4D chromosome reconstruction elucidates the spatial reorganization of the mammalian X-chromosome
Lappala, A.; Wang, C.-Y.; Kriz, A.; Michalk, H.; Tan, K.; Lee, J.; Sanbonmatsu, K.
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Chromosomes are segmented into domains and compartments; yet, how these structures are spatially related in 3D is unclear. Here, by directly integrating Hi-C capture experiments and 3D modeling, we use X-inactivation as a model to examine the time evolution of 3D chromosome architecture during substantial changes in gene expression. First, we show that gene expression A/B compartments are consistent with phase separation in 3D space. Second, we show that residuals of smaller scale structures persist through transitions, despite further large-scale reorganization into the final inactive configuration, comprising two "megadomains". Interestingly, these previously hidden residual structures were not detectable in 2D Hi-C maps or principal component analyses. Third, time-dependent reaction-diffusion simulations reveal how Xist RNA particles diffuse across the 3D X-superstructure as it reorganizes. Our 4DHiC pipeline helps satisfy the growing demand for methodologies that produce 3D chromosome reconstructions directly from 2D datasets, which are consistent with the empirical data.
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