Pluto Bioinformatics

GSE108736: Defining the Essential Function of Yeast Hsf1 Reveals a Compact Transcriptional Program for Maintaining Eukaryotic Proteostasis

Bulk RNA sequencing

We used the conditional chemical genetics approach known as anchor away (AA) to rapidly inactivate the essential yeast transcription factor Hsf1. We coupled Hsf1-AA to RNA-seq and NET-seq to define the genes whose expression depends on Hsf1 and performed Hsf1-3xFLAG-V5 ChIP-seq to validate direct targets. We also carried out a number of other perturbations to yeast stress pathways to show that most of the gene expression changes during heat shock are Hsf1-independent but depend on PKA signaling and the Msn2/4 general stress transcription factors. Finally, we generated RNA-seq in mouse ES cells and MEFs in wild type and hsf1-/- cells to define HSF1 targets in murine cells. SOURCE: David Pincus (pincus@wi.mit.edu) - Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research