p53 regulates Period2 expression and the circadian clock

Takao Miki, Tomoko Matsumoto, Zhaoyang Zhao and Cheng Chi Lee ()
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Takao Miki: Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
Tomoko Matsumoto: Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
Zhaoyang Zhao: Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
Cheng Chi Lee: Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract The mechanistic interconnectivity between circadian regulation and the genotoxic stress response remains poorly understood. Here we show that the expression of Period 2 (Per2), a circadian regulator, is directly regulated by p53 binding to a response element in the Per2 promoter. This p53 response element is evolutionarily conserved and overlaps with the E-Box element critical for BMAL1/CLOCK binding and its transcriptional activation of Per2 expression. Our studies reveal that p53 blocks BMAL1/CLOCK binding to the Per2 promoter, leading to repression of Per2 expression. In the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), p53 expression and its binding to the Per2 promoter are under circadian control. Per2 expression in the SCN is altered by p53 deficiency or stabilization of p53 by Nutlin-3. Behaviourally, p53−/− mice have a shorter period length that lacks stability, and they exhibit impaired photo-entrainment to a light pulse under a free-running state. Our studies demonstrate that p53 modulates mouse circadian behaviour.

Date: 2013
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