Project description:Cebpa is a critical transcription factor gene for adipocyte differentiation and adipose tissue development. However, mechanisms controlling Cebpa expression during adipogenic differentiation remain largely unknown. Here, we generated the high-resolution chromatin interaction maps of Cebpa in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes (3T3-L1) and 3T3-L1 adipocytes (3T3-L1-AD) using circularized chromosome conformation capture coupled with next-generation sequencing (4C-seq), and characterized differences in their chromatin interactomes and chromatin status of the interaction sites during adipogenic differentiation. We performed a 4C-seq experiment on inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) to evaluate whether chromatin interaction between Cebpa-L1-AD-En2 and Cebpa promoters in 3T3-L1 adipocytes also exists in mouse adipose tissue.
Project description:To explore the effect of enhancer repression on adipocyte differentiation in a transcriptome-wide manner, we infected cells with 1 mL lentiviruses medium containing dCas9-KRAB-En2-sgRNAs (Experimental group) or dCas9-KRAB (Control group) at the multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 100 for 12 h. We performed transcriptional profiling by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) for dCas9-KRAB-En2 and dCas9-KRAB cells at day 7 of differentiation.
Project description:FACS-purified adipocyte progenitors from murine subcutaneous adipose tissue were cultured under conditions promoting general adipogenic differentiation or beige/brite adipocyte differentiation (treatment with cPGI2). Time course expression profiling was performed during differentiation. In addition, some cultures of differentiated adipocytes were stimulated with norepinephrine for 3 hours. In parallel, differentiation and norepinephrine stimulation of progenitors from interscapular brown fat was performed and profiled.
Project description:Tight control of gene expression networks involved in adipose tissue formation and plasticity is required to adapt to energy needs and environmental cues. However, little is known about the mechanisms that orchestrate the dramatic transcriptional changes leading to adipocyte differentiation. We investigated the regulation of nascent transcription by SUMO during adipocyte differentiation using SLAMseq and ChIPseq. We discovered that SUMO has a dual function in differentiation; it supports the initial downregulation of pre-adipocyte-specific genes, while it promotes the establishment of the mature adipocyte transcriptional program. By characterizing SUMOylome dynamics in differentiating adipocytes by mass spectrometry, we found that SUMOylation of specific transcription factors like PPARG/RXR and chromatin modifiers promotes the transcription of adipogenic genes. Our data demonstrate that the sumoylation pathway helps coordinates the rewiring of transcriptional networks required for formation of functional adipocytes.
Project description:Here, we have focused on studying the link between metabolic changes driven by the differentiation into mature adipocytes of a human preadipocyte cell line (SGBS) and their regulation, through a combined experimental and computational approach. By collecting data on gene expression, PPARg, CEBPa, LXR and H3K4me3 genome-wide ChIP-seq profles and transcriptome-wide microRNA target identification for miR-27a, miR29a and miR-222, and using constraint-based modeling to estimate metabolic reaction activity, we obtained a comprehensive set of information highlighting how epigenetic, transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation impacts the metabolic network. Illumina Solexa sequencing: Six samples in total. Two ChIP-seq samples were prepared using an antibody against H3K4me3 active TSS chromatin marker from human SGBS preadipocyte and day 10 differentiated SGBS adipocyte cells. From day 10 differentiated SGBS cells additional three samples were prepared using an antibody against PPARg, CEBPa and LXRa to determine their genome-wide binding. One input control sample is included.
Project description:The diverse transcriptional mechanisms governing cellular differentiation and development of mammalian tissue remains poorly understood. Here we report that TAF7L, a paralogue of TFIID subunit TAF7, is enriched in adipocytes and mouse white fat tissue (WAT). Depletion of TAF7L reduced adipocyte-specific gene expression and compromised adipocyte differentiation as well as WAT development. Ectopic expression of TAF7L in myoblasts reprograms these muscle precursors into adipocytes upon induction. Genome-wide mRNA-seq expression profiling and ChIP-seq binding studies confirmed that TAF7L is required for activating adipocyte-specific genes via a dual mechanism wherein it interacts with PPARM-NM-3 at enhancers and TBP/Pol II at core promoters. In vitro binding studies confirmed that TAF7L forms complexes with both TBP and PPARM-NM-3. These findings suggest that TAF7L plays an integral role in adipocyte gene expression by targeting enhancers as a cofactor for PPARM-NM-3 and promoters as a component of the core transcriptional machinery. Genome-wide mapping of TAF7L and additional factors, and mRNA-seq expression profiling prior to and following mouse adipocyte differentiation.