Project description:The HASTER promoter region is a cis-regulatory element that stabilizes the transcription HNF1A. If HASTER is deleted after beta cells have been formed and HNF1A is already stably expressed, HASTER is not required to maintain HNF1A activity, and is only required to provide negative feedback on HNF1A. HNF1A binding to the HASTER promoter mediates the repression of the HNF1A gene itself. To determine whether HNF1A binding to the HASTER promoter remodels 3D chromatin interactions of the HNF1A promoter, we performed UMI-4C experiments in wild type and HASTER-promoter KO EndoC-betaH3 cells with or without doxycycline-induced HNF1A overexpression using the HNF1A promoter as viewpoint.
Project description:The HASTER promoter region is a cis-regulatory element that stabilizes the transcription of HNF1A, preventing silencing or overexpression. We have generated a mouse model where the promoter of Haster has been specifically deleted in liver (Haster loxP/loxP; AlbCre). In liver the prevailing consequence is upregulation of HNF1A. We performed UMI-4C experiments to assess how Haster inactivation remodel 3D chromatin interactions of the Hnf1a promoter using the Hnf1a promoter as viewpoint (V1, Hnf1a promoter upstream CTCF site viewpoint; V2, Hnf1a promoter VP).
Project description:The HASTER promoter region is a cis-regulatory element that stabilizes the transcription of HNF1A, preventing silencing or overexpression. We have generated a mouse model where the promoter of Haster has been specifically deleted in liver (Haster loxP/loxP; AlbCre). In liver the prevailing consequence is upregulation of HNF1A. We performed HNF1A, H3K4me3 and H3K27ac ChIP-seq to assess the impact of HNF1A upregulation on the chromatin landscape of Haster KO liver.
Project description:The HASTER promoter region is a cis-regulatory element that stabilizes the transcription of HNF1A, preventing silencing or overexpression. We have generated a mouse model where the promoter of Haster has been specifically deleted in liver (Haster loxP/loxP; AlbCre). In liver the prevailing consequence is upregulation of HNF1A. We performed RNA-seq from control and KO livers to assess the transcriptional impact of the HNF1A upregulation in the Haster KO liver.
Project description:We developed a targeted chromosome conformation capture (4C) approach that uses unique molecular identifiers (UMI) to derive high complexity quantitative chromosome contact profiles with controlled signal to noise ratios. We demonstrate that the method improves the sensitivity and specificity for detection of long-range chromosomal interactions, and that it allows the design of interaction screens with predictable statistical power. UMI-4C robustly quantifies contact intensity changes between cell types and conditions, opening the way toward incorporation of long-range interactions in quantitative models of gene regulation. We constructed UMI-4C profiles of 13 different genomic loci (viewpoints) in five different cell lines, in order to study the 3D chromatin contact maps of these selected loci. The coordinates for these viewpoints are: G1p1 chrX:48646542; baitG1_3_5kb chrX:48641393; bait_50kb chrX:48595987; bait_165kb chrX:48476525; ANK1 chr8:41654693; hbb_3HS chr11:5221346; hbb_HBB chr11:5248714; hbb_HBBP1_G1 chr11:5266532; HBB_HBE chr11:5292159; HBB_HS2 chr11:5301345; HBB_HS3 chr11:5306690; HBB_HS5 chr11:5313539; HBB_HBD chr11:5256597
Project description:Germ-line deletion of the Haster promoter region results in overexpression of Hnf1a in liver, while a variegated phenotype is observed in pancreatic islets, with overexpression or silencing of the Hnf1a gene in different cells. Mouse hybrid experiments show that both activation and silencing mechanisms occur in cis. To assess whether HASTER transcription or RNA transcripts are involved in the regulation of Hnf1a, we have generated a mouse model where the 4xSV40 polyA signal has been inserted downstream of Haster promoters (Haster-Stop allele) to terminate Haster transcription, but leaving the Haster promoter intact. Haster Stop/+ F1 mice with the Haster Stop allele from C57BL/6 origin and wild type allele from the PWK/PhJ origin were used for stain-specific RNA-seq in pancreatic islets and liver. Allele-specific quantification of Hnf1a exon 1 were used to assess the requirement of the Haster transcripts/transcription for Hnf1a expression.
Project description:Pancreas specific deletion of the Haster promoter region results in a variegated phenotype in pancreatic islets with overexpression or silencing of the Hnf1a gene. To determine the transcriptional consequence of the overexpression or silencing of Hnf1a is islet cells from the Haster pKO mice (Haster loxP/loxP;Pdx1-Cre), we performed scRNA-seq of pancreatic islets from control and adult female Haster pKO mice.
Project description:We developed a targeted chromosome conformation capture (4C) approach that uses unique molecular identifiers (UMI) to derive high complexity quantitative chromosome contact profiles with controlled signal to noise ratios. We demonstrate that the method improves the sensitivity and specificity for detection of long-range chromosomal interactions, and that it allows the design of interaction screens with predictable statistical power. UMI-4C robustly quantifies contact intensity changes between cell types and conditions, opening the way toward incorporation of long-range interactions in quantitative models of gene regulation.
Project description:We developed a targeted chromosome conformation capture (4C) approach that uses unique molecular identifiers (UMI) to derive high complexity quantitative chromosome contact profiles with controlled signal to noise ratios. We demonstrate that the method improves the sensitivity and specificity for detection of long-range chromosomal interactions, and that it allows the design of interaction screens with predictable statistical power. UMI-4C robustly quantifies contact intensity changes between cell types and conditions, opening the way toward incorporation of long-range interactions in quantitative models of gene regulation.