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Ho et al. 10.1073/pnas.0812888106 SI Methods tion of Brg binding regions was determined in reference to Sequences of shRNA hairpins: RefSeq downloaded from the UCSC genome browser (2). Brg shRNA #1: ccggcggctcaagaaggaagttgaactcgagttcaac- The 17,030 UCSC known genes with expression data in ES ttccttcttgacgnttttg (TRCN0000071383; Open Biosystems). cells, obtained from a published microarray data of wild-type Brg shRNA #2: ccggcgcccgacacattattgagaactcgagttctcaat- E14 ES cells (3), were grouped into 10 bins based on expression. aatgtgtcgggcgtttttg (TRCN0000071384; Open Biosystems). To generate the body profile of tag density distribution, all BAF155 shRNA: ccggcctgaaatatacttggcatatctcgagatatgc- of the genes in each bin were aligned relative to their TSS and TES and the tag density within the gene body was calculated by caagtatatttcaggtttttg (TRCN0000071388; Open Biosystems). using windows, whose length is 5% of the gene length. The 5-kb shGFP Control: (Cat. no. RHS4459; Open Biosystems). region upstream of TSS was profiled using 5 1-kb windows. The pLKO empty vector control: (Cat. no. RHS4080; Open Bio- tag density near TSS (Ϯ5 kb) was profiled by using 100-bp systems). windows after aligning the genes in each bin relative to their TSS. The relationship between expression and Brg occupancy of a Culture of ES Cells. E14 ES cells were cultured in Knockout gene was assessed by determining the fraction of genes in each Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (Cat. no. 10829; GIBCO) bin that was bound by Brg. A gene was defined to be bound by supplemented with 15% ES-qualified FBS (Cat. no. 16141-079; Brg if 1 or more Brg binding regions are present in the 5-kb Invitrogen), 2 mM L-glutamine (Cat. no. 25030-081; GIBCO), 10 region upstream of TSS or in the gene body. Summary windows, mM Hepes (Cat. no. 15630-080; GIBCO), 100 units/mL peni- displaying the number of tags in 400-bp windows, were used for cillin/streptomycin (Cat. no. 15070-063; GIBCO), 0.1 mM non- viewing the ChIP-Seq data on the UCSC genome browser, and essential amino acids (Cat. no. 11140-050GIBCO), 0.1 mM to generate screenshots. 2-mercaptoethanol (Cat. no. 21985-023; GIBCO) and 1,000 To study Brg’s role in the expression of genes in ES cells and units/mL LIF (Esgro, Cat. no. ESG1107; Chemicon). ES cells differentiated cells, we first computed the fold change for 17,030 were maintained at 37 °C, 7% carbon dioxide, fed with fresh known genes in Brg shRNA compared with a GFPshRNA media daily, and passaged onto new plates after trypsin disso- control. To avoid including genes with artificial fold changes, we ciation. removed Ϸ15% of the genes with low expression levels in both the test and the control samples. The resulting genes were then Genome-Wide ChIP-Seq and Microarray Data Analysis. Sequenced grouped into 10 bins based on the fold change. Using the same 25-bp reads were mapped to the mouse genome (mm8 assembly) strategy, we also grouped genes into 10 bins based on the fold using the Solexa Analysis Pipeline. Only those Ϸ12.2 million change in embryoid body (EB) cells compared with ES cells (4), reads that mapped to unique genomic locations were retained Oct4 RNAi compared with a parental vector pSuper-puro for further analysis. The average length F of the sequenced DNA control (3), and Sox2-KO (72 h) compared with a Sox2-KO (0 h) fragments was estimated to be 229 bp [from the mapped reads (5). The relationship between 2 datasets (10-bin sets) was (tags)] using the algorithm presented in Jothi et al. (1). The tags assessed by performing pairwise comparisons of bins from the 2 datasets, and counting the number of genes in common between were then assigned to the centers of the sequenced DNA every pair of bins. The resultant matrix containing the number fragments, to which they correspond, by shifting the tag positions ϩ Ϫ of common genes was plotted as a heat map to infer the interplay by F/2 and F/2 bp for those that map to the positive and between the functional roles of Brg, Oct4, and Sox2. negative strands, respectively. Using the TIROE (Tool to Iden- Previously published ChIP-Seq datasets for Oct4, Sox2, tify Regions of Enrichment) algorithm developed by Jothi and Nanog, STAT3, and Smad1 (6) and Suz12 (7) were used to colleagues (unpublished), we defined Brg binding regions as determine Brg’s cooccupancy with these factors. A gene unit, genomic regions enriched with Brg tags. TIROE uses a clustering defined as gene body plus 5 kb upstream of the TSS of an framework to cluster tags that are within F ϩ G bp of each other, annotated gene, is said to be cooccupied by Brg and a factor if where G (set to F) is the number of base pairs that accounts for they both bind anywhere on it. Alternatively, we defined cooc- the region with no tags that may otherwise be mapped with tags cupancy as strict physical colocalization, i.e., the binding regions if the sample was sequenced to saturation. Each cluster is of Brg and factors must overlap within the gene unit. Statistical assigned a P value using a random background model based on significance of overlap was calculated by using a hypergeometric Poisson probabilities. A stringent P value cutoff (10Ϫ10) was used distribution calculator available at http://elegans.uky.edu/MA/ to identify 10,559 Brg-binding regions. Genome-wide distribu- progs/overlap࿝stats.html

