The Addition of Transcriptomics to the Bead-Enabled Accelerated Monophasic Multi-Omics Method: A Step toward Universal Sample Preparation

Anal Chem. 2024 Nov 19;96(46):18343-18348. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c02835. Epub 2024 Oct 9.

Abstract

Omics-based measurements enable the study of biomolecules in a high-throughput fashion, leading to the characterization and quantification of biological systems. Multi-omics methods aim to incorporate several omics measurements for a more holistic approach, which is crucial for advancing our understanding of the diversity and redundancy of biological systems. Current multi-omics sample preparation methods have achieved proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics from individual samples; however, the bioinformatic tools currently available for interpreting data generated from these omics are limited. Alternately, transcriptomics has a wide arsenal of available bioinformatic tools offering intensive sample characterization but has yet to be incorporated into a unified, multi-omics sample preparation technique. Herein we describe the modified bead-enabled accelerated monophasic multi-omics (mBAMM) method, which incorporates RNA extraction for transcriptomics analysis. mBAMM was shown to enable RNA-seq without compromising the isolation of biomolecules for proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics. This methodology greatly improves sample characterization and represents a major innovation toward cohesive insights into biological systems.

MeSH terms

  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods
  • Humans
  • Lipidomics / methods
  • Metabolomics* / methods
  • Multiomics
  • Proteomics / methods
  • RNA / analysis
  • RNA / genetics
  • RNA / isolation & purification
  • Transcriptome

Substances

  • RNA