Assessing the impact of Brd2 depletion on chromatin compartmentalization

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bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 6;. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.02.583085

Assessing the impact of Brd2 depletion on chromatin compartmentalization Liu (Zhe) Lab

Athreya Advait, Xie Liangqi, Tjian Robert, Zhang Bin, Liu Zhe

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Recent insights into genome organization have emphasized the importance of A/B chromatin compartments. While our previous research showed that Brd2 depletion weakens compartment boundaries and promotes A/B mixing 1, Hinojosa-Gonzalez et al.2 were unable to replicate the findings. In response, we revisited our Micro-C data and successfully replicated the original results using the default parameters in the cooltools software package. We show that, after correcting inconsistencies with the selection and phasing of the compartment profiles, the decrease in B compartment strength persists but the change in compartment identity is to a much lesser extent than originally reported. To further assess the regulatory role of Brd2, we used saddle plots to determine the strength of compartmentalization and observed a consistent decrease of compartment strength especially at B compartments upon Brd2 depletion. This study highlights the importance of selecting appropriate parameters and analytical tools for compartment analysis and carefully interpreting the results.

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Assessing the impact of Brd2 depletion on chromatin compartmentalization

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