PMID- 30635013 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200406 LR - 20200408 IS - 1479-5876 (Electronic) IS - 1479-5876 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Jan 11 TI - Single cell sequencing reveals gene expression signatures associated with bone marrow stromal cell subpopulations and time in culture. PG - 23 LID - 10.1186/s12967-018-1766-2 [doi] LID - 23 AB - BACKGROUND: Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are a heterogeneous population that participates in wound healing, immune modulation and tissue regeneration. Next generation sequencing was used to analyze transcripts from single BMSCs in order to better characterize BMSC subpopulations. METHODS: Cryopreserved passage 2 BMSCs from one healthy subject were cultured through passage 10. The transcriptomes of bulk BMSCs from designated passages were analyzed with microarrays and RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq). For some passages, single BMSCs were separated using microfluidics and their transcriptomes were analyzed by RNA-Seq. RESULTS: Transcriptome analysis by microarray and RNA-Seq of unseparated BMSCs from passages 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10 yielded similar results; both data sets grouped passages 4 and 6 and passages 9 and 10 together and genes differentially expressed among these early and late passage BMSCs were similar. 3D Diffusion map visualization of single BMSCs from passages 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9 clustered passages 3 and 9 into two distinct groups, but there was considerable overlap for passages 4, 6 and 8 cells. Markers for early passage, FGFR2, and late passage BMSCs, PLAT, were able to identify three subpopulations within passage 3 BMSCs; one that expressed high levels of FGFR2 and low levels of PLAT; one that expressed low levels of FGFR2 and high levels of PLAT and one that expressed intermediate levels of FGFR2 and low levels of PLAT. CONCLUSIONS: Single BMSCs can be separated by microfluidics and their transcriptome analyzed by next generation sequencing. Single cell analysis of early passage BMSCs identified a subpopulation of cells expressing high levels of FGFR2 that might include skeletal stem cells. FAU - Liu, Shutong AU - Liu S AD - Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Drive-MSC-1184, Building 10, Room 3C720, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1184, USA. FAU - Stroncek, David F AU - Stroncek DF AD - Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Drive-MSC-1184, Building 10, Room 3C720, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1184, USA. dstroncek@cc.nih.gov. FAU - Zhao, Yingdong AU - Zhao Y AD - Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. FAU - Chen, Victoria AU - Chen V AD - Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Drive-MSC-1184, Building 10, Room 3C720, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1184, USA. FAU - Shi, Rongye AU - Shi R AD - Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Drive-MSC-1184, Building 10, Room 3C720, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1184, USA. FAU - Chen, Jinguo AU - Chen J AD - Center for Human Immunology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. FAU - Ren, Jiaqiang AU - Ren J AD - Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Drive-MSC-1184, Building 10, Room 3C720, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1184, USA. FAU - Liu, Hui AU - Liu H AD - Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Drive-MSC-1184, Building 10, Room 3C720, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1184, USA. FAU - Bae, Hee Joon AU - Bae HJ AD - Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Drive-MSC-1184, Building 10, Room 3C720, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1184, USA. FAU - Highfill, Steven L AU - Highfill SL AD - Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Drive-MSC-1184, Building 10, Room 3C720, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1184, USA. FAU - Jin, Ping AU - Jin P AD - Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 Center Drive-MSC-1184, Building 10, Room 3C720, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1184, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural DEP - 20190111 PL - England TA - J Transl Med JT - Journal of translational medicine JID - 101190741 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) SB - IM MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cluster Analysis MH - *Gene Expression Profiling MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Humans MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*metabolism MH - *Sequence Analysis, RNA MH - *Single-Cell Analysis MH - Time Factors MH - Transcriptome/genetics PMC - PMC6330466 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bone marrow stromal cells OT - FGFR2 OT - Next generation sequencing OT - PLAT OT - Single cell next generation sequencing EDAT- 2019/01/13 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/09 06:00 PMCR- 2019/01/11 CRDT- 2019/01/13 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/12/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/01/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12967-018-1766-2 [pii] AID - 1766 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12967-018-1766-2 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Transl Med. 2019 Jan 11;17(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s12967-018-1766-2.