Comparative analysis of type 2 diabetes-associated SNP alleles identifies allele-specific DNA-binding proteins for the KCNQ1 locus

  • Authors:
    • Masaki Hiramoto
    • Haruhide Udagawa
    • Atsushi Watanabe
    • Keisuke Miyazawa
    • Naoko Ishibashi
    • Miho Kawaguchi
    • Takashi Uebanso
    • Wataru Nishimura
    • Takao Nammo
    • Kazuki Yasuda
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  • Published online on: May 8, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2015.2203
  • Pages: 222-230
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Abstract

Although recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been extremely successful, it remains a big challenge to functionally annotate disease‑associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), as the majority of these SNPs are located in non‑coding regions of the genome. In this study, we described a novel strategy for identifying the proteins that bind to the SNP‑containing locus in an allele‑specific manner and successfully applied this method to SNPs in the type 2 diabetes mellitus susceptibility gene, potassium voltage‑gated channel, KQT‑like subfamily Q, member 1 (KCNQ1). DNA fragments encompassing SNPs, and risk or non‑risk alleles were immobilized onto the novel nanobeads and DNA‑binding proteins were purified from the nuclear extracts of pancreatic β cells using these DNA‑immobilized nanobeads. Comparative analysis of the allele-specific DNA-binding proteins indicated that the affinities of several proteins for the examined SNPs differed between the alleles. Nuclear transcription factor Y (NF‑Y) specifically bound the non‑risk allele of the SNP rs2074196 region and stimulated the transcriptional activity of an artificial promoter containing SNP rs2074196 in an allele‑specific manner. These results suggest that SNP rs2074196 modulates the affinity of the locus for NF‑Y and possibly induces subsequent changes in gene expression. The findings of this study indicate that our comparative method using novel nanobeads is effective for the identification of allele‑specific DNA‑binding proteins, which may provide important clues for the functional impact of disease‑associated non‑coding SNPs.

Introduction

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with human diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (1). However, the majority of these SNPs are located in non-coding regions of the genome, and the mechanisms through which they promote disease risk have not been completely elucidated. Potassium voltage-gated channel, KQT-like subfamily Q, member 1 (KCNQ1) is one of the genes most significantly associated with type 2 diabetes in different ethnic groups, particularly in East Asian populations, and type 2 diabetes-associated SNPs are also located mainly in an intron of KCNQ1 (24). The KCNQ1 gene encodes the α subunit of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv7.1, and KCNQ1 is also expressed in pancreatic β cells, although the Kv7.1 channel is best characterized for its contribution to cardiac function (5). A recent study indicated that increased KCNQ1 protein expression limits insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells by regulating the potassium channel current (6). However, to date, and to the very best of our knowledge, no data have been presented regarding the association between the disease-associated variants and the expression of KCNQ1.

Recent studies from the ENCODE project have confirmed that disease-associated variants are enriched in regulatory DNA and that promoters and distal elements engage in multiple long-range interactions to form complex networks (710). Therefore, these SNPs in the KCNQ1 gene may affect the expression of nearby or long-distance genes. Among the candidate genes close to KCNQ1, the loss of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1C (CDKN1C) in focal lesions in infants with hyperinsulinism has been shown to correlate with the increased proliferation of pancreatic β cells (11), and targeting CDKN1C promotes adult human β cell replication (12). Furthermore, the long non-coding RNA, KCNQ1 opposite strand/antisense transcript 1 (KCNQ1OT1), regulates the expression of CDKN1C through imprinting (1315). Transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily M, member 5 (TRPM5), another nearby gene, has been reported to regulate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic β cells (1619). Again, however, to the best of our knowledge, no data to date have been presented regarding the association between the disease-associated variants and the expression of these nearby genes.

In order to analyze the molecular mechanisms linking these non-coding variants with type 2 diabetes mellitus, it is crucial to identify DNA-binding proteins that recognize the nucleotide sequence surrounding disease-associated variants in an allele-specific manner; however, to the best of our knowledge, there have only been a few reports that have been successful in the identificatoin of such proteins. We and our colleagues have previously developed novel nanobeads composed of glycidyl methacrylate and styrene, and demonstrated that these nanobeads enable the rapid and efficient purification of ‘bait’ binding proteins, including transcription factors using DNA fragments as bait (2022). In the present study, we applied further-improved magnetic nanobeads (23), and aimed to identify the proteins that bind the KCNQ1 intronic locus containing disease-associated SNPs in an allele-specific manner. We also investigated the function of these proteins in order to clarify the association between genetic variants and the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Materials and methods

