Genome-wide ChIP-seq analysis of Nr4a1 binding sites in regulatory T (Treg) cells
Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Takashi Sekiya
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-70417 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Similar Datasets
Project description:We have revealed that Nr4a family nuclear orphan receptors broadly regulate a transcriptional program in Treg cells. In this study, to give an insight into Nr4a-mediated regulation of the transcriptional program in Treg cells, we performed ChIP-seq experiment using anti-Nr4a1 antibodies and a chromatin lysate from Treg cells.
2015-06-30 | GSE70417 | GEO
Project description:Loss of functional beta-cell mass is a hallmark of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and methods for restoring these cells are needed. Nkx6.1 induces beta-cell proliferation, but the pathway by which Nkx6.1 activates beta-cell expansion has not been defined. Here we demonstrate that Nkx6.1 induces expression of the Nr4a1 and Nr4a3 orphan nuclear receptors, and that these factors are both necessary and sufficient for Nkx6.1-mediated β-cell proliferation. Overexpression of the Nr4a receptors results in increased expression of key cell cycle inducers E2F1 and cyclin E1. Furthermore, Nr4a receptors induce components of the anaphase-promoting complex, including Ube2c. We set up a microarray using primary rat islets that were left untreated or transduced with adenoviruses overexpressing GFP, Nr4a1 or Nr4a3 for 48 h.
2014-02-18 | E-GEOD-55078 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:In this study, we investigated the roles of Nr4a family transcription factors in Th and Treg cell differentiation from Tnaive cells. Nr4a factors were found to promote Treg cell differentiation and repress Th1 and Th2 differentiation. During Treg cell differentiation, all Nr4a factors are transiently induced in Tnaive cells immediately after TCR stimulation, whereby they mediate epigenetic changes directly or by cooperating with other transcription factors. To reveal Nr4a factors' mediated transcrptional events, we analyzed gene expression of wild type and Nr4a1,a2,a3-tripple knockout (Nr4a-TKO) iTreg cells by microarray analysis.
2020-07-08 | GSE153927 | GEO
Project description:NR4A nuclear receptors are known tumor suppressors of acute myeloid leukemia and are essential regulators of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) quiescence. To study the transcriptional consequences of acute NR4A1/3 codepletion in HSCs, we used an Nr4a1/3 conditional knockout mouse model and performed a global transcriptome profiling using RNA-Seq in sorted HSCs four days after NR4A1/3 codepletion.
2018-01-23 | GSE100990 | GEO
Project description:NR4As are critical tumor suppressors of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) whose expression is broadly silenced in leukemia initiating cell enriched populations from human patients relative to normal hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Rescued NR4A expression in human AML cells inhibits proliferation and reprograms AML gene signatures via transcriptional mechanisms that remain to be elucidated. By intersecting an acutely regulated, NR4A1 dependent transcriptional profile with genome wide NR4A binding distribution, we now identify an NR4A targetome of 685 genes that are directly regulated by NR4A1. We show that NR4As regulate gene transcription primarily through interaction with distal enhancers that are co-enriched for both NR4A1 and ETS transcription factor motifs. Using a subset of NR4A activated genes, we demonstrate that the ETS factors ERG and FLI-1 are required for activation of NR4A bound enhancers and NR4A target gene induction. NR4A1 dependent recruitment of ERG and FLI-1 promotes binding of p300 histone acetyl transferase to activate NR4A bound enhancers. These findings disclose novel epigenetic mechanisms by which NR4As and ETS factors cooperate to drive NR4A dependent gene transcription in human AML cells. NR4A1 ChIP-seq after exogenous NR4A1 expression
2016-03-22 | E-GEOD-79491 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:We investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of tumor suppression by NR4A1 and NR4A3, and show a cell intrinsic essential function in maintenance of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) homeostasis. In the absence of Nr4a1/3, HSC lost quiescence, became highly proliferative leukemia-stem cell (LSC) that transplanted AML to recipient mice. We further revealed that loss of NR4A1/3 leads to deregulated expression of the key cell cycle regulator Cdkn1c (P57), c-Myc oncogene, and glucose metabolic genes leading to enhanced aerobic glycolysis or Warburg effect in LSCs. Reintroduction of Nr4a1 in LSCs restored HSC quiescence, and reversed Nr4a1/3 deficiency induced P57 suppression and c-Myc overexpression. Collectively, we identify an essential role of Nr4a1/3 in coordinately regulating cell cycle entry and glucose metabolism to prevent uncontrolled stem cell proliferation and AML transformation. These results have major implications for designing therapeutic strategies in AML. To identify NR4A-dependent molecular signaling pathways that may control HSC homeostasis, we performed genome-wide transcript profiling of Lin-Sca1+ (LS) cells from WT and DKO mice. For Affymetrix analysis, we generated three independent pools of RNA from sorted LS cells from 10-20 WT or DKO (2- to 3-week-old) mice per sample.
