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ArticleNature communications2025

BMAL1-TRIM28 represses transposable elements independently of CLOCK in pluripotent cells.

Amador Gallardo, Efres Belmonte-Reche, María Marti-Marimon, Joan Domingo-Reinés, Guillermo Peris, Lourdes López-Onieva, Iván Fernández-Rengel, Jiajun Xie, Pablo Tristán-Ramos, Nicolas Bellora and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Amador GallardoCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.
Efres Belmonte-Reche *Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9327-6182
María Marti-Marimon *Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica, CNAG, Barcelona, Spain.
Joan Domingo-ReinésCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.
Guillermo PerisCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-7844
Lourdes López-OnievaCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.
Iván Fernández-RengelCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.
Jiajun XieCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5957-9673
Pablo Tristán-RamosCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.
Nicolas BelloraLaboratorio de Genómica Computacional, Instituto de Tecnologías Nucleares para la Salud (INTECNUS), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6637-3465
Antonio Sánchez-PozoCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8447-0410
Antonio M EstévezInstituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra" (IPBLN), CSIC, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, Avenida del Conocimiento, Armilla, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8272-5405
Sara R HerasCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1677-7685
Marc A Marti-RenomCentre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica, CNAG, Barcelona, Spain.
David LandeiraCentre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Avenue de la Ilustración 114, 18016, Granada, Spain. davidlandeira@ugr.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3267-454X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circadian oscillations of gene transcripts rely on a negative feedback loop executed by the activating BMAL1-CLOCK heterodimer and its negative regulators PER and CRY. Although circadian rhythms and CLOCK protein are mostly absent during embryogenesis, the lack of BMAL1 during prenatal development causes an early aging phenotype during adulthood, suggesting that BMAL1 performs an unknown non-circadian function during organism development that is fundamental for healthy adult life. Here, we show that BMAL1 interacts with TRIM28 and facilitates H3K9me3-mediated repression of transposable elements in naïve pluripotent cells, and that the loss of BMAL1 function induces a widespread transcriptional activation of MERVL elements, 3D genome reorganization and the acquisition of totipotency-associated molecular and cellular features. We propose that during embryogenesis, BMAL1 is redeployed as a transcriptional repressor of transposons in a CLOCK-independent way, and the activity of BMAL1-TRIM28 during prenatal life might protect mammalian organisms from premature aging during adulthood.

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ARNTL Transcription FactorsCLOCK ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsPluripotent Stem CellsTripartite Motif-Containing Protein 28AnimalsCircadian RhythmHEK293 CellsHistonesHumansMiceMice, KnockoutARNTL Transcription FactorsBmal1 protein, mouseClock protein, mouseCLOCK ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsHistonesTrim28 protein, mouseTripartite Motif-Containing Protein 28

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PMID40931039
PMCPMC12423293

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