Project description:Performing Chromatin IP of Klf2, Klf4, Klf5 and p53 in mouse embryonic stem cells with NimbleGen custom genomic tiling arrays, we sought to decipher Klf2, Klf4, Klf5-regulated genes. 12 samples: Chromatin IP of Klf2, Klf4, Klf5 and p53 in mouse embryonic stem cells with NimbleGen custom genomic tiling arrays; three independent experimental replicates for each experimental condition were performed.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE9774: Klf2, Klf4, Klf5 and p53 in mouse embryonic stem cells GSE9775: To identify the target genes of Klf2, Klf4 and Klf5 in mouse embryonic stem cells. Keywords: SuperSeries Refer to individual Series
Project description:Performing Chromatin IP of Klf2, Klf4, Klf5 and p53 in mouse embryonic stem cells with NimbleGen custom genomic tiling arrays, we sought to decipher Klf2, Klf4, Klf5-regulated genes. Keywords: genomic tiling arrays, ES cells
Project description:Mouse embryonic stem cells (mES) were depleted of Klf2, Klf4, and Klf5 by ectopic expression of shRNA. Control RNAi was performed using shRNA against luciferase. At 2 days, 4 days and 6 days post-transfection of shRNA-encoding vectors, cells are harvested for RNA isolation. Keywords: RNAi expression, Mouse ES cells Knockdown: Klf2, Klf4, Klf5, Luciferase (Control);Time: 2 days post-transfection, 4 days post-transfection, 6 days post-transfection;Three independent experimental replicates for each experimental condition were performed.
Project description:Mouse embryonic stem cells (mES) were depleted of Klf2, Klf4, and Klf5 by ectopic expression of shRNA. Control RNAi was performed using shRNA against luciferase. At 2 days, 4 days and 6 days post-transfection of shRNA-encoding vectors, cells are harvested for RNA isolation. Keywords: RNAi expression, Mouse ES cells
Project description:Krüppel-like factors (Klfs) are DNA-binding transcriptional factors that regulate multiple physiological features, including the cell cycle, cell differentiation and tissue organization. Klf2, Klf4 and Klf5 are crucial for maintenance of pluripotent and somatic stem cells. We show that Klf2, Klf4 and Klf5 genes are required for normal neural development in a redundant manner and depletion of all three genes in neural precursor cells results in impaired activation of Notch signaling and early lethality. Klf5 plays a dominant role in maintenance of neural precursor cell populations by suppressing their differentiation and radial migration in developing mammalian brain. Klf4 and Klf5 also regulate proliferation of neural precursor cells in an opposing fashion. Klf4 promotes generation of quiescent neural stem cells, whereas Klf5 supports vigorously dividing intermediate progenitor cells. Our findings provide insight into mechanisms by which neural precursor cells provide large numbers of differentiating cells and a few quiescent neural stem cells.
Project description:Transcriptome profiling for KLF4 and/or KLF5 knockout lines in human naïve embryonic stem cells Transcriptome profiling for CRISPRa-LTR7Y or KLF5 overexpression in primed human embryonic stem cells
Project description:Krüppel-like factor 2 (Klf2) is a DNA-binding transcription factor that regulates embryonic stem cell-specific gene expression. Transcription cofactors such as p300 acetyltransferases and Erk kinases interact with Klf2, providing an additional layer of transcription regulation in embryonic stem cells. To carry out a thorough survey of the Klf2 interactome in embryonic stem cells and identify novel transcription cofactors, we designed a modified immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry (IP-MS) method. In this method, recombinant Klf2, expressed and purified from Sf9 insect cells instead of ectopically expressed in cells, was used as bait. Using this modified IP-MS method, we discovered nine Klf2-interacting proteins, including the previously reported Crebbp and p300. These proteins showed at least an 8-fold increase in signal intensity in Klf2 pull-downs compared with controls, with P-values < 0.010. Among the identified Klf2-binding proteins confirmed using our IP-MS workflow was Snd1, which we found to interact directly with Klf2 and function as a transcriptional coactivator of Klf2 to drive Oct4 gene expression. Collectively, our IP-MS protocol may offer a useful tool for identifying novel transcription cofactors in stem cells.
Project description:This experiment is part of the FunGenES project (FunGenES - Functional Genomics in Embryonic Stem Cells partially funded by the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union, http://www.fungenes.org). The experiment was conducted at Inserm U846, Bron, France. Aim: Kru_ppel-like factors (Klf) 4 and 5 are two closely related members of the Klf family, known to play key roles in somatic cell reprogramming and in self-renewal of pluripotent stem cells. In this study, we focused on the functional divergence between Klf4 and Klf5. We showed that Klf4 and Klf5 regulate the expression of distinct subsets of genes. Klf4 negatively regulates the expression of endodermal markers, some of which encode transcription factors involved in the commitment of pluripotent system cells to endoderm differentiation. In contrast, Klf5 negatively regulates the expression of mesodermal markers, some of which controls commitment to the mesoderm lineage. Functional studies with reporter cell lines indicate that knockdown of Klf4 enhances differentiation toward visceral endoderm, mesendoderm, and definitive endoderm, whereas knockdown of Klf5 specifically enhances differentiation toward mesoderm. Thus, additive functions of Klf4 and Klf5 secure pluripotent stem cell propagation by inhibiting endoderm and mesoderm differentiation.