Chromatin accessibility and gene expression maps of Plasma Cells and Myeloma Plasma Cells [RNA-seq]

We report the application of paired Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin (ATAC-seq) and RNA-seq data to profile the regulatory landscape and expression of 5 primary Plasma Cell (PC), 28 Multiple Myeloma (MM) PC as well as 5 cell lines samples. Findings discriminated MM and MM subgroup-specific changes such as the exclusive overexpression of CCND1 and CCND2 oncogenes. DNA accessibility changes were correlated to gene expression in a topologically constrained manner to elucidate novel enhancer - promoter interactions, genes and pathways critical for myeloma biology and developmentally activated or de novo formed enhancers. Additionally, the MM subgroup-specific TF network dependencies were studied to help identify prognostic markers. Finally, we discover and functionally validate the critical enhancer that regulates ectopic expression of CCND2 in MM. Examination of paired ATAC-seq and RNA-seq data of 5 primary Plasma Cell (PC), 28 Multiple Myeloma (MM) PC as well as 5 cell lines samples.