Dissection of a complex transcriptional response using genome‐wide transcriptional modelling
Abstract Modern genomics technologies generate huge data sets creating a demand for systems level, experimentally verified, analysis techniques. We examined the transcriptional response to DNA damage in a human T cell line (MOLT4) using microarrays. By measuring both mRNA accumulation and degradatio...
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| author | Martino Barenco Daniel Brewer Efterpi Papouli Daniela Tomescu Robin Callard Jaroslav Stark Michael Hubank |
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| description | Abstract Modern genomics technologies generate huge data sets creating a demand for systems level, experimentally verified, analysis techniques. We examined the transcriptional response to DNA damage in a human T cell line (MOLT4) using microarrays. By measuring both mRNA accumulation and degradation over a short time course, we were able to construct a mechanistic model of the transcriptional response. The model predicted three dominant transcriptional activity profiles—an early response controlled by NFκB and c‐Jun, a delayed response controlled by p53, and a late response related to cell cycle re‐entry. The method also identified, with defined confidence limits, the transcriptional targets associated with each activity. Experimental inhibition of NFκB, c‐Jun and p53 confirmed that target predictions were accurate. Model predictions directly explained 70% of the 200 most significantly upregulated genes in the DNA‐damage response. Genome‐wide transcriptional modelling (GWTM) requires no prior knowledge of either transcription factors or their targets. GWTM is an economical and effective method for identifying the main transcriptional activators in a complex response and confidently predicting their targets. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c459a40efde04174ad430bf39e65cdcf2025-08-24T11:59:07ZengSpringer NatureMolecular Systems Biology1744-42922009-11-015111510.1038/msb.2009.84Dissection of a complex transcriptional response using genome‐wide transcriptional modellingMartino Barenco0Daniel Brewer1Efterpi Papouli2Daniela Tomescu3Robin Callard4Jaroslav Stark5Michael Hubank6Department of Molecular Heamatology and Cancer Biology, UCL Institute of Child HealthDepartment of Molecular Heamatology and Cancer Biology, UCL Institute of Child HealthDepartment of Molecular Heamatology and Cancer Biology, UCL Institute of Child HealthDepartment of Molecular Heamatology and Cancer Biology, UCL Institute of Child HealthDepartment of Molecular Heamatology and Cancer Biology, UCL Institute of Child HealthDepartment of Mathematics, Imperial College LondonDepartment of Molecular Heamatology and Cancer Biology, UCL Institute of Child HealthAbstract Modern genomics technologies generate huge data sets creating a demand for systems level, experimentally verified, analysis techniques. We examined the transcriptional response to DNA damage in a human T cell line (MOLT4) using microarrays. By measuring both mRNA accumulation and degradation over a short time course, we were able to construct a mechanistic model of the transcriptional response. The model predicted three dominant transcriptional activity profiles—an early response controlled by NFκB and c‐Jun, a delayed response controlled by p53, and a late response related to cell cycle re‐entry. The method also identified, with defined confidence limits, the transcriptional targets associated with each activity. Experimental inhibition of NFκB, c‐Jun and p53 confirmed that target predictions were accurate. Model predictions directly explained 70% of the 200 most significantly upregulated genes in the DNA‐damage response. Genome‐wide transcriptional modelling (GWTM) requires no prior knowledge of either transcription factors or their targets. GWTM is an economical and effective method for identifying the main transcriptional activators in a complex response and confidently predicting their targets.https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2009.84modellingtranscriptionmicroarraystranscription factor activity |
| spellingShingle | Martino Barenco Daniel Brewer Efterpi Papouli Daniela Tomescu Robin Callard Jaroslav Stark Michael Hubank Dissection of a complex transcriptional response using genome‐wide transcriptional modelling Molecular Systems Biology modelling transcription microarrays transcription factor activity |
| title | Dissection of a complex transcriptional response using genome‐wide transcriptional modelling |
| title_full | Dissection of a complex transcriptional response using genome‐wide transcriptional modelling |
| title_fullStr | Dissection of a complex transcriptional response using genome‐wide transcriptional modelling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dissection of a complex transcriptional response using genome‐wide transcriptional modelling |
| title_short | Dissection of a complex transcriptional response using genome‐wide transcriptional modelling |
| title_sort | dissection of a complex transcriptional response using genome wide transcriptional modelling |
| topic | modelling transcription microarrays transcription factor activity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2009.84 |
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