Laboratory of Poultry Production, College of Animal Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China.
Poultry Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yangzhou 225125, China.
Genes (Basel). 2022 Dec 9;13(12):2317. doi: 10.3390/genes13122317.
The high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) technique is widely used to study the functional roles of the three-dimensional (3D) architecture of genomes. However, the knowledge of the 3D genome structure and its dynamics during extreme environmental adaptations remains poor. Here, we characterized 3D genome architectures using the Hi-C technique for chicken liver cells. Upon comparing Lindian chicken (LDC) liver cells with Wenchang chicken (WCC) liver cells, we discovered that environmental adaptation contributed to the switching of A/B compartments, the reorganization of topologically associated domains (TADs), and TAD boundaries in both liver cells. In addition, the analysis of the switching of A/B compartments revealed that the switched compartmental genes (SCGs) were strongly associated with extreme environment adaption-related pathways, including tight junction, notch signaling pathway, vascular smooth muscle contraction, and the RIG-I-like receptor signaling pathway. The findings of this study advanced our understanding of the evolutionary role of chicken 3D genome architecture and its significance in genome activity and transcriptional regulation.
高通量染色体构象捕获(Hi-C)技术广泛用于研究基因组三维(3D)结构的功能作用。然而,对于极端环境适应过程中 3D 基因组结构及其动态变化的了解仍然较少。本研究采用 Hi-C 技术对鸡肝脏细胞的 3D 基因组结构进行了表征。通过比较岭南鸡(LDC)肝脏细胞和文昌鸡(WCC)肝脏细胞,我们发现环境适应导致了 A/B 区室的转换、拓扑关联域(TAD)的重组以及两种肝脏细胞中 TAD 边界的改变。此外,对 A/B 区室转换的分析表明,转换区室基因(SCGs)与紧密连接、Notch 信号通路、血管平滑肌收缩和 RIG-I 样受体信号通路等与极端环境适应相关的途径密切相关。本研究结果提高了我们对鸡 3D 基因组结构进化作用及其在基因组活性和转录调控中的意义的理解。