Project description:Polycomb-mediated gene repression plays an important role in adult stem cell maintenance. Direct targets of the Polycomb repressive complex PRC2 in th intestinal epithelium were revealed by performing ChIP-sequencing on crypt samples isolated from wild type murine small intestines. The resulting list of H3K27me3-enriched genes were compared with RNA-sequencing data from wild type and Eed knockout crypts. Crypts were isolated from wild type murine intestinal epithelium and subjected to ChIP using anti-H3K27me3 and anti-H3K27Ac antibodies, after which DNA isolated from extracted immunocomplexes was sequenced.
Project description:Polycomb-mediated gene repression plays an important role in adult stem cell maintenance. Direct targets of the Polycomb repressive complex PRC2 in th intestinal epithelium were revealed by performing ChIP-sequencing on crypt samples isolated from wild type murine small intestines. The resulting list of H3K27me3-enriched genes were compared with RNA-sequencing data from wild type and Eed knockout crypts.
Project description:Polycomb-group proteins form multimeric protein complexes involved in transcriptional silencing. The Polycomb Repressive complex 2 (PRC2) contains the Suppressor of Zeste-12 protein (Suz12) and the histone methyltransferase Enhancer of Zeste protein-2 (Ezh2). This complex, catalyzing the di- and tri-methylation of histone H3 lysine 27, is essential for embryonic development and stem cell renewal. However, the role of Polycomb-group protein complexes in the control of the intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) phenotype is not known. We investigated the impact of Suz 12 depletion on gene expression in IEC-6 cells.
