Project description:Shh signal mediated by Gli family of transcription factors regulates digit growth and patterning in early limb development. Shh expression in the posterior margin of the limb bud defines the zone of polarizing activity. However, much less is know about downstream targets that mediate Shh signal functions. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from dissected anterior and posterior halves of mouse limb bud respectively. These data are used to obtain 889 transcripts that were upregulated 1.3 fold or more in the posterior limb bud, and 1189 transcripts that were enriched in the anterior limb bud at 1.3 fold or more. Two samples were analyzed. We generate pairwise comparisons between anterior and posterior limb tissues. Genes with a fold-change ≥1.3 were selected.
Project description:Shh signal mediated by Gli family of transcription factors regulates digit growth and patterning in early limb development. Shh expression in the posterior margin of the limb bud defines the zone of polarizing activity. However, much less is know about downstream targets that mediate Shh signal functions. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from dissected anterior and posterior halves of mouse limb bud respectively. These data are used to obtain 889 transcripts that were upregulated 1.3 fold or more in the posterior limb bud, and 1189 transcripts that were enriched in the anterior limb bud at 1.3 fold or more.
Project description:Analysis of mouse limb bud (E10.5) lacking the Bhlha9 gene. Bhlha9 knockout mouse shows syndactyly and poliosis in the limb. This microarray results provides insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying Bhlha9 function in the limb development DNA microarray analysis was performed using Affymetrix mouse genome 430 2.0 array. RNA samples were obtained from the whole limb bud of the E10.5 wild-type and Bhlha9 knockout embryos described above. Total RNA (200 ng) was reverse-transcribed and biotinylated using the GeneChip 3â² IVT Express Kit (Affymetrix). The microarray data were summarized using the MAS 5.0 method.
Project description:Comparing gene expression of cells from the E10.5 limb bud ZPA and the rest of the E10.5 limb bud from Shhgfpcre heterozygotes separated by FACS. Experiment Overall Design: 8 samples, 4 ZPA and 4 rest of the limb
Project description:Purpose: The response to Hedgehog signaling in the limb is driven by GLI bound enhancers. While most Hh targets in the developing limb bud appear to be regulated by the activity of GLI-repressor, the role of GLI activator in this regulation is unclear. Here we assess the roles of GLI activator and repressor in regulating H3K27ac to activate their enhancers. Methods: ChIP-seq was performed in Embryonic day 10.5 mouse limb buds from WT, Shh-/- and Shh-/-Gli3-/- embryos Results: We found that most GLI binding regions can be activated in the absence of both GLI activator and repressor, while a small subset require GLI activator for activity. These indicate that most GLI enhancers in the limb are regulated by GLI repression.
Project description:Analysis of mouse limb bud (E10.5) lacking the Bhlha9 gene. Bhlha9 knockout mouse shows syndactyly and poliosis in the limb. This microarray results provides insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying Bhlha9 function in the limb development
Project description:Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signals via Gli transcription factors to direct digit number and identity in the vertebrate limb. We have characterized the Gli-dependent cis-regulatory network through a combination of whole genome ChIP-on-chip and transcriptional profiling of the developing mouse limb. These analyses identified approximately 5,000 high quality Gli3 binding sites, including all known Gli-dependent enhancers. Discrete binding regions exhibit a higher-order clustering, highlighting the complexity of cis-regulatory interactions. Further, Gli3 binds inertly to previously identified neural-specific Gli enhancers, demonstrating the accessibility of their cis-regulatory elements. Intersection of DNA binding data with gene expression profiles predicted 205 putative limb target genes. The supplementary bed file contains all 5,274 high quality binding Gli3 binding sites reported in the paper.