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Public workspaceChIP-seq in human cells with mouse cells spike-in

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  • 1University of Leicester
  • Michael Tellier
Michael Tellier
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Protocol Citation: Michael Tellier 2021. ChIP-seq in human cells with mouse cells spike-in. protocols.io https://protocols.io/view/chip-seq-in-human-cells-with-mouse-cells-spike-in-bxxwpppe
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Created: September 03, 2021
Last Modified: September 04, 2021
Protocol Integer ID: 52950
Abstract
Protocol to perform ChIP-seq in human cells with spike-in.
Day 1
Day 1
10m
10m
  1. Split the human cells in a 150 mm dish for a ~80% confluence on Day 2.
  2. Do the same for the mouse cells.
10m
Day 2
Day 2
3h 35m
3h 35m
Chromatin preparation
  1. Add 1% formaldehyde to the cells and mix 10 minutes on a shaker at 20-25 rpm at room temperature (540.5 μl 37% formaldehyde for 20 ml of medium).
  2. Add 125 mM Glycine and mix 5 minutes on a shaker at 20-25 rpm at room temperature (1.283 ml 2M Glycine for 20 ml of medium).
  3. Put the cells on ice and wash twice with 10 ml of ice-cold PBS.
  4. Scrap the cells in 5 ml of ice-cold PBS and transfer to a chilled 15 ml Falcon tube.
  5. Centrifuge 10 minutes at 1,500 rpm at 4°C.
  6. Remove supernatant and resuspend the pellet in 2 ml of chilled ChIP Lysis buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 0.25% Triton X-100, 1% SDS, 10 mM EDTA, protease inhibitor cocktail and phosphatase inhibitor to be added fresh). For each tube, transfer in two new ice-cold 1.5 ml Eppendorf tubes (2 x 1 ml).
  7. Incubate 10 minutes on ice.
  8. Centrifuge 5 minutes at 1,500 g at 4°C.
  9. Remove supernatant and resuspend each 1.5 ml tube with 1 ml of chilled ChIP Wash buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 200 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, protease inhibitor cocktail and phosphatase inhibitor to be added fresh).
  10. Centrifuge 5 minutes at 1,500 g at 4°C.
  11. Remove supernatant and resuspend each 1.5 ml tube with 600 μl of chilled ChIP Sonication buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 100 mM NaCl, 0.1% SDS, 1 mM EDTA, protease inhibitor cocktail and phosphatase inhibitor to be added fresh).
  12. Incubate on a rotating wheel at 16 rpm in the cold room for 10 minutes.
  13. For each tube, transfer in two new ice-cold sonication tubes (2 x 300 μl). In total, 4 tubes with 300 μl for each plate.
  14. Sonicate to shear the chromatin to ~ 200-500 bp fragments (time and amplitude depends on the cell line, sonicator, and amount of material so it needs to be determined experimentally in advance).
  15. Merge the 4 tubes for each plate in a single ice-cold 1.5 ml tube.
  16. Centrifuge 20 minutes at 13,300 rpm at 4°C.
  17. Transfer supernatant in a new ice-cold 1.5 ml Eppendorf tube.
2h 45m
Immunoprecipitation
  1. In an ice-cold 1.5 ml Eppendorf tube, add 5 μl of Dynabeads protein A and 5 μl of Dynabeads protein G. Wash with 100 μl of ice-cold RIPA buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 0.1% SDS, 1% Triton X-100, 0.1% Sodium deoxycholate) (add the RIPA buffer, vortex a few seconds at low strength, add the tube on a magnetic rack, and remove the solution when it is cleared). For pipetting beads, cut the bottom of the tip.
  2. Add the sonicated chromatin extract to the washed beads and incubate on a rotating wheel at 16 rpm for 30 minutes in the cold room.
  3. Centrifuge briefly at < 1,000 rpm, put the tubes on a magnetic rack, and transfer the supernatant to a new ice-cold 1.5 ml Eppendorf tube.
  4. Nanodrop for DNA each sample.
  5. For each antibody per condition: prepare at least 8 tubes with one tube for the IgG/Input and 7 tubes for the IP. For the amount of chromatin and antibody, follow the recommendation from the company. If not available, use for each tube 70-100 μg of human chromatin, 10% of mouse chromatin (7-10 μg), and 1-5 μg of antibody.
  6. Incubate overnight on a rotating wheel at 16 rpm in the cold room.
45m
Beads preparation
  1. For each IgG/IP tube, prepare 10 μl of Dynabeads protein A and 10 μl of Dynabeads protein G. Wash with ice-cold 100 μl of RIPA buffer. Add ice-cold 20 μl of RIPA containing 4 mg/ml of BSA (prepare only one tube with the beads for all the samples).
  2. Incubate overnight on a rotating wheel at 16 rpm in the cold room.
5m
Day 3
Day 3
8h 20m
8h 20m
Beads washes
  1. Centrifuge briefly at < 1,000 rpm. Make sure that the beads are still well mixed.
  2. Transfer 20 μl of Dynabeads protein A&G in new 1.5 ml Eppendorf tubes. Put the tubes on a magnetic rack and remove the supernatant.
