Single-nucleus RNA sequencing of human fetal lung from 4 anatomic regions
Single-nucleus RNA sequencing of human fetal lung from 4 anatomic regions
Human lung tissue research was reviewed and approved by The University of Michigan Institutional Review Board (IRB). Normal, de-identified human fetal lung tissue was obtained from the University of Washington Laboratory of Developmental Biology. Tissue was shipped overnight in UW-Belzer's solution (Thermo Fisher, Cat#NC0952695) on ice and was processed for experiments or fixation within 24h. Normal, de-identified, donor human adult lungs not eligible for transplant were obtained from Gift of Life Michigan Donor Care Center. Specific tissue regions were dissected according to anatomic region and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen for further downstream analysis. Preparation was performed as described previously in accordance with 10X Genomics' protocols (CG000375 Rev B for fetal tissue). Briefly, snap-frozen tissue was minced into smaller fragments using a scalpel and then added to lysis buffer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cat#PI28324). Tissue was homogenized using a pellet pestle 15 times then incubated for 5 minutes in lysis buffer. The cell suspension was filtered through a 33 μm strainer. Suspension was centrifuged at 500g for 5 mins at 4°C. Supernatant was removed and the pellet was washed with PBS + 1% BSA, centrifuged at 500g for 5 mins at 4°C; pellet was washed and centrifuged again. An added debris removal column step was used for the adult tissue.  Permeabilization for ATAC-seq samples was performed by incubating the pellet in 0.1X lysis buffer and incubated for 2 minutes. The suspension was then centrifuged at 500g for 5 mins at 4°C; supernatant was removed and pellet was resuspended in diluted nuclei buffer. Immediately after tissue dissociation, single nucleus libraries were prepared on the Chromium Next GEM Single Cell Multiome ATAC + Gene Expression Reagent Bundle, 16 rxns PN-1000283 was used with a target of 7500 cells.