Genome-wide analysis of CRISPR perturbations indicates that enhancers act multiplicatively and without epistatic-like interactions

Author:

Zhou JessicaORCID,Guruvayurappan KarthikORCID,Chen Hsiuyi V.ORCID,Chen Aaron R.ORCID,McVicker GrahamORCID

Abstract

AbstractA single gene may be regulated by multiple enhancers, but how they work in concert to regulate transcription is poorly understood. Prior studies have mostly examined enhancers at single loci and have reached inconsistent conclusions about whether epistatic-like interactions exist between them. To analyze enhancer interactions throughout the genome, we developed a statistical framework for CRISPR regulatory screens that utilizes negative binomial generalized linear models that account for variable guide RNA (gRNA) efficiency. We reanalyzed a single-cell CRISPR interference experiment that delivered random combinations of enhancer-targeting gRNAs to each cell and interrogated interactions between 3,808 enhancer pairs. We found that enhancers act multiplicatively with one another to control gene expression, but our analysis provides no evidence for interaction effects between pairs of enhancers regulating the same gene. Our findings illuminate the regulatory behavior of multiple enhancers and our statistical framework provides utility for future analyses studying interactions between enhancers.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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