Project description:Identification of nuclear CSF-1R, H3K4me1 and H3K4me3 localization on chromatin in human primary monocytes and modification of this localization during monocyte differentiation into macrophage induced by 100ng/mL CSF-1 during 6 hours (1 donor) or 72h (3 donors). Identification of EGR1 chromatin localization in human primary monocytes (3 donors) Comparison of nuclear CSF-1R chromatin localization in monocytes from 1 healthy donor and 2 chronic myelomonocytic leukemia patients.
Project description:Identification of EGR1 chromatin localization in human primary monocytes (2 donors), in human primary monocytes from 2 CMML patients with TET2 truncating mutations (high VAF) and in human primary monocytes from 1 CMML patients with TET2 truncating mutations with low VAF.
Project description:CSF-1R is recruited on EGR1 motifs in monocytes where it colocalizes with EGR1. To address if EGR1 required for CSF-1R recruitment on chromatin, THP-1 monocytic cell line has been deleted for EGR1 by CRISPR-Cas9 approach. 3 clones were generated by single cell cloning and CSF-1R localization on chromatin was compared to two unmodified THP-1 clones by ChIP-sequencing. Since the read number was strongly decreased in the EGR1-deleted clones, the three clones were pooled for the comparison with wild-type clones. ChIPseq of CSF-1R (Nter Antibody) in monocytes of two CMML patients (CMML2130 and CMML2609)
Project description:The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a nuclear hormone receptor critical to the regulation of energy metabolism and the inflammatory response. The actions of GR are highly dependent on cell type and environmental context. Here, we demonstrate the necessity for liver lineage-determining factor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4A (HNF4A) in defining liver-specificity of GR action. In normal mouse liver, the HNF4 motif lies adjacent to the glucocorticoid response element (GRE) at GR binding sites found within regions of open chromatin. In the absence of HNF4A, the liver GR cistrome is remodelled, with both loss and gain of GR recruitment evident. Loss of chromatin accessibility at HNF4A-marked sites leads to loss of GR binding at weak GRE motifs. GR binding is gained at sites characterised by strong GRE motifs, which typically show GR recruitment in non-liver tissues. The functional importance of these HNF4A-regulated GR sites is further demonstrated by evidence of an altered transcriptional response to glucocorticoid treatment in the Hnf4a-null liver.
Project description:ChIP-Sequencing on Shox2-HA E12.5 and E13.5 Limb and Palate, as well as Pbx on E12.5 limb . Abstract: Vertebrate appendage patterning is programmed by Hox-TALE factors-bound regulatory elements. However, it remains enigmatic which cell lineages are commissioned by Hox-TALE factors to generate regional specific pattern and whether other Hox-TALE co-factors exist. In this study, we investigated the transcriptional mechanisms controlled by the Shox2 transcriptional regulator in limb patterning. Harnessing an osteogenic lineage-specific Shox2 inactivation approach we show that despite widespread Shox2 expression in multiple cell lineages, lack of the stylopod observed upon Shox2 deficiency is a specific result of Shox2 loss of function in the osteogenic lineage. ChIP-Seq revealed robust interaction of Shox2 with cis-regulatory enhancers clustering around skeletogenic genes that are also bound by Hox-TALE factors, supporting a lineage autonomous function of Shox2 in osteogenic lineage fate determination and skeleton patterning. Pbx ChIP-Seq further allowed the genome-wide identification of cis-regulatory modules exhibiting co-occupancy of Pbx, Meis, and Shox2 transcriptional regulators. Integrative analysis of ChIP-Seq and RNA-Seq data and transgenic enhancer assays indicate that Shox2 patterns the stylopod as a repressor via interaction with enhancers active in the proximal limb mesenchyme and antagonizes the repressive function of TALE factors in osteogenesis. Shox2/TALE For ChIP-Seq, the list of libraries below, including controls, were generated [listed in the format of (antibody)-target-tissue-stage]: (α-HA)-Shox2-Limb-E12.5, (α-HA)-Shox2-Limb-E13.5, (α-HA)-Shox2-Palate-E12.5, (α-HA)-Shox2-Limb/Palate-E12.5, (α-Pbx)-Pbx-Limb-E12.5, Input (control), (α-HA)-Mixed Limb/Palate from Shox2+/+ mice-E12.5 (control). *The attached signal tracks(*.bigwig) were generated by âbdgcmp (MACS2) to filter out background signal(by filtering against the signal track obtained from (α-HA)-Mixed Limb/Palate from Shox2+/+ mice-E12.5 (control)) and subsequently convert to bigwig for analysis and visualization.
Project description:A large body of literature suggests that local features of chromatin are crucial in determining functional properties of underlying DNA. The extent to which DNA sequence plays an active role in the establishment and maintenance of patterns of histone and DNA modification at promoters in cells and tissues in an adult animal remains poorly understood. Likewise, whether passage through development is required for refinement of transcriptional states and chromatin marks characteristic of fully differentiated adult cells remains unclear. Here we undertook analysis of gene expression along with the genomic distribution of DNA methylation and a set of histone marks in primary tissues derived from different primordial germ layers in adult mice. We find that promoter CpG content correlated strongly with specific repressive mechanisms. Likewise, RNA polymerase II occupancy and active histone marks were omnipresent on CpG rich promoters regardless of transcriptional output and of cell type. However, these same chromatin features cleanly demarcate transcriptional activity on promoters with low CpG content. While these observations imply an instructive role for DNA sequence in establishment and maintenance of epigenetic states, experimental evidence presented here also suggests an additional role for development in refining these features at individual promoters. DNA methylation and a set of histone marks (H3K4me3, H3K9me2 and H3K27me3) were examined in B cells and liver using Nimblegen mouse promoter arrays.
Project description:Monocytes were isolated from healthy donors PBMC and sorted for classical and non-classical monocyte subsets. RNA-seq was performed on unstimulated monocytes.
Project description:The H3K27me3 ChIP-seq data for the human bladder transitional cell carcinoma cell line CL1207 were generated in order to detect regions of regional epigenetic silencing in this cell line and test the performance of several peak calling tools: CCAT (Xu et al., 2010) and HMCan (Ashoor et al., "HMCan M-bM-^@M-^S a tool to detect chromatin modifications in cancer samples using ChIP-seq data", submitted). The human bladder cancer cell line CL1207 was derived from a muscle-invasive bladder cancer (De Boer et al., 1997). 5x105 cells were immunoprecipitated per ChIP assay with 4 M-NM-<g of rabbit polyclonal antibodies against trimethyl histone H3 lysine 27 (Upstate Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA) and DynabeadsM-BM-. Protein A (Invitrogen, Cergy Pontoise, France) in dilution buffer containing 1% Triton X-100, 150 mM NaCl, 2 mM EDTA, 20 mM TrisM-bM-^@M-^SHCl at pH 8.0, and protease inhibitors. Six ChIP assays in the same experimental conditions were necessary to perform one ChIP-Seq experiment, so the total of 3x106 cells for each of the duplicates.
Project description:The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a nuclear hormone receptor critical to the regulation of energy metabolism and the inflammatory response. The actions of GR have been shown to be highly dependent on context. Here, we performed GR ChIP-seq in mouse liver to demonstrate the necessity for liver lineage-determining factor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4A (HNF4A) in defining tissue-specificity of GR action. In normal liver, the HNF4 motif lies adjacent to the glucocorticoid response element (GRE) at GR binding sites found within regions of open chromatin. In the absence of HNF4A, the liver GR cistrome is remodelled, with both loss and gain of GR recruitment evident. Lost sites are characterised by HNF4 motifs and weak GRE motifs. Gained sites are characterised by strong GRE motifs, and typically show GR recruitment in non-liver tissues. The functional importance of these HNF4A-regulated GR sites is further demonstrated by evidence of an altered transcriptional response to glucocorticoid treatment in the Hnf4a-null liver.