Oral Presentation Multi-Omics Inaugural Conference 2022

Framework for therapeutic target discovery and multi-omic supported individualized medicine (#52)

Cindy Lawley 1 , Wen Jing Sim 2 , Rocky Choi 2 , Philippa Pettingill 3 , Klev Diamanti 3 , Lotta Wik 3 , Niklas Nordberg 3 , John Broberg 3 , Johan Björkesten 3 , Erika Assarsson 3 , Sara Henriksson 3 , Ida Grundberg 3 , Christina Westerberg 3 , Elin Liljeroth 3 , Adam Falck 3 , Martin Lundberg 3 , Lasse Folkersen 4 , Anders Mälarstig 5
  1. Population Health, Olink, San Francisco, USA
  2. Business Development, Olink, Singapore
  3. R&D, Olink, Uppsala, Sweden
  4. Data Science, My Nucleus, New York, NY, USA
  5. Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Understanding the dynamics of the human proteome is crucial for identifying biomarkers to be used as measurable indicators for disease severity and progression, patient stratification, and drug development.  These data also amplify power to detect genetic-supported therapeutic target discovery.  The Proximity Extension Assay (PEA) is a technology that translates protein information into actionable insights across large samples sizes in both healthy and disease samples.   The high-throughput nature of the assay is enabled by linking protein-specific antibodies to DNA-encoded tags that can be read out on a next generation sequencer.   We have combined the PEA technology with automated sample preparation and a high-throughput sequencing readout for parallel measurement of ~3,000 proteins for up to 384 samples at a time, generating over 1 million datapoints per run.   Characterizing the proteome alongside genetic and clinical data enables a pQTL framework to not only validate known clinical targets and identify new clinical targets but to also suggest repurposing opportunities of clinical candidates for new indications.  Here we will summarize results where proteomics is impacting large population health studies (e.g., UK Biobank, SCALLOP) to advance precision and personalized medicine.