of FDA-approved drugs commonly used in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treatment and melatonin, a hormone known for its role in regulating sleep-wake cycles, as ligands for clock gene-related therapy. The ligands were subjected to molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation methods against the NR1D1 clock gene. These results suggested that combining melatonin with FDA-approved medications commonly used in the treatment might yield positive outcomes. This study provides preliminary data and lays the groundwork for future investigations involving in vitro (laboratory-based) and in vivo (animal or human-based) research on chronotherapy. In summary, this research highlights the potential of clock gene-related therapy utilizing melatonin in conjunction with FDA-approved drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treatment, offering insights into novel treatment strategies. The findings underscore the need for further studies to explore the effectiveness of this hypothetical approach in experimental and clinical settings.
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- Emine Erdag
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Near East University, Nicosia, Türkiye
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- Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Near East University, Nicosia, Türkiye
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- Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Near East University, Nicosia, Türkiye
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- Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Near East University, Nicosia, Türkiye
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Chen Y, Li J, Li S, Cheng Y, Fu X, Li J, Zhu L. Uncovering the Novel Role of NR1D1 in Regulating BNIP3-Mediated Mitophagy in Ulcerative Colitis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14222. [PMID: 37762536 PMCID: PMC10531686 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241814222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, incurable condition characterized by mucosal inflammation and intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) damage. The circadian clock gene NR1D1, implicated in UC and the critical mitophagy process for epithelial repair, needs further exploration regarding its role in mitophagy regulation in UC. METHODS We created a jet lag mouse model and induced colitis with dextran sulfate sodium (DSS), investigating NR1D1's role. Intestinal-specific Nr1d1 knockout mice were also generated. RNA sequencing, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), and dual-luciferase reporter assays helped ascertain NR1D1's regulatory effect on BNIP3 expression. The mitochondrial state in IECs was assessed through transmission electron microscopy, while confocal microscopy evaluated mitophagy-associated protein expression in colon tissue and CCD841 cells. Cell apoptosis and reactive oxygen species (ROS) were measured via flow cytometry. RESULTS We observed reduced NR1D1 expression in the IECs of UC patients, accentuated under jet lag and DSS exposure in mice. NR1D1 ablation led to disrupted immune homeostasis and declined mitophagy in IECs. NR1D1, usually a transcriptional repressor, was a positive regulator of BNIP3 expression, leading to impaired mitophagy, cellular inflammation, and apoptosis. Administering the NR1D1 agonist SR9009 ameliorated colitis symptoms, primarily by rectifying defective mitophagy. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that NR1D1 bridges the circadian clock and UC, controlling BNIP3-mediated mitophagy and representing a potential therapeutic target. Its agonist, SR9009, shows promise in UC symptom alleviation.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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Prasad C, Hahn K, Duraisamy SK, Salathe MA, Huang SK, Burris TP, Sundar IK. Rev-erbα agonists suppresses TGFβ1-induced fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition and pro-fibrotic phenotype in human lung fibroblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 669:120-127. [PMID: 37269594 PMCID: PMC11034855 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.05.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease characterized by excessive scarring of the lungs that can lead to respiratory failure and death. Lungs of patients with IPF demonstrate excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) and an increased presence of pro-fibrotic mediators such as transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGFβ1), which is a major driver of fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition (FMT). Current literature supports that circadian clock dysfunction plays an essential role in the pathophysiology of various chronic inflammatory lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and IPF. The circadian clock transcription factor Rev-erbα is encoded by Nr1d1 that regulates daily rhythms of gene expression linked to immunity, inflammation, and metabolism. However, investigations into the potential roles of Rev-erbα in TGFβ-induced FMT and ECM accumulation are limited. In this study, we utilized several novel small molecule Rev-erbα agonists (GSK41122, SR9009, and SR9011) and a Rev-erbα antagonist (SR8278) to determine the roles of Rev-erbα in regulating TGFβ1-induced FMT and pro-fibrotic phenotypes in human lung fibroblasts. WI-38 cells were either pre-treated/co-treated with or without Rev-erbα agonist/antagonist along with TGFβ1. After 48 h, the following parameters were evaluated: secretion of COL1A1 (Slot-Blot analysis) and IL-6 (ELISA) into condition media, expressions of α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA: immunostaining and confocal microscopy), and pro-fibrotic proteins (αSMA and COL1A1 by immunoblotting), as well as gene expression of pro-fibrotic targets (qRT-PCR: Acta2, Fn1, and Col1a1). Results revealed that Rev-erbα agonists inhibited TGFβ1-induced FMT (αSMA and COL1A1), and ECM production (reduced gene expression of Acta2, Fn1, and Col1a1), and decreased pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 release. The Rev-erbα antagonist promoted TGFβ1-induced pro-fibrotic phenotypes. These findings support the potential of novel circadian clock-based therapeutics, such as Rev-erbα agonist, for the treatment and management of fibrotic lung diseases and disorders.
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- Chandrashekhar Prasad
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
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Jang S, Park I, Choi M, Kim J, Yeo S, Huh SO, Choi JW, Moon C, Choe HK, Choe Y, Kim K. Impact of the circadian nuclear receptor REV-ERBα in dorsal raphe 5-HT neurons on social interaction behavior, especially social preference. Exp Mol Med 2023; 55:1806-1819. [PMID: 37537215 PMCID: PMC10474013 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-023-01052-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Social interaction among conspecifics is essential for maintaining adaptive, cooperative, and social behaviors, along with survival among mammals. The 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) neuronal system is an important neurotransmitter system for regulating social behaviors; however, the circadian role of 5-HT in social interaction behaviors is unclear. To investigate whether the circadian nuclear receptor REV-ERBα, a transcriptional repressor of the rate-limiting enzyme tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (Tph2) gene in 5-HT biosynthesis, may affect social interaction behaviors, we generated a conditional knockout (cKO) mouse by targeting Rev-Erbα in dorsal raphe (DR) 5-HT neurons (5-HTDR-specific REV-ERBα cKO) using the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system and assayed social behaviors, including social preference and social recognition, with a three-chamber social interaction test at two circadian time (CT) points, i.e., at dawn (CT00) and dusk (CT12). The genetic ablation of Rev-Erbα in DR 5-HTergic neurons caused impaired social interaction behaviors, particularly social preference but not social recognition, with no difference between the two CT points. This deficit of social preference induced by Rev-Erbα in 5-HTDR-specific mice is functionally associated with real-time elevated neuron activity and 5-HT levels at dusk, as determined by fiber-photometry imaging sensors. Moreover, optogenetic inhibition of DR to nucleus accumbens (NAc) 5-HTergic circuit restored the impairment of social preference in 5-HTDR-specific REV-ERBα cKO mice. These results suggest the significance of the circadian regulation of 5-HT levels by REV-ERBα in regulating social interaction behaviors.
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- Sangwon Jang
- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
- Convergence Research Advanced Centre for Olfaction, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu, 41062, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Institute of Natural Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, 24252, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
- Convergence Research Advanced Centre for Olfaction, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI), Daegu, 41062, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea.
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Yang Y, Bai Y, Wang X, Guo Y, Yu Z, Feng D, Zhang F, Li D, Han P. Clock gene NR1D1 might be a novel target for the treatment of bladder cancer. Urol Oncol 2023; 41:327.e9-327.e18. [PMID: 37208228 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2023.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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PURPOSE To explore the role of circadian clock gene NR1D1 (REV-erbα) in bladder cancer (BC). METHODS Firstly, the association of NR1D1 level with clinical characteristics and prognosis was investigated among patients diagnosed with BC. Secondly, CCK-8, transwell, and colony formation experiments were performed among BC cells treated with Rev-erbα agonist (SR9009), as well as lentivirus and siRNA, for which NR1D1 were overexpressed (OE) and knocked down (KD), respectively. Thirdly, cell cycle and apoptosis were tested by flowcytometry. PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway proteins were determined in OE-NR1D1 cells. Finally, OE-NR1D1 and OE-Control BC cells were subcutaneously implanted in BALB/c nude mice. The tumor size and protein levels were compared between groups. A P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. RESULTS Patients with NR1D1 positive status had a longer disease-free survival than those with negative expression. The cell viability, migration, and colony formation of BC cells after treated with SR9009 were significantly suppressed. OE-NR1D1 cells had obviously inhibited cell viability, migration, and colony formation, while those were found strengthened in KD-NR1D1 cells. Besides, KD-NR1D1 cells were observed with a lower proportion of dead cells and G0/G1 cells, but a higher ratio of G2/M. The changes of p-AKT, p-S6, p-4EBP1, and FASN involved in PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway were detected in OE- and KD-NR1D1 BC cells. Finally, in vivo data demonstrated that overexpression of NR1D1 suppressed the tumorigenicity of BC cells. CONCLUSION NR1D1 played a role of tumor suppressor and it might become a novel target for the treatment of BC.
