About Enhancer

Enhancer ID: E_01_286
Enhancer symbol: --
Species: Human
Position : chr8:27455903-27456103
Biosample name: HEK-293
Experiment class : Low throughput
Enhancer type: Enhancer
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
DO: DOID:10652
Mesh: D000544
Distance from TSS: Intron
Pubmed ID:  28973302
Enhancer experiment: Luciferase Reporter Assay,CRISPR/Cas9,EMSA,ChIP
Enhancer experiment description: We have previously shown that the alleles at rs2279590 differentially regulate clusterin (CLU) gene expression in lens capsule tissues. This polymorphism resides in an active regulatory region marked by H3K27Ac and DNase I hypersensitive site and is an eQTL for CLU expression. Here, we report the presence of an enhancer element in surrounding region of rs2279590. Deletion of a 115 base pair intronic region flanking the rs2279590 variant through CRISPRB Cas9 genome editing in HEK293 cells demonstrated a decreased clusterin gene expression. Electrophoretic mobility shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays show that rs2279590 with allele “A” constitutes a transcription factor binding site for heat shock factorB1 (HSF1) but not with allele “G”. By binding to allele “A”, HSF1 abrogates the enhancer effect of the locus as validated by reporter assays. Interestingly, rs2279590 locus have a widespread enhancer effect on two nearby genes, Protein tyrosine kinase 2 beta (PTK2B) and epoxide hydrolaseB2 (EPHX2); both of which have been previously associated with AD as risk factors.

About Target gene

Target gene : CLU(AAG4,APO-J,APOJ,CLI,CLU1,CLU2,KUB1,NA1/NA2,SGP-2,SGP2,SP-40,TRPM-2,TRPM2),EPHX2(ABHD20,CEH,SEH),PTK2B(CADTK,CAKB,FADK2,FAK2,PKB,PTK,PYK2,RAFTK)
Strong evidence: CRISPR/Cas9
Less strong evidence: Luciferase Reporter Assay,EMSA,ChIP
Target gene experiment description: We have previously shown that the alleles at rs2279590 differentially regulate clusterin (CLU) gene expression in lens capsule tissues. This polymorphism resides in an active regulatory region marked by H3K27Ac and DNase I hypersensitive site and is an eQTL for CLU expression. Here, we report the presence of an enhancer element in surrounding region of rs2279590. Deletion of a 115 base pair intronic region flanking the rs2279590 variant through CRISPRB Cas9 genome editing in HEK293 cells demonstrated a decreased clusterin gene expression. Electrophoretic mobility shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays show that rs2279590 with allele “A” constitutes a transcription factor binding site for heat shock factorB1 (HSF1) but not with allele “G”. By binding to allele “A”, HSF1 abrogates the enhancer effect of the locus as validated by reporter assays. Interestingly, rs2279590 locus have a widespread enhancer effect on two nearby genes, Protein tyrosine kinase 2 beta (PTK2B) and epoxide hydrolaseB2 (EPHX2); both of which have been previously associated with AD as risk factors.

About TF

TF name : HSF1(HSTF1)
TF experiment: EMSA,ChIP
TF experiment description: Electrophoretic mobility shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays show that rs2279590 with allele "A"constitutes a transcription factor binding site for heat shock factor-1 (HSF1) but not with allele “G”.By binding to allele “A”, HSF1 abrogates the Enhancer effect of the locus as validated by reporter assays.

About Function

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Enhancer function experiment: --
Enhancer function
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About SNP

SNP ID: rs2279590
SNP position: 27456253
SNP experiment: EMSA,ChIP

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