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ArticleNature communications2024

DiffDomain enables identification of structurally reorganized topologically associating domains.

Dunming Hua, Ming Gu, Xiao Zhang, Yanyi Du, Hangcheng Xie, Li Qi, Xiangjun Du, Zhidong Bai, Xiaopeng Zhu, Dechao Tian

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dunming Hua *Department of Biostatistics and Systems Biology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510275, China.
Ming Gu *Department of Biostatistics and Systems Biology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510275, China.
Xiao Zhang *Department of Biostatistics and Systems Biology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510275, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9692-9206
Yanyi Du *Department of Biostatistics and Systems Biology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510275, China.
Hangcheng XieDepartment of Biostatistics and Systems Biology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510275, China.
Li QiChongqing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Xiangjun DuDepartment of Biostatistics and Systems Biology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510275, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8184-8430
Zhidong BaiKLASMOE & School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5300-5513
Xiaopeng ZhuMyCellome LLC., Allison Park, PA, 15101, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2007-9820
Dechao TianDepartment of Biostatistics and Systems Biology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510275, China. tiandch@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9281-1633
Sun Yat-sen University · CNCarnegie Mellon University · USNortheast Normal University · CN

Funding

Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province (Jilin Province Science and Technology Department) 20210101147JCGuangdong Science and Technology Department (Science and Technology Department, Guangdong Province) 2022A1515010043National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 12171198Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission KCXFZ20211020172545006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Topologically associating domains (TADs) are critical structural units in three-dimensional genome organization of mammalian genome. Dynamic reorganizations of TADs between health and disease states are associated with essential genome functions. However, computational methods for identifying reorganized TADs are still in the early stages of development. Here, we present DiffDomain, an algorithm leveraging high-dimensional random matrix theory to identify structurally reorganized TADs using high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) contact maps. Method comparison using multiple real Hi-C datasets reveals that DiffDomain outperforms alternative methods for false positive rates, true positive rates, and identifying a new subtype of reorganized TADs. Applying DiffDomain to Hi-C data from different cell types and disease states demonstrates its biological relevance. Identified reorganized TADs are associated with structural variations and epigenomic changes such as changes in CTCF binding sites. By applying to a single-cell Hi-C data from mouse neuronal development, DiffDomain can identify reorganized TADs between cell types with reasonable reproducibility using pseudo-bulk Hi-C data from as few as 100 cells per condition. Moreover, DiffDomain reveals differential cell-to-population variability and heterogeneous cell-to-cell variability in TADs. Therefore, DiffDomain is a statistically sound method for better comparative analysis of TADs using both Hi-C and single-cell Hi-C data.

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