A method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, and constructs an open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library using a two-step Tn5 enzyme digestion reaction in situ of a cell nucleus. The method provided by the present invention shortens the experimental process and simplifies the physical separation step of mRNA in the construction of a transcriptome library; the base sequence of the Tn5 sequencing adapter sequence and the reverse transcription primer are designed, and a adapter is added to the mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand to avoid using a ligation reaction to add a sequencing adapter, thereby improving the reaction efficiency. In addition, the present invention also provides a construction system for a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, which uses a self-developed reaction reagent system to reduce the preparation cost of a single-cell library, and has high general applicability. Not only that, the present invention also improves the reaction efficiency and sequencing data quality, and the number of genes that can be detected in a single cell and the number of chromatin open fragments have been significantly improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of biotechnology, and in particular to a method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library. Background Art

[0002] Single-cell sequencing and omics analysis technologies play an important role in clarifying the heterogeneity of complex and diverse individual cells in tissues in terms of development and function. Among them, single-cell open chromatin sequencing (ATAC-seq) reveals the chromatin open pattern of genomic regulatory elements at the single-cell level, while single-cell transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) provides a method to observe gene expression at the single-cell level. In recent years, the development of co-sequencing library construction technology for transcriptome and chromatin accessibility in the same cell has made it possible to integrate information at the two levels of chromatin openness and gene transcription in the same cell, thereby conducting a more in-depth study of the gene expression regulation mechanism.

[0003] At present, in single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing, chromatin accessibility libraries generally use one or more transposases to insert adapter sequences into both ends of open DNA fragments on the genome for subsequent library construction. For transcriptome libraries, one method is to lyse the cells first and then reverse transcribe RNA; the other method is to reverse transcribe in situ in the cells. Both subsequent methods add adapters and tags through specific transposases or ligases. Among these technologies, the cell throughput tested by scNMT-seq, scCAT-seq and ASTAR-seq is low and cannot meet the needs of subsequent research; SNARE-seq and ChromiumNext GEM Single Cell Multiome ATAC+Gene Expression rely on special instruments and equipment, which are cumbersome and expensive to operate; while sci-CAR, Paired-seq and SHARE-seq have high reaction costs, long experimental processes, and high requirements for experimental personnel's operating skills, making them difficult to be widely promoted. In addition, these methods currently have problems with the complexity and sensitivity of the library that can be detected in each single cell, and the quality of sequencing data needs to be improved. There is an urgent need in this field for a high-quality, universal method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library.

[0004] Therefore, the prior art needs to be improved. Summary of the invention

[0005] In view of the above-mentioned deficiencies in the prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide a method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, aiming to solve the problems of high cost, low universality, low sequencing data quality, and low library complexity and sensitivity of the current single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library construction method.

[0006] The technical solution of the present invention is as follows:

[0007] In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

[0008] 1.1 Provide Tn5 transposon 1, and add a first adapter to the open region of nuclear chromatin of the cell to be tested;

[0009] 1.2 Using reverse transcription primer A specific for the cells to be tested, synthesize mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strands in the cell nucleus through in situ reverse transcription, and add one side of the second adapter;

[0010] 1.3 providing Tn5 transposon 2, and adding the other side of the second linker to the mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand;

[0011] 1.4 Provide an exonuclease / reverse transcriptase reaction system containing nuclease exonuclease and reverse transcriptase to remove excess primers and fill in the double-stranded gaps generated by Tn5 digestion;

[0012] 1.5 After the reaction is completed, the labeled cell nuclei are sorted by flow cytometry into a multi-well plate containing a specific primer combination B for the cells to be tested for lysis and RNA library pre-amplification;

[0013] 1.6 Provide ATAC-S5 primers for the cells to be tested and perform ATAC library pre-amplification;

[0014] 1.7 Use primer combination C specific to the cells to be tested to simultaneously amplify RNA and ATAC library;

[0015] 1.8 After the amplified product is recovered, the single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library is obtained.

[0016] The method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, wherein the Tn5 transposon 1 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand A and oligonucleic acid double strand B; the Tn5 transposon 2 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand B.

[0017] In the method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, a biotin label is added to the 5' end of the reverse transcription primer A.

[0018] The method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, wherein the specific primer combination B includes a universal RNA-S5 primer for the cells to be tested and a well-specific N7xxx primer for the cells to be tested; wherein the N7xxx primer contains an 8bp index sequence.

[0019] The method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, wherein the specific primer combination C includes two sets of primers 1 and 2; wherein primer set 1 includes 16 RNA sample primers, and primer set 2 includes 16 ATAC sample primers.

[0020] The method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, wherein in step 1.5, the multi-well plate is a 384-well plate.

[0021] The method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, wherein the 384-well plate is composed of a cell lysate and 384 pairs of primers, each pair of primers includes a universal RNA-S5 primer and a well-specific N7xxx primer; wherein the N7xxx primer contains an 8bp index sequence, and the value range of xxx is from 001-384.

[0022] In a second aspect, the present invention also provides a system for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, wherein the system comprises a reaction mixture A, a reaction mixture B, a reaction mixture C, a reaction mixture D and a mixed solution E; the reaction mixture A comprises an RNase inhibitor mixture 1 and a Tn5 transposon 1; the reaction mixture B comprises an RNase inhibitor mixture 2 and a reverse transcription primer A; the reaction mixture C comprises a Tn5 transposon 2; the reaction mixture D comprises a nuclease exonuclease and a reverse transcriptase; and the mixed solution E comprises Tris-HCl, sodium chloride and magnesium chloride.

