INTACT method for gene expression and chromatin profiling of individual cell types within a tissue. Arabidopsis thaliana

We used in vivo biotin labeling of a nuclear envelope protein in individual cell types followed by affinity isolation of labeled nuclei to measure gene expression and chromatin features of the hair and non-hair cell types of the Arabidopsis root epidermis. Keywords: Chromatin affinity-purification on microarray Overall design: All experiments were done using two channels per chip. Two types of experiments were performed. Expression profiling was performed by comparing cDNAs synthesized from nuclear RNA isolated from INTACT-prepared Arabidopsis nuclei to total sonicated genomic DNA isolated from Arabidopsis plants. Chromatin profiling was performed using INTACT-prepared Arabidopsis nuclei. DNA isolated by Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) using antibodies to modified histones was compared to histone H3 ChIP DNA from the same sample.