基于质谱的单细胞多维度多组学研究进展

Recent Advances in Mass Spectrometry-Based Single-Cell Multidimensional Multi-Omics Analysis

  • 摘要: 细胞作为生物体结构和功能的基本单位,其个体层面的异质性(如细胞亚群差异、发育动态及肿瘤微环境调控机制等)在群体测量中往往被掩盖。为揭示这些关键的生物学信息,单细胞分析技术已成为前沿研究热点。然而,相较于易扩增的遗传物质,以单细胞蛋白质组为核心的多维度分析面临样品组成高度复杂、丰度低且动态范围宽等严峻挑战。质谱技术凭借其检测灵敏度高、分子覆盖范围宽等优势,已成为深入解析单细胞中功能分子信息网络的强有力工具。本文系统综述了近年来基于质谱的单细胞多维度多组学研究进展,重点聚焦单细胞蛋白质组、分泌组等分析方法的创新与应用,并对该领域未来的发展方向进行展望。

     

    Abstract: As the fundamental structural and functional unit of living organisms, individual cells exhibit substantial differences in phenotype, function, and molecular composition, even under a uniform genomic background. This cellular heterogeneity—encompassing subpopulation differentiation, dynamic developmental processes, and microenvironmental interactions—is often obscured in traditional bulk measurements. To overcome this limitation, single-cell analysis techniques have emerged as powerful tools in systems biology, enabling dissection of cell states and functional transitions at an unprecedented resolution. Although single-cell RNA sequencing and other nucleic acid-based omics approaches have advanced rapidly, single-cell multidimensional multi-omics centered on the proteome continues to face significant challenges due to the intrinsic non-amplifiable nature, low abundance, and wide dynamic range of proteins and metabolites. Mass spectrometry (MS) has become a cornerstone of single-cell multi-omics research, offering high sensitivity, quantitative robustness, and broad molecular coverage. This review provides a systematic overview of recent advances in MS-based single-cell multi-omics analysis, with a focus on strategies for proteomic and integrated multi-omics profiling. Key aspects including sample preparation, data acquisition and processing, and spatially resolved omics are discussed to illustrate the value of MS in elucidating multilayered molecular interaction networks within individual cells. Key advances in sample preparation—including nanoliter-volume microreactors, carrier-assisted quantification strategies, and fully integrated microfluidic platforms—have dramatically enhanced protein recovery and analytical throughput. Likewise, cutting-edge acquisition strategies, such as data-independent acquisition (DIA), plexDIA, and nDIA, have expanded proteome depth while maintaining quantitative accuracy in low-input contexts. Beyond intracellular dimensions, this review also highlights developments in single-cell secretome analysis. Both targeted approaches (e.g., barcoded antibody chips, CITE-seq) and untargeted MS-based methods (e.g., SCSP) are evaluated in terms of sensitivity, scalability, and coverage, which offer crucial insights into intercellular communication, immune regulation, and tumor microenvironmental dynamics. Finally, the review highlights current challenges, including low signal intensity, limited spatial and temporal resolution, and data integration complexity. It outlines prospective directions for the field, such as the development of spatially resolved multi-omics, AI-assisted data interpretation, and standardized pipelines for reproducible high-throughput analysis. Collectively, MS-based single-cell multidimensional multi-omics is poised to reshape biomedical research, providing powerful tools to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying health and disease at single-cell resolution.

     

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