Cells

The rat pancreatic β-cell line, INS-1 (24), which had kindly been provided by Dr C.B. Wollheim and Dr N. Sekine (University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland), was cultured at 37°C in a 5% CO2 atmosphere in RPMI-1640 medium which was supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 10 mM HEPES, 1 mM sodium pyruvate and 50 mM 2-mercaptoeth-anol. KP-3 (human pancreatic cancer), KP-4 (pancreatic ductal cell carcinoma), QGP-1 (human pancreatic endocrine) and SUIT-2 (human pancreatic cancer) cells were obtained from the Health Science Research Resources Bank (Osaka, Japan). AsPC-1 (human pancreatic adenocarcinoma), Capan-1 (human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma), 293T and HeLa cells were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA). The KP-3, QGP-1, SUIT-2 and AsPC-1 cells were cultured in RPMI-1640 medium which was supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. The KP-4 and Capan-1 cells were cultured in Iscove’s modified Dulbecco’s medium (IMDM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. The 293T and HeLa cells were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) which was supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum.

Preparation of DNA-immobilized nanobeads

The oligonucleotides used in the present study were synthesized at Japan BioServices Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan). These oligonucleotides contained either risk or non-risk alleles through single-nucleotide substitution (Table I). DNA-immobilized nanobeads were prepared as previously described with slight modifications (21,25). Two complementary oligonucleotides were phosphorylated, annealed and then ligated to produce oligomers that ranged mainly from 100 to 3,000 bp. These oligomers containing tandemly repeated SNP regions were applied to the NICK Column according to the manufacturer’s instructions (GE Healthcare, Buckinghamshire, UK). The second fractions of the NICK Column were ready for coupling onto FG beads (Tamagawa Seiki Co., Ltd., Nagano, Japan) (23). One milligram of FG beads was then mixed with 100 µg of prepared DNA, and the coupling reaction was carried out at 50°C for 24 h.

Table I

Oligonucleotides used for the preparation of the DNA-immobilized nanobeads.

Table I

Oligonucleotides used for the preparation of the DNA-immobilized nanobeads.

SNPAllelePrimer sequence (5′→3′)
rs2237892RiskForward GGGGGTTTGCCACC[C]GGGGTGAGG
Reverse CCCCCCCTCACCCC[G]GGTGGCAAA
Non-riskForward GGGGGTTTGCCACC[T]GGGGTGAGG
Reverse CCCCCCCTCACCCC[A]GGTGGCAAA
rs2237895RiskForward GGGGGAGTGGTCCC[C]GGGGTCGGG
Reverse CCCCCCCCGACCCC[G]GGGACCACT
Non-riskForward GGGGGAGTGGTCCC[A]GGGGTCGGG
Reverse CCCCCCCCGACCCC[T]GGGACCACT
rs151290RiskForward GGGGGTGAGCCCAG[C]CCCCTGGGC
Reverse CCCCCGCCCAGGGG[G]CTGGGCTCA
Non-riskForward GGGGGTGAGCCCAG[A]CCCCTGGGC
Reverse CCCCCGCCCAGGGG[T]CTGGGCTCA
rs2074196RiskForward GGGGGGGGGCTTCA[G]TGGAGCCCG
Reverse CCCCCCGGGCTCCA[C]TGAAGCCCC
Non-riskForward GGGGGGGGGCTTCA[T]TGGAGCCCG
Reverse CCCCCCGGGCTCCA[A]TGAAGCCCC
rs2283228RiskForward GGGGGGCTGAAAGC[A]CTGGTTAAA
Reverse CCCCCTTTAACCAG[T]GCTTTCAGC
Non-riskForward GGGGGGCTGAAAGC[C]CTGGTTAAA
Reverse CCCCCTTTAACCAG[G]GCTTTCAGC
rs2237897RiskForward GGGGGAGCTGGGGA[C]GAGGGGCCT
Reverse CCCCCAGGCCCCTC[G]TCCCCAGCT
Non-riskForward GGGGGAGCTGGGGA[T]GAGGGGCCT
Reverse CCCCCAGGCCCCTC[A]TCCCCAGCT

[i] Parentheses indicate the positions of SNPs. SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism.

