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Chen K, Wang Y, Li D, Wu R, Wang J, Wei W, Zhu W, Xie W, Feng D, He Y. Biological clock regulation by the PER gene family: a new perspective on tumor development. Front Cell Dev Biol 2024; 12:1332506. [PMID: 38813085 PMCID: PMC11133573 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1332506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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The Period (PER) gene family is one of the core components of the circadian clock, with substantial correlations between the PER genes and cancers identified in extensive researches. Abnormal mutations in PER genes can influence cell function, metabolic activity, immunity, and therapy responses, thereby promoting the initiation and development of cancers. This ultimately results in unequal cancers progression and prognosis in patients. This leads to variable cancer progression and prognosis among patients. In-depth studies on the interactions between the PER genes and cancers can reveal novel strategies for cancer detection and treatment. In this review, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the latest research on the role of the PER gene family in cancer.
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- Kai Chen
- Department of Urology, The First Hospital of Jiaxing, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jia Xing, China
- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, The Third Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Hospital of Jiaxing, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jia Xing, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Hospital of Jiaxing, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jia Xing, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Urology, The First Hospital of Jiaxing, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jia Xing, China
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Amiama-Roig A, Verdugo-Sivianes EM, Carnero A, Blanco JR. Chronotherapy: Circadian Rhythms and Their Influence in Cancer Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:5071. [PMID: 36291855 PMCID: PMC9599830 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14205071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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Living organisms present rhythmic fluctuations every 24 h in their behavior and metabolism to anticipate changes in the environment. These fluctuations are controlled by a very complex molecular mechanism, the circadian clock, that regulates the expression of multiple genes to ensure the right functioning of the body. An individual's circadian system is altered during aging, and this is related to numerous age-associated pathologies and other alterations that could contribute to the development of cancer. Nowadays, there is an increasing interest in understanding how circadian rhythms could be used in the treatment of cancer. Chronotherapy aims to understand the impact that biological rhythms have on the response to a therapy to optimize its action, maximize health benefits and minimize possible adverse effects. Clinical trials so far have confirmed that optimal timing of treatment with chemo or immunotherapies could decrease drug toxicity and increase efficacy. Instead, chronoradiotherapy seems to minimize treatment-related symptoms rather than tumor progression or patient survival. In addition, potential therapeutic targets within the molecular clock have also been identified. Therefore, results of the application of chronotherapy in cancer therapy until now are challenging, feasible, and could be applied to clinical practice to improve cancer treatment without additional costs. However, different limitations and variables such as age, sex, or chronotypes, among others, should be overcome before chronotherapy can really be put into clinical practice.
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Grants
- RTI2018-097455-B-I00 Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MCIU) Plan Estatal de I+D+I 2018, a la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) y al Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE):
- RED2018-102723-T Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MCIU) Plan Estatal de I+D+I 2018, a la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) y al Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE):
- CB16/12/00275 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer
- PI-0397-2017 Consejería de Salud y Familias
- P18-RT-2501 Consejería de Transformacion Economica, Industria, Conocimiento, y Universidades of the Junta de Andalucía
- No. CTEICU/PAIDI 2020 Consejería de Transformacion Economica, Industria, Conocimiento, y Universidades of the Junta de Andalucía
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- Ana Amiama-Roig
- Hospital Universitario San Pedro, 26006 Logroño, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja (CIBIR), 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, IBIS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Universidad de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41013 Seville, Spain
- CIBERONC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, IBIS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Universidad de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41013 Seville, Spain
- CIBERONC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario San Pedro, 26006 Logroño, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja (CIBIR), 26006 Logroño, Spain
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Bevinakoppamath S, Ramachandra SC, Yadav AK, Basavaraj V, Vishwanath P, Prashant A. Understanding the Emerging Link Between Circadian Rhythm, Nrf2 Pathway, and Breast Cancer to Overcome Drug Resistance. Front Pharmacol 2022; 12:719631. [PMID: 35126099 PMCID: PMC8807567 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.719631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The levels of different molecules in the cell are rhythmically cycled by the molecular clock present at the cellular level. The circadian rhythm is closely linked to the metabolic processes in the cells by an underlying mechanism whose intricacies need to be thoroughly investigated. Nevertheless, Nrf2 has been identified as an essential bridge between the circadian clock and cellular metabolism and is activated by the by-product of cellular metabolism like hydrogen peroxide. Once activated it binds to the specific DNA segments and increases the transcription of several genes that play a crucial role in the normal functioning of the cell. The central clock located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus synchronizes the timekeeping in the peripheral tissues by integrating the light-dark input from the environment. Several studies have demonstrated the role of circadian rhythm as an effective tumor suppressor. Tumor development is triggered by the stimulation or disruption of signaling pathways at the cellular level as a result of the interaction between cells and environmental stimuli. Oxidative stress is one such external stimulus that disturbs the prooxidant/antioxidant equilibrium due to the loss of control over signaling pathways which destroy the bio-molecules. Altered Nrf2 expression and impaired redox balance are associated with various cancers suggesting that Nrf2 targeting may be used as a novel therapeutic approach for treating cancers. On the other hand, Nrf2 has also been shown to enhance the resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents. We believe that maximum efficacy with minimum side effects for any particular therapy can be achieved if the treatment strategy regulates the circadian rhythm. In this review, we discuss the various molecular mechanisms interlinking the circadian rhythm with the Nrf2 pathway and contributing to breast cancer pathogenesis, we also talk about how these two pathways work in close association with the cell cycle which is another oscillatory system, and whether this interplay can be exploited to overcome drug resistance during chemotherapy.
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- Supriya Bevinakoppamath
- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India
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- Department of Pathology, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India
- Special Interest Group-Human Genomics and Rare Disorders, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India
- *Correspondence: Akila Prashant,
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Abstract
Circadian rhythms describe physiological systems that repeat themselves with a cycle of approximately 24 h. Our understanding of the cellular and molecular origins of these oscillations has improved dramatically, allowing us to appreciate the significant role these oscillations play in maintaining physiological homeostasis. Circadian rhythms allow living organisms to predict and efficiently respond to a dynamically changing environment, set by repetitive day/night cycles. Since circadian rhythms underlie almost every aspect of human physiology, it is unsurprising that they also influence the response of a living organism to disease, stress, and therapeutics. Therefore, not only do the mechanisms that maintain health and disrupt homeostasis depend on our internal circadian clock, but also the way drugs are perceived and function depends on these physiological rhythms. We present a holistic view of the therapeutic process, discussing components such as disease state, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics, as well as adverse reactions that are critically affected by circadian rhythms. We outline challenges and opportunities in moving toward personalized medicine approaches that explore and capitalize on circadian rhythms for the benefit of the patient.
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- Yaakov Nahmias
- Center for Bioengineering, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA; .,Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Farshadi E, van der Horst GT, Chaves I. Molecular Links between the Circadian Clock and the Cell Cycle. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:3515-3524. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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De A, Beligala DH, Birkholz TM, Geusz ME. Anticancer Properties of Curcumin and Interactions With the Circadian Timing System. Integr Cancer Ther 2019. [PMCID: PMC6902383 DOI: 10.1177/1534735419889154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The phytochemical curcumin is a major component of turmeric. It has recognized activity against cancer cells and affects several intracellular signaling pathways. Many molecules targeted by curcumin also regulate the circadian timing system that has effects on carcinogenesis, tumor growth, and metastasis. Although the circadian clock within cells may be suppressed in tumors, cancer cells are subjected to daily hormonal and neural activity that should be considered when timing optimal curcumin treatments. Rapid curcumin degradation in blood and tissues provides a challenge to maintaining sustained levels suitable for inducing cancer cell death, increasing the need to identify when during the circadian cycle rhythmically expressed molecular targets are present. Curcumin is well tolerated by individuals ingesting it for possible cancer prevention or in combination with conventional cancer therapies, and it shows low toxicity toward noncancerous cells at low dosages. In contrast, curcumin is particularly effective against cancer stem cells, which are treatment-resistant, aggressive, and tumor-initiating. Although curcumin has poor bioavailability, more stable curcumin analogs retain the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimitotic, and pro-apoptotic benefits of curcumin. Anticancer properties are also present in congeners of curcumin in turmeric and after curcumin reduction by intestinal microbes. Various commercial curcuminoid products are highly popular dietary supplements, but caution is warranted. Although antioxidant properties of curcumin may prevent carcinogenesis, studies suggest curcumin interferes with certain chemotherapeutic agents. This review delves into the complex network of curcuminoid effects to identify potential anticancer strategies that may work in concert with daily physiological cycles controlled by the circadian timing system.
