Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Circadian clock regulates hepatic polyploidy by modulating Mkp1-Erk1/2 signaling pathway

  • Hsu-Wen Chao,
  • Masao Doi,
  • Jean-Michel Fustin,
  • Huatao Chen,
  • Kimihiko Murase,
  • Yuki Maeda,
  • Hida Hayashi,
  • Rina Tanaka,
  • Maho Sugawa,
  • Naoki Mizukuchi,
  • Yoshiaki Yamaguchi,
  • Jun-ichirou Yasunaga,
  • Masao Matsuoka,
  • Mashito Sakai,
  • Michihiro Matsumoto,
  • Shinshichi Hamada,
  • Hitoshi Okamura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02207-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Circadian clock regulates hepatic gene expression and functions. Here Chao et al. show that alteration of circadian clock genes by Period deletion induces polyploidy in hepatocytes due to impaired regulation of Erk signaling by mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1.