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Cheng-Fu Kao's Lab

  • Cheng-Fu Kao Professor Cheng-Fu Kao Research ID Professor Cheng-Fu Kao ORCID
    Research Fellow & Deputy Director
    • SpecialtyChromatin Structure & Dynamics, DNA Replication and Repair
    • E-mailckao@gate.sinica.edu.tw
    • Tel02-2787-1515
    • LabR234/ICOB
Lab IntroductionOpenClose
Epigenetic regulation of heart development
Histon mark prevents conflicts during DNA duplication
iTARGEX
H2B ubiquitination contributes to DNA damage tolerance
DNA replication under stress

In Kao's lab, we study how epigenetic changes to chromatin, a key part of our DNA, influence essential processes like gene activity, DNA copying, and repair. Epigenetics involves modifications that do not change the DNA sequence but affect how genes are expressed. Our research has shed light on how these epigenetic changes help with DNA replication and repair, enhancing our understanding of cellular functions.

While we've made significant progress in understanding how epigenetic changes regulate gene expression, we still need to fully understand their roles in other DNA-related processes. This gap has inspired a new direction in our research: exploring how epigenetic changes to chromatin affect heart development after birth. Emerging evidence suggests that these chromatin dynamics, crucial for many cellular activities, might also play a significant role in the growth and development of heart cells.

Our goal is to discover how these epigenetic changes influence the development and maturation of heart muscle cells. This research could provide new insights into heart health and lead to innovative methods for heart repair and regeneration.

 

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Name Job Title Telephone Email Remark
Cheng-Fu Kao Research Fellow 02-2787-1515 ckao@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Chia-Yeh Lin Postdoc Fellow 02-2789-9513 leaflin@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Chia-Ling Hsu Postdoc Fellow 02-2787-1538 plusohsu@gmail.com
Hsin-Yi Tseng Assistant R&D Scientist 02-2789-9513 kwun246@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Ya-Ling Chen Assistant R&D Scientist 02-2789-9513 ylchen99@yahoo.com.tw
Tsu-Shin Gu RA 02-2789-9513 tsushin753@gmail.com
Han-Xuan Tang Ph.D Student 02-2789-9513 dannytang84@gmail.com
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Lin CY, Chang YM, Tseng HY, Shih YL, Yeh HH, Liao YR, Hsu CL, Chen CC, Yan YT*, Kao CF*. Epigenetic regulator RNF20 underlies temporal hierarchy of gene expression to regulate postnatal cardiomyocyte polarization. Cell Rep. 2023 Nov 28;42(11):113416. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113416

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Lin YW, Kao HJ, Chen WT, Kao CF, Wu JY, Chen YT, Lee YC. Cell-based screen identifies porphyrins as FGFR3 activity inhibitors with therapeutic potential for achondroplasia and cancer. JCI Insight. 2023 Nov 22;8(22):e171257. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.171257.

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Chang KL, Chen JH, Lin TC, Leu JY, Kao CF, Wong JY, Tsai HK. Short human eccDNAs are predictable from sequences. Brief Bioinform. 2023 Apr 21;bbad147. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbad147

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Swygert SG, Lin D, Portillo-Ledesma S, Lin PY, Hunt DR, Kao CF, Schlick T, Noble WS, Tsukiyama T. Local chromatin fiber folding represses transcription and loop extrusion in quiescent cells. Elife. 2021 Nov 4;10:e72062. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72062.

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Huang JH, Liao YR, Lin TC, Tsai CH, Lai WY, Chou YK, Leu JY, Tsai HK*, Kao CF*. iTARGEX analysis of yeast deletome reveals novel regulators of transcriptional buffering in S phase and protein turnover. Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Jul 21;49(13):7318-7329. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab555.

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Hsu CL, Chong SY, Lin CY, Kao CF*. Histone dynamics during DNA replication stress. J Biomed Sci. 2021 Jun 19;28(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s12929-021-00743-5.

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Hsu CL, Lo YC, Kao CF*. H3K4 Methylation in Aging and Metabolism. Epigenomes. 2021 Jun 18;5(2):14. doi: 10.3390/epigenomes5020014.

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Chang CY, Hung JH, Huang LW, Li J, Fung KS, Kao CF, Chen L. Epigenetic Regulation of WNT3A Enhancer during Regeneration of Injured Cortical Neurons. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Mar 10;21(5). pii: E1891. doi: 10.3390/ijms21051891.

