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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2024

Statistical modeling and significance estimation of multi-way chromatin contacts with HyperloopFinder.

Weibing Wang, Yusen Ye, Lin Gao

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Weibing WangDepartment of Computer Science, School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Yusen YeDepartment of Computer Science, School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Lin GaoDepartment of Computer Science, School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6396-0787

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Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities YJS2205Innovation Fund of Xidian University YJS2205National Natural Science Foundation of China 62132015
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Abstract

Recent advances in chromatin conformation capture technologies, such as SPRITE and Pore-C, have enabled the detection of simultaneous contacts among multiple chromatin loci. This has made it possible to investigate the cooperative transcriptional regulation involving multiple genes and regulatory elements at the resolution of a single molecule. However, these technologies are unavoidably subject to the random polymer looping effect and technical biases, making it challenging to distinguish genuine regulatory relationships directly from random polymer interactions. Here, we present HyperloopFinder, a method for identifying regulatory multi-way chromatin contacts (hyperloops) by jointly modeling the random polymer looping effect and technical biases to estimate the statistical significance of multi-way contacts. The results show that our model can accurately estimate the expected interaction frequency of multi-way contacts based on the distance distribution of pairwise contacts, revealing that most multi-way contacts can be formed by randomly linking the pairwise contacts adjacent to each other. Moreover, we observed the spatial colocalization of the interaction sites of hyperloops from image-based data. Our results also revealed that hyperloops can function as scaffolds for the cooperation among multiple genes and regulatory elements. In summary, our work contributes novel insights into higher-order chromatin structures and functions and has the potential to enhance our understanding of transcriptional regulation and other cellular processes.

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ChromatinModels, StatisticalAlgorithmsComputational BiologyGene Expression RegulationHumansChromatin3D genomechromatin loopsmulti-way chromatin contacts

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PMID39003726
PMCPMC11246602

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