  3. Transfer each chromatin extract incubated with antibody to a tube containing the Dynabeads protein A&G. Mix by inverting the tubes several times.
  4. Incubate for one hour on a rotating wheel at 16 rpm in the cold room.
  5. Centrifuge briefly at < 1,000 rpm and put the tubes on a magnetic rack.
  6. Keep the IgG supernatant as the total Input. Discard the supernatant of the IP tubes.
  7. Wash the beads three times with 300 μl of ice-cold RIPA buffer (add the buffer, vortex a few seconds at low speed, put back the tubes on the magnetic rack, wait ~ one minute, invert the magnetic rack a few times to recover the beads at the top of the tubes, remove supernatant).
  8. Wash the beads three times with 300 μl of ice-cold High Salt Wash buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 500 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 0.1% SDS, 1% Triton X-100, 0.1% Sodium deoxycholate).
  9. Wash the beads twice times with 300 μl of ice-cold LiCl Wash buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 250 mM LiCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1% NP-40, 1% Sodium deoxycholate).
  10. Wash the beads twice times with 300 μl of ice-cold TE buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 1 mM EDTA).
2h
Critical
Elution
  1. For the IP samples: add 50 μl of Elution buffer (100 mM NaHCO3, 1% SDS, 10 mM DTT (DTT to be added fresh)), resuspend the beads by flicking the tubes, centrifuge briefly at < 1,000 rpm, and put the tubes on a Thermomixer at 1,400 rpm at 37°C for 15 minutes.
  2. Put the tubes on a magnetic rack and transfer the supernatant to a new 1.5 ml Eppendorf tube.
  3. Repeat the elution from step 6.1 to 6.2 from the beads one more time with 50 μl of Elution buffer and combine both elutes (final volume: 100 μl).
  4. For the Input samples: add 90 μl of Elution buffer to 10 μl of Input (one tube for each Input, 1/10th dilution of the Input)
40m
RNase treatment and reverse crosslink
  1. Add 0.6 μl of RNase A (10 mg/ml) to each tube and incubate 30 minutes at 37°C.
  2. Add 4 μl of 5 M NaCl (final concentration: 200 mM) and incubate five hours at 65°C to reverse crosslink (possible to do it overnight).
  3. Add 300 μl (or 2.5X volume) of 100% ethanol, vortex a few seconds at low speed, and precipitate overnight at -20°C.
5h 40m
Day 4
Day 4
3h 30m
3h 30m
DNA purification
  1. Centrifuge 20 minutes at 13,300 rpm at 4°C. Remove most of the supernatant with a 1 ml pipette.
  2. Centrifuge two minutes at 13,300 rpm at 4°C. Remove the remaining supernatant with a 10 μl pipette.
  3. Air dry for one-two minutes.
  4. Add 100 μl of TE and 25 μl of 5X Proteinase K buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 25 mM EDTA, 1.25% SDS). Dissolve the pellets by pipetting up and down or wait a few minutes for the pellet to dissolve.
  5. Add 1.5 μl of Proteinase K (20 mg/ml) to each sample.
  6. Incubate two hours at 45°C to degrade the proteins.
  7. Purify the DNA with the MinElute PCR purification kit (QIAGEN). Add 625 μl (or 5 volumes) of PB + pH indicator I buffer (if the colour is not yellow: add 5-15 μl of 3M AcoNa pH 5.2 or until the colour becomes yellow).
  8. Prepare a MinElute PCR purification column for each Input and IgG samples. For IP samples: prepare only one tube for condition (if seven IPs have been performed for the same condition, use only one column as the seven IPs will be loaded on the same column to merge them).
  9. Load the MinElute PCR purification column and centrifuge one minute at 5,000 rpm. Discard the flowthrough. For IP samples: load again each column with another IP of the same condition. If seven IPs per condition, each column will need to be loaded seven times. For the Input and IgG samples, add 750 μl of PE buffer and keep them on the bench until the IP columns are ready.
  10. Add 750 μl of PE buffer and centrifuge one minute at 5,000 rpm. Discard the flowthrough.
  11. Centrifuge one minute at 5,000 rpm to remove the residual PE buffer.
  12. Transfer the MinElute columns into clean 1.5 ml DNA LoBind tubes,
  13. Add 15 μl of nuclease-free water into each column, wait one minute at room temperature, and centrifuge one minute at max speed.
  14. Add again 15 μl of nuclease-free water into each column, wait one minute at room temperature, and centrifuge one minute at max speed.
  15. Discard the MinElute columns and keep the DNA LoBind tubes at -20°C.
  16. Quantify the DNA with a QuBit or another method to quantify low amount of DNA. Check the IP efficiency by performing qPCR on known positive and negative DNA regions.
  17. Prepare the sequencing libraries following the manufacturer's instructions.
3h 30m