Heritable gene expression variability and stochasticity govern clonal heterogeneity in circadian period

Nikhil, K. L. and Korge, Sandra and Kramer, Achim and Hattar, Samer (2020) Heritable gene expression variability and stochasticity govern clonal heterogeneity in circadian period. PLOS Biology, 18 (8). e3000792. ISSN 1545-7885

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Abstract

A ubiquitous feature of the circadian clock across life forms is its organization as a network of cellular oscillators, with individual cellular oscillators within the network often exhibiting considerable heterogeneity in their intrinsic periods. The interaction of coupling and heterogeneity in circadian clock networks is hypothesized to influence clock’s entrainability, but our knowledge of mechanisms governing period heterogeneity within circadian clock networks remains largely elusive. In this study, we aimed to explore the principles that underlie intercellular period variation in circadian clock networks (clonal period heterogeneity). To this end, we employed a laboratory selection approach and derived a panel of 25 clonal cell populations exhibiting circadian periods ranging from 22 to 28 h. We report that a single parent clone can produce progeny clones with a wide distribution of circadian periods, and this heterogeneity, in addition to being stochastically driven, has a heritable component. By quantifying the expression of 20 circadian clock and clock-associated genes across our clone panel, we found that inheritance of expression patterns in at least three clock genes might govern clonal period heterogeneity in circadian clock networks. Furthermore, we provide evidence suggesting that heritable epigenetic variation in gene expression regulation might underlie period heterogeneity.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Institute Archives > Biological Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 14 Feb 2023 04:41
Last Modified: 07 Mar 2024 03:55
URI: http://eprint.subtopublish.com/id/eprint/1636

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