Statistics of chromatin organization during cell differentiation revealed by heterogeneous cross-linked polymers

O. Shukron, V. Piras, D. Noordermeer and D. Holcman ()
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O. Shukron: Ecole Normale Supérieure
V. Piras: Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-sud, University Paris-Saclay
D. Noordermeer: Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-sud, University Paris-Saclay
D. Holcman: Ecole Normale Supérieure

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Chromatin of mammalian nucleus folds into discrete contact enriched regions such as Topologically Associating Domains (TADs). Folding hierarchy and internal organization of TADs is highly dynamic throughout cellular differentiation, and are correlated with gene activation and silencing. To account for multiple interacting TADs, we developed a parsimonious randomly cross-linked (RCL) polymer model that maps high frequency Hi-C encounters within and between TADs into direct loci interactions using cross-links at a given base-pair resolution. We reconstruct three TADs of the mammalian X chromosome for three stages of differentiation. We compute the radius of gyration of TADs and the encounter probability between genomic segments. We found 1) a synchronous compaction and decompaction of TADs throughout differentiation and 2) high order organization into meta-TADs resulting from weak inter-TAD interactions. Finally, the present framework allows to infer transient properties of the chromatin from steady-state statistics embedded in the Hi-C/5C data.

Date: 2019
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