单细胞三重组学测序揭示了肝细胞癌中的基因、表观遗传和转录组异质性。
Single-cell triple omics sequencing reveals genetic, epigenetic, and transcriptomic heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinomas.
作者信息
Hou Yu, Guo Huahu, Cao Chen, Li Xianlong, Hu Boqiang, Zhu Ping, Wu Xinglong, Wen Lu, Tang Fuchou, Huang Yanyi, Peng Jirun
机构信息
Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Department of Surgery, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, China.
出版信息
Cell Res. 2016 Mar;26(3):304-19. doi: 10.1038/cr.2016.23. Epub 2016 Feb 23.
Single-cell genome, DNA methylome, and transcriptome sequencing methods have been separately developed. However, to accurately analyze the mechanism by which transcriptome, genome and DNA methylome regulate each other, these omic methods need to be performed in the same single cell. Here we demonstrate a single-cell triple omics sequencing technique, scTrio-seq, that can be used to simultaneously analyze the genomic copy-number variations (CNVs), DNA methylome, and transcriptome of an individual mammalian cell. We show that large-scale CNVs cause proportional changes in RNA expression of genes within the gained or lost genomic regions, whereas these CNVs generally do not affect DNA methylation in these regions. Furthermore, we applied scTrio-seq to 25 single cancer cells derived from a human hepatocellular carcinoma tissue sample. We identified two subpopulations within these cells based on CNVs, DNA methylome, or transcriptome of individual cells. Our work offers a new avenue of dissecting the complex contribution of genomic and epigenomic heterogeneities to the transcriptomic heterogeneity within a population of cells.
单细胞基因组、DNA甲基化组和转录组测序方法已分别得到开发。然而,为了准确分析转录组、基因组和DNA甲基化组相互调控的机制,这些组学方法需要在同一个单细胞中进行。在此,我们展示了一种单细胞三重组学测序技术,即scTrio-seq,它可用于同时分析单个哺乳动物细胞的基因组拷贝数变异(CNV)、DNA甲基化组和转录组。我们发现大规模CNV会导致获得或丢失的基因组区域内基因的RNA表达发生成比例变化,而这些CNV通常不会影响这些区域的DNA甲基化。此外,我们将scTrio-seq应用于来自人类肝细胞癌组织样本的25个单个癌细胞。我们基于单个细胞的CNV、DNA甲基化组或转录组在这些细胞中鉴定出两个亚群。我们的工作为剖析基因组和表观基因组异质性对细胞群体中转录组异质性的复杂贡献提供了一条新途径。