Manual Tissue Dissociation for Multiome Analysis

Keep snap-frozen tissue specimen on dry ice, after removing from freezer and until ready to begin.

Using a disposable weigh boat, quickly weigh the tissue specimen while still frozen.

Mince tissue with a fresh scalpel until tissue is the size of dry rice grains (or smaller) and transfer to a 1.5mL Eppendorf tube.

Add 300µL NP40 lysis buffer. Homogenize with pellet pestle 15X.

Add 1mL NP40 lysis buffer and incubate on ice. The incubation time is tissue dependent.

a. Ovarian tissue: 0h 4m 0s

b. Fallopian tube tissue: 0h 3m 0s

Strain through a 40µm filter.

Centrifuge at 500g, 4°C for 0h 5m 0s .

Remove supernatant without disturbing the pellet.

Add 1mL wash buffer slowly, without mixing.

Incubate on ice for 0h 5m 0s .

Slowly pipet to resuspend the pellet.

Centrifuge at 500g, 4°C for 0h 5m 0s .

Remove supernatant without disturbing the pellet.

Add 500µL-1mL wash buffer and pipet to resuspend.

Tip : Additional washes may be necessary based on the quality control checks in step 15 (do not exceed 4 washes).

Using Trypan blue, load nuclei onto a hemocytometer and count.

Quality Control : Check under microscope for debris. There are specific acceptable levels of blebbing that we are looking for, specifically levels as represented in images A and B from Panel A in the 10X Genomics document CG000375. We’re looking for <5% live cells (ideally no cells), minimal to no clumping, no large debris, minimal to no other debris.

Tip : Step 14 can be repeated 3 more times if a large amount of debris is still present (do not exceed 4 total washes).

Process the isolated nuclei with the 10X Genomics permeabilization protocol described in section 1.2 Nuclei Permeabilization of “Nuclei Isolation from Complex Tissues for Single Cell Multiome ATAC + Gene Expression Sequencing demonstration protocol.”

Process the permeabilized nuclei with the 10X Genomics Multiomic ATACseq and RNAseq protocols described in “Chromium Next GEM Single Cell Multiome ATAC + Gene Expression Reagent Kits User Guide.”

Step-specific processing notes are included below.

Step 3.1 : During dynabeads cleanup, aspirate the entire supernatant including the white debris at the bottom.

Steps 5.1 and 6.1 : When computing the number of PCR cycles, we round up, when within about 100 nuclei/cells of the threshold for the number of PCR cycles.

Step 7.5 : When computing the number of PCR cycles, we do not round up when near the threshold for the number of PCR cycles.

Quality control of ATAC library : While we require the Agilent Bioanalyzer trace at step 5.3 to contain the five expected peaks (0-nucleosome, 1-nucleosome, 2-nucleosomes, 3-nucleosomes, and multiple-nucleosomes), we are somewhat lenient in the expectation that the 1-nucleosome peak will be higher than the other peaks. If peaks are missing, we don’t proceed with the sample. If the peaks are visible but the material concentration is low, we recommend rebuilding the library from the cDNA step 4.3.

Quality control of cDNA library : The peak of the Agilent Bioanalyzer trace at step 6.3 should roughly be gaussian centered around 480. If the peak is to narrow or asymmetric, then size selection was not performed correctly and we recommend rebuilding the library from the cDNA step 4.3.

Quality control of GEX libraries : The peak of the Agilent Bioanalyzer trace at step 7.7 should roughly be gaussian centered around 480. If the peak is to narrow or asymmetric, then size selection was not performed correctly and we recommend rebuilding the library from the cDNA step 4.3.

Tip : An Illumina MiSeq run can prove helpful to rebalance the libraries, if needed, and confirm the libraries are properly binding to the flow cell. MiSeq results do not have sufficient sequencing depth for downstream 10X protocol analyses.