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- Arpan De
- Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA
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Tang Q, Xie M, Yu S, Zhou X, Xie Y, Chen G, Guo F, Chen L. Periodic Oxaliplatin Administration in Synergy with PER2-Mediated PCNA Transcription Repression Promotes Chronochemotherapeutic Efficacy of OSCC. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2019; 6:1900667. [PMID: 31728273 PMCID: PMC6839751 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201900667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Developing chemotherapeutic resistance affects clinical outcomes of oxaliplatin treatment on various types of cancer. Thus, it is imperative to explore alternative therapeutic strategies to improve the efficacy of oxaliplatin. Here, it is shown that circadian regulator period 2 (PER2) can potentiate the cytotoxicity of oxaliplatin and boost cell apoptosis by inhibiting DNA adducts repair in human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells. The circadian timing system is closely involved in controling the activity of DNA adducts repair and gives it a 24 h rhythm. The mechanistic dissection clarifies that PER2 can periodically suppress proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) transcription by pulling down circadian locomotor output cycles kaput-brain and muscle arnt-like 1 heterodimer from PCNA promoter in a CRY1/2-dependent manner, which subsequently impedes oxaliplatin-induced DNA adducts repair. Similarly, PER2 is capable of improving the efficacy of classical DNA-damaging chemotherapeutic agents. The tumor-bearing mouse model displays PER2 can be deployed as an oxaliplatin administration timing biomarker. In summary, it is believed that the chronochemotherapeutic strategy matching PER2 expression rhythm can efficiently improve the oxaliplatin efficacy of OSCC.
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- Qingming Tang
- Department of StomatologyUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430022China
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- Department of StomatologyUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430022China
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- Department of StomatologyUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430022China
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- Department of StomatologyUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430022China
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- Department of StomatologyUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430022China
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- Department of StomatologyUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430022China
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- Department of StomatologyUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430022China
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- Department of StomatologyUnion HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430022China
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Zhao X, Fan J, Wu P, Wei C, Chen Q, Ming Z, Yan J, Yang L. Chronic chemotherapy with paclitaxel nanoparticles induced apoptosis in lung cancer in vitro and in vivo. Int J Nanomedicine 2019; 14:1299-1309. [PMID: 30863062 PMCID: PMC6391150 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s188049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Aim Paclitaxel (PTX) is an effective antitumor drug. Previous research demonstrated that paclitaxel nanoparticles (PTX-NPs) exhibited the greatest antitumor effect at 15 hours after light onset (15 HALO), but the mechanism in chronic chemotherapy is still unknown. In our study, we investigated whether PTX-NPs regulated Period2 (Per2) during chronic chemotherapy to induce apoptosis in vivo and in vitro. Methods To improve the antitumor effect and reduce organ damage induced by PTX treatment, PTX-NPs were prepared using a film dispersion method. Then, A549 cells were treated with PTX-NPs at 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 HALO. An annexin/PI V-FITC apoptosis kit was measured for apoptosis, and PI was analyzed for cell cycle. The relative mechanism was detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Tumor volume and weight were measured to evaluate the antitumor effect of the PTX-NPs, and H&E staining was performed to assess organ damage. Results Cell cycle analysis demonstrated that PTX-NPs blocked cell cycle in G2 phase and that the ratio of cell death was significantly increased in A549 cells, while the ratios of cells in G2 phase and of apoptotic cells were highest at 15 HALO. Evaluation of in vivo antitumor activity revealed that PTX-NPs inhibited tumor growth and decreased tumor weight at 15 HALO. RT-PCR and Western blotting demonstrated that PTX-NPs upregulated Per2 mRNA and protein expression, and the highest Per2 expression was observed at 15 HALO in vivo and in vitro. Meanwhile, Bax mRNA and protein expression was upregulated, while Bcl-2 mRNA and protein expression was downregulated after PTX-NPs treatment in vivo. Moreover, H&E staining revealed that PTX-NPs reduced liver damage at 15 HALO. Conclusion PTX-NPs exhibited the most effective antitumor activity and reduced liver damage at 15 HALO through upregulation of Per2 expression to induce apoptosis in vivo and in vitro.
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- Xuefeng Zhao
- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China, .,Department of Oncology, Zigong 1st People's Hospital, Zigong 643000, China,
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China,
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China,
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- Department of Oncology, Zigong 1st People's Hospital, Zigong 643000, China,
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- Department of Oncology, Zigong 3rd People's Hospital, Zigong 643000, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zigong 1st People's Hospital, Zigong 643000, China,
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- Department of Oncology, Zigong 1st People's Hospital, Zigong 643000, China,
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China,
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Chakrabarti S, Paek AL, Reyes J, Lasick KA, Lahav G, Michor F. Hidden heterogeneity and circadian-controlled cell fate inferred from single cell lineages. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5372. [PMID: 30560953 PMCID: PMC6299096 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07788-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The origin of lineage correlations among single cells and the extent of heterogeneity in their intermitotic times (IMT) and apoptosis times (AT) remain incompletely understood. Here we developed single cell lineage-tracking experiments and computational algorithms to uncover correlations and heterogeneity in the IMT and AT of a colon cancer cell line before and during cisplatin treatment. These correlations could not be explained using simple protein production/degradation models. Sister cell fates were similar regardless of whether they divided before or after cisplatin administration and did not arise from proximity-related factors, suggesting fate determination early in a cell's lifetime. Based on these findings, we developed a theoretical model explaining how the observed correlation structure can arise from oscillatory mechanisms underlying cell fate control. Our model recapitulated the data only with very specific oscillation periods that fit measured circadian rhythms, thereby suggesting an important role of the circadian clock in controlling cellular fates.
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- Shaon Chakrabarti
- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, 02215, MA, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, 02115, MA, USA.,Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 02138, MA, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02115, MA, USA.,University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721 AZ, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02115, MA, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02115, MA, USA. .,Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, 02139, MA, USA. .,Ludwig Center at Harvard, Boston, 02215, MA, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, 02215, MA, USA. .,Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, 02115, MA, USA. .,Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 02138, MA, USA. .,Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, 02139, MA, USA. .,Ludwig Center at Harvard, Boston, 02215, MA, USA. .,Center for Cancer Evolution, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, 02215, MA, USA.
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Abreu M, Basti A, Genov N, Mazzoccoli G, Relógio A. The reciprocal interplay between TNFα and the circadian clock impacts on cell proliferation and migration in Hodgkin lymphoma cells. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11474. [PMID: 30065253 PMCID: PMC6068144 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29847-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A bidirectional interaction between the circadian network and effector mechanisms of immunity brings on a proper working of both systems. In the present study, we used Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) as an experimental model for a type of cancer involving cells of the immune system. We identified this cancer type among haematological malignancies has having a strong differential expression of core-clock elements. Taking advantage of bioinformatics analyses and experimental procedures carried out in III- and IV-stage HL cells, and lymphoblastoid B cells, we explored this interplay and bear out diverse interacting partners of both systems. In particular, we assembled a wide-ranging network of clock-immune-related genes and pinpointed TNF as a crucial intermediary player. A robust circadian clock hallmarked III-stage lymphoma cells, differently from IV-stage HL cells, which do not harbour a properly functioning clockwork. TNF and circadian gene modulation impacted on clock genes expression and triggered phenotypic changes in lymphoma cells, suggesting a crucial involvement of core-clock elements and TNF in the physiopathological mechanisms hastening malignancy. Our results move forward our understanding of the putative role of the core-clock and TNF in the pathobiology of Hodgkin lymphoma, and highlight their influence in cellular proliferation and migration in lymphatic cancers.
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- Mónica Abreu
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Berlin, Germany.,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Medical Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Tumor Immunology, Molecular Cancer Research Center, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Berlin, Germany.,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Medical Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Tumor Immunology, Molecular Cancer Research Center, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Berlin, Germany.,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Medical Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Tumor Immunology, Molecular Cancer Research Center, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Division of Internal Medicine and Chronobiology Unit, IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Berlin, Germany. .,Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Medical Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Tumor Immunology, Molecular Cancer Research Center, Berlin, Germany.
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Hassan A, Ahmad J, Ashraf H, Ali A. Modeling and analysis of the impacts of jet lag on circadian rhythm and its role in tumor growth. PeerJ 2018; 6:e4877. [PMID: 29892500 PMCID: PMC5994163 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Circadian rhythms maintain a 24 h oscillation pattern in metabolic, physiological and behavioral processes in all living organisms. Circadian rhythms are organized as biochemical networks located in hypothalamus and peripheral tissues. Rhythmicity in the expression of circadian clock genes plays a vital role in regulating the process of cell division and DNA damage control. The oncogenic protein, MYC and the tumor suppressor, p53 are directly influenced by the circadian clock. Jet lag and altered sleep/wake schedules prominently affect the expression of molecular clock genes. This study is focused on developing a Petri net model to analyze the impacts of long term jet lag on the circadian clock and its probable role in tumor progression. The results depict that jet lag disrupts the normal rhythmic behavior and expression of the circadian clock proteins. This disruption leads to persistent expression of MYC and suppressed expression of p53. Thus, it is inferred that jet lag altered circadian clock negatively affects the expressions of cell cycle regulatory genes and contribute in uncontrolled proliferation of tumor cells.
