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- Title
Super-resolution imaging reveals the evolution of higher-order chromatin folding in early carcinogenesis.
- Authors
Xu, Jianquan; Ma, Hongqiang; Ma, Hongbin; Jiang, Wei; Mela, Christopher A.; Duan, Meihan; Zhao, Shimei; Gao, Chenxi; Hahm, Eun-Ryeong; Lardo, Santana M.; Troy, Kris; Sun, Ming; Pai, Reet; Stolz, Donna B.; Zhang, Lin; Singh, Shivendra; Brand, Randall E.; Hartman, Douglas J.; Hu, Jing; Hainer, Sarah J.
- Abstract
Genomic DNA is folded into a higher-order structure that regulates transcription and maintains genomic stability. Although progress has been made on understanding biochemical characteristics of epigenetic modifications in cancer, the in-situ higher-order folding of chromatin structure during malignant transformation remains largely unknown. Here, using optimized stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) for pathological tissue (PathSTORM), we uncover a gradual decompaction and fragmentation of higher-order chromatin folding throughout all stages of carcinogenesis in multiple tumor types, and prior to tumor formation. Our integrated imaging, genomic, and transcriptomic analyses reveal functional consequences in enhanced transcription activities and impaired genomic stability. We also demonstrate the potential of imaging higher-order chromatin disruption to detect high-risk precursors that cannot be distinguished by conventional pathology. Taken together, our findings reveal gradual decompaction and fragmentation of higher-order chromatin structure as an enabling characteristic in early carcinogenesis to facilitate malignant transformation, which may improve cancer diagnosis, risk stratification, and prevention. Aberrant chromatin structure is often found in cancer. Here, the authors optimise super-resolution microscopy for pathological tissue and discovered a significant decompaction of chromatin folding in early carcinogenesis prior to tumour formation.
- Subjects
HIGH resolution imaging; DNA folding; MICROSCOPY; CANCER diagnosis; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL evolution
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-020-15718-7