Circadian
clocks
allow
organisms
to
anticipate
daily
fluctuations
in
their
environment
by
driving
rhythms
physiology
and
behavior.
Inter-organismal
differences
rhythms,
called
chronotypes,
exist
can
shift
with
age.
In
ants,
age,
caste-related
behavior
chronotype
appear
be
linked.
Brood-tending
nurse
ants
are
usually
younger
individuals
show
"around-the-clock"
activity.
With
age
or
the
absence
of
brood,
nurses
transition
into
foraging
that
Ants
adaptively
between
these
behavioral
castes
caste-associated
chronotypes
depending
on
social
context.
We
investigated
how
changes
gene
expression
could
contributing
such
plasticity
Camponotus
floridanus
carpenter
combining
time-course
assays
RNA-Sequencing
forager
brains.We
found
brains
have
three
times
fewer
24
h
oscillating
genes
than
foragers.
However,
several
hundred
oscillated
every
showed
robust
8
oscillations
nurses,
including
core
clock
Period
Shaggy.
These
differentially
rhythmic
consisted
components
circadian
entrainment
output
pathway,
said
involved
regulating
insect
locomotory
also
Vitellogenin,
known
regulate
division
labor
insects,
but
not
Finally,
we
significant
overlap
expressed
two
ant
ultradian
expression.This
study
provides
a
first
look
at
chronobiological
brains.
This
endeavor
allowed
us
identify
putative
molecular
mechanism
underlying
plastic
timekeeping:
its
seemingly
oscillate
different
harmonics
rhythm.
propose
has
evolved
for
distinct
regulatory
networks
underlie
castes,
while
supporting
swift
caste
transitions
response
colony
demands.
Behavioral
is
common
among
insects.
The
links
C.
floridanus,
thus,
likely
represent
more
general
phenomenon
warrants
further
investigation.
The
mammalian
transcription
factors
CLOCK
and
BMAL1
are
essential
components
of
the
molecular
clock
that
coordinate
behavior
metabolism
with
solar
cycle.
Genetic
or
environmental
perturbation
circadian
cycles
contributes
to
metabolic
disorders
including
type
2
diabetes.
To
study
impact
cell-autonomous
on
pancreatic
β
cell
function,
we
examined
islets
from
mice
either
intact
disrupted
expression
both
throughout
life
limited
adulthood.
We
found
pronounced
oscillation
insulin
secretion
was
synchronized
genes
encoding
secretory
machinery
signaling
regulate
release.
CLOCK/BMAL1
colocalized
factor
PDX1
within
active
enhancers
distinct
those
controlling
rhythmic
gene
networks
in
liver.
also
ablation
adult
caused
severe
glucose
intolerance.
Thus,
type-specific
underlie
control
peripheral
may
help
explain
its
dysregulation
Journal of Biological Rhythms,
Год журнала:
2017,
Номер
32(5), С. 380 - 393
Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2017
Genome
biology
approaches
have
made
enormous
contributions
to
our
understanding
of
biological
rhythms,
particularly
in
identifying
outputs
the
clock,
including
RNAs,
proteins,
and
metabolites,
whose
abundance
oscillates
throughout
day.
These
methods
hold
significant
promise
for
future
discovery,
when
combined
with
computational
modeling.
However,
genome-scale
experiments
are
costly
laborious,
yielding
“big
data”
that
conceptually
statistically
difficult
analyze.
There
is
no
obvious
consensus
regarding
design
or
analysis.
Here
we
discuss
relevant
technical
considerations
generate
reproducible,
sound,
broadly
useful
data.
Rather
than
suggest
a
set
rigid
rules,
aim
codify
principles
by
which
investigators,
reviewers,
readers
primary
literature
can
evaluate
suitability
different
experimental
designs
measuring
aspects
rhythms.
We
introduce
CircaInSilico,
web-based
application
generating
synthetic
genome
data
benchmark
statistical
studying
Finally,
several
unmet
analytical
needs,
applications
clinical
medicine,
productive
avenues
address
them.
Science,
Год журнала:
2020,
Номер
367(6479), С. 800 - 806
Опубликована: Фев. 14, 2020
Circadian
(~24
hour)
clocks
have
a
fundamental
role
in
regulating
daily
physiology.
The
transcription
factor
BMAL1
is
principal
driver
of
molecular
clock
mammals.