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- Yubo Yang
- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China; Department of Urology, Three Gorges Hospital, Chongqing University, Wanzhou, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Urology, Three Gorges Hospital, Chongqing University, Wanzhou, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Urology, Three Gorges Hospital, Chongqing University, Wanzhou, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
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Guan D, Bae H, Zhou D, Chen Y, Jiang C, La CM, Xiao Y, Zhu K, Hu W, Trinh TM, Liu P, Xiong Y, Cai B, Jang C, Lazar MA. Hepatocyte SREBP signaling mediates clock communication within the liver. J Clin Invest 2023; 133:e163018. [PMID: 37066875 PMCID: PMC10104893 DOI: 10.1172/jci163018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
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Rhythmic intraorgan communication coordinates environmental signals and the cell-intrinsic clock to maintain organ homeostasis. Hepatocyte-specific KO of core components of the molecular clock Rev-erbα and -β (Reverb-hDKO) alters cholesterol and lipid metabolism in hepatocytes as well as rhythmic gene expression in nonparenchymal cells (NPCs) of the liver. Here, we report that in fatty liver caused by diet-induced obesity (DIO), hepatocyte SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) was required for Reverb-hDKO-induced diurnal rhythmic remodeling and epigenomic reprogramming in liver macrophages (LMs). Integrative analyses of isolated hepatocytes and LMs revealed that SCAP-dependent lipidomic changes in REV-ERB-depleted hepatocytes led to the enhancement of LM metabolic rhythms. Hepatocytic loss of REV-ERBα and β (REV-ERBs) also attenuated LM rhythms via SCAP-independent polypeptide secretion. These results shed light on the signaling mechanisms by which hepatocytes regulate diurnal rhythms in NPCs in fatty liver disease caused by DIO.
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- Dongyin Guan
- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Basic Research, Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangdong, China
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine and
- Department of Genetics, the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Adlanmerini M, Lazar MA. The REV-ERB Nuclear Receptors: Timekeepers for the Core Clock Period and Metabolism. Endocrinology 2023; 164:bqad069. [PMID: 37149727 PMCID: PMC10413432 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqad069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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REV-ERB nuclear receptors are potent transcriptional repressors that play an important role in the core mammalian molecular clock and metabolism. Deletion of both REV-ERBα and its largely redundant isoform REV-ERBβ in a murine tissue-specific manner have shed light on their specific functions in clock mechanisms and circadian metabolism. This review highlights recent findings that establish REV-ERBs as crucial circadian timekeepers in a variety of tissues, regulating overlapping and distinct processes that maintain normal physiology and protect from metabolic dysfunction.
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- Marine Adlanmerini
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1297, University of Toulouse 3, Toulouse, France
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- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Rizza S, Luzi A, Mavilio M, Ballanti M, Massimi A, Porzio O, Magrini A, Hannemann J, Menghini R, Cridland J, Staels B, Grant PJ, Boger RH, Marx N, Federici M. Impact of light therapy on rotating night shift workers: the EuRhythDia study. Acta Diabetol 2022; 59:1589-1596. [PMID: 36044097 PMCID: PMC9430001 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-022-01956-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS Disturbances in circadian rhythms may promote cardiometabolic disorders in rotating night shift workers (r-NSWs). We hypothesized that timed light therapy might reverse disrupted circadian rhythms and glucose intolerance observed among r-NSWs). METHODS R-NSWs were randomly assigned to a protocol that included 12 weeks on followed by 12 weeks off light therapy (n = 13; 6 men; mean age, 39.5 ± 7.3 years) or a no-treatment control group (n = 9; 3 men; mean age 41.7 ± 6.3 years). Experimental and control participants underwent identical metabolic evaluations that included anthropometric, metabolic (including oral glucose tolerance tests), lipid, and inflammation-associated parameters together with an assessment of sleep quality and expression of circadian transcription factors REV-ERBα and BMAL1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) at baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks of the protocol. RESULTS Twelve weeks of warm white-light exposure (10,000 lx at 35 cm for 30 min per day) had no impact on sleep, metabolic, or inflammation-associated parameters among r-NSWs in the experimental group. However, our findings revealed significant decreases in REV-ERBα gene expression (p = 0.048) and increases in the REV-ERBα/BMAL1 ratio (p = 0.040) compared to baseline in PBMCs isolated from this cohort. Diminished expression of REV-ERBα persisted, although the REV-ERBα/BMAL1 ratio returned to baseline levels after the subsequent 12-day wash-out period. CONCLUSIONS Our results revealed that intermittent light therapy had no impact on inflammatory parameters or glucose tolerance in a defined cohort of r-NSWs. However, significant changes in the expression of circadian clock genes were detected in PBMCs of these subjects undergoing light therapy.
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- Stefano Rizza
- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, University of Lille, U1011, EGID, 59000 Lille, France
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- Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Murray MH, Valfort AC, Koelblen T, Ronin C, Ciesielski F, Chatterjee A, Veerakanellore GB, Elgendy B, Walker JK, Hegazy L, Burris TP. Structural basis of synthetic agonist activation of the nuclear receptor REV-ERB. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7131. [PMID: 36414641 PMCID: PMC9681850 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34892-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The nuclear receptor REV-ERB plays an important role in a range of physiological processes. REV-ERB behaves as a ligand-dependent transcriptional repressor and heme has been identified as a physiological agonist. Our current understanding of how ligands bind to and regulate transcriptional repression by REV-ERB is based on the structure of heme bound to REV-ERB. However, porphyrin (heme) analogues have been avoided as a source of synthetic agonists due to the wide range of heme binding proteins and potential pleotropic effects. How non-porphyrin synthetic agonists bind to and regulate REV-ERB has not yet been defined. Here, we characterize a high affinity synthetic REV-ERB agonist, STL1267, and describe its mechanism of binding to REV-ERB as well as the method by which it recruits transcriptional corepressor both of which are unique and distinct from that of heme-bound REV-ERB.
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- Meghan H Murray
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
- Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- University of Florida Genetics Institute, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
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- University of Florida Genetics Institute, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
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Raza GS, Sodum N, Kaya Y, Herzig KH. Role of Circadian Transcription Factor Rev-Erb in Metabolism and Tissue Fibrosis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:12954. [PMID: 36361737 PMCID: PMC9655416 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232112954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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Circadian rhythms significantly affect metabolism, and their disruption leads to cardiometabolic diseases and fibrosis. The clock repressor Rev-Erb is mainly expressed in the liver, heart, lung, adipose tissue, skeletal muscles, and brain, recognized as a master regulator of metabolism, mitochondrial biogenesis, inflammatory response, and fibrosis. Fibrosis is the response of the body to injuries and chronic inflammation with the accumulation of extracellular matrix in tissues. Activation of myofibroblasts is a key factor in the development of organ fibrosis, initiated by hormones, growth factors, inflammatory cytokines, and mechanical stress. This review summarizes the importance of Rev-Erb in ECM remodeling and tissue fibrosis. In the heart, Rev-Erb activation has been shown to alleviate hypertrophy and increase exercise capacity. In the lung, Rev-Erb agonist reduced pulmonary fibrosis by suppressing fibroblast differentiation. In the liver, Rev-Erb inhibited inflammation and fibrosis by diminishing NF-κB activity. In adipose tissue, Rev- Erb agonists reduced fat mass. In summary, the results of multiple studies in preclinical models demonstrate that Rev-Erb is an attractive target for positively influencing dysregulated metabolism, inflammation, and fibrosis, but more specific tools and studies would be needed to increase the information base for the therapeutic potential of these substances interfering with the molecular clock.
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- Ghulam Shere Raza
- Research Unit of Biomedicine, Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine, Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Marmara University, 34854 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine, Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland
- Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland
- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, Pediatric Institute, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-572 Poznań, Poland
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Pinto AP, Muñoz VR, da Rocha AL, Rovina RL, Ferrari GD, Alberici LC, Simabuco FM, Teixeira GR, Pauli JR, de Moura LP, Cintra DE, Ropelle ER, Freitas EC, Rivas DA, da Silva ASR. IL-6 deletion decreased REV-ERBα protein and influenced autophagy and mitochondrial markers in the skeletal muscle after acute exercise. Front Immunol 2022; 13:953272. [PMID: 36311768 PMCID: PMC9608639 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.953272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
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Interleukin 6 (IL-6) acts as a pro and anti-inflammatory cytokine, has an intense correlation with exercise intensity, and activates various pathways such as autophagy and mitochondrial unfolded protein response. Also, IL-6 is interconnected to circadian clock-related inflammation and can be suppressed by the nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group D, member 1 (Nr1d1, protein product REV-ERBα). Since IL-6 is linked to physical exercise-modulated metabolic pathways such as autophagy and mitochondrial metabolism, we investigated the relationship of IL-6 with REV-ERBα in the adaptations of these molecular pathways in response to acute intense physical exercise in skeletal muscle. The present study was divided into three experiments. In the first one, wild-type (WT) and IL-6 knockout (IL-6 KO) mice were divided into three groups: Basal time (Basal; sacrificed before the acute exercise), 1 hour (1hr post-Ex; sacrificed 1 hour after the acute exercise), and 3 hours (3hr post-Ex; sacrificed 3 hours after the acute exercise). In the second experiment, C2C12 cells received IL-6 physiological concentrations or REV-ERBα agonist, SR9009. In the last experiment, WT mice received SR9009 injections. After the protocols, the gastrocnemius muscle or the cells were collected for reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RTq-PCR) and immunoblotting techniques. In summary, the downregulation of REV-ERBα, autophagic flux, and most mitochondrial genes was verified in the IL-6 KO mice independent of exercise. The WT and IL-6 KO treated with SR9009 showed an upregulation of autophagic genes. C2C12 cells receiving IL-6 did not modulate the Nr1d1 mRNA levels but upregulated the expression of some mitochondrial genes. However, when treated with SR9009, IL-6 and mitochondrial gene expression were upregulated in C2C12 cells. The autophagic flux in C2C12 suggest the participation of REV-ERBα protein in the IL-6-induced autophagy. In conclusion, the present study verified that the adaptations required through physical exercise (increases in mitochondrial content and improvement of autophagy machinery) might be intermediated by an interaction between IL-6 and REVERBα.
