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Decoupling of evolutionary changes in transcription factor binding and gene expression in mammals


Wong ES, Thybert D, Schmitt BM, Stefflova K, Odom DT, Flicek P

To understand the evolutionary dynamics between transcription factor (TF) binding and gene expression in mammals, we compared transcriptional output and the binding intensities for three tissue-specific TFs in livers from four closely related mouse species. For each transcription factor, TF dependent genes and the TF binding sites most likely to influence mRNA expression were identified by comparing mRNA expression levels between wildtype and TF knockout mice. Independent evolution was observed genome-wide between the rate of change in TF binding and the rate of change in mRNA expression across taxa, with the exception of a small number of TF dependent genes. We also found that binding intensities are preferentially conserved near genes whose expression is dependent on the TF, and the conservation is shared among binding peaks in close proximity to each other near the TSS. Expression of TF dependent genes typically showed an increased sensitivity to changes in binding levels, as measured by mRNA abundance. Taken together, these results highlight a significant tolerance to evolutionary changes in TF binding intensity in mammalian transcriptional networks, and suggest that some TF dependent genes may be largely regulated by a single TF across evolution.

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November, 2014

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