Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Increased chromatin accessibility following 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 treatment in human endometrial stromal cells
doi: 10.64898/2026.05.06.723064
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) The number of overlapped peaks between ATAC-seq and publicly available CUT&RUN. (B) Enriched binding motifs from cistromic modification peaks within the open chromatin areas in T-HESCs by HOMER de novo analysis. (C) Venn diagram showing overlap of genes annotated to ATAC-seq peaks in vehicle- and 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 -treated T-HESCs. Peaks were annotated to the nearest gene within 100 kb of the transcription start site. A total of 19,789 genes were associated with open chromatin regions in vehicle-treated cells, whereas 19,114 genes were associated with open chromatin regions in 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 -treated cells. Most annotated genes were shared between conditions, with 18,322 genes common to both datasets. (D) Overlap between 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 -responsive DEGs and genes associated with open chromatin regions in vehicle- or 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 -treated cells. Among 626 DEGs, 540 overlapped with vehicle-associated open chromatin genes, whereas 530 overlapped with 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 -associated open chromatin genes. The high proportion of overlap indicates that most ligand-responsive transcripts are associated with nearby accessible chromatin regions present in either condition. (E) Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) of the 530 differentially expressed genes associated with open chromatin regions in 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 -treated T-HESCs. Causal network analysis identified VDR as the most significant predicted activated master regulator. (F) IPA canonical pathway analysis of the same gene set revealed enrichment of pathways related to transcriptional regulation, immune-associated signaling, and vitamin D receptor activity.
Article Snippet: hTERT-immortalized endometrial stromal cells (T-HESCs) were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC; Cat. CRL-4003, VA, USA).
Techniques: Binding Assay, Modification, Activity Assay