Reagents Setup
• 2x Tn5 dialysis buffer
100 mM HEPES-KOH (pH7.2)
200 mM NaCl
0.2 mM EDTA
20% Glycerol
0.2% TritonX-100
2 mM DTT 1 M 20 μl
Aliquot 1-2 ml each, store at -30° C
• 5x TAPS-DMF buffer
50 mM TAPS-NaOH (pH8.5)
25 mM MgCl2
50% DMF
Aliquot 1-2 ml each, store at -30° C
• 10x T7 RNA Polymerase buffer
400 mM Tris-HCl (pH8.0)
80 mM MgCl2
20 mM Spermidine
50 mM DTT
Aliquot 1-2 ml each, store at -30° C
• DBCO-PEG5-NHS Ester
Suspend 2 mg with 100 μl of DMSO (28.8 mM), aliquot 20 μl each and store at -30° C
• 10x annealing buffer
100 mM Tris-HCl (pH7.4)
10 mM EDTA
1 M NaCl
Store at room temperature
• Antibody labeling with DBCO-PEG5-NHS Ester
Mix antibody with DBCO-PEG5-NHS Ester in a Protein LoBind tube
- conjugation is performed with a molar ratio of about 1:10
IgG 100 μg
NaHCO3 (1 M, pH8.3) 10 μl
DBCO-PEG5-NHS Ester (28.8 mM) 0.2 μl
PBS upto 100 μl
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Incubate the sample at room temperature for 1 h by rotating the tube
During this step, equilibrate the a PD MiniTrap G-25 desalting column with 2.5 ml of PBS, three times
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Apply the sample into the column
Add 500 μl of PBS and discard the flow through
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Place the column onto a new 1.5 ml tube
Add 500 μl of PBS and recover the flow through
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Transfer the sample into an Amicon Ultra-0.5 NMWL 10kDa centrifugal filter
Centrifuge at 14,000 xg for 20 min at 4° C
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Recover the sample (~25 μl) into a new 1.5 ml tube
Add ~50 μl of PBS
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Measure the concentration of IgG and DBCO using Nanodrop
molar extinction coefficiency of DBCO = 12,000 M−1 cm−1 at 309 nm
Typically approximately three DBCO per antibody
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Dilute to 1 mg/ml IgG with PBS
Store at 4 ° C
• ChILT DNA
Mix oligo DNAs in a 0.2 ml PCR tube
ChILT primer_Fw-azido (100 μM) 10 μl
ChILT primer_Rv-Ph,TMR (100 μM) 10 μl
10x annealing buffer 10 μl
Nuclease-free water 70 μl
Total 100 μl
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Thermal Cycler: incubate 95° C 5 min → lowering the temperature by 0.1oC/s to 20oC
Store at -30° C
• Oligonucleotide conjugation with antibody
Mix DBCO-PEG5 labeled-IgG with ChILT DNA in a Protein LoBind tube
- conjugation is performed with a molar ratio of 1:2
DBCO-PEG5 labeled-IgG (1 mg/ml) 75 μl
ChILT DNA (annealed, 10 μM) 100 μl
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Incubate the sample at 4° C for 1 week by rotating the tube
- Cu-free click reaction with azido-DNA is much slower than classical click reaction
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Apply the sample into a Microcon Ultracel DNA Fast Flow Membrane
Add 400 μl of PBS
Centrifuge at 500 xg for 20 min at 4° C
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After discarding the flow through, add 400 L of PBS
Centrifuge at 500 xg for 20 min at 4° C
Repeat this step 4 times
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Transfer the sample (~100 μl) into an Amicon Ultra-0.5 NMWL 100kDa centrifugal filter Centrifuge at 14,000 xg for 20 min at 4° C
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Recover the sample (~25 μl) into a new 1.5 ml tube
Adjust the volume to 85 μl (two-fold concentrated) with PBS
Store at 4° C
ChILT work flow
(Day 1) Cell sorting, plating
Plate cells on a 96-well ibidi plate
Single cell by cell sorter
≥100 cells by manual
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Incubate at 37° C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 overnight
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(Day 2) immunostaining
After removing the medium, add 100 μl of 1% formaldehyde/DMEM
Incubate at room temperature for 5 min, without shaking
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After removing the formaldehyde, wash the cells with 200 μl of PBS
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After removing PBS, add 150 μl of 1% Triton/PBS
Incubate at room temperature for 20 min with gentle shaking
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After removing Triton, wash the cells with 200 μl of PBS
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After removing PBS, add 100 μl of Blocking One-P
Incubate at room temperature for 20 min with gentle shaking
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After removing Blocking One-P, wash the cells with 200 μl of PBS
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After removing PBS, add 100 μl of primary antibody (2 μg/ml) in 0.1x Blocking One-P/PBS
Incubate at room temperature for 6 h with gentle shaking
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After removing the primary antibody, wash the cells with 200 μl of PBS
