Project description:To establish a systematic approach for the determination of human biological & disease relevance through the generation of epigenome data in cell types of interest. Integration of cell type epigenome data with existing & newly generated reference data from human tissue and cell types to identify assay systems which will provide greater confidence in translating target biology and compound pharmacology to patients. To provide a framework for the identification of optimal cell types for target identification/validation studies and drug discovery programs across multiple therapeutic areas. Development of bioinformatics pipelines and CTTV components for analysis and provision of data
2015-06-09 | E-ERAD-369 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:CRISPR/Cas9-based Drug Target Screening Library
Project description:The experimental high-throughput screening (HTS) methods, exemplified by CRISPR-based screening, have revolutionized target identification in drug discovery. However, such screens frequently yield extensive and unrelated target lists necessitating costly and time-intensive experimental validation. Here, we propose a dual-filter strategy that integrates literature-mined targets with CRISPR/Cas9 screening outputs, systematically prioritizing the most credible candidates and thereby reducing the experimental validation burden and increasing success rate. To validate this strategy, we applied it with hand-foot syndrome (HFS), a clinically challenging side effect induced by fluoropyrimidine treatment. We identified ATF4 as a key regulator of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) toxicity in the skin and revealed forskolin as a potential therapeutic agent of HFS through the strategy. Mechanistically, forskolin triggers MEK/ERK-dependent ATF4 induction, subsequently driving 5-FU detoxification via the ATF4-mediated eIF2α/IκB signaling pathway. Our findings demonstrate that this dual-filter strategy could notably accelerate drug discovery by reducing experimental validation burden after target screening.
2025-05-25 | GSE297714 | GEO
Project description:CRISPR/Cas9-based Drug Target Screening Library 3
| PRJNA1119744 | ENA
Project description:CRISPR/Cas9-based Drug Target Screening Library 2
Project description:The dissection of complex biological systems requires target-specific control of protein function or abundance. Genetic perturbations have markedly advanced science but are variably limited by off-target effects, multi-component complexity and irreversibility. Most limiting to the study of fast biology is the requisite delay from modulation to experimental measurement. To enable the immediate and selective control of single protein abundance, we created a chemical biology system that leverages the potency of cell-permeable heterobifunctional degraders. The dTAG system pairs a novel allele-specific degrader of FKBP12F36V with expression of FKBP12F36V in-frame with a target protein of interest. By transgene expression or CRISPR-mediated locus-specific knock-in, we exemplify a generalizable strategy to study the immediate consequent biology of protein loss. Using dTAG, we observe an unexpected superior anti-proliferative effect of BET bromodomain inhibition and degradation over selective BRD4 degradation, characterize immediate effects of KRASG12V loss on proteomic signaling, and demonstrate rapid degradation in vivo. This technology platform is expected to confer high kinetic resolution to biological investigation and provide early target validation in the context of drug discovery.