Project description:Using a transcriptional network derived from 2000 breast cancer gene expression profiles we identify the master regulators (MRs) of FGFR2 signalling. To validate the identified regulons, we examined whether there was enrichment of TF binding near the transcription start sites (TSS) of genes found in the regulons of a particular MR. For ESR1 and SPDEF, ChIP-seq experiments were performed in MCF-7 cells, while existing data was analysed for FOXA1 (Hurtado et al. Nature Genetics, 43:27–33, 2010) and GATA3 (Theodorou, et al., Genome Res 23: 12-22, 2013). ChIP-seq experiments were performed on three biological replicates per each transcription factor. For each sample, 36bp single-end reads were obtained. Peak regions were identified in all ChIP-seq TF data sets using the peak caller algorithm MACS (Zhang et al., Genome Biology, 9(9):R137, 2008) with default parameters.
Project description:Zoo-ChIP: Functional analysis of experimentally determined combinatorial transcription factor binding in multiple mammalian species
Project description:Hemophilia B, or the 'Royal Disease', arises from mutations in the Coagulation Factor IX (F9) gene. Mutations within the F9 promoter are associated with a remarkable form of the disease, termed Hemophilia B Leyden, in which symptoms ameliorate after puberty. Mutations at the -5/-6 site account for the majority of Leyden cases, and have been postulated to disrupt the binding of a transcriptional activator, the identity of which has remained elusive for more than twenty years. Here we show that the ONECUT transcription factors (ONECUT1/HNF6 and ONECUT2/HNF6B) bind to the -5/-6 site. The various Hemophilia B Leyden mutations that have been reported in this site inhibit ONECUT binding to varying degrees that correlate well with their associated clinical severities. In addition, expression of F9 is crucially dependent on ONECUT factors in vivo and as such, mice that are deficient in either ONECUT1, ONECUT2 or both, exhibit depleted levels of F9. Taken together, our findings establish the ONECUT transcription factors as the missing regulators of Hemophilia B Leyden that operate through the -5/-6 site.
Project description:This project aims to study human repetitive elements on human chromosome 21 (HsChr21) in a heterologous mouse environment (Tc1 mouse). The in vivo, HsChr21-wide enrichment of active histone modified regions (H3K4me3) and transcription factor binding sites was profiled by ChIP-seq in Human and Tc1 mouse tissue in order to determine the unbiased regulation of the human genome.
Project description:The aim of this project is to locate the precise binding of the ONECUT1 transcription factor. NOTE: This study was updated on 7th May 2014. All samples, experiments, runs and files were replaced. This was due to an incorrect reagent being used in the earlier version.
Project description:We performed a comparision of AR binding sites as well as the histone modifications H3K27 acetylation and H3K4 monomethylation in the presence and absence of FoxA1 in the molecular apocrine breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-453. We also probed AP2alpha binding in asynchronous MDA-MB-453 cells.
Project description:We performed androgen receptor (AR) ChIP-seq after GFP control or FOXA1 over-expression in two AR driven cancer models; LNCaP prostate cancer cell line and MDA-MB-453 molecular apocrine breast cancer cell line.
Project description:In eukaryotic cells, local chromatin structure and chromatin organization in the nucleus both influence transcriptional regulation. At the local level, the Fun30 chromatin remodeler Fft3 is essential for maintaining proper chromatin structure at centromeres and subtelomeres in fission yeast. Using genome-wide mapping and live cell imaging, we show that this role is linked to controlling nuclear organization of its targets. In fft3M-NM-^T cells, subtelomeres lose their association with the LEM domain protein Man1 at the nuclear periphery and move to the interior of the nucleus. Furthermore, genes in these domains are upregulated and active chromatin marks increase. Fft3 is also enriched at retrotransposon-derived long terminal repeat (LTR) elements at the borders of subtelomeres and at tRNA genes. In cells lacking Fft3, these sites lose their peripheral positioning and show reduced nucleosome occupancy. We propose that Fft3 has a global role in mediating association between specific chromatin domains and components of the nuclear envelope by maintaining chromatin structure required for anchoring DNA insulators to nuclear pores. For MNase samples, duplicate mutant mononucleosome fractions were compared with duplicate WT mononucleosomes.