Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-19-2024

Publication Title

iScience

Disciplines

Biology

Abstract

Sexual dimorphism affects various aspects of physiology, metabolism and longevity. Circadian clock is a master regulator of metabolism. Anti -aging dietary interventions reprogram circadian transcriptome in the liver and other tissues, but little is known about sexual dimorphism of circadian transcriptome. We compared circadian transcriptomes in the liver of male and female mice on ad libitum (AL) and 30% caloric restriction (CR) diets. We found that AL female mice had a larger number of oscillating genes than male mice, and the portion of the transcriptome with sex -specific rhythms displayed phase difference. We found that CR increased the number of oscillating genes in both sexes and strongly synchronized the transcriptome without complete elimination of sex dimorphism in rhythms. Sex also had an effect on the response of the rhythms to CR. Gene ontology analysis revealed sex -specific signatures in metabolic pathways, which suggests a complex interaction of sex, circadian rhythms, and diet.

Comments

This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant (R01AG039547 to R.V.K.) and funds from the Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease (GRHD) CSU to R.V.K.

DOI

10.1016/j.isci.2024.109483

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Volume

27

Issue

4

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