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A circadian-like gene network programs the timing and dosage of heterochronic miRNA transcription during C. elegans development

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Development relies on the exquisite control of both the timing and the levels of gene expression to achieve robust developmental transitions. How cis- and trans-acting factors control both aspects simultaneously is unclear. We show that transcriptional pulses of the temporal patterning microRNA (miRNA) lin-4 are generated by two nuclear hormone receptors (NHRs) in C. elegans, NHR-85 and NHR-23, whose mammalian orthologs, Rev-Erb and ROR, function in the circadian clock. Although Rev-Erb and ROR antagonize each other to control once-daily transcription in mammals, NHR-85/NHR-23 heterodimers bind cooperatively to lin-4 regulatory elements to induce a single pulse of expression during each larval stage. Each pulse’s timing, amplitude, and duration are dictated by the phased expression of these NHRs and the C. elegans Period ortholog, LIN-42, that binds to and represses NHR-85. Therefore, during nematode temporal patterning, an evolutionary rewiring of circadian clock components couples the timing of gene expression to the control of transcriptional dosage.
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hal-04330275 , version 1 (07-12-2023)

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Brian Kinney, Shubham Sahu, Natalia Stec, Kelly Hills-Muckey, Dexter W Adams, et al.. A circadian-like gene network programs the timing and dosage of heterochronic miRNA transcription during C. elegans development. Developmental Cell, 2023, 58 (22), pp.2563-2579.e8. ⟨10.1016/j.devcel.2023.08.006⟩. ⟨hal-04330275⟩
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