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Chang CY, Liang MZ, Wu CC, Huang PY, Chen HI, Yet SF, Tsai JW, Kao CF*, Chen L*. WNT3A Promotes Neuronal Regeneration upon Traumatic Brain Injury. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Feb 21;21(4). pii: E1463. doi: 10.3390/ijms21041463.

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Chong SY, Cutler S, Lin JJ, Tsai CH, Tsai HK, Biggins S, Tsukiyama T, Lo YC and Kao CF*. H3K4 methylation at active genes mitigates transcription-replication conflicts during replication stress. Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 10;11(1):809. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14595-4.

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You ST, Jhou YT, Kao CF, Leu JY. Experimental evolution reveals a general role for the methyltransferase Hmt1 in noise buffering. PLoS Biol. 2019 Oct 15;17(10):e3000433.

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Wu MY, Lin CY, Tseng HY, Hsu FM, Chen PY and Kao CF*. H2B ubiquitylation and the Asf1 histone chaperone mediate the formation and maintenance of heterochromatin architecture. Nucleic Acids Res. 2017 May 17. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx422. (*correspondent author)

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Hung SH, Wong RP, Ulrich HD* and Kao CF*. Bre1-mediated mono-ubiquitylation of H2B contributes to the bypass of DNA damage during and after DNA replication Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Mar 14;114(11):E2205-E2214. (*correspondent authors)

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Chen KW, Chang YJ, Yeh CM, Lian YL, Chan MW, Kao CF* and Chen L. SH2B1 modulates chromatin state and MyoD occupancy to enhance expressions of myogenic genes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017 Feb;1860(2):270-281.

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McDonald MJ, Yu YH, Guo JF, Chong SY, Kao CF and Leu JY. Mutation at a distance caused by homopolymericguanine repeats in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sci Adv. 2016 May; 2(5): e1501033.

 

Publication before 2016

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Hsu HE, Liu TN, Yeh CS, Chang TH, Lo YC*, Kao CF*. Feedback Control of Snf1 Protein and Its Phosphorylation Is Necessary for Adaptation to Environmental Stress. J Biol Chem. 2015 Jul 3;290(27):16786-96. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.639443.

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Wright DE and Kao CF*. (Ubi)quitin' the h2bit: recent insights into the roles of H2B ubiquitylation in DNA replication and transcription. Epigenetics. 2015 Feb;10(2):122-6. doi:10.1080/15592294.2014.1003750

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Lin CY, Wu MY, Gay S, Marjavaara L, Lai MS, Hsiao WC, Hung SH, Tseng HY, Wright DE, Wang CY, Hsu GSW, Devys D, Chabes A and Kao CF*. (2014) H2B mono-ubiquitylation facilitates fork stalling and recovery during replication stress by coordinating Rad53 activation and chromatin assembly. PLoS Genet 10: e1004667. ( *Correspondent author)

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Bonnet J*, Wang CY*, Baptista T, Vincent SD, Hsiao WC, Stierle M, Kao CF, Tora L& and Devys D& (2014) The SAGA coactivator complex acts on the whole transcribed genome and is required for RNA polymerase II transcription. Genes Dev. 2014 Sep 15;28(18):1999-2012. doi: 10.1101/gad.250225.114. ( *First authors; &Correspondent authors)

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Tang CH, Lai YR, Chen YC, Li CH, Lu YF, Chen HY, Lien HW, Yang CH, Huang CJ, Wang CY, Kao CF, Hwang SP. Expression of zebrafish anterior gradient 2 in the semicircular canals and supporting cells of otic vesicle sensory patches is regulated by Sox10. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Jun;1839(6):425-37. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.04.017.

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Wu CS, Yu CY, Chuang CY, Hsiao M, Kao CF, Kuo HC, Chuang TJ (2013) Integrative transcriptome sequencing identifies trans-splicing events with important roles in human embryonic stem cell pluripotency. Genome Res. 2014 Jan;24(1):25-36. doi: 10.1101/gr.159483.113.

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Lin CY, Hsiao WC, Huang CJ, Kao CF* and Hsu GS W* (2013) Heme oxygenase-1 induction by the ROS-JNK pathway plays a role in aluminum-induced anemia. J Inorg Biochem. 2013 Nov;128:221-8

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Hou PS, Chuang CY, Kao CF, Chou SJ, Stone L, Ho HN, Chien CL, Kuo HC (2013) LHX2 regulates the neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells via transcriptional modulation of PAX6 and CER1. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Jun 26

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Lin CY, Hsiao WC, Wright DE, Hsu CL, Lo YC, Wang-Hsu GS and Kao CF* (2013) Resveratrol activates the histone H2B ubiquitin ligase, RNF20, in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. J Funct Foods 2013 5 (2): 790-800.

