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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2022

Comprehensive Analysis Identified the Circadian Clock and Global Circadian Gene Expression in Human Corneal Endothelial Cells.

Hiroko Nakai, Yoshiki Tsuchiya, Nobuya Koike, Taiki Asano, Morio Ueno, Yasuhiro Umemura, Yuh Sasawaki, Ryutaro Ono, Junji Hamuro, Chie Sotozono and 1 more

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiroko NakaiDepartment of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Yoshiki TsuchiyaDepartment of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Nobuya KoikeDepartment of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Taiki AsanoDepartment of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Morio UenoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Yasuhiro UmemuraDepartment of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Yuh SasawakiDepartment of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Ryutaro OnoDepartment of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Junji HamuroDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Chie SotozonoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Kazuhiro YagitaDepartment of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate circadian clock oscillation and circadian global gene expression in cultured human corneal endothelial cells (cHCECs) to elucidate and assess the potential function of circadian regulation in HCECs. Methods: In this study, we introduced a circadian bioluminescence reporter, Bmal1:luciferase (Bmal1:luc), into cHCECs and subsequently monitored real-time bioluminescence rhythms. RNA-sequencing data analysis was then performed using sequential time-course samples of the cHCECs to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the circadian gene expression rhythms. The potential relevance of rhythmically expressed genes was then assessed by systematic approaches using functional clustering and individual gene annotations. Results: Bmal1:luc bioluminescence exhibited clear circadian oscillation in the cHCECs. The core clock genes and clock-related genes showed high-amplitude robust circadian messenger RNA (mRNA) expression rhythms in cHCECs after treatment with dexamethasone, and 329 genes that exhibited circadian mRNA expression rhythms were identified (i.e., genes involved in various physiological processes including glycolysis, mitochondrial function, antioxidative systems, hypoxic responses, apoptosis, and extracellular matrix regulation, which represent the physiological functions of HCECs). Conclusions: Our findings revealed that cHCECs have a robust and functional circadian clock, and our discovery that a large number of genes exhibit circadian mRNA expression rhythms in cHCECs suggests a potential contribution of circadian regulation to fine-tune HCEC functions for daily changes in the environment.

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Circadian ClocksARNTL Transcription FactorsCircadian RhythmCLOCK ProteinsEndothelial CellsGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationHumansRNA, MessengerARNTL Transcription FactorsCLOCK ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID35579906
PMCPMC9123520
OpenAlexW4280488843

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