Abstract

Organisms integrate circadian and metabolic signals to optimize substrate selection to survive starvation, yet precisely how this occurs is unclear. Here, we show that hepatocyte Period 1 (Per1) is selectively induced during fasting, and mice lacking hepatocyte Per1 fail to initiate autophagic flux, ketogenesis, and lipid accumulation. Transcriptomic analyses show failed induction of the fasting hepatokine Fgf21 in Per1-deficient mice, and single-nucleus multiome sequencing defines a putative responding hepatocyte subpopulation that fails to induce the chromatin accessibility near the Fgf21 locus. In vivo isotopic tracing and indirect calorimetry demonstrate that hepatocyte Per1-deficient mice fail to transit from oxidation of glucose to fat, which is completely reversible by exogenous FGF21 or by inhibiting pyruvate dehydrogenase. Strikingly, disturbing other core circadian genes does not perturb Per1 induction during fasting. We thus describe Per1 as an important mechanism by which hepatocytes integrate internal circadian rhythm and external nutrition signals to facilitate proper fuel utilization.

Original languageEnglish
Article number114865
JournalCell Reports
Volume43
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 22 2024

Keywords

  • CP: Metabolism
  • circadian clock
  • fasting
  • glucose oxidation
  • liver metabolism
  • metabolite tracing
  • single-nucleus multiome sequencing

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