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ABSTRACT: Background
Nutritional and food components reshape the peripheral clock and metabolism. However, whether food challenges affect the circadian clock and metabolism of meibomian glands (MGs) has not been fully explored. This study was designed to analyze alterations in the rhythmic transcriptome and metabolism of MGs of murine fed a balanced diet or a high-fat diet (HFD).Methods
Male C57BL/6J mice were maintained on a 12/12 h light/dark cycle and fed ad libitum on normal chow (NC) or HFD for 4 weeks. MGs were collected from sacrificed animals at 3-h intervals throughout a 24-h circadian cycle. The circadian transcriptome of MGs was analyzed via bioinformatics approaches using high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). In addition, circadian oscillations of lipid components in MGs were analyzed.Results
Meibomian glands displayed robust transcriptome rhythmicity. HFD feeding significantly altered the circadian transcriptome profile of MGs-including composition and phase-and spatiotemporally affected the enriched signaling pathways. In addition, HFD feeding significantly altered the normal rhythmic oscillations of lipid components in MGs.Conclusion
Our data show that HFD significantly affects MGs' rhythmicity, which reveals a high sensitivity of MGs' clocks to lipid composition in food.
SUBMITTER: Zou S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10062204 | biostudies-literature | 2023
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zou Sen S Liu Jiangman J Si Hongli H Huang Duliurui D Qi Di D Pei Xiaoting X Lu Dingli D Huang Shenzhen S Li Zhijie Z
Frontiers in nutrition 20230316
<h4>Background</h4>Nutritional and food components reshape the peripheral clock and metabolism. However, whether food challenges affect the circadian clock and metabolism of meibomian glands (MGs) has not been fully explored. This study was designed to analyze alterations in the rhythmic transcriptome and metabolism of MGs of murine fed a balanced diet or a high-fat diet (HFD).<h4>Methods</h4>Male C57BL/6J mice were maintained on a 12/12 h light/dark cycle and fed <i>ad libitum</i> on normal cho ...[more]