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Deletion of single APEs disrupted the long-range chromatin loops anchoring target APE regions and moderately remodeled the profile of A/B compartments, topologically associating domains (TADs), and chromatin loops, thereby rewiring the expression of looped gene(s) including those controlling important agronomic traits. Thus, APEs function as hub motifs directly mediating chromatin looping and maintaining 3D genome integrity and stability at the levels of compartments, TADs, and loops. Moreover, neighboring genomic regions harboring numerous paired non-APE (NA) CNSs were more likely to interact with each other. This finding suggests that NA CNS pairs might play a helper role in determining loop frequency in a dose-dependent manner, likely by ensuring the pairing selectivity of anchor sites. Our study highlights the importance of APEs and NA CNSs in maintaining 3D genome structure, thereby providing the framework required to link many noncoding repetitive elements to their molecular functions in plants.","PeriodicalId":20101,"journal":{"name":"Plant Physiology","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"The rice AT-rich pincer-like element family of conserved noncoding sequences regulates chromatin loop formation.\",\"authors\":\"Yonghan Xu,Dechuan Wu,Manman Zhao,Wei Tang,Xiang Cheng,Qunwen Hu,Zhiwei Liu,Jiangtao Gan,Jiahao Hua,Guoxing Zou,Ai Lu,Chen Yang,Yunxing Zheng,Wenjin Li,Jincai Li,Xiaobo Wang,Chuanxi Ma\",\"doi\":\"10.1093/plphys/kiaf211\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"The comprehensive annotation of regulatory elements in linear genomes is needed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying chromatin loop formation in plants. 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The rice AT-rich pincer-like element family of conserved noncoding sequences regulates chromatin loop formation.
The comprehensive annotation of regulatory elements in linear genomes is needed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying chromatin loop formation in plants. Here, we characterized a novel family of conserved noncoding sequences (CNSs) in the rice (Oryza sativa) genome. These sequences, known as AT-rich pincer-like elements (APEs), are composed of 13-bp repeat unit arrays in a reverse-forward configuration. Our findings revealed that there are 611 APE copies across the japonica genome. Deletion of single APEs disrupted the long-range chromatin loops anchoring target APE regions and moderately remodeled the profile of A/B compartments, topologically associating domains (TADs), and chromatin loops, thereby rewiring the expression of looped gene(s) including those controlling important agronomic traits. Thus, APEs function as hub motifs directly mediating chromatin looping and maintaining 3D genome integrity and stability at the levels of compartments, TADs, and loops. Moreover, neighboring genomic regions harboring numerous paired non-APE (NA) CNSs were more likely to interact with each other. This finding suggests that NA CNS pairs might play a helper role in determining loop frequency in a dose-dependent manner, likely by ensuring the pairing selectivity of anchor sites. Our study highlights the importance of APEs and NA CNSs in maintaining 3D genome structure, thereby providing the framework required to link many noncoding repetitive elements to their molecular functions in plants.
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