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Systematic identification of cis-regulatory variants that cause gene expression differences in a yeast cross

  1. Kaushik Renganaath
  2. Rockie Chong
  3. Laura Day
  4. Sriram Kosuri
  5. Leonid Kruglyak  Is a corresponding author
  6. Frank Wolfgang Albert  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Minnesota, United States
  2. University of California, Los Angeles, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62669
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  1. Kaushik Renganaath
  2. Rockie Chong
  3. Laura Day
  4. Sriram Kosuri
  5. Leonid Kruglyak
  6. Frank Wolfgang Albert
(2020)
Systematic identification of cis-regulatory variants that cause gene expression differences in a yeast cross
eLife 9:e62669.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62669
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Abstract

Sequence variation in regulatory DNA alters gene expression and shapes genetically complex traits. However, the identification of individual, causal regulatory variants is challenging. Here, we used a massively parallel reporter assay to measure the cis-regulatory consequences of 5,832 natural DNA variants in the promoters of 2,503 genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We identified 451 causal variants, which underlie genetic loci known to affect gene expression. Several promoters harbored multiple causal variants. In five promoters, pairs of variants showed non-additive, epistatic interactions. Causal variants were enriched at conserved nucleotides, tended to have low derived allele frequency, and were depleted from promoters of essential genes, which is consistent with the action of negative selection. Causal variants were also enriched for alterations in transcription factor binding sites. Models integrating these features provided modest, but statistically significant, ability to predict causal variants. This work revealed a complex molecular basis for cis-acting regulatory variation.

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Raw data and barcode assignments to oligos are available under GEO accession GSE155944. Source Data is provided for Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Additional processed data and the MPRA design are available as Supplementary Files.

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  1. Kaushik Renganaath

    Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, & Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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  2. Rockie Chong

    Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  3. Laura Day

    Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  4. Sriram Kosuri

    Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  5. Leonid Kruglyak

    Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  6. Frank Wolfgang Albert

    Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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National Institutes of Health (R35GM124676)

  • Frank Wolfgang Albert

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Leonid Kruglyak

Pew Charitable Trusts

  • Frank Wolfgang Albert

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

  • Frank Wolfgang Albert

Kinship Foundation

  • Sriram Kosuri

Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth (DE-FC02-02ER63421)

  • Sriram Kosuri

National Institutes of Health (R01GM102308)

  • Leonid Kruglyak

National Institutes of Health (DP2GM114829)

  • Sriram Kosuri

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2020, Renganaath et al.

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  1. Kaushik Renganaath
  2. Rockie Chong
  3. Laura Day
  4. Sriram Kosuri
  5. Leonid Kruglyak
  6. Frank Wolfgang Albert
(2020)
Systematic identification of cis-regulatory variants that cause gene expression differences in a yeast cross
eLife 9:e62669.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62669

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