Changes in chromatin accessibility due to hypophysectomy (hypox) and a single exogenous pulse of GH/STAT5 in mouse liver

Sequencing files provided here are mouse liver DNase-seq to identify DNase hypersensitive sites (DHS) in livers from intact and hypox female, hypox male, and hypox male mice given a single injection of GH and then euthanized 30, 90, or 240 minutes later. This is part of a larger study that includes DNase-seq in mouse liver from intact males determined to be STAT5-high or STAT5-low based on an endogenous pulse of GH/STAT5. This allows us to identify GH pulse-responsive DHS and better understand male-biased DHS regulation of sex-biased genes. Overall, our findings establish that pulsatile chromatin opening stimulated by endogenous, physiological hormone pulses is a novel mechanism for establishing widespread sex differences in chromatin accessibility and transcription factor binding, which are closely linked to sex-biased gene expression and the sexual dimorphism of liver function. DNase-seq analysis of mouse liver.