Project description:Even when precise nucleotide manipulations are intended, the outcomes of genome editing can be diverse, often including random insertions and deletions. The combinations and frequencies of these different outcomes in single cells are critical not only in the generation of genetically modified cell lines but also in the evaluation of the clinical effects of genome editing therapies. However, current methods only analyze cell populations, not single cells. Here, we utilized the Single Particle isolation System (SPiS) for the efficient isolation of single cells to systematically analyze genome editing results in individual human cultured cells. As a result, we discovered that genome editing induction has a binary nature, that is, the target alleles of cells tend to be all edited or not edited at all. This study enhances our understanding of the induction mechanism of genome editing and provides a new strategy to analyze genome editing outcomes in single cells.
Project description:Even when precise nucleotide manipulations are intended, the outcomes of genome editing can be diverse, often including random insertions and deletions. The combinations and frequencies of these different outcomes in single cells are critical not only in the generation of genetically modified cell lines but also in the evaluation of the clinical effects of genome editing therapies. However, current methods only analyze cell populations, not single cells. Here, we utilized the Single Particle isolation System (SPiS) for the efficient isolation of single cells to systematically analyze genome editing results in individual human cultured cells. As a result, we discovered that genome editing induction has a binary nature, that is, the target alleles of cells tend to be all edited or not edited at all. This study enhances our understanding of the induction pattern of genome editing and provides a new strategy to analyze genome editing outcomes in single cells.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below. We defined pan-cancer binary classes based on distinct expression of YAP (and its paralog TAZ/ WWTR1) and YAP-responsive adhesion regulators. Combining informatics with in vivo and in vitro gain- and loss-of-function studies across multiple murine and human tumor types, we showed that opposite pro- or anti-cancer YAP activity functionally defines binary YAPon or YAPoff cancer classes that express or silence YAP, respectively. Essentially all leukemia and lymphoma fall into the YAPoff class, as do multiple neural and neuroendocrine YAPoff solid cancers. YAPoff solid cancers are frequently RB1-/-, such as retinoblastoma, small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine prostate cancer. YAP-silencing was intrinsic to the cell-of-origin, or acquired with lineage-switching and drug-resistance. The binary cancer groups exhibit distinct YAP-dependent adhesive behavior, and pharmaceutical vulnerabilities, underscoring clinical relevance. Mechanistically, whereas YAP induces cell cycle genes in YAPon cancers, extensive RNAseq data showed that forced YAP expression in YAPoff cancers instead activated adhesion genes that are normally co-silenced with YAP. YAP regulates both of these anti-cancer adhesive or pro-cancer cell cycle programs through the TEAD DNA binding family (TEAD1-4). YAP/TEAD targets AP1-bound enhancers in YAPon cancers, but Chipseq studies revealed that in YAPoff cancers, YAP/TEAD instead targeted elements co-bound with neural and neuroendocrine lineage-defining basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) and Homeobox transcription factors (e.g. NEUROD, ASCL1, NKX2, OTX2). A CRISPR screen revealed that, among the adhesion regulators, ITGAV/ITGB5 pair are required for YAP induced cytostasis in YAPoff cancers. YAP is thus pivotal across all cancer, but in opposite pro- or anti-cancer ways, which define contrasting genetic and drug sensitivities.
Project description:Advances in gene editing now allow reverse genetics to be applied to a broad range of biological systems. Ultimately, any modification to coding sequences requires confirmation at the protein level, although immunoblotting is often hampered by antibody quality or availability especially in non-mammalian species. Here, we show that Sequential Window Acquisition of All Theoretical Spectra (SWATH) - Mass Spectrometry (MS) is a robust antibody-independent alternative for monitoring gene editing at the protein level and concomitantly defines proteome responses which may provide pertinent biological insights.
