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ArticleNature biotechnology2025

High-throughput evaluation of genetic variants with prime editing sensor libraries.

Samuel I Gould, Alexandra N Wuest, Kexin Dong, Grace A Johnson, Alvin Hsu, Varun K Narendra, Ondine Atwa, Stuart S Levine, David R Liu, Francisco J Sánchez Rivera

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Samuel I GouldDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2617-5215
Alexandra N WuestDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Kexin DongDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1379-3890
Grace A JohnsonDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Alvin HsuMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4034-2788
Varun K NarendraCancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Ondine AtwaDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Stuart S LevineDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7363-562X
David R LiuMerkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-7557
Francisco J Sánchez RiveraDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. fsr@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8466-8563

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MATTHEW G. VANDER HEIDEN · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Center for Genomic Editing and Recording: Development and Application of Next-Generation Genome and Epigenome Editing Methods to Advance the Study and Treatment of Human DiseaseRM1HG009490 · NHGRI · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI Brittany S. Adamson, Martin Joseph Ankrah Aryee · 2017 to 2026
$22.7M
Pre-doctoral Training in Fundamental Approaches to Biochemistry and Cell and Molecular BiologyT32GM136540 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Mary Gehring, Michael Laub · 2021 to 2026
$9.5M
Mutant p53 in Tumorigenesis, Invasion, and MetastasisP01CA291694 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI James J Manfredi · 2025 to 2026
$7.9M
Integrating Chemistry and Evolution to Illuminate Biology and Enable Novel TherapeuticsR35GM118062 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, DAVID R · 2016 to 2025
$6.4M
Expanding the Scope of Base EditingU01AI142756 · NIAID · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI LIU, DAVID R · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA291694NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG009490NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI142756NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118062NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136540U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) RM1HG009490U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) U01AI142756U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P30-CA14051V Foundation for Cancer Research (V Foundation) V2022-028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor genomes often harbor a complex spectrum of single nucleotide alterations and chromosomal rearrangements that can perturb protein function. Prime editing has been applied to install and evaluate genetic variants, but previous approaches have been limited by the variable efficiency of prime editing guide RNAs. Here we present a high-throughput prime editing sensor strategy that couples prime editing guide RNAs with synthetic versions of their cognate target sites to quantitatively assess the functional impact of endogenous genetic variants. We screen over 1,000 endogenous cancer-associated variants of TP53-the most frequently mutated gene in cancer-to identify alleles that impact p53 function in mechanistically diverse ways. We find that certain endogenous TP53 variants, particularly those in the p53 oligomerization domain, display opposite phenotypes in exogenous overexpression systems. Our results emphasize the physiological importance of gene dosage in shaping native protein stoichiometry and protein-protein interactions, and establish a framework for studying genetic variants in their endogenous sequence context at scale.

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Gene EditingGenetic VariationHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysTumor Suppressor Protein p53CRISPR-Cas SystemsHumansNeoplasmsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMCPMC12520993

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