Affinity purification

Nuclear extracts were prepared from the INS-1 cells according to the method described in the study by Dignam et al (26). DNA-immobilized nanobeads (200 µg) were equilibrated with binding buffer (20 mM HEPES-NaOH, pH 7.9, 10% glycerol, 100 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl2, 0.2 mM CaCl2, 0.2 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT and 0.2 mM PMSF). INS-1 nuclear extracts (200 µg) were mixed with 100 µg of single-stranded DNA (Ambion/Life Technologies, Austin, TX, USA) and 10 µg of poly(dI-dC):poly(dI-dC) (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), and then incubated with equilibrated DNA-immobilized nanobeads for 4 h at 4°C using a RT-50 rotator (Taitec Corp., Saitama, Japan). After washing with binding buffer 3 times, the bound proteins were eluted with binding buffer supplemented with 1 M KCl (final concentration).

Mass spectrometry

Affinity-purified proteins were separated using SDS-PAGE and subjected to silver staining as described in the study by Shevchenko et al (27). The specific protein bands were excised and mass spectrometry was then performed as previously described (28). Band slices were reduced with 10 mM dithiothreitol, alkylated with 55 mM iodoacetamide and digested with sequencing grade modified trypsin (12 µg/ml; Promega Corp., Madison, WI, USA) overnight. The extracted peptides were desalted with ZipTip C18 (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA) and separated by nano-flow liquid chromatography (LC) (Paradigm MS4; Michrom BioResources, Inc., Auburn, CA, USA) using a reverse phase C18 column (Magic C18, 0.2 ×50mm; Michrom BioResources, Inc.). The LC eluent was coupled to a micro-ionspray source attached to an LCQ Advantage MAX mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA, USA). All MS/MS spectra were searched using the TurboSEQUEST algorithm within the BioWorks 3.2 software (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.).

Immunoblot analysis

Nuclear extracts and affinity-purified fractions were fractionated by SDS-PAGE and electrotransferred onto a polyvinylidene difluoride membrane (Millipore). The membrane was incubated with 5% non-fat milk for 1 h and incubated with antibody against nuclear transcription factor Y, beta (NF-YB) overnight (sc-13045; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, USA), followed by incubation with peroxidase-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG (no. 7074; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, MA, USA) for 1 h. Visualization was accomplished using enhanced chemiluminescense reagents (Millipore) and analyzed using the ChemiDoc XRS+ imaging system (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA).

Preparation of radiolabeled recombinant proteins

Complementary DNA (cDNA) for nuclear transcription factor Y, alpha (NF-YA), NF-YB, nuclear transcription factor Y, gamma (NF-YC) and cut-like homeobox 1 (CUX1) were amplified by RT-PCR from the total RNA prepared from HeLa cells, inserted into the pUC119 vector, and sequenced using an ABI PRISM 3700 sequence analyzer (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). The preparation of radiolabeled recombinant proteins was then performed as previously described (28). T7 promoter-tagged DNA fragments of these cDNAs were amplified using PCR with two primers: T7 promoter fused to a 5′ sequence of each cDNA and polyT fused to a 3′ complementary sequence of each cDNA. These amplified DNA fragments were used to synthesize 35S-radiolabeled recombinant proteins in a coupled transcription/translation system according to the protocol of the manufacturer (Promega Corp.).

Binding assay

DNA-immobilized nanobeads or control nanobeads (200 µg) were equilibrated with binding buffer as described above and incubated with 200 µl of the radiolabeled proteins (NF-YA, NF-YB, NF-YC and CUX1) at 4°C for 4 h using a RT-50 rotator. After washing with binding buffer, the bound proteins were eluted by boiling for 5 min with SDS-PAGE sample buffer. The eluates and inputs were subjected to SDS-PAGE. The gels were dried, and autoradiography was then performed to visualize the radiolabeled proteins.

Construction of plasmids

Reporter plasmids that contain the luciferase gene under the control of the SNP rs2074196 region were constructed as follows: complementary oligonucleotides containing 3 copies of the SNP region were synthesized. These oligonucleotides were annealed and cloned into the pGL4.10 vector (Promega Corp.) along with the thymidine kinase promoter derived from pGL4.74 (Promega Corp.).

