Native in situ architecture of the human inactive X chromosome revealed by correlative light and electron microscopy
Ludwig, A.; Huebner, B.; Sandin, S.; Wee, M. L.; Chan, H. Y. S.
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Knowledge of the nuclear organization of specific chromatin domains at the ultrastructural level remains limited. To address this, we employed correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) approaches to investigate the inactive X chromosome (Xi) in female human RPE1cells. Tandem fusion of macroH2A (mH2A), a histone variant enriched on the Xi, to eGFP and APEX2 enabled direct labeling and identification of the Xi by light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and electron tomography using conventional CLEM. The eGFP tag further allowed us to visualize the Xi at single nucleosome resolution under close-to-native conditions using cryo-CLEM. We found that, although heterochromatin domains of the Xi are substantially larger than those of autosomal regions, their chromatin density was not significantly different. Furthermore, our data reveal the organization of the interchromatin compartment (IC) within the Xi, characterized by a network of larger lacunae and smaller channels. Overall, we provide an ultrastructural characterization of a specific heterochromatin domain at unprecedented resolution, advancing our understanding of 3D chromatin organization and nuclear architecture in situ.
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