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- Azka Hassan
- Research Center for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS), National University of Scinces and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Research Center for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS), National University of Scinces and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Research Center for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS), National University of Scinces and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Wang H, van Spyk E, Liu Q, Geyfman M, Salmans ML, Kumar V, Ihler A, Li N, Takahashi JS, Andersen B. Time-Restricted Feeding Shifts the Skin Circadian Clock and Alters UVB-Induced DNA Damage. Cell Rep 2018; 20:1061-1072. [PMID: 28768192 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The epidermis is a highly regenerative barrier protecting organisms from environmental insults, including UV radiation, the main cause of skin cancer and skin aging. Here, we show that time-restricted feeding (RF) shifts the phase and alters the amplitude of the skin circadian clock and affects the expression of approximately 10% of the skin transcriptome. Furthermore, a large number of skin-expressed genes are acutely regulated by food intake. Although the circadian clock is required for daily rhythms in DNA synthesis in epidermal progenitor cells, RF-induced shifts in clock phase do not alter the phase of DNA synthesis. However, RF alters both diurnal sensitivity to UVB-induced DNA damage and expression of the key DNA repair gene, Xpa. Together, our findings indicate regulation of skin function by time of feeding and emphasize a link between circadian rhythm, food intake, and skin health.
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- Hong Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Preclinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Escalante J, McQuade RM, Stojanovska V, Nurgali K. Impact of chemotherapy on gastrointestinal functions and the enteric nervous system. Maturitas 2017; 105:23-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Chaudhari A, Gupta R, Patel S, Velingkaar N, Kondratov R. Cryptochromes regulate IGF-1 production and signaling through control of JAK2-dependent STAT5B phosphorylation. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:834-842. [PMID: 28100634 PMCID: PMC5349790 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-08-0624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The circadian clock regulates IGF-1 production and signaling through proteins called cryptochromes, which regulate the activity of transcriptional factor STAT5B and control mouse body and organ size. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling plays an important role in cell growth and proliferation and is implicated in regulation of cancer, metabolism, and aging. Here we report that IGF-1 level in blood and IGF-1 signaling demonstrates circadian rhythms. Circadian control occurs through cryptochromes (CRYs)—transcriptional repressors and components of the circadian clock. IGF-1 rhythms are disrupted in Cry-deficient mice, and IGF-1 level is reduced by 80% in these mice, which leads to reduced IGF signaling. In agreement, Cry-deficient mice have reduced body (∼30% reduction) and organ size. Down-regulation of IGF-1 upon Cry deficiency correlates with reduced Igf-1 mRNA expression in the liver and skeletal muscles. Igf-1 transcription is regulated through growth hormone–induced, JAK2 kinase–mediated phosphorylation of transcriptional factor STAT5B. The phosphorylation of STAT5B on the JAK2-dependent Y699 site is significantly reduced in the liver and skeletal muscles of Cry-deficient mice. At the same time, phosphorylation of JAK2 kinase was not reduced upon Cry deficiency, which places CRY activity downstream from JAK2. Thus CRYs link the circadian clock and JAK-STAT signaling through control of STAT5B phosphorylation, which provides the mechanism for circadian rhythms in IGF signaling in vivo.
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- Amol Chaudhari
- Center for Gene Regulation and Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115
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- Center for Gene Regulation and Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115
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- Center for Gene Regulation and Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115
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- Center for Gene Regulation and Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115
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- Center for Gene Regulation and Health and Disease and Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115
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Uslu B, Dioguardi CC, Haynes M, Miao DQ, Kurus M, Hoffman G, Johnson J. Quantifying growing versus non-growing ovarian follicles in the mouse. J Ovarian Res 2017; 10:3. [PMID: 28086947 PMCID: PMC5237173 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-016-0296-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background A standard histomorphometric approach has been used for nearly 40 years that identifies atretic (e.g., dying) follicles by counting the number of pyknotic granulosa cells (GC) in the largest follicle cross-section. This method holds that if one pyknotic granulosa nucleus is seen in the largest cross section of a primary follicle, or three pyknotic cells are found in a larger follicle, it should be categorized as atretic. Many studies have used these criteria to estimate the fraction of atretic follicles that result from genetic manipulation or environmental insult. During an analysis of follicle development in a mouse model of Fragile X premutation, we asked whether these ‘historical’ criteria could correctly identify follicles that were not growing (and could thus confirmed to be dying). Methods Reasoning that the fraction of mitotic GC reveals whether the GC population was increasing at the time of sample fixation, we compared the number of pyknotic nuclei to the number of mitotic figures in follicles within a set of age-matched ovaries. Results We found that, by itself, pyknotic nuclei quantification resulted in high numbers of false positives (improperly categorized as atretic) and false negatives (improperly categorized intact). For preantral follicles, scoring mitotic and pyknotic GC nuclei allowed rapid, accurate identification of non-growing follicles with 98% accuracy. This method most often required the evaluation of one follicle section, and at most two serial follicle sections to correctly categorize follicle status. For antral follicles, we show that a rapid evaluation of follicle shape reveals which are intact and likely to survive to ovulation. Conclusions Combined, these improved, non-arbitrary methods will greatly improve our ability to estimate the fractions of growing/intact and non-growing/atretic follicles in mouse ovaries.
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- Bahar Uslu
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Current Address: Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, PO Box 647521, Pullman, 99164, Washington, USA
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, 21251, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado-Denver, Building RC2, Room P15 3103, Aurora, 80045, Colorado, USA.
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Ku L, Tian L, Su H, Wang C, Wang X, Wu L, Shi Y, Li G, Wang Z, Wang H, Song X, Dou D, Ren Z, Chen Y. Dual functions of the ZmCCT-associated quantitative trait locus in flowering and stress responses under long-day conditions. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:239. [PMID: 27809780 PMCID: PMC5094027 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0930-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Photoperiodism refers to the ability of plants to measure day length to determine the season. This ability enables plants to coordinate internal biological activities with external changes to ensure normal growth. However, the influence of the photoperiod on maize flowering and stress responses under long-day (LD) conditions has not been analyzed by comparative transcriptome sequencing. The ZmCCT gene was previously identified as a homolog of the rice photoperiod response regulator Ghd7, and associated with the major quantitative trait locus (QTL) responsible for Gibberella stalk rot resistance in maize. However, its regulatory mechanism has not been characterized. RESULTS We mapped the ZmCCT-associated QTL (ZmCCT-AQ), which is approximately 130 kb long and regulates photoperiod responses and resistance to Gibberella stalk rot and drought in maize. To investigate the effects of ZmCCT-AQ under LD conditions, the transcriptomes of the photoperiod-insensitive inbred line Huangzao4 (HZ4) and its near-isogenic line (HZ4-NIL) containing ZmCCT-AQ were sequenced. A set of genes identified by RNA-seq exhibited higher basal expression levels in HZ4-NIL than in HZ4. These genes were associated with responses to circadian rhythm changes and biotic and abiotic stresses. The differentially expressed genes in the introgressed regions of HZ4-NIL conferred higher drought and heat tolerance, and stronger disease resistance relative to HZ4. Co-expression analysis and the diurnal expression rhythms of genes related to stress responses suggested that ZmCCT and one of the circadian clock core genes, ZmCCA1, are important nodes linking the photoperiod to stress tolerance responses under LD conditions. CONCLUSION Our study revealed that the photoperiod influences flowering and stress responses under LD conditions. Additionally, ZmCCT and ZmCCA1 are important functional links between the circadian clock and stress tolerance. The establishment of this particular molecular link has uncovered a new relationship between plant photoperiodism and stress responses.
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- Lixia Ku
- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471003 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Centre of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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Reilly KM. Using the Collaborative Cross to Study the Role of Genetic Diversity in Cancer-Related Phenotypes. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2016; 2016:pdb.prot079178. [PMID: 26933242 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot079178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Human populations are genetically diverse and often a single mouse model can only represent a small subset of the human population. Studying genetic diversity directly can improve the predictive value of mouse models of cancer biology and research on the effects of carcinogens and therapeutics in humans. The collaborative cross is a panel of inbred mouse lines that captures 90% of the genetic diversity of the Mus musculus strain and can help identify regions of the genome that are responsible for variation in cancer phenotypes across the population. The appropriate procedure will depend on the mouse model used; here, three mouse cross designs are described as examples.
