cDNA Library Construction from Single Cells

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Abstract

cDNA Library Construction from Single Cells (Phillip R. Kramer, National Institute of Neuronal Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland). Analysis of gene expression or comparing gene expression patterns between cells and/or tissues facilitates the identification of molecules activated by a cellular program or by a particular physiological or pharmacological treatment. This unit presents a protocol for studying these molecules at the level of a single cell.

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Basic Protocol 1: Production and Amplification of cDNA from Single Cells
Support Protocol 1: Isolation of Individual Cells from Acute Tissue and Tissue Explants Grown in Vitro
Basic Protocol 2: Phage Library Construction and Differential Screening
Support Protocol 2: Gene Expression Profiling Using PCR Amplification of Truncated cDNA Libraries
Reagents and Solutions
Commentary
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Basic Protocol 1: Production and Amplification of cDNA from Single Cells

Materials

Isolated cells in cDNA lysis buffer (see protocol 2 )
200 U/µl MMLV reverse transcriptase with 5× buffer (Life Technologies)
1 to 5 U/µl AMV reverse transcriptase (Life Technologies)
10× PCR buffer II (PE Biosystems)
25 mM MgCl₂ (Perkin Elmer)
20 mg/ml BSA, molecular grade
100 mM solutions of each dATP, dGTP, dCTP, dTTP
5% (v/v) Triton X‐100, RNase‐ and DNase‐free (e.g., Sigma)
PAGE‐purified AL1 primer: ATT GGA TCC AGG CCG CTC TGG ACA AAA TAT GAA TCC (T)₂₄ (Life Technologies)
AmpliTaq DNA polymerase (PE Biosystems)
5× terminal transferase buffer (Life Technologies)
25 U/µl terminal transferase (Boehringer Mannheim)
Mineral oil, molecular biology grade
TE buffer ( appendix 2A ), pH 7.5
Tris‐buffered phenol ( appendix 2A )
24:1 (v/v) chloroform/isoamyl alcohol
100% ethanol
10 mM Tris⋅Cl, pH 7.0 ( appendix 2A )
1.5% (w/v) agarose gel

37°C and 65°C water baths
0.2‐ml thin‐walled reaction tubes
DNA thermal cycler (e.g., Perkin Elmer or equivalent with extended cycle time feature)
1.5‐ml microcentrifuge tubes
Additional reagents and equipment for agarose gel electrophoresis ( appendix 1N ), transfer onto nylon membrane and Southern analysis (CPMB UNITS & )

Support Protocol 1: Isolation of Individual Cells from Acute Tissue and Tissue Explants Grown in Vitro

Materials

Tissue sample
Calcium‐ and magnesium‐free phosphate buffered saline (CMF‐PBS) or Hank's buffered saline solution (CMF‐HBSS; appendix 2A )
CMF‐PBS or CMF‐HBSS containing 0.025% trypsin/0.75 mM EDTA, 37°C
5× MMLV buffer (e.g., Life Technologies)
DEPC‐treated, sterile deionized H₂ O (RNase‐free; appendix 2A )
NP‐40 (e.g., USB)
RNase inhibitors: Prime RNase inhibitor (Eppendorf) and RNA guard (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech)
Stock primer mix (see recipe )

Dissecting microscope
Sterile 60‐ or 100‐mm polystyrene or glass petri dish
Sterile scalpel or razor blade
5‐ml plastic pipets
37°C incubator
0.5‐ml thin‐walled tubes, sterile, RNase‐free
15‐ml polypropylene tubes
Inverted microscope and micromanipulator (e.g., Sutter Instruments)
0.5‐ (i.d.) × 130‐mm glass capillary tubing
Micropipet puller (e.g., Sutter Instruments)
Syringe with attached tubing fitted for the glass capillary tube or microinjector (e.g., Nanoject II, Drummond Scientific)
Sterile 1.5‐ml polypropylene tubes

