TB Research

Dual RNA-Sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Cells from a Murine Infection Model

Davide Pisu, Lu Huang, Bom Nae Rin Lee, Jennifer K. Grenier, David G. Russell

STAR Protocols · 2020-10

Abstract

Dual RNA-sequencing is a powerful technique to assess both bacterial and host transcriptomes in an unbiased way. We developed a protocol to perform Dual RNA-seq on in vivo-derived macrophage populations infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we provide a practical step-by-step guide to execute the protocol on Mtb-infected cells from a murine infection model. Our protocol can also be easily applied to perform Dual RNA-seq on in vitro-derived cells as well as different Mtb-infected host cell types. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Pisu et al. (2020)

MeSH terms

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Virology
  • Tuberculosis
  • Dual (grammatical number)
  • Microbiology
  • RNA
  • Biology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex