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<em>In Vitro</em> Selection of Engineered Transcriptional Repressors for Targeted Epigenetic Silencing

Gene inactivation is instrumental to study gene function and represents a promising strategy for the treatment of a broad range of diseases. Among ...

IRCCS San Raffaele Institute

Recent efforts have succeeded in surveying open chromatin at the single-cell level, but high-throughput, single-cell assessment of heterochromatin and its underlying genomic determinants remains challenging. We engineered a hybrid transposase including the chromodomain (CD) of the heterochromatin protein-1α (HP-1α), which is involved in heterochromatin assembly and maintenance through its binding to trimethylation of the lysine 9 on histone 3 (H3K9me3), and developed a single-cell method, single-cell genome and epigenome by transposases sequencing (scGET-seq), that, unlike single-cell assay for transposase-accessible chromatin with sequencing (scATAC-seq), comprehensively probes both open and closed chromatin and concomitantly records the underlying genomic sequences. We tested scGET-seq in cancer-derived organoids and human-derived xenograft (PDX) models and identified genetic events and plasticity-driven mechanisms contributing to cancer drug resistance. Next, building upon the differential enrichment of closed and open chromatin, we devised a method, Chromatin Velocity, that identifies the trajectories of epigenetic modifications at the single-cell level. Chromatin Velocity uncovered paths of epigenetic reorganization during stem cell reprogramming and identified key transcription factors driving these developmental processes. scGET-seq reveals the dynamics of genomic and epigenetic landscapes underlying any cellular processes.

Chromatin Velocity reveals epigenetic dynamics by single-cell profiling of heterochromatin and euchromatin.

Single-cell transcriptomic approaches have revolutionised the study of complex biological systems, with the routine measurement of gene expression in thousands of cells enabling construction of whole-organism cell atlases. However, the transcriptome is just one layer amongst many that coordinate to define cell type and state and, ultimately, function. In parallel with the widespread uptake of single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq), there has been a rapid emergence of methods that enable multiomic profiling of individual cells, enabling parallel measurement of intercellular heterogeneity in the genome, epigenome, transcriptome, and proteomes. Linking measurements from each of these layers has the potential to reveal regulatory and functional mechanisms underlying cell behaviour in healthy development and disease.

Into the multiverse: advances in single-cell multiomic profiling.

scGET-seq simultaneously profiles euchromatin and heterochromatin. scGET-seq exploits the concurrent action of transposase Tn5 and its hybrid form TnH, which targets H3K9me3 domains. Here we present a step-by-step protocol to profile single cells by scGET-seq using a 10× Chromium Controller. We describe steps for transposomes preparation and validation. We detail nuclei preparation and transposition, followed by encapsulation, library preparation, sequencing, and data analysis. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Tedesco et al. (2022) and de Pretis and Cittaro (2022)..

Article	Year
Chromatin Velocity reveals epigenetic dynamics by single-cell profiling of heterochromatin and euchromatin. Nature biotechnology\| PubMed ID: 34635836	2022
Into the multiverse: advances in single-cell multiomic profiling. Trends in genetics : TIG\| PubMed ID: 35537880	2022
Analyzing genomic and epigenetic profiles in single cells by hybrid transposase (scGET-seq). STAR protocols\| PubMed ID: 37000619	2023

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