The simplicity of the CRISPR/Cas9 system of genome engineering has opened up the possibility of performing genome-wide targeted mutagenesis in cell lines,enabling screening for cellular phenotypes resulting from genet...The simplicity of the CRISPR/Cas9 system of genome engineering has opened up the possibility of performing genome-wide targeted mutagenesis in cell lines,enabling screening for cellular phenotypes resulting from genetic aberrations.Drosophila cells have proven to be highly effective in identifying genes involved in cellular processes through similar screens using partial knockdown by RNAi.This is in part due to the lower degree of redundancy between genes in this organism,whilst still maintaining highly conserved gene networks and orthologs of many human disease-causing genes.The ability of CRISPR to generate genetic loss of function mutations not only increases the magnitude of any effect over currently employed RNAi techniques,but allows analysis over longer periods of time which can be critical for certain phenotypes.In this study,we have designed and built a genome-wide CRISPR library covering 13,501 genes,among which 8989 genes are targeted by three or more independent single guide RNAs（sg RNAs）.Moreover,we describe strategies to monitor the population of guide RNAs by high throughput sequencing（HTS）.We hope that this library will provide an invaluable resource for the community to screen loss of function mutations for cellular phenotypes,and as a source of guide RNA designs for future studies.展开更多
Metamorphosis is a complex developmental process involving multiple pathways and a large number of genes that are regulated by juvenile hormone(JH)and 20-hydroxyecdysone(20E).Despite important progress in understandin...Metamorphosis is a complex developmental process involving multiple pathways and a large number of genes that are regulated by juvenile hormone(JH)and 20-hydroxyecdysone(20E).Despite important progress in understanding various aspects of silkworm biology,the hormone signaling pathway in the silkworm remains poorly understood.Genome-wide screening using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9(Cas9)-based libraries has recently emerged as a novel method for analyzing genome function,enabling further research into essential genes,drug targets,and virus-host interaction.Previously,we constructed a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9-based library of the silkworm(Bombyx mori)and successfully revealed the genes involved in biotic or abiotic stress factor responses.In this study,we used our silkworm CRISPR library and large-scale genome-wide screening to analyze the key genes in the silkworm 20E signaling pathway and their mechanisms of action.Functional annotation showed that 20E regulates key proteins in processes that mainly occur in the cytoplasm and nucleus.Pathway enrichment analysis showed that 20E can activate phosphorylation and may affect innate immunity,interfere with intracellular nutrition and energy metabolism,and eventually cause cell apoptosis.The screening results were experimentally validated by generating cells with knockout alleles of the relevant genes,which had increased tolerance to 20E.Our findings provide a panoramic overview of signaling in response to 20E in the silkworm,underscoring the utility of genome-wide CRISPR mutant libraries in deciphering hormone signaling pathways and the mechanisms that regulate metamorphosis in insects.展开更多
Objective:Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor.However,the survival of patients with osteosarcoma has remained unchanged during the past 30 years,owing to a lack of efficient therapeutic target...Objective:Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor.However,the survival of patients with osteosarcoma has remained unchanged during the past 30 years,owing to a lack of efficient therapeutic targets.Methods:We constructed a kinome-targeting CRISPR-Cas9 library containing 507 kinases and 100 nontargeting controls and screened the potential kinase targets in osteosarcoma.The CRISPR screening sequencing data were analyzed with the Model-based Analysis of Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout(MAGeCK)Python package.The functional data were applied in the 143B cell line through lenti-CRISPR-mediated gene knockout.The clinical significance of kinases in the survival of patients with osteosarcoma was analyzed in the R2:Genomics Analysis and Visualization Platform.Results:We identified 53 potential kinase targets in osteosarcoma.Among these targets,we analyzed 3 kinases,TRRAP,PKMYT1,and TP53RK,to validate their oncogenic functions in osteosarcoma.PKMYT1 and TP53RK showed higher expression in osteosarcoma than in normal bone tissue,whereas TRRAP showed no significant difference.High expression of all 3 kinases was associated with relatively poor prognosis in patients with osteosarcoma.Conclusions:Our results not only offer potential therapeutic kinase targets in osteosarcoma but also provide a paradigm for functional genetic screening by using a CRISPR-Cas9 library,including target design,library construction,screening workflow,data analysis,and functional validation.This method may also be useful in potentially accelerating drug discovery for other cancer types.展开更多
基金the European Research Council(DARCGENs,project number 249869)the Medical Research Council for financial support
文摘The simplicity of the CRISPR/Cas9 system of genome engineering has opened up the possibility of performing genome-wide targeted mutagenesis in cell lines,enabling screening for cellular phenotypes resulting from genetic aberrations.Drosophila cells have proven to be highly effective in identifying genes involved in cellular processes through similar screens using partial knockdown by RNAi.This is in part due to the lower degree of redundancy between genes in this organism,whilst still maintaining highly conserved gene networks and orthologs of many human disease-causing genes.The ability of CRISPR to generate genetic loss of function mutations not only increases the magnitude of any effect over currently employed RNAi techniques,but allows analysis over longer periods of time which can be critical for certain phenotypes.In this study,we have designed and built a genome-wide CRISPR library covering 13,501 genes,among which 8989 genes are targeted by three or more independent single guide RNAs（sg RNAs）.Moreover,we describe strategies to monitor the population of guide RNAs by high throughput sequencing（HTS）.We hope that this library will provide an invaluable resource for the community to screen loss of function mutations for cellular phenotypes,and as a source of guide RNA designs for future studies.
