Evaluating Variants of Uncertain Significance in Adult Knock-in Zebrafish: A Proof of Concept with a COL1A2 Variant
Vanhooydonck, M.; Debaenst, S.; Vanbelleghem, E.; De Saffel, H.; Syx, D.; Sips, P.; Coucke, P. J.; Willaert, A.; Callewaert, B.
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Genomic variants of uncertain significance (VUS) impede clinical decision-making. In this study, we use a knock-in strategy in zebrafish to evaluate the COL1A2 c.2123G>A VUS, identified in a 59-year-old female with recurrent fractures. Using prime editing, we obtained different zebrafish lines respectively harboring the VUS, a known pathogenic variant, or a known benign variant. Comprehensive skeletal phenotyping revealed no significant abnormalities in the zebrafish modeling the benign variant and the VUS, while zebrafish modeling the pathogenic variant showed scoliosis of the vertebral column, vertebral fusions, vertebral compressions, fractures, and increased mineralization of the notochord and intervertebral ligament. Our findings demonstrate for the first time, that COL1A2 variant modeling in zebrafish models informs functional validation and shows potential for elucidating associated pathogenic mechanisms. This approach can be extended to study VUS in other genes.
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