Molecular Control of Circadian Rhythm in Animals

Publications

Articles

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Miller, S., Kesherwani, M., Chan, P., Nagai, Y., Yagi, M., Cope, J., Tama, F., Kay, S.A. *, and Hirota, T.*: CRY2 isoform selectivity of a circadian clock modulator with antiglioblastoma efficacy.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 119: e2203936119 (2022)
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Yagi, M. #, Miller, S. #, Nagai, Y. #, Inuki, S., Sato, A., and Hirota, T.*: A methylbenzimidazole derivative regulates mammalian circadian rhythms by targeting Cryptochrome proteins.
F1000Res, 11: 1016 (2022)
Special collection "Circadian Clocks in Health and Disease" (Takahashi, J.S. and Green, C.B. eds.)

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Iida, M., Nakane, Y., Yoshimura, T. *, and Hirota, T.*: Effects of Cryptochrome-modulating compounds on circadian behavioral rhythms in zebrafish.
J.Biochem., 171: 501-507 (2022)
Special issue "Molecular connections between circadian clock and health/aging" (Nakahata, Y. and Fukada, Y. eds.)

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Miller, S. #, Srivastava, A. #, Nagai, Y., Aikawa, Y., Tama, F., and Hirota, T.*: Structural differences in the FAD-binding pockets and lid loops of mammalian CRY1 and CRY2 for isoform-selective regulation.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 118: e2026191118 (2021)
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Kolarski, D., Vinyals, C.M. #, Sugiyama, A. #, Srivastava, A., Ono, D., Nagai, Y., Iida, M., Itami, K., Tama, F., Szymanski, W. *, Hirota, T.*, and Feringa, B.L. *: Reversible modulation of circadian time with chronophotopharmacology.
Nature Commun., 12: 3164 (2021)
Featured in Nature Communications Editors' Highlights
Featured in Katsnelson, A.: Light activated molecule shifts circadian clock in cells. C&EN 99:22 (2021)
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Kolarski, D. #, Miller, S. #, Oshima, T. #, Nagai, Y., Aoki, Y., Kobauri, P., Srivastava, A., Sugiyama, A., Amaike, K., Sato, A., Tama, F., Szymanski, W., Feringa, B.L. *, Itami, K. *, Hirota, T.*: Photopharmacological manipulation of mammalian CRY1 for regulation of the circadian clock.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143: 2078-2087 (2021)
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Miller, S. #, Aikawa, Y. #, Sugiyama, A., Nagai, Y., Hara, A., Oshima, T., Amaike, K., Kay, S.A., Itami, K., and Hirota, T.*: An isoform-selective modulator of Cryptochrome 1 regulates circadian rhythms in mammals.
Cell Chem. Biol., 27: 1192-1198 (2020)
Featured in Crane, B.R.: Winding down: Selectively drugging a promiscuous pocket in Cryptochrome slows circadian rhythms. Cell Chem. Biol., 27: 1109-1111 (2020) [Previews]

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Miller, S. #, Son, Y.L. #, Aikawa, Y. #, Makino, E., Nagai, Y., Srivastava, A., Oshima, T., Sugiyama, A., Hara, A., Abe, K., Hirata, K., Oishi, S., Hagihara, S., Sato, A., Tama, F., Itami, K., Kay, S.A., Hatori, M. *, and Hirota, T.*: Isoform-selective regulation of mammalian cryptochromes.
Nature Chem. Biol., 16: 676-685 (2020)
Featured in Lara, J. and Zoltowski, B.D.: A tail of CRY selectivity. Nat. Chem. Biol., 16: 608-609 (2020) [news & views]
Featured in: 15 years of Nature Chemical Biology. Nat. Chem. Biol., 16: 597 (2020) [editorial]

プレスリリース

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Kolarski, D., Sugiyama, A., Breton, G., Rakers, C., Ono, D., Schulte, A., Tama, F., Itami, K., Szymanski, W., Hirota, T.*, and Feringa, B.L. *: Controlling the circadian clock with high temporal resolution through photodosing.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141: 15784-15791 (2019)
プレスリリース

