Experiment / E3PLU2XXX3' UTR / RNA Stability MPRA (MPRAu)

MPRAu pooled CMS+GWAS 3′UTR variant screen in SK-N-SH

Genome-wide functional screen of 3′UTR variants uncovers causal variants for human disease and evolution

The pooled CMS+GWAS 100-bp reference/alternate 3′UTR library was assayed in SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cells using an episomal GFP reporter with a random hexamer barcode; steady-state RNA output was compared with plasmid DNA input across four transfections.

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Perturbation & assay details

Basal / Untreated

Episomal plasmid MPRAu: 100-bp human 3′UTR oligos centered on a reference/alternate variant were cloned downstream of GFP and adjacent to a random hexamer barcode. CMS+GWAS pooled library; reporter RNA was collected 48 hours after transfection and compared with plasmid DNA input using DESeq2.

Processed data

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Filters apply to this table only. The CSV download contains the complete processed table; filtered rows are available through the API.

Column dictionary · 49 definitions
mpra_variant_id
Unique MPRAu reference/alternate pair identifier, preserving the tested sequence background.
variant_id
Variant identifier independent of alternate sequence-background contexts.
variant_class
Source category: GWAS-linked, Rare GTEx, or CMS/selection or random control.
library_source
Array source used for the HEK293FT counts, or the pooled CMS+GWAS library used in the other cell types.
allelic_background
Reference background, alternate allelic background, or additional sequence context encoded by the source ID.
chromosome
hg19 chromosome.
variant_start_hg19
1-based hg19 start coordinate of the tested variant; filled from the source or an unambiguous coordinate-style variant ID.
variant_end_hg19
1-based hg19 end coordinate of the tested variant; blank when unresolved.
ref_allele
Reference allele used in the pair.
alt_allele
Alternate allele used in the pair.
strand
Source oligo strand.
gene_symbols
Comma-separated gene symbols annotated for the oligo.
gene_ids
Comma-separated Ensembl gene identifiers annotated for the oligo.
transcripts
Comma-separated Gencode transcript identifiers annotated for the oligo.
oligo_starts_hg19
Source hg19 oligo start coordinate(s), including comma-separated exon segments when applicable.
oligo_ends_hg19
Source hg19 oligo end coordinate(s), including comma-separated exon segments when applicable.
other_variants_in_oligo_window
Other variants or source indexing flags in the tested oligo window.
ref_oligo_id
Oligonucleotide construct identifier for the reference allele.
alt_oligo_id
Oligonucleotide construct identifier for the alternate allele.
gwas_tag_snps
GWAS Catalog tag SNPs linked to the tested variant.
gwas_traits
GWAS Catalog traits associated with the linked tag SNPs.
gwas_pmids
PubMed IDs for linked GWAS reports.
gwas_ld
Reported LD values for the tested variant/tag-SNP links.
gwas_pvalue_minus_log10
Reported -log10 GWAS p-values for linked tag SNPs.
gwas_odds_ratio
Reported odds ratios or effect estimates for linked tag SNPs.
gwas_risk_alleles
Reported risk alleles for linked tag SNPs.
rare_gene_id
Ensembl gene identifier for rare-variant annotation.
rare_median_z
Median expression outlier Z-score for the rare-variant annotation.
rare_outlier_class
Rare-variant expression-outlier/control class.
rare_river_score
RIVER rare-variant functionality score.
ref_mean_plasmid_count
Mean raw plasmid DNA count across applicable source replicates for the reference oligo.
alt_mean_plasmid_count
Mean raw plasmid DNA count across applicable source replicates for the alternate oligo.
mean_plasmid_count
Mean of the reference and alternate oligo plasmid counts used for package QC.
ref_mean_rna_count
Mean raw reporter RNA count across applicable source replicates for the reference oligo.
alt_mean_rna_count
Mean raw reporter RNA count across applicable source replicates for the alternate oligo.
ref_activity_log2fc
Published DESeq2 log2 fold-change for reference reporter RNA versus plasmid DNA.
ref_activity_lfcse
Published DESeq2 standard error for reference activity.
ref_activity_pvalue
Published DESeq2 p-value for reference activity.
ref_activity_padj
Published BH-adjusted p-value for reference activity.
alt_activity_log2fc
Published DESeq2 log2 fold-change for alternate reporter RNA versus plasmid DNA.
alt_activity_lfcse
Published DESeq2 standard error for alternate activity.
alt_activity_pvalue
Published DESeq2 p-value for alternate activity.
alt_activity_padj
Published BH-adjusted p-value for alternate activity.
allelic_skew_log2fc
Published DESeq2 log2 fold-change for the alternate-versus-reference allelic skew.
allelic_skew_lfcse
Published DESeq2 standard error for the allelic skew.
allelic_skew_pvalue
Published DESeq2 p-value for the allelic skew.
allelic_skew_padj
Published BH-adjusted p-value for the allelic skew.
tamvar
TRUE when the source allelic-skew BH-adjusted p-value is <0.1 in this cell type.
qc_pass
TRUE for rows retained after paired-allele plasmid-count and complete-statistic QC.

Quality control

The authors filtered barcode-flanking sequences and retained oligos with a BWA alignment score ≥0.95; they report roughly 70–330 unique hexamer barcodes per oligo per replicate and applied DESeq2 with median-of-ratios normalization. For this package, both allele constructs were required to have mean plasmid counts ≥20 across the applicable source replicates, and the target-cell skew log2FC, standard error, p-value, BH-adjusted p-value, and both allele activity estimates had to be present. 13912 of 15,266 MPRAu pair rows passed this filter.

Curation notes

The study transfected CMS and GWAS arrays separately in HEK293FT and used a pooled CMS+GWAS library in the other cell types. mpra_variant_id preserves the source-defined allelic sequence background; IDs ending in _2 are alternate-background tests. Some alternate-background records omit oligo genomic coordinates in the source workbook; when possible, variant positions were backfilled from the matching base variant or coordinate-style variant ID. The processed table has one row per reference/alternate comparison and includes mean raw counts for QC context.

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