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- Title
Multi-omics analysis in human retina uncovers ultraconserved cis-regulatory elements at rare eye disease loci.
- Authors
Lopez Soriano, Victor; Dueñas Rey, Alfredo; Mukherjee, Rajarshi; Inglehearn, Chris F.; Coppieters, Frauke; Bauwens, Miriam; Willaert, Andy; De Baere, Elfride
- Abstract
Cross-species genome comparisons have revealed a substantial number of ultraconserved non-coding elements (UCNEs). Several of these elements have proved to be essential tissue- and cell type-specific cis-regulators of developmental gene expression. Here, we characterize a set of UCNEs as candidate CREs (cCREs) during retinal development and evaluate the contribution of their genomic variation to rare eye diseases, for which pathogenic non-coding variants are emerging. Integration of bulk and single-cell retinal multi-omics data reveals 594 genes under potential cis-regulatory control of UCNEs, of which 45 are implicated in rare eye disease. Mining of candidate cis-regulatory UCNEs in WGS data derived from the rare eye disease cohort of Genomics England reveals 178 ultrarare variants within 84 UCNEs associated with 29 disease genes. Overall, we provide a comprehensive annotation of ultraconserved non-coding regions acting as cCREs during retinal development which can be targets of non-coding variation underlying rare eye diseases. Ultraconserved non-coding elements (UCNEs) can regulate developmental gene expression. Retinal multi-omics data integration revealed UCNEs to be candidate cis-regulatory elements during retinal development, which may be implicated in rare eye diseases.
- Subjects
EYE diseases; MULTIOMICS; RETINA; DATA integration; GENE expression
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-024-45381-1