RT Journal
A1 Tian, Dechao
A1 Zhang, Ruochi
A1 Zhang, Yang
A1 Zhu, Xiaopeng
A1 Ma, Jian
T1 MOCHI enables discovery of heterogeneous interactome modules in 3D nucleome
JF Genome Research 
JO Genome Research 
YR 2020 
FD February 01 
VO 30 
IS 2 
SP 227 
OP 238 
DO 10.1101/gr.250316.119 
UL http://genome.cshlp.org/content/30/2/227.abstract 
AB The composition of the cell nucleus is highly heterogeneous, with different constituents forming complex interactomes. However, the global patterns of these interwoven heterogeneous interactomes remain poorly understood. Here we focus on two different interactomes, chromatin interaction network and gene regulatory network, as a proof of principle to identify heterogeneous interactome modules (HIMs), each of which represents a cluster of gene loci that is in spatial contact more frequently than expected and that is regulated by the same group of transcription factors. HIM integrates transcription factor binding and 3D genome structure to reflect “transcriptional niche” in the nucleus. We develop a new algorithm, MOCHI, to facilitate the discovery of HIMs based on network motif clustering in heterogeneous interactomes. By applying MOCHI to five different cell types, we found that HIMs have strong spatial preference within the nucleus and show distinct functional properties. Through integrative analysis, this work shows the utility of MOCHI to identify HIMs, which may provide new perspectives on the interplay between transcriptional regulation and 3D genome organization.