Lobato-Moreno Sara, Yildiz Umut, Claringbould Annique, Servaas Nila H, Vlachou Evi P, Arnold Christian, Bauersachs Hanke Gwendolyn, Campos-Fornés Víctor, Kim Minyoung, Berest Ivan, Prummel Karin D, Noh Kyung-Min, Marttinen Mikael, Zaugg Judith B
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Molecular Systems Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
Nat Methods. 2025 May 26. doi: 10.1038/s41592-025-02700-8.
Enhancers and transcription factors (TFs) are crucial in regulating cellular processes. Current multiomic technologies to study these elements in gene regulatory mechanisms lack multiplexing capability and scalability. Here we present single-cell ultra-high-throughput multiplexed sequencing (SUM-seq) for co-assaying chromatin accessibility and gene expression in single nuclei. SUM-seq enables profiling hundreds of samples at the million cell scale and outperforms current high-throughput single-cell methods. We demonstrate the capability of SUM-seq to (1) resolve temporal gene regulation of macrophage M1 and M2 polarization to bridge TF regulatory networks and immune disease genetic variants, (2) define the regulatory landscape of primary T helper cell subsets and (3) dissect the effect of perturbing lineage TFs via arrayed CRISPR screens in spontaneously differentiating human induced pluripotent stem cells. SUM-seq offers a cost-effective, scalable solution for ultra-high-throughput single-cell multiomic sequencing, accelerating the unraveling of complex gene regulatory networks in cell differentiation, responses to perturbations and disease studies.
增强子和转录因子在调节细胞过程中至关重要。目前用于研究基因调控机制中这些元件的多组学技术缺乏多重分析能力和可扩展性。在此,我们介绍了单细胞超高通量多重测序(SUM-seq),用于在单细胞核中共分析染色质可及性和基因表达。SUM-seq能够在百万细胞规模上对数百个样本进行分析,并且性能优于当前的高通量单细胞方法。我们展示了SUM-seq的能力:(1)解析巨噬细胞M1和M2极化的时间基因调控,以连接转录因子调控网络和免疫疾病遗传变异;(2)定义初始辅助性T细胞亚群的调控格局;(3)通过在自发分化的人类诱导多能干细胞中进行阵列式CRISPR筛选,剖析干扰谱系转录因子的影响。SUM-seq为超高通量单细胞多组学测序提供了一种经济高效、可扩展的解决方案,加速了对细胞分化、对扰动的反应和疾病研究中复杂基因调控网络的解析。
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