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Chromatin stretch enhancer states drive cell-specific gene regulation and harbor human disease risk variants (ChIP-seq)

ABSTRACT: Chromatin-based functional genomic analyses and genomewide association studies (GWASs) together implicate enhancers as critical elements influencing gene expression and risk for common diseases. Here, we performed systematic chromatin and transcriptome pro- filing in human pancreatic islets. Integrated analysis of islet data with those generated by the ENCODE project in nine cell types identified specific and significant enrichment of type 2 diabetes and related quantitative trait GWAS variants in islet enhancers. Our integrated chromatin maps reveal that most enhancers are short (median = 0.8 kb). Each cell type also contains a substantial number of more extended (≥3 kb) enhancers. Interestingly, these stretch enhancers are often tissue-specific and overlap locus control regions, suggesting that they are important chromatin regulatory beacons. Indeed, we show that (i) tissue specificity of enhancers and nearby gene expression increase with enhancer length; (ii) neighborhoods containing stretch enhancers are enriched for important cell type– specific genes; and (iii) GWAS variants associated with traits rele- vant to a particular cell type are more enriched in stretch enhancers compared with short enhancers. Reporter constructs containing stretch enhancer sequences exhibited tissue-specific activity in cell culture experiments and in transgenic mice. These results suggest that stretch enhancers are critical chromatin elements for coordinating cell type–specific regulatory programs and that sequence variation in stretch enhancers affects risk of major common human diseases. Integrated analysis of islet chromatin modification and transcriptome data with those generated by the ENCODE project. NISC Comparative Sequencing Program

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Francis Collins

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-51311 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Chromatin stretch enhancer states drive cell-specific gene regulation and harbor human disease risk variants.

Parker Stephen C J SC Stitzel Michael L ML Taylor D Leland DL Orozco Jose Miguel JM Erdos Michael R MR Akiyama Jennifer A JA van Bueren Kelly Lammerts KL Chines Peter S PS Narisu Narisu N Black Brian L BL Visel Axel A Pennacchio Len A LA Collins Francis S FS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20131014 44

Chromatin-based functional genomic analyses and genomewide association studies (GWASs) together implicate enhancers as critical elements influencing gene expression and risk for common diseases. Here, we performed systematic chromatin and transcriptome profiling in human pancreatic islets. Integrated analysis of islet data with those from nine cell types identified specific and significant enrichment of type 2 diabetes and related quantitative trait GWAS variants in islet enhancers. Our integrat ...[more]

PMID: 24127591

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Chromatin stretch enhancer states drive cell-specific gene regulation and harbor human disease risk variants (ChIP-seq)

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