2013-12-30 | E-GEOD-31042 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Loss of functional beta-cell mass is a hallmark of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and methods for restoring these cells are needed. We have previously reported that overexpression of the homeodomain transcription factor Nkx6.1 in rat pancreatic islets induces beta-cell proliferation and enhances glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, but the pathway by which Nkx6.1 activates beta-cell expansion has not been defined. Here we demonstrate that Nkx6.1 induces expression of the Nr4a1 and Nr4a3 orphan nuclear receptors, and that these factors are both necessary and sufficient for Nkx6.1-mediated beta-cell proliferation. Consistent with this finding, global knockout of Nr4a1 results in a decrease in beta-cell area in neonatal and young mice. Overexpression of Nkx6.1 and the Nr4a receptors results in increased expression of key cell cycle inducers E2F1 and cyclin E1. Furthermore, Nkx6.1 and Nr4a receptors induce components of the anaphase-promoting complex, including Ube2c, resulting in degradation of the cell cycle inhibitor p21CIP1. These studies identify a new bipartite pathway for activation of beta-cell proliferation, suggesting several new targets for expansion of functional beta-cell mass. We set up a microarray using primary rat islets that were left untreated or transduced with adenoviruses overexpressing betagal or Nkx6.1 for 48 h.
2014-02-18 | E-GEOD-55077 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:NR4As are critical tumor suppressors of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) whose expression is broadly silenced in leukemia initiating cell enriched populations from human patients relative to normal hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Rescued NR4A expression in human AML cells inhibits proliferation and reprograms AML gene signatures via transcriptional mechanisms that remain to be elucidated. By intersecting an acutely regulated, NR4A1 dependent transcriptional profile with genome wide NR4A binding distribution, we now identify an NR4A targetome of 685 genes that are directly regulated by NR4A1. We show that NR4As regulate gene transcription primarily through interaction with distal enhancers that are co-enriched for both NR4A1 and ETS transcription factor motifs. Using a subset of NR4A activated genes, we demonstrate that the ETS factors ERG and FLI-1 are required for activation of NR4A bound enhancers and NR4A target gene induction. NR4A1 dependent recruitment of ERG and FLI-1 promotes binding of p300 histone acetyl transferase to activate NR4A bound enhancers. These findings disclose novel epigenetic mechanisms by which NR4As and ETS factors cooperate to drive NR4A dependent gene transcription in human AML cells. Transcriptome analysis in triplicate 6hr after exogenous NR4A1 expression compared to GFP transfection control.
2016-03-22 | E-GEOD-79490 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Regulatory T (Treg) cells, as central mediators of immune suppression, play crucial roles in many aspects of immune system physiology and pathophysiology. Treg cells are characterized by a distinct pattern of gene expression, including upregulation of immune-suppressive genes and silencing of inflammatory cytokine genes. However, the molecular mechanisms that establish and/or maintain such gene regulation in Treg cells remain largely unknown. We recently reported that Nr4a family nuclear orphan receptors are essential for the development of Treg cells. The fact that Treg cells maintain high levels of expression of all Nr4a family components suggests that they may also play critical roles beyond Treg cell development. Here, we show that Nr4a factors are essential for maintaining Treg-specific gene expression programs, mediating two defined characteristics of Treg cells: lineage stability and suppressive activity. A compound knockout mouse strain in which all Nr4a genes were specifically deleted in Treg cells developed systemic immunopathology with accelerated Th2/Tfh/IgE reactions. Treg cells in these mice showed global reduction of 'Treg signature' gene expression, including Foxp3, Il2ra and Ikzf4. These findings demonstrate that Nr4a controls a genetic program indispensable for Treg cell maintenance and function. mRNA from wild-type and Nr4a-deficient Treg cells were analyzed.
2013-12-23 | E-GEOD-53574 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The NR4A family of nuclear receptors are upregulated by acute and chronic antigen stimulation, and play redundant, tolerogenic roles in T and B cells. To bypass their obligate function in the Treg lineage, we generated competitive chimeras with Nr4a1-/-Nr4a3-/- (double knockout or DKO) bone marrow mixed with congenically marked WT bone marrow at a 1:5 ratio. As a result of a defect in Treg production by DKO cells, Treg in mixed chimeras are almost exclusively of WT origin. By contrast, we generate an approximately 1:1 DKO:WT ratio in the peripheral T cell compartment because DKO cells escape negative selection. After reconstitution, we observed pronounced accumulation of anergic DKO CD4 T cells, but a defect in functional tolerance resulting in autoantibody production. Based on these studies and published literature, we hypothesize that the NR4A family regulate TCR-induced transcripts in both naive and anergic CD4 T cells. To identify such targets, we sorted naive and anergic CD4 T cells of either WT or DKO genotype (CD45.1+ or CD45.1-) on the basis of CD73/FR4/CD44 expression from these chimeras directly into RLT buffer. In parallel, we stimulated sorted naive CD4 T cells of each genotype in vitro with plate-bound anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 stimulation for 3 hrs and then generated RLT lysates. We made biological triplicate samples of each condition (naive WT and DKO, naive stimulated WT and DKO, anergic WT and DKO) resulting in 6 different populations x 3 replicates = 18 samples. Samples were subjected to library prep and bulk RNA sequencing to identify DEG.
2021-06-24 | GSE178782 | GEO