Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay to Analyze the Effect of G-Quadruplex Interactive Agents on the Binding of RNA Polymerase II and Transcription Factors to a Target Promoter Region

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Abstract

Growing evidence suggests the existence of G-quadruplexes and their involvement in transcriptional regulation of many human genes, including VEGF. These studies also provide strong evidence that G-quadruplex structures are stabilized by binding to small molecules, resulting in the modulation of the transcription of genes whose promoters form G-quadruplexes. Here, we describe a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay to determine whether G-quadruplex-interactive agents influence the recruitment of cellular transcription factors, such as Sp1, nucleolin, or hnRNP-K to target genes that contain potential G-quadruplex (G4)-forming sequences in their promoters, subsequently modulating the occupancy of RNA Pol II on the same promoter region.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages233-242
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2035
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Keywords

  • Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay
  • G-quadruplex-interactive agents
  • G-quadruplexes
  • NSC82892
  • VEGF

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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