High-throughput single-cell whole-genome amplification through centrifugal emulsification and eMDA

Single-cell whole-genome sequencing (scWGS) is mainly used to probe intercellular genomic variations, focusing on the copy number variations or alterations and the single-nucleotide variations (SNVs) occurring within single cells. Single-cell whole-genome amplification (scWGA) needs to be applied before scWGS but is challenging due to the low copy number of DNA. Besides, many genomic variations are rare within a population of cells, so the throughput of currently available scWGA methods is far from satisfactory. Here, we integrate a one-step micro-capillary array (MiCA)-based centrifugal droplet generation technique with emulsion multiple displacement amplification (eMDA) and demonstrate a high-throughput scWGA method, MiCA-eMDA. MiCA-eMDA increases the single-run throughput of scWGA to a few dozen, and enables the assessment of copy number variations and alterations at 50-kb resolution. Downstream target enrichment further enables the detection of SNVs with 20% allele drop-out.Yusi Fu, Fangli Zhang et al. integrate a one-step microcapillary array with emulsion multiple displacement amplification to obtain a high-throughput single-cell whole-genome amplification method. Their method enables copy number assessment at a resolution of 50 kb.

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