Project description:Foxa1loxP/loxP;Foxa2loxP/loxP and Foxa1loxP/loxP;Foxa2loxP/loxP;AfpCre mice of both genders were treated with or without carcinogen to induce liver cancer. ChIP-Seq was performed in the liver samples after cross-linking. ChIP-DNA was sequenced with the Illumina GAII sequencer. The AfpCre when present knocks out the Foxa1 and Foxa2 genes, so removing the corresponding proteins.
Project description:Gene expression changes between livers of treated WT and dKO (Foxa1 and Foxa2 KO) male and female mice and untreated female (WT and dKO) mice were measured to identify pathways related to Foxa1/2 regulation of pathways involved in liver cancer. The experiment uses 4 replicates each for 6 conditions
Project description:Gene expression changes between livers of treated WT and dKO (Foxa1 and Foxa2 KO) male and female mice and untreated female (WT and dKO) mice were measured to identify pathways related to Foxa1/2 regulation of pathways involved in liver cancer.
Project description:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is sexually dimorphic in both rodents and humans, with significantly higher incidence in males, an effect that is dependent on sex hormones. The molecular mechanisms by which estrogens prevent and androgens promote liver cancer remain unclear. Here, we discover that sexually dimorphic HCC is completely reversed in Foxa1- and Foxa2-deficient mice after diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis. Coregulation of target genes by Foxa1/a2 and either the estrogen receptor (ERα) or the androgen receptor (AR) was increased during hepatocarcinogenesis in normal female or male mice, respectively, but was lost in Foxa1/2-deficient mice. Thus, both estrogen-dependent resistance to and androgen-mediated facilitation of HCC depend on Foxa1/2. Strikingly, single nucleotide polymorphisms at FOXA2 binding sites reduce binding of both FOXA2 and ERα to their targets in human liver and correlate with HCC development in women. Thus, Foxa factors and their targets are central for the sexual dimorphism of HCC.
Project description:FOXA1 and FOXA2 are essentail transcription factors for proper gut development. In adults, they have a role in the differentiation of intestinal secretory cell lineages and were also reporeted to directly activate Muc2 transcription. Here we show that deletion of Foxa1 and Foxa2 in mouse intestinal epithelium leads to a downregulation of glycosylation genes in the colon and to a massive change of the colonic surface glycans. In turn, the microbiome composition shifts dramatically and spontaneous inflammatory bowel disease ensued. We conclude that vertebrates shape a favorable microbiome by establishing a glycocalyx to nurture specific bacterial taxa through control of the epithelial glycosylation program by the FoxA transcription factors.
Project description:To characterize the genome-wide regulatory cistrome of Foxa1 and Foxa2, we performed both Foxa1 and Foxa2 chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) on freshly dissociated prostate tumor cells at the early stage (2 weeks post tamoxifen administration) and the late stage (6 months post tamoxifen administration) of NEPC progression, respectively.
Project description:FOXA1 and FOXA2 are essentail transcription factors for proper gut development. In adults, they play a role in the differentiation of intestinal secretory cells and were also reporeted to directly activate Muc2 transcription. Here we show that FOXA1 and FOXA2 bind near goblet cell genes, and are specifically enriched near glycosylation genes. Deletion of these transcription factors in mouse intestine leads to a downregulation of glycosylation genes in the colon and to a massive change of the colonic surface glycans. I turn, the microbiome composition shifts dramatically and spontaneous inflammatory bowel disease ensued. We conclude that vertebrates shape a favorable microbiome by establishing a glycocalyx to nurture specific bacterial taxa through control of the epithelial glycosylation program by the FoxA transcription factors.
Project description:Activation of the androgen receptor (AR) is the key lineage-specific oncogenic pathway and the primary therapeutic target in prostate cancer. While AR signaling is enabled by the pioneer transcription factor FOXA1, its homologue FOXA2 is specifically expressed in advanced lineage plasticity prostate cancers that have lost the AR signaling axis. However, their roles and utility as a drug target remain incompletely characterized. Here, we show an unexpected collaboration of FOXA1 and FOXA2 in mediating AR-independent cell proliferation in different lineage plasticity cancer subtypes. Conversely, joint loss-of-function or pharmacologic disruption of FOXA1 and FOXA2 leads to the collapse of lineage-specific oncogenic transcription factors followed by cell cycle arrest. In summary, our findings uncover a druggable dependency for AR-positive and -negative prostate cancers.
Project description:Activation of the androgen receptor (AR) is the key lineage-specific oncogenic pathway and the primary therapeutic target in prostate cancer. While AR signaling is enabled by the pioneer transcription factor FOXA1, its homologue FOXA2 is specifically expressed in advanced lineage plasticity prostate cancers that have lost the AR signaling axis. However, their roles and utility as a drug target remain incompletely characterized. Here, we show an unexpected collaboration of FOXA1 and FOXA2 in mediating AR-independent cell proliferation in different lineage plasticity cancer subtypes. Conversely, joint loss-of-function or pharmacologic disruption of FOXA1 and FOXA2 leads to the collapse of lineage-specific oncogenic transcription factors followed by cell cycle arrest. In summary, our findings uncover a druggable dependency for AR-positive and -negative prostate cancers.