Single cell RNA Sequencing Analysis of Gene Expression Profile in Dgcr8 Conditional KO Embryonic Hearts. Single cell RNA Sequencing Analysis of Gene Expression Profile in Dgcr8 Conditional KO Embryonic Hearts

Purpose: To compare the single cell transcriptome of wild type and Mesp1Cre+/Dgcr8-/- embryonic heart at embryonic stage E9.5 Methods: For single cell sample preparation, Ventricular part of E9.5 heart tubes were dissected and digested into single cells by 0.04% Trypsin combined with 0.05% Collagenase IV, and then transferred into DMEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum for termination. After washed in PBS without Ca2+, the single cells were manually transferred into cell lysis buffer with a mouth pipette. Total RNA was reverse transcribed and amplified using Smart-seq2 protocol (Picelli et al., 2014), followed by Tn5 tagmentation and PCR enrichment to generate libraries using TruePrep DNA Library Prep Kit V2 for illumina (Vazyme, TD501-503) according to the manufacturer’s suggested protocol. Clean reads were mapped to mouse genome (mm10) using Salmon. Results: Genes significantly differentially expressed in the E9.5 Dgcr8 cKO single cardiomyocyte compared with wild type group were identified. Conclusions: Dgcr8 cKO caused important gene expression changes in E9.5 cardiomyocytes at single cell level Overall design: Perform single cell RNA-seq of wild type and Mesp1Cre+/Dgcr8-/- embryonic heart at embryonic stage E9.5