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Improving the consistency of functional genomics screens using molecular features - a multi-omics, pan-cancer study

Wenyu Wang, Alina Malyutina, Alberto Pessia, Caroline A. Heckman, Jing Tang
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/322883
Wenyu Wang
Insitute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Tukholmankatu 8, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Alina Malyutina
Insitute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Tukholmankatu 8, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Alberto Pessia
Insitute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Tukholmankatu 8, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Caroline A. Heckman
Insitute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Tukholmankatu 8, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Jing Tang
Insitute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Tukholmankatu 8, FI-00014, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland
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Abstract

Probing the genetic dependencies of cancer cells helps understand the tumor biology and identify potential drug targets. RNAi-based shRNA and CRISPR/Cas9-based sgRNA have been commonly utilized in functional genetic screens to identify essential genes affecting growth rates in cancer cell lines. However, questions remain whether the gene essentiality profiles determined using these two technologies are comparable. In the present study, we collected 42 cell lines representing a variety of 10 tissue types, which had been screened both by shRNA and CRISPR techniques. We observed poor consistency of the essentiality scores between the two screens for the majority of the cell lines. The consistency did not improve after correcting the off-target effects in the shRNA screening, suggesting a minimal impact of off-target effects. We considered a linear regression model where the shRNA essentiality score is the predictor and the CRISPR essentiality score is the response variable. We showed that by including molecular features such as mutation, gene expression and copy number variation as covariates, the predictability of the regression model greatly improved, suggesting that molecular features may provide critical information in explaining the discrepancy between the shRNA and CRISPR-based essentiality scores. We provided a Combined Essentiality Score (CES) based on the model prediction and showed that the CES greatly improved the consensus of common essential genes. Furthermore, the CES also identified novel essential genes that are specific to individual cell types. Taken together, we provided a systematic approach to define a more accurate gene essentiality profile by integrating functional screen data and molecular profiles.

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Improving the consistency of functional genomics screens using molecular features - a multi-omics, pan-cancer study
Wenyu Wang, Alina Malyutina, Alberto Pessia, Caroline A. Heckman, Jing Tang
bioRxiv 322883; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/322883
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Improving the consistency of functional genomics screens using molecular features - a multi-omics, pan-cancer study
Wenyu Wang, Alina Malyutina, Alberto Pessia, Caroline A. Heckman, Jing Tang
bioRxiv 322883; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/322883

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