Age-dependent Expression Changes of Circadian System-related Genes Reveal a Potentially Conserved Link to Aging

Overview

Journal Aging (Albany NY)

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2021 Dec 19

PMID 34923482

Citations 6

Authors

Emanuel Barth

Akash Srivastava

Diane Wengerodt

Milan Stojiljkovic

Hubertus Axer

Otto W Witte

Alexandra Kretz

Manja Marz

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Abstract

The circadian clock system influences the biology of life by establishing circadian rhythms in organisms, tissues, and cells, thus regulating essential biological processes based on the day/night cycle. Circadian rhythms change over a lifetime due to maturation and aging, and disturbances in the control of the circadian system are associated with several age-related pathologies. However, the impact of chronobiology and the circadian system on healthy organ and tissue aging remains largely unknown. Whether aging-related changes of the circadian system's regulation follow a conserved pattern across different species and tissues, hence representing a common driving force of aging, is unclear. Based on a cross-sectional transcriptome analysis covering 329 RNA-Seq libraries, we provide indications that the circadian system is subjected to aging-related gene alterations shared between evolutionarily distinct species, such as , , , and . We discovered differentially expressed genes by comparing tissue-specific transcriptional profiles of mature, aged, and old-age individuals and report on six genes (, , , , , and ) of the circadian system, which show conserved aging-related expression patterns in four organs of the species examined. Our results illustrate how the circadian system and aging might influence each other in various tissues over a long lifespan and conceptually complement previous studies tracking short-term diurnal and nocturnal gene expression oscillations.

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