Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria.
Cell Rep. 2021 Jun 22;35(12):109274. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109274.
Mosaic analysis with double markers (MADM) offers one approach to visualize and concomitantly manipulate genetically defined cells in mice with single-cell resolution. MADM applications include the analysis of lineage, single-cell morphology and physiology, genomic imprinting phenotypes, and dissection of cell-autonomous gene functions in vivo in health and disease. Yet, MADM can only be applied to <25% of all mouse genes on select chromosomes to date. To overcome this limitation, we generate transgenic mice with knocked-in MADM cassettes near the centromeres of all 19 autosomes and validate their use across organs. With this resource, >96% of the entire mouse genome can now be subjected to single-cell genetic mosaic analysis. Beyond a proof of principle, we apply our MADM library to systematically trace sister chromatid segregation in distinct mitotic cell lineages. We find striking chromosome-specific biases in segregation patterns, reflecting a putative mechanism for the asymmetric segregation of genetic determinants in somatic stem cell division.
双标记马赛克分析(MADM)提供了一种方法,可以在单细胞分辨率下可视化和同时操作遗传定义的小鼠细胞。MADM 的应用包括谱系分析、单细胞形态和生理学、基因组印迹表型以及在健康和疾病状态下体内解析细胞自主基因功能。然而,迄今为止,MADM 仅可应用于选择染色体上的 <25%的所有小鼠基因。为了克服这一限制,我们在所有 19 条常染色体的着丝粒附近生成了带有敲入 MADM 盒的转基因小鼠,并验证了它们在不同器官中的用途。有了这个资源,现在可以对 >96%的整个小鼠基因组进行单细胞遗传马赛克分析。除了证明原理之外,我们还应用我们的 MADM 文库来系统地追踪不同有丝分裂细胞谱系中的姐妹染色单体分离。我们发现分离模式存在明显的染色体特异性偏差,反映了遗传决定因素在体干细胞分裂中不对称分离的潜在机制。