The After-Hours Mutant Reveals a Role for Fbxl3 in Determining Mammalian Circadian Period

Author:

Godinho Sofia I. H.123,Maywood Elizabeth S.123,Shaw Linda123,Tucci Valter123,Barnard Alun R.123,Busino Luca123,Pagano Michele123,Kendall Rachel123,Quwailid Mohamed M.123,Romero M. Rosario123,O'Neill John123,Chesham Johanna E.123,Brooker Debra123,Lalanne Zuzanna123,Hastings Michael H.123,Nolan Patrick M.123

Affiliation:

1. Medical Research Council (MRC) Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 0RD, UK.

2. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Neurobiology Division, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK.

3. Department of Pathology, NYU Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, MSB 599, New York, NY 10016, USA.

Abstract

By screening N -ethyl- N -nitrosourea–mutagenized animals for alterations in rhythms of wheel-running activity, we identified a mouse mutation, after hours ( Afh ). The mutation, a Cys 358 Ser substitution in Fbxl3, an F-box protein with leucine-rich repeats, results in long free-running rhythms of about 27 hours in homozygotes. Circadian transcriptional and translational oscillations are attenuated in Afh mice. The Afh allele significantly affected Per2 expression and delayed the rate of Cry protein degradation in Per2::Luciferase tissue slices. Our in vivo and in vitro studies reveal a central role for Fbxl3 in mammalian circadian timekeeping.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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