Circadian clock-dependent and -independent rhythmic proteomes implement distinct diurnal functions in mouse liver

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jan 7;111(1):167-72. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1314066111. Epub 2013 Dec 16.

Abstract

Diurnal oscillations of gene expression controlled by the circadian clock underlie rhythmic physiology across most living organisms. Although such rhythms have been extensively studied at the level of transcription and mRNA accumulation, little is known about the accumulation patterns of proteins. Here, we quantified temporal profiles in the murine hepatic proteome under physiological light-dark conditions using stable isotope labeling by amino acids quantitative MS. Our analysis identified over 5,000 proteins, of which several hundred showed robust diurnal oscillations with peak phases enriched in the morning and during the night and related to core hepatic physiological functions. Combined mathematical modeling of temporal protein and mRNA profiles indicated that proteins accumulate with reduced amplitudes and significant delays, consistent with protein half-life data. Moreover, a group comprising about one-half of the rhythmic proteins showed no corresponding rhythmic mRNAs, indicating significant translational or posttranslational diurnal control. Such rhythms were highly enriched in secreted proteins accumulating tightly during the night. Also, these rhythms persisted in clock-deficient animals subjected to rhythmic feeding, suggesting that food-related entrainment signals influence rhythms in circulating plasma factors.

Keywords: circadian rhythm; liver metabolism; posttranslational regulation; protein secretion; proteomics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Albumins / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Circadian Clocks*
  • Circadian Rhythm
  • Cryptochromes / genetics
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • Liver / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Plasma / metabolism*
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Proteome*
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • alpha 1-Antitrypsin / metabolism

Substances

  • Albumins
  • Cry1 protein, mouse
  • Cry2 protein, mouse
  • Cryptochromes
  • Proteome
  • RNA, Messenger
  • alpha 1-Antitrypsin