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Mapping the Genetic Landscape of Human Cells.

Cell | 2018

Seminal yeast studies have established the value of comprehensively mapping genetic interactions (GIs) for inferring gene function. Efforts in human cells using focused gene sets underscore the utility of this approach, but the feasibility of generating large-scale, diverse human GI maps remains unresolved. We developed a CRISPR interference platform for large-scale quantitative mapping of human GIs. We systematically perturbed 222,784 gene pairs in two cancer cell lines. The resultant maps cluster functionally related genes, assigning function to poorly characterized genes, including TMEM261, a new electron transport chain component. Individual GIs pinpoint unexpected relationships between pathways, exemplified by a specific cholesterol biosynthesis intermediate whose accumulation induces deoxynucleotide depletion, causing replicative DNA damage and a synthetic-lethal interaction with the ATR/9-1-1 DNA repair pathway. Our map provides a broad resource, establishes GI maps as a high-resolution tool for dissecting gene function, and serves as a blueprint for mapping the genetic landscape of human cells.

Pubmed ID: 30033366 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U01 CA217882
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R00 CA204602
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007618
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: DP1 DK113598
  • Agency: NIAMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AR073017
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: DP2 GM119139
  • Agency: NIAMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 AR057235
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K99 AG047255
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U01 CA168370
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K99 CA181494
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R00 CA181494
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AG062359
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K99 CA204602
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS091902
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P50 GM102706
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DA036858
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R00 AG047255
  • Agency: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

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