[0023] The single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library construction system, wherein the Tn5 transposon 1 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand A and oligonucleic acid double strand B; the Tn5 transposon 2 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand B.

[0024] In a third aspect, the present invention also provides a kit for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, wherein the kit comprises a construction system for a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library as described above.

[0025] Beneficial effects: The present invention provides a method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, the method comprising the steps of: 1) providing a Tn5 transposon 1, and adding a linker to the open region of the nuclear chromatin of the cell to be tested; 2) synthesizing an mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand in the cell nucleus by in situ reverse transcription using a specific reverse transcription primer for the cell to be tested; 3) providing a Tn5 transposon 2, and adding a linker to the mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand; 4) providing an exonuclease / reverse transcriptase reaction system for simultaneously removing excess primers and filling the double-stranded gaps generated by Tn5 enzyme cleavage; 5) using flow sorting to sort the labeled single cell nuclei into a multi-well plate containing specific primers for lysis and RNA library pre-amplification; 6) providing an ATAC-S5 primer, adding it to each well of the multi-well plate, and performing ATAC library pre-amplification; 7) using specific primers for the cell to be tested to simultaneously amplify RNA and ATAC library. The method provided by the present invention simplifies the physical separation step of mRNA in the construction of transcriptome library, shortens the experimental process of preparing single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library; adds a connector to the mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand, avoids the use of ligation reaction to add sequencing connectors, and improves the reaction efficiency. In addition, the present invention also provides a construction system for single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, uses a self-developed reaction reagent system, reduces the preparation cost of single-cell library, and has high general applicability. Not only that, the present invention also improves the reaction efficiency and sequencing data quality, and the number of genes that can be detected in single cells and the number of chromatin open fragments have been significantly improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of a process for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library in an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The present invention provides a method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library. In order to make the purpose, technical solution and effect of the present invention clearer and more specific, the present invention is further described in detail below. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention.

[0028] The embodiment of the present invention first provides a system for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, wherein the system includes a reaction mixture A, a reaction mixture B, a reaction mixture C, a reaction mixture D and a mixed solution E.

[0029] In some embodiments, the reaction mixture A comprises RNase Inhibitor Cocktail 1 and Tn5 Transposon 1.

[0030] The reaction mixture A provided in the embodiment of the present invention is used to mark the cell chromatin open region sequence and add a sequencing adapter. The reaction mixture A contains an RNase inhibitor mixture 1, which can effectively prevent the degradation of RNA in the cell nucleus during the first step of labeling; and contains a Tn5 transposon 1, which is used to add a chromatin open sequence sequencing adapter.

[0031] In some specific embodiments, the RNase inhibitor mixture 1 is a mixture of 1.2U / μl Ribolock RNaseinhibitor and 0.8U / μl RnaseOUT Recombinant Ribonuclease Inhibitor. The above RNase inhibitor mixture can effectively prevent RNA degradation and has low cost.

[0032] In other specific embodiments, the RNase inhibitor mixture is a mixture of 1.4 U / μl Protector RNase inhibitor or other effective RNase inhibitors.

[0033] In some specific embodiments, the Tn5 transposon 1 is a combination of purified Tn5 protein and modified double-stranded oligonucleotide A and double-stranded oligonucleotide B.

[0034] Preferably, the nucleic acid sequences of the modified oligonucleic acid double strand A and oligonucleic acid double strand B are:

[0035] The nucleic acid sequence A is:

[0036] 5'-TCGTCGGCAGCGTCAGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG-3'with

[0037] Annealing product of 5'-Phos-C*T*G*T*C*T*C*T*T*A*T*A*C*A*C*A*T*C* / iInvdT / -3'

[0038] The nucleic acid sequence B is:

[0039] 5'-GTCTCGTGGGCTCGGAGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG-3'with

[0040] Annealing product of 5'-Phos-C*T*G*T*C*T*C*T*T*A*T*A*C*A*C*A*T*C* / iInvdT / -3'.

[0041] Among them, adding phosphorylation modification between bases can prevent the oligonucleotide double strands themselves from being cut by Tn5.

[0042] In some other preferred embodiments, the nucleic acid sequences of the modified oligonucleic acid double strand A and oligonucleic acid double strand B are respectively:

[0043] The nucleic acid sequence A is:

[0044] 5'-TCGTCGGCAGCGTCAGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG-3'with

[0045] Annealing product of 5′-Phos-CTGTCTCTTATACACATC / iInvdT / -3′;

[0046] The nucleic acid sequence B is:

[0047] 5'-GTCTCGTGGGCTCGGAGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG-3'with

[0048] Annealing product of 5'-Phos-CTGTCTCTTATACACATC / iInvdT / -3'.

[0049] In some specific embodiments, the Tn5 transposon 1 is generated by combining the Tn5 protein with the nucleic acid fragment in a transposon assembly buffer. The specific combination method is described in the published literature (Picelli S, AK, Reinius B, Sagasser S, Winberg G, Sandberg R. Tn5 transposase and tagmentation procedures for massively scaled sequencing projects. Genome Res. 2014; 24(12):2033-2040. doi:10.1101 / gr.177881.114).