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Lee, J.W. #,*, Hirota, T.#,*, Ono, D., Honma, S., Honma, K.I., Park, K., and Kay, S.A.: Chemical control of mammalian circadian behavior through dual inhibition of casein kinase Iα and δ.
J. Med. Chem., 62: 1989-1998 (2019)

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Oshima, T. #, Niwa, Y. #, Kuwata, K., Srivastava, A., Hyoda, T., Tsuchiya, Y., Kumagai, M., Tsuyuguchi, M., Tamaru, T., Sugiyama, A., Ono, N., Zolboot, N., Aikawa, Y., Oishi, S., Nonami, A., Arai, F., Hagihara, S., Yamaguchi, J., Tama, F., Kunisaki, Y., Yagita, K., Ikeda, M., Kinoshita, T., Kay, S.A., Itami, K.*, and Hirota, T.*:Cell-based screen identifies a new potent and highly selective CK2 inhibitor for modulation of circadian rhythms and cancer cell growth.
Science Advances, 5: eaau9060 (2019)
プレスリリース

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Qu, M., Duffy, T., Hirota, T., and Kay, S.A. *: Nuclear receptor HNF4A transrepresses CLOCK:BMAL1 and modulates tissue-specific circadian networks.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 115: E12305-E12312 (2018)

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Zhao, X., Hirota, T., Han, X., Cho, H., Chong, L., Lamia, K., Liu, S., Atkins, A.R., Banayo, E., Liddle, C., Yu, R.T., Yates III, J.R., Kay, S.A., Downes, M. *, and Evans, R.M. *: Circadian amplitude regulation via FBXW7-targeted REV-ERBα degradation.
Cell, 165: 1644-1657 (2016)

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Lee, J.W.#, Hirota, T.#,*, Kumar, A. #,*, Kim, N.J., Irle, S., and Kay, S.A. *: Development of small molecule Cryptochrome stabilizer derivatives as modulators of the circadian clock.
ChemMedChem, 10: 1489-1497 (2015)
Cover article

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St. John, P.C., Hirota, T., Kay, S.A. *, and Doyle, F.J. 3rd*: Spatiotemporal separation of PER and CRY posttranslational regulation in the mammalian circadian clock.
   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 111: 2040-2045 (2014)

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Hirota, T., Lee, J.W., St. John, P.C., Sawa, M., Iwaisako, K., Noguchi, T., Pongsawakul, P.Y., Sonntag, T., Welsh, D.K., Brenner, D.A., Doyle, F.J. 3rd, Schultz, P.G. *, and Kay, S.A. *: Identification of small molecule activators of cryptochrome.
Science, 337: 1094-1097 (2012)
Featured in Schuldt, A.: Small molecule time management. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 13: 479 (2012)
Featured in Ray, L.B.: Modulating the Clock. Sci. Signal. 5: ec235 (2012)
Featured in Gordon, E.J.: A compound that stops the clock. ACS Chem. Biol. 7: 1308 (2012)

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Lee, J.W. #, Hirota, T.#, Peters, E.C., Garcia, M., Gonzalez, R., Cho, C.Y., Wu, X., Schultz, P.G. *, and Kay, S.A. *: A small molecule modulates circadian rhythms through phosphorylation of the period protein.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50: 10608-10611 (2011)
Featured in Soares, J.A.: Altering time. ACS Chem. Biol. 6: 1145 (2011)

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Hirota, T., Lee, J.W., Lewis, W.G., Zhang, E.E., Breton, G., Liu, X., Garcia, M., Peters, E.C., Etchegaray, J.P., Traver, D., Schultz, P.G., and Kay, S.A. *: High-throughput chemical screen identifies a novel potent modulator of cellular circadian rhythms and reveals CKIα as a clock regulatory kinase.
PLoS Biol., 8: e1000559 (2010)

