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SRP079368
Mus musculus
8 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
Understanding how regulatory sequences interact in the context of chromosomal architecture is a central challenge in biology. Chromosome conformation capture revealed that mammalian chromosomes possess a rich hierarchy of structural layers, from multi-megabase compartments to sub-megabase topologically associating domains (TADs), and further down to sub-TAD loop domains. TADs appear to act as regulatory microenvironments by constraining and segregating regulatory interactions across discrete chromosomal regions. However, it is unclear whether other (or all) folding layers share similar properties, or rather TADs constitute a privileged folding scale with maximal impact on the organization of regulatory interactions. Here we present a novel parameter-free algorithm (CaTCH) that identifies hierarchical trees of chromosomal domains in Hi-C maps, stratified through their reciprocal physical insulation which is a simple and biologically relevant property. By applying CaTCH to published Hi-C datasets, we show that previously reported folding layers appear at different insulation levels. We demonstrate that although no structurally privileged folding level exists, TADs emerge as a functionally privileged scale defined by maximal enrichment of CTCF at boundaries, and maximal cell-type conservation. By measuring transcriptional output in embryonic stem cells and neural precursor cells, we show that TADs also maximize the likelihood that genes in a domain are co-regulated during differentiation. Finally, we observe that regulatory sequences occur at genomic locations corresponding to optimized mutual interactions at the scale of TADs. Our analysis thus suggests that the architectural functionality of TADs arises from the interplay between their ability to partition interactions and the genomic position of regulatory sequences. Overall design: The hybrid mouse ESC line F1-21.6 (129Sv-Cast/EiJ), previously described in (Jonkers et al., 2009), were grown on mitomycin C-inactivated MEFs in ES cell media containing 15% FBS (Gibco), 10-4 M b-mercaptoethanol (Sigma), and 1000U/ml of leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF, Chemicon). Mouse ES cells were differentiated into neural progenitor cells (NPC) as previously described (Conti et al., 2005; Splinter et al., 2011). Total RNAs were prepared by Trizol extraction from the mouse ESC line, and for one NPC clone derived from it. Two biological replicates were collected for ESCs and NPCs. After ribosomal RNA depletion with Ribo-Zero (Illumina), RNA-seq libraries were prepared using ScriptSeq v2 kit (Illumina) following the manufacturer’s instructions. Libraries were prepared in two technical replicates per biological replicate. 50 bp single-end sequencing was performed on Illumina HiSeq 2000 instruments according to manufacturer’s instructions.
Publication Title
Reciprocal insulation analysis of Hi-C data shows that TADs represent a functionally but not structurally privileged scale in the hierarchical folding of chromosomes.
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Specimen part, Subject
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 29 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
The feasibility of longitudinal metastatic biopsies for gene expression profiling in breast cancer is unexplored. Dynamic changes in gene expression can potentially predict efficacy of targeted cancer drugs.
Publication Title
Gene expression profiling of sequential metastatic biopsies for biomarker discovery in breast cancer.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
Our findings demonstrate beneficial effects of enhancing transactivation function of the ligand-activated polyQ AR and indicate that the SUMOylation pathway may provide new targets for therapeutic intervention. Overall design: We mutated conserved lysines in the polyQ AR that are targeted by SUMO, a modification that inhibits AR transactivation function.
Publication Title
Rescue of Metabolic Alterations in AR113Q Skeletal Muscle by Peripheral Androgen Receptor Gene Silencing.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Rattus norvegicus
- 18 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 2.1 ST Array (mogene21st)
Description
Expansion of a polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in the gene for the androgen receptor (AR) results in partial loss of transactivation function and causes spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). Modification of AR by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) reduces AR function in a promoter context-dependent manner.
Publication Title
Disrupting SUMOylation enhances transcriptional function and ameliorates polyglutamine androgen receptor-mediated disease.
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Cell line
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 13 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
Gene expression from cord blood stem cells and respective derived neuronal cells at different times point of differentiation:CD133+ cells;
Publication Title
Cord blood-derived neuronal cells by ectopic expression of Sox2 and c-Myc.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Time
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 8 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have generated interest for regenerative medicine as they allow for producing patient-specific progenitors in vitro with potential value for cell therapy. In many instances, however, an off-the-shelf approach would be desirable, such as for cell therapy of acute conditions or when the patient's somatic cells are altered as a consequence of chronic disease or aging. Cord blood (CB) stem cells appear ideally suited for this purpose as they are newborn, immunologically immature cells with minimal genetic and epigenetic alterations, and several hundred thousand immunotyped CB units are readily available through a worldwide network of CB banks. Here, we show that CB stem cells can be reprogrammed to pluripotency by retroviral transduction with OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and c-MYC, in a process that is extremely efficient and fast. The resulting CB-derived iPS (CBiPS) cells are phenotypically and molecularly indistinguishable from human embryonic stem (hES) cells. Furthermore, we show that generation of CBiPS can be efficiently achieved without the use of the c-MYC and KLF4 oncogenes and just by overexpression of OCT4 and SOX2. Our studies set the basis for the creation of a comprehensive bank of HLA-matched CBiPS cells for off-the-shelf applications.
Publication Title
Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from human cord blood using OCT4 and SOX2.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 11 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
This dataset was used to benchmark the Virtual Inference of Protein-activity by Regulon Readout algorithm (VIPER). Despite recent advances in molecular profiling, proteome-wide assessment of protein activity in individual samples remains a highly elusive target. In stark contrast, protein activity quantitation is increasingly critical to the dissection of key regulatory processes and to the elucidation of biologically relevant mechanisms. Importantly, its value extends to the study of drug activity, as most small molecules inhibit activity of their cognate protein substrates without affecting the proteins or associated mRNAs abundance.
Publication Title
Functional characterization of somatic mutations in cancer using network-based inference of protein activity.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line
View Samples- Arabidopsis thaliana
- 4 Downloadable Samples
- Arabidopsis Gene 1.1 ST Array (aragene11st)
Description
The effect of the overexpression of a stabilized version of the transcription factor RELATED TO APETALA2.12 (RAP2.12) on the transcriptome of Arabidopsis rosettes was investigated. To this purpose, 4-week old rosette of wild-type and 35S:13RAP2.12 plants were compared. Samples were composed of pools of 3 plants.
Publication Title
Age-dependent regulation of ERF-VII transcription factor activity in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Sample Metadata Fields
Age, Specimen part
View Samples- Arabidopsis thaliana
- 18 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1 Genome Array (ath1121501)
Description
In this study we analyzed the effect of overexpression of an HA-tagged version of the ERF RAP2.12 on the transcriptome levels in aerobic and hypoxic-treated (O2 21% and 1%, respectively) Arabidopsis thaliana rosettes.
Publication Title
Oxygen sensing in plants is mediated by an N-end rule pathway for protein destabilization.
Sample Metadata Fields
Treatment
View Samples- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 15 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Yeast Genome S98 Array (ygs98)
Description
Expressing a mutant fragment of huntingtin (Htt) in yeast produces several HD-relevant phenotypes. We used microarrays to study global change in expression induced by this mutant htt fragment.
Publication Title
Functional gene expression profiling in yeast implicates translational dysfunction in mutant huntingtin toxicity.
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No sample metadata fields
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