Project description:CTCF is a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed protein involved in several fundamental processes such as fine-tuning gene expression, imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation and 3D chromatin organisation. To understand the impact of differences in the concentration of CTCF abundance on these processes, we exploit a CTCF hemizygous mouse model with a stable reduction in the concentration of this protein. We derived twelve independent primary lines of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) from six wildtype and six CTCF-hemizygous mouse E13.5 embryos. Total RNA from each MEF line was purified using QIAzol Lysis Reagent (Qiagen); DNase treatment and removal was performed using the TURBO DNA-freeTM Kit (Ambion, Life Technologies). Libraries were prepared using the TruSeq Stranded Total RNA Library Prep Kit with Ribo-Zero Gold (Illumina) and sequenced in an Illumna HiSeq4000 to produce 150bp paired-end reads. On the same MEF lines we have performed ChIPseq for CTCF, H3K4me3 and H3K27ac and HiC.
Project description:The iNSC cells are two clones generated from the same MEF line. Therefore, we conducted one analysis that compared the two clonal lines and a separate analysis that compared iNSC vs. NSC, iNSC vs. MEF, and NSC vs. MEF. Both were single factor ANOVAs, the first compared two groups (the iNSC lines) and the second had three groups. For the second analysis, we then used linear contrasts to extract the information about differences between all pairs (e.g. iNSC vs. NSC). Looking at the iNSC lines, the correlations between samples from different clonal lines are as high as the correlations between samples from within a clonal line. Given this, we think that the analysis that combines all 6 of them to compare against the other cell types is appropriate.
Project description:CTCF is a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed protein involved in several fundamental processes such as fine-tuning gene expression, imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation and 3D chromatin organisation. To understand the impact of differences in the concentration of CTCF abundance on these processes, we exploit a CTCF hemizygous mouse model with a stable reduction in the concentration of this protein. We derived independent primary lines of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) from wildtype and CTCF-hemizygous mouse E13.5 embryos. For three biological replicates, cells were fixed in DMEM containing 2% fresh formaldehyde and incubated at room temperature for 10 min, quenched with 1M glycine for 5 min, and washed twice with ice cold PBS, before being flash-frozen at -80°C. Cross-linked cells were lysed, followed by chromatin HindIII digestion, biotinylataion, ligation, proteinase K treatment, DNA purification, sonication, end repair, biotin pull-down, adapter ligation, and PCR amplification. Pooled indexed libraries were sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq4000 to produce paired-end 150bp reads. On the same MEF lines we have performed RNAseq and ChIPseq for CTCF, H3K4me3 and H3K27ac.
Project description:The iNSC cells are two clones generated from the same MEF line. Therefore, we conducted one analysis that compared the two clonal lines and a separate analysis that compared iNSC vs. NSC, iNSC vs. MEF, and NSC vs. MEF. Both were single factor ANOVAs, the first compared two groups (the iNSC lines) and the second had three groups. For the second analysis, we then used linear contrasts to extract the information about differences between all pairs (e.g. iNSC vs. NSC). Looking at the iNSC lines, the correlations between samples from different clonal lines are as high as the correlations between samples from within a clonal line. Given this, we think that the analysis that combines all 6 of them to compare against the other cell types is appropriate. Array Platform: Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Samples: A total of 12 arrays array# filename genotype 1 01.iNSC1.1.CEL iNSC 2 02.iNSC1.2.CEL iNSC 3 03.iNSC1.3.CEL iNSC 4 04.iNSC2.1.CEL iNSC 5 05.iNSC2.2.CEL iNSC 6 06.iNSC2.3.CEL iNSC 7 07.WT.NSC.1.CEL NSC 8 08.WT.NSC.2.CEL NSC 9 09.WT.NSC.3.CEL NSC 10 10.WT.MEFs.1.CEL MEF 11 11.WT.MEFs.3.CEL MEF 12 12.WT.MEFs.5.CEL MEF
Project description:The study investigates CTCF/cohesin binding and chromatin looping by ChIP-seq and Micro-C. By ChIP-seq, we determined the genome-wide binding profiles of CTCF and Smc1a cohesin subunit in a knock-in mouse ES cell line (wt-CTCF; clone C59) with endogenously tagged wild type CTCF (FLAG-Halo-mCTCF) and Rad21 (mRad21-SNAPf-V5), and compared them to the same ES line expressing a mutant CTCF (ΔRBR-CTCF; clone C59D2), where we replaced a previously described RNA binding region with a short linker (GDGAGLINS) followed by a 3xHA tag (N576_D611del::3xHA). By Micro-C, we compared nucleosome-resolution chromosome folding maps of the same ES cell lines C59 and C59D2 described above, to determine the effect of deleting CTCF RNA binding region on chromatin looping.