Bmal1
deletion
abolishes
24-hour
activity
patterning,
one
measure
output.
We
determined
whether
function
necessary
for
oscillations
skin
fibroblasts
and
liver
slices.
Unexpectedly,
knockout
mice,
both
tissues
exhibited
the
transcriptome,
proteome,
phosphoproteome
over
2
to
3
days
absence
any
exogenous
drivers
such
as
light
or
temperature
cycles.
This
demonstrates
competent
pacemaker
knockouts.
suggest
that
might
be
underpinned
by
transcriptional
regulation
recruitment
ETS
family
factors,
nontranscriptionally
co-opting
redox
oscillations.
Cell Metabolism,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
36(1), С. 90 - 102.e7
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
Interactions
between
lineage-determining
and
activity-dependent
transcription
factors
determine
single-cell
identity
function
within
multicellular
tissues
through
incompletely
known
mechanisms.
By
assembling
a
atlas
of
chromatin
state
human
islets,
we
identified
β
cell
subtypes
governed
by
either
high
or
low
activity
the
factor
pancreatic
duodenal
homeobox-1
(PDX1).
cells
with
reduced
PDX1
displayed
increased
accessibility
at
latent
nuclear
κB
(NF-κB)
enhancers.
Pdx1
hypomorphic
mice
exhibited
de-repression
NF-κB
impaired
glucose
tolerance
night.
Three-dimensional
analyses
in
tandem
immunoprecipitation
(ChIP)
sequencing
revealed
that
silences
circadian
inflammatory
enhancers
long-range
contacts
involving
SIN3A.
Conversely,
Bmal1
ablation
disrupted
genome-wide
DNA
binding.
Finally,
antagonizing
interleukin
(IL)-1β
receptor,
an
target,
improved
insulin
secretion
islets.
Our
studies
reveal
functional
single
defined
gradient
identify
as
target
for
insulinotropic
therapy.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Год журнала:
2018,
Номер
115(39)
Опубликована: Сен. 10, 2018
Circadian
clocks
play
a
key
role
in
regulating
vast
array
of
biological
processes,
with
significant
implications
for
human
health.
Accurate
assessment
physiological
time
using
transcriptional
biomarkers
found
blood
can
significantly
improve
diagnosis
circadian
disorders
and
optimize
the
delivery
therapeutic
treatments.
To
be
useful,
such
test
must
accurate,
minimally
burdensome
to
patient,
readily
generalizable
new
data.
A
major
obstacle
development
gene
expression
biomarker
tests
is
diversity
measurement
platforms
inherent
variability
data,
often
resulting
predictors
that
perform
well
original
datasets
but
cannot
universally
applied
samples
collected
other
settings.
Here,
we
introduce
TimeSignature,
an
algorithm
robustly
infers
from
expression.
We
demonstrate
its
application
data
three
independent
studies
distinct
microarrays
further
validate
it
against
set
profiled
by
RNA-sequencing.
Our
results
show
TimeSignature
more
accurate
efficient
than
competing
methods,
estimating
within
2
h
majority
samples.
Importantly,
once
trained
on
single
study,
predictor
yield
highly
differences
study
population,
patient
protocol,
or
assay
platform
without
renormalizing
retraining.
This
feature
unique
among
expression-based
addresses
challenge
generalizable,
clinically
useful
tests.
Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2017,
Номер
8(1)
Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2017
Abstract
Disruption
of
the
circadian
clock,
which
directs
rhythmic
expression
numerous
output
genes,
accelerates
aging.
To
enquire
how
system
protects
aging
organisms,
here
we
compare
transcriptomes
in
heads
young
and
old
Drosophila
melanogaster
.
The
core
clock
most
genes
remained
robustly
flies,
while
others
lost
rhythmicity
with
age,
resulting
constitutive
over-
or
under-expression.
Unexpectedly,
identify
a
subset
that
adopted
increased
de
novo
during
aging,
enriched
for
stress-response
functions.
These
termed
late-life
cyclers,
were
also
rhythmically
induced
flies
by
constant
exposure
to
exogenous
oxidative
stress,
this
upregulation
is
CLOCK-dependent.
We
age-onset
several
putative
primary
piRNA
transcripts
overlapping
antisense
transposons.
Our
results
suggest
that,
as
organisms
shifts
greater
regulatory
priority
mitigation
accumulating
cellular
stress.