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- Ana P. Pinto
- School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation and Functional Performance, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo (FCFRP USP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo (FCFRP USP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Exercise (LaBMEx), School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Multicentric Program of Postgraduate in Physiological Sciences, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Physical Education, State University of São Paulo (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Exercise (LaBMEx), School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Exercise (LaBMEx), School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Exercise (LaBMEx), School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Exercise (LaBMEx), School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Multicentric Program of Postgraduate in Physiological Sciences, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation and Functional Performance, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Noh SG, Jung HJ, Kim S, Arulkumar R, Kim DH, Park D, Chung HY. Regulation of Circadian Genes Nr1d1 and Nr1d2 in Sex-Different Manners during Liver Aging. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231710032. [PMID: 36077427 PMCID: PMC9456386 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231710032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background: Circadian rhythm is associated with the aging process and sex differences; however, how age and sex can change circadian regulation systems remains unclear. Thus, we aimed to evaluate age- and sex-related changes in gene expression and identify sex-specific target molecules that can regulate aging. Methods: Rat livers were categorized into four groups, namely, young male, old male, young female, and old female, and the expression of several genes involved in the regulation of the circadian rhythm was confirmed by in silico and in vitro studies. Results: Gene Ontology and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analyses showed that the expression of genes related to circadian rhythms changed more in males than in females during liver aging. In addition, differentially expressed gene analysis and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction/western blotting analysis revealed that Nr1d1 and Nr1d2 expression was upregulated in males during liver aging. Furthermore, the expression of other circadian genes, such as Arntl, Clock, Cry1/2, Per1/2, and Rora/c, decreased in males during liver aging; however, these genes showed various gene expression patterns in females during liver aging. Conclusions: Age-related elevation of Nr1d1/2 downregulates the expression of other circadian genes in males, but not females, during liver aging. Consequently, age-related upregulation of Nr1d1/2 may play a more crucial role in the change in circadian rhythms in males than in females during liver aging.
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- Sang Gyun Noh
- Interdisciplinary Research Program of Bioinformatics and Longevity Science, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Research Program of Bioinformatics and Longevity Science, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Research Program of Bioinformatics and Longevity Science, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Predictive Toxicology, Korea Institute of Toxicology, 141, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34114, Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Research Program of Bioinformatics and Longevity Science, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-51-510-2814
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Al-Sabagh Y, Thorpe HHA, Jenkins BW, Hamidullah S, Talhat MA, Suggett CB, Reitz CJ, Rasouli M, Martino TA, Khokhar JY. Rev-erbα Knockout Reduces Ethanol Consumption and Preference in Male and Female Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23095197. [PMID: 35563586 PMCID: PMC9104180 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23095197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Alcohol use is a contributor in the premature deaths of approximately 3 million people annually. Among the risk factors for alcohol misuse is circadian rhythm disruption; however, this connection remains poorly understood. Inhibition of the circadian nuclear receptor REV-ERBα is known to disrupt molecular feedback loops integral to daily oscillations, and impact diurnal fluctuations in the expression of proteins required for reward-related neurotransmission. However, the role of REV-ERBα in alcohol and substance use-related phenotypes is unknown. Herein, we used a Rev-erbα knockout mouse line and ethanol two-bottle choice preference testing to show that disruption of Rev-erbα reduces ethanol preference in male and female mice. Rev-erbα null mice showed the lowest ethanol preference in a two-bottle choice test across all genotypes, whereas there were no ethanol preference differences between heterozygotes and wildtypes. In a separate experiment, alcohol-consuming wildtype C57Bl/6N mice were administered the REV-ERBα/β inhibitor SR8278 (25 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg) for 7 days and alcohol preference was evaluated daily. No differences in alcohol preference were observed between the treatment and vehicle groups. Our data provides evidence that genetic variation in REV-ERBα may contribute to differences in alcohol drinking.
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- Correspondence: (T.A.M.); (J.Y.K.); Tel.: +1-(519)-824-4120 (ext. 54239) (J.Y.K.)
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Li F, Lin L, He Y, Sun G, Dong D, Wu B. BMAL1 regulates Propionibacterium acnes-induced skin inflammation via REV-ERBα in mice. Int J Biol Sci 2022; 18:2597-2608. [PMID: 35414779 PMCID: PMC8990455 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.71719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Acne vulgaris is a common skin disease, affecting over 80% of adolescents. Inflammation is known to play a central role in acne development. Here, we aimed to investigate the role of the central clock gene Bmal1 in acne-associated inflammation in mice. To this end, mice were injected intradermally with Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) to induce acne-associated skin inflammation. We found that Bmal1 and its target genes Rev-erbα, Dbp, Per1 and Cry2 were down-regulated in the skin of P. acnes-treated mice, suggesting a role of Bmal1 in the condition of acne. Supporting this, Bmal1-deleted or jet-lagged mice showed exacerbated P. acnes-induced inflammation in the skin. Regulation of P. acnes-induced inflammation by Bmal1 was further confirmed in RAW264.7 cells and primary mouse keratinocytes. Transcriptomic and protein expression analyses suggested that Bmal1 regulated P. acnes-induced inflammation via the NF-κB/NLRP3 axis, which is known to be repressed by REV-ERBα (a direct target of BMAL1). Moreover, loss of Rev-erbα in mice exacerbated P. acnes-induced inflammation. In addition, Rev-erbα silencing attenuated the inhibitory effects of Bmal1 on P. acnes-induced inflammation. Bmal1 knockdown failed to modulate P. acnes-induced inflammation in Rev-erbα-silenced cells. It was thus proposed that Bmal1 restrained P. acnes-induced skin inflammation via its target REV-ERBα, which acts on the NF-κB/NLRP3 axis to repress inflammation. In conclusion, Bmal1 disruption is identified as a potential pathological factor of acne-associated inflammation. The findings increase our understanding of the crosstalk between skin clock and acne and suggest targeting circadian rhythms as a promising approach for management of acne.
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- Feng Li
- College of pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Molecular Rhythm and Metabolism, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Fu L, Wang M, Zhu G, Zhao Z, Sun H, Cao Z, Xia H. REV-ERBs negatively regulate mineralization of the cementoblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 587:9-15. [PMID: 34861472 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.11.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The role of circadian clock in cementogenesis is unclear. This study examines the role of REV-ERBs, one of circadian clock proteins, in proliferation, migration and mineralization of cementoblasts to fill the gap in knowledge. METHODS Expression pattern of REV-ERBα in cementoblasts was investigated in vivo and in vitro. CCK-8 assay, scratch wound healing assay, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and alizarin red S (ARS) staining were performed to evaluate the effects of REV-ERBs activation by SR9009 on proliferation, migration and mineralization of OCCM-30, an immortalized cementoblast cell line. Furthermore, mineralization related markers including osterix (OSX), ALP, bone sialoprotein (BSP) and osteocalcin (OCN) were evaluated. RESULTS Strong expression of REV-ERBα was found in cellular cementum around tooth apex. Rev-erbα mRNA oscillated periodically in OCCM-30 and declined after mineralization induction. REV-ERBs activation by SR9009 inhibited proliferation but promoted migration of OCCM-30 in vitro. Results of ALP and ARS staining suggested that REV-ERBs activation negatively regulated mineralization of OCCM-30. Mechanically, REV-ERBs activation attenuated the expression of OSX and its downstream targets including ALP, BSP and OCN. CONCLUSIONS REV-ERBs are involved in cementogenesis and negatively regulate mineralization of cementoblasts via inhibiting OSX expression. Our study provides a potential target regarding periodontal and cementum regeneration.