基金This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32122084)Chongqing Natural Science Foundation(No.cstc2021ycjh-bgzxm0005)+1 种基金PhD Start-Up Foundation of Southwest University(No.SWU120012)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.SWU-KT22042).None of these fundings played any role in the design of the study,collection,analysis,or interpretation of data or in the writing of the manuscript.
文摘Metamorphosis is a complex developmental process involving multiple pathways and a large number of genes that are regulated by juvenile hormone(JH)and 20-hydroxyecdysone(20E).Despite important progress in understanding various aspects of silkworm biology,the hormone signaling pathway in the silkworm remains poorly understood.Genome-wide screening using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9(Cas9)-based libraries has recently emerged as a novel method for analyzing genome function,enabling further research into essential genes,drug targets,and virus-host interaction.Previously,we constructed a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9-based library of the silkworm(Bombyx mori)and successfully revealed the genes involved in biotic or abiotic stress factor responses.In this study,we used our silkworm CRISPR library and large-scale genome-wide screening to analyze the key genes in the silkworm 20E signaling pathway and their mechanisms of action.Functional annotation showed that 20E regulates key proteins in processes that mainly occur in the cytoplasm and nucleus.Pathway enrichment analysis showed that 20E can activate phosphorylation and may affect innate immunity,interfere with intracellular nutrition and energy metabolism,and eventually cause cell apoptosis.The screening results were experimentally validated by generating cells with knockout alleles of the relevant genes,which had increased tolerance to 20E.Our findings provide a panoramic overview of signaling in response to 20E in the silkworm,underscoring the utility of genome-wide CRISPR mutant libraries in deciphering hormone signaling pathways and the mechanisms that regulate metamorphosis in insects.
基金This work was funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0500304to T.K.)the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou,(Grant Nos.202002020092 and 201607020038 to T.K.)+2 种基金the National Nature Science Foundation in China(NSFC)(Grant Nos.81772922 to Y.W.,81702890 to X.W.,81530081,31571395 to T.K.)the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation Team Project(Grant No.2014A030312015 to T.K.)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2016A030310218 to W.Y.).
文摘Objective:Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor.However,the survival of patients with osteosarcoma has remained unchanged during the past 30 years,owing to a lack of efficient therapeutic targets.Methods:We constructed a kinome-targeting CRISPR-Cas9 library containing 507 kinases and 100 nontargeting controls and screened the potential kinase targets in osteosarcoma.The CRISPR screening sequencing data were analyzed with the Model-based Analysis of Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout(MAGeCK)Python package.The functional data were applied in the 143B cell line through lenti-CRISPR-mediated gene knockout.The clinical significance of kinases in the survival of patients with osteosarcoma was analyzed in the R2:Genomics Analysis and Visualization Platform.Results:We identified 53 potential kinase targets in osteosarcoma.Among these targets,we analyzed 3 kinases,TRRAP,PKMYT1,and TP53RK,to validate their oncogenic functions in osteosarcoma.PKMYT1 and TP53RK showed higher expression in osteosarcoma than in normal bone tissue,whereas TRRAP showed no significant difference.High expression of all 3 kinases was associated with relatively poor prognosis in patients with osteosarcoma.Conclusions:Our results not only offer potential therapeutic kinase targets in osteosarcoma but also provide a paradigm for functional genetic screening by using a CRISPR-Cas9 library,including target design,library construction,screening workflow,data analysis,and functional validation.This method may also be useful in potentially accelerating drug discovery for other cancer types.
