RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 63/421.512, filed November 1, 2022, the content of this related application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety’ for all purposes.

BACKGROUND

Field

[0002] The present disclosure relates generally to the field of molecular biology , for example determining the secreted analyte profiles of cells using molecular barcoding. Description of the Related Art

[0003] Current technology' allows measurement of gene expression of single cells in a massively parallel manner (e.g., >10000 cells) by attaching cell specific oligonucleotide barcodes to poly(A) mRNA molecules from individual cells as each of the cells is co-localized with a barcoded reagent bead in a compartment. Gene expression may affect protein expression and the secretion of molecules. Protein-protein interaction may affect gene expression and protein expression as well as secretion of molecules by cells. Cytokines and other molecules released by the cell are of keen interest to immunologists and other cell biologists. Traditional methods for detecting and measuring secreted proteins are typically measured in bulk (rather than at the single cell level). For example, currently available methods include bead-based assays and ELISA for studying secreted analytes in bulk. Therefore, single cell quantification and cellular phenotype analysis are missing in the data. As with the comparison of flow cytometry' to traditional western blots, there is tremendous value in studying the individual cells from a heterogenous mixture of cells. There is an increasing need to correlate specific secretion activity ⁷ with complex cell phenotype. Currently available methods for detecting secreted proteins have a limitation on the number of proteins that can be detected due to the number of fluorescence markers that can used in the microscope or flow cytometry' analysis. Moreover, such methods are less quantitative than desired due to limitations in measuring fluorescence intensity differences. There is a need for systems and methods that can quantitatively analyze the number of copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell. There is a need for systems and methods that can quantitatively analyze the number of copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell and simultaneously measure protein expression and/or gene expression.

SUMMARY

[0004] There are provided, in some embodiments, methods for measuring the number of copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell. The method can comprise: partitioning a plurality of first solid supports and one or more single cells to a plurality of partitions, wherein a partition of the plurality of partitions comprises one or more first solid support(s) of the first plurality of first solid supports and a single cell of the one or more single cells, wherein the one or more single cells are capable of secreting a plurality of secreted analytes, wherein each first solid support comprises a plurality of capture reagents capable of specifically binding to at least one of the plurality of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell; contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with a plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent, wherein each of the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents comprises a secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent; contacting a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes with the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides for hybridization, wherein the oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a first molecular label; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides to generate a plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the unique analyte identifier sequence and the first molecular label; and obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, to determine the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells.

[0005] There are provided, in some embodiments, methods for measuring the number of copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell and the number of copies of a nucleic acid target in a single cell. The method can comprise: partitioning a plurality' of first solid supports and one or more single cells to a plurality' of partitions, wherein a partition of the plurality of partitions comprises one or more first solid support(s) of the first plurality of first solid supports and a single cell of the one or more single cells, wherein the one or more single cells comprise copies of a nucleic acid target, wherein the one or more single cells are capable of secreting a plurality of secreted analytes, wherein each first solid support comprises a plurality of capture reagents capable of specifically binding to at least one of the plurality of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell; contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with a plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent, wherein each of the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents comprises a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent; contacting a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes with the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides and the copies of the nucleic acid target for hybridization, wherein the oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a first molecular label; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the copies of a nucleic acid target to generate a plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the nucleic acid target and the first molecular label; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides to generate a plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides each comprising a sequence complementary’ to at least a portion of the unique analyte identifier sequence and the first molecular label; obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules, or products thereof, to determine the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells; and obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, to determine the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells.

[0006] In some embodiments, the one or more single cells comprise one or more single cells associated with a second solid support, and wherein the method comprises, prior to the partitioning step: contacting a population of single cells with a plurality of second solid supports to generate the one or more single cells associated with a second solid support, wherein the one or more single cells comprise a surface cellular target, wherein each second solid support comprises a plurality of isolation reagents, and wherein each of the plurality of isolation reagents is capable of specifically binding to the surface cellular target, optionally the method comprises removing single cells of the populations of single cells which are not associated with a second solid support. In some embodiments, the one or more single cells are one or more cell ty pes of interest, optionally said cell ty pes of interest comprise a surface cellular target capable of being bound by an isolation reagent of a second solid support.

