Light-Seq: light-directed in situ barcoding of biomolecules in fixed cells and tissues for spatially indexed sequencing
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Light-Seq: light-directed in situ barcoding of biomolecules in fixed cells and tissues for spatially indexed sequencing
Abstract
We present Light-Seq, an approach for multiplexed spatial indexing of intact biological samples using light-directed DNA barcoding in fixed cells and tissues followed by ex situ sequencing. Light-Seq combines spatially targeted, rapid photocrosslinking of DNA barcodes onto complementary DNAs in situ with a one-step DNA stitching reaction to create pooled, spatially indexed sequencing libraries. This light-directed barcoding enables in situ selection of multiple cell populations in intact fixed tissue samples for full-transcriptome sequencing based on location, morphology or protein stains, without cellular dissociation. Applying Light-Seq to mouse retinal sections, we recovered thousands of differentially enriched transcripts from three cellular layers and discovered biomarkers for a very rare neuronal subtype, dopaminergic amacrine cells, from only four to eight individual cells per section. Light-Seq provides an accessible workflow to combine in situ imaging and protein staining with next generation sequencing of the same cells, leaving the sample intact for further analysis post-sequencing.
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Conflict of interest statement
J.Y.K., N.L., P.Y. and S.K.S. are inventors on patent applications covering the method. Multiple authors are involved in commercialization of the technique and engage with Digital Biology, Inc. (J.Y.K. and E.R.W. are co-founders and employees; P.Y. is co-founder, equity holder, director and consultant; S.K.S. is anticipated to be a consulting scientific co-founder; N.L. is a consulting founding scientist; J.J.J. is an employee.) P.Y. is also a co-founder, equity holder, director and consultant of Ultivue, Inc. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
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