Gently shaking at room temperature for 5 min, three times
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Plate on ice
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After removing PBS, add 100 μl of ChILT probe (1 μg/ml) in 0.1x Blocking One-P, 0.5 M NaCl/PBS (ice-cold)
Incubate at 4° C overnight with gentle shaking
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(Day 3) ChILT reaction
After removing the ChILT probe, wash the cells with 200 μl of PBS (ice-cold)
Gently shaking at 4° C for 20 min, three times
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After removing PBS, add 50 μl of Tn5 (90 ng/well; 0.883 mg/ml 0.1 μl/well) in 1x Tn5 dialysis buffer
Incubate at room temperature for 10 min with gentle shaking
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Without removing Tn5, add 50 μl of MEDS-B (10 μM, 0.1 μl/well) in 1x Tn5 dialysis buffer
Incubate at room temperature for 1 h with gentle shaking
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After removing the supernatant, wash the cells with 100 μl of PBS
Gently shaking at room temperature for 5 min, three times
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After removing PBS, wash the cells with 100 μl of 1x Tn5 dialysis buffer
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After removing the buffer, add 100 μl of 1x TAPS-DMF buffer
Incubate at 37° C for 1 h with gentle shaking
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After removing the buffer, add 100 μl of 0.2% SDS
Incubate at room temperature for 10 min, without shaking
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After removing SDS, wash the cells with 100 μl of PBS, three times, without interval
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After removing PBS, wash the cells with 100 μl of 1x T4 DNA Ligase buffer
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Prepare fill-in solution (according to the number)
Nuclease-free water 88.5 μl
10x T4 DNA Ligase buffer 10 μl
dNTP mix (10 mM) 0.5 μl
T4 DNA ligase 0.5 μl
T4 DNA Polymerase 0.5 μl
Total 100 μl
After removing the buffer, add 100 μl of fill-in solution
Incubate at room temperature for 30 min with gentle shaking
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After removing the supernatant, add 100 μl of 0.2% SDS
Incubate at room temperature for 10 min, without shaking
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After removing SDS, wash the cells with 100 μl of PBS, three times, without interval
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After removing PBS, wash the cells with 100 μl of 1x T7 RNA Polymerase buffer
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Prepare in situ transcription solution (according to the number)
Nuclease-free water 80 μl
10x T7 RNA Polymerase buffer 10 μl
25 mM each NTP 8 μl
RNase Inhibitor 1 μl
T7 RNA Polymerase 1 μl
Total 100 μl
After removing the buffer, add 100 μl of in situ transcription solution
Seal the wells with parafilm
Incubate at 37° C overnight with gentle shaking
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(Day 4) library preparation: SMART-seq v4
Add 1 μl of DNaseI
Incubate at 37° C for 30 min with gentle shaking
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Purify the ChILT RNA by RNeasy MinElute Cleanup Kit
Recover the supernatant into a 1.5 ml tube
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Add 350 μl of Buffer RLT into the well and transfer this rinsed fraction to the same tube
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Add 250 μl of EtOH and mix well by pipetting up and down
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Transfer the sample into RNeasy MinElute Spin Column
Centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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Place the column in a new collection tube
Add 500 μl of Buffer RPE
Centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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After discarding the flow through, add 500 μl of 80% EtOH
Centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 2 min
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After discarding the flow through, centrifuge again at 13,000 rpm for 1 min with the lid opened
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Place the column on a new 1.5 ml tube and add 10 μl of Nuclease-free water directly to the membrane
After waiting for 1 min, centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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Recover the flow through and add again to the membrane
After waiting for 1 min, centrifuge again at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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SMAT-seq v4 using custom primers
• Primer annealing
Prepare the reaction buffer (according to the number, for 10 samples below)
10x Lysis buffer 4.75 μl
