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Functional validation of Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated distal regulatory SNPs i

类风湿关节炎相关远端调节 SNP 的功能验证 i

基本信息

批准号：
8810054
负责人：
Raymond David Hawkins
金额：
$ 43.63万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2015-03-01 至 2019-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8810054
关键词：
Address Asthma Autoimmune Diseases Autoimmune Process Automobile Driving Binding Biological Assay CD4 Positive T Lymphocytes Cataloging Catalogs Categories Cells ChIP-seq Chromatin Code Crohn&apos s disease Disease Distal Enhancers Equilibrium Etiology Evaluation Gene Expression Gene Targeting Genes Genetic Risk Goals Health Helper-Inducer T-Lymphocyte Human Immune system Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Intercistronic Region Introns Light Maps Mediating Methods Multiple Sclerosis Mutation National Human Genome Research Institute Nucleic Acid Regulatory Sequences Pathogenesis Play Process Psoriasis Regulation Regulatory Element Reporter Research Rheumatoid Arthritis Role Series Single Nucleotide Polymorphism T cell differentiation T cell regulation T-Lymphocyte Technology Testing Time Twin Studies Ulcerative Colitis Validation base cell type epigenomics genome wide association study genome-wide high throughput screening innovation next generation sequencing risk variant trait transcription factor

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have produced large numbers of disease associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). However, many of these studies have failed to identify causative mutations. This may be due to the complexity of the disease; or in part, due to many associated SNPs lying outside of gene coding regions. A recent assessment of GWASs illustrated that 45% of disease or trait associated SNPs fell in introns, while 43% lie in intergenic regions. Global methods for determining chromatin states have shown that associated SNPs can overlap regulatory regions. We have constructed enhancer maps based H3K4me1 localization in isolated, human T cells, which were activated, or polarized toward Th1 or Th2 lineages. We focused on an early time point of polarization to determine the cis-regulome of early T cell differentiation and regulation f T cell fate commitment. To determine if rheumatoid arthritis-associated SNPs are potentially rSNPs, we analyzed the vicinities of associated SNPs from the NHGRI GWAS catalog for overlap with our global T helper cell enhancer predictions. Goal: Having identified 440 potential regulatory SNPs within enhancers driving early T cell fates, our goal is to functionally validate RA-associated rSNPs through a series of high-throughput assays and systematic evaluation to determine the most functionally relevant rSNPs. Through this process we will also determine the target genes of enhancers harboring rSNPs in order to identify new genes important in the etiology of RA pathogenesis. We will do so through the following specific aims. Specific Aim 1. Determine the effect of rSNPs on enhancer activity. Specific Aim 2. Identification of TFs and their disrupted binding at enhancer SNPs. Specific Aim 3. Identification of target genes for enhancers harboring associated SNPs