Long-range chromatin interactions and changes in local chromatin accessibility contribute to the cis effect of rs2027349 on multiple genes
(A) ATAC-seq and Capture Hi-C data from human brain tissue46 and Micro-C data from NGN2-Glut neurons. Orange arcs show the multiple long-range interactions between the rs2027349 locus and several high-accessibility sites (ATAC-seq peaks) in proximity. Bold arcs (red in hippocampal DG neurons and blue in NGN2-Glut neurons) indicate the site-specific interaction between rs2027349 and the promoter region of C1orf54.
(B) CRISPR-Cas9 editing of rs2027349 altered both local and remote chromatin accessibility. Note the higher regional OCR peaks (normalized pile-up intensity) on the rs2027349 locus and regions proximal to the C1orf54 gene in AA neurons. ATAC-seq data were from two clones per genotype of line CD0000011.