[Alpacino78]

Dr.

Hi there,

I am dealing with the same issue. Did you resolve this issue? I would appreciate if you share your troubleshooting experiences with me.

Thanks,
Alpa

Hi all,

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I am new to ATAC-seq, and am testing a few different conditions based on the original protocol and a newer protocol from the greenleaf lab that was designed for blood cells (fast-ATAC). I made 4 libraries, using either 10k or 100k cells for each method. I used a 50uL reaction, using 2.5 uL of enzyme and incubating at 37C for 30 minutes. After PCR (with cycle number titration) I ran the libraries on an agarose gel and size selected the fragments between 150 and 800 bps (a post-doc in the neighboring lab has done this and has gotten good data from this).

I have attached the BA trace for 100k and 10k using the original method (IGEPAL) and the new method (fast-ATAC). The post-doc has told me that it's best not to sequence any of these because the 3n nucleosomal fraction is much higher than the sub-nucleosomal fraction (~190 bps), however I am inclined to think that the "10k fast" library would give me good data.

Does anyone have experience with taking ATAC from library prep all the way to data analysis and can comment on whether any of these four libraries is worthy of sequencing?

Thanks!

[gpmc]

Hi,

I have been pretty consistently generating the same looking BioA traces using the FAST-ATAC protocol. Typically, double-sided SPRI removes a significant portion of the larger peak. Sequencing these libraries yields similar metrics to what has previously appeared in the literature. Unsure what that large peak is though? Perhaps it is mito-gDNA?

[gemomichi]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oebuvocxkj1lvix/ATAC_big_peak_genomichi.png?dl=0

Hi everyone,

Did you resolve the issue with the big fragments peak?
I am new to ATACseq and having the same problem, and I am using the FAST-ATAC protocol with lysis and tagmentation (1% Digitonin 1:100) in one step, stopping the reaction by MinElute Cleanup.

The BA profiles are after double SPRI cleanup (0.5/1.4) - so I guess one issue is the cleanup, however I wonder if there's additionally any possible issues with the tagmentation?

Any suggestions/ideas would be welcome.

[gpmc]

Thanks for the reply.

Not using Digitonin because it wasn't available. However, have since ordered and will screen alongside other lysis agents to see if there is a difference.

The bead clean-up after tagmentation is silica based, not SPRI. However, a 1.8x SPRI should work just fine.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[NickPantelireis]

Thanks for the reply. I repeated the experiment following the Fast-ATAC approach and two different cell concentrations (50,000 anc 25,000) as you recommended. Briefly:
Cells were pipetted into a strip tube
Tranposase reaction mixture containing 0.1% NP-40 was added
Reaction incubated at 37 C for 30 min
Reaction cleaned-up using 1.8x SPRI
11 cycles of PCR
Reaction cleaned-up using 1.8x SPRI
Libraries run on the BioAnalyzer

This time there is some nucleosome patterning but still a large mass > 1,000 kb. Perhaps I will just try double-sided SPRI and sequence these anyway? Do you have any further thoughts?

It's looking better Is there any reason you're using NP-40 and not Digititonin or even Igepal during this step? I read that NP-40 is very powerful and lyses all membranes in the cell, while the others are milder and lyse the cytoplasm keeping the nucleus intact. This might be effecting the chromatin structure of effectiveness of the transposase.

Also I'm not sure if it would have a big effect but using the SPRI beads after the transposition might be affecting things also as I believe it prefers larger fragments. Although I'm not certain about that.

[gpmc]

Thanks for the reply. I repeated the experiment following the Fast-ATAC approach and two different cell concentrations (50,000 anc 25,000) as you recommended. Briefly:
Cells were pipetted into a strip tube
Tranposase reaction mixture containing 0.1% NP-40 was added
Reaction incubated at 37 C for 30 min
Reaction cleaned-up using 1.8x SPRI
11 cycles of PCR
Reaction cleaned-up using 1.8x SPRI
Libraries run on the BioAnalyzer

This time there is some nucleosome patterning but still a large mass > 1,000 kb. Perhaps I will just try double-sided SPRI and sequence these anyway? Do you have any further thoughts?

[NickPantelireis]

Hey,

I'm by no means an expert in this but assuming this trace is done at the end of your protocol it looks like the DNA is underdigested. From the published protocol it could be down to cell number so maybe try the exact protocol with fewer cells (maybe half). Also you could look into using the FAST-ATAC protocol, it cuts out the lysis buffer and adds digitonin to the transposition reaction.

I'd also do a bioanalyser before and after SPRI beads to see the effect they are having on the sample.

Best,
Nick

Hi all,

I am hoping that this is still an active thread!

For the past week I have been attempting to generate ATAC-Seq data following the standard Greenleaf protocol. Briefly, this has involved:

-Lysing ~50,000 HEK293T cells using NP-40
-Adding 50 uL of Nextera tagemenation reaction mixture (containing 2.5 uL of Enzyme)
-Incubating at 37 C for 30 min
-Dynabead clean-up of sample
-PCR (limited to 5 cycles) to attach sample sequencing adaptors and sample indices
-qPCR to determine number of remaining PCR cycles
-Final round of PCR
-1.8x SPRI

However, my BioAnalyzer traces consistently don't reflect any nucleosome patterns and there is always a large amount of mass at ~2,000 bp (see attached). Can anybody provide guidance on what is going wrong here?

