scholarly journals Transcription Factor ZBED6 Mediates IGF2 Gene Expression by Regulating Promoter Activity and DNA Methylation in Myoblasts

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Zhen Huang ◽  
Liang-Zhi Zhang ◽  
Xin-Sheng Lai ◽  
Ming-Xun Li ◽  
Yu-Jia Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Promoter Activity ◽  
Igf2 Gene

scholarly journals DNA Methylation of Human Choline Kinase Alpha Promoter-Associated CpG Islands in MCF-7 Cells

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 853
Author(s):  
Siti Aisyah Faten Mohamed Sa’dom ◽  
Sweta Raikundalia ◽  
Shaharum Shamsuddin ◽  
Wei Cun See Too ◽  
Ling Ling Few
Keyword(s):  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Promoter Activity ◽  
Cytosine Methylation ◽  
Cpg Island ◽  
Cpg Islands ◽  
Site Directed Mutagenesis ◽  
Choline Kinase ◽  
Mcf 7

Choline kinase (CK) is the enzyme catalyzing the first reaction in CDP-choline pathway for the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine. Higher expression of the α isozyme of CK has been implicated in carcinogenesis, and inhibition or downregulation of CKα (CHKA) is a promising anticancer approach. This study aimed to investigate the regulation of CKα expression by DNA methylation of the CpG islands found on the promoter of this gene in MCF-7 cells. Four CpG islands have been predicted in the 2000 bp promoter region of ckα (chka) gene. Six CpG island deletion mutants were constructed using PCR site-directed mutagenesis method and cloned into pGL4.10 vectors for promoter activity assays. Deletion of CpG4C region located between –225 and –56 significantly increased the promoter activity by 4-fold, indicating the presence of important repressive transcription factor binding site. The promoter activity of methylated full-length promoter was significantly lower than the methylated CpG4C deletion mutant by 16-fold. The results show that DNA methylation of CpG4C promotes the binding of the transcription factor that suppresses the promoter activity. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay analysis showed that cytosine methylation at MZF1 binding site in CpG4C increased the binding of putative MZF1 in nuclear extract. In conclusion, the results suggest that DNA methylation decreased the promoter activity by promoting the binding of putative MZF1 transcription factor at CpG4C region of the ckα gene promoter.

NG-monomethyl-l-arginine inhibits erythropoietin gene expression by stimulating GATA-2

Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 1716-1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahisa Tarumoto ◽  
Shigehiko Imagawa ◽  
Ken Ohmine ◽  
Tadashi Nagai ◽  
Masato Higuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Messenger Rna ◽  
Promoter Activity ◽  
Binding Activity ◽  
Guanosine Monophosphate ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Enhancer Activity ◽  
Gata Transcription Factor ◽  
Hep3b Cells

Abstract NG-monomethyl-l-arginine (L-NMMA) has been reported to be elevated in uremic patients. Based on the hypothesis that the pathogenesis of the anemia of renal disease might be due to the perturbation of transcription factors of the erythropoietin (Epo) gene by L-NMMA, the present study was designed to investigate the effect of L-NMMA on Epo gene expression through the GATA transcription factor. L-NMMA caused decreased levels of NO, cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), and Epo protein in Hep3B cells. L-NAME (analogue of L-NMMA) also inhibited Epo production in anemic mice. Transfection of the Epo promoter-luciferase gene into Hep3B cells revealed that L-NMMA inhibited the Epo promoter activity. However, L-NMMA did not inhibit the Epo promoter activity when mutated Epo promoter (GATA to TATA) was transfected, and L-NMMA did not affect the enhancer activity. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated the stimulation of GATA binding activity by L-NMMA. However, L-NMMA had no effect on the binding activity of hepatic nuclear factor-4, COUP-TF1, hypoxia-inducing factor-1, or NF-κB. Furthermore, cGMP inhibited the L-NMMA–induced GATA binding activity. L-NMMA also increased GATA-2 messenger RNA expression. These results demonstrate that L-NMMA suppresses Epo gene expression by up-regulation of the GATA transcription factor and support the hypothesis that L-NMMA is one of the candidate substances that underlie the pathogenesis of renal anemia.

scholarly journals Architectural Epigenetics: Mitotic Retention of Mammalian Transcriptional Regulatory Information

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (20) ◽  
pp. 4758-4766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayyed K. Zaidi ◽  
Daniel W. Young ◽  
Martin Montecino ◽  
Jane B. Lian ◽  
Janet L. Stein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Epigenetic Mechanisms ◽  
Cellular Phenotype ◽  
Transcriptional Regulatory ◽  
Regulatory Information ◽  
Cellular Identity ◽  
Epigenetic Signatures ◽  
Transcription Factor Occupancy

