BE-view

Explore and visualise data from CRISPR base editing mutagenesis screens

Base editing screens facilitate the assignment of functional consequence to variants in the genome. BE-view allows the user to select screening data from different base editor architectures, genes, and toggle between protein or clinical annotations.

BE-view website:

https://www.sanger.ac.uk/tool/be-view/be-view/

IFNg signalling underpins host responses to infection, inflammation and anti-tumour immunity. Mutations in the IFNg signalling pathway can cause immunological disorders, haematological malignancies, and resistance to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) in cancer, however the function of most clinically observed variants remains unknown. Here, we systematically investigate the genetic determinants of IFNg response in colorectal cancer cells using CRISPR-Cas9 screens and base editing mutagenesis. Deep mutagenesis of JAK1 with cytidine and adenine base editors, combined with pathway-wide screens, reveal loss-of-function and gain-of-function mutations with clinical precedence, including causal variants in haematological malignancies and mutations detected in patients refractory to ICB. We functionally validate variants of uncertain signif­icance in primary tumour organoids, where engineering missense mutations in JAK1 enhanced or reduced sensitivity to autologous tumour-reactive T cells. In total, we classify > 300 missense variants altering IFNg pathway activity, comprising a useful resource to inform genetic diagnosis.

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