Project description:CRISPRs and TALENs are efficient systems for gene editing in many organisms including plants. In many cases the CRISPR-Cas or TALEN modules are expressed in the plant cell only transiently. Theoretically, transient expression of the editing modules should limit unexpected effects compared to stable transformation. However, very few studies have measured the off-target and unpredicted effects of editing strategies on the plant genome, and none of them have compared these two major editing systems. We conducted a comprehensive genome-wide investigation of off-target mutations using either a CRISPR-Cas9 or a TALEN strategy. We observed a similar number of SNVs and InDels for the two editing strategies compared to control non-transfected plants, with an average of 8.25 SNVs and 19.5 InDels for the CRISPR-edited plants, and an average of 17.5 SNVs and 32 InDels for the TALEN-edited plants. Interestingly, a comparable number of SNVs and InDels could be detected in the PEG-treated control plants. This shows that except for the on-target modifications, the gene editing tools used in this study did not show a significant off-target activity nor unpredicted effects on the genome, and that the PEG treatment in itself was probably the main source of mutations found in the edited plants.
Project description:Adenosine (A) to inosine (I) RNA editing is the most prevalent RNA editing mechanism in humans and play critical roles in tumorigenesis. However, the effects of radiation on RNA editing and the mechanisms of radiation-induced cancer were poorly understood. Here, we analyzed human bronchial epithelial BEP2D cells and radiation-induced malignantly transformed cells with next generation sequencing. By performing an integrated analysis of A-to-I RNA editing, we found that genome-encoded single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) might induce the downregulation of ADAR2 enzymes, and further caused the abnormal occurrence of RNA editing in malignantly transformed cells. These editing events were significantly enriched in differentially expressed genes between normal cells and cancer cells. In addition, oncogenes CTNNB1 and FN1 were highly edited and significantly overexpressed in cancer cells, thus may be responsible for the lung cancer progression. Our work provides a systematic analysis of RNA editing from lung tumor specimens with high-throughput RNA sequencing and DNA sequencing. Moreover, these results demonstrate further evidence for RNA editing as an important tumorigenesis mechanism.
Project description:Identification of changes in proteome as a result of FLNA editing that would help understand the mechanism behind its involvement in cellular contraction.
Project description:We defined pan-cancer binary classes based on distinct expression of YAP (and its paralog TAZ/ WWTR1) and YAP-responsive adhesion regulators. Combining informatics with in vivo and in vitro gain- and loss-of-function studies across multiple murine and human tumor types, we showed that opposite pro- or anti-cancer YAP activity functionally defines binary YAPon or YAPoff cancer classes that express or silence YAP, respectively. Essentially all leukemia and lymphoma fall into the YAPoff class, as do multiple neural and neuroendocrine YAPoff solid cancers. YAPoff solid cancers are frequently RB1-/-, such as retinoblastoma, small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine prostate cancer. YAP-silencing was intrinsic to the cell-of-origin, or acquired with lineage-switching and drug-resistance. The binary cancer groups exhibit distinct YAP-dependent adhesive behavior, and pharmaceutical vulnerabilities, underscoring clinical relevance. Mechanistically, whereas YAP induces cell cycle genes in YAPon cancers, extensive RNAseq data showed that forced YAP expression in YAPoff cancers instead activated adhesion genes that are normally co-silenced with YAP. YAP regulates both of these anti-cancer adhesive or pro-cancer cell cycle programs through the TEAD DNA binding family (TEAD1-4). YAP/TEAD targets AP1-bound enhancers in YAPon cancers, but Chipseq studies revealed that in YAPoff cancers, YAP/TEAD instead targeted elements co-bound with neural and neuroendocrine lineage-defining basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) and Homeobox transcription factors (e.g. NEUROD, ASCL1, NKX2, OTX2). A CRISPR screen revealed that, among the adhesion regulators, ITGAV/ITGB5 pair are required for YAP induced cytostasis in YAPoff cancers. YAP is thus pivotal across all cancer, but in opposite pro- or anti-cancer ways, which define contrasting genetic and drug sensitivities.