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- Karlyne M Reilly
- Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702
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Walter RB, Walter DJ, Boswell WT, Caballero KL, Boswell M, Lu Y, Chang J, Savage MG. Exposure to fluorescent light triggers down regulation of genes involved with mitotic progression in Xiphophorus skin. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2015; 178:93-103. [PMID: 26334372 PMCID: PMC4662871 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2015.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Revised: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We report RNA-Seq results from skin of X. maculatus Jp 163 B after exposure to various doses of "cool white" fluorescent light (FL). We show that FL exposure incites a genetic transcriptional response in skin nearly as great as observed for UVB exposure; however, the gene sets modulated due to exposure to the two light sources are quite different. Known light responsive genes involved in maintaining circadian cycling (e.g., clock, cry2a, cry1b, per1b, per2, per3, and arntl1a) exhibited expected shifts in transcriptional expression upon FL exposure. Exposure to FL also resulted in down-regulated transcription of many genes involved with cell cycle progression (e.g., cdc20, cdc45, cdca7b, plk1, cdk1, ccnb-3, and cdca7a) and chromosome segregation (e.g., cenpe, cenpf, cenpi, cenpk, cenpo, cenpp, and cenpu; cep70; knstrm, kntc, mcm2, mcm5; smc2). In addition, several DNA replication and recombination repair genes (e.g., pola1, pole, rec52, rad54l, rpa1, and parpbp) exhibit reduced expression in FL exposed X. maculatus skin. Some genes down modulated by FL are known to be associated with DNA repair and human diseases (e.g., atm2, brip1, fanc1, fancl, and xrcc4). The overall suppression of genes involved with mitotic progression in the skin of adult fish is consistent with entry into the light phase of the circadian cycle. Current efforts are aimed at determining specific wavelengths that may lead to differential expression among the many genes affected by fluorescent light exposure.
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- Ronald B Walter
- Molecular Bioscience Research Group &Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States.
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- Molecular Bioscience Research Group &Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States.
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- Molecular Bioscience Research Group &Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States.
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- Molecular Bioscience Research Group &Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States.
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- Molecular Bioscience Research Group &Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States.
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- Molecular Bioscience Research Group &Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States.
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- Molecular Bioscience Research Group &Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States.
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- Molecular Bioscience Research Group &Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States.
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Yoshida D, Aoki N, Tanaka M, Aoyama S, Shibata S. The circadian clock controls fluctuations of colonic cell proliferation during the light/dark cycle via feeding behavior in mice. Chronobiol Int 2015; 32:1145-55. [PMID: 26376208 DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2015.1065415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The mammalian circadian system is controlled not only by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), but also by the peripheral clocks located in tissues such as liver, kidney, small intestine, and colon, mediated through signals such as hormones. Peripheral clocks, but not the SCN, can be entrained by food intake schedules. While it is known that cell proliferation exhibits a circadian rhythm in the colon epithelium, it is unclear how this rhythm is influenced by food intake schedules. Here, we aimed to determine the relationships between feeding schedules and cell proliferation in the colon epithelium by means of immunochemical analysis, using 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU), as well as to elucidate how feeding schedules influence the colonic expression of clock and cell cycle genes, using real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). Cell proliferation in the colonic epithelium of normal mice exhibited a daily fluctuation, which was abrogated in Clock mutant mice. The day/night pattern of cellular proliferation and clock gene expression under daytime and nighttime restricted feeding (RF) schedules showed opposite tendencies. While daytime RF for every 4 h attenuated the day/night pattern of cell proliferation, this was restored to normal in the Clock mutant mice under the nighttime RF schedule. These results suggest that feeding schedules contribute to the establishment of a daily fluctuation of cell proliferation and RF can recover it in Clock mutant mice. Thus, this study demonstrates that the daily fluctuation of cell proliferation in the murine colon is controlled by a circadian feeding rhythm, suggesting that feeding schedules are important for rhythmicity in the proliferation of colon cells.
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- Daisuke Yoshida
- a Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology , School of Advanced Sciences and Engineering, Waseda University , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology , School of Advanced Sciences and Engineering, Waseda University , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology , School of Advanced Sciences and Engineering, Waseda University , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology , School of Advanced Sciences and Engineering, Waseda University , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology , School of Advanced Sciences and Engineering, Waseda University , Tokyo , Japan
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Feillet C, van der Horst GTJ, Levi F, Rand DA, Delaunay F. Coupling between the Circadian Clock and Cell Cycle Oscillators: Implication for Healthy Cells and Malignant Growth. Front Neurol 2015; 6:96. [PMID: 26029155 PMCID: PMC4426821 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Uncontrolled cell proliferation is one of the key features leading to cancer. Seminal works in chronobiology have revealed that disruption of the circadian timing system in mice, either by surgical, genetic, or environmental manipulation, increased tumor development. In humans, shift work is a risk factor for cancer. Based on these observations, the link between the circadian clock and cell cycle has become intuitive. But despite identification of molecular connections between the two processes, the influence of the clock on the dynamics of the cell cycle has never been formally observed. Recently, two studies combining single live cell imaging with computational methods have shed light on robust coupling between clock and cell cycle oscillators. We recapitulate here these novel findings and integrate them with earlier results in both healthy and cancerous cells. Moreover, we propose that the cell cycle may be synchronized or slowed down through coupling with the circadian clock, which results in reduced tumor growth. More than ever, systems biology has become instrumental to understand the dynamic interaction between the circadian clock and cell cycle, which is critical in cellular coordination and for diseases such as cancer.
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- Celine Feillet
- Circadian Systems Biology, CNRS, INSERM, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis , Nice , France
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- Cancer Chronotherapy Unit, University of Warwick , Coventry , UK
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- Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick , Coventry , UK
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- Circadian Systems Biology, CNRS, INSERM, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis , Nice , France
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Assembly of a comprehensive regulatory network for the mammalian circadian clock: a bioinformatics approach. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126283. [PMID: 25945798 PMCID: PMC4422523 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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By regulating the timing of cellular processes, the circadian clock provides a way to adapt physiology and behaviour to the geophysical time. In mammals, a light-entrainable master clock located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) controls peripheral clocks that are present in virtually every body cell. Defective circadian timing is associated with several pathologies such as cancer and metabolic and sleep disorders. To better understand the circadian regulation of cellular processes, we developed a bioinformatics pipeline encompassing the analysis of high-throughput data sets and the exploitation of published knowledge by text-mining. We identified 118 novel potential clock-regulated genes and integrated them into an existing high-quality circadian network, generating the to-date most comprehensive network of circadian regulated genes (NCRG). To validate particular elements in our network, we assessed publicly available ChIP-seq data for BMAL1, REV-ERBα/β and RORα/γ proteins and found strong evidence for circadian regulation of Elavl1, Nme1, Dhx6, Med1 and Rbbp7 all of which are involved in the regulation of tumourigenesis. Furthermore, we identified Ncl and Ddx6, as targets of RORγ and REV-ERBα, β, respectively. Most interestingly, these genes were also reported to be involved in miRNA regulation; in particular, NCL regulates several miRNAs, all involved in cancer aggressiveness. Thus, NCL represents a novel potential link via which the circadian clock, and specifically RORγ, regulates the expression of miRNAs, with particular consequences in breast cancer progression. Our findings bring us one step forward towards a mechanistic understanding of mammalian circadian regulation, and provide further evidence of the influence of circadian deregulation in cancer.
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Li Y, Li G, Görling B, Luy B, Du J, Yan J. Integrative analysis of circadian transcriptome and metabolic network reveals the role of de novo purine synthesis in circadian control of cell cycle. PLoS Comput Biol 2015; 11:e1004086. [PMID: 25714999 PMCID: PMC4340947 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Metabolism is the major output of the circadian clock in many organisms. We developed a computational method to integrate both circadian gene expression and metabolic network. Applying this method to zebrafish circadian transcriptome, we have identified large clusters of metabolic genes containing mostly genes in purine and pyrimidine metabolism in the metabolic network showing similar circadian phases. Our metabolomics analysis found that the level of inosine 5'-monophosphate (IMP), an intermediate metabolite in de novo purine synthesis, showed significant circadian oscillation in larval zebrafish. We focused on IMP dehydrogenase (impdh), a rate-limiting enzyme in de novo purine synthesis, with three circadian oscillating gene homologs: impdh1a, impdh1b and impdh2. Functional analysis revealed that impdh2 contributes to the daily rhythm of S phase in the cell cycle while impdh1a contributes to ocular development and pigment synthesis. The three zebrafish homologs of impdh are likely regulated by different circadian transcription factors. We propose that the circadian regulation of de novo purine synthesis that supplies crucial building blocks for DNA replication is an important mechanism conferring circadian rhythmicity on the cell cycle. Our method is widely applicable to study the impact of circadian transcriptome on metabolism in complex organisms.
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- Ying Li
- CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute for Biological Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute for Biological Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Comas M, Kuropatwinski KK, Wrobel M, Toshkov I, Antoch MP. Daily rhythms are retained both in spontaneously developed sarcomas and in xenografts grown in immunocompromised SCID mice. Chronobiol Int 2014; 31:901-10. [PMID: 24933324 PMCID: PMC4358746 DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2014.925469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The circadian clock generates and regulates many daily physiological, metabolic and behavioral rhythms as well as acute responses to various types of stresses including those induced by anticancer treatment. It has been proposed that modulatory function of the clock may be used for improving the therapeutic efficacy of established anti-cancer treatments. In order to rationally exploit this mechanism, more information is needed to fully characterize the functional status of the molecular clock in tumors of different cellular origin; however, the data describing tumor clocks are still inconsistent. Here we tested the status of clock in two models of tumors derived from connective tissue: sarcomas spontaneously developed in p53-deficient mice and human fibrosarcoma cells grown as xenografts in immunocompromised severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. We show that both types of tumors retain a functional clock, which is synchronized in phase with normal tissues. We also show that spontaneously developed tumors are not only oscillating in the context of an organism where they receive hormonal and metabolic signals but continue oscillating ex vivo in tissue explants demonstrating that tumors have functional clocks capable of timing all their functions. We also provide evidence that similar to liver, tumors can be synchronized by food availability independent of the central pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). These data provide the basis for the design of anticancer therapies that take into account the circadian metabolic and physiological patterns of both the tumor and normal tissues.
