Determining sex-specific RNA interactors of maternal Transcription factor CLAMP in Drosophila cell lines
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Project description:We performed RNA-protein interaction study iCLIP, i.e single nucleotide resolution uv crosslinking and immunoprecipitation for DNA binding transcription factor CLAMP in different cellular fractions (Chromatin fraction, Nucleoplasmic fraction, Cytoplasmic Fraction) to explore sex-specific RNA binding properties of CLAMP in female (Kc) and Male (S2) cells
2022-12-31 | GSE205987 | GEO
Project description:CLAMP transcription factor is a GA binding protein that recruits the male dosage compensation complex MSL to male X-chromosome, thus upregulating transcription level twice that of female X-chromosomes. Interestingly, CLAMP is essential for survival of both male and female individuals. However, what function it plays at the autosomes, especially in females is not known. It is well establised that GA-rich sequences to which CLAMP bind have evolved from polypyrimidine tracts that regulate splicing. Also, MALDI-MS data shows that CLAMP binds to RNA binding proteins involved in sex-specific splicing like, Squid. Furthermore, as part of MSL complex CLAMP interacts with MLE, a RNA helicase which is a known component of spliceosome complex conserved from flies to humans. Thus, we hypothesized that CLAMP plays a role in sex-spcific splicing. Given that CLAMP is a transcription factor, understanding mechanism of how it regulates splicing will add to our understanding about how regulators of gene expression shape the transcriptome differentially between males and females. We tested our hypothesis by identifying CLAMP dependent female and male sex-specific splicing events by analysing RNA-seq data from control as well as clampnull mutant male and female third instar larvae (L3) using suppa based time2splice pipeline (https://github.com/ashleymaeconard/time2splice). We identified 189 and 211 CLAMP dependent splicing events in female and male L3. Out of these 139 were female sex-specific splicing whereas 161 was male-sex-specific splicing. 50 splicing events identified as CLAMP dependent were non-specific to any particular sex, and were affect in both the sexes. Interestingly, we identified splicing of master regulator of sex-determination sxl affected by absence of CLAMP in females whereas splicing of one of the sex-determination pathway effectors, tra regulated by CLAMP in males. These findings indicate CLAMP plays important role in determining sex-specific transcript diversity in Drosophila.
2023-08-02 | GSE220455 | GEO
Project description:CLAMP is a GA-repeat motif binding transcription factor that regulates gene expression. We hypothesized that CLAMP also regulates RNA processing, specifically alternative splicing that occurs co-transcriptionally because CLAMP is bound to intronic regions that are rich in polypyrimidine tracts which contain GA-rich sequences. Furthermore, GA-rich repeat sequences are thought to have evolved from polypyrimidine tracts that regulate splicing. Also, MALDI-mass spectrometry data identifying putative CLAMP interactors found association with 33 RNA binding proteins, including 6 that regulate alternative splicing. Thus, to test our hypothesis that CLAMP shapes transcriptome diversity by regulating RNA transcript splicing, we performed mRNA-sequencing in the presence and absence of CLAMP in Kc (female) and S2 (male) cell lines and used a SUPPA based pipeline called time2splice (https://github.com/ashleymaeconard/time2splice) to analyze the sequencing data. Using both cell lines helped us to identify female (Kc) and male (S2) specific splicing events. We identified 452 genes differentially spliced beetween Kc and S2 cells. There are 46 and 113 CLAMP-dependent splicing events in Kc and S2 cells, respectively. Interestingly, 45 CLAMP-dependent events (belonging to 42 genes) are specific to Kc cells, i.e female-specific, whereas 112 CLAMP dependent events (belonging to 100 genes) in S2 cells are specific to S2 cells, i.e male-specific. Therefore, we identified a new role for the transcription factor CLAMP in regulated sex-specific splicing events in Kc and S2 cells.
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Project description:Purpose: Study how maternal Pioneer Transcription factor CLAMP affects sex-specifc splicing during initial embryonic development by regulating occupancy of spliceosome component Maleless (MLE), a RNA helicase on chromatin Method: Cut and Run (CUT&RUN) DNA libraries (Uyehara and McKay 2019) using anti-MLE antibody were generated from male embryos at 0-2 Hr pre-MZT and 2-4 hr post-MZT stages in presence and absence of maternal CLAMP. Maternal CLAMP was depleted by driving UAS-CLAMPRNAi in the ovaries using MTD-GAL4 maternal triple driver. As a control UAS-GFPRNAI was driven using the MTD-GAL4. Embryos were sexed using the meiotic drive system that produces sperm with only Y chromosomes (Reider et al 2017), resulting in progeny of only male genotypes. Results: We identified regions on chromatin where MLE binds during 0-2 Hr pre-MZTand 2-4 Hr post-MZT embryonic stages in males. In 0-2 Hr and 2-4 Hr old control embryos 28,279 and 24,910 MLE peaks were detected. After depletion of maternal CLAMP, 41.97% of 0-2 Hr peaks (22183 remaining, 6096 lost) and 59.1% of 2-4 Hr peaks (15735 remaining, 9175 lost) are lost. We also found loss of maternal CLAMP resulted in 26% and 35.25% new MLE peaks at 0-2 hr pre-MZT and 2-4 Hr post-MZT embryonic stages. Our motif search shows presence of putative motifs for MLE binding on chromatin which needs further validation. Conclusion: This is the first study showing genome-wide MLE occupancy in sexed embryos during 0-2 hr pre-MZT and 2-4 hr post-MZT stages. We show that the maternally deposited transcription factor CLAMP affects MLE occupancy on chromatin in early embryos. Thus, we conclude that maternal transcription factors can affect spliceosome function by regulating occupancy of their components on chromatin.
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Project description:To investigate the DNA binding specificity of the CLAMP protein, we have designed a custom PBM to interrogate the binding of CLAMP to DNA sequences extracted from the Drosophila melanogaster genome. Specific regions were extracted based on ChIP-seq data, motif occurence and proximity to gene transcription start sites. N-terminal GST-tagged protein samples were made for the C-terminal four and six zinc finger portions of the protein CLAMP; samples were made by in vitro transcription translation (IVT). IVT reaction mixtures for the two CLAMP constructs were applied directly to the PBM microarray and incubated for 1hour. Microarray-bound protein was fluorescently labeled using Alexa488-conjugated antibodies targeting GST, and the microarray was scanned in using a standard microarray scanner. Median fluorescence intensity over eight replicate probes was reported for each unique DNA sequence on the microarray.
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