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  • 张二荃博士

    清华大学生物医学交叉研究院副教授,北京生命科学研究所高级研究员

    E. Erquan Zhang, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, TIMBR, Associate Investigator, NIBS, Beijing, China

  • 教育经历 Education

    2000 – 2004

    美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校分子病理专业博士

    Ph.D. in Molecular Pathology, University of California – San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

    1994 – 1997

    复旦大学生物化学专业硕士

    M.S. in Biochemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai,China

    1990 – 1994

    华东师范大学环境科学专业学士

    B.S. in Environmental Science, East China NormalUniversity, Shanghai,China

  • 工作经历 Professional Experience

    2020–

    清华大学生物医学交叉研究院副教授,北京生命科学研究所高级研究员

    Associate Professor, TIMBR, Associate Investigator, National Institute of Biological Sciences,Beijing, China

    2011– 2020

    北京生命科学研究所研究员

    Assistant Investigator, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

    2006–2010

    美国诺华制药加州圣地亚哥研究院高级博士后研究员;兼美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校生物科学学院访问学者

    Institute Fellow, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, USA; Visiting Scholar, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California – San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

    2004–2006

    美国加州斯科瑞普斯研究所博士后

    Postdoctoral Associate, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA

  • 研究概述

    过去多年中我们一直在探索各种哺乳动物的昼夜节律机制和功能。在已取得的一些重要发现的基础上,我们实验室在NIBS的新阶段可以更加专注于以下三个特定的科学目标。

    1.昼夜节律时钟的“A”类影响:腺苷、ATPATPase

    我们前期的化学筛选找到了一类可能调节昼夜节律的腺苷类似物(包括虫草素cordycepin),并证明了其生理代谢产物的靶标是新型时钟成分,即一种名为RUVBL2的AAA+型ATPase,其作用是负责该功能的巨型超复合物昼夜节律转录。有趣的是,我们观察到了虫草素(及其它腺苷类似物)对时钟调节的跨物种甚至跨界的影响,这表明进化上保守的机制可能隐藏在我们在实验室定期检查的现象中。一般而言,据信时钟机制由负转录/翻译反馈环(TTFL)组成,其具有相似的结构,但是在各种生物中包含不同的组分。但是,在其他物种中,包括模型植物拟南芥中的虫草素的施用,也改变了时钟相位。因此,RUVBL2可能是转录调控大复合体中仅有的少数保守成分之一,探索它的作用机制可望解析原初生物钟最古老的进化来源问题。

    2.昼夜节律时钟与睡眠的互作问题

    一般人们普遍认为,打断睡眠会影响大脑内的生物钟运行。例如,人们经常抱怨说,哪怕只是轻微的睡眠干扰,他们的内在生物钟也会受到干扰。实际上,根据临床报告,在睡眠剥夺6小时后,一些激素的振荡(例如生长激素和甲状腺素T3/T4)会被抑制。我们开发出来了一套基于光纤技术应用的长时间实时检测系统,可以用来监控活体哺乳动物的脑钟,于是我们利用它来测量睡眠剥夺(sleep-deprived)和睡眠反弹(sleep-rebound)条件下的脑钟运行。出乎意料的是,我们发现睡眠剥夺或其反弹期间视交叉上核(SCN)中昼夜节律生物钟的振荡几乎没有变化。对此现象的一种解释是,可能还有其他一些大脑区域更容易受到睡眠剥夺的影响。因此,我们对了解这些区域可能位于何处,睡眠剥夺(和/或恢复)如何影响其本地钟以及可能涉及哪些生物信号感兴趣。这些研究可能有助于理解睡眠的本质基础。

    3.昼夜节律的转化医学

    我们长期以来一直在关注人类时间生物学。在最近一期的《昼夜节律生物钟专辑》组稿中,我们专门配发了一篇社论,宣称“生物钟的转化医学时代已经来临”(Go Human! Circadian Translational Medicine Has Come of Age)。在本实验室的新阶段,我们计划与国内的一些医院合作,更加专注于人类时钟生物学。例如,我们最近从一项基于家庭谱系的人类遗传研究中确定了一种双突变型PER2,它会导致昼夜节律行为受到干扰。此外,据报道,老年人的时钟较弱,而我们对哺乳动物的研究表明,带有EPAS1突变体的藏族人的时钟也可能会受干扰。此外,我们目前正在设计非侵入性方法来监测人类的时钟动态和睡眠质量。

