Expression data from NSCs treated with REST inhibitor X5050
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE40695 | GEO | 2013/10/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA174634
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:REST has been initially described as a repressor of neuronal genes in non-neuronal cells by binding to its recognition sequence RE1. Over-activation of this factor has been shown in several diseases such as Huntington disease or central nervous system cancers. High-throughput screening of a library of 6,984 compounds with luciferase-assay measuring REST activity in neural derivatives of human embryonic stem cells led to the identification of one benzoimidazole-5-carboxamide derivative (X5050) that inhibited REST silencing in a RE1-dependent manner. Differential transcriptomic analysis revealed the upregulation of neuronal genes targeted by REST. RNA was extracted from 6 samples, corresponding to 3 independent cultures of NSC SA-01, each one treated either with DMSO (0.1 % final) or with X5050 (100 õM final). RNA was isolated using RNeasy Mini kit with DNase I digestion and genome-wide gene expression profiling was performed by hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays
2013-10-01 | E-GEOD-40695 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:During development, lineage specification is controlled by several signaling pathways involving various transcription factors (TFs). Here, we studied the RE1-silencing transcription factor (REST) and identified an important role of this TF in cardiac differentiation. Using mouse embryonic stem cells (ESC) to model development, we analyzed the effect of REST knock-out on the ability to these cells to differentiate into the cardiac lineage. Detailed analysis of specific lineage markers expression showed selective down-regulation of endoderm markers in REST-null cells, thus contributing to a loss of cardiogenic signals. We propose here a new role for REST in cell fate specification besides its well-known repressive role of neuronal differentiation.
2016-02-01 | GSE76580 | GEO
Project description:The RE1 Silencing Transcription Factor (REST) in stem cells represses hundreds of genes essential to neuronal function. During neurogenesis, REST is degraded in neural progenitors to promote subsequent elaboration of a mature neuronal phenotype. Prior studies indicate that part of the degradation mechanism involves phosphorylation of two sites in the C-terminus of REST that require activity of the E3 ubiquitin ligase, bTrCP. We identify a new proline-directed phosphorylation motif, at Serines 861/864 upstream of these sites, which is a substrate for the Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans Isomerase, Pin1, as well as the ERK1/2 kinases. Mutation at S861/864 stabilizes REST, as does inhibition of Pin1 activity. Interestingly, we find that C-Terminal Domain Small Phosphatase1 (CTDSP1) is recruited by REST to neuronal genes, is present in REST immunocomplexes, dephosphorylates S861/864 and stabilizes REST. Expression of a REST peptide containing S861/864 in neural progenitors inhibits terminal neuronal differentiation. Together with previous work indicating that both REST and CTDSP1 are expressed to high levels in stem cells and down regulated during neurogenesis, our results suggest that CTDSP1 activity stabilizes REST in stem cells, and that ERK dependent phosphorylation combined with Pin1 activity promotes REST degradation in neural progenitors.
2014-09-15 | PXD001127 | Pride
Project description:Rest (RE1 silencing transcription factor, also called NRSF) is involved in the maintenance of the undifferentiated state of neuronal stem/progenitor cells in vitro by preventing precocious expression of neuronal genes. However, the function of Rest during neurogenesis in vivo remains to be elucidated because of the early embryonic lethal phenotype of the conventional Rest knockout mice. In the present study, we have generated Rest conditional knockout mice, and the effect of genetic ablation of Rest during the embryonic neurogenesis can be examined in vivo. We herein show that Rest plays a role in suppressing the expression of neuronal genes in cultured neuronal cells in vitro, as well as in non-neuronal cells outside of the central nervous system, but that it is dispensable for the embryonic neurogenesis in vivo. Our findings highlight the significance of extrinsic signals for the proper intrinsic regulation of neuronal gene expression levels in the specification of cell fate during embryonic neurogenesis in vivo. Total RNAs from E13.5 limbs and brains were analyzed for global gene expressions by Agilent microarray.
2013-01-01 | E-GEOD-34625 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The transcriptional repressor REST (RE1 Silencing Transcription Factor) is a master regulator of thousands of neuronal genes that together impart the terminally differentiated neuronal phenotype. Because of this unique feature, REST has been, and continues to be, a widely used model for understanding neurogenesis and neuronal cell function. These studies have focused primarily on murine embryonic development, but recent studies have pointed to distinct postnatal roles for REST in stroke, epilepsy, aging and cognitive decline. The function of REST in healthy human brain tissue, however, still remains poorly characterized. Here, we present deep sequencing chromatin immunoprecipitation evidence for divergent REST function in normal mouse and human postmortem adult hippocampus. In mouse, REST occupies only 221 peaks that are divided between prototypical REST target genes shared with non-neuronal cells, as well as peaks unique to the hippocampus. Surprisingly, the mouse hippocampal-unique sites are not conserved in human, which contains 1886 REST peaks unique to the hippocampus. Further, the REST peaks unique to the hippocampus represent a potentially new category of target genes encoding proteins important in the immune response. Our results suggest the possibility that REST protects against aberrant immunological responses during normal human aging and that mouse may not model this aging function.
2020-07-24 | GSE144226 | GEO
Project description:Rest (RE1 silencing transcription factor, also called NRSF) is involved in the maintenance of the undifferentiated state of neuronal stem/progenitor cells in vitro by preventing precocious expression of neuronal genes. However, the function of Rest during neurogenesis in vivo remains to be elucidated because of the early embryonic lethal phenotype of the conventional Rest knockout mice. In the present study, we have generated Rest conditional knockout mice, and the effect of genetic ablation of Rest during the embryonic neurogenesis can be examined in vivo. We herein show that Rest plays a role in suppressing the expression of neuronal genes in cultured neuronal cells in vitro, as well as in non-neuronal cells outside of the central nervous system, but that it is dispensable for the embryonic neurogenesis in vivo. Our findings highlight the significance of extrinsic signals for the proper intrinsic regulation of neuronal gene expression levels in the specification of cell fate during embryonic neurogenesis in vivo.
