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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

High-Throughput Single-Nucleus RNA Profiling of Minimal Puncture FFPE Samples Reveals Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Cancer.

Weiqin Jiang, Xiang Zhang, Ziye Xu, Qing Cheng, Xiaohan Li, Yuyi Zhu, Fangru Lu, Ling Dong, Linghui Zeng, Weixiang Zhong and 3 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Weiqin JiangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
Xiang ZhangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
Ziye XuLiangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University Medical Center, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
Qing ChengInstitute of Bioinformatics and James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Xiaohan LiInstitute of Bioinformatics and James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Yuyi ZhuLiangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University Medical Center, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
Fangru LuLiangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University Medical Center, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
Ling DongM20 Genomics, Hangzhou, 310030, China.
Linghui ZengSchool of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, 316021, China.
Weixiang ZhongDepartment of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
Yongcheng WangLiangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University Medical Center, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
Longjiang FanInstitute of Bioinformatics and James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Hongyu ChenSchool of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, 316021, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5980-1262

Funding

Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang 2021R01012National Natural Science Foundation of China 32200073National Natural Science Foundation of China 82200977Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LGF22H160007Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province TGY24H160045
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Abstract

Puncture biopsy, especially those preserved by formalin fixed paraffin embedding (FFPE) samples, play an important role in various research purposes. Diverse single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) techniques have been developed for FFPE samples, however, how to perform high-throughput snRNA-seq on small FFPE puncture samples is still a challenge. Here, the previously developed snRNA-seq technique (snRandom-seq) is optimized by implementing a pre-indexing procedure for the minimal puncture FFPE samples. In analyzing 20 samples from various solid tumors, optimized snRandom-seq still detected ≈17 000 genes and 12 000 long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), achieving precise clustering based on tissue origin. A head-to-head comparison with 10× Genomics on fresh biopsy samples showed a similar gene detection rate, with significantly enhanced lncRNA detection, indicating that the optimized snRandom-seq technique maintains its established gene detection advantages even when applied to small samples. Utilizing 7 puncture FFPE samples of liver metastases from 3 colorectal cancer patients pre- and post-immunotherapy, the cellular developmental trajectories are reconstructed and revealed dynamic spatiotemporal heterogeneity during treatment, including insights into pseudoprogression of immunotherapy. Therefore, the optimized snRandom-seq offers a solution for high-throughput single-cell RNA and non-coding RNA analysis in minimal puncture FFPE sample.

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NeoplasmsFormaldehydeGene Expression ProfilingHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansParaffin EmbeddingRNA, Long NoncodingSequence Analysis, RNATissue FixationFormaldehydeRNA, Long NoncodingFFPE samplenoncoding RNApseudoprogressionpuncture biopsyspatiotemporal heterogeneity

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