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- Liangliang Fu
- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Department of Oral Implantology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Department of Oral Implantology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Department of Oral Implantology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Center of Digital Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Department of Oral Implantology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Department of Oral Implantology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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Wang S, Kozai M, Mita H, Cai Z, Masum MA, Ichii O, Takada K, Inaba M. REV-ERB agonist suppresses IL-17 production in γδT cells and improves psoriatic dermatitis in a mouse model. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 144:112283. [PMID: 34628169 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by epidermal hyperplasia and cellular infiltration. Studies have shown that disease development depends on proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-23 and IL-17. It has been suggested that IL-23 produced by innate immune cells, such as macrophages, stimulates a subset of helper T cells to release IL-17, promoting neutrophil recruitment and keratinocyte proliferation. However, recent studies have revealed the crucial role of γδT cells in psoriasis pathogenesis as the primary source of dermal IL-17. The nuclear receptors REV-ERBs are ligand-dependent transcription factors recognized as circadian rhythm regulators. REV-ERBs negatively regulate IL-17-producing helper T cells, whereas the involvement of REV-ERBs in regulating IL-17-producing γδT (γδT17) cells remains unclear. Here we revealed the regulatory mechanism involving γδT17 cells through REV-ERBs. γδT17 cell levels were remarkably elevated in the secondary lymphoid organs of mice that lacked an isoform of REV-ERBs. A synthetic REV-ERB agonist, SR9009, suppressed γδT17 cells in vitro and in vivo. Topical application of SR9009 to the skin reduced the inflammatory symptoms of psoriasiform dermatitis in mice. The results of this study provide a novel therapeutic approach for psoriasis targeting REV-ERBs in γδT17 cells.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Cutaneous
- Animals
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/administration & dosage
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Disease Models, Animal
- Down-Regulation
- Female
- Interleukin-17/metabolism
- Intraepithelial Lymphocytes/drug effects
- Intraepithelial Lymphocytes/immunology
- Intraepithelial Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Mice, Knockout
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/agonists
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/metabolism
- Psoriasis/drug therapy
- Psoriasis/immunology
- Psoriasis/metabolism
- Psoriasis/pathology
- Pyrrolidines/administration & dosage
- Pyrrolidines/pharmacology
- Signal Transduction
- Skin/drug effects
- Skin/immunology
- Skin/metabolism
- Thiophenes/administration & dosage
- Thiophenes/pharmacology
- Mice
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- Shangyi Wang
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Laboratory of Agrobiomedical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Medar ML, Andric SA, Kostic TS. Stress-induced glucocorticoids alter the Leydig cells' timing and steroidogenesis-related systems. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2021; 538:111469. [PMID: 34601003 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
The study aimed to analyze the time-dependent consequences of stress on gene expression responsible for diurnal endocrine Leydig cell function connecting them to the glucocorticoid-signaling. In the first 24h after the stress event, a daily variation of blood corticosterone increased, and testosterone decreased; the testosterone/corticosterone were lowest at the end of the stress session overlapping with inhibition of Leydig cells' steroidogenesis-related genes (Nr3c1/GR, Hsd3b1/2, Star, Cyp17a1) and changed circadian activity of the clock genes (the increased Bmal1/BMAL1 and Per1/2/PER1 and decreased Cry1 and Rev-erba). The glucocorticoid-treated rats showed a similar response. The principal-component-analysis (PCA) displayed an absence of significant differences between treatments especially on Per1 and Rev-erba, the findings confirmed by the in vivo blockade of the testicular glucocorticoid receptor (GR) during stress and ex vivo treatment of the Leydig cells with hydrocortisone and GR-blocker. In summary, stressful stimuli can entrain the clock in the Leydig cells through glucocorticoid-mediated communication.
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- Marija Lj Medar
- The University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences Novi Sad, Department of Biology and Ecology, Laboratory for Chronobiology and Aging, Laboratory for Reproductive Endocrinology and Signaling, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- The University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences Novi Sad, Department of Biology and Ecology, Laboratory for Chronobiology and Aging, Laboratory for Reproductive Endocrinology and Signaling, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- The University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences Novi Sad, Department of Biology and Ecology, Laboratory for Chronobiology and Aging, Laboratory for Reproductive Endocrinology and Signaling, Novi Sad, Serbia.
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Yu F, Wang Z, Zhang T, Chen X, Xu H, Wang F, Guo L, Chen M, Liu K, Wu B. Deficiency of intestinal Bmal1 prevents obesity induced by high-fat feeding. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5323. [PMID: 34493722 PMCID: PMC8423749 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25674-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The role of intestine clock in energy homeostasis remains elusive. Here we show that mice with Bmal1 specifically deleted in the intestine (Bmal1iKO mice) have a normal phenotype on a chow diet. However, on a high-fat diet (HFD), Bmal1iKO mice are protected against development of obesity and related abnormalities such as hyperlipidemia and fatty livers. These metabolic phenotypes are attributed to impaired lipid resynthesis in the intestine and reduced fat secretion. Consistently, wild-type mice fed a HFD during nighttime (with a lower BMAL1 expression) show alleviated obesity compared to mice fed ad libitum. Mechanistic studies uncover that BMAL1 transactivates the Dgat2 gene (encoding the triacylglycerol synthesis enzyme DGAT2) via direct binding to an E-box in the promoter, thereby promoting dietary fat absorption. Supporting these findings, intestinal deficiency of Rev-erbα, a known BMAL1 repressor, enhances dietary fat absorption and exacerbates HFD-induced obesity and comorbidities. Moreover, small-molecule targeting of REV-ERBα/BMAL1 by SR9009 ameliorates HFD-induced obesity in mice. Altogether, intestine clock functions as an accelerator in dietary fat absorption and targeting intestinal BMAL1 may be a promising approach for management of metabolic diseases induced by excess fat intake.
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MESH Headings
- ARNTL Transcription Factors/deficiency
- ARNTL Transcription Factors/genetics
- Animals
- Circadian Rhythm/genetics
- Diacylglycerol O-Acyltransferase/genetics
- Diacylglycerol O-Acyltransferase/metabolism
- Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects
- Dietary Fats/administration & dosage
- Dietary Fats/metabolism
- Fatty Liver/etiology
- Fatty Liver/genetics
- Fatty Liver/metabolism
- Fatty Liver/prevention & control
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Homeostasis/drug effects
- Homeostasis/genetics
- Hyperlipidemias/etiology
- Hyperlipidemias/genetics
- Hyperlipidemias/metabolism
- Hyperlipidemias/prevention & control
- Intestinal Mucosa/drug effects
- Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism
- Lipid Metabolism/drug effects
- Lipid Metabolism/genetics
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/metabolism
- Obesity/etiology
- Obesity/genetics
- Obesity/metabolism
- Obesity/prevention & control
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Pyrrolidines/pharmacology
- Signal Transduction
- Thiophenes/pharmacology
- Triglycerides/biosynthesis
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- Fangjun Yu
- Institute of Molecular Rhythm and Metabolism, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Molecular Rhythm and Metabolism, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen, China.
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- Institute of Molecular Rhythm and Metabolism, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
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Tuvia N, Pivovarova-Ramich O, Murahovschi V, Lück S, Grudziecki A, Ost AC, Kruse M, Nikiforova VJ, Osterhoff M, Gottmann P, Gögebakan Ö, Sticht C, Gretz N, Schupp M, Schürmann A, Rudovich N, Pfeiffer AFH, Kramer A. Insulin Directly Regulates the Circadian Clock in Adipose Tissue. Diabetes 2021; 70:1985-1999. [PMID: 34226282 DOI: 10.2337/db20-0910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Adipose tissue (AT) is a key metabolic organ which functions are rhythmically regulated by an endogenous circadian clock. Feeding is a "zeitgeber" aligning the clock in AT with the external time, but mechanisms of this regulation remain largely unclear. We tested the hypothesis that postprandial changes of the hormone insulin directly entrain circadian clocks in AT and investigated a transcriptional-dependent mechanism of this regulation. We analyzed gene expression in subcutaneous AT (SAT) of obese subjects collected before and after the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp or control saline infusion (SC). The expressions of core clock genes PER2, PER3, and NR1D1 in SAT were differentially changed upon insulin and saline infusion, suggesting insulin-dependent clock regulation. In human stem cell-derived adipocytes, mouse 3T3-L1 cells, and AT explants from mPer2Luc knockin mice, insulin induced a transient increase of the Per2 mRNA and protein expression, leading to the phase shift of circadian oscillations, with similar effects for Per1 Insulin effects were dependent on the region between -64 and -43 in the Per2 promoter but not on CRE and E-box elements. Our results demonstrate that insulin directly regulates circadian clocks in AT and isolated adipocytes, thus representing a primary mechanism of feeding-induced AT clock entrainment.
