TY - JOUR A1 - Collins, Emily J. A1 - Cervantes-Silva, Mariana P. A1 - Timmons, George A. A1 - O'Siorain, James R. A1 - Curtis, Annie M. A1 - Hurley, Jennifer M. T1 - Post-transcriptional circadian regulation in macrophages organizes temporally distinct immunometabolic states Y1 - 2021/02/01 JF - Genome Research JO - Genome Research SP - 171 EP - 185 DO - 10.1101/gr.263814.120 VL - 31 IS - 2 UR - http://genome.cshlp.org/content/31/2/171.abstract N2 - Our core timekeeping mechanism, the circadian clock, plays a vital role in immunity. Although the mechanics of circadian control over the immune response is generally explained by transcriptional activation or repression derived from this clock's transcription-translation negative-feedback loop, research suggests that some regulation occurs beyond transcriptional activity. We comprehensively profiled the transcriptome and proteome of murine bone marrow-derived macrophages and found that only 15% of the circadian proteome had corresponding oscillating mRNA, suggesting post-transcriptional regulation influences macrophage clock regulatory output to a greater extent than any other tissue previously profiled. This regulation may be explained by the robust temporal enrichment we identified for proteins involved in degradation and translation. Extensive post-transcriptional temporal-gating of metabolic pathways was also observed and further corresponded with daily variations in ATP production, mitochondrial morphology, and phagocytosis. The disruption of this circadian post-transcriptional metabolic regulation impaired immune functionality. Our results demonstrate that cell-intrinsic post-transcriptional regulation is a primary driver of circadian output in macrophages and that this regulation, particularly of metabolic pathways, plays an important role in determining their response to immune stimuli. ER -