Project description:X chromosome reactivation (XCR) occurs over a prolonged period during genome-wide reprogramming in female germ cells, initiating soon after primordial germ cell specification. The kinetics of XCRs remain poorly understood, as previous studies of XCR were based on a few genes. For a global appraisal of the regulation of XCR dynamics, we performed matched CUT&RUN for H3K27me3 and H2AK119ub1 on F1 female (XX(Xist∆)) germ cells at E13.5 and E16.5 stages during embryonic development.
Project description:CUT&RUN was performed for Sox2 on ex-vivo dissected visual thalamic nuclei from P0 mice, revealing context specific activity of Sox2 binding in differentiated neurons.
Project description:The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway plays crucial roles in nearly all parts of embryonic development and adult stem cell homeostasis. Its aberrant activation has been linked to many diseases such as developmental irregularities and various severe forms of cancer, with colorectal cancer (CRC) as a prime example. While much work has been dedicated to uncovering effective therapeutics to block oncogenic Wnt signaling, such interventions have not proven trivial because of the broad activity of Wnt throughout the adult body and the difficulty in finding suitable molecular targets. We have previously identified the developmental transcription factor TBX3 as a participant of the Wnt-mediated transcriptional regulation. Here we examine the genome-wide binding pattern of TBX3 in the human CRC cells lines HCT116 (25 replicates), DLD1 (2 replicates) and SW620 (2 replicates), by employing CUT&RUN (C&R) with Low-Volume and Urea (LoV-U; Zambanini et al., 2022).
Project description:STAT1 and IRF1 transcription factor enrichment by CUT&RUN. HeLa cells were primed with IFNγ for 24 hours, followed with IFNγ washout. After 48h, naïve and primed cells were induced by IFNγ for 1h and 3h. Cells were harvested at indicated time points and processed for CUT&RUN
Project description:We performed high numbers of replicates of CUT&RUN LoV-U against H3K4me3, β-catenin, and the negative control IgG in human colorectal cancer HCT116 cells over two independent rounds of experiments to discover the complete set of binding events.
Project description:The epigenetic mechanisms established by histone modifications may affect the transcriptional silencing of HIV-1 and viral latency. A systematic epigenome profiling could be applicable to develop new epigenetic diagnostic markers for detecting HIV-1 latency. In this study, histone modification profiles of HIV-1 latency cell lines were compared with those of uninfected CD4+ T cell line. The HIV-1 latency gave rise to differential histone modification regions. The differential enrichment patterns helped us to define potential effector genes leading to the viral latency. The histone H3K4me3 and H3K9ac profiles were obtained from the HIV-1 latency cell lines (NCHA1, NCHA2, and ACH2) and control CD4+ T cell line (A3.01)
Project description:This experiment aimed at investigating how O-GlcNac occupancy sites are impacted by RNA Polymerase II removal upon doxycycline stimulation. These human colon adenocarcinoma DLD-1 cells express OsTIR and a cassette encoding mini-AID (mAID) and fluorescent protein mClover (mAID+mClover) at the initiation site of the endogenous Rpb1 gene locus (POLR2A) (Nagashima 2019).
Project description:We employ multi-step affinity purification followed by high-throughput sequencing to determine the location of EJC complexes assembled on a cellular transcriptome in Drosophila S2 cells, finding 6% of the intron-containing genes were not associated with EJCs, and within genes with multiple introns, only specific exon-exon junctions assembled an EJC. RIP-Seq, 3 samples
Project description:ISWI-family chromatin remodelers organize nucleosome arrays, while SWI/SNF-family remodelers (RSC) disorganize and eject nucleosomes, implying an antagonism that is largely unexplored in vivo. Here, we describe two independent genetic screens for rsc suppressors that yielded mutations in the promoter-focused ISW1a complex, or mutations in the ‘basic patch’ of histone H4 (an epitope that regulates ISWI activity), strongly supporting RSC-ISW1a antagonism in vivo. RSC and ISW1a largely co-localize, and genomic nucleosome studies using rsc isw1 mutant combinations revealed opposing functions: promoters classified with a nucleosome-deficient region (NDR) gain nucleosome occupancy in rsc mutants, but this gain is attenuated in rsc isw1 double mutants. Furthermore, promoters lacking NDRs have the highest occupancy of both remodelers, consistent with regulation by nucleosome occupancy, and decreased transcription in rsc mutants. Taken together, we provide the first genetic and genomic evidence for RSC-ISW1a antagonism, and reveal different mechanisms at two different promoter architectures. Genomic localization of RSC, ISW1a, and SWI/SNF complexes were measured by chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by Illumina paired-end sequencing. Four strains were analyzed, including Rsc8-9xMyc (YBC2882), Sth1-2xFlag (YBC601 p3018), Ioc3-13xMyc (YBC2883), and Snf2-13xMyc (YBC3010). Each sample consists of one chromatin immunoprecipitate and one input chromatin control.