Abstract
Abstract This study aims to understand through statistical learning the basic biophysical mechanisms behind three-dimensional folding of epigenomes. The 3DEpiLoop algorithm predicts three-dimensional chromatin looping interactions within topologically associating domains (TADs) from one-dimensional epigenomics and transcription factor profiles using the statistical learning. The predictions obtained by 3DEpiLoop are highly consistent with the reported experimental interactions. The complex signatures of epigenomic and transcription factors within the physically interacting chromatin regions (anchors) are similar across all genomic scales: genomic domains, chromosomal territories, cell types, and different individuals. We report the most important epigenetic and transcription factor features used for interaction identification either shared, or unique for each of sixteen (16) cell lines. The analysis shows that CTCF interaction anchors are enriched by transcription factors yet deficient in histone modifications, while the opposite is true in the case of RNAP II mediated interactions. The code is available at the repository https://bitbucket.org/4dnucleome/3depiloop .
Keywords
EpigenomicsEpigenomeCTCFChromatinComputational biologyTranscription factorEpigeneticsBiologyHistoneGenomeGeneticsComputer scienceEnhancerDNA methylationDNAGeneGene expression
MeSH Terms
AnimalsCCCTC-Binding FactorCell LineChromatinEpigenomicsGene Expression RegulationGenomeHumanHistone CodeHumansMicePromoter RegionsGeneticRNA Polymerase II
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Ziad Al Bkhetan,
Dariusz Plewczyński
(2018).
Three-dimensional Epigenome Statistical Model: Genome-wide Chromatin Looping Prediction.
Scientific Reports
, 8
(1)
, 5217-5217.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23276-8
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- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-018-23276-8
- PMID
- 29581440
- PMCID
- PMC5979957