Genome-wide analysis uncovers high frequency, strong differential chromosomal interactions and their associated epigenetic patterns in E2-mediated gene regulation

BMC Genomics

Research Article

Victor X Jin¹  Kun Huang¹  Xun Lan¹  Jeffrey Parvin¹  Hang-Kai Hsu²  Tim H-M Huang²  Pei-Yin Hsu²  Junbai Wang³ 

[1] Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, 460 W 12th Ave., 212 BRT, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA;Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 78245, San Antonio, TX, USA;Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital – Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, 0310, Oslo, Norway;

关键词: MCF7 Cell;    Interaction Frequency;    Chromatin Interaction;    Chromosomal Interaction;    Histone Modification Mark;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2164-14-70

 received in 2012-09-14, accepted in 2013-01-26,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAn emerging Hi-C protocol has the ability to probe three-dimensional (3D) architecture and capture chromatin interactions in a genome-wide scale. It provides informative results to address how chromatin organization changes contribute to disease/tumor occurrence and progression in response to stimulation of environmental chemicals or hormones.ResultsIn this study, using MCF7 cells as a model system, we found estrogen stimulation significantly impact chromatin interactions, leading to alteration of gene regulation and the associated histone modification states. Many chromosomal interaction regions at different levels of interaction frequency were identified. In particular, the top 10 hot regions with the highest interaction frequency are enriched with breast cancer specific genes. Furthermore, four types of E2-mediated strong differential (gain- or loss-) chromosomal (intra- or inter-) interactions were classified, in which the number of gain-chromosomal interactions is less than the number of loss-chromosomal interactions upon E2 stimulation. Finally, by integrating with eight histone modification marks, DNA methylation, regulatory elements regions, ERα and Pol-II binding activities, associations between epigenetic patterns and high chromosomal interaction frequency were revealed in E2-mediated gene regulation.ConclusionsThe work provides insight into the effect of chromatin interaction on E2/ERα regulated downstream genes in breast cancer cells.

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