TY - JOUR
T1 - Genome-wide CTCF distribution in vertebrates defines equivalent sites that aid the identification of disease-associated genes
AU - Martin, D.
AU - Pantoja, C.
AU - Fernández-Miñán, A.
AU - Valdes-Quezada, C.
AU - Moltó, E.
AU - Matesanz, F.
AU - Bogdanović, Ozren
AU - De La Calle-Mustienes, E.
AU - Domínguez, O.
AU - Taher, L.
AU - Furlan-Magaril, M.
AU - Alcina, A.
AU - Cañóon, S.
AU - Fedetz, M.
AU - Blasco, M.A.
AU - Pereira, P.S.
AU - Ovcharenko, I.
AU - Recillas-Targa, F.
AU - Montoliu, L.
AU - Manzanares, M.
AU - Guiǵo, R.
AU - Serrano, M.
AU - Casares, F.
AU - Gómez-Skarmeta, J.L.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Many genomic alterations associated with human diseases localize in noncoding regulatory elements located far from the promoters they regulate, making it challenging to link noncoding mutations or risk-associated variants with target genes. The range of action of a given set of enhancers is thought to be defined by insulator elements bound by the 11 zinc-finger nuclear factor CCCTC-binding protein (CTCF). Here we analyzed the genomic distribution of CTCF in various human, mouse and chicken cell types, demonstrating the existence of evolutionarily conserved CTCF-bound sites beyond mammals. These sites preferentially flank transcription factor-encoding genes, often associated with human diseases, and function as enhancer blockers in vivo, suggesting that they act as evolutionarily invariant gene boundaries. We then applied this concept to predict and functionally demonstrate that the polymorphic variants associated with multiple sclerosis located within the EVI5 gene impinge on the adjacent gene GFI1. © 2011 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
AB - Many genomic alterations associated with human diseases localize in noncoding regulatory elements located far from the promoters they regulate, making it challenging to link noncoding mutations or risk-associated variants with target genes. The range of action of a given set of enhancers is thought to be defined by insulator elements bound by the 11 zinc-finger nuclear factor CCCTC-binding protein (CTCF). Here we analyzed the genomic distribution of CTCF in various human, mouse and chicken cell types, demonstrating the existence of evolutionarily conserved CTCF-bound sites beyond mammals. These sites preferentially flank transcription factor-encoding genes, often associated with human diseases, and function as enhancer blockers in vivo, suggesting that they act as evolutionarily invariant gene boundaries. We then applied this concept to predict and functionally demonstrate that the polymorphic variants associated with multiple sclerosis located within the EVI5 gene impinge on the adjacent gene GFI1. © 2011 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1038/nsmb.2059
DO - 10.1038/nsmb.2059
M3 - Article
C2 - 21602820
SN - 1545-9985
VL - 18
SP - 708
EP - 714
JO - Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
JF - Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
IS - 6
ER -
