人群变异和模块化染色体结构的遗传控制
Sebastian M Waszak1, Olivier Delaneau2, Andreas R Gschwind3
1Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Cell
|August 25, 2015
概括
遗传变异会影响染色体结构和基因调节. 这项研究确定了染色体定量特征位点 (cQTLs) 驱动跨个体的协调染色体变异,影响基因表达.
科学领域:
- 基因组学
- 表观遗传学
- 基因调控
背景情况:
- 基因调节元件的染色质状态变化在个体中很常见.
- 这种变异性的遗传基础尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查染色体状态变化的遗传基础.
- 确定导致协调的染色质变化的分子机制.
主要方法:
- 基因组修饰,转录因子 (PU.1),RNA聚合酶II和基因表达的分析.
- 分析47个全基因组测序的淋巴细胞细胞系的数据.
- 绘制染色体定量特征位点 (cQTL).
主要成果:
- 在可变染色体模块 (VCM) 中,不同的cis调节元件显示了协调的染色体变化.
- VCM与成千上万的基因关联,并在染色体接触域内聚集.
- 靠近和偏远的cQTL解释了观察到的大部分染色质变异,映射到TF-bound区域.
结论:
- 基因变异会扰乱基因组域内的 cis 调节元件之间的协作相互作用.
- 这导致局部的,独立于序列的染色质变异,并影响基因调节.
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