    最后,我们由于近期发现了一组调节时钟相位和振幅的化合物,证明了它们有治疗潜力。我们现在的目标是与NIBS spin-off公司合作,以解决时差、轮班工作以及人类衰老的防治问题。

  • 发表文章(节选)

    所有学术论文

    https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=x1V6G-gAAAAJ

    1. Jiang, W.*†, Jin, L.*, Ju, D.*, Lu, Z.*, Wang,
C., Guo, X., Zhao, H., Shen, S., Cheng, Z., Shen, J., Zong, G., Chen, J., Li, K., Yang, L., Zhang, Z., Feng, Y., Shen, J.Z.,Zhang, E.E.†, and Wan, R.† The pancreatic clock is a key determinant of pancreatic fibrosis progression and exocrine dysfunction. (2022)Science Translational Medicine14: eabn3586

    2. Liu, N.*, Tian, H.*, Yu, Z.*, Zhao, H.*, Li, W.*, Sang, D., Lin, K., Cui, Y., Liao, M., Xu, Z., Chen, C., Guo, Y., Wang, Y., Huang, H-w, Wang, J., Zhang, H., Wu, W., Huang, H., Lv, S., Guo, Z., Wang, W., Zheng, S., Wang, F., Zhang, Y.†, Cai, T.†, andZhang, E.E.† A highland-adaptation mutation of the Epas1 protein increases its stability and disrupts the circadian clock in the plateau pika. (2022)Cell Reports39: 110816

    3. Ju, D.*, Zhang, W.*, Yan, J., Zhao, H., Li, W., Wang, J., Liao, M., Xu, Z., Wang, Z., Zhou, G., Mei, L., Hou, N., Ying, S., Cai, T., Chen, S., Xie, X., Lai, L., Tang, C., Park, N., Takahashi, J.S., Huang, N., Qi, X.†, andZhang, E.E.† Chemical Perturbations Reveal That RUVBL2 Regulates the Circadian Phase in Mammals. (2020)Science Translational Medicine12: eaba0769 {Featured by Editor in the issue: “Shifting clock gears”; and byNature Reviews Drug Discovery: “Shortening jet-lag recovery”; Highlighted byFaculty of 1000(Very Good)}

    4. Han, K.*, Mei, L.*, Zhong, R., Pang, Y.,Zhang, E.E.†, and Huang Y.† A Microfluidic Approach for Experimentally Modeling the Intercellular Coupling System of a Mammalian Circadian Clock at Single-cell Level. (2020)Lab on a Chip20, 1204-1211

    5. Peng, S.*, Xiao, W.*, Ju, D.*, Sun, B., Hou, N., Liu, Q., Wang, Y., Zhao, H., Gao, C., Zhang, S., Cao, R., Li, P., Huang, H., Ma, Y., Wang, Y., Lai, W., Ma, Z., Zhang, W., Huang, S., Wang, H., Zhang, Z., Zhao, L., Cai, T., Zhao, Y., Wang, F., Nie, Y., Zhi, G., Yang, Y.†,Zhang, E.E.†, and Huang, N.† Identification of Entacapone as a Chemical Inhibitor of FTO Mediating Metabolic Regulation Through FOXO1. (2019)Science Translational Medicine11: eaau7116 {Featured by Editor in the issue: “The skinny on FTO”}

    6. Mei, L.*, Fan, Y., Lv, X., Welsh, D.K., Zhan, C.†, andZhang, E.E.† Long-term in vivo Recording of Circadian Rhythms in Brains of Freely Moving Mice. (2018)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A.115: 4276-4281 {Highlighted byFaculty of 1000(Very Good); Detailed protocol can be viewed in a video publication ofJOVE56765}

    7. Wu, Y.*, Tang, D.*, Liu, N., Xiong, W., Huang, H., Li, Y., Ma, Z., Zhao, H., Chen, P., Qi, X., andZhang, E.E.† Reciprocal Regulation between the Circadian Clock and Hypoxia Signaling at the Genome Level in Mammals. (2017)Cell Metabolism25: 73-85 {Cover story of the issue; Featured byScience Signaling, “Daily oxygen rhythms” (Editors' Choice)}

