( 30 – 32 ), but not inBmal1−/−tissues. After syn-
chronization with DEX, as described above,
samples were harvested over two circadian
cycles, labeled with 10-plex tandem mass tags
(TMTs), and then analyzed by mass spectrom-
etry to quantify the abundance of rhythmic
proteins (Fig. 4A). A 24-hour oscillation in
abundance of proteins and phosphosites was
detected in both wild-type andBmal1−/−MSFs
and liver tissues (Fig. 4, B to D; fig. S9, A to D,
and fig. S10, A to E). We detected 585 rhythmic
proteins in wild-type and 364 inBmal1−/−
MSFs, with comparable peak phases of protein
rhythms in both genotypes (Fig. 4C). Akin to
the rhythmic transcriptome, we saw minimal
overlap between the cyclic proteins and phospho-
proteins identified in wild-type andBmal1−/−
cells (fig. S10, B to D). Asexpected, amplitudes
for rhythmic phosphoproteins (phosphosites)
were higher compared to proteins in both geno-
types (fig. S10, F to H). The global rhythms of
protein phosphorylation seen inBmal1−/−im-
plicates posttranslational processes as critical
regulators of tissue rhythmicity, even in the
absence of BMAL1.
The functions of rhythmic transcripts and
proteins inBmal1knockouts were diverse
(fig. S11). Biological processes that appeared
to be enriched significantly inBmal1−/−com-
pared to wild-type included metabolism, in-
tracellular transport, and oxidation-reduction
(Fig. 4E and figs. S11 and S12). Furthermore,
specific cellular components were overrep-
resented, particularly the mitochondrion and
its different subcompartments (Fig. 4F and
fig. S13). In agreement with these observa-
tions,Bmal1function has been reported to
be important for mitochondrial fission and
fusion dynamics ( 33 ), and for respiratory
function in the liver ( 33 , 34 ). We have thus
demonstrated that althoughBmal1is neces-
sary for the expression of 24-hour behavioral
cyclicity, it is not required for 24-hour mo-
lecular rhythms at the transcriptional, trans-
lational, and posttranslational levels.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the Advanced Sequencing and Bioinformatics scientific
technology platforms at the Francis Crick Institute for their support
with next-generation sequencing.Funding:A.B.R. acknowledges
funding from the Perelman School of Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania, and the Institute for Translational Medicine and
Therapeutics (ITMAT), Perelman School of Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania. A.B.R. also acknowledges funding from the European
Research Council (ERC Starting Grant no. 281348, MetaCLOCK),
the EMBO Young Investigators Programme, and the Lister Institute
of Preventive Medicine. A.B.R. was supported in part by a
Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship in Clinical Science (100333/Z/
12/Z) at the University of Cambridge, and also in part by the
Francis Crick Institute, which receives its core funding from Cancer
Research UK (FC001534), the UK Medical Research Council
(FC001534), and the Wellcome Trust (FC001534).Author
contributions: S.R., U.K.V., and A.B.R. conceived and designed the
experiments. S.R., U.K.V., A.S., and G.D. performed the MSFs
and liver tissue time-course experiments. U.K.V. performed the
RNA-Seq and quantitative real-time reverse-transcriptase
polymerase chain reaction experiments and analyzed the data. S.R.
performed the quantitative proteomics and phosphoproteomics
and analyzed the data with support from A.P.S. and S.A.H. A.B.R.
supervised the whole study. The manuscript was written by S.R.,
U.K.V., and A.B.R. All authors agreed on the interpretation of data
and approved the final version of the manuscript.Competing
interests:The authors declare no competing interests.Data
and materials availability:The RNA-seq data have been deposited
in the Gene Expression Omnibus (accession nos. GSE111696
and GSE134333). The mass spectrometry proteomics and
phosphoproteomics data have been deposited to the
ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE ( 35 ) partner
repository with the dataset identifier PXD009243.
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
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