Journal
GENE
Volume 821, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146287
Keywords
Rare genetic diseases; Translational genetics; Kleefstra Syndrome; CRISPR editing; Next generation sequencing
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Funding
- Feilman Foundation
- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council [APP1154524]
- Stem Cells Australia, an Australian Research Council Strategic Initiative in Stem Cell Science [SR1101002]
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This study investigates the use of CRISPR gene editing and genome-wide transcriptomic profiling to facilitate patient diagnosis. The introduction of a variant in the EHMT1 gene allowed the researchers to identify gene expression changes related to Kleefstra syndrome and gain insight into the disease mechanism.
There are an estimated > 400 million people living with a rare disease globally, with genetic variants the cause of approximately 80% of cases. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) rapidly identifies genetic variants however they are often of unknown significance. Low throughput functional validation in specialist laboratories is the current ad hoc approach for functional validation of genetic variants, which creating major bottlenecks in patient diagnosis. This study investigates the application of CRISPR gene editing followed by genome wide transcriptomic profiling to facilitate patient diagnosis. As proof-of-concept, we introduced a variant in the Euchromatin histone methyl transferase (EHMT1) gene into HEK293T cells. We identified changes in the regulation of the cell cycle, neural gene expression and suppression of gene expression changes on chromosome 19 and chromosome X, that are in keeping with Kleefstra syndrome clinical phenotype and/or provide insight into disease mechanism. This study demonstrates the utility of genome editing followed by functional readouts to rapidly and systematically validating the function of variants of unknown significance in patients suffering from rare diseases.
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