Project description:HOXB8 acts as a transcription facor, thus we knock down HOXB8 gene by doxycycline induced shRNA in colon cancer cells and profiled the change of transcriptome after knocking down HOXB8
Project description:HOXB8 functions as a transcription factor, but its genomic targets remains unknown. Thus, we profiled HOXB8 binding loci across the genome using ChIP-seq.
Project description:Investigation of immune cell differentiation and function is limited by shortcomings of suitable and scalable experimental systems. Although forced expression of certain Hox genes allows immortalization of hematopoietic progenitor cells, their differentiation potential is limited to select myeloid lineages. Here we show that an estrogen-regulated form of Hoxb8 that is retrovirally delivered into bone marrow cells can be used along with FLT3 ligand to conditionally immortalize early hematopoietic progenitor cells (Hoxb8-FL). Hoxb8-FL cells have lost self-renewal capacity and the ability to adopt megakaryocyte/ erythroid lineage fates, but sustain myeloid and lymphoid differentiation potential. Hoxb8-FL cells differentiate in vitro and in vivo into different myeloid and lymphoid cell types, including macrophages, granulocytes, dendritic cells and B- and T-lymphocytes, which are phenotypically and functionally indistinguishable from their primary counterparts. Given the simplicity to generate Hoxb8-FL cells and their unlimited proliferative capacity, this system provides unique opportunities to investigate cell differentiation and immune cell functions. Hoxb8 expressing immortalized cells
Project description:The transcription factor BACH1 is a transcriptional repressor with a central role regulating oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory pathways, emerging as a promising therapeutic target for multiple conditions, including neurodegenerative disorders, ischemia-reperfusion injuries, sickle cell disease and cancer. In the field of cancer BACH1 has gained significant attention, with BACH1 overexpression correlating with poor prognosis and metastasis across various cancer types; however, despite this increasing relevance of BACH1, no universal pro-metastatic mechanism or transcriptional signature for BACH1 has been identified which is a major limitation for this growing field. To fill this gap, in this study we performed RNA-Seq coupled with ChIP-Seq in BACH1 proficient and deficient lung cancer cells and identified a set of common BACH1 directly regulated genes, which we thoroughly validated in a large panel of cancer cells. This novel lung cancer BACH1 transcriptional signature is highly sensitive and specific to BACH1 perturbations (both genetic and pharmacological) and does not respond to NRF2 modulation, underscoring its specificity. This signature not only represents a robust surrogate for BACH1 activity, but we also provide evidence of its potential value as a tool to i) identify novel BACH1 inhibitors; and ii) provide insights into BACH1’s pro-metastatic role.
Project description:BTB and CNC homology 1 (BACH1) is a heme-binding transcription factor repressing the transcription from a subset of MAF recognition elements (MAREs) at low intracellular heme levels. Upon heme binding, BACH1 is released from the MAREs, resulting in increased expression of antioxidant response genes. To systematically address the gene regulatory networks involving BACH1, we combined chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq) analysis of BACH1 target genes in HEK 293 cells with knock-down of BACH1 using three independent types of small interfering RNAs followed by transcriptome profiling using microarrays. The 59 BACH1 target genes identified by ChIP-seq were found highly enriched in genes showing expression changes after BACH1 knock-down, demonstrating the impact of BACH1 repression on transcription. In addition to known and new BACH1 targets involved in heme degradation (HMOX1, FTL, FTH1, ME1, SLC48A1) and redox regulation (GCLC, GCLM, SLC7A11), we also discovered BACH1 target genes effecting cell cycle and apoptosis pathways (ITPR2, CALM1, SQSTM1, TFE3, EWSR1, CDK6, BCL2L11, MAFG) as well as subcellular transport processes (CLSTN1, PSAP, MAPT, vault RNA). The newly identified impact of BACH1 on genes involved in neurodegenerative processes and proliferation provides an interesting basis for future dissection of BACH1-mediated gene repression in neurodegeneration and virus-induced cancerogenesis. Examination of BACH1 binding in HEK 293T cells by chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (CHIP-seq) with input DNA as control.
Project description:The transcription factor BACH1 is a transcriptional repressor with a central role regulating oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory pathways, emerging as a promising therapeutic target for multiple conditions, including neurodegenerative disorders, ischemia-reperfusion injuries, sickle cell disease and cancer. In the field of cancer BACH1 has gained significant attention, with BACH1 overexpression correlating with poor prognosis and metastasis across various cancer types; however, despite this increasing relevance of BACH1, no universal pro-metastatic mechanism or transcriptional signature for BACH1 has been identified which is a major limitation for this growing field. To fill this gap, in this study we performed RNA-Seq coupled with ChIP-Seq in BACH1 proficient and deficient lung cancer cells and identified a set of common BACH1 directly regulated genes, which we thoroughly validated in a large panel of cancer cells. This novel lung cancer BACH1 transcriptional signature is highly sensitive and specific to BACH1 perturbations (both genetic and pharmacological) and does not respond to NRF2 modulation, underscoring its specificity. This signature not only represents a robust surrogate for BACH1 activity, but we also provide evidence of its potential value as a tool to i) identify novel BACH1 inhibitors; and ii) provide insights into BACH1’s pro-metastatic role.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE28050: Expression data from knockdown of BACH1 in HEK 293T cells GSE28051: Genome-wide map of BACH1 binding in HEK293T cells Refer to individual Series