To construct mammalian expression plasmids, cDNA of NF-YA, NF-YB, NF-YC and CUX1 were amplified by PCR and subcloned into the pcDNA6 vector (Invitrogen Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA) to allow the expression of these cDNAs under the control of a CMV promoter. During PCR amplification, FLAG-tag was fused at the C-terminus of NF-YA; HA-tag was fused at the C-terminus of NF-YB; and Myc-tag was fused at the C-terminus of NF-YC. All the sequences were confirmed using an ABI PRISM 3700 sequence analyzer.

Luciferase assay

One of the constructed luciferase reporter plasmids (100 ng) and the control Renilla luciferase reporter vector pGL4.74 (10 ng) were co-transfected into the 293T cells (2x105 cells) along with mammalian expression vectors: NF-Ys (NF-YA-FLAG, NF-YB-HA, and NF-YC-Myc, 300 ng each), CUX1 (900 ng), or empty pcDNA6 (900 ng) using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen Life Technologies) and seeded into a 24-well plate. Twelve hours after transfection, the medium was changed. Forty-eight hours after transfection, cell extracts were prepared, and Firefly luciferase activities and Renilla luciferase activities were determined using a Dual-Glo Luciferase assay system (Promega Corp.) and a CentroPRO LB 962 Microplate Luminometer (Berthold Technologies, Bad Wildbad, Germany).

Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay

The preparation of the samples was performed using a Magna ChIP G kit according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Millipore, Temecula, CA, USA). The samples were sonicated for 10 rounds of 30 pulses each (0.5 sec on and 0.5 sec off) using a Branson Sonifier S-450 digital ultrasonic cell disruptor/homogenizer (Branson Ultrasonics Corp., Danbury, CT, USA) at 15% amplitude. The efficiency of sonication was assessed to ensure that the majority of chromatin fragments were in the range of 200–1,000 bp. The sonicated samples were immunoprecipitated overnight at 4°C with 2.5 µg of anti-Myc-tag antibody (no. 2276; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) or normal mouse IgG (Millipore). The immunoprecipitated DNA was quantified by qPCR performed on the input and bound fractions, using the Fast SYBR-Green Master Mix and a StepOne Real-Time PCR system (both from Applied Biosystems). The primers used for qPCR were as follows: 5′-GAGCCAGTTGTTCCCAAACC-3′ and 5′-TAGGCTTGTGTCCCCAGTCC-3′ for SNP rs2074196, and 5′-CGCAAAAGGAGGGGAGAG-3′ and 5′-GCCGCTGGGTTTTATAGGG-3′ for the ACTB promoter.

Statistical analysis

All data are expressed as the means ± SD. Statistical analysis was performed using an unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. A value of P<0.01 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Purification of allele-specific DNA-binding proteins by novel magnetic nanobeads

In this study, we aimed to identify proteins that bind the genomic region encompassing the type 2 diabetes-associated SNPs: rs151290, rs2074196, rs2237892, rs2283228, rs2237895 and rs2237897 (Fig. 1A). In order to identify the allele-specific binding proteins, we first prepared 2 types of beads, risk and non-risk allele beads, by immobilizing each allelic DNA onto magnetic nanobeads (Table I and Fig. 1B). The lengths of the immobilized DNA fragments were almost the same (100–3,000 bp) for the risk and non-risk alleles (Fig. 2A). Using these nanobeads, we purified DNA-binding proteins from the nuclear extract of INS-1 pancreatic β cells and analyzed the bound proteins using SDS-PAGE (Fig. 2B). We found that the affinities of several proteins for each examined SNP differed between alleles. There were obvious allele-specific bands, particularly in the SNP rs151290 and SNP rs2074196 regions. We decided to perform the following analysis with SNP rs2074196, as this was among the 3 SNPs (rs2074196, rs2237892 and rs2237895) which showed the best association P-values with type 2 diabetes in our previous study (2).

Identification of allele-specific DNA-binding proteins

We compared the bound proteins of the risk and non-risk alleles and selected 4 differentially bound protein bands (Fig. 3A). Following mass spectrometry, we identified 3 proteins, CUX1, NF-YC and NF-YA. One protein band was not determined using mass spectrometry. However, we speculated that the band was NF-YB, due to the size of the protein band and the lack of a partner protein for the NF-Y ternary complex. Immunoblot analysis using a specific antibody against NF-YB confirmed that NF-YB had been purified using DNA-immobilized nano-beads in an allele-specific manner (Fig. 3B).

