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scRNA-seq assessment of the human lung, spleen, and esophagus tissue stability after cold preservation.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Madissoon, E 
Wilbrey-Clark, A 
Miragaia, RJ 
Saeb-Parsy, K 
Mahbubani, KT 

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Human Cell Atlas is a large international collaborative effort to map all cell types of the human body. Single-cell RNA sequencing can generate high-quality data for the delivery of such an atlas. However, delays between fresh sample collection and processing may lead to poor data and difficulties in experimental design. RESULTS: This study assesses the effect of cold storage on fresh healthy spleen, esophagus, and lung from ≥ 5 donors over 72 h. We collect 240,000 high-quality single-cell transcriptomes with detailed cell type annotations and whole genome sequences of donors, enabling future eQTL studies. Our data provide a valuable resource for the study of these 3 organs and will allow cross-organ comparison of cell types. We see little effect of cold ischemic time on cell yield, total number of reads per cell, and other quality control metrics in any of the tissues within the first 24 h. However, we observe a decrease in the proportions of lung T cells at 72 h, higher percentage of mitochondrial reads, and increased contamination by background ambient RNA reads in the 72-h samples in the spleen, which is cell type specific. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, we present robust protocols for tissue preservation for up to 24 h prior to scRNA-seq analysis. This greatly facilitates the logistics of sample collection for Human Cell Atlas or clinical studies since it increases the time frames for sample processing.

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Keywords

Esophagus, Human, Ischemic time, Lung, Single-cell RNA sequencing, Spleen, Cold Temperature, Esophagus, Humans, Lung, Refrigeration, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Single-Cell Analysis, Spleen, Tissue Preservation

Journal Title

Genome Biol

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Journal ISSN

1474-7596
1474-760X

Volume Title

21

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (2017-174373)
Medical Research Council (MR/S035842/1)
Kidney Research UK (TF_013_20171124)