A candidate functional SNP rs7074440 in TCF7L2 alters gene expression through C-FOS in hepatocytes

Xianying Piao, Naoya Yahagi*, Yoshinori Takeuchi, Yuichi Aita, Yuki Murayama, Yoshikazu Sawada, Akito Shikama, Yukari Masuda, Makiko Nishi-Tatsumi, Midori Kubota, Yoshihiko Izumida, Motohiro Sekiya, Takashi Matsuzaka, Yoshimi Nakagawa, Yoko Sugano, Hitoshi Iwasaki, Kazuto Kobayashi, Shigeru Yatoh, Hiroaki Suzuki, Hiroaki YagyuYasushi Kawakami, Hitoshi Shimano

*この論文の責任著者

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

7 被引用数 (Scopus)

抄録

The SNP rs7903146 at the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) locus is established as the strongest known genetic marker for type 2 diabetes via genome-wide association studies. However, the functional SNPs regulating TCF7L2 expression remain unclear. Here, we show that the SNP rs7074440 is a candidate functional SNP highly linked with rs7903146. A reporter plasmid with rs7074440 normal allele sequence exhibited 15-fold higher luciferase activity compared with risk allele sequence in hepatocytes, demonstrating a strong enhancer activity at rs7074440. Additionally, we identified C-FOS as an activator binding to the rs7074440 enhancer using a TFEL genome-wide screen method. Consistently, knockdown of C-FOS significantly reduced TCF7L2 expression in hepatocytes. Collectively, a novel enhancer regulating TCF7L2 expression was revealed through searching for functional SNPs.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)422-433
ページ数12
ジャーナルFEBS Letters
592
3
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2018/02

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • 生物理学
  • 構造生物学
  • 生化学
  • 分子生物学
  • 遺伝学
  • 細胞生物学

フィンガープリント

「A candidate functional SNP rs7074440 in TCF7L2 alters gene expression through C-FOS in hepatocytes」の研究トピックを掘り下げます。これらがまとまってユニークなフィンガープリントを構成します。

引用スタイル