Transcriptional regulation by CHIP/LDB complexes.
It is increasingly clear that transcription factors play versatile roles in turning genes "on" or "off" depending on cellular context via the various transcription complexes they form. This poses a major challenge in unraveling combinatorial transcription complex codes. Here we u...
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| author | Revital Bronstein Liron Levkovitz Nir Yosef Michaela Yanku Eytan Ruppin Roded Sharan Heiner Westphal Brian Oliver Daniel Segal |
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| description | It is increasingly clear that transcription factors play versatile roles in turning genes "on" or "off" depending on cellular context via the various transcription complexes they form. This poses a major challenge in unraveling combinatorial transcription complex codes. Here we use the powerful genetics of Drosophila combined with microarray and bioinformatics analyses to tackle this challenge. The nuclear adaptor CHIP/LDB is a major developmental regulator capable of forming tissue-specific transcription complexes with various types of transcription factors and cofactors, making it a valuable model to study the intricacies of gene regulation. To date only few CHIP/LDB complexes target genes have been identified, and possible tissue-dependent crosstalk between these complexes has not been rigorously explored. SSDP proteins protect CHIP/LDB complexes from proteasome dependent degradation and are rate-limiting cofactors for these complexes. By using mutations in SSDP, we identified 189 down-stream targets of CHIP/LDB and show that these genes are enriched for the binding sites of APTEROUS (AP) and PANNIER (PNR), two well studied transcription factors associated with CHIP/LDB complexes. We performed extensive genetic screens and identified target genes that genetically interact with components of CHIP/LDB complexes in directing the development of the wings (28 genes) and thoracic bristles (23 genes). Moreover, by in vivo RNAi silencing we uncovered novel roles for two of the target genes, xbp1 and Gs-alpha, in early development of these structures. Taken together, our results suggest that loss of SSDP disrupts the normal balance between the CHIP-AP and the CHIP-PNR transcription complexes, resulting in down-regulation of CHIP-AP target genes and the concomitant up-regulation of CHIP-PNR target genes. Understanding the combinatorial nature of transcription complexes as presented here is crucial to the study of transcription regulation of gene batteries required for development. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ad0d938c91d144ebb9890ad74188f19b2025-01-17T05:31:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Genetics1553-73901553-74042010-08-0168e100106310.1371/journal.pgen.1001063Transcriptional regulation by CHIP/LDB complexes.Revital BronsteinLiron LevkovitzNir YosefMichaela YankuEytan RuppinRoded SharanHeiner WestphalBrian OliverDaniel SegalIt is increasingly clear that transcription factors play versatile roles in turning genes "on" or "off" depending on cellular context via the various transcription complexes they form. This poses a major challenge in unraveling combinatorial transcription complex codes. Here we use the powerful genetics of Drosophila combined with microarray and bioinformatics analyses to tackle this challenge. The nuclear adaptor CHIP/LDB is a major developmental regulator capable of forming tissue-specific transcription complexes with various types of transcription factors and cofactors, making it a valuable model to study the intricacies of gene regulation. To date only few CHIP/LDB complexes target genes have been identified, and possible tissue-dependent crosstalk between these complexes has not been rigorously explored. SSDP proteins protect CHIP/LDB complexes from proteasome dependent degradation and are rate-limiting cofactors for these complexes. By using mutations in SSDP, we identified 189 down-stream targets of CHIP/LDB and show that these genes are enriched for the binding sites of APTEROUS (AP) and PANNIER (PNR), two well studied transcription factors associated with CHIP/LDB complexes. We performed extensive genetic screens and identified target genes that genetically interact with components of CHIP/LDB complexes in directing the development of the wings (28 genes) and thoracic bristles (23 genes). Moreover, by in vivo RNAi silencing we uncovered novel roles for two of the target genes, xbp1 and Gs-alpha, in early development of these structures. Taken together, our results suggest that loss of SSDP disrupts the normal balance between the CHIP-AP and the CHIP-PNR transcription complexes, resulting in down-regulation of CHIP-AP target genes and the concomitant up-regulation of CHIP-PNR target genes. Understanding the combinatorial nature of transcription complexes as presented here is crucial to the study of transcription regulation of gene batteries required for development.https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1001063&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Revital Bronstein Liron Levkovitz Nir Yosef Michaela Yanku Eytan Ruppin Roded Sharan Heiner Westphal Brian Oliver Daniel Segal Transcriptional regulation by CHIP/LDB complexes. PLoS Genetics |
| title | Transcriptional regulation by CHIP/LDB complexes. |
| title_full | Transcriptional regulation by CHIP/LDB complexes. |
| title_fullStr | Transcriptional regulation by CHIP/LDB complexes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transcriptional regulation by CHIP/LDB complexes. |
| title_short | Transcriptional regulation by CHIP/LDB complexes. |
| title_sort | transcriptional regulation by chip ldb complexes |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1001063&type=printable |
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