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Area of Science:

  • Genomics and Molecular Biology
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Cis-regulatory elements (CREs), including promoters and enhancers, control gene expression through specific DNA sequences.
  • CRE activity depends on the arrangement, composition, and spacing of transcription factor (TF) binding motifs.
  • There is a growing need for synthetic CREs with tailored properties for applications in biomanufacturing and advanced therapies like cell and gene therapy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce regLM, a novel computational framework for designing synthetic CREs with predictable and desired functional properties.
  • To enable the creation of CREs with specific activity levels (high, low) or cell type-specific expression patterns.
  • To leverage autoregressive language models and supervised sequence-to-function models for CRE design.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the regLM framework integrating autoregressive language models with supervised sequence-to-function models.
  • Utilized regLM to design synthetic yeast promoters and human enhancers with cell type-specific activity.
  • Employed computational models to predict the functionality and biological relevance of the designed synthetic CREs.

Main Results:

  • Successfully designed synthetic yeast promoters and human enhancers with targeted activity profiles using the regLM framework.
  • Demonstrated that the computationally designed CREs are predicted to exhibit the desired functionality.
  • Showed that the synthetic CREs possess biological features comparable to experimentally validated natural CREs.

Conclusions:

  • regLM provides an effective computational approach for designing synthetic cis-regulatory elements with specific functional characteristics.
  • The framework facilitates the creation of realistic regulatory DNA sequences for diverse biotechnological and therapeutic applications.
  • regLM offers valuable insights into the complex cis-regulatory code governing gene expression.