ABSTRACT Epigenetic regulatory information must be retained during mammalian cell division to sustain phenotype-specific and physiologically responsive gene expression in the progeny cells. Histone modifications, DNA methylation, and RNA-mediated silencing are well-defined epigenetic mechanisms that control the cellular phenotype by regulating gene expression. Recent results suggest that the mitotic retention of nuclease hypersensitivity, selective histone marks, as well as the lineage-specific transcription factor occupancy of promoter elements contribute to the epigenetic control of sustained cellular identity in progeny cells. We propose that these mitotic epigenetic signatures collectively constitute architectural epigenetics, a novel and essential mechanism that conveys regulatory information to sustain the control of phenotype and proliferation in progeny cells by bookmarking genes for activation or suppression.

scholarly journals Response of DREB transcription factor to drought stress based on DNA methylation in wheat

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanqiu Zhu ◽  
Huihui Wang ◽  
Wenjing Jia ◽  
Xiaoyan Wei ◽  
Zhikun Duan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Promoter Methylation ◽  
Resistance Mechanism ◽  
Dreb Transcription Factor ◽  
The Status ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
Responsive Element

Abstract Background: The growth and development of wheat are seriously influenced by drought stress, and the research on drought resistance mechanism of wheat is very important. Dehydration responsive element binding protein (DREB) plays an important role in plant response to drought stress, but epigenetic regulation for gene expression of DREB transcription factor is less studied, especially the regulatory role of DNA methylation has not been reported.Results: In this research, DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 were cloned from wheat in this study, their CDS sequence was composed of 732bp, 837bp or 1035bp, respectively, one 712bp intron was found in DREB6. Although AP2/EREBP domain of DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 had 73.25% identity, they belong to different types of DREB transcription factor, and the expression of Wdreb2 was significantly higher, yet was the lowest in DREB2. Under drought stress, the expression of DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 could be induced, but had different trends along with the increase of stress time, and their expression had tissue specificity, was obviously higher in leaf. Promoter of DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 in leaf was further studied, some elements related to adverse stress were found, and the promoter of DREB2 and Wdreb2 was slightly methylated, but DREB6 promoter was mildly methylated. Compared with the control, the level of promoter methylation decreased in DREB2 and DREB6 as stressed for 2h, then increased along with the increase of stress time, which was opposite in Wdreb2 promoter, the status of promoter methylation also had significant change under drought stress. Further analysis showed that promoter methylation of DREB6 or Wdreb2 was negatively correlated with their expression, especially was significant in Wdreb2. Conclusions: DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 might function differently in response to drought stress, and promoter methylation had more significant effects on gene expression of Wdreb2 and DREB6.

scholarly journals Response of wheat DREB transcription factor to drought stress based on DNA methylation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanqiu Zhu ◽  
Huihui Wang ◽  
Wenjing Jia ◽  
Xiaoyan Wei ◽  
Zhikun Duan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Promoter Methylation ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Dreb Transcription Factor ◽  
The Status ◽  
Element Binding Protein ◽  
Responsive Element

Abstract Background: The growth and development of wheat are seriously influenced by drought, dehydration responsive element binding protein (DREB) plays an important role in the response of plant to drought stress, but epigenetic regulation for gene expression of DREB transcription factor is less studied, especially the regulatory role of DNA methylation has not been reported.Results: In this research, DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 were cloned from wheat AK58, and one 712-bp intron was identified in DREB6. Although AP2/EREBP domains of DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 showed 73.25% identity, they belong to different types of DREB transcription factor. Under drought stress, different transcript expression patterns of DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 were observed, and their expression had tissue specificity, was obviously higher in leaves. Promoters of DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 were further studied, some elements related to stresses were found, and the promoters of DREB2 and Wdreb2 were slightly methylated, but DREB6 promoter was moderately methylated. Compared with the control, the level of promoter methylation in DREB2 and DREB6 decreased after 2 h stress treatment, and then increased, which was opposite in Wdreb2 promoter, the status of promoter methylation in DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 also had significant changes under drought stress. Further analysis showed that promoter methylation of DREB6 and Wdreb2 was negatively correlated with their expression, especially in Wdreb2. Conclusions: Our data suggest the different functions of DREB2, DREB6 and Wdreb2 in response to drought stress, and demonstrate the strong effects of promoter methylation on the regulation of Wdreb2 and DREB6 gene expression.

