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ArticleMolecular cell2023

An intrinsically disordered region controlling condensation of a circadian clock component and rhythmic transcription in the liver.

Kun Zhu, Isaac J Celwyn, Dongyin Guan, Yang Xiao, Xiang Wang, Wenxiang Hu, Chunjie Jiang, Lan Cheng, Rafael Casellas, Mitchell A Lazar

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Article in Molecular cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Transcription regulation by biomolecular condensates.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025
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  20. Functional inversion of circadian regulator REV-ERBα leads to tumorigenic gene reprogramming.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Kun ZhuInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Isaac J CelwynInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Dongyin GuanInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yang XiaoInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Xiang WangLaboratory of Lymphocyte Nuclear Biology, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Wenxiang HuInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Basic Research, Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangdong 510005, China.
Chunjie JiangInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Lan ChengInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Rafael CasellasLaboratory of Lymphocyte Nuclear Biology, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Mitchell A LazarInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: lazar@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · USNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · USBaylor College of Medicine · USGuangzhou Experimental Station · CNThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

VIRAL VECTOR COREP30DK019525 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MITCHELL A. LAZAR · 1986 to 2026
$48.3M
REV-ERB Nuclear Receptors in Circadian Rhythm and MetabolismR01DK045586 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MITCHELL A. LAZAR · 1992 to 2026
$12.0M
Defining the role of non-clock genes in circadian physiology and pathophysiologyK01DK125602 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GUAN, DONGYIN · 2020 to 2023
$562k
NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK125602NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK019525NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK045586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circadian gene transcription is fundamental to metabolic physiology. Here we report that the nuclear receptor REV-ERBα, a repressive component of the molecular clock, forms circadian condensates in the nuclei of mouse liver. These condensates are dictated by an intrinsically disordered region (IDR) located in the protein's hinge region which specifically concentrates nuclear receptor corepressor 1 (NCOR1) at the genome. IDR deletion diminishes the recruitment of NCOR1 and disrupts rhythmic gene transcription in vivo. REV-ERBα condensates are located at high-order transcriptional repressive hubs in the liver genome that are highly correlated with circadian gene repression. Deletion of the IDR disrupts transcriptional repressive hubs and diminishes silencing of target genes by REV-ERBα. This work demonstrates physiological circadian protein condensates containing REV-ERBα whose IDR is required for hub formation and the control of rhythmic gene expression.

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Circadian ClocksAnimalsCircadian RhythmGene ExpressionLiverMiceNuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 13D genomecircadiancondensatesintrinsically disordered regionliverrepressionREV-ERBtranscription

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PMID37802023
PMCPMC10575687
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