Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Compensatory ion transport buffers daily protein rhythms to regulate osmotic balance and cellular physiology

  • Alessandra Stangherlin,
  • Joseph L. Watson,
  • David C. S. Wong,
  • Silvia Barbiero,
  • Aiwei Zeng,
  • Estere Seinkmane,
  • Sew Peak Chew,
  • Andrew D. Beale,
  • Edward A. Hayter,
  • Alina Guna,
  • Alison J. Inglis,
  • Marrit Putker,
  • Eline Bartolami,
  • Stefan Matile,
  • Nicolas Lequeux,
  • Thomas Pons,
  • Jason Day,
  • Gerben van Ooijen,
  • Rebecca M. Voorhees,
  • David A. Bechtold,
  • Emmanuel Derivery,
  • Rachel S. Edgar,
  • Peter Newham,
  • John S. O’Neill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25942-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Osmotic compensation by electroneutral ion transport buffers TORC1-mediated changes in the cytosolic proteome, and maintains intracellular homeostasis and cell volume over the circadian cycle. Here, the authors find such ion content changes drive daily rhythms in cardiomyocyte electrical activity.