About Enhancer

Enhancer ID: E_01_278
Enhancer symbol: --
Species: Human
Position : chr3:181432912-181433312
Biosample name: Lung Adenocarcinoma
Experiment class : low throughput
Enhancer type: Enhancer
Disease: Lung Cancer
DO: DOID:1324
Mesh: D008175
Distance from TSS: >2KB
Pubmed ID:  28737489
Enhancer experiment: Luciferase Reporter Assay,ChIP-qPCR
Enhancer experiment description: To further delineate the molecular mechanism of SOX2 regulation by NFATc2, we screened, in silico, the genomic sequences spanning 5 kb up- and downstream of the SOX2 transcription start site (TSS), which identified 4 regions encompassing multiple conserved NFAT binding sequences (Figure 6-figure supplement 1A). Luciferase assays confirmed these regions are active transcriptional regulatory regions (Figure 6-figure supplement 1B). Further evaluation with respective SOX2 luciferase reporter revealed transcriptional activities were mediated by sites 1, 2, 4, and 5 (Figure 6B). Using H441 lung cancer cell line with NFATc2 transient overexpression, we observed only sites 1, 4 and 5 showed statistically significant increased reporter activities while those of sites 4 and 5 were reciprocally abolished by CSA treatment (Figure 6C).

About Target gene

Target gene : SOX2 (ANOP3,MCOPS3)
Strong evidence: --
Less strong evidence: Luciferase Reporter Assay,ChIP-qPCR
Target gene experiment description: To further delineate the molecular mechanism of SOX2 regulation by NFATc2, we screened, in silico, the genomic sequences spanning 5 kb up- and downstream of the SOX2 transcription start site (TSS), which identified 4 regions encompassing multiple conserved NFAT binding sequences (Figure 6-figure supplement 1A). Luciferase assays confirmed these regions are active transcriptional regulatory regions (Figure 6-figure supplement 1B). Further evaluation with respective SOX2 luciferase reporter revealed transcriptional activities were mediated by sites 1, 2, 4, and 5 (Figure 6B). Using H441 lung cancer cell line with NFATc2 transient overexpression, we observed only sites 1, 4 and 5 showed statistically significant increased reporter activities while those of sites 4 and 5 were reciprocally abolished by CSA treatment (Figure 6C).

About TF

TF name : NFATC2(NFAT1,NFATP)
TF experiment: Luciferase Reporter Assay,ChIP-qPCR
TF experiment description: Finally, site directed mutagenesis of NFAT motifs (GGAAA to GACTA) prevented reporter activities of sites 4 and 5 only (Figure 6D), and the findings were supported by data from A549 and H1299 cells ectopically expressing NFATc2, respectively (Figure 6-figure supplement 1C,D). Thus, the data suggested NFATc2 was highly likely to regulate SOX2 expression through binding to 3’ enhancers at sites 4 and 5. For validation, NFATc2 ChIP-qPCR assays were performed using A549 with NFATc2 upregulation, which showed statistically significant enrichment of sites 4 and 5 sequences compared to vector control (Figure 6F). In HCC827 cells, sites 4 and 5 sequences were significantly enriched by anti-NFATc2 antibody compared to IgG control. Conversely, these sequences were significantly reduced upon NFATc2 knockout in HCC827, compared to their endogenous levels in control cells, indicating de novo physical binding of NFATc2 to SOX2 at sites 4 and 5 (Figure 6G). Together, the data showed NFATc2 upregulates SOX2 by binding to its 3’ enhancer region at around 3.2 kb (site 4) and 3.6 kb (site 5) from the TSS, respectively

About Function

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About SNP

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Enhancer associated network

The number on yellow line represents the distance between enhancer and target gene

Expression of target genes for the enhancer


Enhancer associated SNPs