Noninvasive assessment of gut function using transcriptional recording sentinel cells.

Schmidt, Florian; Zimmermann, Jakob; Tanna, Tanmay; Farouni, Rick; Conway, Tyrrell; Macpherson, Andrew J; Platt, Randall J (2022). Noninvasive assessment of gut function using transcriptional recording sentinel cells. Science, 376(6594), eabm6038. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.abm6038

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Transcriptional recording by CRISPR spacer acquisition from RNA endows engineered Escherichia coli with synthetic memory, which through Record-seq reveals transcriptome-scale records. Microbial sentinels that traverse the gastrointestinal tract capture a wide range of genes and pathways that describe interactions with the host, including quantitative shifts in the molecular environment that result from alterations in the host diet, induced inflammation, and microbiome complexity. We demonstrate multiplexed recording using barcoded CRISPR arrays, enabling the reconstruction of transcriptional histories of isogenic bacterial strains in vivo. Record-seq therefore provides a scalable, noninvasive platform for interrogating intestinal and microbial physiology throughout the length of the intestine without manipulations to host physiology and can determine how single microbial genetic differences alter the way in which the microbe adapts to the host intestinal environment.

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