[0050] In some specific embodiments, in addition to the RNase inhibitor mixture and the transposon, other components of the reaction mixture A also include nuclease-free water and Tn5 enzyme digestion reaction system.

[0051] In some embodiments, the reaction mixture B comprises RNase inhibitor cocktail 2 and reverse transcription primer A.

[0052] The reaction mixture B provided in the embodiment of the present invention is used to achieve in situ reverse transcription of the cell nucleus and add a one-side sequencing adapter. The reaction mixture B contains an RNase inhibitor mixture 2, which can effectively prevent the degradation of RNA in the cell nucleus during the reverse transcription process; and contains a reverse transcription primer A for the cells to be tested, which is used to bind to the polyA tail of the mature mRNA, guide the synthesis of the cDNA-mRNA hybrid chain, and provide the adapter required for sequencing.

[0053] In some specific embodiments, the RNase inhibitor mixture 2 is 0.8U / μl Ribolock RNaseinhibitor and 0.4U / μl RnaseOUT Recombinant Ribonuclease Inhibitor. Similarly, the above RNase inhibitor mixture can effectively prevent RNA degradation and has low cost.

[0054] In other specific embodiments, the RNase inhibitor mixture 2 is a mixture of 1.4 U / μl Protector RNase inhibitor or other effective RNase inhibitors.

[0055] In some embodiments, a biotin label is added to the 5' end of the reverse transcription primer A.

[0056] In some specific embodiments, the sequence of the reverse transcription primer A is: 5'-biotin-CTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNNNNNNNTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTVN-3'

[0057] Among them, adding a biotin label to the 5' end can reduce the probability of primer polymer formation.

[0058] In other specific embodiments, the sequence of the reverse transcription primer A is:

[0059] 5'-CTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNNNNNNNTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTVN-3'

[0060] Preferably, the reverse transcription primer A can appropriately increase or decrease the number of bases, but must conform to the [Nextera S7]+[polyN]+[ployT] pattern.

[0061] In some specific embodiments, the reaction mixture B further contains an additive that increases the frequency of molecular interactions, so as to increase the intermolecular squeezing force.

[0062] Preferably, the additive is a PEG8000 aqueous solution with a concentration of 10%-15% (w / w) to increase the efficiency of RNA reverse transcription and reduce the background reaction. However, it is not limited thereto, and the additive can also be an aqueous solution of PEG of other molecular weights, and the concentration can be adjusted according to the molecular weight.

[0063] In some specific embodiments, other components of the reaction mixture B are nuclease-free water and a reverse transcriptase reaction system.

[0064] Preferably, the reverse transcriptase in the reverse transcriptase reaction system is Maxiama H minus reverse transcriptase, and the concentration is 4 U / μl, which has a good amplification efficiency.

[0065] Preferably, the reverse transcriptase may also be other types of reverse transcriptase lacking RNase H enzyme activity, which can effectively complete the reverse transcription of the library.

[0066] In some embodiments, the reaction mixture C comprises Tn5 transposon 2.

[0067] The reaction mixture C provided in the embodiment of the present invention is used to label the transcriptome sequence and add a sequencing adapter. The reaction mixture C contains Tn5 transposon 2, which binds to the cDNA-mRNA hybrid chain and inserts the sequencing adapter.

[0068] In some specific embodiments, the Tn5 transposon 2 is a combination of purified Tn5 protein and modified double-stranded oligonucleotide B.

[0069] Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleic acid double strand B is:

[0070] 5'-GTCTCGTGGGCTCGGAGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG-3'with

[0071] Annealing product of 5'-Phos-C*T*G*T*C*T*C*T*T*A*T*A*C*A*C*A*T*C* / iInvdT / -3'. The addition of phosphorylation modification between bases can prevent the oligonucleotide double strand from being cut by Tn5.

[0072] In some other preferred embodiments, the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleic acid double strand B is:

[0073] 5'-GTCTCGTGGGCTCGGAGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG-3'with

[0074] Annealing product of 5'-Phos-CTGTCTCTTATACACATC / iInvdT / -3'.

[0075] In some specific embodiments, the Tn5 transposon 2 is generated by combining the Tn5 protein with the nucleic acid fragment in a transposon assembly buffer. The specific combination method is described in the published literature (Picelli S, AK, Reinius B, Sagasser S, Winberg G, Sandberg R. Tn5 transposase and tagmentation procedures for massively scaled sequencing projects. Genome Res. 2014; 24(12):2033-2040. doi:10.1101 / gr.177881.114).

[0076] In some specific embodiments, other components of the reaction mixture C are nuclease-free water and Tn5 enzyme digestion reaction system.

[0077] In some embodiments, the reaction mixture D comprises an exonuclease and a reverse transcriptase.

[0078] The reaction mixture D provided in the embodiment of the present invention is used to simultaneously remove excess primers and fill in the gaps of double-stranded DNA and DNA-RNA hybrid double-stranded DNA produced by Tn5 digestion. The reaction mixture D contains an exonuclease to remove single-stranded DNA molecules that may remain in the reaction system; and contains a reverse transcriptase to fill in the gap left after Tn5 digestion.

[0079] In some specific embodiments, the exonuclease is heat-inactivatable exo1, and the concentration is 1-2 U / μl.

[0080] In other specific embodiments, the exonuclease may also be other types of heat-inactivated exonucleases that degrade single-stranded DNA.

[0081] In some specific embodiments, the reverse transcriptase is Maxiama H minus reverse transcriptase, and the concentration is 4 U / μl, which has a good amplification efficiency.