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Zhang, E.E. #, Liu, Y. #, Dentin, R., Pongsawakul, P.Y., Liu, A.C., Hirota, T., Nusinow, D.A., Sun, X., Landais, S., Kodama, Y., Brenner, D.A., Montminy, M. *, and Kay, S.A. *: Cryptochrome mediates circadian regulation of cAMP signaling and hepatic gluconeogenesis.
Nat. Med., 16: 1152-1156 (2010)
Featured in Bass, J.: High glucose, no cry. Nat. Med. 16: 1074-1076 (2010)
Selected by Faculty of 1000 Biology

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Zhang, E.E. #, Liu, A.C. #, Hirota, T.#, Miraglia, L.J., Welch, G., Pongsawakul, P.Y., Liu, X., Atwood, A., Huss, J.W. 3rd, Janes, J., Su, A.I., Hogenesch, J.B. *, and Kay, S.A. *: A genome-wide RNAi screen for modifiers of the circadian clock in human cells.
Cell, 139: 199-210 (2009)
Selected by Faculty of 1000 Biology

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Hirota, T., Lewis, W.G., Liu, A.C., Lee, J.W., Schultz, P.G., and Kay, S.A. *: A chemical biology approach reveals period shortening of the mammalian circadian clock by specific inhibition of GSK-3β.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105: 20746-20751 (2008)

Reviews

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Hatori, M. and Hirota, T.*: Cell-based phenotypic screens to discover circadian clock modulating compounds.
Methods. Mol. Biol., 2482: 95-104 (2022)
Special issue "Circadian Regulation" (Solanas, G. and Welz, P.S. eds.)

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Miller, S. and Hirota, T.*: Structural and chemical biology approaches reveal isoform-selective mechanisms of ligand interactions in mammalian Cryptochromes.
Front Physiol., 13: 837280 (2022)
Special issue "De - Crypting Cryptochromes: Electromagnetic Field Sensors and Clockwork for Quantum Biology and Medicine" (Ahmad, M. and Crane, B.R. eds.)

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Amaike, K., Oshima, T., Skoulding, N.S., Toyama, Y., Hirota, T.*, and Itami, K. *: Small molecules modulating mammalian biological clocks: Exciting new opportunities for synthetic chemistry.
Chem., 6: 2186-2198 (2020)

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Miller, S. and Hirota, T.*: Pharmacological interventions to circadian clocks and their molecular bases.
J. Mol. Biol., 432: 3498-3514 (2020)
Special issue "Circadian Regulation: from Molecules to Physiology" (Wolf, E. and Kramer, A. eds.)

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Hirota, T. and Kay, S.A. *: Identification of small-molecule modulators of the circadian clock.
Methods Enzymol., 551: 267-282 (2015)
Special issue "Circadian Rhythms and Biological Clocks" (Sehgal, A. ed.)

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Hirota, T. and Kay, S.A. *: High-throughput screening and chemical biology: new approaches for understanding circadian clock mechanisms.
Chem. Biol., 16: 921-927 (2015)

Circadian Clock

Edited books

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Hirota, T., Hatori, M., and Panda, S. eds.: Circadian Clocks.
Neuromethods series, volume 186, 429 pages, Springer Nature (2022)

Book chapters

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松田 智宏、廣田 毅: 概日時計の分子機構をケミカルバイオロジーで紐解く.
化学と生物, 60, 212-214 (2022)

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Miller, S. and Hirota, T.: Structural insights into isoform-selective regulators of mammalian Cryptochromes.
SPring-8 SACLA Research Frontiers 2020, 22-23 (2021)

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飯田 夢惟、廣田 毅: 概日時計を標的とした化合物と創薬の最前線.
Medical Science Digest, 47:417-419 (2021)

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廣田 毅、松田 智宏: 体内時計のケミカルバイオロジー研究と創薬の可能性.
MedChem News, 31:62-67 (2021)

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松田 智宏、廣田 毅: 化合物を使って体内時計を操る―概日リズム研究の最前線.
化学, 75:66-67 (2020)

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羽鳥 恵、廣田 毅: 時計遺伝子から考える脳機能と食.
FOOD Style21, 23:80-83 (2019)

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