Figure 4. Ikaros controls promoter accessibility through NuRD-associated chromatin remodeling.

(A) Left: CHD4 expression in control and Chd4 shRNA cells by western blotting. Tubulin is a loading control. One of 5 independent biological replicates. Right: Experimental outline. (B) MNase-PCR at the Igll1 and Myc promoters in control (black) or Chd4 shRNA cells (red) at the indicated times after 4-OHT. Mean ± SE, 3 independent biological replicates. Chd4 shRNA significantly reduced the Ikaros-induced increase in nucleosome occupancy at 15, 30 and 120 min at the Igll1 promoter and at 30 and 120 min at the Myc promoter. (C) RNAP2 ChIP-PCR (top) and MNase-PCR (bottom) at the Igll1 and Myc promoters after 4-OHT in control (black) or Chd4 shRNA cells (red). Mean ± SE, 3 independent biological replicates. RNAP2 binding was significantly reduced in control cells but not in Chd4 shRNA-treated cells from 5 to 120 min after 4-OHT at the Igll1 and the Myc promoter. Primary transcripts were significantly reduced in control but not in Chd4 shRNA-treated cells at 15 and 30 min for Igll1 and at 30 and 120 min for Myc. (D) ChIP-PCR for CHD4 (black), MBD3 (grey) and BRG1 (orange) at the Igll1 promoters at the indicated times after 4-OHT. Mean ± SE, 5 independent biological replicates for CHD4 and BRG1, 3 independent biological replicates for MBD3. CHD4 and MBD3 binding at the Igll1 promoter were significantly increased from 5 to 60 min. BRG1 binding was significantly decreased from 30 to 120 min.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22767.015