Evaluation of allele-specific DNA-binding proteins

We then confirmed the DNA-binding activities of NF-Y and CUX1 in vitro using recombinant proteins. NF-YA, NF-YB or NF-YC alone exhibited no binding activity or only non-specific binding activity against the genomic region encompassing SNP rs2074196 (Fig. 4A). The ternary complex of NF-YA, NF-YB and NF-YC exhibited specific binding activity against the non-risk allele of the genomic region encompassing SNP rs2074196 (Fig. 4B). CUX1 also exhibited specific binding activity against the non-risk allele of the genomic region encompassing SNP rs2074196 (Fig. 4B). These DNA-binding specificities against the non-risk allele of recombinant NF-Y and CUX1 were consistent with those observed in the silver staining of purified proteins from the INS-1 cell nuclear extracts (Figs. 2B and 3A).

SNP rs2074196 modulates NF-Y-dependent transcriptional activity

We then examined the transcriptional activities of NF-Y and CUX1 using luciferase reporter assay. As illustrated in Fig. 5A, we prepared 4 reporter constructs: risk allele and forward orientation, non-risk allele and forward orientation, risk allele and reverse orientation, and non-risk allele and reverse orientation. The basal luciferase activities, which are mediated by endogenous transcription factors possibly including NF-Y and CUX1, differed among the constructs (Fig. 5B): non-risk-forward, 1.60-fold; risk-reverse, 0.57-fold; and non-risk-reverse, 0.84-fold higher compared to risk-forward. Hence, the basal luciferase activities of non-risk-forward were the highest for these 4 constructions in 293T cells.

When the expression constructs of NF-YA, NF-YB and NF-YC were co-transfected, the luciferase activities of each reporter construct were upregulated (Fig. 5B): risk-forward, 1.16-fold; non-risk-forward, 3.45-fold, risk-reverse, 1.07-fold; and non-risk-reverse, 1.66-fold compared to basal risk-rorward; in addition non-risk-forward, 2.16-fold, risk-reverse, 1.87-fold, and non-risk-reverse, 1.98-fold compared to the basal value of each construction. These results confirmed that the NF-Y complex upregulated the transcription under the control of the genomic region encompassing SNP rs2074196, particularly for the non-risk allele and forward orientation.

When the expression construct of CUX1 was co-trans-fected, the luciferase activities of each reporter construct were downregulated (Fig. 5B). These results indicated that CUX1 downregulated the transcription under the control of the genomic region encompassing SNP rs2074196; however, no allele specificity was observed.

SNP rs2074196 modulates the affinity of the locus for NF-Y

We further examined the DNA-binding activities of NF-Y in cell lines using chromatin immunoprecipitation assay using 6 cell lines: QGP-1, SUIT-2, KP-4, KP-3, AsPC-1 and Capan-1. The QGP-1 and SUIT-2 cells were found to be homozygous for the non-risk allele, the KP-4 and KP-3 were heterozygous for the risk and non-risk allele, and the AsPC-1 and Capan-1 cells were homozygous for the risk allele. We transfected these cells with the expression vectors, NF-YA-FLAG, NF-YB-HA, and NF-YC-Myc. As illustrated in Fig. 6A, the genomic region encompassing SNP rs2074196 was enriched in the QGP-1, SUIT-2, KP-4 and KP-3 cells, but not in the AsPC-1 and Capan-1 cells. As a positive control, the genomic region of the ACTB promoter containing NF-Y-binding CCAAT-box elements was enriched in all the examined cell lines (Fig. 6B). These results confirmed that NF-Y specifically bound the non-risk allele of the endogenous KCNQ1 intronic region encompassing SNP rs2074196.

Discussion

GWAS have indicated that SNPs in the KCNQ1 locus are associated with type 2 diabetes (24). Since the majority of these SNPs are located in the intronic region of the KCNQ1 gene and are associated with an impaired insulin secretion, we hypothesized that some of these SNP-containing regions may participate in regulating gene expression in pancreatic β cells as cis-regulatory elements, such as enhancers and that SNPs may affect such activity of this locus.

Novel nanobeads, as we and our colleague have previously reported (2023,25,28), have been proven to be useful for screening proteins that bind to a variety of baits. Since one of the major features of the beads was a very low background, we hypothesized that they may be also applied to purify DNA-binding proteins in an allele-specific manner. Indeed, we successfully found that the affinities of several proteins for the examined SNP regions in the KCNQ1 gene locus differed between alleles. NF-Y specifically bound the non-risk allele of the SNP rs2074196 region and stimulated the transcriptional activity of the artificial promoter containing SNP rs2074196 in an allele-specific manner. These results suggest that SNP rs2074196 modulates the affinity of the locus for NF-Y and possibly induces subsequent changes in gene expression, which may provide important clues as to how type 2 diabetes-associated SNPs in the KCNQ1 gene locus promote disease risk.

