Wide-ranging fucntions of E2F4 in transcriptional activation and repression revealed by genome-wide analysis
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ABSTRACT: The transcription factor E2F4 is a member of the E2F family of regulators which has critical roles in cell cycle control and differentiation. We investigated the genome-wide binding profile of E2F4 using a newly developed peak calling program based on a kernel density estimation and identified approximately 16 thousands E2F4 binding sites at a 1% FDR threshold, which potentially modulate 7,346 downstream target genes. Gene Ontology (GO) functional analysis of E2F4 target genes revealed several novel functions of E2F4 including I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB cascade, protein transport and targeting, protein folding, and sterol biosynthetic process. In addition to mRNA target genes, E2F4 also binds and regulates some miRNA targets such as let-7a, mir-17 and mir-22. Interestingly, we found that about 20% of E2F4 sites are in intergenic regions, which suggests that E2F4 may function at enhancer sites. De novo motif discovery revealed 5 novel, significantly enriched motifs within E2F4 sites. Only 5% of binding sites contain a canonical motif, indicating that E2F4 can use diverse motifs to bind DNA and regulate transcription. Overexpression of E2F4 and its cofactors such as RBL2 and DP-1, followed by microarray analysis, revealed that E2F4 functions as an activator and a repressor. Taken together, our genome-wide E2F4 ChIP sequencing data provided evidences of versatile physiological roles of E2F4 and insights into its functions. This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below. Refer to individual Series
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Vishy Iyer
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21489 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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