Project description:This paired RIP experiment was done using Drosophila ovaries and designed to identified specific ncRNAs associated with Lsd1 (Lysine specific demethylase 1) complex in vivo.
Project description:These paired RIP experiments were designed to determine specific ncRNAs that associated with either Lsd1 (Lysine specific demethylase 1) complex or Bre1.
Project description:Transcription factors and chromatin modifiers play important roles in programming and reprogramming of cellular states during development. Much is known about the role of these regulators in gene activation, but relatively little is known about the critical process of enhancer silencing during differentiation. Here we show that the H3K4/K9 histone demethylase LSD1 plays an essential role in decommissioning enhancers during differentiation of embryonic stem cells (ESCs). LSD1 occupies enhancers of active genes critical for control of ESC state. However, LSD1 is not essential for maintenance of ESC identity. Instead, ESCs lacking LSD1 activity fail to fully differentiate and ESC-specific enhancers fail to undergo the histone demethylation events associated with differentiation. At enhancers, LSD1 is a component of the NuRD complex, which contains additional subunits that are necessary for ESC differentiation. We propose that the LSD1-NuRD complex decommissions enhancers of the pluripotency program upon differentiation, which is essential for complete shutdown of the ESC gene expression program and the transition to new cell states. This is the ChIP-seq part of the study.
Project description:Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is an autoimmune orbital disease, multiple factors including genetic and immune factors, contribute to TAO progression, thus there is no available drugs targeting TAO. Here, we investigated the underlying mechanism of adipogenesis in TAO from an epigenetic point, we found lysine specific demethylase (LSD1) was highly expressed in TAO compared with non-TAO, and knocking down LSD1 led to decreased expression of adipocyte markers and inflammatory genes. Mechanically, LSD1 removed the H3K9me2 mark on the promoter of adipocyte genes, activating their expression. Finally, pargyline, an inhibitor of LSD1, inhibited adpogenesis in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, our study revealed a novel mechanism of adipocyte differentiation during TAO progression, and demonstrated LSD1 is a potential anti-adipogenesis target in TAO.
Project description:With an experimental RNomics, we identified 194 novel ncRNAs in silkworm through four developmental stages (egg, larva, pupa and adult). Oligos of 132 ncRNAs were sucessfully designed, the expression of these ncRNAs were analyzed by dual-channel microarray, results showed that 36 ncRNAs had significantly differential expression during development.
Project description:Lsd1 ablation triggers metabolic reprogramming of brown adipose tissue. Lsd1 protein complexes were purified from mouse adipose tissue and analyzed by label-free LC-MS/MS. Mice were kept under different conditions prior complex isolation.
Project description:LSD1 (also known as KDM1A) is a histone demethylase and a key regulator of gene expression in embryonic stem cells and cancer.1,2 LSD1 was initially identified as a transcriptional repressor via its demethylation of active histone H3 marks (di-methyl lysine 4 [2MK4]).1 In prostate cancer, specifically, LSD1 also co-localizes with the AR and demethylates repressive 2MK9 histone marks from androgen-responsive AR target genes, facilitating androgen-mediated induction of AR-regulated gene expression and androgen-induced proliferation in androgen-dependent cancers. We report here that the LSD1 protein is universally upregulated in human CRPC and promotes survival of CRPC cell lines. This effect is explained in part by LSD1-induced activation of cell cycle and embryonic stem cell gene setsâgene sets enriched in transcriptomal studies of lethal human tumors. Importantly, despite the fact that many of these genes are direct LSD1 targets, we did not observe histone methylation changes at the LSD1-bound regions, demonstrating non-canonical histone demethylation-independent mechanisms of gene regulation. This ChIP-seq dataset included H3K4me2 and H3K9me2 ChIP-seq data for siRNA target against LSD1 and non-targeting control, as well as SP2509 inhibition of LSD1 and mock treatment 4 conditions: siRNA against LSD1, siRNA against luciferase (non-targeting control); SP2509 inhibition of LSD1, mock treatment. There are 2 replicates per condition.
Project description:Here we describe that lysine-specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1/KDM1a), which demethylates histone H3 on LysM-bM-^@M-^I4 or LysM-bM-^@M-^I9 (H3K4/K9), is an indispensible epigenetic governor of hematopoietic differentiation. Integrative genomic analysis in primary hematopoietic cells, combining global occupancy of Lsd1, genome-wide analysis of its histone substrates H3K4 mono- and di-methylation and gene expression profiling, reveals that Lsd1 represses hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) gene expression programs during hematopoietic differentiation. We found that Lsd1 function was not restricted to transcription start sites, but is also critical at enhancers. Loss of Lsd1 at these sites was associated with increased H3K4me1 and H3K4me2 methylation levels on HSPC genes and their derepression. Failure to fully silence HSPC genes compromised differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells and mature blood cell lineages. Our data indicate that Lsd1-mediated concurrent repression of enhancer and promoter activity of stem and progenitor cell genes is a pivotal epigenetic mechanism required for proper hematopoietic maturation. To identify direct target genes of Lsd1 in myeloid cells we mapped global occupancy of Lsd1 in 32D granuolocytic progenitor cells and compared H3K4me1/me2/me3 and H3K27ac histone modifications in Lsd1fl/fl (wild type) vs. Lsd1fl/f Mx1Cre (knockout) Gr1dim Mac1 granuolocytic progenitor cells.
Project description:Tumor-initiating cells (TICs) play a critical role in glioblastoma (GBM) maintenance being responsible for its heterogeneity and resistance to standard therapy. A step toward clinical translation includes GBM TIC targeting. Among the molecules tested for GBM treatment, are those targeting epigenetic modifiers. By using patient-derived TICs and xenograft orthotopic models, we identified Lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A (LSD1) as a potentially druggable target in GBM. LSD1-directed therapy by means of the selective, orally bioavailable and brain penetrant inhibitor DDP_38003 effectively impairs growth, stem-like features and tumorigenic potential of GBM TICs. Our findings point to LSD1 as a positive regulator of Activating Transcription Factor 4 (ATF4)-dependent response in all stress conditions arising during tumor growth and therapy. Thus, through the downregulation of either ATF4 and its adaptive genes, LSD1 targeting is likely a promising strategy to hit GBM TICs by counteracting the ATF4-mediated adaptation to stress.