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- Title
Global chromatin conformation differences in the Drosophila dosage compensated chromosome X.
- Authors
Pal, Koustav; Forcato, Mattia; Jost, Daniel; Sexton, Thomas; Vaillant, Cédric; Salviato, Elisa; Mazza, Emilia Maria Cristina; Lugli, Enrico; Cavalli, Giacomo; Ferrari, Francesco
- Abstract
In Drosophila melanogaster the single male chromosome X undergoes an average twofold transcriptional upregulation for balancing the transcriptional output between sexes. Previous literature hypothesised that a global change in chromosome structure may accompany this process. However, recent studies based on Hi-C failed to detect these differences. Here we show that global conformational differences are specifically present in the male chromosome X and detectable using Hi-C data on sex-sorted embryos, as well as male and female cell lines, by leveraging custom data analysis solutions. We find the male chromosome X has more mid-/long-range interactions. We also identify differences at structural domain boundaries containing BEAF-32 in conjunction with CP190 or Chromator. Weakening of these domain boundaries in male chromosome X co-localizes with the binding of the dosage compensation complex and its co-factor CLAMP, reported to enhance chromatin accessibility. Together, our data strongly indicate that chromosome X dosage compensation affects global chromosome structure. In Drosophila, dosage compensation involves a twofold transcriptional upregulation of the single male chromosome X. Here the authors show that global conformational differences are specifically present in the male X chromosome and detectable using Hi-C data, indicating that dosage compensation affects global chromosome structure.
- Subjects
CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; X chromosome; CHROMOSOME structure; CELL lines
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-019-13350-8