微量穿刺FFPE样本的高通量单核RNA分析揭示癌症的时空异质性
High-Throughput Single-Nucleus RNA Profiling of Minimal Puncture FFPE Samples Reveals Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Cancer.
作者信息
Jiang Weiqin, Zhang Xiang, Xu Ziye, Cheng Qing, Li Xiaohan, Zhu Yuyi, Lu Fangru, Dong Ling, Zeng Linghui, Zhong Weixiang, Wang Yongcheng, Fan Longjiang, Chen Hongyu
机构信息
Department of Colorectal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
出版信息
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Jan;12(4):e2410713. doi: 10.1002/advs.202410713. Epub 2024 Dec 4.
Puncture biopsy, especially those preserved by formalin fixed paraffin embedding (FFPE) samples, play an important role in various research purposes. Diverse single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) techniques have been developed for FFPE samples, however, how to perform high-throughput snRNA-seq on small FFPE puncture samples is still a challenge. Here, the previously developed snRNA-seq technique (snRandom-seq) is optimized by implementing a pre-indexing procedure for the minimal puncture FFPE samples. In analyzing 20 samples from various solid tumors, optimized snRandom-seq still detected ≈17 000 genes and 12 000 long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), achieving precise clustering based on tissue origin. A head-to-head comparison with 10× Genomics on fresh biopsy samples showed a similar gene detection rate, with significantly enhanced lncRNA detection, indicating that the optimized snRandom-seq technique maintains its established gene detection advantages even when applied to small samples. Utilizing 7 puncture FFPE samples of liver metastases from 3 colorectal cancer patients pre- and post-immunotherapy, the cellular developmental trajectories are reconstructed and revealed dynamic spatiotemporal heterogeneity during treatment, including insights into pseudoprogression of immunotherapy. Therefore, the optimized snRandom-seq offers a solution for high-throughput single-cell RNA and non-coding RNA analysis in minimal puncture FFPE sample.
穿刺活检,尤其是那些通过福尔马林固定石蜡包埋(FFPE)样本保存的活检,在各种研究目的中发挥着重要作用。针对FFPE样本已经开发了多种单核RNA测序(snRNA-seq)技术,然而,如何在小的FFPE穿刺样本上进行高通量snRNA-seq仍然是一个挑战。在此,通过对最小穿刺FFPE样本实施预索引程序,对先前开发的snRNA-seq技术(snRandom-seq)进行了优化。在分析来自各种实体瘤的20个样本时,优化后的snRandom-seq仍检测到约17000个基因和12000个长链非编码RNA(lncRNA),实现了基于组织来源的精确聚类。与10× Genomics在新鲜活检样本上进行的直接比较显示基因检测率相似,lncRNA检测显著增强,这表明优化后的snRandom-seq技术即使应用于小样本也能保持其既定的基因检测优势。利用3例结直肠癌患者免疫治疗前后的7个肝转移穿刺FFPE样本,重建了细胞发育轨迹,揭示了治疗过程中的动态时空异质性,包括对免疫治疗假性进展的深入了解。因此,优化后的snRandom-seq为在最小穿刺FFPE样本中进行高通量单细胞RNA和非编码RNA分析提供了一种解决方案。