Project description:We mesured YY1 binding in isolated mouse crypt epihtelium using ChIP-seq Jejunal crypt epithelia were isolated and processed for ChIP using YY1 antibody Santa Cruz, SC-1703, lot E0511
Project description:These data include the genome wide location analyses of Yy1 by bioChIPs of Fbio-Yy1. Streptavidin precipitation of formaldehyde cross-linked chromatin prepared from Fbio-Yy1 and control expressing mouse ES cells
Project description:The DNA Guanine quadruplexes (G4) plays important roles in multiple cellular processes, including regulation of DNA replication, transcription and genome stability. Here, we show that Yin Yang-1 (YY1), a ubiquitously expressed and multifunctional transcription factor, can bind with G4 structures directly. Fluorescence anisotropy experiments shows that YY1 binds towards G4 structures with Kd in low nanomolar range (<100 nM) through the C terminal zinc finger domains. ChIP-seq results show that 81% of the YY1 ChIP-seq peaks contain G4 forming sequences, which is highly overlapped with the G4 ChIP-seq peaks. YY1 facilitate the DNA-DNA interaction through its binding with G4 structures in vivo and in vitro, which can be disturbed by G4 stabilizer treatment. In all, our studies identify a novel G4 structure binding protein-YY1, and reveal that G4 structure functions in DNA-DNA interaction.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE31784: Expression changes in Yy1 knock down mouse embryonic stem cells GSE31785: Yy1 occupancy of mouse ES cell genome Refer to individual Series
Project description:YY1 is a ubiquitously expressed, intrinsically disordered transcription factor involved in neural development. The oligomeric state of YY1 varies depending on the environment. These changes may alter its DNA binding ability and hence its transcriptional activity. In addition to its oligomeric state, the interaction of YY1 with proteins such as FOXP2 can impact its role in transcription. The aim of this work is to study the structure and dynamics of YY1 binding to DNA and to determine the influence of oligomerisation and associations with FOXP2 on its DNA binding mechanism. Size exclusion chromatography, fluorescence anisotropy and electrophoretic mobility shift assays were used to study YY1 oligomerisation and interaction with FOXP2. To better understand potential structural changes to YY1 upon DNA binding, hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry was used. The results indicate that YY1 consists of specific structured regions, while most of the sequence remains disordered. Furthermore, the oligomeric nature of the protein is dependent on ionic strength. DNA affects oligomerisation and the protein undergoes changes in structure and dynamics upon DNA binding. YY1 and FOXP2 were found to interact with each other both in isolation and in the presence of YY1-specific DNA. The heterogeneous, dynamic multimerisation of YY1 identified in this work is, therefore, likely to be important for its ability to make heterologous associations with other proteins such as FOXP2. The interactions that YY1 forms with itself, FOXP2 and DNA form part of an intricate mechanism of transcriptional regulation by YY1, which is vital for appropriate neural development.
Project description:Nucleosome positioning can alter the accessibility of DNA-binding proteins to their cognate DNA elements, and thus its precise control is essential for cell identity and function. Mammalian preimplantation embryos undergo temporal changes in gene expression and cell potency, suggesting the involvement of dynamic epigenetic control during this developmental phase. However, the dynamics of nucleosome organization during early development are poorly understood. In this study, using a low-input MNase-seq method, we show that nucleosome positioning is globally obscure in zygotes but becomes well defined during subsequent development. Downregulation of the chromatin assembly in embryonic stem cells can partially reverse nucleosome organization into a zygote-like pattern, suggesting that the chromatin assembly pathway might be linked to fuzzy nucleosomes in zygotes. We also reveal that YY1, a zinc finger containing transcription factor expressed upon zygotic genome activation, regulates the de novo formation of well-positioned nucleosome arrays at the regulatory elements, through identifying YY1-binding sites in 8-cell embryos. The YY1-binding regions acquire H3K27ac enrichment around the 8-cell and morula stages and YY1 depletion impairs the morula-to-blastocyst transition. Thus, our study delineates the remodeling of nucleosome organization and its underlying mechanism during early mouse development.