Zizhen Yao, Abraham P Fong, Yi Cao, Walter L Ruzzo, Robert C Gentleman, Stephen J Tapscott
Skeletal muscle 2013 Apr 08Transcription factor overexpression is common in biological experiments and transcription factor amplification is associated with many cancers, yet few studies have directly compared the DNA-binding profiles of endogenous versus overexpressed transcription factors. We analyzed MyoD ChIP-seq data from C2C12 mouse myotubes, primary mouse myotubes, and mouse fibroblasts differentiated into muscle cells by overexpression of MyoD and compared the genome-wide binding profiles and binding site characteristics of endogenous and overexpressed MyoD. Overexpressed MyoD bound to the same sites occupied by endogenous MyoD and possessed the same E-box sequence preference and co-factor site enrichments, and did not bind to new sites with distinct characteristics. Our data demonstrate a robust fidelity of transcription factor binding sites over a range of expression levels and that increased amounts of transcription factor increase the binding at physiologically bound sites.
Zizhen Yao, Abraham P Fong, Yi Cao, Walter L Ruzzo, Robert C Gentleman, Stephen J Tapscott. Comparison of endogenous and overexpressed MyoD shows enhanced binding of physiologically bound sites. Skeletal muscle. 2013 Apr 08;3(1):8
PMID: 23566431
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