    8.Zhang, E.E.* and Kay, S.A.† Clocks Not Winding Down: Unraveling Circadian Networks. (2010)Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology11: 764-776 {Invited Review, 10-year Anniversary Series}

    9.Zhang, E.E.*, Liu, Y.*, Dentin, R., Pongsawakul, P.Y., Liu, A.C., Hirota, T., Nusinow, D.A., Sun, X., Landais, S., Kodama, Y., Brenner, D., Montminy, M.† and Kay, S.A.† Cryptochrome Mediates Circadian Regulation of cAMP Signaling and Hepatic Gluconeogenesis. (2010)Nature Medicine16: 1152-1156 {Featured byNatureMedicine, “High glucose, no cry” (News and Views); Highlighted byFaculty of 1000(Very Good)}

    10.Zhang, E.E.*, Liu, A.C.*, Hirota, T.*, Miraglia, L.J., Welch, G., Pongsawakul, P.Y., Liu, X., Atwood, A., Huss, J.W.III., Janes, J., Su, A.I., Hogenesch, J.B.†, and Kay, S.A.† A Genome-wide siRNA Screen for Modifiers of the Circadian Clock in Human Cells. (2009)Cell139: 199-210 {Highlighted byFaculty of 1000(Exceptional)}

    专利申请

    1.Zhang, E., Qi, X., Ju, D., Zhou, G., Zhao, H., Mei, L., Wang, Z., and Liang, L. Nucleoside analogue regulating mammalian circadian rhythm. WIPO Publication # WO2018133835A1

    2.Zhang, E., Zhan, C., and Mei, L. A method and instrumental design for long-term and real- time recording of gene transcriptions in live animals. NIPA Application# 2017101661043

    受邀会议报告

    1.Society for Research on Biological RhythmsBiennial Meeting, Amelia Island, Florida, USA, May 14-18, 2022 (Program Committee & Session Chair)

    2.NeuroZoom, Virtual Conference, October 27, 2020

    3.Society for Research on Biological RhythmsBiennial Meeting, Virtual Conference, May 30- June 3, 2020

    4. 10th Annual Symposium ofCenter for Circadian Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA, March 4-6, 2020

    5.Keystone Symposiaon "Hypoxia: Molecules, Mechanisms and Disease", Keystone, Colorado, USA, January 18-24, 2020 (Session Chair)

    6. XVI Congress,European Biological Rhythm Society, Lyon, France, August 25-30, 2019

    7. Sapporo Symposium on Biological Rhythms,Japanese Society for Chronobiology, Sapporo, Japan, July 11-16, 2018

    8.Society for Research on Biological RhythmsBiennial Meeting, Amelia Island, Florida, USA, May 12-16, 2018

    9.Gordon Research Conferenceon Chronobiology, Stowe, Vermont, USA, July 16-21, 2017

    10.Cold Spring Harbor AsiaMeeting on Biological Rhythms, Suzhou, China, October 26-30, 2015 (Session Chair)

    会议组织

    1. Organizing Committee: 5th World Congress of Chronobiology (WCC), Suzhou, China, April 25-28, 2019

    2. Co-organizer of two (with Dr. Qinghua Liu): 1st Beijing Symposium on the Circadian Clock and Sleep Research, Beijing, China, April 23-24, 2019

    3. Co-organizer of two (with Dr. Jinhu Guo): Satellite symposium on "Biological Rhythms: Health & Adaptation", Chinese Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Nanjing, China, April 11-12, 2018

    4. Organizing Committee: 2nd Asian Forum on Chronobiology (AFC), Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, June 25-27, 2017

    5. Co-organizer of three (with Drs. Ying Xu and Yi Rao): International ChronoBiology Summer School (CBS), Beijing, China, August 1-6, 2016

    其它学术活动

    1. Ad Hoc Reviewer for Scientific Journals: Science, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, Cell Metabolism, Journal of Clinical Investigation, PLoS Biology, Cell Research, PNAS, Cell Reports, iScience, Journal of Biological Rhythms, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, etc.

    2. Ad Hoc Reviewer for Research Funding Agencies: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) of France

    3. Associate Editor: Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

    4. Guest Associate Editor: Frontiers in Pharmacology

    5. Founding Vice President (since 2015): Chinese Society for Biological Rhythms (CSBR)