Isolation of Plant Nuclei Compatible with Microfluidic Single-nucleus ATAC-sequencing

Bibliographic Details
Title: Isolation of Plant Nuclei Compatible with Microfluidic Single-nucleus ATAC-sequencing
Authors: Sandra Thibivilliers, Dirk Anderson, Marc Libault
Source: Bio-Protocol, Vol 11, Iss 23 (2021)
Publisher Information: Bio-protocol LLC, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Biology (General)
Subject Terms: Biology (General), QH301-705.5
More Details: Gene expression depends on the binding of transcription factors with DNA regulatory sequences. The level of accessibility for these sequences varies between cells and cell types. Until recently, using the Tn5 assay for transposase-accessible chromatin for sequencing (ATAC-seq) technology allowed assessing the profiles of chromatin from an entire organ or, when coupled with the isolation of nuclei tagged in specific cell types (INTACT) method, from a cell-type. Recently, ATAC-seq experiments were conducted at the level of individual plant nuclei. Applying single nuclei ATAC-seq (sNucATAC-seq) technology to thousands of individual cells revealed more finely tuned profiles of chromatin accessibility. In this manuscript, we describe a method to isolate nuclei fom plant roots and green tissues, permeabilize the nuclear membrane using detergent to allow the penetration of the Tn5 transposase, and re-suspend them in a nuclei resuspension buffer compatible with the construction of sNucATAC-seq libraries using the 10× Genomic’s Chromium technology. This protocol was successfully applied on Arabidopsis thaliana and Glycine max root nuclei.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2331-8325
Relation: https://bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?id=4240&type=0; https://doaj.org/toc/2331-8325
DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4240
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/6ce68b68f9ab4deaa22a186d6804bba4
Accession Number: edsdoj.6ce68b68f9ab4deaa22a186d6804bba4
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23318325
DOI:10.21769/BioProtoc.4240
Published in:Bio-Protocol
Language:English