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- Neta Tuvia
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Laboratory of Chronobiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Reseach Group Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Department of Molecular Toxicology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Berlin, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Laboratory of Chronobiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Laboratory of Chronobiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Experimental Diabetology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Berlin, Germany
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- Medical Research Center, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Medical Research Center, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Experimental Diabetology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Nuthetal, Germany
- Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Berlin, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, Spital Bülach, Bülach, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Berlin, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Laboratory of Chronobiology, Berlin, Germany
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Cedernaes J, Bass J. You are when you eat: on circadian timing and energy balance. J Clin Invest 2021; 131:144655. [PMID: 33393508 DOI: 10.1172/jci144655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The neuronal mechanisms that establish 24-hour rhythms in feeding and metabolism remain incompletely understood. In this issue of the JCI, Adlanmerini and colleagues explored the relationship between temporal and homeostatic control of energy balance by focusing on mice that lacked the genes encoding the clock repressor elements REV-ERBα and -β, specifically in the tuberal hypothalamus. Notably, the clock transcription cycle mediated intraneuronal response to the adipostatic hormone leptin. These results show that REV-ERBα and -β in the hypothalamus are necessary for maintaining leptin responsiveness and metabolic homeostasis and lay the foundation to explore how transcriptional changes may link energy-sensing cell types with day/night rhythms. Such information may lead to therapeutics that alleviate the adverse effects of chronic shift work.
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Hunter AL, Pelekanou CE, Barron NJ, Northeast RC, Grudzien M, Adamson AD, Downton P, Cornfield T, Cunningham PS, Billaud JN, Hodson L, Loudon ASI, Unwin RD, Iqbal M, Ray DW, Bechtold DA. Adipocyte NR1D1 dictates adipose tissue expansion during obesity. eLife 2021; 10:e63324. [PMID: 34350828 PMCID: PMC8360653 DOI: 10.7554/elife.63324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The circadian clock component NR1D1 (REVERBα) is considered a dominant regulator of lipid metabolism, with global Nr1d1 deletion driving dysregulation of white adipose tissue (WAT) lipogenesis and obesity. However, a similar phenotype is not observed under adipocyte-selective deletion (Nr1d1Flox2-6:AdipoqCre), and transcriptional profiling demonstrates that, under basal conditions, direct targets of NR1D1 regulation are limited, and include the circadian clock and collagen dynamics. Under high-fat diet (HFD) feeding, Nr1d1Flox2-6:AdipoqCre mice do manifest profound obesity, yet without the accompanying WAT inflammation and fibrosis exhibited by controls. Integration of the WAT NR1D1 cistrome with differential gene expression reveals broad control of metabolic processes by NR1D1 which is unmasked in the obese state. Adipocyte NR1D1 does not drive an anticipatory daily rhythm in WAT lipogenesis, but rather modulates WAT activity in response to alterations in metabolic state. Importantly, NR1D1 action in adipocytes is critical to the development of obesity-related WAT pathology and insulin resistance.
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- Ann Louise Hunter
- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, and NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe HospitalOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, and NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe HospitalOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Stoller Biomarker Discovery Centre, Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, and NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe HospitalOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Biological Timing, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of ManchesterManchesterUnited Kingdom
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Rizza S, Luzi A, Mavilio M, Ballanti M, Massimi A, Porzio O, Magrini A, Hannemann J, Menghini R, Lehrke M, Staels B, Grant PJ, Boger RH, Marx N, Federici M. Alterations in Rev-ERBα/BMAL1 ratio and glycated hemoglobin in rotating shift workers: the EuRhythDia study. Acta Diabetol 2021; 58:1111-1117. [PMID: 33788000 PMCID: PMC8272695 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-021-01676-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To detect premature gluco-metabolic defects among night shift workers with disturbances in circadian rhythms. DESIGN AND METHODS We performed a hypothesis-generating, cross-sectional analysis of anthropometric, metabolic, lipid, and inflammation parameters, comparing active (a-NSW, n = 111) and former (f-NSW, n = 98) rotating night shift workers with diurnal workers (controls, n = 69). All participants were hospital nurses. We also evaluated the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and assessed expression of transcription factors REV-ERBα and BMAL1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), as indicators of the molecular clock. RESULTS Both a-NSW and f-NSW participants had significantly higher glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and white blood cell counts (WBC) (p < 0.001 for both), PSQI global score (p = 0.001) and diastolic blood pressure levels (p = 0.024) compared with controls. Expression of REV-ERBα/BMAL1 RNA in PBMC was significantly higher in a-NSW (p = 0.05) than in f-NSW or control participants. Multivariate regression analysis showed that working status and PSQI were independent determinants of higher HbA1c levels (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that young, healthy night shift workers show subclinical abnormalities in HbA1c and changes in peripheral clock gene expression.
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- Stefano Rizza
- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier, 100133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier, 100133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier, 100133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier, 100133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier, 100133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier, 100133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Univ. Lille, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1011 - EGID, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier, 100133, Rome, Italy.
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Verlande A, Chun SK, Goodson MO, Fortin BM, Bae H, Jang C, Masri S. Glucagon regulates the stability of REV-ERBα to modulate hepatic glucose production in a model of lung cancer-associated cachexia. Sci Adv 2021; 7:eabf3885. [PMID: 34172439 PMCID: PMC8232919 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf3885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Lung adenocarcinoma is associated with cachexia, which manifests as an inflammatory response that causes wasting of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. We previously reported that lung tumor-bearing (TB) mice exhibit alterations in inflammatory and hormonal signaling that deregulate circadian pathways governing glucose and lipid metabolism in the liver. Here, we define the molecular mechanism of how de novo glucose production in the liver is enhanced in a model of lung adenocarcinoma. We found that elevation of serum glucagon levels stimulates cyclic adenosine monophosphate production and activates hepatic protein kinase A (PKA) signaling in TB mice. In turn, we found that PKA targets and destabilizes the circadian protein REV-ERBα, a negative transcriptional regulator of gluconeogenic genes, resulting in heightened de novo glucose production. Together, we identified that glucagon-activated PKA signaling regulates REV-ERBα stability to control hepatic glucose production in a model of lung cancer-associated cachexia.
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- Amandine Verlande
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Zhang T, Yu F, Xu H, Chen M, Chen X, Guo L, Zhou C, Xu Y, Wang F, Yu J, Wu B. Dysregulation of REV-ERBα impairs GABAergic function and promotes epileptic seizures in preclinical models. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1216. [PMID: 33619249 PMCID: PMC7900242 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21477-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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To design potentially more effective therapies, we need to further understand the mechanisms underlying epilepsy. Here, we uncover the role of Rev-erbα in circadian regulation of epileptic seizures. We first show up-regulation of REV-ERBα/Rev-erbα in brain tissues from patients with epilepsy and a mouse model. Ablation or pharmacological modulation of Rev-erbα in mice decreases the susceptibility to acute and chronic seizures, and abolishes diurnal rhythmicity in seizure severity, whereas activation of Rev-erbα increases the animal susceptibility. Rev-erbα ablation or antagonism also leads to prolonged spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents and elevated frequency in the mouse hippocampus, indicating enhanced GABAergic signaling. We also identify the transporters Slc6a1 and Slc6a11 as regulators of Rev-erbα-mediated clearance of GABA. Mechanistically, Rev-erbα promotes the expressions of Slc6a1 and Slc6a11 through transcriptional repression of E4bp4. Our findings propose Rev-erbα as a regulator of synaptic function at the crosstalk between pathways regulating the circadian clock and epilepsy.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Animals
- Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/genetics
- Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Chronic Disease
- Disease Models, Animal
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/genetics
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/pathology
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/physiopathology
- GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/genetics
- GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism
- GABAergic Neurons/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Hippocampus/pathology
- Humans
- Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects
- Isoquinolines/pharmacology
- Kindling, Neurologic/drug effects
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Seizures/genetics
- Seizures/pathology
- Seizures/physiopathology
- Small Molecule Libraries/pharmacology
- Thiophenes/pharmacology
- gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism
- Mice
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- Tianpeng Zhang
- Institute of Molecular Rhythm and Metabolism, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral research station, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Institute of Molecular Rhythm and Metabolism, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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Dadon-Freiberg M, Chapnik N, Froy O. REV-ERBα alters circadian rhythms by modulating mTOR signaling. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2021; 521:111108. [PMID: 33285244 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2020.111108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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REV-ERBα is a nuclear receptor that inhibits Bmal1 transcription as part of the circadian clock molecular mechanism. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 (mTORC1) is a master regulator of cell and whole-body energy homeostasis, that serves as an important link between metabolism and circadian clock, in part, by regulating BMAL1 activity. While the connection of REV-ERBα to the circadian clock molecular mechanism is well characterized, the interaction between mTORC1, REV-ERBα and the circadian clock machinery is not very clear. We used leucine and rapamycin to modulate mTORC1 activation and evaluate this effect on circadian rhythms. In the liver, mTORC1 was inhibited by leucine. REV-ERBα overexpression activated the mTORC1 signaling pathway via transcription inhibition of mTORC1 inhibitor, Tsc1, antagonizing the effect of leucine, while its silencing downregulated mTORC1 signaling. Activation of mTORC1 led to increased BMAL1 phosphorylation. Activation as well as inhibition of mTORC1 led to altered circadian rhythms in mouse muscle. Inhibition of liver mTORC1 by leucine or rapamycin led to low-amplitude circadian rhythms. In summary, our study shows that leucine inhibits liver mTORC1 pathway leading to dampened circadian rhythms. REV-ERBα activates the mTORC1 pathway, leading to phosphorylation of the clock protein BMAL1.