Basic Protocol 2: Phage Library Construction and Differential Screening

Materials

Cell‐amplified cDNA (see protocol 1 , step )
PCR buffer (see protocol 1 , step )
Tris‐buffered phenol ( appendix 2A )
24:1 (v/v) chloroform/isoamyl alcohol
10 mM and 1 M Tris⋅Cl, pH 7.0 and pH 7.5, respectively ( appendix 2A )
Eco RI restriction enzyme and appropriate buffer ( appendix 1M )
Low‐melting agarose (melts at 65°C at 1.5%, e.g., Seaplaque GTG or NuSieve GTG agarose)
0.5 µg/ml ethidium bromide
PCR prep DNA purification resin (e.g., Promega) or equivalent commercially available DNA gel purification method
100% ethanol
Phage vector DNA (e.g., Lambda ZapII arms, Eco RI cut and dephosphorylated; Stratagene)
200 U/µl high‐concentration ligase and 10× ligase buffer
Phage packaging extract (e.g., Gigapack II gold extract; Stratagene) containing host bacteria (e.g., XL‐1‐Blue MRF′; Stratagene)
10× Taq PCR buffer (150 mM Tris⋅Cl, pH 8.0, 500 mM KCl)
25 mM MgCl₂ in dH₂ O
100 mM solutions of each of dATP, dTTP, dCTP, dGTP
5 µg/ml T7 primer (5′‐TAATACGACTCACTATAGGG‐3′) in TE buffer (Life Technologies)
5 µg/ml T3 primer (5′‐TAACCCTCACTAAAGGGA‐3′) in TE buffer (Life Technologies)
AmpliTaq DNA polymerase (PE Biosystems)
0.5 M NaOH
0.5× sodium phosphate buffer containing 1% (w/v) BSA and 4% (w/v) SDS
APH solution (see recipe )
1‐5 × 10⁷ cpm/ml radiolabeled probe for specific gene or control genes such as tubulin, actin, GAPDH (e.g., labeled as described in CPMB UNIT )
0.5% SDS in 0.5× SSC (see appendix 2A for SSC)
10× PCR buffer II (PE Biosystems)
20 mg/ml BSA
[α‐³² P]dCTP
5% Triton X‐100
PAGE‐purified AL1 primer: ATT GGA TCC AGG CCG CTC TGG ACA AAA TAT GAA TCC (T)24 (Life Technologies)

Thermal cycler
0.2‐ml thin‐walled PCR tubes
37°C and 50°C water baths
Razor blades
1.5‐ml microcentrifuge tubes
137‐mm nylon membranes (e.g., Hybond N+, NEN Genescreen)
20‐G needle
Plastic wrap
Paper towels or Whatman paper
65°C incubator
X‐ray film
Additional reagents and equipment for agarose gel electrophoresis ( appendix 1N ), titering of phage (Stratagene's protocol or unit 5.18 ),Southern transfer (CPMB UNIT ), homology cloning (unit 4.1 ), in situ hybridizations (unit 1.3 )

Support Protocol 2: Gene Expression Profiling Using PCR Amplification of Truncated cDNA Libraries

Materials

Amplified cDNA from a single cell or pooled cellular cDNAs (see protocol 1 )
10× PCR buffer (see protocol 3 ; e.g., Taq Gold PCR buffer)
25 mM MgCl₂
100 mM each dNTP
100 µM PCR primer X dissolved in water or TE buffer
100 µM PCR primer Y dissolved in water or TE buffer
5 U/µl DNA polymerase (e.g., AmpliTaq Gold, PE Biosystems)
Gel loading dye
0.5 µg/ml ethidium bromide ( appendix 2A )

Thermal cycler
0.5‐ml thin‐walled PCR tubes
Additional reagents and equipment for agarose gel electrophoresis ( appendix 1N )

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Figures

Figure 4.27.1 Flowchart for producing cDNA libraries from individual cells using the protocols provided in this unit.

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Figure 4.27.2 Flowchart of phage library screening protocol. Duplicate lifts are differentially screened with a probe from the same cell (cell A) and a different cell (cell B) from which the library was produced.

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Figure 4.27.3 Single cells in olfactory explants express LHRH mRNA (Kramer et al., ). (A ) Lane 1: a 360‐bp Bam HI‐ Eco RI (1 ng) fragment from the rat LHRH gene. Lane 2: PCR‐amplified cDNA from a control that contained no cells. Lanes 3 to 9: single bipolar cells maintained in unilateral olfactory explants for 10.5 days. The cDNA smear extends from ∼200 to 1000 bp. The band below 200 bp is the AL1 primer band (arrow). (B ) Southern analysis of the PCR‐amplified cDNA using an LHRH‐specific probe indicates the positive control (lane 1) as well as 4 of 7 individual primary cells positive for LHRH (lanes 4, 7, 8, and 9, 360‐bp and 500‐bp bands). The different band sizes are expected due to a truncated reverse transcription reaction.

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Key Reference
	Dulac and Axel 1995. See above.
	The single cell amplification protocol was based on methods outlined in this report.

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cDNA Library Construction from Single Cells

Abstract

Table of Contents

Materials

Basic Protocol 1: Production and Amplification of cDNA from Single Cells

Support Protocol 1: Isolation of Individual Cells from Acute Tissue and Tissue Explants Grown in Vitro

Basic Protocol 2: Phage Library Construction and Differential Screening

Support Protocol 2: Gene Expression Profiling Using PCR Amplification of Truncated cDNA Libraries

Figures

Videos

Literature Cited