2013-01-01 | GSE34625 | GEO
Project description:Neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) requires coordinated repression of the pluripotency regulatory programme and reciprocal activation of the neurogenic regulatory programme. Upon neural induction, ESCs rapidly repress expression of pluripotency genes followed by staged activation of neural progenitor and differentiated neuronal and glial genes. The transcriptional factors that underlie pluripotency are partially characterized, whereas those underlying neural induction are much less explored, and the factors that coordinate these two developmental programs are completely unknown. One transcription factor, REST (RE1 silencing transcription factor), has been linked with terminal differentiation of neural progenitors, and more recently and controversially, with control of pluripotency. Here, we show that in the absence of REST, coordination of pluripotency and neural induction is lost and there is a resultant delay in repression of pluripotency genes and a precocious activation of both neural progenitor and differentiated neuronal and glial genes. Further, we show that REST is not required for production of radial glia-like progenitors but is required for their subsequent maintenance and differentiation into neurons, oligodendrocytes and astrocytes. We propose that REST acts as a regulatory hub that coordinates timely repression of pluripotency with neural induction and neural differentiation. We have investigated the role of REST in the coupling of pluripotency and neural induction and neurogenesis using Rest-null mouse ESCs (mESCs) in conjunction with a novel mESC neural differentiation protocol. Differential expression between Rest-null ESCs and controls was tested using Illumina Mouse Ref-8 v2 BeadArray technology. Three replicates were used for Rest-null and three for control. Data analysis was performed using Bioconductor libraries beadarray and limma.
2011-12-08 | E-GEOD-34244 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) requires coordinated repression of the pluripotency regulatory programme and reciprocal activation of the neurogenic regulatory programme. Upon neural induction, ESCs rapidly repress expression of pluripotency genes followed by staged activation of neural progenitor and differentiated neuronal and glial genes. The transcriptional factors that underlie pluripotency are partially characterized, whereas those underlying neural induction are much less explored, and the factors that coordinate these two developmental programs are completely unknown. One transcription factor, REST (RE1 silencing transcription factor), has been linked with terminal differentiation of neural progenitors, and more recently and controversially, with control of pluripotency. Here, we show that in the absence of REST, coordination of pluripotency and neural induction is lost and there is a resultant delay in repression of pluripotency genes and a precocious activation of both neural progenitor and differentiated neuronal and glial genes. Further, we show that REST is not required for production of radial glia-like progenitors but is required for their subsequent maintenance and differentiation into neurons, oligodendrocytes and astrocytes. We propose that REST acts as a regulatory hub that coordinates timely repression of pluripotency with neural induction and neural differentiation.
2011-12-08 | GSE34244 | GEO
Project description:Telomere binding factor 2 (TRF2), is a protein that plays a major role in the maintenance of telomere integrity. In mitotic normal and transformed cells, TRF2 inhibition triggers a rapid telomere DNA damage response that results in cell senescence or apoptosis. Here we provide evidence that TRF2 plays a role suppressing neuronal differentiation. TRF2 interacts with the RE1-silencing transcription factor (REST) in nuclear PML protein-containing compartments of neuronal cells in vivo. Inhibition of TRF2 function with a dominant-negative form of TRF2 elicits a telomeric DNA damage response, and disrupts the TRF2-REST complex resulting in proteasomal degradation of REST. Overexpression of REST impairs the ability of DN-TRF2 to induce neuronal differentiation, indicating that enhanced degradation of REST is sufficient to account for the differentiation-inducing effect of DN-TRF2. REST degradation derepresses RE1-regulated genes (L1CAM, BDNF, b3-tubulin, syntaxin and others) resulting in morphological and functional differentiation of neurons. Our findings identify a novel interaction between the telomeric protein TRF2 and REST which regulates the molecular differentiation program of neurons. Keywords: transfection and molecular inhibition
2007-07-01 | GSE6983 | GEO
Project description:While changes in chromatin are integral to transcriptional reprogramming during cellular differentiation, it is currently unclear how chromatin modifications are targeted to specific loci. We developed a computational model on the premise that transcription factors (TFs) direct dynamic chromatin changes during cell fate decisions. When applied to a neurogenesis paradigm, this approach predicted the TF REST as a determinant of gain of Polycomb-mediated H3K27me3 in neuronal progenitor cells. We prove this prediction experimentally by showing that the absence of REST causes loss of H3K27me3 at target promoters in trans at the same cellular state. Moreover, promoter fragments containing a REST binding site are sufficient to recruit H3K27me3 in cis, while deletion of their REST site results in loss of H3K27me3. These findings illustrate that computational modeling can systematically identify TFs that regulate chromatin dynamics genome-wide. Local determination of Polycomb activity by REST exemplifies such TF based regulation of chromatin. Expression profiling of REST knock-out (RESTko) versus REST wildtype (RESTwt) or REST heterozygous knock-out (RESThet) cells at three stages of in vitro neuronal differentiation. RESTko and RESTwt/RESThet embryonic stem (ES) cells were differentiated to terminal neurons (TN) via a defined neuronal progenitor (NP) state. Three biological replicates (suffixes a to c).
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