ChIPing the cistrome of PXR in mouse liver
Open Access
- 6 August 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 38 (22) , 7943-7963
Abstract
The pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a key regulator of xenobiotic metabolism and disposition in liver. However, little is known about the PXR DNA-binding signatures in vivo, or how PXR regulates novel direct targets on a genome-wide scale. Therefore, we generated a roadmap of hepatic PXR bindings in the entire mouse genome [chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-Seq]. The most frequent PXR DNA-binding motif is the AGTTCA-like direct repeat with a 4bp spacer [direct repeat (DR)-4)]. Surprisingly, there are also high motif occurrences with spacers of a periodicity of 5 bp, forming a novel DR-(5n + 4) pattern for PXR binding. PXR-binding overlaps with the epigenetic mark for gene activation (histone-H3K4-di-methylation), but not with epigenetic marks for gene suppression (DNA methylation or histone-H3K27-tri-methylation) (ChIP-on-chip). After administering a PXR agonist, changes in mRNA of most PXR-direct target genes correlate with increased PXR binding. Specifically, increased PXR binding triggers the trans-activation of critical drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters. The mRNA induction of these genes is absent in PXR-null mice. The current work provides the first in vivo evidence of PXR DNA-binding signatures in the mouse genome, paving the path for predicting and further understanding the multifaceted roles of PXR in liver.Keywords
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