[0082] In other specific embodiments, the reverse transcriptase may also be other types of reverse transcriptases, which can effectively complete the function of mRNA-cDNA gap filling.

[0083] In some specific embodiments, the reaction mixture D further comprises nuclease-free water and other components in the reverse transcriptase reaction system except the reverse transcriptase.

[0084] In some embodiments, the mixed solution E comprises Tris-HCl, sodium chloride and magnesium chloride.

[0085] The mixed solution E provided in the embodiment of the present invention is used to clean the residual reactants from the previous round in each reaction process and maintain the morphology of the cell nucleus.

[0086] In some specific embodiments, the mixed solution E comprises 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH=8.0), 10 mM sodium chloride, 3 mM magnesium chloride and nuclease-free water.

[0087] Preferably, the concentration of magnesium chloride in the mixed solution E can be adjusted within the range of 3-6 mM to adapt to cell nuclei from different tissue sources.

[0088] An embodiment of the present invention also provides a method for constructing an i7-384-well plate prefabricated plate, which comprises a cell lysate and 384 pairs of primers, each pair of primers comprising a universal RNA-S5 primer for the cells to be tested and a well-specific N7xxx primer for the cells to be tested; wherein the N7xxx primer contains an 8bp index sequence, and the value range of xxx is from 001-384.

[0089] In some specific embodiments, the sequence of the universal RNA-S5 primer is: 5'-CTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCT-3'

[0090] The i7-384 well plate prefabricated plate provided by the present invention is used to collect single cells after single-cell flow sorting for subsequent library amplification. The cell lysate contained in the composition is used to effectively lyse the cell nucleus at 65°C and release DNA molecules; 384 pairs of primers are contained, each pair contains a universal RNA-S5 primer for the cells to be tested and a well-specific N7xxx primer for the cells to be tested. Among them, the N7xxx primer contains an 8bp index sequence, which is used to provide a cell-specific label sequence for single-cell data splitting; the value range of xxx is from 001-384.

[0091] In some embodiments, the cell lysis solution is 0.1%-0.2% SDS (w / v), 10 mM sodium chloride, and nuclease-free water.

[0092] In other embodiments, the cell lysate may also be a low-concentration aqueous solution of other detergents.

[0093] In some embodiments, the 8 bp index sequence contained in the 384 N7xxx primer sequences is the 384 sample index sequence provided by Illumina.

[0094] In other embodiments, the 8 bp index sequence contained in the 384 N7xxx primer sequences is an independently designed base sequence that satisfies that the frequencies of A, C, G and T at each position are equal and the base distance between every two index sequences is greater than 3.

[0095] Specifically, the 384 N7xxx primer sequences were referenced from the literature: Xu, W., Wen, Y., Liang, Y. et al. Aplate-based single-cell ATAC-seq workflow for fast and robust profiling of chromatin accessibility. Nat Protoc 16, 4084–4107 (2021). https: / / doi.org / 10.1038 / s41596-021-00583-5.

[0096] In other specific embodiments, the 384 N7xxx primer sequences can also be found in the literature: Satpathy, AT, Granja, JM, Yost, KE et al. Massively parallel single-cell chromatin landscapes of human immune cell development and intratumoral T cell exhaustion. Nat Biotechnol 37, 925–936 (2019). https: / / doi.org / 10.1038 / s41587-019-0206-z.

[0097] In addition, the present invention also provides a method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, the method comprising the steps of:

[0098] S10, providing Tn5 transposon 1, and adding a first adapter to the open region of nuclear chromatin of the cell to be tested;

[0099] S20, using a specific reverse transcription primer A for the cells to be tested, synthesizing an mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand in the cell nucleus by in situ reverse transcription, and adding one side of the second adapter;

[0100] S30, providing Tn5 transposon 2, and adding the other side of the second linker to the mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand;

[0101] S40, providing an exonuclease / reverse transcriptase reaction system containing a nuclease exonuclease and a reverse transcriptase to remove excess primers and fill in the double-stranded gaps generated by Tn5 digestion;

[0102] S50, after the reaction is completed, the labeled cell nuclei are sorted by flow sorting into a multi-well plate containing a specific primer combination B for the cells to be tested for lysis and RNA library pre-amplification;

[0103] S60, providing ATAC-S5 primers for the cells to be tested to perform ATAC library pre-amplification;

[0104] S70, using a primer combination C specific to the cells to be tested to simultaneously amplify the RNA and ATAC library;

[0105] S80. After the amplified product is recovered, the single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library is obtained.

[0106] Figure 1 The figure is a schematic diagram of a process for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0107] In some embodiments, the Tn5 transposon 1 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand A and oligonucleic acid double strand B; the Tn5 transposon 2 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand B.

[0108] Specifically, the Tn5 transposon 1 and Tn5 transposon 2 are consistent with the construction system of the single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library described above.

[0109] More specifically, the Tn5 transposons 1 and 2 are generated by combining Tn5 protein with corresponding nucleic acid fragments in transposon assembly buffer. The specific combination method is described in (Picelli S, AK, Reinius B, Sagasser S, WinbergG, Sandberg R. Tn5 transposase and tagmentation procedures for massively scaled sequencing projects. Genome Res. 2014;24(12):2033-2040.doi:10.1101 / gr.177881.114).

