微流控技术推动单细胞蛋白质组学和代谢组学的发展。
Advancing single-cell proteomics and metabolomics with microfluidic technologies.
机构信息
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, China.
出版信息
Analyst. 2019 Jan 28;144(3):846-858. doi: 10.1039/c8an01503a.
Recent advances in single-cell analysis have unraveled substantial heterogeneity among seemingly identical cells at genomic and transcriptomic levels. These discoveries have urged scientists to develop new tools that are capable of investigating single cells from a broader set of "omics". Proteomics and metabolomics, for instance, are of particular interest as they are closely correlated with a dynamic picture of cellular behaviors and phenotypic identities. The development of such tools requires highly efficient isolation and processing of a large number of individual cells, where techniques such as microfluidics are extremely useful. Here, we review the recent advances in single-cell proteomics and metabolomics, with a focus on microfluidics-based platforms. We highlight a vast array of emerging microfluidic formats for single-cell isolation and manipulation, and how the state-of-the-art analytical tools are coupled with such platforms for proteomic and metabolomic profiling.
单细胞分析的最新进展揭示了看似相同的细胞在基因组和转录组水平上存在着大量的异质性。这些发现促使科学家们开发新的工具,能够从更广泛的“组学”角度研究单细胞。蛋白质组学和代谢组学特别受关注,因为它们与细胞行为和表型特征的动态图景密切相关。这类工具的发展需要高效地分离和处理大量的单个细胞,而微流控技术在这方面非常有用。在这里,我们综述了基于微流控技术的单细胞蛋白质组学和代谢组学的最新进展。我们重点介绍了用于单细胞分离和操作的各种新兴微流控格式,以及最先进的分析工具如何与这些平台结合进行蛋白质组学和代谢组学分析。