Recent evidence that TADs and chromatin loops are dynamic structures

Nucleus
Anders S HansenRobert Tjian

Abstract

Mammalian genomes are folded into spatial domains, which regulate gene expression by modulating enhancer-promoter contacts. Here, we review recent studies on the structure and function of Topologically Associating Domains (TADs) and chromatin loops. We discuss how loop extrusion models can explain TAD formation and evidence that TADs are formed by the ring-shaped protein complex, cohesin, and that TAD boundaries are established by the DNA-binding protein, CTCF. We discuss our recent genomic, biochemical and single-molecule imaging studies on CTCF and cohesin, which suggest that TADs and chromatin loops are dynamic structures. We highlight complementary polymer simulation studies and Hi-C studies employing acute depletion of CTCF and cohesin, which also support such a dynamic model. We discuss the limitations of each approach and conclude that in aggregate the available evidence argues against stable loops and supports a model where TADs are dynamic structures that continually form and break throughout the cell cycle.

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
Hi-C
ChIP-Seq
single-cell Hi-C
co-immunoprecipitation
Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching

Software Mentioned

Spot
On
Hi
C Architecture Mapping ( GAM

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