Project description:We characterize the transcriptional loop from c-Kit promoter and a novel c-Kit enhancer 10 millions of cells were use to generate replicate libraries
Project description:The study uncovers epigenomic changes associated with dexamethasone response heterogeneity in myeloma cells, revealing rewired promoter-enhancer interactions and DNA loop stabilization
Project description:To test the genomic region containing rs2431697 whether forms a cognate enhancer-promoter loop with the miR-146a promoter and modulates the expression of miR-146a, we perfomed 4C-seq in U-937 cell line based on the rs2431697 view point and miR-146a promoter view point.
Project description:To test the genomic region containing rs2431697 whether forms a cognate enhancer-promoter loop with the miR-146a promoter and modulates the expression of miR-146a, we perfomed 4C-seq in U-937 cell line based on miR-146a promoter view point (First digestion enzyme MboI, second digestion enzyme NlaIII) and rs2431697 view point (First digestion enzyme CSP6I, second digestion enzyme NlaIII).
Project description:Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) carries a 5 year survival rate of just 24%. Toxic chemotherapy regimens remain the backbone of standard of care for AML. The KIT tyrosine kinase is a recognised AML oncogene, associated with poor outcome. We recently identified DNA-PK as a novel therapeutic target in FLT3 mutant AML. The similarity between KIT and FLT3 regulated signalling pathways led us to investigate DNA-PK in KIT-mutant AML.
Project description:Enhancer looping governs gene regulatory circuitry but is challenging to detect. Here we present Tri-4C, an ultrafine mapping method for distal chromatin contacts using triple restriction enzyme (RE) digestion. Tri-4C identifies enhancer loops that are undetectable by current single RE- based methods and reveals quantitative loop strengths in enhancer interaction networks underlying dynamic gene control. This multi-RE approach may be applied to general 3C-derived methods for accurate detection of enhancer loops.
Project description:KIT mutant acute myeloid leukemia (AML) confers a worse prognosis for patients in a subtype of AML that has an otherwise favorable outcome. Here, we demonstrate that lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) inhibition potentiates cytotoxic effect of KIT inhibition in KIT mutant AML. We identified loss of PU.1 binding to be a key feature of LSD1 inhibition, contributing to a decrease in MYC enhancer and promoter activation. This loss of MYC enhancer/promoter activation results in decreased MYC expression and binding at proliferation associated promoters decreasing cell cycle progression. Our results nominate PI3K/AKT pathway inactivation as a key feature of KIT and LSD1 inhibition ultimately leading to decreased MYC and blocking LSD1 from activating its targets. Our findings support a mechanistic model for synergy between dual KIT and LSD1 inhibition and suggest this combination should be investigated in a clinical setting.
Project description:Sequencing files provided here include mouse liver ChIP-seq for CTCF and the cohesin subunit Rad21, and 4C-seq analyses in male and female mouse liver centered at an Albumin promoter viewpoint. These files are part of a larger study where we describe features of Topologically Associating Domains (TADs) and their impact on liver gene expression, then use these features to computationally predict subTAD structures not otherwise readily identifiable due to the low resolution of Hi-C. Our findings reveal that CTCF-based subTAD loops maintain key insulating properties of TADs, and support the proposal that subTADs are formed by the same loop extrusion mechanism and contribute to nuclear architecture as intra-TAD scaffolds that further constrain enhancer-promoter interactions. This allows high expression of super enhancer target genes and individual genes within inactive TADs, and may be a broadly conserved mechanism of genomic regulation.