Large particle fluorescence-activated cell sorting enables high quality single cell RNA-sequencing and functional analysis of adult cardiomyocytes
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ABSTRACT: Large particle fluorescence-activated cell sorting enables high quality single cell RNA-sequencing and functional analysis of adult cardiomyocytes
Project description:The use of single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) remains limited in cardiac pathology owing to technical difficulties associated with the isolation of single adult cardiomyocytes (CMs). Here, we investigated the capability of large-particle fluorescence-activated cell sorting (LP-FACS) for isolation of viable single adult CMs. We found that LP-FACS readily outperforms conventional FACS for isolation of structurally competent CMs, including large CMs. Additionally, LP-FACS enables isolation of fluorescent CMs from mosaic models. Importantly, the sorted CMs allow generation of high-quality scRNA-seq libraries. Unlike CMs isolated via previously utilized fluidic or manual methods, LP-FAC-isolated CMs generate libraries exhibiting normal levels of mitochondrial transcripts. Moreover, LP-FACS isolated CMs remain functionally competent and can be studied for contractile properties.
Project description:To date, there have been limited high quality libraries of cardiomyocyte maturation during the perinatal period, in part owing to the difficulty of isolating large perinatal cardiomyocytes. We previously developed a method utilizing large-particle fluorescent activated cell sorting (LP-FACS) to isolate adult cardiomyocytes for single cell RNA-seq (Kannan et al., Circ Res, 2019). We utilize this method to generate a reference of perinatal cardiomyocyte maturation.
Project description:Fast and selective isolation of single cells with unique spatial and morphological traits remains a technical challenge. We address this by establishing high speed image-enabled cell sorting (ICS), which records multicolor fluorescence images, and sorts cells based on measurements from image data at speeds up to 15,000 events per second. We combine ICS with CRISPR-pooled screens to identify novel regulators of the NF-κB pathway, enabling the completion of genome-wide image- based screens in around nine hours of run-time.
Project description:Novel fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) strategies to prospectively purify functionally distinct cell populations from the human myofiber-associated (hMFA) cell compartment, including human Skeletal Muscle Precursor cells (hSMPs): HSMPs, identified as CD45-Mac1-GlyA-CD31-CD34-CD56intITGA7hi hMFA cells, are highly enriched for cells expressing the satellite cell marker PAX7 and show efficient myogenic and lack adipogenic capacity. CD45-CD11b-GlyA-CD31-CD34+ hMFA cells (CD34+ cells) do not express PAX7, lack myogenic and exhibit adipogenic activity.
Project description:Dopamine transmission is a monoaminergic system involved in reward processing and motor control. Volume transmission is thought to be the main mechanism by which monoamines modulate effector transmission though synaptic structures are scarcely described. In the present work we aimed to unravel the cellular and molecular synaptome of single projection pathways (Zhu F, Cizeron M, Qiu Z, Benavides-Piccione R, Kopanitsa MV, Skene NG, Koniaris B, DeFelipe J, Fransén E, Komiyama NH & Grant SGN (2018) Architecture of the Mouse Brain Synaptome. Neuron 99: 781–799.e10). To that end, we established a workflow combining fluorescence tracing of the dopaminergic pathway, fluorescence activated synaptosome sorting and mass spectrometry-based proteomics. With this approach we provide the first ex-vivo model to thoroughly analyse the cellular and molecular organisation of dopaminergic synapses from mouse striatum.
Project description:Novel fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) strategies to prospectively purify functionally distinct cell populations from the human myofiber-associated (hMFA) cell compartment, including human Skeletal Muscle Precursor cells (hSMPs): HSMPs, identified as CD45-Mac1-GlyA-CD31-CD34-CD56intITGA7hi hMFA cells, are highly enriched for cells expressing the satellite cell marker PAX7 and show efficient myogenic and lack adipogenic capacity. CD45-CD11b-GlyA-CD31-CD34+ hMFA cells (CD34+ cells) do not express PAX7, lack myogenic and exhibit adipogenic activity. We used Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 microarrays to gain deeper insights into the molecular underpinnings functionally and phenotypically discrete human myofiber-associated cell subsets.
Project description:We discovered that mouse oocytes contain novel non-membrane-bound organelles which we named EndoLysosomal Vesicular Assemblies (ELVAs). ELVAs contain endolysosomal and autophagy vesicles as well as Proteasomes held together by a matrix protein. To discover the matrix protein holding ELVAs together we subjected mouse oocyte with fluorescently labelled ELVAs to mechanical lysis followed by Fluorescence-Activated Particle Sorting to enrich for ELVAs. Enriched ELVAs were then subjected to proteomics.
Project description:Changes in gene expression form a crucial part of the plant response to pathogen infection. Whole-leaf expression profiling has played a valuable role in identifying genes and processes that contribute to the interactions between the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and a diverse range of pathogens. However, for highly localised infections, such as downy mildew caused by the biotrophic oomycete pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Hpa), whole-leaf profiling may fail to capture the complete Arabidopsis response. Highly localised expression changes may be diluted by the comparative abundance of non-responding leaf cells or the Hpa oomycete evading detection by cells. Furthermore, local and systemic Hpa responses of a differing nature may become convoluted. To address this we applied the technique of Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS), typically used for analyzing plant abiotic responses, to the study of plant-pathogen interactions. Using the promoter of Downy Mildew Resistant 6 (DMR6) linked to GFP as a fluorescent marker of pathogen-contacting cells, we isolated Hpa-proximal and Hpa-distal cells from infected leaf samples using FACS, and measured global gene expression. The whole experiment was carried out in triplicate, with two time points (5 and 7 days post-inoculation) and three cell types (pathogen-proximal, pathogen-distal and uninfected control), totalling 18 microarrays. Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 with the transgene pDMR6:GFP was used for all experiments. Seedling populations were inoculated with 30,000-60,000 spores/ml of Hyaloperonospora arabidopsis strain Noks1 at 7 days old, and overground tissue sampled at 5 and 7 days post-inoculation. Protoplasts were generated from these samples according to Grønlund et al. 2012 JOVE, and sorted by fluorescence activated cell sorting into a GFP-positive (pathogen-proximal) and GFP-negative (pathogen-distal) population. As a control, uninfected seedlings were also sampled at 12 and 14 days old (equivalent age of 5 and 7 days post-inoculation), protoplasts generated and sorted to yield a GFP-negative population of uninfected control cells. Gene expression was analysed using NimbleGen 12 x 135K microarrays, designed for the TAIR10 genome. Data was normalised using the Robust Multichip Averaging algorithm.