Experiment / E008VW64ZAAV-MPRA / in vivo MPRA

HaCaT PGK AAV-STARR-CRAAVT enhancer screen

STARR-CRAAVT: A platform to identify cell type-specific regulatory elements for next-generation gene therapy

The PGK AAV-STARR-CRAAVT candidate library was transduced into HaCaT cells with AAV6.2 across three replicate wells at MOI 100,000 viral genomes per cell. Matched cellular DNA and RNA/cDNA counts quantify candidate representation and self-transcribed regulatory activity after 72 h.

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Perturbation & assay details

Basal / Untreated

STARR-CRAAVT captured candidate-containing fragments from sheared human genomic DNA with Agilent SureSelectXT, cloned them into an AAV-STARR-seq transfer plasmid, and packaged the PGK library in AAV6.2. HaCaT cells were transduced at MOI 100,000 viral genomes per cell and harvested after 72 h; matched cellular DNA and poly(A)-enriched RNA/cDNA were sequenced as paired-end 76+8+8+76 reads on an Illumina NextSeq 500. Reads were mapped to hg38, uniquely mapped target-region fragments were counted, and RNA/DNA activity was used as the enhancer-strength readout.

Processed data

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Column dictionary · 32 definitions
element_id
Candidate genomic fragment identifier from the raw GEO Genomic_Region field; coordinates and sequence were not deposited in this matrix.
normalized_matrix_element_id
Identifier used for the matching row in the GEO normalized matrix; two minP/4.26 tile IDs differ between the raw and normalized files and are explicitly mapped here.
cell_type
Human cell line used for the cellular DNA/RNA screen.
promoter
STARR-CRAAVT promoter in the library: 32-bp minimal TATA-box promoter (minP), 276-bp alpha-fetoprotein promoter (AFP), or 511-bp phosphoglycerate kinase promoter (PGK).
delivery_mode
Construct delivery condition.
input_library
Input count source used for the library-level raw input column.
input_raw_count
Raw featureCounts read count for the corresponding plasmid or AAV input library.
dna_raw_rep1
Raw featureCounts count from cellular DNA replicate 1; used to assess candidate library representation.
rna_raw_rep1
Raw featureCounts count from cellular RNA/cDNA replicate 1; self-transcribed reporter output.
dna_normalized_rep1
GEO-supplied normalized cellular DNA count for replicate 1.
rna_normalized_rep1
GEO-supplied normalized cellular RNA/cDNA count for replicate 1.
dna_raw_rep2
Raw featureCounts count from cellular DNA replicate 2; used to assess candidate library representation.
rna_raw_rep2
Raw featureCounts count from cellular RNA/cDNA replicate 2; self-transcribed reporter output.
dna_normalized_rep2
GEO-supplied normalized cellular DNA count for replicate 2.
rna_normalized_rep2
GEO-supplied normalized cellular RNA/cDNA count for replicate 2.
dna_raw_rep3
Raw featureCounts count from cellular DNA replicate 3; used to assess candidate library representation.
rna_raw_rep3
Raw featureCounts count from cellular RNA/cDNA replicate 3; self-transcribed reporter output.
dna_normalized_rep3
GEO-supplied normalized cellular DNA count for replicate 3.
rna_normalized_rep3
GEO-supplied normalized cellular RNA/cDNA count for replicate 3.
dna_detected_reps
Number of eligible DNA replicates with raw count > 0; package QC required at least 2.
rna_detected_reps
Number of eligible RNA/cDNA replicates with raw count > 0; reported descriptively and not used as a filter because zero RNA can represent low or repressive activity.
dna_mean_raw_count
Arithmetic mean raw cellular DNA count across eligible replicates.
rna_mean_raw_count
Arithmetic mean raw cellular RNA/cDNA count across eligible replicates.
dna_mean_normalized_count
Arithmetic mean of GEO-supplied normalized cellular DNA counts.
rna_mean_normalized_count
Arithmetic mean of GEO-supplied normalized cellular RNA/cDNA counts.
log2_activity_rep1
Package-derived replicate activity score log2((normalized RNA/cDNA + 1) / (normalized DNA + 1)) for replicate 1; the +1 pseudocount avoids undefined values at zero.
log2_activity_rep2
Package-derived replicate activity score log2((normalized RNA/cDNA + 1) / (normalized DNA + 1)) for replicate 2; the +1 pseudocount avoids undefined values at zero.
log2_activity_rep3
Package-derived replicate activity score log2((normalized RNA/cDNA + 1) / (normalized DNA + 1)) for replicate 3; the +1 pseudocount avoids undefined values at zero.
log2_activity_mean
Arithmetic mean of the replicate-level package-derived log2 activity scores; a proxy for the paper-described RNA/DNA log2FC because GEO did not provide per-element DESeq2 results.
log2_activity_sd
Sample standard deviation of the replicate-level package-derived log2 activity scores.
activity_class
Descriptive class: enhancer_like if mean activity > 1, repressive_like if < -1, otherwise neutral_or_weak.
study_enhancer_threshold
Boolean flag for mean package-derived activity > 1, matching the paper’s nominal enhancer activity cutoff but not its adjusted-p-value requirement.

Quality control

The authors mapped paired-end reads to hg38 with bowtie2 v2.2.9, retained uniquely mapped reads with samtools, quantified reads overlapping capture-library target regions with featureCounts, and used MAPQ ≥30 for fragment-level analyses. Their comparative analysis removed candidates detected in only one replicate before pooling. Package QC retained 8821 of 15379 candidate rows by requiring raw cellular DNA count >0 in at least 2 of 3 available replicate wells and finite GEO-normalized cellular DNA/RNA values. RNA-positive filtering was not applied because zero reporter RNA is biologically interpretable as low or repressive activity. The paper’s enhancer definition also required RNA/DNA log2FC >1 and adjusted p<0.05; GEO released count matrices but not per-element DESeq2 p-values, so the table’s study_enhancer_threshold flag is only the nominal >1 activity cutoff and does not claim statistical significance.

Curation notes

Processed from GSE298485 raw and normalized count matrices. GEO sample accessions used: cellular DNA GSM9015205, GSM9015206, GSM9015207; cellular RNA/cDNA GSM9015228, GSM9015229, GSM9015230. The raw matrix contains 15,379 candidate fragment identifiers but no genomic coordinates or sequences, so element_id is retained exactly as deposited. The normalized matrix uses HCConly_minP_tile300/1100 where the raw matrix uses HCConly_426_tile300/1100; normalized_matrix_element_id preserves that alias mapping. Package-derived activity is the mean of replicate log2((normalized RNA/cDNA +1)/(normalized DNA +1)) scores; it is provided for consistent cross-condition comparison and should not be confused with the authors’ DESeq2 log2FoldChange. QC-retained rows are listed in source order.

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