Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Center for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
PKU-Tsinghua-NIBS Graduate Program, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 5;8(1):1937. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01793-w.
The Hi-C method is widely used to study the functional roles of the three-dimensional (3D) architecture of genomes. Here, we integrate Hi-C, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and RNA-seq to study the 3D genome architecture of multiple myeloma (MM) and how it associates with genomic variation and gene expression. Our results show that Hi-C interaction matrices are biased by copy number variations (CNVs) and can be used to detect CNVs. Also, combining Hi-C and WGS data can improve the detection of translocations. We find that CNV breakpoints significantly overlap with topologically associating domain (TAD) boundaries. Compared to normal B cells, the numbers of TADs increases by 25% in MM, the average size of TADs is smaller, and about 20% of genomic regions switch their chromatin A/B compartment types. In summary, we report a 3D genome interaction map of aneuploid MM cells and reveal the relationship among CNVs, translocations, 3D genome reorganization, and gene expression regulation.
Hi-C 方法被广泛用于研究基因组的三维(3D)结构的功能作用。在这里,我们将 Hi-C、全基因组测序(WGS)和 RNA-seq 整合起来,研究多发性骨髓瘤(MM)的 3D 基因组结构及其与基因组变异和基因表达的关联。我们的研究结果表明,Hi-C 相互作用矩阵受到拷贝数变异(CNVs)的影响,可以用于检测 CNVs。此外,结合 Hi-C 和 WGS 数据可以提高易位的检测能力。我们发现,CNV 断点与拓扑关联域(TAD)边界显著重叠。与正常 B 细胞相比,MM 中的 TAD 数量增加了 25%,TAD 的平均大小更小,大约 20%的基因组区域改变了其染色质 A/B 区室类型。总之,我们报告了非整倍体 MM 细胞的 3D 基因组相互作用图谱,并揭示了 CNVs、易位、3D 基因组重排和基因表达调控之间的关系。