Xue Hong, Mishra Manoj K, Liu Yong, Liu Pengyuan, Grzybowski Michael, Pandey Rajan, Usa Kristie, Vanden Avond Mark A, Bala Niharika, Alli Abdel A, Cowley Allen W, Qiu Qiongzi, Greene Andrew S, Rao Sridhar, O'Meara Caitlin C, Geurts Aron M, Liang Mingyu
Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Cell Rep. 2025 Jun 24;44(6):115805. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115805. Epub 2025 Jun 9.
Direct targeting of noncoding genomic regions harboring common sequence variants associated with human traits through in vivo animal model studies and precise genome editing in human cells is essential for closing the critical gap between genetic discoveries and physiological understanding. However, such investigation has been impractical for many of these variants as they are in haplotypes containing multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spanning thousands of base pairs and have small effect sizes. We developed an integrated approach to address this challenge, combining an efficient two-step technique to precisely edit large haplotypes in human induced pluripotent stem cells and orthologous region deletion in phenotypically permissive animal models. As proof of principle, we applied this approach to examine a blood pressure-associated locus with a noncoding haplotype containing 11 SNPs spanning 17.4 kbp. We found a robust blood pressure effect of nearly 10 mmHg and identified the physiological and molecular mechanisms involved.
通过体内动物模型研究和人类细胞中的精确基因组编辑,直接靶向携带与人类性状相关的常见序列变异的非编码基因组区域,对于弥合基因发现与生理理解之间的关键差距至关重要。然而,对于许多此类变异而言,这样的研究并不实际,因为它们存在于包含数千个碱基对的多个单核苷酸多态性(SNP)的单倍型中,且效应大小较小。我们开发了一种综合方法来应对这一挑战,该方法结合了一种高效的两步技术,以精确编辑人类诱导多能干细胞中的大型单倍型,并在表型允许的动物模型中进行直系同源区域缺失。作为原理验证,我们应用此方法研究了一个与血压相关的基因座,该基因座具有一个包含11个SNP、跨越17.4 kbp的非编码单倍型。我们发现了近10 mmHg的显著血压效应,并确定了其中涉及的生理和分子机制。
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