[0007] The method can comprise, after contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents, removing one or more secreted analyte-binding reagents of the plurality' of secreted analyte-binding reagents that are not contacted with the one or more first solid support(s). In some embodiments, removing the one or more secreted analyte-binding reagents not contacted with the one or more first solid support(s) comprises: removing the one or more secreted analyte-binding reagents not contacted with the respective at least one of the secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent. In some embodiments, the first solid support and/or second solid support comprises a magnetic material, optionally a ferromagnetic material. In some embodiments, the removing step comprises applying a magnetic field to the plurality of partitions, optionally single cells associated with a second solid support and the one or more first solid support(s) are capable of remaining in a partition upon application of the magnetic field. In some embodiments, the method comprise one or more incubation steps for a period of time, optionally the period of time is about 5 min, about 10 min, about 20 min. about 30 min, about 40 min, about 50 min. about 60 min, about 90 min, about 120 min, or about 240 min, further optionally said incubations occur after (i) contacting single cells with first solid supports, and/or (ii) contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with a plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents.

[0008] In some embodiments, a partition of the plurality of partitions comprises between about 2 and about 20 first solid supports, optionally about 8 first solid supports, optionally the first solid supports are the same or different, further optionally the first solid supports each comprise a single ft pe of capture reagent and/or comprise different types of capture reagents. In some embodiments, the first solid supports and/or second solid supports are less than about 15 microns.

[0009] The one or more single cells can comprise T cells, B cells, tumor cells, myeloid cells, blood cells, normal cells, fetal cells, maternal cells, or a mixture thereof. The method can comprise lysing the single cell in the partition, and optionally lysing the single cell comprises heating the sample, contacting the sample with a detergent, changing the pH of the sample, or any combination thereof.

[0010] The at least one secreted analyte can comprise a lymphokine, an interleukin, a chemokine, or any combination thereof. For example, the secreted analyte can be a cytokine, a hormone, a molecular toxin, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the at least one secreted analyte comprises a nerve growth factor, a hepatic growth factor, a fibroblast growth factor, a vascular endothelial growth factor, a platelet-derived growth factor, a transforming growth factor, an osteoinductive factor, an interferon, a colony stimulating factor, or any combination thereof.

[0011] The secreted analyte-binding reagent and the capture reagent can be capable of binding to distinct epitopes of the same secreted analyte. In some embodiments, one or more of the secreted analyte-binding reagents, the capture reagent, and the isolation reagent comprise an antibody or fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the antibody or fragment thereof comprises a monoclonal antibody. In some embodiments, the antibody or fragment thereof comprises a Fab, a Fab', a F(ab')2, a Fv, a scFv, a dsFv, a diabody, a triabody, a tetrabody, a multispecific antibody formed from antibody fragments, a single-domain antibody (sdAb), a single chain comprising complementary scFvs (tandem scFvs) or bispecific tandem scFvs, an Fv construct, a disulfide-linked Fv, a dual variable domain immunoglobulin (DVD-Ig) binding protein or a nanobody, an aptamer, an affibody, an affilin, an affitin, an affimer, an alphabody, an anticalin, an avimer, a DARPin, a Fynomer, a Kunitz domain peptide, a monobody, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the capture reagent and/or the isolation reagent is conjugated to the first solid support and/or the second solid support by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction, a nucleophilic substitution reaction, a nonaldol type carbonyl reaction, an addition to carbon-carbon multiple bond, an oxidation reaction, a click reaction, or any combination thereof.

[0012] The surface cellular target can comprise a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, an extracellular protein, a cell-surface protein, a cell marker, a B-cell receptor, a T-cell receptor, a major histocompatibility complex, a tumor antigen, a receptor, an intracellular protein, or any combination thereof. For example, the surface cellular target can comprise a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, or any combination thereof.

[0013] The plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes can be associated with a third solid support, and a partition of the plurality of partitions comprises a single third solid support. In some embodiments, the partition is a well or a droplet. In some embodiments, each oligonucleotide barcode comprises a first universal sequence. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotide barcode comprises a target-binding region comprising a capture sequence. In some embodiments, the target-binding region comprises a poly(dT) region. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a sequence complementary to the capture sequence configured to capture the secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the sequence complementary to the capture sequence comprises a poly(dA) region. In some embodiments, the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides comprise a complement of the first universal sequence. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a second universal sequence.

