title: Characterization of the core mammalian clock component, NPAS2, as a REV-ERBalpha/RORalpha target gene.
abstract: The mammalian clock is regulated at the cellular level by a transcriptional/translational feedback loop. BMAL1/clock (or NPAS2) heterodimers activate the expression of the period (PER) and cryptochrome (CRY) genes acting as transcription factors directed to the PER and CRY promoters via E-box elements. PER and CRY proteins form heterodimers and suppress the activity of the BMAL1/clock (or NPAS2) completing the feedback loop. The circadian expression of BMAL1 is influenced by retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor α (RORα) and REV-ERBα, two nuclear receptors that target a ROR-response element in the promoter of the BMAL1 gene. Given that BMAL1 functions as an obligate heterodimer with either clock or NPAS2, it is unclear how the expression of the partner is coordinated with BMAL1 expression. Here, we demonstrate that NPAS2 is also a RORα and REV-ERBα target gene. Using a ChIP/microarray screen, we identified both RORα and REV-ERBα occupancy of the NPAS2 promoter. We identified two functional ROREs within the NPAS2 promoter and also demonstrate that both RORα and REV-ERBα regulate the expression of NPAS2 mRNA. These data suggest a mechanism by which RORα and REV-ERBα coordinately regulate the expression of the positive arm of the circadian rhythm feedback loop.
authors.affiliation: The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida 33458, USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crumbley
authors.forename: Yongjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Douglas J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kojetin
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Burris
mesh_terms: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D056945:Hep G2 Cells; D006801:Humans; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D056953:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D057094:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D034622:RNA Interference; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D056953:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1; D057094:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 1; C104264:NPAS2 protein, human; C064353:NR1D1 protein, human; C539738:RORA protein, human
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