MyoD reprogramming requires Six1 and Six4 homeoproteins: genome-wide cis-regulatory module analysis - Sorbonne Université
Journal Articles Nucleic Acids Research Year : 2016

MyoD reprogramming requires Six1 and Six4 homeoproteins: genome-wide cis-regulatory module analysis

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Myogenic regulatory factors of the MyoD family have the ability to reprogram differentiated cells toward a myogenic fate. In this study, we demonstrate that Six1 or Six4 are required for the reprogramming by MyoD of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). Using microarray experiments, we found 761 genes under the control of both Six and MyoD. Using MyoD ChIPseq data and a genome-wide search for Six1/4 MEF3 binding sites, we found significant co-localization of binding sites for MyoD and Six proteins on over a thousand mouse genomic DNA regions. The combination of both datasets yielded 82 genes which are synergistically activated by Six and MyoD, with 96 associated MyoD+MEF3 putative cis-regulatory modules (CRMs). Fourteen out of 19 of the CRMs that we tested demonstrated in Luciferase assays a synergistic action also observed for their cognate gene. We searched putative binding sites on these CRMs using available databases and de novo search of conserved motifs and demonstrated that the Six/MyoD synergistic activation takes place in a feedforward way. It involves the recruitment of these two families of transcription factors to their targets, together with partner transcription factors, encoded by genes that are themselves activated by Six and MyoD, including Mef2, Pbx-Meis and EBF.
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hal-01408973 , version 1 (05-12-2016)

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Marc Santolini, Iori Sakakibara, Morgane Gauthier, Francesc Ribas-Aulinas, Hirotaka Takahashi, et al.. MyoD reprogramming requires Six1 and Six4 homeoproteins: genome-wide cis-regulatory module analysis. Nucleic Acids Research, 2016, 44 (18), pp.8621 - 8640. ⟨10.1093/nar/gkw512⟩. ⟨hal-01408973⟩
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