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- Maria Comas
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Bieler J, Cannavo R, Gustafson K, Gobet C, Gatfield D, Naef F. Robust synchronization of coupled circadian and cell cycle oscillators in single mammalian cells. Mol Syst Biol 2014; 10:739. [PMID: 25028488 PMCID: PMC4299496 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20145218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Circadian cycles and cell cycles are two fundamental periodic processes with a period in the
range of 1 day. Consequently, coupling between such cycles can lead to synchronization. Here, we
estimated the mutual interactions between the two oscillators by time-lapse imaging of single
mammalian NIH3T3 fibroblasts during several days. The analysis of thousands of circadian cycles in
dividing cells clearly indicated that both oscillators tick in a 1:1 mode-locked state, with cell
divisions occurring tightly 5 h before the peak in circadian Rev-Erbα-YFP
reporter expression. In principle, such synchrony may be caused by either unidirectional or
bidirectional coupling. While gating of cell division by the circadian cycle has been most studied,
our data combined with stochastic modeling unambiguously show that the reverse coupling is
predominant in NIH3T3 cells. Moreover, temperature, genetic, and pharmacological perturbations
showed that the two interacting cellular oscillators adopt a synchronized state that is highly
robust over a wide range of parameters. These findings have implications for circadian function in
proliferative tissues, including epidermis, immune cells, and cancer.
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- Jonathan Bieler
- The Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Integrative Genomics, Génopode, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Keniry M, Dearth RK, Persans M, Parsons R. New Frontiers for the NFIL3 bZIP Transcription Factor in Cancer, Metabolism and Beyond. Discoveries (Craiova) 2014; 2:e15. [PMID: 26539561 PMCID: PMC4629104 DOI: 10.15190/d.2014.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The bZIP transcription factor NFIL3 (Nuclear factor Interleukin 3 regulated, also known as E4 binding protein 4, E4BP4) regulates diverse biological processes from circadian rhythm to cellular viability. Recently, a host of novel roles have been identified for NFIL3 in immunological signal transduction, cancer, aging and metabolism. Elucidating the signaling pathways that are impacted by NFIL3 and the regulatory mechanisms that it targets, inhibits or activates will be critical for developing a clearer picture of its physiological roles in disease and normal processes. This review will discuss the recent advances and emerging issues regarding NFIL3-mediated transcriptional regulation of CEBPb and FOXO1 activated genes and signal transduction.
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- Megan Keniry
- Department of Biology, University of Texas- Pan American, 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX 78539, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas- Pan American, 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX 78539, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas- Pan American, 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX 78539, USA
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Ave HCSM 6-117, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Innominato PF, Roche VP, Palesh OG, Ulusakarya A, Spiegel D, Lévi FA. The circadian timing system in clinical oncology. Ann Med 2014; 46:191-207. [PMID: 24915535 DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2014.916990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The circadian timing system (CTS) controls several critical molecular pathways for cancer processes and treatment effects over the 24 hours, including drug metabolism, cell cycle, apoptosis, and DNA damage repair mechanisms. This results in the circadian time dependency of whole-body and cellular pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anticancer agents. However, CTS robustness and phase varies among cancer patients, based on circadian monitoring of rest- activity, body temperature, sleep, and/or hormonal secretion rhythms. Circadian disruption has been further found in up to 50% of patients with metastatic cancer. Such disruption was associated with poor outcomes, including fatigue, anorexia, sleep disorders, and short progression-free and overall survival. Novel, minimally invasive devices have enabled continuous CTS assessment in non-hospitalized cancer patients. They revealed up to 12-hour differences in individual circadian phase. Taken together, the data support the personalization of chronotherapy. This treatment method aims at the adjustment of cancer treatment delivery according to circadian rhythms, using programmable-in-time pumps or novel release formulations, in order to increase both efficacy and tolerability. A fixed oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin chronotherapy protocol prolonged median overall survival in men with metastatic colorectal cancer by 3.3 months as compared to conventional delivery, according to a meta-analysis (P=0.009). Further analyses revealed the need for the prevention of circadian disruption or the restoration of robust circadian function in patients on chronotherapy, in order to further optimize treatment effects. The strengthening of external synchronizers could meet such a goal, through programmed exercise, meal timing, light exposure, improved social support, sleep scheduling, and the properly timed administration of drugs that target circadian clocks. Chrono-rehabilitation warrants clinical testing for improving quality of life and survival in cancer patients.
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- Pasquale F Innominato
- INSERM, UMRS 776 'Biological Rhythms and Cancers', Campus CNRS , 7 rue Guy Môquet, 94801 Villejuif Cedex , France
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Relógio A, Thomas P, Medina-Pérez P, Reischl S, Bervoets S, Gloc E, Riemer P, Mang-Fatehi S, Maier B, Schäfer R, Leser U, Herzel H, Kramer A, Sers C. Ras-mediated deregulation of the circadian clock in cancer. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004338. [PMID: 24875049 PMCID: PMC4038477 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Circadian rhythms are essential to the temporal regulation of molecular processes in living systems and as such to life itself. Deregulation of these rhythms leads to failures in biological processes and eventually to the manifestation of pathological phenotypes including cancer. To address the questions as to what are the elicitors of a disrupted clock in cancer, we applied a systems biology approach to correlate experimental, bioinformatics and modelling data from several cell line models for colorectal and skin cancer. We found strong and weak circadian oscillators within the same type of cancer and identified a set of genes, which allows the discrimination between the two oscillator-types. Among those genes are IFNGR2, PITX2, RFWD2, PPARγ, LOXL2, Rab6 and SPARC, all involved in cancer-related pathways. Using a bioinformatics approach, we extended the core-clock network and present its interconnection to the discriminative set of genes. Interestingly, such gene signatures link the clock to oncogenic pathways like the RAS/MAPK pathway. To investigate the potential impact of the RAS/MAPK pathway - a major driver of colorectal carcinogenesis - on the circadian clock, we used a computational model which predicted that perturbation of BMAL1-mediated transcription can generate the circadian phenotypes similar to those observed in metastatic cell lines. Using an inducible RAS expression system, we show that overexpression of RAS disrupts the circadian clock and leads to an increase of the circadian period while RAS inhibition causes a shortening of period length, as predicted by our mathematical simulations. Together, our data demonstrate that perturbations induced by a single oncogene are sufficient to deregulate the mammalian circadian clock. Living systems possess an endogenous time-generating system – the circadian clock - accountable for a 24 hours oscillation in the expression of about 10% of all genes. In mammals, disruption of oscillations is associated to several diseases including cancer. In this manuscript, we address the following question: what are the elicitors of a disrupted clock in cancer? We applied a systems biology approach to correlate experimental, bioinformatics and modelling data and could thereby identify key genes which discriminate strong and weak oscillators among cancer cell lines. Most of the discriminative genes play important roles in cell cycle regulation, DNA repair, immune system and metabolism and are involved in oncogenic pathways such as the RAS/MAPK. To investigate the potential impact of the Ras oncogene in the circadian clock we generated experimental models harbouring conditionally active Ras oncogenes. We put forward a direct correlation between the perturbation of Ras oncogene and an effect in the expression of clock genes, found by means of mathematical simulations and validated experimentally. Our study shows that perturbations of a single oncogene are sufficient to deregulate the mammalian circadian clock and opens new ways in which the circadian clock can influence disease and possibly play a role in therapy.
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- Angela Relógio
- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- * E-mail: (AR); (CS)
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- Knowledge Management in Bioinformatics, Institute for Computer Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Laboratory of Chronobiology, Institute for Medical Immunology Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Chronobiology, Institute for Medical Immunology Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Chronobiology, Institute for Medical Immunology Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Knowledge Management in Bioinformatics, Institute for Computer Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Chronobiology, Institute for Medical Immunology Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- * E-mail: (AR); (CS)
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Miller RA, Winrow CJ, Spellman DS, Song Q, Reiss DR, Conway JP, Taylor RR, Coleman PJ, Hendrickson RC, Renger JJ. Quantitative proteomics in laser capture microdissected sleep nuclei from rat brain. J Neurogenet 2014; 28:136-45. [PMID: 24579665 PMCID: PMC4075250 DOI: 10.3109/01677063.2014.883389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The combination of stable isotope labeling of amino acids in mammals (SILAM) and laser capture microdissection (LCM) for selective proteomic analysis of the targeted tissues holds tremendous potential for refined characterization of proteome changes within complex tissues such as the brain. The authors have applied this approach to measure changes in relative protein abundance in ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the rat brain that correlate to pharmacological perturbations. Enriched 13C615N2-lysine was introduced in vivo via diet. These animals were sacrificed during the middle of the 12-hour light period to extract isotopically “heavy” proteins, which were then used as a reference for extracts from dosed, unlabeled rats. Animals were administered an orexin peptide (Ox-B), an orexin receptor antagonist (ORA), or a mixture of both (Ox-B + ORA). All samples were obtained at same phase of the sleep cycle. Labeled-pair identification and differential quantitation provided protein identification and expression ratio data. Five proteins were found to exhibit decreased relative abundance after administration of an ORA, including α-synuclein and rat myelin basic protein. Conversely, six proteins showed increased relative abundance upon antagonist treatment, including 2’,3’-cyclic nucleotide 3’-phosphodiesterase.
