Item Type: | Review |
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Title: | Mitochondrial genetics through the lens of single-cell multi-omics |
Creators Name: | Nitsch, L., Lareau, C.A. and Ludwig, L.S. |
Abstract: | Mitochondria carry their own genetic information encoding for a subset of protein-coding genes and translational machinery essential for cellular respiration and metabolism. Despite its small size, the mitochondrial genome, its natural genetic variation and molecular phenotypes have been challenging to study using bulk sequencing approaches, due to its variation in cellular copy number, non-Mendelian modes of inheritance and propensity for mutations. Here we highlight emerging strategies designed to capture mitochondrial genetic variation across individual cells for lineage tracing and studying mitochondrial genetics in primary human cells and clinical specimens. We review recent advances surrounding single-cell mitochondrial genome sequencing and its integration with functional genomic readouts, including leveraging somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations as clonal markers that can resolve cellular population dynamics in complex human tissues. Finally, we discuss how single-cell whole mitochondrial genome sequencing approaches can be utilized to investigate mitochondrial genetics and its contribution to cellular heterogeneity and disease. |
Keywords: | Mitochondrial DNA, Genetic Variation, Mitochondrial Genome, Genomics, Mitochondria, Multiomics, Mutation, Single-Cell Analysis |
Source: | Nature Genetics |
ISSN: | 1061-4036 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Volume: | 56 |
Number: | 7 |
Page Range: | 1355-1365 |
Date: | July 2024 |
Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-01794-8 |
PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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