Comparison of Expression and Epigenetic Profiles in Human and Mouse Erythropoiesis and Megakaryopoiesis Using a Systems Biology Model

Blood ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 126 (23) ◽  
pp. 2383-2383
Author(s):  
Jens Lichtenberg ◽  
Elisabeth F. Heuston ◽  
Cheryl A. Keller ◽  
Ross C. Hardison ◽  
David M. Bodine
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Systems Biology ◽  
Hematopoietic Cells ◽  
Gene Body ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Human And Mouse ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Transcription Factor Occupancy

Abstract To date numerous datasets of gene expression and epigenetic profiles for mouse and human hematopoietic cells have been generated. While individual data sets for a particular cell type have been correlated, no approach exists to harness all expression and epigenetic profiles for the different types of hematopoietic cells. Our goal is to develop a systems biology platform to compare epigenetic profiles of hematopoietic cells towards a better understanding of epigenetic mechanisms governing hematopoiesis. To provide the necessary foundation to support systematic studies of hematopoiesis, we have developed the Systems Biology Repository (SBR, http://sbrblood.nhgri.nih.gov), a data "ranch" for organizing and analyzing transcriptome and epigenome data cells throughout differentiation. To populate SBR, we extracted, curated, annotated, and integrated all human and mouse hematopoietic datasets available through the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE), the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and the Short Read Repository (SRR). These include genome-wide profiles of DNA methylation, histone methylation and acetylation, transcription factor occupancy (ChIPSeq), chromatin accessibility (DNaseISeq, ATACSeq, FAIRESeq), and coding as well as non-coding transcriptional profiles (RNASeq). To demonstrate the utility of SBR, we conducted three different analyses. The first was a vertical study of HistoneSeq (H3K4me1, H3K4me2, H3K4me3, and H3K27ac), DNA methylation and RNASeq profiles during mouse erythroid differentiation. We found a global decrease in DNA methylation from hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSC) through common myeloid progenitors (CMP), erythroid progenitor cells (MEP) and erythroblasts (ERY; 92936 peaks in HSC to 14422 in ERY). The number of expressed genes (using a tags per million cutoff of 10) increased in erythroid progenitors (8901 in HSC to 10778 in CMP and 10670 in MEP) before decreasing in ERY (8654). 62% of histone marks delineating active enhancers (H3K27ac, H3K4me1) are present in both HSC and ERY, while 48% arise de novo during differentiation. In contrast, only 16% of active promoter specific histone marks (H3K4me2, H3K4me3) are present in both HSC and ERY. For a horizontal analysis we compared the DNA methylation, RNASeq, histone modification (H3K4me1, H3K4me2, H3K4me3, and H3K27ac) and transcription factor binding (GATA1 and NFE2) profiles of erythroblasts (ERY) and megakaryocytes (MEG). We found a similar relationship between gene expression and the histone and DNA methylation profiles in each cell type but differences between expression and in transcription factor occupancy. DNA methylation and H3K4me3 was enriched in the gene body of expressed genes (>36%) for both ERY (p ≤ 0.001) and MEG (p ≤ 0.01). In contrast DNA methylation was enriched in the upstream and downstream regions of non-coding RNA genes (p ≤ 0.001). Transcription factor occupancy was cell type specific: 79% of GATA1 sites are in ERY and 72% of NFE2 sites are in MEG. In erythroblasts, DNA methylation and GATA1 binding in the gene body are associated with gene silencing (4 fold difference, p ≤ 0.001), while in megakaryocytes, DNA methylation and NFE2 binding in the gene body are associated with gene activation (8 fold difference, p ≤ 0.001). We used the Mouse Genome Informatics homology map data to perform a cross-species comparison of the expression profiles of mouse and human multipotent progenitors (MPP), proerythroblasts and orthochromatic erythroblasts. We found a total of 5247 genes expressed at significantly different levels (p ≤ 0.001) between human and mouse MPP, while only 2010 genes were expressed at significantly similar levels (p ≤ 0.001). At the proerythroblast and orthochromatic erythroblast stages 7696 genes and 6571 genes were expressed at significantly different levels (p ≤ 0.001) between human and mouse respectively, while 2024 and 2560 genes were expressed at significantly similar levels (p ≤ 0.001). These data are consistent with previous studies showing differences in the transcriptional profiles of mouse and human hematopoietic cells. In summary, SBR provides a foundation to model the genetic and epigenetic landscape in both the mouse and human hematopoietic system, and enables functional correlations to be made between the species. As SBR is expanded to include data from patient cells, it will be possible to model epigenetic changes associated with disease. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

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