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SCoPE-MS: mass spectrometry of single mammalian cells quantifies proteome heterogeneity during cell differentiation

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Budnik, Bogdan, Levy, Ezra, Harmange, Guillaume, Slavov, Nikolai·2018·Genome Biology

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Some exciting biological questions require quantifying thousands of proteins in single cells. To achieve this goal, we develop Single Cell ProtEomics by Mass Spectrometry (SCoPE-MS) and validate its ability to identify distinct human cancer cell types based on their proteomes. We use SCoPE-MS to quantify over a thousand proteins in differentiating mouse embryonic stem cells. The single-cell proteomes enable us to deconstruct cell populations and infer protein abundance relationships. Comparison between single-cell proteomes and transcriptomes indicates coordinated mRNA and protein covariation, yet many genes exhibit functionally concerted and distinct regulatory patterns at the mRNA and the protein level.

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  • Single-cell proteomics still faces limitations such as lower proteome coverage and higher per-sample cost.

    “However, single-cell proteomics still faces limitations such as lower proteome coverage and higher per-sample cost184,185.”

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    The Background and Discussion support lower proteome coverage: bulk LC-MS/MS quantifies thousands of proteins, whereas this single-cell implementation quantified mostly abundant proteins. The Discussion reports a cost of $15–30 per cell, but gives no comparative per-sample cost, so the claim that it is higher is not established by this paper. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • SCoPE-MS and SCoPE2 use mass spectrometry and have no available integration method with other omics.

    “SCoPE-MS and SCoPE2 are such methods using mass spectrometry, but they have no available integration method with other omics, leaving room for future development72,73.”

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  1. [38]Budnik B Levy E Harmange G Slavov N Mass-spectrometry of single mammalian cells quantifies proteome heterogeneity during cell differentiation 2018 PMC6196420 30343672
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Authors
Budnik, B., Levy, E., Harmange, G., & Slavov, N.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Northeastern University (US)
Venue
Genome Biology
Published
2018-10-22
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
161-161
ISSN
  • 1465-6906 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-760X
OpenAlex
W2951821937
Cited by
832
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 87 · 2025: 95 · 2024: 122 · 2023: 124 · 2022: 110 · 2021: 125 · 2020: 88 · 2019: 53 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 5 · 2015: 1
FWCI
31.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Genome biology (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)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (1DP2GM123497-01)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Keywords
single-cell proteomics, mass spectrometry, cell differentiation, mouse embryonic stem cells, transcriptome comparison, protein abundance
MeSH terms
Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Humans, Mammals, RNA, Messenger, Mass Spectrometry, Proteome, Principal Component Analysis, Proteomics, Mice, Single-Cell Analysis

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