Condition transition analysis reveals TF activity to nutrient-limitation-specific effects of oxygen presence in yeast

Conference Paper (2006)
Author(s)

TA Knijnenburg (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)

Lodewyk F.A. Wessels (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)

M.J.T. Reinders (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)

Multimedia Computing
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Publication Year
2006
Multimedia Computing
Bibliographical Note
Dit is opgenomen in Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (4210) maar dat komt niet voor op de lijst en kan ook niet door mij worden toegevoegd@en
Pages (from-to)
271-284
ISBN (print)
3-540-46166-3

Abstract

Regulatorynetworksareusuallypresentedasgraphstructuresshowingthe(combinatorial)regulatorye¿ectoftranscriptionfactors(TF¿s)onmodulesofsimilarlyexpressedorotherwiserelatedgenes.However,fromthesenetworksitisnotclearwhenandhowTF¿sareactivated.TheactualconditionsorperturbationsthattriggerachangeintheactivityofTF¿sshouldbeacrucialpartofthegeneratedregulatorynetwork.
Here,wedemonstratethepowertouncoverTFactivitybyfocusingonasmall,homogeneous,yetwellde¿nedsetofchemostatcultivationexperiments,wherethetranscriptionalresponseofyeastgrownunderfourdi¿erentnutrientlimitations,bothaerobicallyaswellasanaerobicallywasmeasured.Wede¿neaconditiontransitionasaninstantchangeinyeast¿sextracellularenvironmentbycomparingtwocultivationconditions,whereeitherthelimitednutrientortheoxygenavailabilityisdi¿erent.Di¿erentialgeneexpressionasaconsequenceofsuchaconditiontransitionisrepresentedinatertiarymatrix,wherezeroindicatesnochangeinexpression;1and-1respectivelyindicateanincreaseanddecreaseinexpressionasaconsequenceofaconditiontransition.WeuncoverTFactivitybyassessingsigni¿cantTFbindinginthepromotorregionofgenesthatbehaveaccordinglyataconditiontransition.Theinterrelatednessoftheconditionsinthecombinatorialsetupisexploitedbyperformingspeci¿chypergeometricteststhatallowforthediscoveryofbothindividualandcombinede¿ectsofthecultivationparametersonTFactivity.Additionally,wecreateaweight-matrixindicatingtheinvolvementofeachTFineachoftheconditiontransitionsbyposingourproblemasanorthogonalProcrustesproblem.WeshowthattheProcrustesanalysisstrengthensandbroadenstheuncoveredrelationships.
Theresultingregulatorynetworkrevealsnutrient-limitation-speci¿ce¿ectsofoxygenpresenceonexpressionbehaviorandTFactivity.Ouranalysisidenti¿esmanyTF¿sthatseemtoplayaveryspeci¿cregulatoryroleatthenutrientandoxygenavailabilitytransitions.

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