Read2 primer (12 μM) 5 μl
RNase Inhibitor 0.25 μl
Total 10 μl
Mix ChILT RNA and the reaction buffer in a 0.2 ml 8-strip PCR tube
RNA Sample 5.25 μl
Reaction buffer 1 μl
Total 6.25 μl
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Thermal Cycler: incubate 72° C 3 min → on ice
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• First-strand cDNA Synthesis
Prepare the master mix (according to the number)
5x Ultra Low First-Strand Buffer 2 μl
SMART-Seq v4 Oligonucleotide (48 μM) 0.5 μl
RNase Inhibitor 0.25 μl
SMART Scribe Reverse Transcriptase 1 μl
Total 3.75 μl
Add the master mix into the RNA sample
RNA sample 6.25 μl
Master mix 3.75 μl
Total 10 μl
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Thermal Cycler: incubate 42° C 1.5 h → 70° C 10 min → 4° C
• cDNA Amplification
Prepare the master mix (according to the number)
2x SeqAmp PCR Buffer 12.5 μl
Ad1 primer (12 μM) 0.5 μl
SeqAmp DNA Polymerase 0.5 μl
Nuclease-free water 1.0 μl
Total 14.5 μl
Mix ChILT cDNA, Ad2 primer and the master mix in a new 0.2 ml 8-strip PCR tube
First-strand cDNA 10 μl
Ad2 primer (12 μM) 0.5 μl
Master mix 14.5 μl
Total 25 μl
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Thermal Cycler: 95° C 1 min → (98° C 10 sec → 65° C 30 sec → 68° C 3 min) →72° C 10 min → 4° C
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(Day 5) library purification
Incubate the AMPure XP beads at room temperature and mix well by vortexing before use
Add 10x Lysis buffer and AMPure XP beads to the amplified ChILT DNA
Amplified DNA Sample 25 μl
10x Lysis buffer 0.5 μl
AMPure XP beads 25 μl
Total 50 μl
Mix well by pipetting up and down and incubate for 5 min
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Place on a magnetic rack and wait for 5 min
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Discard the supernatant (45 μl)
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Wash the beads with 200 μl of 80% EtOH, twice
After incubating for 30 sec, discard the supernatant
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Wait for ≦5 min. Take care not to over dry
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Outside the rack,
Add 27 μl of EB buffer (Qiagen) and mix well by pipetting up and down
Incubate for 2 min
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Place on the rack and wait for 5 min
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Recover the supernatant (25 μl) into a new 0.2-ml PCR tube
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Repeat again the purification with 25 μl of AMPure XP beads
- 10x Lysis buffer is not required in second purification
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Recover the elute (25 μl) into a new tube
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Pool and purify the samples by MinElute PCR Purification Kit
Mix the samples and adjust the volume to 100 μl with Nuclease-free water
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Add 500 μl of Buffer PB and mix well by pipetting up and down
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Transfer the sample into a MinElute column
Centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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After discarding the flow through, add 700 μl of Buffer PE
Centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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After discarding the flow through, centrifuge again at 13,000 rpm for 1 min with the lid opened
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Place the column on a new 1.5 ml tube and add 25 μl of Buffer EB
After waiting for 1 min, centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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• Size selection using E-Gel Electrophoresis system with E-Gel Size Select II agarose gel
Recover 250-350 bp fragments
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Purify the size selected samples by MinElute PCR Purification Kit
Add 5 volumes of Buffer PB to 1 volume of the sample and mix well
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Transfer the sample into MinElute column
Centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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After discarding the flow through, add 700 μl of Buffer PE
Centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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After discarding the flow through, centrifuge again at 13,000 rpm for 1 min with the lid opened
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Place the column on a new 1.5 ml tube and add 10 μl of Buffer EB
After waiting for 1 min, centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 1 min
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• Quantification of the ChILT library
Bioanalyzer (DNA high sensitivity kit)
qPCR (TaKaRa Library Quantification Kit)