3D modeling of chromosomes territories in normal and aneuploid nuclei

Fan-Yun Yen; Debananda Pati; Fatima Merchant

doi:10.1117/12.2293977

12 March 2018 3D modeling of chromosomes territories in normal and aneuploid nuclei

Fan-Yun Yen, Debananda Pati, Fatima Merchant

Proceedings Volume 10578, Medical Imaging 2018: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 105782K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2293977
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2018, Houston, Texas, United States

Abstract

DNA is packaged into chromosomes, which occupy a specific region in the three-dimensional (3D) nuclear space known as the chromosome territories (CTs). The spatial organization (SO) of CTs within the nucleus is non-random and any disruption of this organization leads to undesired changes, such as disease states. Determining how CTs organize in the nucleus can allow us to unravel any changes occurring during aneuploidy (loss or gain of chromosomes), a hallmark of cancer. Here, we describe a 3D modeling approach to allow precise shape estimation and localization of CTs in the nucleus of human embryonic stem cells (hES) undergoing progressive but defined aneuploidy. The hES cell line WA09 acquires an extra copy of chromosome 12 in culture with increasing passages. Both diploid and aneuploid nuclei were analyzed to quantitate the differences in the localization of CTs for chromosome 12 as it transitions from euploidy to aneuploidy. The CTs were detected with chromosome specific DNA probes via multi-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in conjunction with confocal microscopy. We then employed spherical harmonic (SPHARM) surface modeling to generate a well-defined 3D surface for both the nuclei and enclosed CTs, thereby allowing precise quantification of their size and shape. The estimated models were compared across multiple cells by aligning the nuclei to a well-defined template followed by determining CT position with respect to a local landmark. Our results present evidence of statistically significant changes in the relative positioning of CTs in trisomy-12 cells when compared to diploid cells from the same population.

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Fan-Yun Yen, Debananda Pati, and Fatima Merchant "3D modeling of chromosomes territories in normal and aneuploid nuclei", Proc. SPIE 10578, Medical Imaging 2018: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 105782K (12 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2293977

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3D modeling

3D image processing

Cancer

Confocal microscopy

Luminescence

Computed tomography

Genomics

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