PMID- 37725438 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231103 LR - 20240210 IS - 2379-3708 (Electronic) IS - 2379-3708 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 20 DP - 2023 Oct 23 TI - An aging-susceptible circadian rhythm controls cutaneous antiviral immunity. LID - 10.1172/jci.insight.171548 [doi] LID - e171548 AB - Aged skin is prone to viral infections, but the mechanisms responsible for this immunosenescent immune risk are unclear. We observed that aged murine and human skin expressed reduced levels of antiviral proteins (AVPs) and circadian regulators, including Bmal1 and Clock. Bmal1 and Clock were found to control rhythmic AVP expression in skin, and such circadian control of AVPs was diminished by disruption of immune cell IL-27 signaling and deletion of Bmal1/Clock genes in mouse skin, as well as siRNA-mediated knockdown of CLOCK in human primary keratinocytes. We found that treatment with the circadian-enhancing agents nobiletin and SR8278 reduced infection of herpes simplex virus 1 in epidermal explants and human keratinocytes in a BMAL1/CLOCK-dependent manner. Circadian-enhancing treatment also reversed susceptibility of aging murine skin and human primary keratinocytes to viral infection. These findings reveal an evolutionarily conserved and age-sensitive circadian regulation of cutaneous antiviral immunity, underscoring circadian restoration as an antiviral strategy in aging populations. FAU - Kirchner, Stephen J AU - Kirchner SJ AD - Department of Dermatology. AD - Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. FAU - Lei, Vivian AU - Lei V AD - Department of Dermatology. FAU - Kim, Paul T AU - Kim PT AD - Department of Dermatology. FAU - Patel, Meera AU - Patel M AD - Department of Dermatology. FAU - Shannon, Jessica L AU - Shannon JL AD - Department of Dermatology. AD - Department of Immunology. FAU - Corcoran, David AU - Corcoran D AD - Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology. FAU - Hughes, Dalton AU - Hughes D AD - Department of Neurobiology. FAU - Waters, Diana K AU - Waters DK AD - Department of Neurobiology. FAU - Dzirasa, Kafui AU - Dzirasa K AD - Department of Neurobiology. AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, and. AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA. FAU - Erdmann, Detlev AU - Erdmann D AD - Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, and. FAU - Coers, Jorn AU - Coers J AD - Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. AD - Department of Immunology. FAU - MacLeod, Amanda S AU - MacLeod AS AD - Department of Dermatology. AD - Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. AD - Department of Immunology. FAU - Zhang, Jennifer Y AU - Zhang JY AD - Department of Dermatology. AD - Department of Pathology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 AI139207/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI139425/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR073858/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231023 PL - United States TA - JCI Insight JT - JCI insight JID - 101676073 RN - 0 (ARNTL Transcription Factors) SB - IM UOF - bioRxiv. 2023 Apr 18;:. PMID: 37131751 MH - Humans MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - Aged MH - *ARNTL Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism MH - *Circadian Rhythm/physiology MH - Skin/metabolism MH - Aging MH - Keratinocytes/metabolism PMC - PMC10619492 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aging OT - Cellular immune response OT - Dermatology OT - Innate immunity OT - Skin COIS- Conflict of interest: ASM has consulted for and received funds from Silab. EDAT- 2023/09/19 18:43 MHDA- 2023/11/03 06:44 PMCR- 2023/10/23 CRDT- 2023/09/19 12:03 PHST- 2023/04/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/03 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/19 18:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/19 12:03 [entrez] PHST- 2023/10/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 171548 [pii] AID - 10.1172/jci.insight.171548 [doi] PST - epublish SO - JCI Insight. 2023 Oct 23;8(20):e171548. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.171548.