Project description:Foxa1loxP/loxP;Foxa2loxP/loxP and Foxa1loxP/loxP;Foxa2loxP/loxP;AfpCre mice of both genders were treated with or without carcinogen to induce liver cancer. ChIP-Seq was performed in the liver samples after cross-linking. ChIP-DNA was sequenced with the Illumina GAII sequencer. The AfpCre when present knocks out the Foxa1 and Foxa2 genes, so removing the corresponding proteins.
Project description:Gene expression changes between livers of treated WT and dKO (Foxa1 and Foxa2 KO) male and female mice and untreated female (WT and dKO) mice were measured to identify pathways related to Foxa1/2 regulation of pathways involved in liver cancer. The experiment uses 4 replicates each for 6 conditions
Project description:Gene expression changes between livers of treated WT and dKO (Foxa1 and Foxa2 KO) male and female mice and untreated female (WT and dKO) mice were measured to identify pathways related to Foxa1/2 regulation of pathways involved in liver cancer.
Project description:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is sexually dimorphic in both rodents and humans, with significantly higher incidence in males, an effect that is dependent on sex hormones. The molecular mechanisms by which estrogens prevent and androgens promote liver cancer remain unclear. Here, we discover that sexually dimorphic HCC is completely reversed in Foxa1- and Foxa2-deficient mice after diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis. Coregulation of target genes by Foxa1/a2 and either the estrogen receptor (ERα) or the androgen receptor (AR) was increased during hepatocarcinogenesis in normal female or male mice, respectively, but was lost in Foxa1/2-deficient mice. Thus, both estrogen-dependent resistance to and androgen-mediated facilitation of HCC depend on Foxa1/2. Strikingly, single nucleotide polymorphisms at FOXA2 binding sites reduce binding of both FOXA2 and ERα to their targets in human liver and correlate with HCC development in women. Thus, Foxa factors and their targets are central for the sexual dimorphism of HCC.
Project description:FOXA1 and FOXA2 are essentail transcription factors for proper gut development. In adults, they have a role in the differentiation of intestinal secretory cell lineages and were also reporeted to directly activate Muc2 transcription. Here we show that deletion of Foxa1 and Foxa2 in mouse intestinal epithelium leads to a downregulation of glycosylation genes in the colon and to a massive change of the colonic surface glycans. In turn, the microbiome composition shifts dramatically and spontaneous inflammatory bowel disease ensued. We conclude that vertebrates shape a favorable microbiome by establishing a glycocalyx to nurture specific bacterial taxa through control of the epithelial glycosylation program by the FoxA transcription factors.
Project description:To characterize the genome-wide regulatory cistrome of Foxa1 and Foxa2, we performed both Foxa1 and Foxa2 chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) on freshly dissociated prostate tumor cells at the early stage (2 weeks post tamoxifen administration) and the late stage (6 months post tamoxifen administration) of NEPC progression, respectively.
Project description:FOXA1 and FOXA2 are essentail transcription factors for proper gut development. In adults, they play a role in the differentiation of intestinal secretory cells and were also reporeted to directly activate Muc2 transcription. Here we show that FOXA1 and FOXA2 bind near goblet cell genes, and are specifically enriched near glycosylation genes. Deletion of these transcription factors in mouse intestine leads to a downregulation of glycosylation genes in the colon and to a massive change of the colonic surface glycans. I turn, the microbiome composition shifts dramatically and spontaneous inflammatory bowel disease ensued. We conclude that vertebrates shape a favorable microbiome by establishing a glycocalyx to nurture specific bacterial taxa through control of the epithelial glycosylation program by the FoxA transcription factors.
Project description:Background and Aims: The forkhead box A (FOXA) family of pioneer transcription factors is critical for the development of many endoderm-derived tissues including the lung and the liver. Here we investigate the role of FOXA2 in regulating intestinal epithelial cell function. Methods: ChIP-seq was used to identify FOXA2 binding sites genome-wide. Targets of FOXA2 were validated using ChIP-qPCR and siRNA-mediated depletion of FOXA1/2 followed by RT-qPCR. A luciferase-based assay was used to measure intracellular cAMP after FOXA1/2 modulation.Results: Peaks of FOXA2 occupancy were frequent at loci contributing to gene ontology pathways of regulation of cell migration, cell motion, and plasma membrane function. Depletion of both FOXA1 and FOXA2 led to a significant reduction in the expression of multiple transmembrane proteins including ion transporters. One of the targets was the adenosine A2B receptor, and reduced receptor mRNA levels were associated with a functional decrease in intracellular cAMP. We also observed that 30% of FOXA2 binding sites contained a GATA motif and that FOXA1/A2 depletion reduced GATA-4, but not GATA-6 protein levels. Conclusions: These data show that FOXA2 plays a critical role in regulating intestinal epithelial cell function. FOXA2 depletion affects the expression of ion transporters and other transmembrane proteins, which form a network essential for maintaining normal ion and solute transport. Moreover, we show that the FOXA and GATA families of transcription factors may work cooperatively to regulate gene expression genome-wide. To determine the role of FOXA2 in regulating gene expression in intestinal epithelial cells, ChIP-seq was performed for FOXA2 in Caco2 (colorectal adenocarcinoma) cells.
Project description:Here we show that the pioneer transcription factors Foxa1 and Foxa2 are required to regulate RNA splicing during positive selection at the transition from CD4+CD8+ double positive (DP) to single positive (SP thymocyte). Conditional deletion of both Foxa1 and Foxa2 from DP thymocytes led to a partial arrest at the transition from DP to SP, with a reduction in the number of cells undergoing positive selection, and reduced the number and maturation of both CD4SP and CD8SP populations, with a reduction in peripheral naïve CD4+ T-cells. Foxa1 and Foxa2 were required for physiological levels of expression of several genes which encoding splicing factors (Mbnl1, Sf3b1, Hnrnpa1) in cells undergoing positive selection. Within the positively selecting CD69+DP cells, alternative RNA splicing was dysregulated leading to more than 859 significantly differentially expressed exons compared to control, with many genes important for T cell development and for RNA splicing showing differentially used exons.