Hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β regulates Wnt signaling through genome-wide competition with β-catenin/ lymphoid enhancer binding factor

Siu Chiu Chan, Ying Zhang, Marco Pontoglio, Peter Igarashi

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Abstract

Hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β (HNF-1β) is a tissue-specific transcription factor that is essential for normal kidney development and renal tubular function. Mutations of HNF-1β produce cystic kidney disease, a phenotype associated with deregulation of canonical (β-catenin–dependent) Wnt signaling. Here, we show that ablation of HNF-1β in mIMCD3 renal epithelial cells produces hyperresponsiveness to Wnt ligands and increases expression of Wnt target genes, including Axin2, Ccdc80, and Rnf43. Levels of β-catenin and expression of Wnt target genes are also increased in HNF-1β mutant mouse kidneys. Genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) in wild-type and mutant cells showed that ablation of HNF-1β increases by 6-fold the number of sites on chromatin that are occupied by β-catenin. Remarkably, 50% of the sites that are occupied by β-catenin in HNF-1β mutant cells colocalize with HNF-1β–occupied sites in wild-type cells, indicating widespread reciprocal binding. We found that the Wnt target genes Ccdc80 and Rnf43 contain a composite DNA element comprising a β-catenin/lymphoid enhancer binding factor (LEF) site overlapping with an HNF-1β half-site. HNF-1β and β-catenin/LEF compete for binding to this element, and thereby HNF-1β inhibits β-catenin–dependent transcription. Collectively, these studies reveal a mechanism whereby a transcription factor constrains canonical Wnt signaling through direct inhibition of β-catenin/LEF chromatin binding.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)24133-24142
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume116
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 26 2019

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Keywords

  • Developmen
  • Kidney
  • T |
  • Transcription
  • Wnt |
  • | polycystic kidney disease |
  • β-catenin

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