[0110] The sequencing adapters at both ends of the RNA library are added through a two-step reaction: the first step is that the reverse transcription primer contains a sequencing adapter sequence, and the second step is added by digestion of Tn5 transposon 2. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, one side of the second adapter is added through step S20, and the other side is added through step S30.

[0111] In some embodiments, an exonuclease / reverse transcriptase reaction system is provided, and exonuclease and reverse transcriptase are used to remove single-stranded DNA molecules that may remain in the reaction system and fill the gap left by Tn5 enzyme digestion.

[0112] In some embodiments, ATAC-S5 primers for the cells to be tested are provided and added to each well of a multi-well plate to perform ATAC library pre-amplification, and the sequence of the ATAC-S5 primers is:

[0113] 5'-TCGTCGGCAGCGTC-3'

[0114] According to the construction method provided in the embodiment of the present invention, after the labeled cell nuclei are sorted into a multi-well plate, RNA library pre-amplification and ATAC library pre-amplification are first performed on them, and then the RNA and ATAC libraries are amplified simultaneously.

[0115] In some embodiments, the library amplification process is specifically as follows:

[0116] 1) Providing RNA-S5+N7xxx primers in a multi-well plate for RNA library pre-amplification;

[0117] 2) Provide RNA-S5+ATAC-S5+N7xxx primers in a multi-well plate for ATAC library pre-amplification;

[0118] 3) Provide sample-specific RNA sample primers + sample-specific ATAC sample primers + P7 primers to perform simultaneous amplification of RNA and ATAC libraries.

[0119] In some embodiments, the amplified product of step S80 can be recovered by magnetic bead purification.

[0120] In some embodiments, the specific primer combination B is a combination of multiple primers, including a universal RNA-S5 primer and a well-specific N7xxx primer; wherein the N7xxx primer contains an 8 bp index sequence.

[0121] Specifically, when the multi-well plate is a 384-well plate, the value of xxx ranges from 001 to 384, and the universal RNA-S5 primer and the well-specific N7xxx primer are consistent with the composition of the i7-384-well plate prefabricated plate described above.

[0122] In some embodiments, the specific primer combination C is a combination of multiple primers, including two sets of primers 1 and 2; wherein primer set 1 contains 16 sample-specific RNA sample primers, and primer set 2 contains 16 sample-specific ATAC sample primers.

[0123] Specifically, the sequences of the 16 sample-specific RNA sample primers are:

[0124]

[0125] Specifically, the sequences of the 16 sample-specific ATAC sample primers are:

[0126]

[0127] In some embodiments, the method comprises the following specific steps:

[0128] (1) Prepare a 384-well plate, with each well containing 2 μl of lysis buffer, well-specific N7xxx primers, and universal RNA-S5 primers;

[0129] (2) preparing the cell sample to be tested into a single cell suspension, gently lysing the cells, and transferring the cell nuclei into reaction mixture A to capture the open chromatin sequence and add sequencing adapters;

[0130] (3) After the reaction is completed, the residual reaction mixture A is washed away with mixed solution E, and the cell nucleus is transferred to the reaction mixture B to complete the in situ reverse transcription of RNA in the cell nucleus;

[0131] (4) After the reaction is completed, the residual reaction mixture B is washed away with mixed solution E, and the cell nuclei are transferred to the reaction mixture C to complete the labeling of the transcriptome sequence and the addition of sequencing adapters;

[0132] (5) After the reaction is completed, the residual reaction mixture C is washed away with mixed solution E, and the cell nuclei are transferred to the reaction mixture D. The single-stranded DNA molecules that may remain in the reaction system are removed using exonuclease and reverse transcriptase, and the gaps left by Tn5 digestion are filled;

[0133] (6) After the reaction is completed, the residual reaction mixture D is washed away with mixed solution E, and the cell nuclei are resuspended in the mixed solution E. Single cells are sorted into a multi-well plate by flow cytometry, and the plate is sealed with a PCR sealing film;

[0134] (7) Lysing cells in a multi-well plate at 65°C for 15 min, then adding Tween-20 to each well to neutralize the SDS in the lysate; adding PCR reaction premix to perform the first round of PCR reaction;

[0135] (8) Add ATAC-S5 primers and PCR reaction premix to each well for a second round of preamplification;

[0136] (9) After the reaction is completed, the PCR products of each well plate are collected by centrifugation in a 15 ml tube, and the DNA fragments are recovered using a PCR product recovery kit; then, EXO1 is used to remove the remaining primers from the previous round of reaction, and the DNA fragments are purified using magnetic beads;

[0137] (10) After eluting the purified DNA fragments, adding sample-specific RNA primers, sample-specific ATAC primers, P7 primers, and PCR reaction premix solution to perform a third round of PCR reaction; the resulting PCR products are recovered by magnetic bead purification to obtain the final single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library.

[0138] In some embodiments, the sequence of the P7 primer is:

[0139] 5'-CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGAT-3'

[0140] The method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library provided in an embodiment of the present invention, the reagents, enzymes, primers, etc. used are consistent with the construction system of the single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library described above; the 384-well plate used is consistent with the construction method of the i7-384-well plate prefabricated plate described above; the well-specific N7xxx primers, universal RNA-S5 primers, sample-specific RNA primers, and sample-specific ATAC primers used are consistent with those described above.

