TCF4 and CDX2, major transcription factors for intestinal function, converge on the same cis-regulatory regions
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Verzi, M. P.
Sulahian, R.
Philips, J.
Schuijers, J.
Shin, H.
Freed, E.
Lynch, J. P.
Dang, D. T.
Clevers, H.
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Verzi, M. P., P. Hatzis, R. Sulahian, J. Philips, J. Schuijers, H. Shin, E. Freed, et al. 2010. TCF4 and CDX2, Major Transcription Factors for Intestinal Function, Converge on the Same Cis-Regulatory Regions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107, no. 34: 15157–15162. doi:10.1073/pnas.1003822107.Abstract
Surprisingly few pathways signal between cells, raising questions about mechanisms for tissue-specific responses. In particular, Wnt ligands signal in many mammalian tissues, including the intestinal epithelium, where constitutive signaling causes cancer. Genome-wide analysis of DNA cis-regulatory regions bound by the intestine-restricted transcription factor CDX2 in colonic cells uncovered highly significant overrepresentation of sequences that bind TCF4, a transcriptional effector of intestinal Wnt signaling. Chromatin immunoprecipitation confirmed TCF4 occupancy at most such sites and co-occupancy of CDX2 and TCF4 across short distances. A region spanning the single nucleotide polymorphism rs6983267, which lies within a MYC enhancer and confers colorectal cancer risk in humans, represented one of many co-occupied sites. Co-occupancy correlated with intestine-specific gene expression and CDX2 loss reduced TCF4 binding. These results implicate CDX2 in directing TCF4 binding in intestinal cells. Co-occupancy of regulatory regions by signal-effector and tissue-restricted transcription factors may represent a general mechanism for ubiquitous signaling pathways to achieve tissue-specific outcomes.Citable link to this page
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