Journal: medRxiv
Article Title: Modelling Acral Melanoma in Admixed Brazilians Uncovers Genomic Drivers and Targetable Pathways
doi: 10.1101/2025.08.08.25332963
Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Overview of the genome-wide CRISPR knockout screens performed in AM-PDX-derived cell lines. Scheme was produced using Biorender.com. B) Waterfall plot illustrating genes identified as common dependencies in AM007 and AM016 through BAGEL analysis, ranked by their scaled Log Fold Change (sLFC). Selected genes are shown. Dotted lines indicate a significant threshold (0.05 < sLFC < −0.05). C) Comparison of genes identified as essential in acral melanoma (AM, n=5 cell lines) and other tumour types (pan-cancer, n=1010 cell lines) using DepMap datasets (p < 0.05, Mann-Whitney U test). D) Venn diagram showing the overlap of specific dependencies identified in acral, cutaneous, and uveal melanoma, as described in panels C and D. E) Comparison between genes identified as essential in AM (n=5 cell lines) with genes in cutaneous (CM, n=56 cell lines) and uveal melanoma (UM, n=10 cell lines) using DepMap datasets (p < 0.05, Mann-Whitney U test). For panels C and D, only genes identified as more essential in AM are shown. Box plot features: centre line = median; box limits = upper and lower quartiles; whiskers = 1.5x interquartile range; points = outliers.
Article Snippet: The Human Improved Genome-wide Knockout CRISPR Library v1.1, a gift from Kosuke Yusa (Addgene, 67989), was packaged into lentivirus in HEK293T cells, and BFP expression was used for titration.
Techniques: Genome Wide, CRISPR, Knock-Out, Derivative Assay, Produced, Comparison, MANN-WHITNEY