[0141] The embodiment of the present invention proposes a method for constructing an open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library by a two-step Tn5 enzyme digestion reaction in situ of a cell nucleus, and proposes a base sequence design scheme for a Tn5 sequencing adapter sequence and a reverse transcription primer. The present invention simplifies the physical separation step of mRNA in the construction of a transcriptome library and shortens the experimental process. In addition, the present invention also proposes a solution preparation method and a reaction procedure for a set of reaction systems to implement the present invention. By using a self-developed reaction reagent system, the preparation cost of a single-cell library is reduced, the reaction efficiency and sequencing data quality are improved, and it has high general applicability.

[0142] The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kit for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, the kit comprising the construction system of the single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library as described above. The kit comprises the above-mentioned reaction mixture A, reaction mixture B, reaction mixture C, reaction mixture D and mixed solution E, providing all the reagents required for constructing the library, which is extremely convenient, saves the time for solution preparation, and has a high degree of standardization, which can avoid the interference of human factors to the greatest extent possible, and has extremely high universal applicability.

[0143] The following is a further explanation of the method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library of the present invention through specific examples:

[0144] Example 1 Batch preparation of i7-384 well plates

[0145] (1) Prepare the lysis solution according to Table 1 and sterilize it by filtering through a 0.22 μm filter membrane:

[0146] Table 1

[0147]

[0148]

[0149] (2) Add 31.5 μl of lysis buffer to each well of a new 384-well plate;

[0150] (3) Add 3.5 μl of 100 μM N7xxx primer stock solution to each well of a 384-well plate to make the final primer concentration in each well 10 μM;

[0151] (4) Dilute RNA-S5 primer using lysis buffer and add 1 μl of 10 μM RNA-S5 primer to each well;

[0152] (5) Seal the plate with PCR sealing film, centrifuge briefly, and incubate the 384-well plate at room temperature for 5 minutes;

[0153] (6) After brief centrifugation, the 384-well plate was stored at -80°C until use.

[0154] Example 2 Marking of open chromatin regions

[0155] (1) Preparation of single cell nucleus suspension

[0156] The cells to be tested are separated into single cells by tissue digestion or flow cytometry, and resuspended in cold PBS containing 2% FBS (v / v). The cell concentration and viability are tested, and the viability is preferably higher than 90%.

[0157] (2) Preparation of solution:

[0158] Prepare reaction mixture A according to Table 2:

[0159] Table 2

[0160] Element Volume (μl) Final concentration 4×THS TD buffer 12.5μl 1× 0.1%Digitonin(w / v) 5μl 0.01％ Tn5 transposon 1 5μl - Ribolock Rnase inhibitor 1.5μl 1.2U / μl RnaseOUT Rnase inhibitor 1μl 0.8U / μl Nuclease-free water 25μl -

[0161] Prepare the reaction termination solution according to Table 3 and sterilize it by filtering through a 0.22 μm filter membrane:

[0162] Table 3

[0163] Element Volume (μl) Final concentration 30%BSA(w / v) 66μl 2％ 0.5M EDTA 40μl 20mM 1M Tris-HCl (pH = 8.0) 20μl 20mM Nuclease-free water 874μl -

[0164] Prepare mixed solution E according to Table 4 and sterilize by filtering through a 0.22 μm filter membrane:

[0165] Table 4

[0166] Element Volume (μl) Final concentration 30%BSA(w / v) 83.3μl 0.5％ 5M NaCl 10μl 10mM <![CDATA[1M MgCl2]]> 15μl 3mM 1M Tris-HCl (pH = 8.0) 50μl 10mM Ribolock Rnase inhibitor 12.5μl 0.1U / μl Nuclease-free water 4.829ml -

[0167] (3) 100,000 cells were aspirated and centrifuged at 800 g and 4°C for 3 min. The culture medium was aspirated and 1 ml of pre-chilled PBS-0.5% BSA was added to resuspend the cells.

[0168] (4) Centrifuge at 800 g, 4°C for 3 min to collect the cell nuclei and completely remove the supernatant;

[0169] (5) Resuspend the nuclei in 50 μl of reaction mixture A and gently pipette to mix 30 times;

[0170] (6) Incubate at 30°C, 800 rpm for 30 min to carry out the reaction;

[0171] (7) After the reaction is complete, add 50 μl of reaction stop solution and gently pipette to mix 6-8 times;

[0172] (8) Centrifuge at 800 g, 4°C for 3 min, wash the nuclei twice with 200 μl of pre-cooled mixed solution E, and completely remove the supernatant.

[0173] Example 3 Reverse transcription reaction in situ in the nucleus

[0174] (1) Preparation of solution:

[0175] Prepare 5× NaCl solution according to Table 5 and sterilize by filtering through a 0.22 μm filter membrane:

[0176] Table 5

[0177] Element Volume (μl) Final concentration 1M Tris-HCl (pH = 8.0) 1250μl 250mM 5M NaCl 375μl 375mM <![CDATA[1M MgCl2]]> 75μl 15mM Dithiothreitol 250μl 50mM Nuclease-free water 4.829ml -

[0178] Prepare reaction mixture B according to Table 6:

[0179] Table 6

[0180]

[0181]

[0182] (2) Resuspend the nuclei in 100 μl of reaction mixture B and mix by gently pipetting 30 times;

[0183] (3) Transfer 100 μl of the reverse transcription reaction mixture to a new PCR tube and perform the following reaction in a PCR instrument: 25°C for 10 min, 50°C for 10 min, 3×[8°C for 12 s, 15°C for 45 s, 20°C for 45 s, 30°C for 30 s, 42°C for 2 min, 50°C for 3 min], 50°C for 5 min;

[0184] (4) After the reaction is completed, transfer 100 μl of the reverse transcription reaction mixture to a new 1.5 ml tube, add 100 μl of pre-cooled mixed solution E, and gently pipette and mix 6-8 times;

[0185] (5) Centrifuge at 800 g, 4°C for 3 min, wash the nuclei twice with 200 μl of pre-cooled mixed solution E, and completely remove the supernatant.

