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在活体小鼠中对人类增强子变体活性进行快速定量功能研究。

Rapid and quantitative functional interrogation of human enhancer variant activity in live mice.

作者信息

Hollingsworth Ethan W, Liu Taryn A, Alcantara Joshua A, Chen Cindy X, Jacinto Sandra H, Kvon Evgeny Z

机构信息

Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.

Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA.

出版信息

Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 6;16(1):409. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55500-7.

Abstract

Functional analysis of non-coding variants associated with congenital disorders remains challenging due to the lack of efficient in vivo models. Here we introduce dual-enSERT, a robust Cas9-based two-color fluorescent reporter system which enables rapid, quantitative comparison of enhancer allele activities in live mice in less than two weeks. We use this technology to examine and measure the gain- and loss-of-function effects of enhancer variants previously linked to limb polydactyly, autism spectrum disorder, and craniofacial malformation. By combining dual-enSERT with single-cell transcriptomics, we characterise gene expression in cells where the enhancer is normally and ectopically active, revealing candidate pathways that may lead to enhancer misregulation. Finally, we demonstrate the widespread utility of dual-enSERT by testing the effects of fifteen previously uncharacterised rare and common non-coding variants linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. In doing so we identify variants that reproducibly alter the in vivo activity of OTX2 and MIR9-2 brain enhancers, implicating them in autism. Dual-enSERT thus allows researchers to go from identifying candidate enhancer variants to analysis of comparative enhancer activity in live embryos in under two weeks.

摘要

由于缺乏有效的体内模型,对与先天性疾病相关的非编码变异进行功能分析仍然具有挑战性。在此,我们引入了双enSERT,这是一种基于Cas9的强大双色荧光报告系统,能够在不到两周的时间内对活小鼠体内增强子等位基因活性进行快速、定量的比较。我们利用这项技术来检测和测量先前与多指畸形、自闭症谱系障碍和颅面畸形相关的增强子变异的功能获得和功能丧失效应。通过将双enSERT与单细胞转录组学相结合,我们对增强子正常和异位激活的细胞中的基因表达进行了表征,揭示了可能导致增强子调控异常的候选途径。最后,我们通过测试15个先前未表征的与神经发育障碍相关的罕见和常见非编码变异的效应,证明了双enSERT的广泛实用性。在此过程中,我们鉴定出可重复改变OTX2和MIR9 - 2脑增强子体内活性的变异,表明它们与自闭症有关。因此,双enSERT使研究人员能够在不到两周的时间内,从鉴定候选增强子变异转向分析活胚胎中的比较增强子活性。

https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/blobs/63e2/11704014/87b9a6ba11bc/41467_2024_55500_Fig1_HTML.jpg

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