Gene Expression Regulation via Pluripotency Related Transcription Factors and Micro RNA in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell during Differentiation Y-h. Tahguchi, Dept. Phys., Chuo Univ., Paul Bertone, EBI, EMBL.
genome gene TF2TF1 mRNA miRNA1miRNA2 ESES lineages time Gene exp. up dow n TF1TF2 miRNA 1 miRNA 2 gene1 °£°° gene2 £°°£ gene3 °£££ gene4 ££££ at ES cell (known) Comp. Pred. binding Target
Gene expression Embedding (2D) Each dot = gene expression Principal component analysis ES Biological replicates 1 and 2 1 st PC Up Down regulation TF1TF2TF3TF4miR NA1 miR NA2 miR NA3 miR NA4 miR NA5 gene gene gene gene gene gene gene gene gene Hypergeometric analysis Mean of gene 2 and 4
Results For TF binding; Many TF binding combinations result in significant P-value (P<0.05). More TF bindings causes downregulation. Regulation by TF binding is weakly lineage specific. TF binding is stochastic decreasing process during differentiation.
PC1 by other kind of PCA. Numbers : time order Color : lineages Regulation by TF binding is weakly lineage specific. Less TFbindings
For TF bindings + miRNA target No miRNA target results in significant P-value (Exception, data from Anton group). But mean FDR << 1, thus many true positives are hidden. Regulation by miRNA target is strongly lineage specific. More miRNAs target causes upregulation (mostly. Sometimes, downregulation, too).
More miRNAs target causes upregulation Time Color, number : Number of miRNAs which target each gene. Top 10 miRNAs used. Caution; This is “mean” gene expression and is deviation from “over all mean”. “Over all mean” is strongly downregulated due to TF bindings. Gene expression Anton group's data
Conclusion