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- Ronald A Miller
- Department of Proteomics, Molecular Profiling and Research Informatics, Merck Research Laboratories , West Point, Pennsylvania , USA
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Kovacic P, Somanathan R. Melatonin and Circadian Rhythm: Aging, Cancer, and Mechanism. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2014.47065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mao Y, Fu A, Leaderer D, Zheng T, Chen K, Zhu Y. Potential cancer-related role of circadian gene TIMELESS suggested by expression profiling and in vitro analyses. BMC Cancer 2013; 13:498. [PMID: 24161199 PMCID: PMC3924353 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background The circadian clock and cell cycle are two global regulatory systems that have pervasive behavioral and physiological effects on eukaryotic cells, and both play a role in cancer development. Recent studies have indicated that the circadian and cell cycle regulator, TIMELESS, may serve as a molecular bridge between these two regulatory systems. Methods To assess the role of TIMELESS in tumorigenesis, we analyzed TIMELESS expression data from publically accessible online databases. A loss-of-function analysis was then performed using TIMELESS-targeting siRNA oligos followed by a whole-genome expression microarray and network analysis. We further tested the effect of TIMELESS down-regulation on cell proliferation rates of a breast and cervical cancer cell line, as suggested by the results of our network analysis. Results TIMELESS was found to be frequently overexpressed in different tumor types compared to normal controls. Elevated expression of TIMELESS was significantly associated with more advanced tumor stage and poorer breast cancer prognosis. We identified a cancer-relevant network of transcripts with altered expression following TIMELESS knockdown which contained many genes with known functions in cancer development and progression. Furthermore, we observed that TIMELESS knockdown significantly decreased cell proliferation rate. Conclusions Our results suggest a potential role for TIMELESS in tumorigenesis, which warrants further investigation of TIMELESS expression as a potential biomarker of cancer susceptibility and prognostic outcome.
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p20 controls circadian cell-cycle timing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:6835-40. [PMID: 23569261 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217912110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Specific stages of the cell cycle are often restricted to particular times of day because of regulation by the circadian clock. In zebrafish, both mitosis (M phase) and DNA synthesis (S phase) are clock-controlled in cell lines and during embryo development. Despite the ubiquitousness of this phenomenon, relatively little is known about the underlying mechanism linking the clock to the cell cycle. In this study, we describe an evolutionarily conserved cell-cycle regulator, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1d (20 kDa protein, p20), which along with p21, is a strongly rhythmic gene and directly clock-controlled. Both p20 and p21 regulate the G1/S transition of the cell cycle. However, their expression patterns differ, with p20 predominant in developing brain and peak expression occurring 6 h earlier than p21. p20 expression is also p53-independent in contrast to p21 regulation. Such differences provide a unique mechanism whereby S phase is set to different times of day in a tissue-specific manner, depending on the balance of these two inhibitors.
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Griffett K, Burris TP. The mammalian clock and chronopharmacology. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2013; 23:1929-34. [PMID: 23481644 PMCID: PMC4864859 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Increases in our understanding of the molecular control of circadian rhythms and subsequent signaling pathways has allowed for new therapeutic drug targets to be identified as well as for a better understanding of how to more efficaciously and safely utilize current drugs. Here, we review recent advances in targeting components of the molecular clock in mammals for the development of novel therapeutics as well as describe the impact of the circadian rhythm on drug efficacy and toxicity.
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- Kristine Griffett
- 130 Scripps Way 2A1, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, United States
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- 130 Scripps Way 2A1, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, United States
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Fu L, Kettner NM. The circadian clock in cancer development and therapy. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2013; 119:221-82. [PMID: 23899600 PMCID: PMC4103166 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-396971-2.00009-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Most aspects of mammalian function display circadian rhythms driven by an endogenous clock. The circadian clock is operated by genes and comprises a central clock in the brain that responds to environmental cues and controls subordinate clocks in peripheral tissues via circadian output pathways. The central and peripheral clocks coordinately generate rhythmic gene expression in a tissue-specific manner in vivo to couple diverse physiological and behavioral processes to periodic changes in the environment. However, with the industrialization of the world, activities that disrupt endogenous homeostasis with external circadian cues have increased. This change in lifestyle has been linked to an increased risk of diseases in all aspects of human health, including cancer. Studies in humans and animal models have revealed that cancer development in vivo is closely associated with the loss of circadian homeostasis in energy balance, immune function, and aging, which are supported by cellular functions important for tumor suppression including cell proliferation, senescence, metabolism, and DNA damage response. The clock controls these cellular functions both locally in cells of peripheral tissues and at the organismal level via extracellular signaling. Thus, the hierarchical mammalian circadian clock provides a unique system to study carcinogenesis as a deregulated physiological process in vivo. The asynchrony between host and malignant tissues in cell proliferation and metabolism also provides new and exciting options for novel anticancer therapies.
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- Loning Fu
- Department of Pediatrics/U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service/Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics/U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service/Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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The circadian timing system controls cell cycle, apoptosis, drug bioactivation, and transport and detoxification mechanisms in healthy tissues. As a consequence, the tolerability of cancer chemotherapy varies up to several folds as a function of circadian timing of drug administration in experimental models. Best antitumor efficacy of single-agent or combination chemotherapy usually corresponds to the delivery of anticancer drugs near their respective times of best tolerability. Mathematical models reveal that such coincidence between chronotolerance and chronoefficacy is best explained by differences in the circadian and cell cycle dynamics of host and cancer cells, especially with regard circadian entrainment and cell cycle variability. In the clinic, a large improvement in tolerability was shown in international randomized trials where cancer patients received the same sinusoidal chronotherapy schedule over 24h as compared to constant-rate infusion or wrongly timed chronotherapy. However, sex, genetic background, and lifestyle were found to influence optimal chronotherapy scheduling. These findings support systems biology approaches to cancer chronotherapeutics. They involve the systematic experimental mapping and modeling of chronopharmacology pathways in synchronized cell cultures and their adjustment to mouse models of both sexes and distinct genetic background, as recently shown for irinotecan. Model-based personalized circadian drug delivery aims at jointly improving tolerability and efficacy of anticancer drugs based on the circadian timing system of individual patients, using dedicated circadian biomarker and drug delivery technologies.
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Chemotherapy and dietary phytochemical agents. CHEMOTHERAPY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2012; 2012:282570. [PMID: 23320169 PMCID: PMC3539428 DOI: 10.1155/2012/282570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Revised: 11/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Chemotherapy has been used for cancer treatment already for almost 70 years by targeting the proliferation potential and metastasising ability of tumour cells. Despite the progress made in the development of potent chemotherapy drugs, their toxicity to normal tissues and adverse side effects in multiple organ systems as well as drug resistance have remained the major obstacles for the successful clinical use. Cytotoxic agents decrease considerably the quality of life of cancer patients manifesting as acute complaints and impacting the life of survivors also for years after the treatment. Toxicity often limits the usefulness of anticancer agents being also the reason why many patients discontinue the treatment. The nutritional approach may be the means of helping to raise cancer therapy to a new level of success as supplementing or supporting the body with natural phytochemicals cannot only reduce adverse side effects but improve also the effectiveness of chemotherapeutics. Various plant-derived compounds improve the efficiency of cytotoxic agents, decrease their resistance, lower and alleviate toxic side effects, reduce the risk of tumour lysis syndrome, and detoxify the body of chemotherapeutics. The personalised approach using various phytochemicals provides thus a new dimension to the standard cancer therapy for improving its outcome in a complex and complementary way.
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Circadian disruption leads to loss of homeostasis and disease. SLEEP DISORDERS 2012; 2011:964510. [PMID: 23471148 PMCID: PMC3581131 DOI: 10.1155/2011/964510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2011] [Revised: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 11/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The relevance of a synchronized temporal order for adaptation and homeostasis is discussed in this review. We present evidence suggesting that an altered temporal order between the biological clock and external temporal signals leads to disease. Evidence mainly based on a rodent model of “night work” using forced activity during the sleep phase suggests that altered activity and feeding schedules, out of phase from the light/dark cycle, may be the main cause for the loss of circadian synchrony and disease. It is proposed that by avoiding food intake during sleep hours the circadian misalignment and adverse consequences can be prevented. This review does not attempt to present a thorough revision of the literature, but instead it aims to highlight the association between circadian disruption and disease with special emphasis on the contribution of feeding schedules in circadian synchrony.
