Multiplexed bulk and single-cell RNA-seq hybrid enables cost-efficient disease modeling with chimeric organoids

Autor: Chen Cheng, Gang Wang, Yuqing Zhu, Hangdi Wu, Li Zhang, Zhihong Liu, Yuanhua Huang, Jin Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48282-5
Popis: Abstract Disease modeling with isogenic Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC)-differentiated organoids serves as a powerful technique for studying disease mechanisms. Multiplexed coculture is crucial to mitigate batch effects when studying the genetic effects of disease-causing variants in differentiated iPSCs or organoids, and demultiplexing at the single-cell level can be conveniently achieved by assessing natural genetic barcodes. Here, to enable cost-efficient time-series experimental designs via multiplexed bulk and single-cell RNA-seq of hybrids, we introduce a computational method in our Vireo Suite, Vireo-bulk, to effectively deconvolve pooled bulk RNA-seq data by genotype reference, and thereby quantify donor abundance over the course of differentiation and identify differentially expressed genes among donors. Furthermore, with multiplexed scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq, we demonstrate the usefulness and necessity of a pooled design to reveal donor iPSC line heterogeneity during macrophage cell differentiation and to model rare WT1 mutation-driven kidney disease with chimeric organoids. Our work provides an experimental and analytic pipeline for dissecting disease mechanisms with chimeric organoids.
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