Clustering phenotype populations by genome-wide RNAi and multiparametric imaging

• Verfasst von: Fuchs, Florian [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Pau, Gregoire [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kranz, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Sklyar, Oleg [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Budjan, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Steinbrink, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Horn, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Pedal, Angelika [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Huber, Wolfgang [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Boutros, Michael [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Clustering phenotype populations by genome-wide RNAi and multiparametric imaging
• Verf.angabe: Florian Fuchs, Gregoire Pau, Dominique Kranz, Oleg Sklyar, Christoph Budjan, Sandra Steinbrink, Thomas Horn, Angelika Pedal, Wolfgang Huber and Michael Boutros
• E-Jahr: 2010
• Jahr: 8 June 2010
• Umfang: 13 S.
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 05.12.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Molecular systems biology
• Ort Quelle: [London] : Nature Publishing Group UK, 2005
• Jahr Quelle: 2010
• Band/Heft Quelle: 6(2010), 1 vom: Jan., Artikel-ID 370, Seite 1-13
• ISSN Quelle: 1744-4292
• DOI: doi:10.1038/msb.2010.25
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: DNA damage response signalling
• Sach-SW: massively parallel phenotyping
• Sach-SW: phenotype networks
• Sach-SW: RNAi screening
• K10plus-PPN: 1871938791

Abstract

Genetic screens for phenotypic similarity have made key contributions to associating genes with biological processes. With RNA interference (RNAi), highly parallel phenotyping of loss-of-function effects in cells has become feasible. One of the current challenges however is the computational categorization of visual phenotypes and the prediction of biological function and processes. In this study, we describe a combined computational and experimental approach to discover novel gene functions and explore functional relationships. We performed a genome-wide RNAi screen in human cells and used quantitative descriptors derived from high-throughput imaging to generate multiparametric phenotypic profiles. We show that profiles predicted functions of genes by phenotypic similarity. Specifically, we examined several candidates including the largely uncharacterized gene DONSON, which shared phenotype similarity with known factors of DNA damage response (DDR) and genomic integrity. Experimental evidence supports that DONSON is a novel centrosomal protein required for DDR signalling and genomic integrity. Multiparametric phenotyping by automated imaging and computational annotation is a powerful method for functional discovery and mapping the landscape of phenotypic responses to cellular perturbations.