Understanding 3D genome organization by multidisciplinary methods

I Jerkovic, G Cavalli - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding how chromatin is folded in the nucleus is fundamental to understanding its
function. Although 3D genome organization has been historically difficult to study owing to a …

Methods for mapping 3D chromosome architecture

R Kempfer, A Pombo - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Determining how chromosomes are positioned and folded within the nucleus is critical to
understanding the role of chromatin topology in gene regulation. Several methods are …

Enhancer–promoter contact formation requires RNAPII and antagonizes loop extrusion

S Zhang, N Übelmesser, M Barbieri, A Papantonis - Nature genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Homotypic chromatin interactions and loop extrusion are thought to be the two main drivers
of mammalian chromosome folding. Here we tested the role of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) …

Formation of chromatin subcompartments by phase separation

F Erdel, K Rippe - Biophysical journal, 2018 - cell.com
Chromatin is partitioned on multiple length scales into subcompartments that differ from
each other with respect to their molecular composition and biological function. It is a key …

Computational methods for analysing multiscale 3D genome organization

Y Zhang, L Boninsegna, M Yang, T Misteli… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent progress in whole-genome mapping and imaging technologies has enabled the
characterization of the spatial organization and folding of the genome in the nucleus. In …

Loop-extrusion and polymer phase-separation can co-exist at the single-molecule level to shape chromatin folding

M Conte, E Irani, AM Chiariello, A Abraham… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Loop-extrusion and phase-separation have been proposed as mechanisms that shape
chromosome spatial organization. It is unclear, however, how they perform relative to each …

Single-allele chromatin interactions identify regulatory hubs in dynamic compartmentalized domains

AM Oudelaar, JOJ Davies, LLP Hanssen, JM Telenius… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The promoters of mammalian genes are commonly regulated by multiple distal enhancers,
which physically interact within discrete chromatin domains. How such domains form and …

Polymer physics indicates chromatin folding variability across single-cells results from state degeneracy in phase separation

M Conte, L Fiorillo, S Bianco, AM Chiariello… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The spatial organization of chromosomes has key functional roles, yet how chromosomes
fold remains poorly understood at the single-molecule level. Here, we employ models of …

Preformed chromatin topology assists transcriptional robustness of Shh during limb development

C Paliou, P Guckelberger, R Schöpflin… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Long-range gene regulation involves physical proximity between enhancers and promoters
to generate precise patterns of gene expression in space and time. However, in some cases …

Dynamic 3D chromatin architecture contributes to enhancer specificity and limb morphogenesis

BK Kragesteen, M Spielmann, C Paliou, V Heinrich… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The regulatory specificity of enhancers and their interaction with gene promoters is thought
to be controlled by their sequence and the binding of transcription factors. By studying Pitx1 …