Sci-fate characterizes the dynamics of gene expression in single cells
- 12 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Biotechnology
- Vol. 38 (8), 980-+
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0480-9
Abstract
Gene expression dynamics in single cells are tracked by labeling newly synthesized RNA in indexed cells. Gene expression programs change over time, differentiation and development, and in response to stimuli. However, nearly all techniques for profiling gene expression in single cells do not directly capture transcriptional dynamics. In the present study, we present a method for combined single-cell combinatorial indexing and messenger RNA labeling (sci-fate), which uses combinatorial cell indexing and 4-thiouridine labeling of newly synthesized mRNA to concurrently profile the whole and newly synthesized transcriptome in each of many single cells. We used sci-fate to study the cortisol response in >6,000 single cultured cells. From these data, we quantified the dynamics of the cell cycle and glucocorticoid receptor activation, and explored their intersection. Finally, we developed software to infer and analyze cell-state transitions. We anticipate that sci-fate will be broadly applicable to quantitatively characterize transcriptional dynamics in diverse systems.Funding Information
- W. M. Keck Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (DP1HG007811, R01HG006283)
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