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High-throughput targeted long-read single cell sequencing reveals the clonal and transcriptional landscape of lymphocytes

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Singh, Mandeep, Al-Eryani, Ghamdan, Carswell, Shaun, Ferguson, James M., Blackburn, James, Barton, Kirston, Roden, Daniel, Luciani, Fabio +6 more·2019·Nature Communications

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High-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing is a powerful technique but only generates short reads from one end of a cDNA template, limiting the reconstruction of highly diverse sequences such as antigen receptors. To overcome this limitation, we combined targeted capture and long-read sequencing of T-cell-receptor (TCR) and B-cell-receptor (BCR) mRNA transcripts with short-read transcriptome profiling of barcoded single-cell libraries generated by droplet-based partitioning. We show that Repertoire and Gene Expression by Sequencing (RAGE-Seq) can generate accurate full-length antigen receptor sequences at nucleotide resolution, infer B-cell clonal evolution and identify alternatively spliced BCR transcripts. We apply RAGE-Seq to 7138 cells sampled from the primary tumor and draining lymph node of a breast cancer patient to track transcriptome profiles of expanded lymphocyte clones across tissues. Our results demonstrate that RAGE-Seq is a powerful method for tracking the clonal evolution from large numbers of lymphocytes applicable to the study of immunity, autoimmunity and cancer.

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  • V(D)J regions of rearranged TCR/BCR mRNAs are located in the first ~500 nucleotides of the 5′ end of the transcripts.

    “The V(D)J regions of rearranged TCR and BCR mRNAs are located in the first ~500 nucleotides of the 5′ end of the transcripts”
  • Several methods have been published pairing gene expression with TCR sequences in single cells.

    “Several methods have been published pairing gene expression with TCR sequences in single cells89–92.”
  • Short-read scRNA-seq is not always sufficient to resolve genetic complexity of TCR/BCR isoforms while preserving accurate gene expression quantification at the 3′ end.

    “short-read scRNA-seq is not always sufficient to resolve the genetic complexity of these isoforms while preserving accurate gene expression quantification at the 3′ end of the transcripts90.”

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Singh, M., Al-Eryani, G., Carswell, S., Ferguson, J. M., Blackburn, J., Barton, K., Roden, D., Luciani, F., Giang Phan, T., Junankar, S., Jackson, K., Goodnow, C. C., Smith, M. A., & Swarbrick, A.
Affiliations
  • Garvan Institute of Medical Research (AU)
  • UNSW Sydney (AU)
Corresponding author
  • Goodnow, Christopher C.
  • Smith, Martin A.
  • Swarbrick, Alexander
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2019-07-16
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
3120-3120
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2958475422
Cited by
308
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 50 · 2022: 60 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 7
FWCI
13.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords
single-cell RNA sequencing, T cell receptor, B cell receptor, antigen receptor repertoire, alternative splicing, breast cancer, tumor-draining lymph nodes, clonal tracking
MeSH terms
Humans, Lymphocytes, Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Gene Expression Profiling, Single-Cell Analysis, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Clonal Evolution, Primary Cell Culture

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