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Ability of SPEN to bind to chromatin in testicular cells

ABSTRACT: Since SPEN co-localizes with transcriptionally active chromatin and it is considered as a nuclear matrix platform that organizes and integrates transcriptional responses, we aimed to find out how it is involved in gene expression regulation in spermatogenic cells. We assumed that SPEN could be directly involved in down-regulation of gene expression during recovery from heat shock, when general repression of the transcription was observed. Nascent SPEN (~400 kDa) is processed to several fragments. We tested antibodies to N-terminal, internal, or C-terminal SPEN sequences in ChIP experiments on mouse testicular cells either untreated or heat shocked. Only antibodies against N-terminal or internal SPEN epitopes were effective while C-terminal SPEN did not bind to chromatin. However sequencing of N-terminal or internal SPEN ChIP samples did not reveal any strong SPEN binding to the chromatin and the enrichment was seen primarily in genomic structural variants. This suggests that SPEN could be loosely associated with DNA via other proteins.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE99856 | GEO | 2017/10/20

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA389788

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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