hi-c 文献导读-2 TAD
- 文献:Topological Domains in Mammalian Genomes Identified by Analysis of Chromatin Interactions
- PubMed ID:22495300
- GEO:GSE35156
- 关键字:TAD
1、data processing
1.1 细胞类型
(1) pluripotent cells
- mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs); 小鼠胚胎干细胞
- human embryonic stem cells (hESCs);人胚胎干细胞
(2)differentiated cells
- human IMR90 fibroblasts. 人IMR90成纤维细胞
- the mouse cortex 小鼠大脑皮层细胞
1.2 步骤
(1)hi-c 测序,共得到1.7 billion read pairs
(2)normalized the Hi-C interactions for biases in the data
(3)validate the quality of our Hi-C data
(4)visualized 2D-interaction matrices using a variety of bin sizes
2、Topological domains
2.1 finding
- 前提:at bin sizes less than 100kb
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特征:
(1)highly self-interacting regions;
(2)bounded by narrow segments( boundary regions) where thechromatin interactions appear to end abruptly;
(3) “triangles” on the heatmap
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2.2 characterization
(1)鉴定依据
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DI (directionality index)
quantify the degree of upstream or downstream interaction bias for a genomic region, which varies considerably at the periphery of the topological domains.
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然后使用HMM算法,基于DI指标,infer the locations of topological domains in the genome,最后推算 2,200 topological domains in mESCs with a median size of 880kb that occupy ~91% of the genome .
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(2)interactions
- the frequency of intra-domain interactions is higher than inter-domain interactions;
- probes in the same topological domain are closer in nuclear space than probes in different topological domains.
(3) topological boundary regions
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might correspond to insulator or barrier elements.
研究表明HoxA locus is separated into two compartments by an experimentally validated insulator ;这在boundary regions也发现了
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a strong enrichment of CTCF :classical insulators
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examined the distribution of the H3K9me3(heterochromatin mark) in humans and mice in relation to the topological domains
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Taken together, the above observations strongly suggest that the topological domain boundaries correlate with regions of the genome displaying classical insulator and barrier element activity
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We have identified multiple factors that are associated with the boundary regions separating topological domains, including the insulator binding factor CTCF, housekeeping genes,SINE elements.
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2.3 统一性
(1)between cell types
- In both human and mouse, the majority of the boundary regions are shared between cell types;
- the overall domain structure between cell types is largely unchanged.
- Dynamic interacting regions are enriched for differentially expressed genes
- Therefore, we favor a model where the domain organization is stable between cell types, but the regions within each domain may be dynamic, potentially taking part in cell-type specific regulatory events.
(2)between species(across evolution)
- compared the domain boundaries between mouse ES cells and human ES cells;
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结果:53.8% of human boundaries are boundaries in mouse and 75.9% of mouse boundaries are boundaries in humans.
2.3-2 - 结论:The syntenic regions in mouse and human in particular share a high degree of similarity in their higher order chromatin structure, indicating that there is conservation of genomic structure beyond the primary sequence of DNA.
其他教程相关附图
1、当Hi-C分辨率到达10kb时,我们会发现多个相关连loop组成的拓扑相关结构域(TADs)。且TADs边界上一般都会有CTCF的富集。
2、当分辨率到达50kb时,我们可以看到由相关TADs组成的染色质区域。
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