Control of VEGF-A trancriptional programs by pausing and genomic compartmentalization

ABSTRACT: Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) is a master regulator of vascular development and function. Consequently, VEGF-A regulated gene expression programs have been under heavy research. In this study we study the transcriptional regulation of VEGF-A-responsive genes in primary aortic endothelial cells (HAEC) and vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) using genome wide global run-on sequencing (GRO-Seq). We show that half of VEGF-A induced genes display a paused phenotype under basal conditions and are thus poised for rapid gene activation. Promoters of paused genes are distinguished from those of non-paused by higher basal enrichment for active histone marks H3K4me3, H3K9ac and H3K27ac. We also show that nearly 100% of the VEGF-upregulated genes are induced at the level of elongation, wher

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Minna Kaikkonen 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-52642 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress