Dhami, P;
Bruce, AW;
Jim, JH;
Dillon, SC;
Hall, A;
Cooper, JL;
Bonhoure, N;
... Vetrie, D; + view all
(2010)
Genomic Approaches Uncover Increasing Complexities in the Regulatory Landscape at the Human SCL (TAL1) Locus.
PLOS ONE
, 5
(2)
, Article e9059. 10.1371/journal.pone.0009059.
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Abstract
The SCL (TAL1) transcription factor is a critical regulator of haematopoiesis and its expression is tightly controlled by multiple cis-acting regulatory elements. To elaborate further the DNA elements which control its regulation, we used genomic tiling microarrays covering 256 kb of the human SCL locus to perform a concerted analysis of chromatin structure and binding of regulatory proteins in human haematopoietic cell lines. This approach allowed us to characterise further or redefine known human SCL regulatory elements and led to the identification of six novel elements with putative regulatory function both up and downstream of the SCL gene. They bind a number of haematopoietic transcription factors (GATA1, E2A LMO2, SCL, LDB1), CTCF or components of the transcriptional machinery and are associated with relevant histone modifications, accessible chromatin and low nucleosomal density. Functional characterisation shows that these novel elements are able to enhance or repress SCL promoter activity, have endogenous promoter function or enhancer-blocking insulator function. Our analysis opens up several areas for further investigation and adds new layers of complexity to our understanding of the regulation of SCL expression.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Genomic Approaches Uncover Increasing Complexities in the Regulatory Landscape at the Human SCL (TAL1) Locus |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0009059 |
| Publisher version: | hhtp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009059 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2010 Dhami et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. This work was funded by the Wellcome Trust. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. |
| Keywords: | STEM-CELL ENHANCER, TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-BINDING, RNA-POLYMERASE-II, HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITORS, HISTONE MODIFICATIONS, HYPERSENSITIVE SITES, CHROMATIN OCCUPANCY, NONCODING RNAS, PROTEIN CTCF, GENE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Oncology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/168022 |
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