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Multi-omic measurements of heterogeneity in HeLa cells across laboratories
Journal
Nature Biotechnology
Volume
37
Number
3
Pages / Article-Number
314-322
Mesh terms
DNA Copy Number Variations, genetics; Genome, Human, genetics; Genomics, standards; HeLa Cells; Humans; Proteome, genetics; Reproducibility of Results; Transcriptome, genetics
Abstract
Reproducibility in research can be compromised by both biological and technical variation, but most of the focus is on removing the latter. Here we investigate the effects of biological variation in HeLa cell lines using a systems-wide approach. We determine the degree of molecular and phenotypic variability across 14 stock HeLa samples from 13 international laboratories. We cultured cells in uniform conditions and profiled genome-wide copy numbers, mRNAs, proteins and protein turnover rates in each cell line. We discovered substantial heterogeneity between HeLa variants, especially between lines of the CCL2 and Kyoto varieties, and observed progressive divergence within a specific cell line over 50 successive passages. Genomic variability has a complex, nonlinear effect on transcriptome, proteome and protein turnover profiles, and proteotype patterns explain the varying phenotypic response of different cell lines to Salmonella infection. These findings have implications for the interpretation and reproducibility of research results obtained from human cultured cells.
