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Full-length mRNA-Seq from single-cell levels of RNA and individual circulating tumor cells
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Genome-wide transcriptome analyses are routinely used to monitor tissue-, disease- and cell type–specific gene expression, but it has been technically challenging to generate expression profiles from single cells. Here we describe a robust mRNA-Seq protocol (Smart-Seq) that is applicable down to single cell levels. Compared with existing methods, Smart-Seq has improved read coverage across transcripts, which enhances detailed analyses of alternative transcript isoforms and identification of single-nucleotide polymorphisms. We determined the sensitivity and quantitative accuracy of Smart-Seq for single-cell transcriptomics by evaluating it on total RNA dilution series. We found that although gene expression estimates from single cells have increased noise, hundreds of differentially expressed genes could be identified using few cells per cell type. Applying Smart-Seq to circulating tumor cells from melanomas, we identified distinct gene expression patterns, including candidate biomarkers for melanoma circulating tumor cells. Our protocol will be useful for addressing fundamental biological problems requiring genome-wide transcriptome profiling in rare cells.
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“Newer protocols such as Smart-seq [173] and Smart-seq2 [174] have enabled us to work from very small amounts of starting mRNA that, with proper amplification, can be obtained from just a single cell.”
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- Authors
- Ramsköld, D., Luo, S., Wang, Y.-C., Li, R., Deng, Q., Faridani, O. R., Daniels, G. A., Khrebtukova, I., Loring, J. F., Laurent, L. C., Schroth, G. P., & Sandberg, R.
- Affiliations
- Ludwig Cancer Research (SE)
- Illumina (United States) (US)
- Scripps Research Institute (US)
- Moores Cancer Center (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Sandberg, Rickard
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Biotechnology
- Published
- 2012-07-22
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 777-782
- ISSN
- 0733-222X (ISSN-L)
- 1087-0156
- 1546-1696
- PMC
- PMC3467340
- OpenAlex
- W2121690903
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- 37.69
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- en
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- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R33MH087925)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K12HD001259)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- single-cell RNA sequencing, SMART-seq, alternative splicing, single nucleotide polymorphisms, stochastic gene expression, circulating tumor cells, melanoma, biomarkers
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Female, Humans, Melanoma, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating, RNA, Messenger, Sensitivity and Specificity, Gene Library, Cluster Analysis, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, Mice
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