Table 1.
Immune phenotypes in clock-specific global and conditional knockout systems.
| Clock gene | Model | Effect | Tissue/cells | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bmal1 | KO | Impaired B cell development, reduced B cell numbers Accelerated aging with increased risk for arthropathy |
Blood, spleen | [41] |
| Chimera |
Leishmania infection:
|
Neutrophils, peritoneal macrophages | [88] | |
| Lyz2-Cre | Reduced survival after LPS | Macrophages | [44] | |
| Reduced survival after Listeria infection | Monocytes | [31] | ||
| Increased proinflammatory state after LPS: | Macrophages | |||
|
[28] | |||
|
[44] | |||
|
[45] | |||
| Increased proinflammatory cytokines after L. monocytogenes infection | Monocytes | [31] | ||
| Increased proinflammatory miR-155 cluster | Macrophages | [44] | ||
| Higher phospho-p65 | ||||
| Increased inflammatory state in diseases: | ||||
|
Eosinophils | [46] | ||
|
CNS | [47] | ||
| hMRP8-cre | Impaired clearance of aged neutrophils | Neutrophils | [22] | |
| Cd4-cre | Impeded LN homing Loss of lymph and LN half-life diurnal oscillation |
T cells | [27] | |
| Cd19-cre | Loss of oscillations in lymph and LN | B cells | [27] | |
| Rorgt-cre | Reduced small intestinal lamina propria (siLP) ILC3s | siLP ILC3 | [89,90] | |
| Reduced epithelial reactivity | Small intestine | |||
| Increased infection with Citrobacter rodentium | ||||
| Clock | KO | Reduced NFκB activity | Hepatocytes, MEFs | [55] |
| Δ19 mutant | Reduced inflammatory cytokines after LPS, TNFα | MEFs | [42] | |
| Reduced Il6, Il1b, Cxcl1, Ifnb, & Ccl2 after inflammatory stimuli | Macrophages (BMDMs) | [56] | ||
| Δ19 mutant chimera with W/Wv mice | Loss of IgE-mediated degranulation and mast cell signaling | Mast cells | [91] | |
| Loss of FcεRIβ oscillation | ||||
| Per1 | KO | Increased TNFα, IL-1β, IL-6, & MCP-1 after LPS | Macrophages | [57] |
| Per2 | KO | Reduced IFNγ, IL-1β after LPS | Plasma | [58] |
| Resistant to septic shock | ||||
| Per2-Brdm1 | Reduced TNFα, IL-12 after CpG | Macrophages | [37] | |
| Increased IL-6 after LTA, loss of IL-6 rhythm | Macrophages | [60] | ||
| Loss of diurnal anaphylactic cutaneous reaction | Mast cells (skin, BM) | [61] | ||
| Cry1 | KO | Increased IL-6 | Fibroblasts | [64] |
| Cry1/2 | KO | Increased T cell cellularity | MEFs, Splenocytes | [63] |
| Increased TNFα | ||||
| Increased IL-6, Cxcl1, iNOS, constant NFκB activity | Hypothalamus, Fibroblasts, Macrophages | [64] | ||
| Increased LPS hypersensitivity | ||||
| Spontaneous autoimmune disease: | ||||
| Increased IgG and IgM | Serum, lung, kidney | [65] | ||
| Increased IL-1β, IL-6, MMP-3, & TNFα in arthritis | Serum | |||
| Rev-Erbα | Agonist | Reduced Il-6, Cxcl11, Ccl2, Cxcl6, & Il19 | Macrophages | [28] |
| KO | Loss of diurnal LPS response | Macrophages | [64] | |
| Increased Cx3cr1 & Mmp9 | [66] | |||
| Reduced NKp46+ siLP ILC3s | siLP ILC3s | [92] | ||
| Increased DN and CCR6+ siLP ILC3s | ||||
| Ccsp-Rev-Erbα-DBDm | Increased neutrophilic lung inflammation after aerosolized LPS | Lung | [71] | |
| RORα | Staggerer | Increased IL-1β, IL-6, & MIP-2 after LPS | Lung | [72] |