| DigiTAG–a RNA Sequencing Approach to Analyze Transcriptomes of Rare Cell Populations in Drosophila melanogaster
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2020-11-05
[Abstract] Cell-type specific transcriptional programs underlie the development and maintenance of organs. Not only distinct cell types within a tissue, even cells with supposedly identical cell fates show a high degree of transcriptional heterogeneity. Inevitable, low cell numbers are a major hurdle to study transcriptomes of pure cell populations. Here we describe DigiTAG, a high-throughput method that combines transposase fragmentation and molecular barcoding to retrieve high quality transcriptome data of rare cell types in Drosophila melanogaster. The protocol showcases how DigiTAG can be used to analyse the transcriptome of rare neural stem cells (type II neuroblasts) of Drosophila larval brains, but can also be utilized for other cell types or model systems.
[摘要] [摘要]细胞类型的特定转录程序是器官的发育和维持的基础。不仅组织内不同的细胞类型,甚至具有相同细胞命运的细胞也显示出高度的转录异质性。不可避免的是,低细胞数量是研究纯细胞群体转录组的主要障碍。在这里,我们介绍DigiTAG ,这是一种高通量方法,将转座酶片段化和分子条形码相结合,以检索果蝇中稀有细胞类型的高质量转录组数据。该协议展示了DigiTAG如何可用于分析果蝇幼虫的罕见神经干细胞(II型成神经细胞)的转录组 大脑,但也可以用于其他细胞类型或模型系统。
[背景]在发育过程中,不同细胞类型之间的过渡与组织稳态之间的关系是由大量转录因子及其诱导的转录变化所精心安排的。在过去的十年中,RNA测序(RNA- seq )已成为测量整个基因组转录动力学的经典方法(Stark等,2019)。组织上的大量RNA序列不允许研究不同细胞群体的转录网络,特别是稀有细胞类型的转录网络。因此,需要提供低输入样品高质量转录组的RNA- seq方案。
在果蝇中,有限的材料通常构成分析特定组织或细胞类型的障碍。果蝇神经干细胞(称为神经母细胞)很好地说明了这一点(Homem和Knoblich ,2012)。存在成神经细胞的几个不同的亚群。例如,在果蝇的幼虫大脑中,只有16种II型成神经细胞产生神经元,神经元支配了运动和感觉处理所需的大脑区域(Walsh and ...
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| Low-cost and High-throughput RNA-seq Library Preparation for Illumina Sequencing from Plant Tissue
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2020-10-20
[Abstract] Transcriptome analysis can provide clues to biological processes affected in different genetic backgrounds or/and under various conditions. The price of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) has decreased enough so that medium- to large-scale transcriptome analyses in a range of conditions are feasible. However, the price and variety of options for library preparation of RNA-seq can still be daunting to those who would like to use RNA-seq for their first time or for a single experiment. Among the criteria for selecting a library preparation protocol are the method of RNA isolation, nucleotide fragmentation to obtain desired size range, and library indexing to pool sequencing samples for multiplexing. Here, we present a high-quality and a high-throughput option for preparing libraries from ...
[摘要] [摘要] 转录组分析可以为不同遗传背景或不同条件下的生物学过程提供线索。RNA测序(RNA-seq)的价格已经下降到足够低的程度,因此在各种条件下进行中大规模转录组分析是可行的。然而,对于那些希望第一次使用RNA-seq或进行单个实验的人来说,RNA-seq库制备的价格和各种选择仍然是令人望而生畏的。选择文库制备方案的标准包括RNA分离方法、核苷酸片段化以获得所需的大小范围,以及文库索引以汇集测序样本进行多路复用。在这里,我们提出了一个高质量和高通量的选择,从多聚腺苷酸mRNA制备文库用于转录组分析。高质量和高通量的方案选择都包括通过磁珠使poly-A尾部沉淀,cDNA合成,然后通过Tn5介导的“标记”同时裂解和添加适配器的步骤。该方案的所有步骤均已通过拟南芥叶片和幼苗组织的验证,并简化为协同工作,在资金和时间上成本最低,因此旨在为转录组分析提供一个初学者友好的从开始到完成的RNA序列库制备。 [背景] 通过Southern印迹、expressed sequence ...
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| Probe-Seq: Method for RNA Sequencing of Specific Cell Types from Animal Tissue
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2020-09-20
[Abstract] Most organs and tissues are composed of many types of cells. To characterize cellular state, various transcription profiling approaches are currently available, including whole-tissue bulk RNA sequencing, single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq), and cell type-specific RNA sequencing. What is missing in this repertoire is a simple, versatile method for bulk transcriptional profiling of cell types for which cell type-specific genetic markers or antibodies are not readily available. We therefore developed Probe-Seq, which uses hybridization of gene-specific probes to RNA markers for isolation of specific types of cells, to enable downstream FACS isolation and bulk RNA sequencing. We show that this method can enable isolation and profiling of specific cell types from mouse retina, frozen human ...
[摘要] [摘要 ] 大多数器官和组织由许多类型的细胞组成。为了表征细胞状态,目前可以使用各种转录分析方法,包括全组织体RNA测序,单细胞RNA测序(scRNA -Seq)和特定于细胞类型的RNA测序。在此库中缺少的是一种简单,通用的方法,无法批量获得细胞类型的特定基因标记或抗体,因此无法批量转录。因此,我们开发了Probe-Seq,该探针使用基因特异性探针与RNA标记的杂交来分离特定类型的细胞,以实现下游FACS分离和大量RNA测序。我们表明,该方法可以实现从小鼠视网膜,冷冻人视网膜,果蝇中肠和发育中的雏鸡视网膜中分离和分析特定细胞类型的特征,这表明它对大多数生物很有用。
[背景技术 [ 0002 ] 在过去的二十年中,使用RNA-Seq和微阵列进行转录谱分析已在生物学研究中无处不在。分析现在是用来了解大多数生物体中细胞和细胞状态的主要工具之一。它被用于正常发育,异常发育和疾病的研究,并极大地扩展了我们对进化关系的理解。特别地,scRNA- Seq已经以前所未有的速度导致了新型细胞类型的鉴定(Picelli 等,2013;Jaitin 等,2014; Klein 等,2015; Macosko 等,2015)。为了更深入地了解这些新描述的细胞类型,一种无需转基因标记或特异性抗原即可将其分离的方法将大有裨益。尽管可以使用scRNA ...
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