Organoids as a personalized medicine tool for ultra-rare mutations in cystic fibrosis: The case of S955P and 1717-2A>G.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For most of the >2000 CFTR gene variants reported, neither the associated disease liability nor the underlying basic defect are known, and yet these are essential for disease prognosis and CFTR-based therapeutics. Here we aimed to characterize two ultra-rare mutations - 1717-2A > G (c.1585-2A > G) and S955P (p.Ser955Pro) - as case studies for personalized medicine.

Methods

Patient-derived rectal biopsies and intestinal organoids from two individuals with each of these mutations and F508del (p.Phe508del) in the other allele were used to assess CFTR function, response to modulators and RNA splicing pattern. In parallel, we used cellular models to further characterize S955P independently of F508del and to assess its response to CFTR modulators.

Results

Results

SUBMITTER: Silva IAL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484254 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature