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Seitz, Volkhard ; Butzhammer, Peter ; Hirsch, Burkhard ; Hecht, Jochen ; Gütgemann, Ines ; Ehlers, Anke ; Lenze, Dido ; Oker, Elisabeth ; Sommerfeld, Anke ; von der Wall, Edda ; König, Christoph ; Zinser, Christian ; Spang, Rainer ; Hummel, Michael

Deep sequencing of MYC DNA-binding sites in Burkitt lymphoma

Seitz, Volkhard, Butzhammer, Peter, Hirsch, Burkhard, Hecht, Jochen, Gütgemann, Ines, Ehlers, Anke, Lenze, Dido, Oker, Elisabeth, Sommerfeld, Anke, von der Wall, Edda, König, Christoph, Zinser, Christian, Spang, Rainer and Hummel, Michael (2011) Deep sequencing of MYC DNA-binding sites in Burkitt lymphoma. PLoS One 6 (11), e26837.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 12 Aug 2014 07:24
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.30608


Abstract

Background: MYC is a key transcription factor involved in central cellular processes such as regulation of the cell cycle, histone acetylation and ribosomal biogenesis. It is overexpressed in the majority of human tumors including aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Especially Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a highlight example for MYC overexpression due to a chromosomal translocation involving the c-MYC gene. ...

Background: MYC is a key transcription factor involved in central cellular processes such as regulation of the cell cycle, histone acetylation and ribosomal biogenesis. It is overexpressed in the majority of human tumors including aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Especially Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a highlight example for MYC overexpression due to a chromosomal translocation involving the c-MYC gene. However, no genome-wide analysis of MYC-binding sites by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) followed by next generation sequencing (ChIP-Seq) has been conducted in BL so far. Methodology/Principal Findings: ChIP-Seq was performed on 5 BL cell lines with a MYC-specific antibody giving rise to 7,054 MYC-binding sites after bioinformatics analysis of a total of approx. 19 million sequence reads. In line with previous findings, binding sites accumulate in gene sets known to be involved in the cell cycle, ribosomal biogenesis, histone acetyltransferase and methyltransferase complexes demonstrating a regulatory role of MYC in these processes. Unexpectedly, MYC-binding sites also accumulate in many B-cell relevant genes. To assess the functional consequences of MYC binding, the ChIP-Seq data were supplemented with siRNA-mediated knock-downs of MYC in BL cell lines followed by gene expression profiling. Interestingly, amongst others, genes involved in the B-cell function were up-regulated in response to MYC silencing. Conclusion/Significance: The 7,054 MYC-binding sites identified by our ChIP-Seq approach greatly extend the knowledge regarding MYC binding in BL and shed further light on the enormous complexity of the MYC regulatory network. Especially our observations that (i) many B-cell relevant genes are targeted by MYC and (ii) that MYC down-regulation leads to an upregulation of B-cell genes highlight an interesting aspect of BL biology.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePLoS One
Publisher:PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication:SAN FRANCISCO
Volume:6
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:11
Page Range:e26837
Date2011
InstitutionsMedicine > Institut für Funktionelle Genomik > Lehrstuhl für Statistische Bioinformatik (Prof. Spang)
Informatics and Data Science > Department Computational Life Science > Lehrstuhl für Statistische Bioinformatik (Prof. Spang)
Identification Number
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22102868PubMed ID
10.1371/journal.pone.0026837DOI
Classification
NotationType
Binding SitesMESH
Burkitt Lymphoma/metabolismMESH
Chromatin ImmunoprecipitationMESH
DNA, Neoplasm/geneticsMESH
Gene Expression ProfilingMESH
Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticMESH
Genome, HumanMESH
High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMESH
HumansMESH
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisMESH
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/metabolismMESH
RNA, Small Interfering/geneticsMESH
Tumor Cells, CulturedMESH
Tumor Markers, Biological/geneticsMESH
KeywordsCHIP-CHIP DATA; HUMAN B-CELLS; C-MYC; GENE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION; TUMORIGENESIS; RECRUITMENT; ACTIVATION; CANCER; IDENTIFICATION;
Dewey Decimal Classification600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
500 Science > 570 Life sciences
600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgPartially
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-306084
Item ID30608

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