Project description:The HeLa cell line is the first human-derived immortalized cell line, one of the most widely used cell lines in the world. While many researches had pointed out the heterogeneity of HeLa cells across laboratories and the low repeatability of experiments performed on HeLa cells, the reason how these heterogeneities generated is little known. We sorted cells into single cells, cultured them to single clones and performed multi-omics sequencing. The single cell-derived clones exhibited persistent growth variation both in vitro and in vivo. The corresponding WGS analysis revealed the single clones diverse in copy number even at the whole chromosome level. Our work explored the intrinsic mechanisms of the low repeatability of cell line experiments. We also provided a resource for single cell-derived clones.
2025-08-25 | GSE181890 | GEO
Project description:HeLa cell line exhibits single-clonal growth variation
Project description:Sequencing shows that macroH2A1-emerin interaction occurs in lamina-associated domains on a genome-wide scale. We decided to verify that the biotinylated signal is indeed enriched in the chromatin domains positioned at the nuclear periphery. In this regard, we purified the biotinylated chromatin from HeLa S3 clonal cell line stably coexpressing BirA-emerin and BAP-macro-H2A1 using proximity utilizing biotinylation native chromatin immunoprecipitation (PUB-nChIP). Instead of analysing the protein fraction, we isolated DNA from the biotinylated chromatin pull down and performed high throughput sequencing in order to get insight into the genome wide distribution of the isolated DNA. Importantly, PUB-nChIP-seq of the DNA purified from HeLa S3 clonal cell line stably coexpressing BirA-emerin and BAP-macro-H2A1 showed high levels of enrichment at the lamina associated domains, which were identified previously in HeLa cells using anti-Lamin B1 and anti-Lamin A chIP-seq (Lund et al., 2015). The enrichment of BirA-emerin labelled BAP-macro-H2A at LADs is visibly clear at both the chromosome level and at individual LADs. To test if this enrichment was significant, the genome was divided into 100kb windows and monte carlo simulation using 10,000 iterations was performed to examine if probes overlapping LADs were significantly different to the genomic average. For both replicates, at both LMNA and LMNB1 LADs, the enrichment of biotinylated BAP-macroH2A1 observed was significant relative to the genome wide average.
Project description:Clonal variation, wherein a range of specific productivities of secreted proteins are observed from supposedly identical transformants, is an ingrained aspect of working with Pichia pastoris. It means that a significant number of transformants need to be tested to obtain a representative sample, and in commercial protein production, companies regularly screen thousands of transformants to select for the highest secretor. Here we have undertaken a detailed investigation of this phenomenon by characterising clones transformed with the human serum albumin gene. In order to evaluate the prevalence and underlying causes of clonal variation, nine strains were selected, each transformed with a single copy of the human serum albumin (HSA) gene. All strains were subjected to a wide-ranging evaluation to understand the implications of this phenomenon.
Project description:Natural mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation plays a fundamental role in human disease and enables the clonal tracing of native human cells. While various genotyping approaches revealed mutational heterogeneity in human tissues and single cells, current methodologies are limited by scale. Here, we introduce a high-throughput, droplet-based mitochondrial single-cell Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin with sequencing (mtscATAC-seq) protocol and computational framework that facilitate high-confidence mtDNA mutation calling in thousands of single cells. Further, the concomitant high-quality accessible chromatin readout enables the paired inference of individual cell mtDNA heteroplasmy, clonal lineage, cell state, and accessible chromatin regulatory features. Our multi-omic analyses reveals single-cell variation in heteroplasmy of a pathologic mtDNA variant (m.8344A>G), which we tie to intra-individual chromatin variability and clonal evolution. Further, using somatic mtDNA mutations, we clonally trace thousands of hematopoietic cells in vitro and in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, linking epigenomic variability to subclonal evolution in vivo.
Project description:Natural mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation plays a fundamental role in human disease and enables the clonal tracing of native human cells. While various genotyping approaches revealed mutational heterogeneity in human tissues and single cells, current methodologies are limited by scale. Here, we introduce a high-throughput, droplet-based mitochondrial single-cell Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin with sequencing (mtscATAC-seq) protocol and computational framework that facilitate high-confidence mtDNA mutation calling in thousands of single cells. Further, the concomitant high-quality accessible chromatin readout enables the paired inference of individual cell mtDNA heteroplasmy, clonal lineage, cell state, and accessible chromatin regulatory features. Our multi-omic analyses reveals single-cell variation in heteroplasmy of a pathologic mtDNA variant (m.8344A>G), which we tie to intra-individual chromatin variability and clonal evolution. Further, using somatic mtDNA mutations, we clonally trace thousands of hematopoietic cells in vitro and in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, linking epigenomic variability to subclonal evolution in vivo.
Project description:Natural mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation plays a fundamental role in human disease and enables the clonal tracing of native human cells. While various genotyping approaches revealed mutational heterogeneity in human tissues and single cells, current methodologies are limited by scale. Here, we introduce a high-throughput, droplet-based mitochondrial single-cell Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin with sequencing (mtscATAC-seq) protocol and computational framework that facilitate high-confidence mtDNA mutation calling in thousands of single cells. Further, the concomitant high-quality accessible chromatin readout enables the paired inference of individual cell mtDNA heteroplasmy, clonal lineage, cell state, and accessible chromatin regulatory features. Our multi-omic analyses reveals single-cell variation in heteroplasmy of a pathologic mtDNA variant (m.8344A>G), which we tie to intra-individual chromatin variability and clonal evolution. Further, using somatic mtDNA mutations, we clonally trace thousands of hematopoietic cells in vitro and in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, linking epigenomic variability to subclonal evolution in vivo.
Project description:Natural mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation plays a fundamental role in human disease and enables the clonal tracing of native human cells. While various genotyping approaches revealed mutational heterogeneity in human tissues and single cells, current methodologies are limited by scale. Here, we introduce a high-throughput, droplet-based mitochondrial single-cell Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin with sequencing (mtscATAC-seq) protocol and computational framework that facilitate high-confidence mtDNA mutation calling in thousands of single cells. Further, the concomitant high-quality accessible chromatin readout enables the paired inference of individual cell mtDNA heteroplasmy, clonal lineage, cell state, and accessible chromatin regulatory features. Our multi-omic analyses reveals single-cell variation in heteroplasmy of a pathologic mtDNA variant (m.8344A>G), which we tie to intra-individual chromatin variability and clonal evolution. Further, using somatic mtDNA mutations, we clonally trace thousands of hematopoietic cells in vitro and in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, linking epigenomic variability to subclonal evolution in vivo.
Project description:Natural mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation plays a fundamental role in human disease and enables the clonal tracing of native human cells. While various genotyping approaches revealed mutational heterogeneity in human tissues and single cells, current methodologies are limited by scale. Here, we introduce a high-throughput, droplet-based mitochondrial single-cell Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin with sequencing (mtscATAC-seq) protocol and computational framework that facilitate high-confidence mtDNA mutation calling in thousands of single cells. Further, the concomitant high-quality accessible chromatin readout enables the paired inference of individual cell mtDNA heteroplasmy, clonal lineage, cell state, and accessible chromatin regulatory features. Our multi-omic analyses reveals single-cell variation in heteroplasmy of a pathologic mtDNA variant (m.8344A>G), which we tie to intra-individual chromatin variability and clonal evolution. Further, using somatic mtDNA mutations, we clonally trace thousands of hematopoietic cells in vitro and in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, linking epigenomic variability to subclonal evolution in vivo.