Project description:We performed bulk RNA-seq and compared complehensive gene expression profiles of kidney organoids induced from wild type, HNF4A-KO, HNF4G-KO, and HNF4A/4G-DKO iPS cell lines.
Project description:We analyzed the effect on HNF4A loss on Histone modifications (H3K4me1, H3K27ac) by ChIP-seq and CUT&Tag using control and HNF4A KO livers samples. We also examined chromatin accessibility by ATAC-seq in control and HNF4A KO livers. We also performed CUT&Tag and ATAC-seq of mouse fibroblast cells (NIH 3T3) treated with control or HNF4A expression vector.
Project description:To understand how HNF4A loss affects gene expression in mouse liver. We used control and HNF4A KO mouse livers for RNA sequencing. In addition, we also examined the effect of HNF4A gain in mouse fibroblast cells by ectropically expressing HNF4A in NIH3T3 cell to identify genes that are regulated by HNF4A.
Project description:To test the hypothesis that HNF4A should engage small intestine enhancers in colon and activate transcription, we over-expressed HNF4A in 2 independent mouse colonic orgnaoid lines and 5 independent human colonic organoid lines and performed RNA-seq studies. Both RNA-seq data revealed that small intestine functional pathways including fat, protein and carbohydrate digestion and absorption were activated after HNF4A OE. This gain-of-function study of HNF4A in mouse and human colon organoid supports HNF4A as a central mediator of small intestine gene activation in colonic plasticity, conserved across species.
Project description:Purpose: HNF4A is a highly conserved nuclear receptor that has been associated with inflammatory bowel diseases. The goal of this study is to determine transcriptional regulation by HNF4A in the cecal IECs.. Methods: Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) were sorted from the ceca of young adult WT and HNF4A IEC-specific KO mice and sequenced for transcriptome. Differentially expressed genes comparing the WT and HNF4A IEC-KO were determined. Results: Epithelial HNF4A regulates expression of hundreds of genes. HNF4A is particularly required for the expression of a set of immune signaling molecules that are critical for the IEC-intrapithelial lymphocyte crosstalk. Those molecules include members of the butyrophilin-like molecules (Btnl1 and Btnl6) and MHC-I like molecule H2-T3 etc. Expression of the immune signaling molecules was validated by qPCR. Further comparison with HNF4A ChIP-seq datasets confirmed that those genes are also direct HNF4A targets.