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Published on: January 12, 2020
The RelB subunit of NFκB acts as a negative regulator of circadian gene expression
Marina M Bellet1, Loredana Zocchi, Paolo Sassone-Corsi
1Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Abstract:
The circadian system controls a large array of physiological and metabolic functions. The molecular organization of the circadian clock is complex, involving various elements organized in feedback regulatory loops. Here we demonstrate that the RelB subunit of NFκB acts as a repressor of circadian transcription. RelB physically interacts with the circadian activator BMAL1 in the presence of CLOCK to repress circadian gene expression at the promoter of the clock-controlled gene Dbp. The repression is independent of the circadian negative regulator CRY. Notably, RelB -/- fibroblasts have profound alterations of circadian genes expression. These findings reveal a previously unforeseen function for RelB as an important regulator of the mammalian circadian system in fibroblasts.
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