Dissecting the DNA binding landscape and gene regulatory network of p63 and p53
- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany
- Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
Abstract
The transcription factor p53 is the best-known tumor suppressor, but its sibling p63 is a master regulator of epidermis development and a key oncogenic driver in squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). Despite multiple gene expression studies becoming available, the limited overlap of reported p63-dependent genes has made it difficult to decipher the p63 gene regulatory network. Particularly, analyses of p63 response elements differed substantially among the studies. To address this intricate data situation, we provide an integrated resource that enables assessing the p63-dependent regulation of any human gene of interest. We use a novel iterative de novo motif search approach in conjunction with extensive ChIP-seq data to achieve a precise global distinction between p53 and p63 binding sites, recognition motifs, and potential co-factors. We integrate these data with enhancer:gene associations to predict p63 target genes and identify those that are commonly de-regulated in SCC representing candidates for prognosis and therapeutic interventions.
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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files.
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Funding
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FI 1993/2-1)
- Martin Fischer
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (031L016D)
- Steve Hoffmann
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2020, Riege et al.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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Dissecting the DNA binding landscape and gene regulatory network of p63 and p53
eLife 9:e63266.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.63266
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