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Gómez-Abellán P, Madrid JA, Luján JA, Frutos MD, González R, Martínez-Augustín O, de Medina FS, Ordovás JM, Garaulet M. Sexual dimorphism in clock genes expression in human adipose tissue. Obes Surg 2012; 22:105-12. [PMID: 22081238 PMCID: PMC4426975 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-011-0539-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study was carried out to investigate whether sex-related differences exist in the adipocyte expression of clock genes from subcutaneous abdominal and visceral fat depots in severely obese patients. METHODS We investigated 16 morbidly obese patients, eight men and eight women (mean age 45 ± 20 years; mean BMI 46 ± 6 kg/m(2)), undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. Biopsies were taken as paired samples [subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue (AT)] at the beginning of the surgical process at 11:00 h in the morning. Metabolic syndrome features such as waist circumference, plasma glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were also studied. The expression of clock genes (PER2, BMAL1, and CRY1) was measured by quantitative real-time PCR, Western blot, and immunohistochemical analysis. RESULTS Gene expression was significantly higher in women than in men for the three genes studied in both ATs (P < 0.05). In visceral fat, these differences were more marked. (P < 0.001). Western blot analysis partially confirmed these results since statistical differences were observed for PER2 in both ATs and for CRY1 in subcutaneous adipose tissue. There were no differences in BMAL1 protein expression. Interestingly, clock gene expression level was correlated with LDL-C and HDL-C (P < 0.05). Moreover, we found significant associations with body fat mass in women and with age in men. CONCLUSIONS Clock genes expression is sex dependent in human adipose tissue from morbidly obese subjects and correlates to a decreased in metabolic syndrome-related traits. These preliminary results make necessary to go deep into the knowledge of the molecular basis of the sexual dimorphism in chronobiology.
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- P Gómez-Abellán
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Buenafe AC. Diurnal rhythms are altered in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. J Neuroimmunol 2011; 243:12-7. [PMID: 22209286 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2011] [Revised: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Our earlier studies described a disruption of heart rate and blood pressure diurnal rhythms in mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). The present study investigates whether these observations could be extended to additional clock-regulated rhythms in mice with EAE. Analysis of clock gene expression in the liver of EAE mice demonstrated significant variability associated with Per2 rhythmic expression. Corticosterone and leptin hormone rhythms were also altered in EAE mice. The results presented here indicate that disturbances in clock-regulated rhythms are associated with EAE and present a suitable model for investigating the relationship between circadian disruption and autoimmune inflammatory disease.
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- Abigail C Buenafe
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Innominato PF, Giacchetti S, Moreau T, Smaaland R, Focan C, Bjarnason GA, Garufi C, Iacobelli S, Tampellini M, Tumolo S, Carvalho C, Karaboué A, Lévi F. Prediction of Survival by Neutropenia According To Delivery Schedule of Oxaliplatin–5-Fluorouracil–Leucovorin for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in a Randomized International Trial (EORTC 05963). Chronobiol Int 2011; 28:586-600. [DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2011.597532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Gimble JM, Sutton GM, Bunnell BA, Ptitsyn AA, Floyd ZE. Prospective influences of circadian clocks in adipose tissue and metabolism. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2011; 7:98-107. [PMID: 21178997 DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Circadian rhythms make a critical contribution to endocrine functions that involve adipose tissue. These contributions are made at the systemic, organ and stem cell levels. The transcription factors and enzymes responsible for the maintenance of circadian rhythms in adipose depots and other peripheral tissues that are metabolically active have now been identified. Furthermore, the circadian regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism is well-established. Animal and human models provide strong evidence that disturbances in circadian pathways are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity and their comorbidities. Thus, circadian mechanisms represent a novel putative target for therapy in patients with metabolic diseases.
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- Jeffrey M Gimble
- Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
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Altinok A, Gonze D, Lévi F, Goldbeter A. An automaton model for the cell cycle. Interface Focus 2010; 1:36-47. [PMID: 22419973 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2010.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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WE CONSIDER AN AUTOMATON MODEL THAT PROGRESSES SPONTANEOUSLY THROUGH THE FOUR SUCCESSIVE PHASES OF THE CELL CYCLE: G1, S (DNA replication), G2 and M (mitosis). Each phase is characterized by a mean duration τ and a variability V. As soon as the prescribed duration of a given phase has passed, the transition to the next phase of the cell cycle occurs. The time at which the transition takes place varies in a random manner according to a distribution of durations of the cell cycle phases. Upon completion of the M phase, the cell divides into two cells, which immediately enter a new cycle in G1. The duration of each phase is reinitialized for the two newborn cells. At each time step in any phase of the cycle, the cell has a certain probability to be marked for exiting the cycle and dying at the nearest G1/S or G2/M transition. To allow for homeostasis, which corresponds to maintenance of the total cell number, we assume that cell death counterbalances cell replication at mitosis. In studying the dynamics of this automaton model, we examine the effect of factors such as the mean durations of the cell cycle phases and their variability, the type of distribution of the durations, the number of cells, the regulation of the cell population size and the independence of steady-state proportions of cells in each phase with respect to initial conditions. We apply the stochastic automaton model for the cell cycle to the progressive desynchronization of cell populations and to their entrainment by the circadian clock. A simple deterministic model leads to the same steady-state proportions of cells in the four phases of the cell cycle.
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- Atilla Altinok
- Unité de Chronobiologie théorique, Faculté des Sciences , Université Libre de Bruxelles , Campus Plaine, C.P. 231, B-1050 Brussels , Belgium
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Evolution has selected a system of two intertwined cell cycles: the cell division cycle (CDC) and the daily (circadian) biological clock. The circadian clock keeps track of solar time and programs biological processes to occur at environmentally appropriate times. One of these processes is the CDC, which is often gated by the circadian clock. The intermeshing of these two cell cycles is probably responsible for the observation that disruption of the circadian system enhances susceptibility to some kinds of cancer. The core mechanism underlying the circadian clockwork has been thought to be a transcription & translation feedback loop (TTFL), but recent evidence from studies with cyanobacteria, synthetic oscillators and immortalized cell lines suggests that the core circadian pacemaking mechanism that gates cell division in mammalian cells could be a post-translational oscillator (PTO).
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Khapre RV, Samsa WE, Kondratov RV. Circadian regulation of cell cycle: Molecular connections between aging and the circadian clock. Ann Med 2010; 42:404-15. [PMID: 20568980 DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.499134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The circadian clock generates oscillations in physiology and behavior, known as circadian rhythms. Links between the circadian clock genes Periods, Bmal1, and Cryptochromes and aging and cancer are emerging. Circadian clock gene expression is changed in human pathologies, and transgenic mice with mutations in clock genes develop cancer and premature aging. Control of genome integrity and cell proliferation play key roles in the development of age-associated pathologies and carcinogenesis. Here, we review recent data on the connection between the circadian clock and control of the cell cycle. The circadian clock regulates the activity and expression of several critical cell cycle and cell cycle check-point-related proteins, and in turn cell cycle-associated proteins regulate circadian clock proteins. DNA damage can reset the circadian clock, which provides a molecular mechanism for reciprocal regulation between the circadian clock and the cell cycle. This circadian clock-dependent control of cell proliferation, together with other known physiological functions of the circadian clock such as the control of metabolism, oxidative and genotoxic stress response, and DNA repair, opens new horizons for understanding the mechanisms behind aging and carcinogenesis.
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- Rohini V Khapre
- Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences and Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Diseases, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44143, USA
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Youan BBC. Chronopharmaceutical drug delivery systems: Hurdles, hype or hope? Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2010; 62:898-903. [PMID: 20438781 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2010.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The current advances in chronobiology and the knowledge gained from chronotherapy of selected diseases strongly suggest that "the one size fits all at all times" approach to drug delivery is no longer substantiated, at least for selected bioactive agents and disease therapy or prevention. Thus, there is a critical and urgent need for chronopharmaceutical research (e.g., design and evaluation of robust, spatially and temporally controlled drug delivery systems that would be clinically intended for chronotherapy by different routes of administration). This review provides a brief overview of current drug delivery system intended for chronotherapy. In theory, such an ideal "magic pill" preferably with affordable cost, would improve the safety, efficacy and patient compliance of old and new drugs. However, currently, there are three major hurdles for the successful transition of such system from laboratory to patient bedside. These include the challenges to identify adequate (i) rhythmic biomaterials and systems, (ii) rhythm engineering and modeling, perhaps using system biology and (iii) regulatory guidance.
