Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41727182›Full record

ArticleiScience2026

Circadian tryptophan metabolism contributes to systemic aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity.

Ethan W Morgan, Iain A Murray, Denise M Coslo, Andrew D Patterson, Gary H Perdew

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ethan W MorganDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Iain A MurrayDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Denise M CosloDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Andrew D PattersonDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Gary H PerdewDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.

Funding

Environmental Chemical Impact on the Host-Microbiome InteractionR35ES035027 · NIEHS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI Andrew Patterson · 2023 to 2026
$3.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS R35 ES035027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diet-phytochemical derived activation, host and microbial tryptophan metabolism represent the dominant route to endogenously mediated stimulation of physiological Ah receptor (AHR) activity. Whether host tryptophan metabolism provides a phytochemical independent circadian AHR tone has not been established. Using mice maintained on a nocturnally restricted feeding schedule with a nutritionally defined diet, we utilized quantitative gene/protein expression analyses in conjunction with targeted metabolomics to examine the temporal relationship between host tryptophan metabolism and circadian AHR activity. Time-resolved, targeted LCMS metabolomic, gene, and protein expression analyses reveal circadian cycling of hepatic tryptophan metabolizing enzymes (TDO2, TAT, GOT1, GOT2, KAT1, KAT2, and IL4I1) and serum tryptophan metabolites (indole-3-acetate, indole-3-lactate, indole-3-propionate, indole aldehyde, kynurenine, kynurenic acid) previously established as AHR ligands. We observed cyclical hepatic AHR activity directed by circadian feeding. These data suggest that a circadian rhythm of tryptophan metabolism orchestrates a daily tone in AHR activity that likely modulates AHR dependent physiology.

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PMID41727182
PMCPMC12919285

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