Project description:Gene regulation is critical for proper cellular function. Next-generation sequencing technology has revealed the presence of regulatory networks that regulate gene expression and essential cellular functions. Studies investigating the epigenome have begun to uncover the complex mechanisms regulating transcription. Assay for transposase-accessible chromatin by sequencing (ATAC-seq) is quickly becoming the assay of choice for epigenomic investigations. Integrating epigenomic and transcriptomic data has the potential to reveal the chromatin-mediated mechanisms regulating transcription. However, integrating these two data types remains challenging. We used the insulin signaling pathway as a model to investigate chromatin regions and gene expression changes using ATAC- and RNA-seq in insulin-treated Drosophila S2 cells. We show that insulin causes widespread changes in chromatin accessibility and gene expression. Then, we attempted to integrate ATAC- and RNA-seq data to predict functionally-relevant chromatin regions that control the transcriptional response to insulin. We show that using differential chromatin accessibility can predict functionally-relevant genome regions, but that stratifying differentially-accessible chromatin regions by annotated feature type provides a better prediction of whether a chromatin region regulates gene expression. In particular, our data demonstrate a strong correlation between chromatin regions annotated to distal promoters (1-2 kb from the transcription start site). To test this prediction, we cloned candidate distal promoter regions upstream of luciferase and validated the functional relevance of these chromatin regions. Our data show that distal promoter regions selected by correlations with RNA-seq are more likely to control gene expression. Thus, correlating ATAC- and RNA-seq data can home in on functionally-relevant chromatin regions
Project description:We performed the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) using 88 tissue samples to profile open chromatin regions in the cattle genome.
Project description:We performed the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) on a liver sample collected from one Holstein Friesian healthy male at one month of age to profile open chromatin regions genome-wide to identify putative regulatory elements related to phenotype of interest.
Project description:We report the Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin with sequencing (ATAC-seq) for high-throughput profiling of accessible chromatin regions after cold treatment in Vitis amurensis
Project description:The assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) is widely used to identify regulatory regions throughout the genome. However, only a few studies have been done at the single cell level (scATAC-seq) due to technical difficulties. Here we developed a simple and robust plate-based scATAC-seq method, combining upfront bulk tagmentation with single-nuclei sorting, to investigate open chromatin regions. We applied this method on mouse splenocytes and unbiasedly revealed key regulatory regions and transcription factors that define each cell (sub)type.
Project description:Differential expression profiling of light induction and primordium differentiation was established by integrating ATAC-seq (assay for transposase accessible chromatin with high through put sequencing) and RNA-seq technology. Key genes in light induced the primordium formation of S. latifolia were identified by bioinformatics methods.
Project description:To test if mitotic chromosomes have decreased accessibility, we utilized Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) analysis where the integration of sequencing-compatible adaptors by the Tn5 transposase is directly correlated with the accessibility of genomic regions
Project description:Using the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin by sequencing (ATAC-seq), we produce the first genome- wide maps of chromatin accessibility across all three adult honey bee phenotypes. We identify ~ 3000 regulatory regions in queen, ~ 4500 in worker and ~ 4000 in drone, with the vast majority of these sites located within intronic regions. Integrating ATAC-seq, RNA-seq and ChIP-seq data, we show a positive correlation between chromatin accessibility at introns, flanking H3K27ac modified nucleosomes and abundance of the respective mRNA transcript. Importantly, we find that these regulatory regions are enriched in transcription factor binding motifs and using ATAC-seq footprinting we identify queen, worker and drone - specific occupancy and uncover novel transcription factor networks.
Project description:Using the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin by sequencing (ATAC-seq), we produce the first genome- wide maps of chromatin accessibility across all three adult honey bee phenotypes. We identify ~ 3000 regulatory regions in queen, ~ 4500 in worker and ~ 4000 in drone, with the vast majority of these sites located within intronic regions. Integrating ATAC-seq, RNA-seq and ChIP-seq data, we show a positive correlation between chromatin accessibility at introns, flanking H3K27ac modified nucleosomes and abundance of the respective mRNA transcript. Importantly, we find that these regulatory regions are enriched in transcription factor binding motifs and using ATAC-seq footprinting we identify queen, worker and drone - specific occupancy and uncover novel transcription factor networks.