Multiplex immunofluorescence-guided laser capture microdissection for spatial transcriptomics of metastatic melanoma tissues.

Abstract

We describe a pipeline for optimized and streamlined multiplexed immunofluorescence-guided laser capture microdissection allowing the harvest of individual cells based on their phenotype and tissue localization for transcriptomic analysis with next-generation RNA sequencing. Here, we analyze transcriptomes of CD3+ T cells, CD14+ monocytes/macrophages, and melanoma cells in non-dissociated metastatic melanoma tissue. While this protocol is described for melanoma tissues, we successfully applied it to human tonsil, skin, and breast cancer tissues as well as mouse lung tissues. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Martinek et al. (2022).

Keywords

LCM-seq
Spatial Transcriptomics
mIF
Cancer
Cell isolation
Immunology
Microscopy
RNAseq
Single cell

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Mice
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Gene Expression Profiling
Laser Capture Microdissection
Melanoma
Transcriptome

Authors

Martinek, Jan
Wu, Te-Chia
Sun, Lili
Lin, Jianan
Kim, Kyung In
Marches, Florentina
Robson, Paul
George, Joshy
Palucka, Karolina