Genes differentially expressed between NEUROG3-Venus positive and negative hiPSC line differentiated to pancreatic endocrine progenitors [RNA-Seq]

ABSTRACT: Despite this critical role in islet cell development, the precise function and downstream genetic programs regulated directedly by NEUROG3 remain elusive. We therefore mapped genome-wide NEUROG3 occupancy in human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived endocrine progenitors and determined NEUROG3 dependency of associated genes to uncover direct targets. To this aim, we generated a novel hiPSC line (NEUROG3-HA-P2A-Venus), where NEUROG3 is HA-tagged and fused to a self-cleaving fluorescent VENUS reporter. We used the CUT&RUN technique, an alternative method to CHIP-seq allowing transcription factor profiling from a low cell number, to map NEUROG3 occupancy and epigenetic marks in pancreatic endocrine progenitors (PEP) differentiated from this hiPSC line. To optimize the stringency and relevance of NEUROG3 binding sites, we focused our analysis on regions identified both with HA and NEUROG3 antibodies and integrated NEUROG3 occupancy data with chromatin status and gene expression in PEPs and their NEUROG3-dependence. Mapping of NEUROG3 genome occupancy in PEPs uncovers an unexpectedly broad, direct control of the endocrine gene regulatory network (GRN) and raises novel hypotheses on how this master regulator controls islet and beta cell differentiation.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE179261 | GEO | 2021/08/04

REPOSITORIES: GEO