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- Maayan Dadon-Freiberg
- Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
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Mermet J, Yeung J, Naef F. Oscillating and stable genome topologies underlie hepatic physiological rhythms during the circadian cycle. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009350. [PMID: 33524027 PMCID: PMC7877755 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The circadian clock drives extensive temporal gene expression programs controlling daily changes in behavior and physiology. In mouse liver, transcription factors dynamics, chromatin modifications, and RNA Polymerase II (PolII) activity oscillate throughout the 24-hour (24h) day, regulating the rhythmic synthesis of thousands of transcripts. Also, 24h rhythms in gene promoter-enhancer chromatin looping accompany rhythmic mRNA synthesis. However, how chromatin organization impinges on temporal transcription and liver physiology remains unclear. Here, we applied time-resolved chromosome conformation capture (4C-seq) in livers of WT and arrhythmic Bmal1 knockout mice. In WT, we observed 24h oscillations in promoter-enhancer loops at multiple loci including the core-clock genes Period1, Period2 and Bmal1. In addition, we detected rhythmic PolII activity, chromatin modifications and transcription involving stable chromatin loops at clock-output gene promoters representing key liver function such as glucose metabolism and detoxification. Intriguingly, these contacts persisted in clock-impaired mice in which both PolII activity and chromatin marks no longer oscillated. Finally, we observed chromatin interaction hubs connecting neighbouring genes showing coherent transcription regulation across genotypes. Thus, both clock-controlled and clock-independent chromatin topology underlie rhythmic regulation of liver physiology.
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MESH Headings
- ARNTL Transcription Factors/genetics
- ARNTL Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Acetylation
- Animals
- CCCTC-Binding Factor/genetics
- CCCTC-Binding Factor/metabolism
- Chromatin/genetics
- Chromatin/metabolism
- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing/methods
- Circadian Clocks/genetics
- Circadian Rhythm/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genome/genetics
- Histones/metabolism
- Liver/metabolism
- Lysine/metabolism
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/metabolism
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/metabolism
- RNA Polymerase II/genetics
- RNA Polymerase II/metabolism
- RNA-Seq/methods
- Mice
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- Jérôme Mermet
- The Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Sakamoto A, Terui Y, Uemura T, Igarashi K, Kashiwagi K. Translational Regulation of Clock Genes BMAL1 and REV-ERBα by Polyamines. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:1307. [PMID: 33525630 PMCID: PMC7865260 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polyamines stimulate the synthesis of specific proteins at the level of translation, and the genes encoding these proteins are termed as the "polyamine modulon". The circadian clock generates daily rhythms in mammalian physiology and behavior. We investigated the role of polyamines in the circadian rhythm using control and polyamine-reduced NIH3T3 cells. The intracellular polyamines exhibited a rhythm with a period of about 24 h. In the polyamine-reduced NIH3T3 cells, the circadian period of circadian clock genes was lengthened and the synthesis of BMAL1 and REV-ERBα was significantly reduced at the translation level. Thus, the mechanism of polyamine stimulation of these protein syntheses was analyzed using NIH3T3 cells transiently transfected with genes encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) fusion mRNA with normal or mutated 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) of Bmal1 or Rev-erbα mRNA. It was found that polyamines stimulated BMAL1 and REV-ERBα synthesis through the enhancement of ribosomal shunting during the ribosome shunting within the 5'-UTR of mRNAs. Accordingly, the genes encoding Bmal1 and Rev-erbα were identified as the members of "polyamine modulon", and these two proteins are significantly involved in the circadian rhythm control.
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- Akihiko Sakamoto
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiba Institute of Science, Choshi, Chiba 288-0025, Japan; (A.S.); (Y.T.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiba Institute of Science, Choshi, Chiba 288-0025, Japan; (A.S.); (Y.T.)
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- Amine Pharma Research Institute, Innovation Plaza at Chiba University, Chiba 260-0856, Japan; (T.U.); (K.I.)
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8675, Japan
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- Amine Pharma Research Institute, Innovation Plaza at Chiba University, Chiba 260-0856, Japan; (T.U.); (K.I.)
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8675, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiba Institute of Science, Choshi, Chiba 288-0025, Japan; (A.S.); (Y.T.)
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Nicola AC, Ferreira LB, Mata MM, Vilhena-Franco T, Leite CM, Martins AB, Antunes-Rodrigues J, Poletini MO, Dornelles RCM. Vasopressinergic Activity of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and mRNA Expression of Clock Genes in the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis in Female Aging. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:652733. [PMID: 34504470 PMCID: PMC8421860 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.652733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The important involvement of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and the activity of vasopressinergic neurons in maintaining the rhythmicity of the female reproductive system depends on the mRNA transcription-translation feedback loops. Therefore, circadian clock function, like most physiological processes, is involved in the events that determine reproductive aging. This study describes the change of mRNA expression of clock genes, Per2, Bmal1, and Rev-erbα, in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPG) of female rats with regular cycle (RC) and irregular cycle (IC), and the vasopressinergic neurons activity in the SCN and kisspeptin neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) of these animals. Results for gonadotropins and the cFos/AVP-ir neurons in the SCN of IC were higher, but kisspeptin-ir was minor. Change in the temporal synchrony of the clock system in the HPG axis, during the period prior to the cessation of ovulatory cycles, was identified. The analysis of mRNA for Per2, Bmal1, and Rev-erbα in the reproductive axis of adult female rodents shows that the regularity of the estrous cycle is guaranteed by alternation in the amount of expression of Bmal1 and Per2, and Rev-erbα and Bmal1 between light and dark phases, which ceases to occur and contributes to determining reproductive senescence. These results showed that the desynchronization between the central and peripheral circadian clocks contributes to the irregularity of reproductive events. We suggest that the feedback loops of clock genes on the HPG axis modulate the spontaneous transition from regular to irregular cycle and to acyclicity in female rodents.
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- Angela Cristina Nicola
- Programa de Pós-Graduação Multicêntrico em Ciências Fisiológicas—SBFis/UNESP, Department of Basic Sciences, Araçatuba, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Angela Cristina Nicola, ; Rita Cássia Menegati Dornelles,
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação Multicêntrico em Ciências Fisiológicas—SBFis/UNESP, Department of Basic Sciences, Araçatuba, Brazil
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- University of Sao Paulo (USP), School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- University of Sao Paulo (USP), School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação Multicêntrico em Ciências Fisiológicas—SBFis/UEL, Department of Physiological Sciences, Londrina, Brazil
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- University of Sao Paulo (USP), School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação Multicêntrico em Ciências Fisiológicas—SBFis/UNESP, Department of Basic Sciences, Araçatuba, Brazil
- São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry, Department of Basic Sciences, Araçatuba, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Angela Cristina Nicola, ; Rita Cássia Menegati Dornelles,
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Griffin P, Sheehan PW, Dimitry JM, Guo C, Kanan MF, Lee J, Zhang J, Musiek ES. REV-ERBα mediates complement expression and diurnal regulation of microglial synaptic phagocytosis. eLife 2020; 9:e58765. [PMID: 33258449 PMCID: PMC7728439 DOI: 10.7554/elife.58765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The circadian clock regulates various aspects of brain health including microglial and astrocyte activation. Here, we report that deletion of the master clock protein BMAL1 in mice robustly increases expression of complement genes, including C4b and C3, in the hippocampus. BMAL1 regulates expression of the transcriptional repressor REV-ERBα, and deletion of REV-ERBα causes increased expression of C4b transcript in neurons and astrocytes as well as C3 protein primarily in astrocytes. REV-ERBα deletion increased microglial phagocytosis of synapses and synapse loss in the CA3 region of the hippocampus. Finally, we observed diurnal variation in the degree of microglial synaptic phagocytosis which was antiphase to REV-ERBα expression. This daily variation in microglial synaptic phagocytosis was abrogated by global REV-ERBα deletion, which caused persistently elevated synaptic phagocytosis. This work uncovers the BMAL1-REV-ERBα axis as a regulator of complement expression and synaptic phagocytosis in the brain, linking circadian proteins to synaptic regulation.
