MYOD1 functions as a clock amplifier as well as a critical co-factor for downstream circadian gene expression in muscle

  1. Brian A Hodge
  2. Xiping Zhang
  3. Miguel A Gutierrez-Monreal
  4. Yi Cao
  5. David W Hammers
  6. Zizhen Yao
  7. Christopher A Wolff
  8. Ping Du
  9. Denise Kemler
  10. Andrew R Judge
  11. Karyn A Esser  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Florida, United States
  2. Genentech Inc, United States
  3. Allen Institute for Brain Science, United States

Abstract

In the present study we show that the master myogenic regulatory factor, MYOD1, is a positive modulator of molecular clock amplitude and functions with the core clock factors for expression of clock-controlled genes in skeletal muscle. We demonstrate that MYOD1 directly regulates the expression and circadian amplitude of the positive core clock factor Bmal1. We identify a non-canonical E-box element in Bmal1 and demonstrate that is required for full MYOD1-responsiveness. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays demonstrate that MYOD1 colocalizes with both BMAL1 and CLOCK throughout myonuclei. We demonstrate that MYOD1 and BMAL1:CLOCK work in a synergistic fashion through a tandem E-box to regulate the expression and amplitude of the muscle specific clock-controlled gene, Titin-cap (Tcap). In conclusion, these findings reveal mechanistic roles for the muscle specific transcription factor MYOD1 in the regulation of molecular clock amplitude as well as synergistic regulation of clock-controlled genes in skeletal muscle.

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ChIP seq data for muscle with MyoD is deposited in GEO under accession code GSE122082.

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  1. Brian A Hodge

    Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  2. Xiping Zhang

    Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  3. Miguel A Gutierrez-Monreal

    Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  4. Yi Cao

    Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, United States
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    Yi Cao, Is affiliated with Genentech Inc.. The author has no other competing interests to declare.
  5. David W Hammers

    Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  6. Zizhen Yao

    Cell Types Program, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  7. Christopher A Wolff

    Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  8. Ping Du

    Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  9. Denise Kemler

    Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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  10. Andrew R Judge

    Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  11. Karyn A Esser

    Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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    kaesser@ufl.edu
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (R01AR066082)

  • Karyn A Esser

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocols (IACUC Study 201809136) of the University of Florida.

Reviewing Editor

  1. Andrew Brack, University of California, San Francisco, United States

Version history

  1. Received: October 19, 2018
  2. Accepted: February 20, 2019
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: February 21, 2019 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: March 4, 2019 (version 2)

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© 2019, Hodge et al.

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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  1. Brian A Hodge
  2. Xiping Zhang
  3. Miguel A Gutierrez-Monreal
  4. Yi Cao
  5. David W Hammers
  6. Zizhen Yao
  7. Christopher A Wolff
  8. Ping Du
  9. Denise Kemler
  10. Andrew R Judge
  11. Karyn A Esser
(2019)
MYOD1 functions as a clock amplifier as well as a critical co-factor for downstream circadian gene expression in muscle
eLife 8:e43017.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.43017

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