Project description:DamID with sPom121, Nup98 and control proteins (GFP and Cbx1) N-term tag sPom121, Nup98 or GFP and express in HeLa-C cells - conduct deep sequencing
Project description:CEH-60 binding profile by comparison of DNA methylation of a C. elegans strain expression ceh-60::dam to a control strain expressing gfp::dam. Sequencing libraries prepared using NEBNext Singleplex oligos for Illumina®. Data analysis performed with GeneDamIDseq (Sharma, Ritler, and Meister 2016).
Project description:Heterochromatin contains repressively modified histones and replicates late in S phase of the cell cycle. Besides the shortage in replication origins, little is known about replication timing regulation in silenced regions. In Drosophila polytene cells, late replication results in under-replication and decreased DNA copy number in heterochromatic regions of the genome. The Suppressor of Under-replication (SUUR) protein controls this feature â?? in its absence the DNA polytenization level in most silenced regions is restored, however the repressive histone marks are lost. We hypothesized that SUUR regulates the re-establishment of repressive histone pattern during replication which results in delayed replication completion of heterochromatin. Measuring DNA copy number in mutants with disrupted repressive pathways, we found that under-replication is directly linked to repressive histone marks supply. DamID-seq and ChIP-seq experiments revealed that SuUR mutation does not affect the establishment of heterochromatin domains. Here, we identified a novel SUUR protein interaction (CG12018) that supports SUUR association with replication complex. SUUR loads onto replication forks shortly after the origin firing and participates in chromatin maintenance rather than its establishment. Thus, our findings provide comprehensive evidence that late replication in Drosophila is caused by the time-consuming process of replication-coupled repressive chromatin renewal. Examination of three chromatin proteins in slivary glands in presence or absence of SuUR mutation using DamID technique.
Project description:Nucleoporins (Nups) are a family of proteins best known as the constituent building blocks of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), the transport channels that mediate nuclear transport. Recent evidence suggest that several Nups have additional roles in controlling the activation and silencing of developmental genes, however, the mechanistic details of these functions remain poorly understood. Here, we show that depletion of Nup153 in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) causes the de-repression of developmental genes and induction of early differentiation. This loss of pluripotency is not associated with defects in global nucleo-cytoplasmic transport activity. Instead, Nup153 binds to the transcriptional start site (TSS) of developmental genes and mediates the recruitment of the polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) to its target loci. Our results reveal a nuclear transport-independent role of Nup153 in maintaining stem cell pluripotency and introduce a role of NPC proteins in mammalian epigenetic gene silencing. RNA-seq, ChIP-Seq, and DamID-Seq for Nup153, Oct4, and key chromatin regulators in mouse ES cells and neural progenitors
Project description:Genome-wide mapping of the TSS in root and shoot from two maize lines B73 and Mo17 Genome-wide locations and dynamics of maize core promoters obtained from the experimental establishment of the TSSs coordinates. The work derived from this data it is the first genome-wide atlas of core promoters and its dynamic generated for an important crop species. Four samples each one with biological replicates. Comparisons were done between B73 and Mo17 for each of the tissues and between tissues for each line
Project description:We utilized the Illumina MouseRef-8 gene expression technology to quantify differential gene expression between wildtype mice and mice with Osterix driven Cre conditional knockout of Hdac3 (Hdac3-CKO). We compared the RNA extracted from calvaria from 8 wildtype and 8 conditional knockout litter matched mice using two separate Illumina MouseRef-8 chips. Mice with exon 7 of Hdac3 flanked by loxP sites were crossed with mice expressing Cre driven by the Osterix promoter. RNA from 5 day old mouse calvarial explants (digested for 20 minutes with collagenase) was purified using TRIzol according to the manufacturerâs protocol (Invitrogen) and reverse transcribed using Qiagenâs Quantitect Reverse Transcription Kit. Two independent microarray experiments were performed; each experiment used RNA from four wildtype and four conditional knockout litter matched mouse calvaria.
Project description:New tools for studying bacterial transcripts at the single nucleotide level offer an unparalleled opportunity to understand the bacterial transcriptome. For the model pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, it is necessary to identify the regulatory inputs for all RNA transcripts, including small RNAs (sRNAs) and coding genes. Here, we use RNA-seq to define the transcriptomes of mutants lacking 18 global regulatory systems that, among other functions, modulate the expression of the SPI1 and SPI2 Type Three secretion systems in S. Typhimurium strain 4/74. We directly compared the roles of the major regulators of transcription, and reported the effects of the regulatory mutations on expression of sRNAs. We also use this method to describe the impact of the RNA chaperone Hfq upon the steady state levels of 280 sRNA transcripts. Transcriptome analysis of S. Typhimurium 4/74 using RNA isolated wild-type and mutants grown under infection-relevant conditions.
Project description:Fibrosis due to extracellular matrix (ECM) secretion from myofibroblasts complicates many chronic liver diseases causing scarring and organ failure. Integrin-dependent interaction with scar ECM promotes profibrotic features. This microarray study was performed to clarify the role of integrin beta-1 (Itgb1) in profibrotic myofibroblasts.
Project description:The androgen receptor (AR) is overexpressed and hyperactivated in human castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). However, the determinants of AR overexpression in CRPC are poorly defined. Here we show that retinoic acid receptorârelated orphan receptor γ (ROR-γ) is overexpressed and amplified in metastatic CRPC tumors, and that ROR-γ drives AR expression in the tumors. ROR-γ recruits nuclear receptor coactivator 1 and 3 (NCOA1 and NCOA3, also known as SRC-1 and SRC-3) to an ARâROR response element (RORE) to stimulate AR gene transcription. ROR-γ antagonists suppress the expression of both AR and its variant AR-V7 in prostate cancer (PCa) cell lines and tumors. ROR-γ antagonists also markedly diminish genome-wide AR binding, H3K27ac abundance and expression of the AR target gene network. Finally, ROR-γ antagonists suppressed tumor growth in multiple AR-expressing, but not AR-negative, xenograft PCa models, and they effectively sensitized CRPC tumors to enzalutamide, without overt toxicity in mice. Taken together, these results establish ROR-γ as a key player in CRPC by acting upstream of AR and as a potential therapeutic target for advanced PCa. A total of 6 samples were analyzed in this study. The study included one cell line C4-2B. C4-2B cells were cultured in medium containing vehicle control and/or SR2211 and/or XY011 and/or Enzalutamide (ENZ). The untreated C4-2B cells served as controls for the study.