[0186] Example 4 Nuclear in situ labeling of transcriptome sequences

[0187] (1) Preparation of solution:

[0188] Prepare reaction mixture C according to Table 7:

[0189] Table 7

[0190] Element Volume (μl) Final concentration 4×THS TD buffer 12.5μl 1× 0.1%Digitonin(w / v) 5μl 0.01％ Tn5 transposon 2 1.5μl - Nuclease-free water 31μl` -

[0191] (2) Resuspend the nuclei in 50 μl of reaction mixture C and mix by gently pipetting 30 times;

[0192] (3) incubate at 37°C, 800 rpm for half an hour to react;

[0193] (4) After the reaction is complete, add 50 μl of reaction stop solution and gently pipette to mix 6-8 times;

[0194] (5) Centrifuge at 800 g, 4°C for 3 min, wash the nuclei twice with 200 μl of pre-cooled mixed solution E, and completely remove the supernatant.

[0195] Example 5 Removal of redundant primers and filling of double-stranded gaps produced by Tn5 digestion

[0196] (1) Preparation of solution:

[0197] Prepare reaction mixture D according to Table 8:

[0198] Table 8

[0199] Element Volume (μl) Final concentration dNTP 2.5μl 0.5mM Maxima H minus reverse transcriptase 1μl 4U / μl 5×NaCl solution 10μl 1× EXOⅠ 5μl 2U / μl Nuclease-free water 30.5μl` -

[0200] (2) Resuspend the nuclei in 50 μl of reaction mixture D and mix by gently pipetting 30 times;

[0201] (3) Incubate at 37°C, 800 rpm for 15 min to allow reaction;

[0202] (4) After the reaction is completed, add 50 μl of pre-cooled mixed solution E and mix gently by pipetting 6-8 times;

[0203] (5) Centrifuge at 800g, 4°C for 3 min, remove the supernatant, resuspend the cell nuclei with 600 μl of pre-cooled mixed solution E and transfer to a flow cytometry tube, and add 1 μl of 100 μg / ml DAPI for staining.

[0204] Example 6 Flow Sorting

[0205] (1) Using a flow cytometer, DAPI-positive single cells were sorted into a multi-well plate, with one cell per well;

[0206] (2) After sorting, seal the plate with PCR sealing film, centrifuge at 1000 g for 1 min, and freeze at -80°C.

[0207] Example 7 Library Preamplification

[0208] (1) Take out the multiwell plate from -80℃ and thaw, centrifuge it briefly, and incubate it at 65℃ for 15 minutes;

[0209] (2) Add 1 μl of 10% Tween-20 aqueous solution to each well to neutralize SDS and centrifuge to mix;

[0210] (3) Add 3 μl of NEB Q5 High-Fidelity 2× Master Mix to each well and centrifuge to mix;

[0211] (4) Pre-amplify the RNA library. The reaction procedure is as follows:

[0212]

[0213]

[0214] (5) After the reaction is completed, centrifuge briefly, remove the sealing membrane, and add 1 μl ATAC-S5 primer and 1 μl NEB Q5 High-Fidelity 2× Master Mix to each well.

[0215] (6) Seal the plate tightly with a sealing film and centrifuge at 1000 g for 1 minute to mix;

[0216] (7) Perform ATAC library pre-amplification, the reaction procedure is as follows:

[0217]

[0218] (8) After the reaction is completed, centrifuge briefly, remove the sealing membrane, and collect all PCR products in the 384-well plate into the same 15 ml centrifuge tube;

[0219] (9) Use Zymo DNA Clean & Concentrator kit to recover the PCR product and elute the pre-amplified product with 41 μl of nuclease-free water.

[0220] Example 8 Final library amplification

[0221] (1) Add 5 μl NEB3.1 buffer and 5 μl EXO I enzyme to 41 μl pre-amplification product, react at 37°C for 30 minutes to remove the residual primers after two rounds of pre-amplification. React at 80°C for 2 minutes to inactivate the EXO I enzyme.

[0222] (2) Use 1.2 volumes of VAHTS DNA Clean Beads to purify and recover the pre-amplified product, and elute with 15 μl of Nuclease-free Water.

[0223] (3) Perform final library amplification and prepare the reaction system as follows:

[0224]

[0225] Run the following program: 72°C 5 min, 98°C 30 s, 6-8 cycles of [98°C 20 s, 63°C 20 s, 72°C 1 min], 72°C 5 min;

[0226] (4) Purify using 1.2 volumes of VAHTS DNA Clean Beads and finally dissolve in nuclease-free water;

[0227] (5) The library concentration was determined using Qubit dsDNA quantification reagent, and the library distribution was detected using Agilent-2100 analyzer;

[0228] (6) Sequencing

[0229] The sequencing was performed using an Illumina sequencer in a PE50 plus double-end index mode; i7 was used as a cell label to measure 8 bp, and i5 was used as a sample label to measure 8 bp. The amount of sequencing data can be determined based on the number of cells and sequencing depth. Optionally, the data volume is 200,000 reads per cell.

