Vitamin D receptor (VDR) target genes in THP-1 monocytic leucemia cells

ABSTRACT: The biologically active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3), is a direct regulator of gene transcription, since it is the only high affinity natural ligand of the transcription factor vitamin D receptor (VDR). Transcriptome-wide analysis of THP-1 human monocyte-like cells had indicated more than 600 genes to be significantly (p < 0.05) regulated after a 4 h stimulation with 1,25(OH)2D3. In this study, we screened of the list of primary vitamin D targets for genes encoding for transcriptional regulators and selected those of the activating transcription factor NFE2 and the transcriptional repressor BCL6. Both genes are under the control of two VDR loci and are the only 1,25(OH)2D3 targets within their respective chromosomal domain. However, NFE2 mRNA was rapidly up-reg

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Sami Heikkinen 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-60102 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress