Takao Nammo1, Haruhide Udagawa2, Nobuaki Funahashi2, Miho Kawaguchi2, Takashi Uebanso3, Masaki Hiramoto2,4, Wataru Nishimura2,5,6, Kazuki Yasuda7. 1. Department of Metabolic Disorder, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8655, Japan. tnammo@ri.ncgm.go.jp. 2. Department of Metabolic Disorder, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8655, Japan. 3. Department of Preventive Environment and Nutrition, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan. 4. Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Department of Molecular Biology, International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine, Narita, Chiba, Japan. 6. Division of Anatomy, Bio-imaging and Neuro-cell Science, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan. 7. Department of Metabolic Disorder, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8655, Japan. kyasuda@ri.ncgm.go.jp.
Abstract
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Epigenetic regulation of gene expression has been implicated in the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, detailed information, such as key transcription factors in pancreatic beta cells that mediate environmental effects, is not yet available. METHODS: To analyse genome-wide cis-regulatory profiles and transcriptome of pancreatic islets derived from a diet-induced obesity (DIO) mouse model, we conducted chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-Seq) of histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation (histone H3K27ac) and high-throughput RNA sequencing. Transcription factor-binding motifs enriched in differential H3K27ac regions were examined by de novo motif analysis. For the predicted transcription factors, loss of function experiments were performed by transfecting specific siRNA in INS-1, a rat beta cell line, with and without palmitate treatment. Epigenomic and transcriptional changes of possible target genes were evaluated by ChIP and quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS: After long-term feeding with a high-fat diet, C57BL/6J mice were obese and mildly glucose intolerant. Among 39,350 islet cis-regulatory regions, 13,369 and 4610 elements showed increase and decrease in ChIP-Seq signals, respectively, significantly associated with global change in gene expression. Remarkably, increased H3K27ac showed a distinctive genomic localisation, mainly in the proximal-promoter regions, revealing enriched elements for nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF1), GA repeat binding protein α (GABPA) and myocyte enhancer factor 2A (MEF2A) by de novo motif analysis, whereas decreased H3K27ac was enriched for v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene family protein K (MAFK), a known negative regulator of beta cells. By siRNA-mediated knockdown of NRF1, GABPA or MEF2A we found that INS-1 cells exhibited downregulation of fatty acid β-oxidation genes in parallel with decrease in the associated H3K27ac. Furthermore, in line with the epigenome in DIO mice, palmitate treatment caused increase in H3K27ac and induction of β-oxidation genes; these responses were blunted when NRF1, GABPA or MEF2A were suppressed. CONCLUSIONS/ INTERPRETATION: These results suggest novel roles for DNA-binding proteins and fatty acid signalling in obesity-induced epigenomic regulation of beta cell function. DATA AVAILABILITY: The next-generation sequencing data in the present study were deposited at ArrayExpress. RNA-Seq: Dataset name: ERR2538129 (Control), ERR2538130 (Diet-induced obesity) Repository name and number: E-MTAB-6718 - RNA-Seq of pancreatic islets derived from mice fed a long-term high-fat diet against chow-fed controls. ChIP-Seq: Dataset name: ERR2538131 (Control), ERR2538132 (Diet-induced obesity) Repository name and number: E-MTAB-6719 - H3K27ac ChIP-Seq of pancreatic islets derived from mice fed a long-term high-fat diet (HFD) against chow-fed controls.
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Epigenetic regulation of gene expression has been implicated in the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, detailed information, such as key transcription factors in pancreatic beta cells that mediate environmental effects, is not yet available. METHODS: To analyse genome-wide cis-regulatory profiles and transcriptome of pancreatic islets derived from a diet-induced obesity (DIO) mouse model, we conducted chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-Seq) of histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation (histone H3K27ac) and high-throughput RNA sequencing. Transcription factor-binding motifs enriched in differential H3K27ac regions were examined by de novo motif analysis. For the predicted transcription factors, loss of function experiments were performed by transfecting specific siRNA in INS-1, a rat beta cell line, with and without palmitate treatment. Epigenomic and transcriptional changes of possible target genes were evaluated by ChIP and quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS: After long-term feeding with a high-fat diet, C57BL/6J mice were obese and mildly glucose intolerant. Among 39,350 islet cis-regulatory regions, 13,369 and 4610 elements showed increase and decrease in ChIP-Seq signals, respectively, significantly associated with global change in gene expression. Remarkably, increased H3K27ac showed a distinctive genomic localisation, mainly in the proximal-promoter regions, revealing enriched elements for nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF1), GA repeat binding protein α (GABPA) and myocyte enhancer factor 2A (MEF2A) by de novo motif analysis, whereas decreased H3K27ac was enriched for v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene family protein K (MAFK), a known negative regulator of beta cells. By siRNA-mediated knockdown of NRF1, GABPA or MEF2A we found that INS-1 cells exhibited downregulation of fatty acid β-oxidation genes in parallel with decrease in the associated H3K27ac. Furthermore, in line with the epigenome in DIO mice, palmitate treatment caused increase in H3K27ac and induction of β-oxidation genes; these responses were blunted when NRF1, GABPA or MEF2A were suppressed. CONCLUSIONS/ INTERPRETATION: These results suggest novel roles for DNA-binding proteins and fatty acid signalling in obesity-induced epigenomic regulation of beta cell function. DATA AVAILABILITY: The next-generation sequencing data in the present study were deposited at ArrayExpress. RNA-Seq: Dataset name: ERR2538129 (Control), ERR2538130 (Diet-induced obesity) Repository name and number: E-MTAB-6718 - RNA-Seq of pancreatic islets derived from mice fed a long-term high-fat diet against chow-fed controls. ChIP-Seq: Dataset name: ERR2538131 (Control), ERR2538132 (Diet-induced obesity) Repository name and number: E-MTAB-6719 - H3K27ac ChIP-Seq of pancreatic islets derived from mice fed a long-term high-fat diet (HFD) against chow-fed controls.
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