Project description:The microarray analysis was used for comparing the gene expression profiles between MEF, MEF treated with n-Butylenephthalide (BP) 10 and 40ug/ml.
Project description:modENCODE_submission_3071 This submission comes from a modENCODE project of Michael Snyder. For full list of modENCODE projects, see http://www.genome.gov/26524648 Project Goal: We are identifying the DNA binding sites for 300 transcription factors in C. elegans. Each transcription factor gene is tagged with the same GFP fusion protein, permitting validation of the gene's correct spatio-temporal expression pattern in transgenic animals. Chromatin immunoprecipitation on each strain is peformed using an anti-GFP antibody, and any bound DNA is deep-sequenced using Solexa GA2 technology. For data usage terms and conditions, please refer to http://www.genome.gov/27528022 and http://www.genome.gov/Pages/Research/ENCODE/ENCODEDataReleasePolicyFinal2008.pdf EXPERIMENT TYPE: CHIP-seq. BIOLOGICAL SOURCE: Strain: OP301(official name : OP301 genotype : unc119(ed3);wgIs301(mef-2::TY1 EGFP FLAG;unc119) outcross : 3 mutagen : Bombard tags : GFP::3xFlag description : This strain's transgene was constructed by Mihail Sarov at the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology in Tubiginen using Tony Hyman's recombineering pipeline. The resulting plasmid was used for biolistic transformation of an unc-119(ed3) strain. The MEF-2::EGFP fusion protein is expressed in the correct mef-2 spatio-temporal expression pattern. This strain was used for ChIP-seq experiments to map the in vivo binding sites for the MEF-2 transcription factor. made_by : R Waterston ); Developmental Stage: fed L1; Genotype: unc119(ed3);wgIs301(mef-2::TY1 EGFP FLAG;unc119); Sex: Hermaphrodite; EXPERIMENTAL FACTORS: Developmental Stage fed L1; Target gene mef-2; Strain OP301(official name : OP301 genotype : unc119(ed3);wgIs301(mef-2::TY1 EGFP FLAG;unc119) outcross : 3 mutagen : Bombard tags : GFP::3xFlag description : This strain's transgene was constructed by Mihail Sarov at the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology in Tubiginen using Tony Hyman's recombineering pipeline. The resulting plasmid was used for biolistic transformation of an unc-119(ed3) strain. The MEF-2::EGFP fusion protein is expressed in the correct mef-2 spatio-temporal expression pattern. This strain was used for ChIP-seq experiments to map the in vivo binding sites for the MEF-2 transcription factor. made_by : R Waterston ); temp (temperature) 20 degree celsius
Project description:CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) is a conserved zinc finger transcription factor involved in chromatin looping. Recent evidence has shown a role for CTCF in ER biology. This experiment maps CTCF binding genome-wide in breast cancer cells and shows that CTCF binding does not change with estrogen or tamoxifen treatment. We find a small but reproducible proportion of CTCF binding events that overlap with both the nuclear receptor estrogen receptor and the forkhead protein FoxA1. These overlapping binding events are likely to be functional as they are biased towards estrogen-regulated genes. In addition, we identify cell-line specific CTCF binding events. These cell-line specific CTCF binding events are more likely to be associated with cell-line specific ER vinding events and are also more likely to be adjacent to genes that are expressed in that particular cell line. These data suggest a positive, pro-transcriptional role for CTCF in ER-mediated gene expression in breast cancer cells.