Desynchronization of the molecular clock contributes to the heterogeneity of the inflammatory response
Science Signaling, 2019•science.org
Heterogeneity in the behavior of genetically and developmentally equivalent cells is
becoming increasingly appreciated. There are several sources of cellular heterogeneity,
including both intrinsic and extrinsic noise. We found that some aspects of heterogeneity in
the response of macrophages to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were due to intercellular
desynchronization of the molecular clock, a cell-intrinsic oscillator. We found that the ratio of
the relative expression of two clock genes, Nfil3 and Dbp, expressed in opposite phases of …
becoming increasingly appreciated. There are several sources of cellular heterogeneity,
including both intrinsic and extrinsic noise. We found that some aspects of heterogeneity in
the response of macrophages to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were due to intercellular
desynchronization of the molecular clock, a cell-intrinsic oscillator. We found that the ratio of
the relative expression of two clock genes, Nfil3 and Dbp, expressed in opposite phases of …
Heterogeneity in the behavior of genetically and developmentally equivalent cells is becoming increasingly appreciated. There are several sources of cellular heterogeneity, including both intrinsic and extrinsic noise. We found that some aspects of heterogeneity in the response of macrophages to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were due to intercellular desynchronization of the molecular clock, a cell-intrinsic oscillator. We found that the ratio of the relative expression of two clock genes, Nfil3 and Dbp, expressed in opposite phases of the clock, determined the fraction of cells that produced the cytokine IL-12p40 in response to LPS. The clock can be entrained by various environmental stimuli, making it a mechanism by which population-level heterogeneity and the inflammatory response can be regulated.
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