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ArticleScientific reports2016

Cell freezing protocol suitable for ATAC-Seq on motor neurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells.

Pamela Milani, Renan Escalante-Chong, Brandon C Shelley, Natasha L Patel-Murray, Xiaofeng Xin, Miriam Adam, Berhan Mandefro, Dhruv Sareen, Clive N Svendsen, Ernest Fraenkel

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pamela MilaniDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, United States of America.
Renan Escalante-ChongDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, United States of America.
Brandon C ShelleyBoard of Governors-Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States of America.
Natasha L Patel-MurrayDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, United States of America.
Xiaofeng XinDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, United States of America.
Miriam AdamDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, United States of America.
Berhan MandefroBoard of Governors-Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States of America.
Dhruv SareenBoard of Governors-Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States of America.
Clive N SvendsenBoard of Governors-Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States of America.
Ernest FraenkelDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, United States of America.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USCedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

Transgenic & Knock-out MouseP30DK063491 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI PETER J TONTONOZ · 2003 to 2026
$40.4M
TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LEVINE, STUART S · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
Neuron and Glial Cellular Signatures from Normal and Diseased iPS Cells-SupplementU54NS091046 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI FINKBEINER, STEVEN M, FRAENKEL, ERNEST · 2014 to 2020
$11.7M
Graduate Training in Computational and Systems BiologyT32GM087237 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BURGE, CHRISTOPHER B · 2009 to 2023
$4.6M
Embryonal Brain Tumor NetworksU01CA184898 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI FRAENKEL, ERNEST, MESIROV, JILL P. · 2014 to 2019
$3.6M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA184898NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063491NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM087237NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS091046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-Seq) has become a fundamental tool of epigenomic research. However, it is difficult to perform this technique on frozen samples because freezing cells before extracting nuclei can impair nuclear integrity and alter chromatin structure, especially in fragile cells such as neurons. Our aim was to develop a protocol for freezing neuronal cells that is compatible with ATAC-Seq; we focused on a disease-relevant cell type, namely motor neurons differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells (iMNs) from a patient affected by spinal muscular atrophy. We found that while flash-frozen iMNs are not suitable for ATAC-Seq, the assay is successful with slow-cooled cryopreserved cells. Using this method, we were able to isolate high quality, intact nuclei, and we verified that epigenetic results from fresh and cryopreserved iMNs quantitatively agree.

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Cell DifferentiationCell NucleusCell SurvivalChromatinCryopreservationCryoprotective AgentsEpigenesis, GeneticFibroblastsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMotor NeuronsMuscular Atrophy, SpinalPrimary Cell CultureSequence Analysis, DNATransposasesChromatinCryoprotective AgentsTransposases

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PMID27146274
PMCPMC4857123
OpenAlexW2607265104

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