[0230] Example 9

[0231] According to the methods, reagents, primers, etc. described in Examples 1-8, a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library was constructed for the mouse embryonic stem cell E14 cell line, wherein the 384 N7xxx primer sequences were consistent with the literature: Xu, W., Wen, Y., Liang, Y. et al. A plate-based single-cell ATAC-seq workflow for fast and robust profiling of chromatin accessibility. Nat Protoc 16, 4084–4107 (2021). Finally, the median number of genes detected in a single cell was 4199, the number of UMIs detected was 17862, and the number of specific open region fragments detected was 71710.

[0232] In summary, the present invention provides a method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, the method comprising the steps of: 1) providing a Tn5 transposon 1, and adding a linker to the open region of the nuclear chromatin of the cell to be tested; 2) synthesizing an mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand in the cell nucleus by in situ reverse transcription using a specific reverse transcription primer for the cell to be tested; 3) providing a Tn5 transposon 2, and adding a linker to the mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand; 4) providing an exonuclease / reverse transcriptase reaction system for simultaneously removing excess primers and filling the double-stranded gaps generated by Tn5 enzyme cleavage; 5) using flow sorting to sort the labeled single cell nuclei into a multi-well plate containing specific primers for lysis and RNA library pre-amplification; 6) providing an ATAC-S5 primer for the cell to be tested, adding it to each well of the multi-well plate, and performing ATAC library pre-amplification; 7) using specific primers for the cell to be tested to simultaneously amplify RNA and ATAC library. The method provided by the present invention simplifies the physical separation step of mRNA in the construction of transcriptome library, shortens the experimental process of preparing single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library; adds a connector to the mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand, avoids the use of ligation reaction to add sequencing connectors, and improves the reaction efficiency. In addition, the present invention also provides a construction system for single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, uses a self-developed reaction reagent system, reduces the preparation cost of single-cell library, and has high general applicability. Not only that, the present invention also improves the reaction efficiency and sequencing data quality, and the number of genes that can be detected in single cells and the number of chromatin open fragments have been significantly improved.

[0233] It should be understood that the application of the present invention is not limited to the above examples. For ordinary technicians in this field, improvements or changes can be made based on the above description. All these improvements and changes should fall within the scope of protection of the claims attached to the present invention. 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1. A method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: 1.1 Provide Tn5 transposon 1, and add a first adapter to the open region of nuclear chromatin of the cell to be tested; 1.2 Using reverse transcription primer A specific for the cells to be tested, synthesize mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strands in the cell nucleus through in situ reverse transcription, and add one side of the second adapter; 1.3 providing Tn5 transposon 2, and adding the other side of the second linker to the mRNA-cDNA hybrid double strand; 1.4 Provide an exonuclease / reverse transcriptase reaction system containing nuclease exonuclease and reverse transcriptase to remove excess primers and fill in the double-stranded gaps generated by Tn5 digestion; 1.5 After the reaction is completed, the labeled cell nuclei are sorted by flow cytometry into a multi-well plate containing a specific primer combination B for the cells to be tested for lysis and RNA library pre-amplification; 1.6 Provide ATAC-S5 primers for the cells to be tested and perform ATAC library pre-amplification; 1.7 Use primer combination C specific to the cells to be tested to simultaneously amplify RNA and ATAC library; 1.8 After the amplified product is recovered, the single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library is obtained; The Tn5 transposon 1 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand A and oligonucleic acid double strand B; the Tn5 transposon 2 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand B; The specific primer combination B includes a universal RNA-S5 primer for the cells to be tested and a well-specific N7xxx primer for the cells to be tested; wherein the N7xxx primer contains an 8 bp index sequence; The specific primer combination C includes two sets of primers 1 and 2; wherein primer set 1 includes 16 RNA sample primers, and primer set 2 includes 16 ATAC sample primers; In step 1.5, the multi-well plate is a 384-well plate; The 384-well plate is composed of cell lysate and 384 pairs of primers, each pair of primers includes a universal RNA-S5 primer for the cells to be tested and a well-specific N7xxx primer for the cells to be tested; wherein the N7xxx primer contains an 8bp index sequence, and the value range of xxx is from 001-384.

2. The method for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library according to claim 1, characterized in that: The 5' end of the reverse transcription primer A is labeled with biotin.

3. A system for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, characterized in that: The system includes reaction mixture A, reaction mixture B, reaction mixture C, reaction mixture D and mixed solution E; the reaction mixture A contains RNase inhibitor mixture 1 and Tn5 transposon 1; the reaction mixture B contains RNase inhibitor mixture 2 and reverse transcription primer A; the reaction mixture C contains Tn5 transposon 2; the reaction mixture D contains nuclease exonuclease and reverse transcriptase; the mixed solution E contains Tris-HCl, sodium chloride and magnesium chloride.

4. The construction system of single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library according to claim 3, characterized in that: The Tn5 transposon 1 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand A and oligonucleic acid double strand B; the Tn5 transposon 2 is a combination of Tn5 protein and modified oligonucleic acid double strand B.

5. A kit for constructing a single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library, characterized in that: The kit comprises the construction system of the single-cell open chromatin and transcriptome co-sequencing library as described in any one of claims 3-4.

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