Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes

Kuderna, Lukas FK, Ulirsch, Jacob C, Rashid, Sabrina, Ameen, Mohamed, Sundaram, Laksshman, Hickey, Glenn, Cox, Anthony J, Gao, Hong, Kumar, Arvind, Aguet, Francois, Christmas, Matthew J, Clawson, Hiram, Haeussler, Maximilian, Janiak, Mareike C, Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D, Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rouselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S, Horvath, Julie E, Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G, de Melo, Fabiano R, Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, da Silva, Maria NF, Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J, Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J, Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H, Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D, Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D, Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C, Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D, Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin MD, Karakikes, Ioannis, Wang, Kevin C, Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P, Siepel, Adam, Kundaje, Anshul, Paten, Benedict, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marques Bonet, Tomas, Farh, Kyle Kai-How (November 2023) Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes. Nature. ISSN 0028-0836

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Abstract

Noncoding DNA is central to our understanding of human gene regulation and complex diseases1,2, and measuring the evolutionary sequence constraint can establish the functional relevance of putative regulatory elements in the human genome3-9. Identifying the genomic elements that have become constrained specifically in primates has been hampered by the faster evolution of noncoding DNA compared to protein-coding DNA10, the relatively short timescales separating primate species11, and the previously limited availability of whole-genome sequences12. Here we construct a whole-genome alignment of 239 species, representing nearly half of all extant species in the primate order. Using this resource, we identified human regulatory elements that are under selective constraint across primates and other mammals at a 5% false discovery rate. We detected 111,318 DNase I hypersensitivity sites and 267,410 transcription factor binding sites that are constrained specifically in primates but not across other placental mammals and validate their cis-regulatory effects on gene expression. These regulatory elements are enriched for human genetic variants that affect gene expression and complex traits and diseases. Our results highlight the important role of recent evolution in regulatory sequence elements differentiating primates, including humans, from other placental mammals.

Item Type:	Paper
Subjects:	bioinformatics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics organism description > animal bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > genomes organism description > animal > mammal organism description > animal > mammal > primates
CSHL Authors:	Siepel, Adam
Communities:	CSHL labs > Siepel lab
SWORD Depositor:	CSHL Elements
Depositing User:	CSHL Elements
Date:	29 November 2023
Date Deposited:	20 Dec 2023 19:04
Last Modified:	20 Dec 2023 19:04
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URI:	https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/41337

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