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ArticleNucleic acids research2011

Nuclear hormone 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 elicits a genome-wide shift in the locations of VDR chromatin occupancy.

Sami Heikkinen, Sami Väisänen, Petri Pehkonen, Sabine Seuter, Vladimir Benes, Carsten Carlberg

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Sami HeikkinenDepartment of Biosciences, University of Eastern Finland, FIN-70210 Kuopio, Finland.
Sami Väisänen
Petri Pehkonen
Sabine Seuter
Vladimir Benes
Carsten Carlberg

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A global understanding of the actions of the nuclear hormone 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1α,25(OH)(2)D(3)) and its vitamin D receptor (VDR) requires a genome-wide analysis of VDR binding sites. In THP-1 human monocytic leukemia cells we identified by ChIP-seq 2340 VDR binding locations, of which 1171 and 520 occurred uniquely with and without 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3) treatment, respectively, while 649 were common. De novo identified direct repeat spaced by 3 nucleotides (DR3)-type response elements (REs) were strongly associated with the ligand-responsiveness of VDR occupation. Only 20% of the VDR peaks diminishing most after ligand treatment have a DR3-type RE, in contrast to 90% for the most growing peaks. Ligand treatment revealed 638 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3) target genes enriched in gene ontology categories associated with immunity and signaling. From the 408 upregulated genes, 72% showed VDR binding within 400 kb of their transcription start sites (TSSs), while this applied only for 43% of the 230 downregulated genes. The VDR loci showed considerable variation in gene regulatory scenarios ranging from a single VDR location near the target gene TSS to very complex clusters of multiple VDR locations and target genes. In conclusion, ligand binding shifts the locations of VDR occupation to DR3-type REs that surround its target genes and occur in a large variety of regulatory constellations.

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Gene Expression RegulationVitamin D Response ElementBinding SitesCalcitriolCell Line, TumorChromatinChromosome MappingGenomicsHumansLigandsReceptors, CalcitriolTranscription FactorsCalcitriolChromatinLigandsReceptors, CalcitriolTranscription Factors

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PMID21846776
PMCPMC3241659

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