Chromatin 3D interaction analysis of the STARD10 locus unveils FCHSD2 as a regulator of insulin secretion

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Contributors

  • Ming Hu - , Imperial College London (Author)
  • Inês Cebola - , Imperial College London (Author)
  • Gaelle Carrat - , Imperial College London (Author)
  • Shuying Jiang - , Imperial College London (Author)
  • Sameena Nawaz - , University of Oxford (Author)
  • Amna Khamis - , Université de Lille (Author)
  • Mickaël Canouil - , Université de Lille (Author)
  • Philippe Froguel - , Université de Lille (Author)
  • Anke Schulte - , Sanofi-Aventis (Author)
  • Michele Solimena - , Molecular Diabetology, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Mark Ibberson - , Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (Author)
  • Piero Marchetti - , University of Pisa (Author)
  • Fabian L. Cardenas-Diaz - , University of Pennsylvania (Author)
  • Paul J. Gadue - , University of Pennsylvania (Author)
  • Benoit Hastoy - , University of Oxford (Author)
  • Leonardo Alemeida-Souza - , University of Helsinki (Author)
  • Harvey McMahon - , Medical Research Council (MRC) (Author)
  • Guy A. Rutter - , Imperial College London, Nanyang Technological University (Author)

Abstract

Using chromatin conformation capture, we show that an enhancer cluster in the STARD10 type 2 diabetes (T2D) locus forms a defined 3-dimensional (3D) chromatin domain. A 4.1-kb region within this locus, carrying 5 T2D-associated variants, physically interacts with CTCF-binding regions and with an enhancer possessing strong transcriptional activity. Analysis of human islet 3D chromatin interaction maps identifies the FCHSD2 gene as an additional target of the enhancer cluster. CRISPR-Cas9-mediated deletion of the variant region, or of the associated enhancer, from human pancreas-derived EndoC-βH1 cells impairs glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Expression of both STARD10 and FCHSD2 is reduced in cells harboring CRISPR deletions, and lower expression of STARD10 and FCHSD2 is associated, the latter nominally, with the possession of risk variant alleles in human islets. Finally, CRISPR-Cas9-mediated loss of STARD10 or FCHSD2, but not ARAP1, impairs regulated insulin secretion. Thus, multiple genes at the STARD10 locus influence β cell function.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number108703
JournalCell reports
Volume34
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 2 Feb 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 33535042

Keywords

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Keywords

  • chromatin structure, enhancer cluster, FCHSD2, gene regulation, genetic variant, GWAS, insulin secretion, STARD10, T2D, type 2 diabetes