Genes & development

Daily biological clock changes in DNA structure influence daily gene activity and behavior

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Abstract

Oscillatory promoter-enhancer interactions were discovered along the 24-h cycle in mouse liver and kidney tissues.

  • Daily active enhancers may modulate rhythmic gene transcription in mammalian tissues.
  • Rhythms in chromatin interactions were abolished in arrhythmic knockout mice.
  • Deleting a specific intronic enhancer element compromised rhythmic chromatin contacts in tissues.
  • The deletion also reduced the daily dynamics of transcriptional burst frequency.
  • Remarkably, it shortened the circadian period of locomotor activity rhythms.

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