[0014] In some embodiments, obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, comprises: amplifying the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, using a primer capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence, or a complement thereof, and a primer capable of hybridizing to the second universal sequence, or a complement thereof, to generate a plurality of amplified barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides; and obtaining sequencing data of the plurality of amplified barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof.

[0015] The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a second molecular label. In some embodiments, at least ten of the plurality of secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotides comprise different second molecular label sequences. In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and the unique analyte identifier sequences of the at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are identical. In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and the unique analyte identifier sequences of the at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different.

[0016] In some embodiments, the number of unique first molecular label sequences associated with the unique factor identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent capable of specifically binding to the at least one secreted analyte in the sequencing data indicates the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells. In some embodiments, the number of unique second molecular label sequences associated with the unique factor identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent capable of specifically binding to the at least one secreted analyte in the sequencing data indicates the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells. The method can comprise determining the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels and/or second molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof.

[0017] In some embodiments, the method comprises determining the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels and/or second molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the plurality of amplified barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof. In some embodiments, obtaining the sequence information comprises attaching sequencing adaptors to the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof.

[0018] The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise an alignment sequence adjacent to the poly(dA) region. The alignment sequence can be, one or more nucleotides in length, or two or more nucleotides in length. For example, the alignment sequence can (a) comprises a guanine, a cytosine, a thymine, a uracil, or a combination thereof; (b) comprises a poly(dT) sequence, a poly(dG) sequence, a poly(dC) sequence, a poly(dU) sequence, or a combination thereof; and/or (c) is 5' to the poly(dA) region. [0019] In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide is associated with the secreted analyte-binding reagent through a linker. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a carbon chain. The carbon chain can comprise 2-30 carbons (e.g., 12 carbons). In some embodiments, the linker comprises 5' amino modifier C12 (5AmMCI2), or a derivative thereof. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide is configured to be detachable from the secreted analyte-binding reagent. For example, the method can comprise dissociating the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide from the secreted analyte-binding reagent.

[0020] In some embodiments, determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells comprises determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels with distinct sequences, complements thereof, or a combination thereof, associated with the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules, or products thereof.

[0021] In some embodiments, the method comprises: contacting random primers with the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules, each of the random primers comprises a third universal sequence, or a complement thereof; and extending the random primers hybridized to the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules to generate a plurality of extension products. In some embodiments, the method comprises amplifying the plurality of extension products using primers capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence or complements thereof, and primers capable of hybridizing the third universal sequence or complements thereof, thereby generating a first plurality of barcoded amplicons. In some embodiments, amplifying the plurality of extension products comprises adding sequences of binding sites of sequencing primers and/or sequencing adaptors, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof, to the plurality of extension products. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the first plurality of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof.

[0022] Determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells can comprise determining the number of each of the plurality' of nucleic acid targets in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of the first molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with barcoded amplicons of the first plurality of barcoded amplicons comprising a sequence of the each of the plurality of nucleic acid targets. In some embodiments, the sequence of the each of the plurality of nucleic acid targets comprises a subsequence of the each of the plurality' of nucleic acid targets. In some embodiments, the sequence of the nucleic acid target in the first plurality of barcoded amplicons comprises a subsequence of the nucleic acid target.

[0023] In some embodiments, the method comprises amplifying the first plurality of barcoded amplicons using primers capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence or complements thereof, and primers capable of hybridizing the third universal sequence or complements thereof, thereby generating a second plurality of barcoded amplicons. In some embodiments, amplifying the first plurality of barcoded amplicons comprises adding sequences of binding sites of sequencing primers and/or sequencing adaptors, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof, to the first plurality of barcoded amplicons. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the second plurality of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof. In some embodiments, the first plurality ⁷ of barcoded amplicons and/or the second plurality of barcoded amplicons comprise whole transcriptome amplification (WTA) products.

