Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia , The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology , Barcelona, Spain.
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina , Barcelona, Spain.
J Cell Biol. 2023 Sep 4;222(9). doi: 10.1083/jcb.202209120. Epub 2023 Jun 28.
Autonomous circadian clocks exist in nearly every mammalian cell type. These cellular clocks are subjected to a multilayered regulation sensitive to the mechanochemical cell microenvironment. Whereas the biochemical signaling that controls the cellular circadian clock is increasingly well understood, mechanisms underlying regulation by mechanical cues are largely unknown. Here we show that the fibroblast circadian clock is mechanically regulated through YAP/TAZ nuclear levels. We use high-throughput analysis of single-cell circadian rhythms and apply controlled mechanical, biochemical, and genetic perturbations to study the expression of the clock gene Rev-erbα. We observe that Rev-erbα circadian oscillations are disrupted with YAP/TAZ nuclear translocation. By targeted mutations and overexpression of YAP/TAZ, we show that this mechanobiological regulation, which also impacts core components of the clock such as Bmal1 and Cry1, depends on the binding of YAP/TAZ to the transcriptional effector TEAD. This mechanism could explain the impairment of circadian rhythms observed when YAP/TAZ activity is upregulated, as in cancer and aging.
自主的生物钟存在于几乎每一种哺乳动物细胞类型中。这些细胞时钟受到多层次的调节,对细胞的机械化学微环境敏感。虽然控制细胞生物钟的生化信号越来越被理解,但机械线索调节的机制在很大程度上是未知的。在这里,我们显示成纤维细胞的生物钟通过 YAP/TAZ 核水平受到机械调节。我们使用高通量分析单个细胞的昼夜节律,并应用受控的机械、生化和遗传扰动来研究时钟基因 Rev-erbα 的表达。我们观察到 Rev-erbα 的昼夜节律波动随着 YAP/TAZ 的核转位而中断。通过靶向突变和 YAP/TAZ 的过表达,我们表明这种机械生物学调节,也影响时钟的核心组件,如 Bmal1 和 Cry1,取决于 YAP/TAZ 与转录效应因子 TEAD 的结合。这种机制可以解释在 YAP/TAZ 活性上调时观察到的昼夜节律紊乱,如在癌症和衰老中。