[gpmc]

ATAC-Seq Guidance

Hi all,

I am hoping that this is still an active thread!

For the past week I have been attempting to generate ATAC-Seq data following the standard Greenleaf protocol. Briefly, this has involved:

-Lysing ~50,000 HEK293T cells using NP-40
-Adding 50 uL of Nextera tagemenation reaction mixture (containing 2.5 uL of Enzyme)
-Incubating at 37 C for 30 min
-Dynabead clean-up of sample
-PCR (limited to 5 cycles) to attach sample sequencing adaptors and sample indices
-qPCR to determine number of remaining PCR cycles
-Final round of PCR
-1.8x SPRI

However, my BioAnalyzer traces consistently don't reflect any nucleosome patterns and there is always a large amount of mass at ~2,000 bp (see attached). Can anybody provide guidance on what is going wrong here?

[lilbert5]

question about ATAC library bioanalyzer

Hi all,

ATAC_bioanalyzer_SUDHL4_20170405.pdf

I am new to ATAC-seq, and am testing a few different conditions based on the original protocol and a newer protocol from the greenleaf lab that was designed for blood cells (fast-ATAC). I made 4 libraries, using either 10k or 100k cells for each method. I used a 50uL reaction, using 2.5 uL of enzyme and incubating at 37C for 30 minutes. After PCR (with cycle number titration) I ran the libraries on an agarose gel and size selected the fragments between 150 and 800 bps (a post-doc in the neighboring lab has done this and has gotten good data from this).

I have attached the BA trace for 100k and 10k using the original method (IGEPAL) and the new method (fast-ATAC). The post-doc has told me that it's best not to sequence any of these because the 3n nucleosomal fraction is much higher than the sub-nucleosomal fraction (~190 bps), however I am inclined to think that the "10k fast" library would give me good data.

Does anyone have experience with taking ATAC from library prep all the way to data analysis and can comment on whether any of these four libraries is worthy of sequencing?

Thanks!

[halllb]

hi: i did finally amplify the tagmented DNA for 10 cycles. i put it on a bioanalyzer, and once i decreased the scale of the chart, i saw the undulating pattern of tagmented nucleosomes. thank you.

[achouak]

hi,
i am doing atac seq also for fresh cells from mouse.
when i do it i have some samples are good but the bad ones i try many things but i can not succeed. i can't see bands after pcr.
wouyld you please help me and tell me if you have any suggestions.
Thank you

[kropak1807]

hi nick:

thanks for the reply.

regarding doing PCR, i haven't run these current samples through PCR. on a previous attempt, however, i ran the entire protocol, all the way through sequencing, with some samples that appeared to work. unfortunately, upon sequencing, we discovered that we were getting over-tagmentation and essentially performing whole-genome sequencing. a troubleshooting section in the Current Protocols chapter suggests that tagmentation needs to be optimized to cell number. hence, the current experiments with titrating cell numbers; but no fragmentation.

regarding washing, resuspending the cells, and incubating @37C during the reaction, yes i have performed all these steps with strict adherance to the protocol.

i appreciate your suggestions and questions, and look forward to hearing any additional suggestions you may have.

thanks,
laura

Make sure you amplify your tagmented DNA for the correct number of cycles (ie. 1/4 max fluorescence; correct number of cycles for any dilution factor). Run a sample of this Post-PCR product on BA and show us what you get.

[halllb]

hi nick:

thanks for the reply.

regarding doing PCR, i haven't run these current samples through PCR. on a previous attempt, however, i ran the entire protocol, all the way through sequencing, with some samples that appeared to work. unfortunately, upon sequencing, we discovered that we were getting over-tagmentation and essentially performing whole-genome sequencing. a troubleshooting section in the Current Protocols chapter suggests that tagmentation needs to be optimized to cell number. hence, the current experiments with titrating cell numbers; but no fragmentation.

regarding washing, resuspending the cells, and incubating @37C during the reaction, yes i have performed all these steps with strict adherance to the protocol.

i appreciate your suggestions and questions, and look forward to hearing any additional suggestions you may have.

thanks,
laura

[NickPantelireis]

Ah yeah, I see what you mean. It does look like the DNA is underdigested or as you said not digested at all. With PCR you should be able to see if your primers attach to your DNA. If not then the enzyme is definatly not tagmenting them as the primers can't attach to their complementary sequence. Otherwise, are you washing, resuspending cells, incubating @37C during the reaction?

[halllb]

hi nick: thanks for replying. I also read that. I'm not sure the large peak is marker, because it's not a sharp peak...it's a rounded one. also, I can see heavy bands that look like DNA in the gel image. below is a link to a pic of the BA... what do you think?
laura

http://imgur.com/a/LCU0T