Well-TEMP-seq as a microwell-based strategy for massively parallel profiling of single-cell temporal RNA dynamics.
Nat Commun
; 14(1): 1272, 2023 03 07.
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ABSTRACT
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) reveals the transcriptional heterogeneity of cells, but the static snapshots fail to reveal the time-resolved dynamics of transcription. Herein, we develop Well-TEMP-seq, a high-throughput, cost-effective, accurate, and efficient method for massively parallel profiling the temporal dynamics of single-cell gene expression. Well-TEMP-seq combines metabolic RNA labeling with scRNA-seq method Well-paired-seq to distinguish newly transcribed RNAs marked by T-to-C substitutions from pre-existing RNAs in each of thousands of single cells. The Well-paired-seq chip ensures a high single cell/barcoded bead pairing rate (~80%) and the improved alkylation chemistry on beads greatly alleviates chemical conversion-induced cell loss (~67.5% recovery). We further apply Well-TEMP-seq to profile the transcriptional dynamics of colorectal cancer cells exposed to 5-AZA-CdR, a DNA-demethylating drug. Well-TEMP-seq unbiasedly captures the RNA dynamics and outperforms the splicing-based RNA velocity method. We anticipate that Well-TEMP-seq will be broadly applicable to unveil the dynamics of single-cell gene expression in diverse biological processes.
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