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Circadian control of DRP1 activity regulates mitochondrial dynamics and bioenergetics

Schmitt, Karen ; Grimm, Amandine ; Dallmann, Robert ; Oettinghaus, Bjoern ; Restelli, Lisa Michelle ; Witzig, Melissa ; Ishihara, Naotada ; Mihara, Katsuyoshi ; Ripperger, Jürgen A. ; Albrecht, Urs ; Frank, Stephan ; Brown, Steven A. ; Eckert, Anne

In: Cell Metabolism, 2018, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 657-666.e5

Mitochondrial fission-fusion dynamics and mitochondrial bioenergetics, including oxidative phosphorylation and generation of ATP, are strongly clock controlled. Here we show that these circadian oscillations depend on circadian modification of dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1), a key mediator of mitochondrial fission. We used a combination of in vitro and in vivo models, including human skin...

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Impaired daily glucocorticoid rhythm in Per1Brd mice

Dallmann, Robert ; Touma, Chadi ; Palme, Rupert ; Albrecht, Urs ; Steinlechner, Stephan

In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 2006, vol. 192, no. 7, p. 769-775

Biological clocks have evolved in all kinds of organisms in order to anticipate and adjust to the daily light–dark cycle. Within the last decade, the molecular machinery underlying the circadian system was unraveled. In the present study, the impact of the loss of the Per1 or Per2 genes, key components of the core clock oscillator, on body mass, food and water intake, glucose...

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Restoration of circadian rhythmicity in circadian clock-deficient mice in constant light

Abraham, Diya ; Dallmann, Robert ; Steinlechner, Stephan ; Albrecht, Urs ; Eichele, Gregor ; Oster, Henrik

In: Journal of Biological Rhythms, 2006, vol. 21(3), p. 169-176

In mammals, circadian rhythms in behavior and physiology are controlled by a central pacemaker, the SCN, and subordinated clocks throughout the body. On the molecular level, these clocks are based on transcriptional/translational feedback loops involving a set of clock genes that regulate their own transcription. Among the components driving the mammalian circadian clock are the Period 1...