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ArticleBiophysical journal2025

Extrinsic heterogeneity: Collectivity in isotropic conformational fluctuations of chromosomes.

Takuya Nara, Haruko Takahashi, Akinori Awazu, Yutaka Kikuchi

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Takuya NaraGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
Haruko TakahashiGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
Akinori AwazuGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan. Electronic address: awa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
Yutaka KikuchiGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan. Electronic address: yutaka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.

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Abstract

Eukaryotic interphase chromosomes maintain a three-dimensional conformation within the nucleus and undergo fluctuations. However, the analysis of chromosome conformational fluctuations has been mainly limited to chromosome conformation capture data that record the contact frequencies between chromosomal regions. Herein, we investigated chromosome fluctuations as polymers based on experimental data from sequential fluorescence in situ hybridization using a multiomics methodology. To describe the principal modes of chromosome fluctuations, we applied principal-component analysis to the three-dimensional conformation information of single chromosomes in 446 mouse embryonic stem cells obtained from sequential fluorescence in situ hybridization data analysis for spatial genomics and signals of nuclear factors (histone marks, repeat DNAs, and proteins in interchromosomal nuclear compartments). We found that chromosome fluctuations exhibit both isotropic and anisotropic modes. The isotropic conformational fluctuations of all chromosome types tended to synchronize each other, reflecting extrinsic heterogeneity in chromosome conformation that is independent of the cell cycle. In contrast, anisotropic conformational fluctuations, occurring in a spindle-like shape, were associated with the interactions between repeat DNAs and nuclear factors. These results highlight the importance of dissecting cell-cycle-independent nuclear organization based on the conformational folding of chromosomes and the interactions between genomic regions and nuclear factors.

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ChromosomesNucleic Acid ConformationAnimalsAnisotropyIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMiceMouse Embryonic Stem Cells

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PMID40405460
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