| Title: | Saturation genome editing of DDX3X clarifies pathogenicity of germline and somatic variation |
| Journal: | Nature Communications |
| Published: | 6 Dec 2023 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38057330/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43041-4 |
| URL: | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43041-4.pdf |
Publication 9217
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Abstract
Loss-of-function of DDX3X is a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) in females. DDX3X is also a somatically mutated cancer driver gene proposed to have tumour promoting and suppressing effects. We perform saturation genome editing of DDX3X, testing in vitro the functional impact of 12,776 nucleotide variants. We identify 3432 functionally abnormal variants, in three distinct classes. We train a machine learning classifier to identify functionally abnormal variants of NDD-relevance. This classifier has at least 97% sensitivity and 99% specificity to detect variants pathogenic for NDD, substantially out-performing in silico predictors, and resolving up to 93% of variants of uncertain significance. Moreover, functionally-abnormal variants can account for almost all of the excess nonsynonymous DDX3X somatic mutations seen in DDX3X-driven cancers. Systematic maps of variant effects generated in experimentally tractable cell types have the potential to transform clinical interpretation of both germline and somatic disease-associated variation.</p>
19 Authors
- Elizabeth J. Radford
- Hong-Kee Tan
- Malin H. L. Andersson
- James D. Stephenson
- Eugene J. Gardner
- Holly Ironfield
- Andrew J. Waters
- Daniel Gitterman
- Sarah Lindsay
- Federico Abascal
- Iñigo Martincorena
- Anna Kolesnik-Taylor
- Elise Ng-Cordell
- Helen V. Firth
- Kate Baker
- John R. B. Perry
- David J. Adams
- Sebastian S. Gerety
- Matthew E. Hurles
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