Single-cell m6A profiling reveals mRNA methylation heterogeneity and unique cellular m6A signatures
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ABSTRACT: We used DART-seq to map m6A methylation of RNA in single HEK293T cells. We also used DART-seq to map m6A from bulk RNA from HEK293T cells. Using the 10X Genomics and SMART-seq2 platforms, we sequenced a total of 19,533 experimental and control cells using the 10X Genomics platform, and 1,471 experimental and control cells using SMART-seq2. We then used a Bullseye, a computational pipeline developed within the lab, to identify m6A sites from the C-to-U mutations in bulk and single-cell datasets. We find that most m6A methylation is highly heterogenous from cell-to-cell. RNAs containing m6A methylation, are infrequently methylated, and that most individual sites are rarely methylated within the population. Additionally, we are able to identify differentially methylated RNAs in different cellular states from within a single population, and use m6A methylation information to perform clustering of single cells to find a source of novel cellular heterogeneity.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE180954 | GEO | 2022/01/25
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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