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Ho et al. www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/0812888106 1of6 A. Distribution of lengths of Brg islands B. Positive Corelation of Brg Occupancy genome-wide with Gene Expression Levels *** P(chi square) = 0.0000 60 55 1500 50 48 44 1000 40 39 37 Expected 30 27 26 500 21 20 18 Number of Islands 14 0 10 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 0 Island Length (base pairs) High Expression Low Expression

C. Corelation of Gene Activity in ES cells D. Oct 4 Knockdown in ES cells result in with developmental fate of gene complete spontaneous differentiation

Expression Levels in ES cells Oct4 Repressed Oc4 Activated

Fig. S1. ChIP-Seq Analysis of Brg-bound Regions in ES cells. (A) Frequency of observed lengths of Brg-enriched regions. (B) Genes (n ϭ 17,030 for which expression data were available) were grouped into 10 bins from highest expression to lowest expression. The percentage of genes in each group that had Brg-enriched regions was plotted. Chi-square test confirms that group with the highest expression was significantly enriched over the group with the lowest expression. (C) Matrix of all genes in ES cells grouped according to their expression in ES cells (x axis) against their developmental fate (day 14 embryoid body/ES fold change on the y axis representing ES or differentiation-specific). (D) Corelation of gene expression after Oct4 knockdown in ES cells against their normal developmental fate. For both C and D, intensity in matrix reflects the number of genes falling in each square, as measured by color bars below the matrices.

Ho et al. www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/0812888106 2of6 A. BAF155 ChIP-Seq shows enrichment for B. Brg and BAF155 coocupy target esBAF surrounding TSS genes with similar profile

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Fig. S2. ChIP-Seq Analysis of BAF155 in ES cells. (A) Average distribution of Brg BAF155 tag density across a gene unit (Upper). Higher-resolution analysis of average tag density surrounding the TSS (Lower). In each plot, genes were classified into 10 groups based on expression levels in ES cells (highest to lowest represented by colored lines), and average tag density across the gene unit was plotted for each group. (B) Brg and BAF155 display similar binding profiles on target genes. The Sox2, Oct4, Nanog, and Myc loci are shown here as examples.

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Fig. S3. Examples of Brg occupancy at ES cell genes and neuronal development-related genes. Brg occupancy at Klf4 and Rif1 (A) and neural progenitor genes (B). Snapshots from UCSC genome browser of Brg-enriched regions (P Ͻ 10EϪ10; pink squares).

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Fig. S4. QPCR verification of ES-specific genes after Brg shRNA at 2 time points compared with control pLKO vector.

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Fig. S5. (A) QPCR analysis of PRC1 subunit transcript levels upon Brg knockdown. (B) Snapshots from UCSC genome browser of Brg-enriched regions (pink squares). Brg binds to genes encoding components of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (Eed, Suz12, and Ezh2) and Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (Ring1a,b, Bmi1, Mel18, Phc1,2, Cbx6,7).

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