Recent studies have confirmed that NF-Y is necessary for hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and survival. NF-YA deletion creates an accumulation of hematopoietic stem cells in the G2/M phase, accompanied by the dysregulation of multiple genes that influence cell cycle control and apoptosis (29). Another group reported that the inactivation of NF-YA in postnatal liver causes hepatocellular degeneration, lipid deposition and endoplasmic reticulum stress (30), indicating that NF-Y is a key transcription factor controlling endoplasmic reticulum function and metabolic processes in mature hepatocytes. Although the function of NF-Y in pancreatic β cells has not been well studied, these observations suggest that NF-Y participates in the regulation of β cell development and function. Future identification of the target genes regulated by this locus encompassing SNP rs2074196 and NF-Y are required to provide further information.

In addition, we cannot exclude the possibility that other genomic regions harboring intronic SNPs in the KCNQ1 gene may also be functional and contribute to susceptibility to type 2 diabetes as gene expression may be regulated by several independent or correlated regions containing respective SNPs. Although SNP rs2074196 is the only variant extensively examined thus far, we have already detected allele-specific binding proteins for other SNP regions (Fig. 2B). Further experiments on each allele-specific binding protein and the interaction between these SNPs should clarify the molecular association between SNPs in the KCNQ1 locus and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes.

Although recent GWAS have been extremely successful (14), it remains a big challenge to functionally annotate SNPs in susceptibility genes that are very often localized in non-coding regions. For this purpose, it is essential to identify DNA-binding proteins that recognize the nucleotide sequence surrounding disease-associated variants. Our comparative analysis between alleles using DNA-immobilized nanobeads enabled systematic identification of allele-specific DNA-binding proteins in multiple SNP regions. We believe that this system is also very useful for investigating the molecular mechanisms linking non-coding genetic variants to the risk of common diseases in general.

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Mr. Dai Suzuki and Ms. Kazuko Nagase for providing technical assistance. This study was supported by grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), grant no. 22510216 (to M.H.), the Japan Diabetes Foundation (to M.H.), the Leading Research Project of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (to K.Y.), National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (to K.Y.) and National Center for Global Health and Medicine (to K.Y.).

Abbreviations:

SNP

single nucleotide polymorphism

KCNQ1

potassium voltage-gated channel, KQT-like subfamily Q, member 1

NF-Y

nuclear transcription factor Y

CDKN1C

cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1C

KCNQ1OT1

KCNQ1 opposite strand/antisense transcript 1

TRPM5

transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily M, member 5

CUX1

cut-like homeobox 1

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Hiramoto M, Udagawa H, Watanabe A, Miyazawa K, Ishibashi N, Kawaguchi M, Uebanso T, Nishimura W, Nammo T, Yasuda K, Yasuda K, et al: Comparative analysis of type 2 diabetes-associated SNP alleles identifies allele-specific DNA-binding proteins for the KCNQ1 locus. Int J Mol Med 36: 222-230, 2015.
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Hiramoto, M., Udagawa, H., Watanabe, A., Miyazawa, K., Ishibashi, N., Kawaguchi, M. ... Yasuda, K. (2015). Comparative analysis of type 2 diabetes-associated SNP alleles identifies allele-specific DNA-binding proteins for the KCNQ1 locus. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 36, 222-230. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2015.2203
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Hiramoto, M., Udagawa, H., Watanabe, A., Miyazawa, K., Ishibashi, N., Kawaguchi, M., Uebanso, T., Nishimura, W., Nammo, T., Yasuda, K."Comparative analysis of type 2 diabetes-associated SNP alleles identifies allele-specific DNA-binding proteins for the KCNQ1 locus". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 36.1 (2015): 222-230.
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Hiramoto, M., Udagawa, H., Watanabe, A., Miyazawa, K., Ishibashi, N., Kawaguchi, M., Uebanso, T., Nishimura, W., Nammo, T., Yasuda, K."Comparative analysis of type 2 diabetes-associated SNP alleles identifies allele-specific DNA-binding proteins for the KCNQ1 locus". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 36, no. 1 (2015): 222-230. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2015.2203