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SINC-seq: correlation of transient gene expressions between nucleus and cytoplasm reflects single-cell physiology

Research Authors
Mahmoud N. Abdelmoez,
Kei Iida,
Yusuke Oguchi,
Hidekazu Nishikii,
Ryuji Yokokawa,
Hidetoshi Kotera,
Sotaro Uemura,
Juan G. Santiago, and
Hirofumi Shintaku
Research Member
Research Year
2018
Research Journal
Genome Biology
Research Publisher
Springer Nature
Research Vol
Vol: 19. Issue:1
Research Rank
1
Research_Pages
NULL
Research Website
https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/
Research Abstract

We report a microfluidic system that physically separates nuclear RNA (nucRNA) and cytoplasmic RNA (cytRNA) from a single cell and enables single-cell integrated nucRNA and cytRNA-sequencing (SINC-seq). SINC-seq constructs two individual RNA-seq libraries, nucRNA and cytRNA, per cell, quantifies gene expression in the subcellular compartments, and combines them to create novel single-cell RNA-seq data. Leveraging SINC-seq, we discover distinct natures of correlation among cytRNA and nucRNA that reflect the transient physiological state of single cells. These data provide unique insights into the regulatory network of messenger RNA from the nucleus toward the cytoplasm at the single-cell level.