Condition transition analysis reveals TF activity to nutrient-limitation-specific effects of oxygen presence in yeast
TA Knijnenburg (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)
Lodewyk F.A. Wessels (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)
M.J.T. Reinders (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)
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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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