Replication fork polarity gradients revealed by megabase-sized U-shaped replication timing domains in human cell lines. - Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue PLoS Computational Biology Année : 2012

Replication fork polarity gradients revealed by megabase-sized U-shaped replication timing domains in human cell lines.

Chun-Long Chen
Guillaume Guilbaud
Olivier Hyrien
Claude Thermes

Résumé

In higher eukaryotes, replication program specification in different cell types remains to be fully understood. We show for seven human cell lines that about half of the genome is divided in domains that display a characteristic U-shaped replication timing profile with early initiation zones at borders and late replication at centers. Significant overlap is observed between U-domains of different cell lines and also with germline replication domains exhibiting a N-shaped nucleotide compositional skew. From the demonstration that the average fork polarity is directly reflected by both the compositional skew and the derivative of the replication timing profile, we argue that the fact that this derivative displays a N-shape in U-domains sustains the existence of large-scale gradients of replication fork polarity in somatic and germline cells. Analysis of chromatin interaction (Hi-C) and chromatin marker data reveals that U-domains correspond to high-order chromatin structural units. We discuss possible models for replication origin activation within U/N-domains. The compartmentalization of the genome into replication U/N-domains provides new insights on the organization of the replication program in the human genome.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
journal.pcbi.1002443.pdf (5.83 Mo) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers éditeurs autorisés sur une archive ouverte
Loading...

Dates et versions

inserm-00706043 , version 1 (08-06-2012)

Identifiants

Citer

Antoine Baker, Benjamin Audit, Chun-Long Chen, Benoit Moindrot, Antoine Leleu, et al.. Replication fork polarity gradients revealed by megabase-sized U-shaped replication timing domains in human cell lines.. PLoS Computational Biology, 2012, 8 (4), pp.e1002443. ⟨10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002443⟩. ⟨inserm-00706043⟩
440 Consultations
257 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More