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MESH Headings
- ARNTL Transcription Factors/deficiency
- ARNTL Transcription Factors/genetics
- Animals
- CA3 Region, Hippocampal/cytology
- CA3 Region, Hippocampal/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Circadian Rhythm
- Complement C3/genetics
- Complement C3/metabolism
- Complement C4/genetics
- Complement C4/metabolism
- Complement System Proteins/genetics
- Complement System Proteins/metabolism
- Female
- Male
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Microglia/metabolism
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/deficiency
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/metabolism
- Phagocytosis
- Signal Transduction
- Synapses/metabolism
- Time Factors
- Up-Regulation
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- Percy Griffin
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisSt. LouisUnited States
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisSt. LouisUnited States
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisSt. LouisUnited States
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- Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of MedicineSt. LouisUnited States
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisSt. LouisUnited States
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisSt. LouisUnited States
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- Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of MedicineSt. LouisUnited States
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisSt. LouisUnited States
- Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisSt. LouisUnited States
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Durrington HJ, Krakowiak K, Meijer P, Begley N, Maidstone R, Goosey L, Gibbs JE, Blaikley JF, Gregory LG, Lloyd CM, Loudon ASI, Ray DW. Circadian asthma airway responses are gated by REV-ERBα. Eur Respir J 2020; 56:13993003.02407-2019. [PMID: 32586876 PMCID: PMC7613655 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02407-2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The circadian clock powerfully regulates inflammation and the clock protein REV-ERBα is known to play a key role as a repressor of the inflammatory response. Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways with a strong time of day rhythm. Airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) is a dominant feature of asthma; however, it is not known if this is under clock control. OBJECTIVES To determine if allergy-mediated AHR is gated by the clock protein REV-ERBα. METHODS After exposure to the intra-nasal house dust mite (HDM) allergen challenge model at either dawn or dusk, AHR to methacholine was measured invasively in mice. MAIN RESULTS Wild-type (WT) mice show markedly different time of day AHR responses (maximal at dusk/start of the active phase), both in vivo and ex vivo, in precision cut lung slices. Time of day effects on AHR were abolished in mice lacking the clock gene Rev-erbα, indicating that such effects on asthma response are likely to be mediated via the circadian clock. We suggest that muscarinic receptors one (Chrm 1) and three (Chrm 3) may play a role in this pathway. CONCLUSIONS We identify a novel circuit regulating a core process in asthma, potentially involving circadian control of muscarinic receptor expression, in a REV-ERBα dependent fashion. CLINICAL IMPLICATION These insights suggest the importance of considering the timing of drug administration in clinic trials and in clinical practice (chronotherapy).
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- Hannah J Durrington
- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Wythenshawe Hospital, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), Manchester, UK
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Wythenshawe Hospital, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), Manchester, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Wefers J, Connell NJ, Fealy CE, Andriessen C, de Wit V, van Moorsel D, Moonen-Kornips E, Jörgensen JA, Hesselink MKC, Havekes B, Hoeks J, Schrauwen P. Day-night rhythm of skeletal muscle metabolism is disturbed in older, metabolically compromised individuals. Mol Metab 2020; 41:101050. [PMID: 32659272 PMCID: PMC7415921 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Skeletal muscle mitochondrial function and energy metabolism displays day-night rhythmicity in healthy, young individuals. Twenty-four-hour rhythmicity of metabolism has been implicated in the etiology of age-related metabolic disorders. Whether day-night rhythmicity in skeletal muscle mitochondrial function and energy metabolism is altered in older, metabolically comprised humans remains unknown. METHODS Twelve male overweight volunteers with impaired glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity stayed in a metabolic research unit for 2 days under free living conditions with regular meals. Indirect calorimetry was performed at 5 time points (8 AM, 1 PM, 6 PM, 11 PM, 4 AM), followed by a muscle biopsy. Mitochondrial oxidative capacity was measured in permeabilized muscle fibers using high-resolution respirometry. RESULTS Mitochondrial oxidative capacity did not display rhythmicity. The expression of circadian core clock genes BMAL1 and REV-ERBα showed a clear day-night rhythm (p < 0.001), peaking at the end of the waking period. Remarkably, the repressor clock gene PER2 did not show rhythmicity, whereas PER1 and PER3 were strongly rhythmic (p < 0.001). On the whole-body level, resting energy expenditure was highest in the late evening (p < 0.001). Respiratory exchange ratio did not decrease during the night, indicating metabolic inflexibility. CONCLUSIONS Mitochondrial oxidative capacity does not show a day-night rhythm in older, overweight participants with impaired glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity. In addition, gene expression of PER2 in skeletal muscle indicates that rhythmicity of the negative feedback loop of the molecular clock is disturbed. CLINICALTRIALS. GOV ID NCT03733743.
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- Jakob Wefers
- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands; Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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Yang CH, Hwang CF, Chuang JH, Lian WS, Wang FS, Huang EI, Yang MY. Constant Light Dysregulates Cochlear Circadian Clock and Exacerbates Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E7535. [PMID: 33066038 PMCID: PMC7589695 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21207535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the major causes of acquired sensorineural hearing loss in modern society. While people with excessive exposure to noise are frequently the population with a lifestyle of irregular circadian rhythms, the effects of circadian dysregulation on the auditory system are still little known. Here, we disturbed the circadian clock in the cochlea of male CBA/CaJ mice by constant light (LL) or constant dark. LL significantly repressed circadian rhythmicity of circadian clock genes Per1, Per2, Rev-erbα, Bmal1, and Clock in the cochlea, whereas the auditory brainstem response thresholds were unaffected. After exposure to low-intensity (92 dB) noise, mice under LL condition initially showed similar temporary threshold shifts to mice under normal light-dark cycle, and mice under both conditions returned to normal thresholds after 3 weeks. However, LL augmented high-intensity (106 dB) noise-induced permanent threshold shifts, particularly at 32 kHz. The loss of outer hair cells (OHCs) and the reduction of synaptic ribbons were also higher in mice under LL after noise exposure. Additionally, LL enhanced high-intensity noise-induced 4-hydroxynonenal in the OHCs. Our findings convey new insight into the deleterious effect of an irregular biological clock on the auditory system.
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- Chao-Hui Yang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan;
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan 33302, Taiwan; (J.-H.C.); (F.-S.W.)
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan;
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan 33302, Taiwan; (J.-H.C.); (F.-S.W.)
- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan
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- Core Laboratory for Phenomics & Diagnostics, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan;
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan 33302, Taiwan; (J.-H.C.); (F.-S.W.)
- Core Laboratory for Phenomics & Diagnostics, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan;
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan;
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan;
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan 33302, Taiwan; (J.-H.C.); (F.-S.W.)
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Wu P, Cheng J, Chen L, Xiang J, Pan Y, Zhang Y, Zheng T, Liu N, Chu W, Zhang J. Nr1d1 affects autophagy in the skeletal muscles of juvenile Nile tilapia by regulating the rhythmic expression of autophagy-related genes. Fish Physiol Biochem 2020; 46:891-907. [PMID: 32072342 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-019-00757-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Autophagy is an important evolutionary conserved process in eukaryotic organisms for the turnover of intracellular substances. Recent studies revealed that autophagy displays circadian rhythms in mice and zebrafish. To date, there is no report focused on the rhythmic changes of autophagy in fish skeletal muscles upon nutritional deprivation. In this study, we examined the circadian rhythms of 158 functional genes in tilapia muscle in response to starvation. We found that 12 genes were involved in autophagy changed their rhythm after starvation. Among these genes, Atg4c, Bnip3la, Lc3a, Lc3b, Lc3c, and Ulk1a exhibited a daily rhythmicity in tilapia muscle, and Atg4b, becn1, bnip3la, bnip3lb, Lc3a, and ulk1b were significantly upregulated in response to starvation. The number of autophagosomes was dramatically increased in fasted fish, indicating that nutritional signals affect not only the muscular clock system but also its autophagy behavior. Administration of GSK4112, an activator of Nr1d1, altered rhythmic expression of both circadian clock genes and autophagy genes in tilapia muscle. Taken together, these findings provide evidence that nutritional deficiency affects both circadian regulation and autophagy activities in skeletal muscle.
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- Ping Wu
- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China.
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China.
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- Department of Bioengineering and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha, 410003, Hunan, China.
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China.
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Wang H, Yang Z, Li X, Huang D, Yu S, He J, Li Y, Yan J. Single-cell in vivo imaging of cellular circadian oscillators in zebrafish. PLoS Biol 2020; 18:e3000435. [PMID: 32168317 PMCID: PMC7069618 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The circadian clock is a cell-autonomous time-keeping mechanism established gradually during embryonic development. Here, we generated a transgenic zebrafish line carrying a destabilized fluorescent protein driven by the promoter of a core clock gene, nr1d1, to report in vivo circadian rhythm at the single-cell level. By time-lapse imaging of this fish line and 3D reconstruction, we observed the sequential initiation of the reporter expression starting at photoreceptors in the pineal gland, then spreading to the cells in other brain regions at the single-cell level. Even within the pineal gland, we found heterogeneous onset of nr1d1 expression, in which each cell undergoes circadian oscillation superimposed over a cell type–specific developmental trajectory. Furthermore, we found that single-cell expression of nr1d1 showed synchronous circadian oscillation under a light–dark (LD) cycle. Remarkably, single-cell oscillations were dramatically dampened rather than desynchronized in animals raised under constant darkness, while the developmental trend still persists. It suggests that light exposure in early zebrafish embryos has significant effect on cellular circadian oscillations. A transgenic zebrafish line, nr1d1-VNP, enables the monitoring of single-cell circadian rhythms in live zebrafish; using this fish line, the authors find that light exposure in early development initializes rather than synchronizes single-cell oscillators.