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Lee CL, Hsiao WC, Wright DE, Chong SY, Leow SK, Ho CT, Kao CF and Lo YC (2013) Induction of GADD45a expression contributes to the anti-proliferative effects of polymethoxyflavones on colorectal cancer cells. J Funct Foods 2013 5 (2): 616-624.

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Wright D.E, Wang CY, Kao CF* (2012). Histone ubiquitylation and chromatin dynamics. Front Biosci. 2012 Jan 1;17:1051-78

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Shieh GS, Pan CH, Wu JH, Sun YJ, Wang CC, Hsiao WC, Lin CY, Tung L, Chang TH, Fleming AB, Hillyer C, Lo YC, Berger SL, Osley MA*, Kao CF*. H2B ubiquitylation is part of chromatin architecture that marks exon-intron structure in budding yeast. BMC Genomics. 2011 Dec 22;12(1):627.

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Wright D.E, Wang CY, Kao CF* (2011). Flickin’ the Ubiquitin Switch: The Role of H2BUbiquitylation in Development. Epigenetics. 2011 Oct 1;6(10)

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Wang CY, Hua CY, Hsu HE, Hsu CL, Tseng HY, Wright DE, Hsu PH, Jen CH, Lin CY, Wu MY, Tsai MD and Kao CF* (2011). The C-terminus of histone H2B is involved in chromatin compaction specifically at telomeres, independently of its monoubiquitylation at lysine 123. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22209. doi:10.1371 /journal.pone.0022209.

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Cheng PY, Lin YP, Chen YL, Lee YC, Tai CC, Wang YT, Chen YJ, Kao CF* and Yu J* (2011). Interplay between SIN3A and STAT3 mediates chromatin conformational changes and GFAP expression during cellular differentiation. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22018. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.

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Lu TY, Lu RM, Liao MY, Yu J, Chung CH, Kao CF*, Wu HC*. (2010) Epithelial cell adhesion molecule regulation is associated with the maintenance of the undifferentiated phenotype of human embryonic stem cells. J Biol Chem. Mar 19;285 (12):8719-32.

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Lu TY*, Kao C F*, Lin CT, Huang DY, Chiu CY and Wu, HC (2009) DNA methylation and histone modification regulate silencing of osteoprotegerin during tumor progression. J Cell Biochem. Sep 1;108(1):315-25.

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Hwang YC, Lu TY, Huang DY, Kuo YS, Kao CF, Yeh NH, Wu HC*, and Lin CT (2009). NOLC1, an enhancer for NPC progression, is essential for TP53 to regulate MDM2 expression. Am J Pathol Jul; 175(1): 342-354.

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Fleming AB, Kao CF, Hillyer C, Pikaart M and Mary Ann Osley (2008): H2B ubiquitylation plays a role in nucleosome dynamics during transcription elongation. Mol Cell. 2008 Jul 11;31(1):57-66.

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Kao CF, Chuang CY, Chen CH and Kuo HC. (2008): Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Chin J Physiol 51(4): 214-225.

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Osley, MA, Fleming, AB, and Kao, CF (2006): Histone ubiquitylation and the regulation of transcription, "Chromatin Dynamics in Cellular Function", Results Probl Cell Differ. 2006;41:47-75. ed. B. Laurent, Springer-Verlag (Heidelberg).

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Xiao T*, Kao CF*, Sun Z-W, Osley MA, and. Strahl BD. (2005). Histone H2B ubiquitylation is associated with elongating RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Jan;25(2):637-51.

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Kao CF, Hillyer C, Tsukuda T, Henry K, Berger S, Osley MA. (2004). Rad6 plays a role in transcriptional activation through ubiquitylation of histone H2B. Genes Dev. 18(2):184-95.

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Henry, K., Wyce, A., Lo, W.-S., Duggan, L., Emre, T., Kao, CF, Pillus, L., Shilatifard, A., Osley, M.A., and Berger, S.L. (2003). Transcriptional activation via sequential histone H2B ubiquitylation and deubiquitylation, mediated by SAGA-associated Ubp8. Genes Dev. 17(21):2648-63

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Meehan, R., Kao, CF., and Pennings, S. (2003). HP1 binding to native chromatin in vitro is determined by the hinge region and not the chromodomain. EMBO J. 22: 3164-3174.

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Kao, CF and Osley, M.A. (2003). In vivo assays to study histone ubiquitylation. Methods 31: 59-66.