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Li XM, Delaunay F, Dulong S, Claustrat B, Zampera S, Fujii Y, Teboul M, Beau J, Lévi F. Cancer inhibition through circadian reprogramming of tumor transcriptome with meal timing. Cancer Res 2010; 70:3351-60. [PMID: 20395208 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-4235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Circadian disruption accelerates cancer progression, whereas circadian reinforcement could halt it. Mice with P03 pancreatic adenocarcinoma (n = 77) were synchronized and fed ad libitum (AL) or with meal timing (MT) from Zeitgeber time (ZT) 2 to ZT6 with normal or fat diet. Tumor gene expression profiling was determined with DNA microarrays at endogenous circadian time (CT) 4 and CT16. Circadian mRNA expression patterns were determined for clock genes Rev-erbalpha, Per2, and Bmal1, cellular stress genes Hspa8 and Cirbp, and cyclin A2 gene Ccna2 in liver and tumor. The 24-hour patterns in telemetered rest-activity and body temperature and plasma corticosterone and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) were assessed. We showed that MT inhibited cancer growth by approximately 40% as compared with AL (P = 0.011) irrespective of calorie intake. Clock gene transcription remained arrhythmic in tumors irrespective of feeding schedule or diet. Yet, MT upregulated or downregulated the expression of 423 tumor genes, according to CT. Moreover, 36 genes involved in cellular stress, cell cycle, and metabolism were upregulated at one CT and downregulated 12 h apart. MT induced >10-fold circadian expression of Hspa8, Cirbp, and Ccna2 in tumors. Corticosterone or IGF-I patterns played no role in tumor growth inhibition. In contrast, MT consistently doubled the circadian amplitude of body temperature. Peak and trough respectively corresponded to peak expressions of Hspa8 and Cirbp in tumors. The reinforcement of the host circadian timing system with MT induced 24-hour rhythmic expression of critical genes in clock-deficient tumors, which translated into cancer growth inhibition. Targeting circadian clocks represents a novel potential challenge for cancer therapeutics.
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- Xiao-Mei Li
- INSERM U776, Rythmes Biologiques et Cancers, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Unité de Chronothérapie, Département d'Oncologie Médicale, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
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Lévi F, Karaboué A, Gorden L, Innominato PF, Saffroy R, Giacchetti S, Hauteville D, Guettier C, Adam R, Bouchahda M. Cetuximab and circadian chronomodulated chemotherapy as salvage treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC): safety, efficacy and improved secondary surgical resectability. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2010; 67:339-48. [PMID: 20401611 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-010-1327-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Accepted: 04/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Circadian rhythm disruption was linked to high serum levels of Transforming Growth Factor Receptor α, an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) ligand and poor survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). We hypothesized that EGFR blockade with cetuximab would enhance the activity of chronotherapy as a result of improved circadian coordination. METHODS All the patients with mCRC referred to our unit for progression on prior chemotherapy over a 30-month-period received weekly cetuximab and fortnightly chronotherapy. RESULTS Fifty-six patients were treated with a median of six courses of fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy and irinotecan (61%), oxaliplatin (25%) or both (14%) after a median of three prior regimens. We found no EFGR amplification by FISH in the tumor of 27 consecutive patients. Acneiform rash and diarrhea were the most common toxicities. Objective response rate was 32.1% and positively correlated with rash grade (p = 0.025). None of the responders had K-Ras mutation in their tumor. Median progression-free and overall survival were 4.6 and 13.7 months, respectively. Complete macroscopic resections of metastases in liver, lung or other abdominopelvic sites were performed following tumor downstaging by the treatment regimen in 11 patients (21%), 8 of whom being alive at 3 years. These figures are twice as high as those reported for first-line combination of cetuximab with conventional chemotherapy or for third line chronotherapy. CONCLUSIONS The addition of cetuximab to chronotherapy allowed safe and effective therapeutic control of metastases, including their complete resection, despite previous failure of several treatment regimens.
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- Francis Lévi
- INSERM, U776 Rythmes biologiques et cancers, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14 avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, 94807 Villejuif Cedex, France.
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Viveros MP, Díaz F, Mateos B, Rodríguez N, Chowen JA. Maternal deprivation induces a rapid decline in circulating leptin levels and sexually dimorphic modifications in hypothalamic trophic factors and cell turnover. Horm Behav 2010; 57:405-14. [PMID: 20100487 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Revised: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Pathological outcomes, including metabolic and endocrine disturbances, of maternal deprivation (MD) in Wistar rats depend on gender and the timing of deprivation during development. We analyzed the effect of MD between postnatal days 9 and 10, a critical period in hypothalamic development, on circulating hormones and local production of trophic factors involved in this process, as well as on markers of cell turnover and maturation. Males and females were studied 12 and 24 h after MD and 12 h (MD36) after returning the dam to her pups. Circulating corticosterone levels were increased and glucose and leptin levels decreased throughout the study in both sexes. Hypothalamic mRNA levels of leptin receptor increased significantly at MD24 in both sexes, normalizing in females at MD36, but not in males. In male rats insulin-like growth factor mRNA levels were significantly decreased at MD24 and brain derived neurotrophic factor mRNA levels decreased at MD12 and MD24, with both trophic factors unaffected in females. In males cell proliferation was significantly decreased at MD36, as were the glial structural proteins, glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin. In females, nestin levels decreased significantly at MD24. These results indicate that MD differently affects trophic factors and cell-turnover in the hypothalamus of males and females, which may underlie the sex differences seen in the endocrine and metabolic outcome.
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- María-Paz Viveros
- Department of Physiology (Animal Physiology II), Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Lévi F, Okyar A, Dulong S, Innominato PF, Clairambault J. Circadian Timing in Cancer Treatments. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2010; 50:377-421. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.48.113006.094626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 295] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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The circadian timing system is composed of molecular clocks, which drive 24-h changes in xenobiotic metabolism and detoxification, cell cycle events, DNA repair, apoptosis, and angiogenesis. The cellular circadian clocks are coordinated by endogenous physiological rhythms, so that they tick in synchrony in the host tissues that can be damaged by anticancer agents. As a result, circadian timing can modify 2- to 10-fold the tolerability of anticancer medications in experimental models and in cancer patients. Improved efficacy is also seen when drugs are given near their respective times of best tolerability, due to (a) inherently poor circadian entrainment of tumors and (b) persistent circadian entrainment of healthy tissues. Conversely, host clocks are disrupted whenever anticancer drugs are administered at their most toxic time. On the other hand, circadian disruption accelerates experimental and clinical cancer processes. Gender, circadian physiology, clock genes, and cell cycle critically affect outcome on cancer chronotherapeutics. Mathematical and systems biology approaches currently develop and integrate theoretical, experimental, and technological tools in order to further optimize and personalize the circadian administration of cancer treatments.
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- Francis Lévi
- INSERM, U776 Rythmes Biologiques et Cancers, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, F-94807, France
- Univ Paris-Sud, UMR-S0776, Orsay, F-91405, France
- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Unité de Chronothérapie, Département de Cancérologie, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, F-94807, France
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- INSERM, U776 Rythmes Biologiques et Cancers, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, F-94807, France
- Istanbul University Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Beyazit TR-34116, Istanbul, Turkey
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- INSERM, U776 Rythmes Biologiques et Cancers, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, F-94807, France
- Univ Paris-Sud, UMR-S0776, Orsay, F-91405, France
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- INSERM, U776 Rythmes Biologiques et Cancers, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, F-94807, France
- Univ Paris-Sud, UMR-S0776, Orsay, F-91405, France
- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Unité de Chronothérapie, Département de Cancérologie, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, F-94807, France
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- INSERM, U776 Rythmes Biologiques et Cancers, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, F-94807, France
- Univ Paris-Sud, UMR-S0776, Orsay, F-91405, France
- INRIA Rocquencourt, Domaine de Voluceau, BP 105, F-78153 Rocquencourt, France;, , , ,
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Innominato PF, Mormont MC, Rich TA, Waterhouse J, Lévi FA, Bjarnason GA. Circadian Disruption, Fatigue, and Anorexia Clustering in Advanced Cancer Patients: Implications for Innovative Therapeutic Approaches. Integr Cancer Ther 2009; 8:361-70. [DOI: 10.1177/1534735409355293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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A disruption of the circadian timing system, as identified by monitoring of marker biorhythms, is common in cancer patients. The recording of the rest—activity rhythm with a wrist actigraph has been commonly used. This noninvasive monitoring allows a robust estimation of circadian disruption. The authors have previously found that altered patterns of circadian rest—activity rhythms are significantly and independently associated with the severity of fatigue and anorexia in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Elevated proinflammatory cytokines could partly account for this circadian disruption and its associated constitutional symptoms. Here, the authors present and discuss the data supporting the hypothesis that circadian disruption is often associated with fatigue and anorexia, which in turn further alter and dampen circadian synchronization, thus, creating a vicious cycle. This body of evidence paves the path for innovative therapeutic approaches targeting the circadian timing system in an effort to diminish constitutional symptoms induced by cancer and some anticancer treatments.
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- Pasquale F. Innominato
- INSERM, U776 “Biological Rhythms and Cancers,” Villejuif, France, University Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France, Paul Brousse Hospital, Villejuif, France
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- University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- INSERM, U776 “Biological Rhythms and Cancers,” Villejuif, France, University Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France, Paul Brousse Hospital, Villejuif, France
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