ABSTRACT: Type of experiment: ChIP-chip (Chromatin immunoprecipitation on DNA chip) analyses of replication related, checkpoint related proteins and BrdU incorporated regions at 300bp resolution. Newly developed S.cerevisiae chromosome VI tiling array produced by affymetrix was used. Experimental factors:Distribution of various replication and checkpoint related proteins on chromosome VI during S-phase (with or w/o hydroxy urea). Distribution of BrdU incorporated regions on chromosome VI during S-phase with hydroxy urea. Wild type, tof1 deletion mutant, mrc1 deletion mutant, rad9 deletion mutant, sml1 deletion mutant, and sml1 mec1 tel1 triple deletion mutant were also investigated. The results of 74 hybridization files presented in the paper are shown. The type of reference used for the hybridizations, if any: For the analysis of FLAG tagged protein, we usually used Cdc45-3XHA as an internal reference. For the analysis of HA tagged protein, POL1-3XFLAG was usually analyzed simultaneously as a reference. Hybridization design: Comparison of ChIP fraction with SUP fraction for protein binding profile. For the analyses of BrdU incorporated regions, anti BrdU antibody bound fraction was compared with SUP (Sup of purified DNA from cells at G1 phase) fraction. During a course of these experiments, we found that S-phase Sup fractions were essentially the same among different genetic backgrounds and did not affect the binding profiles. Based on this observation we use standardized Sups for all experiments. No locus was scored as significantly enriched in the control ChIP experiment using HU treated untagged cells. Quality control steps taken: Confirmation of ChIP fraction by Western blotting. Confirmation by conventional ChIP PCR methods for selected locus. Or Duplication. The origin of the biological sample: Budding Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) Manipulation of biological samples and protocols used:For the preparation of HU-arrested cells, we synchronized yeast cells with alpha-factor (2mM) and then released cells into 200mM HU for 60 min. at 23°C. For the preparation of S-phase cells, cells were released into S-phase without HU and at 16°C collected at the time indicated. These cells were fixed by 1% Formaldehyde and then used for ChIP of protein of interest. For the analyses of BrdU incorporation, the same fraction of cells used for ChIP were fixed by ice cold buffer containing 0.1% Azide, and then used for detection of BrdU incorporated regions. Protocol for preparing the hybridization extract:We disrupted 1.5X10^8 cells by MULTI-BEADS SHOCKER (MB400U, YASUI KIKAI, Osaka), which was able to keep cells precisely at lower than 6°C during disruption by glass beads. This enabled us to retrieve more than 60% of tagged proteins to soluble fraction routinely. Chromosomal DNA was shared into the average size of 400-600bp by sonication. Anti-HA monoclonal antibody HA.11 (16B12) (CRP Inc., Denver, PA) and anti-FLAG monoclonal antibody M2 (Sigma-Aldrich Co., St Louis, MO) were used for chromatin immuno-precipitation. Immunoprecipitated chromosomal DNA was subsequently purified following the protocol of Youngâs lab (http://inside.wi.mit.edu/young/pub/locationanalysis.html). Purified DNA was random primed and amplified by the protocol of Brownâs lab (http://www.microarrays.org). 2ug of amplified DNA was digested with DNaseI to a mean size of 100bp and used for labeling as previously described by Winzeler et al. (Science. 281, 1194-1197, 1998). For the analysis of BrdU incorporated regions, total DNA from 3X10^8 cells was purified by Qiagen Genomic-tip system (P/N10223, QIAGEN, Germany). DNA was sheared to 300bp by sonication, denatured, and mixed with 2ug of anti-mouse IgG1 dynabeads (P/N110.12, Dynal AS, Norway) bound anti-BrdU monoclonal antibody (2B1D5F5H4E2, MBL, Japan). Immunoprecipitation and purification of antibody bound DNA fraction was carried out following the protocol of Cimbora et al. (Mol. Cel. Biol. 20, 5581-5591, 2000). Purified DNA was random primed and amplified by the Brownâs lab protocol. 2ug of amplified DNA was digested with DNaseI to a mean size of 100bp and used for labeling. Labeling protocol:DNA was end-labelled with Biotin-N6ddATP by Terminal Transferase as previously described by Winzeler et al. (Science. 281, 1194-1197, 1998) The protocol and conditions used during hybridization, blocking and washing: Hybridization, blocking and washing steps were carried out as previously described by Winzeler et al. (Science. 281, 1194-1197, 1998). Each sample was hybridized to the array in 150ul containing 6XSSPE, 0.005% TritonX-100, 15ug fragmented denatured salmon sperm DNA (Gibco-BRL), and 1nmole of a 3â-biotin control oligonucleotide (oligo B2 probes) that hybridized to the border features on the array. Samples were heated to 100°C for 10 min., and then cooled on ice. Samples were hybridized for 16h at 42°C in a hybridization oven (GeneChip hybri oven 320, Affymetrix, CA). Washing and staining protocol (Mini_euk1 ver2) provided by Affymetrix was performed automatically on a fluidics station (GeneChip fluidics station 400, Affymetrix, CA). Measurement data and specifications:Each array was scanned by HP GeneArray Scanner (Affymetrix, CA) at an emission wavelength of 560nm at 7.5uM resolution. Grids were aligned to the scanned images using the know feature of the array. Primary data analyses were carried out using the Affymetrix Microarray Suite Ver.5.0 software to obtain hybridization intensity, fold change value, change p-value, and detection p-value for each locus. For the discrimination of positive and negative signals for the binding, we compared ChIP fraction with Sup (supernatant) fraction by using three criteria as follows. First, the reliability of strength of signal was judged by detection p-value of each locus (p-value lower than 0.025 was considered as significant). Secondly, reliability of binding ratio was judged by change p-value (p-value lower than 0.025 was considered as significant). Thirdly, clusters consisted of at least three contiguous loci which filled above two criteria were selected as significantly enriched locus, because it is apparent that a single site of protein-DNA interaction will result in immuno-precipitation of DNA fragments that hybridized not only to the locus of the actual binding site but also to its neighbors. This third criterion is very unique, make the data highly reliable and can be only applicable to the chip data obtained by our high-resolution tiling array. In the case of BrdU experiment, loci c6-462 to c6-479 (Ty element) and c6-591 to c6-601 (YFR016c) were excluded from calculation, because those loci gave high background in IP fraction even without BrdU treatment. The software to present the result of discriminant analyses (makeps) is available at our web site. Keywords = DNA replication checkpoint binding profile Keywords: other