Saturation genome editing maps the functional spectrum of pathogenic VHL alleles.


Journal

Nature genetics
ISSN: 1546-1718
Titre abrégé: Nat Genet
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9216904

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Jul 2024
Historique:
received: 11 05 2023
accepted: 13 05 2024
medline: 6 7 2024
pubmed: 6 7 2024
entrez: 5 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

To maximize the impact of precision medicine approaches, it is critical to identify genetic variants underlying disease and to accurately quantify their functional effects. A gene exemplifying the challenge of variant interpretation is the von Hippel-Lindautumor suppressor (VHL). VHL encodes an E3 ubiquitin ligase that regulates the cellular response to hypoxia. Germline pathogenic variants in VHL predispose patients to tumors including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and pheochromocytoma, and somatic VHL mutations are frequently observed in sporadic renal cancer. Here we optimize and apply saturation genome editing to assay nearly all possible single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) across VHL's coding sequence. To delineate mechanisms, we quantify mRNA dosage effects and compare functional effects in isogenic cell lines. Function scores for 2,268 VHL SNVs identify a core set of pathogenic alleles driving ccRCC with perfect accuracy, inform differential risk across tumor types and reveal new mechanisms by which variants impact function. These results have immediate utility for classifying VHL variants encountered clinically and illustrate how precise functional measurements can resolve pleiotropic and dosage-dependent genotype-phenotype relationships across complete genes.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38969834
doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-01800-z
pii: 10.1038/s41588-024-01800-z
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Subventions

Organisme : Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
ID : CG-MAVE
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : CC2190
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
ID : 431984000-SFB 1453
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
ID : 431984000-SFB 1453
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
ID : 431984000-SFB 1453

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Megan Buckley (M)

The Genome Function Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Chloé Terwagne (C)

The Genome Function Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Athina Ganner (A)

Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

Laura Cubitt (L)

The Genome Function Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Reid Brewer (R)

Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Dong-Kyu Kim (DK)

Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Christina M Kajba (CM)

The Genome Function Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Nicole Forrester (N)

The Genome Function Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Phoebe Dace (P)

The Genome Function Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Joachim De Jonghe (J)

The Genome Function Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Scott T C Shepherd (STC)

The Cancer Dynamics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Renal and Skin Units, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
Melanoma and Kidney Cancer Team, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.

Chelsea Sawyer (C)

Scientific Computing, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Mairead McEwen (M)

Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Sven Diederichs (S)

Division of Cancer Research, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Freiburg, A Partnership Between DKFZ and University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

Elke Neumann-Haefelin (E)

Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

Samra Turajlic (S)

The Cancer Dynamics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Renal and Skin Units, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
Melanoma and Kidney Cancer Team, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.

Evgueni A Ivakine (EA)

Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Gregory M Findlay (GM)

The Genome Function Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. greg.findlay@crick.ac.uk.

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