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ArticleCirculation2026

LDLR Variant Classification Through Activity-Normalized Prime Editing Screening.

Phillip J Zhou, Minja Velimirovic, Tian Yu, Vojislav Gligorovski, Nicolas Mathis, Jing Zhao, Quang Vinh Phan, Felicitas Vogd, Jayoung Ryu, Qisheng Pan and 6 more

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16 authors.

Phillip J Zhou *Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (P.J.Z., M.V., T.Y., Q.V.P., F.V., A.T., C.A.C., R.I.S.).
Minja Velimirovic *Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (P.J.Z., M.V., T.Y., Q.V.P., F.V., A.T., C.A.C., R.I.S.).ORCID 0000-0001-5221-6194
Tian YuDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (P.J.Z., M.V., T.Y., Q.V.P., F.V., A.T., C.A.C., R.I.S.).ORCID 0000-0001-9447-4458
Vojislav GligorovskiLaboratory of the Physics of Biological Systems, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (V.G.).ORCID 0000-0002-1804-8913
Nicolas MathisInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Switzerland (N.M., G.S.).ORCID 0000-0002-4051-8344
Jing ZhaoTranslational Neuroscience Center, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (J.Z.).
Quang Vinh PhanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (P.J.Z., M.V., T.Y., Q.V.P., F.V., A.T., C.A.C., R.I.S.).ORCID 0000-0002-0406-5085
Felicitas VogdDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (P.J.Z., M.V., T.Y., Q.V.P., F.V., A.T., C.A.C., R.I.S.).ORCID 0009-0007-3892-4961
Jayoung RyuMolecular Pathology Unit, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (J.R., L.P.).ORCID 0000-0001-8710-8898
Qisheng PanSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (Q.P., D.B.A.).
Atharva TyagiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (P.J.Z., M.V., T.Y., Q.V.P., F.V., A.T., C.A.C., R.I.S.).
David B AscherSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (Q.P., D.B.A.).ORCID 0000-0003-2948-2413
Gerald SchwankInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Switzerland (N.M., G.S.).ORCID 0000-0003-0767-2953
Luca PinelloMolecular Pathology Unit, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (J.R., L.P.).ORCID 0000-0003-1109-3823
Christopher A CassaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (P.J.Z., M.V., T.Y., Q.V.P., F.V., A.T., C.A.C., R.I.S.).ORCID 0000-0002-5771-9177
Richard I SherwoodDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (P.J.Z., M.V., T.Y., Q.V.P., F.V., A.T., C.A.C., R.I.S.).ORCID 0000-0001-7427-7713

Funding

Comprehensive characterization of variants underlying heart and blood diseases with CRISPR base editingUM1HG012010 · NHGRI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Daniel Evan Bauer, Luca Pinello · 2021 to 2026
$10.4M
High-throughput investigation of human genetic variants affecting cholesterol uptake and effluxR01HL164409 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHERWOOD, RICHARD I · 2022 to 2025
$3.1M
Development of potent and predictable Cas9 gene activation tools through high-throughput screeningR01GM143249 · NIGMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHERWOOD, RICHARD I · 2022 to 2024
$1.3M
Integrative computational-experimental approaches to stratify monogenic disease riskR56HG012681 · NHGRI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CASSA, CHRISTOPHER, SHERWOOD, RICHARD I · 2023 to 2023
$300k
NHGRI NIH HHS R56 HG012681NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG012010NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL164409NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143249
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInherited variants in the LDL (low-density lipoprotein) receptor (

methodsWe developed the first activity-normalized prime editing screening pipeline to measure the impact of 5184

resultsWe show that prime editing of the reporter construct correlates with endogenous variant installation frequency, validating the activity normalization approach. The resulting scores capture a continuous spectrum of functional effects, robustly separate pathogenic versus benign ClinVar variants, and show concordance with LDL-C levels in UK Biobank participants. We calibrate functional evidence strengths to the ACMG/AMP variant interpretation framework, enabling integration into a clinical variant classification workflow. By combining functional, computational, population, and contextual evidence, 322 of 434

conclusionsAltogether, activity-normalized prime editing provides a scalable framework for

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CRISPR screeningfamilial hypercholesterolemiaLDL-cholesterolmutation scanningprime editingvariant interpretation

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PMID42677454
PMCPMC13536972

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