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    Area of Science:

    • Genomics
    • Biophysics
    • Computational Biology

    Background:

    • Regulatory information transfer in chromatin relies on physical proximity of DNA loci.
    • Key biophysical parameters, such as contact duration and distance, for productive chromatin interactions remain poorly understood.
    • Measuring chromatin dynamics at high spatiotemporal resolution is a significant technical challenge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a method for extracting biophysical parameters from polymer models of chromatin.
    • To investigate the relationship between chromatin contact frequency and productive interactions.
    • To explore the role of chromatin dynamics in gene regulation and disease.

    Main Methods:

    • Adaptation of the Nelder-Mead simplex optimization algorithm to fit polymer models to Hi-C data.
    • Utilizing the MYC locus as a model system.
    • Validation of model predictions using single-cell measurements.

    Main Results:

    • The optimized polymer model predicted a compartmental rearrangement of the MYC locus in leukemia, which was experimentally validated.
    • Analysis of model-generated trajectories revealed significant differences in contact dynamics between loci with similar Hi-C contact frequencies.
    • A non-linear relationship was observed between Hi-C contact frequency and productive interaction frequency under specific capture radius and contact duration constraints.

    Conclusions:

    • The dynamic ensemble of chromatin configurations is essential for understanding productive long-range chromatin interactions.
    • Average contact matrices alone are insufficient for predicting functional chromatin contacts.
    • This approach provides a framework for linking biophysical parameters to chromatin organization and function.