[0024] In some embodiments, the method comprises synthesizing a third plurality of barcoded amplicons using the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules as templates to generate a third plurality of barcoded amplicons. In some embodiments, synthesizing a third plurality of barcoded amplicons comprises performing (1) PCR amplification of the plurality of the barcoded nucleic acid molecules; (2) PCR amplification using primers capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence, or a complement thereof, and a target-specific primer; or both. In some embodiments, the method comprises obtaining sequence information of the third plurality of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof. Obtaining the sequence information can comprise attaching sequencing adaptors to the third plurality of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof. The method can comprise determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the third plurality ⁷ of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof.

[0025] The nucleic acid target can comprise a nucleic acid molecule, for example ribonucleic acid (RNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), microRNA, small interfering RNA (siRNA), RNA degradation product, RNA comprising a poly(A) tail, a sample indexing oligonucleotide, a cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes comprising extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes using a reverse transcriptase and/or a DNA polymerase lacking at least one of 5’ to 3’ exonuclease activity and 3’ to 5’ exonuclease activity. In some embodiments, the DNA polymerase comprises a Klenow Fragment. In some embodiments, the reverse transcriptase comprises a viral reverse transcriptase (e.g., a murine leukemia virus (MLV) reverse transcriptase or a Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) reverse transcriptase).

[0026] In some embodiments, the first universal sequence, the second universal sequence, the third universal sequence, and/or the fourth universal sequence are the same. In some embodiments, the first universal sequence, the second universal sequence, the third universal sequence, and/or the fourth universal sequence are different. In some embodiments, the first universal sequence, the second universal sequence, the third universal sequence, and/or the fourth universal sequence comprise the binding sites of sequencing primers and/or a sequencing adaptor, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. In some embodiments, the sequencing adaptors comprise a P5 sequence, a P7 sequence, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. In some embodiments, the sequencing primers comprise a Read 1 sequencing primer, a Read 2 sequencing primer, complementary ⁷ sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. In some embodiments, at least 10 of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes comprise different first molecular label sequences. In some embodiments, the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a cell label. In some embodiments, each cell label of the plurality ⁷ of oligonucleotide barcodes comprises at least 6 nucleotides. Oligonucleotide barcodes associated with the same third solid support can comprise the same cell label. In some embodiments, oligonucleotide barcodes associated with different third solid supports comprise different cell labels.

[0027] The first solid support, second solid support, and/or third solid support can comprise a synthetic particle or a planar surface. In some embodiments, at least one of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes is immobilized or partially immobilized on the synthetic particle, or the at least one of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes is enclosed or partially enclosed in the synthetic particle. The synthetic particle can be disruptable. The synthetic particle can comprise a bead, e.g., a sepharose bead, a streptavidin bead, an agarose bead, a magnetic bead, a conjugated bead, a protein A conjugated bead, a protein G conjugated bead, a protein A/G conjugated bead, a protein L conjugated bead, an oligo(dT) conjugated bead, a silica bead, a silica-like bead, an anti-biotin microbead, an anti-fluorochrome microbead, or a combination thereof; a material selected from poly dimethylsiloxane (PDMS), poly styrene, glass, polypropylene, agarose, gelatin, hydrogel, paramagnetic, ceramic, plastic, glass, methylstyrene, acrylic polymer, titanium, latex, sepharose, cellulose, nylon, silicone, and a combination thereof; or a disruptable hydrogel particle.

[0028] In some embodiments, each of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes comprises a linker functional group, the synthetic particle comprises a solid support functional group, and the support functional group and the linker functional group are associated with each other. The linker functional group and the support functional group can be individually selected from C6, biotin, streptavidin, primary amine(s), aldehyde(s), ketone(s), and a combination thereof.

[0029] In some embodiments, each of the plurality of isolation reagents comprises a linker functional group, the synthetic particle comprises a solid support functional group, and the support functional group and the linker functional group are associated with each other. The linker functional group and the support functional group can be individually selected from C6, biotin, streptavidin, primary amine(s), aldehyde(s), ketone(s), and any combination thereof.

