Isolation of nuclei from frozen human subcutaneous adipose tissue for full-length single-nuclei transcriptional profiling

Katie L. Whytock, Adeline Divoux, Yifei Sun, Meghan Hopf, Reichelle X. Yeo, Maria F. Pino, Gong Xin Yu, Steven R. Smith, Martin J. Walsh, Lauren M. Sparks

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Abstract

Automated single-cell dispensing is incompatible with white adipose tissue (WAT) due to lipid-laden adipocytes. Single-nuclei RNA-Seq permits transcriptional profiling of all cells from WAT. Human WAT faces unique technical challenges in isolating nuclei compared to rodent tissue due to greater extra-cellular matrix content and larger lipid droplets. In this protocol, we detail how to isolate nuclei from frozen subcutaneous human WAT for single-nuclei RNA-Seq. For complete information on the generation and use of this protocol, please refer to Whytock et al. (2022).1

Original languageEnglish
Article number102054
JournalSTAR Protocols
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Mar 2023

Keywords

  • Cell isolation
  • Metabolism
  • RNAseq
  • Single Cell

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