Project description:Post-translational modifications (PTMs) on histones have been found to play diverse functions in regulating chromatin events and gene expression. The operation of circadian clocks heavily relies on finely tuned and timely expression of the proteins comprising core oscillators. However, most studies of PTMs' effects on circadian clocks have been conducted using static systems in which circadian clocks are rendered arrhythmic due to the essential role of PTMs on gene expression. In the Neurospora circadian system, the White Collar Complex (WCC), a heterodimeric transcription factor formed from White Collar-1 (WC-1) and White Collar-2 (WC-2), serves the function of the BMAL1/CLOCK heterodimer in mammals, driving expression of circadian negative arm component(s), a principal one in Neurospora encoded by the gene frequency (frq). FRQ interacts with FRH (FRQ-interacting helicase) and CK-1 forming a stable complex that represses its own expression by inhibiting WCC. In this study, a genetic screen identified a gene, designated as eaf-8, that encodes a novel conserved subunit of the NuA4 histone acetylation complex. Loss of eaf-8 reduces H4 acetylation and RNA polymerase (Pol) II occupancy at frq and other known circadian genes, and leads to a long circadian period, delayed phase, and defective overt circadian output at some temperatures. In addition to strongly associating with the NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex, EAF-8 is also found complexed with the transcription elongation regulator BYE-1. Expression of eaf-8, bye-1, histone hH2Az, and several NuA4 subunits is controlled by the circadian clock, indicating that the molecular clock both regulates the basic chromatin status and is regulated by changes in chromatin. Taken together, our data identify a new type of the NuA4 complex including EAF-8 and BYE-1 which, along with conventional NuA4 subunits, is required for timely and dynamic frq expression and thereby a normal and persistent circadian rhythm.
Project description:Co-expression networks and gene regulatory networks (GRNs) are emerging as important tools for predicting the functional roles of individual genes at a system-wide scale. To enable network reconstructions we built a large-scale gene expression atlas comprised of 62,547 mRNAs, 17,862 non-modified proteins, and 6,227 phosphoproteins harboring 31,595 phosphorylation sites quantified across maize development. There was little edge conservation in co-expression and GRNs reconstructed using transcriptome versus proteome data yet networks from either data type were enriched in ontological categories and effective in predicting known regulatory relationships. This integrated gene expression atlas provides a valuable community resource. The networks should facilitate plant biology research and they provide a conceptual framework for future systems biology studies highlighting the importance of studying gene regulation at several levels.
Project description:Co-expression networks and gene regulatory networks (GRNs) are emerging as important tools for predicting the functional roles of individual genes at a system-wide scale. To enable network reconstructions we built a large-scale gene expression atlas comprised of 62,547 mRNAs, 17,862 non-modified proteins, and 6,227 phosphoproteins harboring 31,595 phosphorylation sites quantified across maize development. There was little edge conservation in co-expression and GRNs reconstructed using transcriptome versus proteome data yet networks from either data type were enriched in ontological categories and effective in predicting known regulatory relationships. This integrated gene expression atlas provides a valuable community resource. The networks should facilitate plant biology research and they provide a conceptual framework for future systems biology studies highlighting the importance of studying gene regulation at several levels.
Project description:Circadian clocks in peripheral organs are entrained by feeding. Eating in the right time is crucial to maintain metabolic health, whereas eating in the wrong time increases the susceptibility to metabolic diseases. It is unknown how change of mealtime impacts circadian transcriptomes in peripheral organs and brain. Here, we presented global circadian transcript profile of mouse tissues (i.e. skeletal muscle) entrained by inverted feeding to compile an atlas for mechanistic insights into how feed-fast cycle regulates circadian biology.
Project description:The circadian gene expression in peripheral tissue displays rhythmicity which is driven by the circadian clock and feeding-fasting cycle in mammals. In this study, circadian transcriptome was performed to investigate how fasting influences circadian gene regulation.
Project description:Circadian clocks in peripheral organs are entrained by feeding. Eating in the right time is crucial to maintain metabolic health, whereas eating in the wrong time increases the susceptibility to metabolic diseases. It is unknown how change of mealtime impacts circadian transcriptomes in peripheral organs and brain, such as liver, heart, kidney and visceral adipose tissue. Here, we presented global circadian transcript profile of mouse kidney entrained by inverted feeding to compile an atlas for mechanistic insights into how feed-fast cycle regulates circadian biology.
Project description:Circadian clocks in peripheral organs are entrained by feeding. Eating in the right time is crucial to maintain metabolic health, whereas eating in the wrong time increases the susceptibility to metabolic diseases. It is unknown how change of mealtime impacts circadian transcriptomes in peripheral organs and brain, such as liver, heart, kidney and visceral adipose tissue. Here, we presented global circadian transcript profile of mouse heart entrained by inverted feeding to compile an atlas for mechanistic insights into how feed-fast cycle regulates circadian biology.
Project description:Circadian clocks in peripheral organs are entrained by feeding. Eating in the right time is crucial to maintain metabolic health, whereas eating in the wrong time increases the susceptibility to metabolic diseases. It is unknown how change of mealtime impacts circadian transcriptomes in peripheral organs and brain, such as liver, heart, kidney and visceral adipose tissue. Here, we presented global circadian transcript profile of mouse liver entrained by inverted feeding to compile an atlas for mechanistic insights into how feed-fast cycle regulates circadian biology.