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BCL11A enhancer dissection by Cas9-mediated in situ saturating mutagenesis

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  • Matthew C. Canver

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Elenoe C. Smith

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Falak Sher

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Luca Pinello

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health)

  • Neville E. Sanjana

    (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT)

  • Ophir Shalem

    (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT)

  • Diane D. Chen

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Patrick G. Schupp

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Divya S. Vinjamur

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Sara P. Garcia

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health)

  • Sidinh Luc

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Ryo Kurita

    (RIKEN BioResource Center)

  • Yukio Nakamura

    (RIKEN BioResource Center
    Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba)

  • Yuko Fujiwara

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

  • Takahiro Maeda

    (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

  • Guo-Cheng Yuan

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health)

  • Feng Zhang

    (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT)

  • Stuart H. Orkin

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

  • Daniel E. Bauer

    (Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School)

Abstract

Enhancers, critical determinants of cellular identity, are commonly recognized by correlative chromatin marks and gain-of-function potential, although only loss-of-function studies can demonstrate their requirement in the native genomic context. Previously, we identified an erythroid enhancer of human BCL11A, subject to common genetic variation associated with the fetal haemoglobin level, the mouse orthologue of which is necessary for erythroid BCL11A expression. Here we develop pooled clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-Cas9 guide RNA libraries to perform in situ saturating mutagenesis of the human and mouse enhancers. This approach reveals critical minimal features and discrete vulnerabilities of these enhancers. Despite conserved function of the composite enhancers, their architecture diverges. The crucial human sequences appear to be primate-specific. Through editing of primary human progenitors and mouse transgenesis, we validate the BCL11A erythroid enhancer as a target for fetal haemoglobin reinduction. The detailed enhancer map will inform therapeutic genome editing, and the screening approach described here is generally applicable to functional interrogation of non-coding genomic elements.

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  • Matthew C. Canver & Elenoe C. Smith & Falak Sher & Luca Pinello & Neville E. Sanjana & Ophir Shalem & Diane D. Chen & Patrick G. Schupp & Divya S. Vinjamur & Sara P. Garcia & Sidinh Luc & Ryo Kurita &, 2015. "BCL11A enhancer dissection by Cas9-mediated in situ saturating mutagenesis," Nature, Nature, vol. 527(7577), pages 192-197, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:527:y:2015:i:7577:d:10.1038_nature15521
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15521
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