Insights into GATA-1-Mediated Gene Activation versus Repression via Genome-wide Chromatin Occupancy Analysis

Autor: Laura Riva, Ernest Fraenkel, Yong Cheng, Huafeng Xie, Mitchell J. Weiss, Stuart H. Orkin, Alan B. Cantor, Bradley E. Bernstein, Duonan Yu, Yocheved Schindler, Tyler B. Moran, Ming Yu, Ross C. Hardison
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Molecular Cell. 36(4):682-695
ISSN: 1097-2765
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.11.002
Popis: The transcription factor GATA-1 is required for terminal erythroid maturation and functions as an activator or repressor depending on gene context. Yet its in vivo site selectivity and ability to distinguish between activated versus repressed genes remain incompletely understood. In this study, we performed GATA-1 ChIP-seq in erythroid cells and compared it to GATA-1 induced gene expression changes. Bound and differentially expressed genes contain a greater number of GATA binding motifs, a higher frequency of palindromic GATA sites, and closer occupancy to the transcriptional start site versus non-differentially expressed genes. Moreover, we show that the transcription factor Zbtb7a occupies GATA-1 bound regions of some direct GATA-1 target genes, that the presence of SCL/TAL1 helps distinguish transcriptional activation versus repression, and that Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) is involved in epigenetic silencing of a subset of GATA-1 repressed genes. These data provide insights into GATA-1 mediated gene regulation in vivo.
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