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Perturb-Seq: Dissecting Molecular Circuits with Scalable Single-Cell RNA Profiling of Pooled Genetic Screens

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Genetic screens help infer gene function in mammalian cells, but it has remained difficult to assay complex phenotypes-such as transcriptional profiles-at scale. Here, we develop Perturb-seq, combining single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based perturbations to perform many such assays in a pool. We demonstrate Perturb-seq by analyzing 200,000 cells in immune cells and cell lines, focusing on transcription factors regulating the response of dendritic cells to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Perturb-seq accurately identifies individual gene targets, gene signatures, and cell states affected by individual perturbations and their genetic interactions. We posit new functions for regulators of differentiation, the anti-viral response, and mitochondrial function during immune activation. By decomposing many high content measurements into the effects of perturbations, their interactions, and diverse cell metadata, Perturb-seq dramatically increases the scope of pooled genomic assays.

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Authors
Dixit, A., Parnas, O., Li, B., Chen, J., Fulco, C. P., Jerby-Arnon, L., Marjanovic, N. D., Dionne, D., Burks, T., Raychowdhury, R., Adamson, B., Norman, T. M., Lander, E. S., Weissman, J. S., Friedman, N., & Regev, A.
Affiliations
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • QB3 (US)
Corresponding author
Regev, Aviv
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
167
Issue
7
Pages
1853-1866.e17
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2561754210
Cited by
1,863
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 324 · 2025: 279 · 2024: 229 · 2023: 195 · 2022: 180 · 2021: 169 · 2020: 159 · 2019: 126 · 2018: 107 · 2017: 87 · 2016: 2
FWCI
55.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • NDSEG Fellowship
  • NIH (T32GM87232)
  • Klarman Cell Observatory
  • NHGRI (RM1HG006193)
  • HHMI
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Keywords
Perturb-seq, single-cell RNA sequencing, gene expression profiling, gene regulatory networks, transcription factor regulation, dendritic cells, lipopolysaccharide response, immune activation, genetic interactions, mitochondrial function, antiviral response
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Cycle, Feedback, Humans, Mice, Transgenic, Transcription Factors, Sequence Analysis, RNA, K562 Cells, Gene Expression Profiling, Mice, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Single-Cell Analysis, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

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