ABSTRACT: ChIP-seq study in human, macaque, mouse, rat and opossum for CTCF (milipore: 07-729 and custom AB in opossum), STAG1 in opossum (abcam: ab4457)
Project description:ChIP-Seq study in human MCF7 and HEPG2 cells using antibodies against CTCF (Millipore, 07-729), STAG1 (abcam, ab4457), RAD21 (abcam, ab992), ERa (santa cruz, sc-543), CEBPa (santa cruz, sc-9314)
Project description:This study used droplet-based snATAC-seq to profile the chromatin accessibility landscape of 19,204 nuclei in the opossum (Monodelphis domestical) cerebellum across two developmental stages (postnatal day 21 and adult). The study included two biological replicates per stage, one from each sex, and an additional adult sample enriched for white matter. Cerebelli were dissected in two halves, nuclei were extracted from one half and profiled using 10x single-cell ATAC reagent kit (v1.1) and a Chromium controller. The white matter enriched sample was dissected from coronal cerebellum slices. Libraries were sequenced using paired-reads on Illumina NextSeq 550 and initial data processing was performed using Cellranger ATAC (1.1).
Project description:Evidence from a few genes of diverse species suggests that marsupial X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is characterized by exclusive, but leaky, inactivation of the paternally derived X chromosome. To comprehensively study the mechanism of marsupial XCI, we profiled parent-of-origin-specific-allele expression, DNA methylation, and histone modifications in opossum fetal brain and extra-embryonic membranes. The majority (152/176) of X-linked genes exhibited paternally imprinted expression with nearly 100% maternal allele expression, whereas 24 loci (14%) escaped inactivation showing varying levels of biallelic expression. In addition to regulation by the non-coding RSX transcript, strong depletion of H3K27me3 at escaper gene loci indicates that histone states also influence opossum XCI. Notably, the opossum does not show an association between X-linked gene expression and promoter DNA methylation. Our study provides the first comprehensive catalogue of parent-of-origin expression status for X-linked genes in a marsupial and sheds light on the regulation and evolution of imprinted XCI in mammals. Profiling of expression level and allele-specific expression ratios in embryonic day 13 opossum (Monodelphis domestica) fetal brain and extra-embyonic membranes by Illumina RNA-seq
Project description:Single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) was used to profile the transcriptome of 9,926 nuclei in opossum adult testis. This dataset includes three samples from three different individuals. This dataset is part of a larger evolutionary study of adult testis at the single-nucleus level (97,521 single-nuclei in total) across mammals including 10 representatives of the three main mammalian lineages: human, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, gibbon, rhesus macaque, marmoset, mouse (placental mammals); grey short-tailed opossum (marsupials); and platypus (egg-laying monotremes). Corresponding data were generated for a bird (red junglefowl, the progenitor of domestic chicken), to be used as an evolutionary outgroup.
Project description:Ikaros DNA binding proteins are important regulators of haematopoiesis and genetic deletion of Ikaros results in severe developmental disturbances, including delayed thymocyte differentiation and an early and complete block in B cell development. Although Ikaros ChIP-seq data are available for mouse thymocytes and human haematopoietic progenitors, it has not been achieved in B cell progenitors. The goal of this study was to identify Ikaros binding sites in pre-B cells to define Ikaros target genes which could explain the essential role of Ikaros proteins in B cell differentiation. We carried out chromatin immunoprecipitation and high throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) with antibodies to the C-terminus of endogenous Ikaros in B3 cells and with anti-haemagglutinin (HA) in B3 cells transduced with epitope-tagged HA-Ikaros.
Project description:Ikaros DNA binding proteins are important regulators of haematopoiesis and genetic deletion of Ikaros results in severe developmental disturbances, including delayed thymocyte differentiation and an early and complete block in B cell development. Although Ikaros ChIP-seq data are available for mouse thymocytes and human haematopoietic progenitors, it has not been achieved in B cell progenitors. The goal of this study was to identify Ikaros binding sites in pre-B cells to define Ikaros target genes which could explain the essential role of Ikaros proteins in B cell differentiation. We carried out chromatin immunoprecipitation and high throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) with antibodies to the C-terminus of endogenous Ikaros in primary pre-B cells isolated from mouse fetal livers.
Project description:To compensate for the increased dosage of X chromosomes in females one of the two X chromosomes is inactivated in eutherian mammals in an Xist-dependent manner. Xist is, however, not found in metatherians. Here we describe long non-coding RNA Rsx (RNA-on-the-silent X) that exhibits properties consistent with a role in X-inactivation in opossum. Rsx is abundantly expressed in females but not males and is transcribed from, and coats, the inactive X chromosome copy. Furthermore, when both X chromosomes are active, Rsx is silenced. We used RNA-Seq to determine exon-intron structure and expression level of Rsx in males and females. RNA sequencing was used to detect and characterize transcripts with strongly biased female expression.
Project description:The androgen receptor (AR) is the major transcriptional driver of prostate cell growth in man. For the first time, we define AR targets in prostate cancer (PC) tissue representing progression from treatment-naive to castrate-resistant disease (CRPC). We employed chromatin immunoprecipitation with high through-put sequencing (ChIP-seq) in human tissue, with cell-line and xenograft studies. We uncovered an AR transcriptional network not observed in cultured cells, with significant over-representation of MYC, E2F and STAT binding sites, progenitor cell gene signatures and targets which regulate metabolism, cell cycle and steroid biosynthesis. We identified AR targets unique to CRPC tissue, with a subset over-expressed in CRPC and predictive of clinical outcome, highlighting persistence of AR signalling. Our data support a model whereby endocrine and paracrine signals converge on the AR in PC tissue to drive oncogenic transcriptional programs, highlighting the critical role of cellular context in the regulation of target selection and gene expression. chromatin immunoprecipitation with high through-put sequencing (ChIP-seq) in human tissue, with cell-line and xenograft studies
Project description:Five-vertebrate ChIP-seq reveals the evolutionary dynamics of trancription factor binding. The SRF files for this experiment can be found in the European Read Archive with study accession number ERP000054. The fastq files can be found in the raw archives and for some assays links to the ENA runs and ENA fastq files are provided.