Project description:RB’s interaction with chromatin is key to understanding its molecular functions. Using a novel ChIP-sequencing protocol, we identify the precise chromatin loci bound by various forms of human RB. RB targets three fundamentally different types of loci (promoters, enhancers, CTCF-sites), that are largely distinguishable by the mutually exclusive presence of E2F1, c-JUN and CTCF. E2F/DP facilitates RB association with promoters, whereas AP-1 recruits RB to enhancers. RB’s association with promoters and enhancers fluctuates: G1-arrest enriched RB at promoters, while S-phase progression redistributed RB towards enhancers. RB binding to RB/CTCF sites was unaltered by cell cycle progression. RB-bound promoters include the classic E2F targets and are similar between cell types. However, RB-bound enhancers are associated with different gene categories, including, notably, MAPK signaling, and they vary between cell types. We propose that RB has a well-preserved role controlling E2F in G1, and cell type-specific effects at enhancers when cells enter S-phase.