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- Haifang Wang
- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of AnHui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (JY); (YL); (JH)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of AnHui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- * E-mail: (JY); (YL); (JH)
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (JY); (YL); (JH)
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Kim K, Kim JH, Kim I, Seong S, Kim N. Rev-erbα Negatively Regulates Osteoclast and Osteoblast Differentiation through p38 MAPK Signaling Pathway. Mol Cells 2020; 43:34-47. [PMID: 31896234 PMCID: PMC6999712 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2019.0232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
The circadian clock regulates various physiological processes, including bone metabolism. The nuclear receptors Reverbs, comprising Rev-erbα and Rev-erbβ, play a key role as transcriptional regulators of the circadian clock. In this study, we demonstrate that Rev-erbs negatively regulate differentiation of osteoclasts and osteoblasts. The knockdown of Rev-erbα in osteoclast precursor cells enhanced receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)-induced osteoclast formation, as well as expression of nuclear factor of activated T cells 1 (NFATc1), osteoclast-associated receptor (OSCAR), and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP). The overexpression of Rev-erbα leads to attenuation of the NFATc1 expression via inhibition of recruitment of c-Fos to the NFATc1 promoter. The overexpression of Rev-erbα in osteoblast precursors attenuated the expression of osteoblast marker genes including Runx2, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), bone sialoprotein (BSP), and osteocalcin (OC). Rev-erbα interfered with the recruitment of Runx2 to the promoter region of the target genes. Conversely, knockdown of Reverbα in the osteoblast precursors enhanced the osteoblast differentiation and function. In addition, Rev-erbα negatively regulated osteoclast and osteoblast differentiation by suppressing the p38 MAPK pathway. Furthermore, intraperitoneal administration of GSK4112, a Rev-erb agonist, protects RANKL-induced bone loss via inhibition of osteoclast differentiation in vivo . Taken together, our results demonstrate a molecular mechanism of Rev-erbs in the bone remodeling, and provide a molecular basis for a potential therapeutic target for treatment of bone disease characterized by excessive bone resorption.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bone Remodeling
- Bone Resorption/genetics
- Bone Resorption/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Circadian Clocks
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gain of Function Mutation/genetics
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1/metabolism
- Osteoblasts/physiology
- Osteoclasts/physiology
- Osteogenesis/genetics
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Repressor Proteins/genetics
- Repressor Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
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- Kabsun Kim
- Department of Pharmacology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469,
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469,
Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469,
Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469,
Korea
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469,
Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469,
Korea
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469,
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Ji G, Lv K, Chen H, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Li Y, Qu L. Hydrogen peroxide modulates clock gene expression via PRX2-STAT3-REV-ERBα/β pathway. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 145:312-320. [PMID: 31585206 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The circadian rhythm is a widespread physiological phenomenon present in almost all forms of life and is constituted by a system of interlocked transcriptional/translational feedback loops (TTFLs). External zeitgebers regulate biological rhythms through the direct or indirect regulation of circadian genes. Oxidative stress is involved in many diseases and injuries, such as ageing, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. Despite an increasing number of studies on circadian rhythm disorders caused by oxidative stress, little is known about the effects of oxidants on clock gene expression and the underlying mechanism. In this study, we found that the protein expression of circadian genes Clock, Bmal1, Per1/2, and Cry1/2 in NIH3T3 cells was upregulated by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), an important mediator of oxidative stress. In addition, H2O2 modulated the circadian rhythm of Bmal1-luciferase via RORα, REV-ERBα (NR1D1), and REV-ERBβ (NR1D2). Further studies showed that H2O2 regulated biological rhythm by PRX2-STAT3-REV-ERBα/β pathway. These findings provide an accessory loop-related mechanism by which non-transcriptional oscillation interplays with TTFLs.
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- Guohua Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, 26 Beiqing Road, Beijing, 100094, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, 26 Beiqing Road, Beijing, 100094, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, 26 Beiqing Road, Beijing, 100094, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, 26 Beiqing Road, Beijing, 100094, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, 26 Beiqing Road, Beijing, 100094, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, 26 Beiqing Road, Beijing, 100094, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, 26 Beiqing Road, Beijing, 100094, PR China.
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Xia X, Wang P, Wan R, Chang Z, Du Q. Progesterone affects sex differentiation and alters transcriptional of genes along circadian rhythm signaling and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axes in juvenile Yellow River Carp (Cyprinus carpio var.). Environ Toxicol 2019; 34:1255-1262. [PMID: 31298479 DOI: 10.1002/tox.22826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Progesterone (P4) is a biologically active steroid hormone that is involved in the regulation of oocyte growth and maturation, as well as development of the endometrium and implantation in the uterus of humans. It can also stimulate oocyte maturation in female fish, as well as spermatogenesis and sperm motility in male fish. Thus, P4 has been extensively used in human and animal husbandry as a typical progestin. However, P4 remaining in the water environment will pose a potential hazard to aquatic organisms. For example, it can interfere with sex differentiation and reproduction in aquatic vertebrates such as fish. Therefore, we investigated the effects of prolonged progesterone exposure on the expression of genes related to circadian rhythm signaling and the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axes in Yellow River Carp, which may have a potential impact on their sex differentiation. Our results suggested that P4 exposure altered the expression of genes related to circadian rhythm signaling, which can lead to disorders in the endocrine system and regulate the HPG axes-related activities. Furthermore, the expression of genes related to the HPG axes was also altered, which might affect gonadal development and the reproductive systems of Yellow River Carp. In addition, these changes may provide a plausible mechanism for the observed shifts in their sex ratio toward females.
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- Xiaohua Xia
- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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Reitz CJ, Alibhai FJ, Khatua TN, Rasouli M, Bridle BW, Burris TP, Martino TA. SR9009 administered for one day after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion prevents heart failure in mice by targeting the cardiac inflammasome. Commun Biol 2019; 2:353. [PMID: 31602405 PMCID: PMC6776554 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0595-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Reperfusion of patients after myocardial infarction (heart attack) triggers cardiac inflammation that leads to infarct expansion and heart failure (HF). We previously showed that the circadian mechanism is a critical regulator of reperfusion injury. However, whether pharmacological targeting using circadian medicine limits reperfusion injury and protects against HF is unknown. Here, we show that short-term targeting of the circadian driver REV-ERB with SR9009 benefits long-term cardiac repair post-myocardial ischemia reperfusion in mice. Gain and loss of function studies demonstrate specificity of targeting REV-ERB in mice. Treatment for just one day abates the cardiac NLRP3 inflammasome, decreasing immunocyte recruitment, and thereby allowing the vulnerable infarct to heal. Therapy is given in vivo, after reperfusion, and promotes efficient repair. This study presents downregulation of the cardiac inflammasome in fibroblasts as a cellular target of SR9009, inviting more targeted therapeutic investigations in the future.
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- Cristine J. Reitz
- Centre for Cardiovascular Investigations, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1 Canada
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Investigations, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1 Canada
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Investigations, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1 Canada
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Investigations, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1 Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1 Canada
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- Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO 63104 USA
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Investigations, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1 Canada
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Murayama Y, Yahagi N, Takeuchi Y, Aita Y, Mehrazad Saber Z, Wada N, Li E, Piao X, Sawada Y, Shikama A, Masuda Y, Nishi-Tatsumi M, Kubota M, Izumida Y, Miyamoto T, Sekiya M, Matsuzaka T, Nakagawa Y, Sugano Y, Iwasaki H, Kobayashi K, Yatoh S, Suzuki H, Yagyu H, Kawakami Y, Shimano H. Glucocorticoid receptor suppresses gene expression of Rev-erbα (Nr1d1) through interaction with the CLOCK complex. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:423-432. [PMID: 30659595 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2018] [Revised: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Glucocorticoids have various medical uses but are accompanied by side effects. The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) has been reported to regulate the clock genes, but the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. In this study, we focused on the suppressive effect of the GR on the expression of Rev-erbα (Nr1d1), an important component of the clock regulatory circuits. Here we show that the GR suppresses Rev-erbα expression via the formation of a complex with CLOCK and BMAL1, which binds to the E-boxes in the Nr1d1 promoter. In this GR-CLOCK-BMAL1 complex, the GR does not directly bind to DNA, which is referred to as tethering. These findings provide new insights into the role of the GR in the control of circadian rhythm.
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- Yuki Murayama
- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
| | - Motohiro Sekiya
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
| | - Takashi Matsuzaka
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
| | - Yoshimi Nakagawa
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
| | - Yoko Sugano
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
| | - Hiroaki Suzuki
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
| | - Hiroaki Yagyu
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
| | - Yasushi Kawakami
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
| | - Hitoshi Shimano
- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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