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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Single-Cell Simultaneous Metabolome and Transcriptome Profiling Revealing Metabolite-Gene Correlation Network.

Xiying Mao, Dandan Xia, Miao Xu, Yan Gao, Le Tong, Chen Lu, Weiqi Li, Runmin Xie, Qinghuai Liu, Dechen Jiang and 1 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Single-cell metabolome and RNA-seq multiplexing on single plant cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Xiying MaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Dandan XiaThe State Key Lab of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
Miao XuDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Yan GaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Le TongThe State Key Lab of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
Chen LuDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Weiqi LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Runmin XieDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Qinghuai LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Dechen JiangThe State Key Lab of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2845-3621
Songtao YuanDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.

Funding

Jiangsu Key R&D Program BE2022805Jiangsu Provincial Medical Key Discipline ZDXK202244National Natural Science Foundation of China 22025403National Natural Science Foundation of China 81870694National Natural Science Foundation of China 81970821National Natural Science Foundation of China 82201239National Natural Science Foundation of China 82271100Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20243054
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic studies at the single cell level can directly define the cellular phenotype closest to physiological or disease states. However, the current single cell metabolome (SCM) study using mass spectroscopy has difficulty giving a complete view of the metabolic activity in the cell, and the prediction of the metabolism-phenotype relationship is limited by the potential inconsistency between transcriptomic and metabolic levels. Here, the single-cell simultaneous metabolome and transcriptome profiling method (scMeT-seq) is developed at one single cell, based on sub-picoliter sampling from the cell for the initial metabolome profiling followed by single cell transcriptome sequencing. This design not only provides sufficient cytoplasm for SCM but also nicely keeps the cellular viability for the accurate transcriptomic analysis in the same cell. Integrative analysis of scMeT-seq reveals both dynamical and cell state-specific associations between metabolome and transcriptome in the macrophages with defined metabolic perturbations. Moreover, metabolite signatures are mapped to the single-cell trajectory and gene correlation network of macrophage transition, which allows the unsupervised functional interpretation of metabolome. Thus, the established scMeT-seq should lead to a new perspective in metabolic research by transforming metabolomics from a metabolite snapshot to a functional approach.

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Gene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksMetabolomeMetabolomicsSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeAnimalsHumansMacrophagesMicefunctional metabolomicsmass spectroscopymulti‐omicsRNA sequencingsingle‐cell

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PMID39629980
PMCPMC11775534

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