Feedback repression is required for mammalian circadian clock function.
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Sato, Trey, Yamada, Rikuhiro, Ukai, Hideki, Baggs, Julie, Miraglia, Loren, Kobayashi, Tetsuya J, Welsh, David K, Kay, Steve A, Ueda, Hiroki R and Hogenesch, John (2006) Feedback repression is required for mammalian circadian clock function. Nature Genetics, 38 (3). pp. 312-319. ISSN 1061-4036
Abstract
Direct evidence for the requirement of transcriptional feedback repression in circadian clock function has been elusive. Here, we developed a molecular genetic screen in mammalian cells to identify mutants of the circadian transcriptional activators CLOCK and BMAL1, which were uncoupled from CRYPTOCHROME (CRY)-mediated transcriptional repression. Notably, mutations in the PER-ARNT-SIM domain of CLOCK and the C terminus of BMAL1 resulted in synergistic insensitivity through reduced physical interactions with CRY. Coexpression of these mutant proteins in cultured fibroblasts caused arrhythmic phenotypes in population and single-cell assays. These data demonstrate that CRY-mediated repression of the CLOCK/BMAL1 complex activity is required for maintenance of circadian rhythmicity and provide formal proof that transcriptional feedback is required for mammalian clock function.
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| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2009 14:04 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2013 01:25 |
| URI: | https://oak.novartis.com/id/eprint/161 |