[0030] In some embodiments, each of the plurality of capture reagents comprises a linker functional group, the synthetic particle comprises a solid support functional group, and the support functional group and the linker functional group are associated with each other. The linker functional group and the support functional group can be individually selected from C6, biotin, streptavidin, primary amine(s), aldehyde(s), ketone(s). and any combination thereof.

[0031] The one or more single cells can comprise a plurality of cellular component targets. The method can further comprise: contacting a plurality of cellular component-binding reagents with the one or more single cells, each of the plurality of cellular component-binding reagents comprises a cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique identifier sequence for the cellular component-binding reagent, and the cellular component-binding reagent is capable of specifically binding to at least one of the plurality of cellular component targets; contacting a plurality ⁷ of oligonucleotide barcodes with the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides for hybridization, the oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a molecular label and a first universal sequence; extending the plurality’ of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides to generate a plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the unique identifier sequence and the molecular label; and obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, to determine the number of copies of at least one cellular component target of the plurality of cellular component targets in each of the one or more single cells. In some embodiments, the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a sequence complementary to the capture sequence configured to capture the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the sequence complementary to the capture sequence comprises a poly(dA) region.

[0032] The plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides can comprise a complement of the first universal sequence. In some embodiments, the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a fourth universal sequence. In some embodiments, obtaining sequence information of the plurality ⁷ of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, comprises: amplifying the plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, using a primer capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence, or a complement thereof, and a primer capable of hybridizing to the fourth universal sequence, or a complement thereof, to generate a plurality of amplified barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides; and obtaining sequencing data of the plurality of amplified barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof. Obtaining the sequence information can comprise attaching sequencing adaptors to the plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof.

[0033] The method can comprise after contacting the plurality ⁷ of cellular component-binding reagents with the one or more single cells, removing one or more cellular component-binding reagents of the plurality ⁷ of cellular component-binding reagents that are not contacted with the one or more single cells. In some embodiments, removing the one or more cellular component-binding reagents not contacted with the one or more single cells comprises: removing the one or more cellular component-binding reagents not contacted with the respective at least one of the plurality of cellular component targets. In some embodiments, the cellular component target comprises an intracellular protein, a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, an extracellular protein, a cell-surface protein, a cell marker, a B-cell receptor, a T-cell receptor, a major histocompatibility complex, a tumor antigen, a receptor, an intracellular protein, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the cellular component target comprises a housekeeping protein, the detection of said housekeeping protein indicates the presence of a single cell in the partition.

[0034] Some embodiments provide compositions (e.g., kits). In some embodiments, the composition comprises: a plurality of first solid supports comprising a plurality of capture reagents capable of specifically binding to at least one of a plurality ⁷ of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell; and a plurality ⁷ of secreted analyte-binding reagents each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent, wherein each of the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents comprises a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagents and the capture reagent are capable of binding to distinct epitopes of the same secreted analyte. The composition can comprise: a plurality of second solid supports comprising isolation reagents capable of specifically binding to a surface cellular target.

[0035] In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a second molecular label sequence (e.g., 2-20 nucleotides in length). In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and the unique analyte identifier sequences of the at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are identical. In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and the unique analyte identifier sequences of the at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different.

[0036] In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a second universal sequence. In some embodiments, the second universal sequence comprises a binding site of a sequencing primers and/or a sequencing adaptor, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. In some embodiments, the sequencing adaptor comprises a P5 sequence, a P7 sequence, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. In some embodiments, the sequencing primer comprises a Read 1 sequencing primer, a Read 2 sequencing primer, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof.

[0037] In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a poly(dA) region. In some embodiments, the secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises an alignment sequence adjacent to the poly(dA) region. The alignment sequence can be one or more nucleotides in length, or two or more nucleotides in length. The alignment sequence can (a) comprises a guanine, a cytosine, a thymine, a uracil, or a combination thereof; (b) comprises a poly(dT) sequence, a poly(dG) sequence, a poly(dC) sequence, a poly(dU) sequence, or a combination thereof; and/or (c) is 5’ to the poly(dA) region.

[0038] The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can be associated with the secreted analyte-binding reagent through a linker. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a carbon chain. The carbon chain can comprise 2-30 carbons (e.g., 12 carbons). In some embodiments, the linker comprises 5’ amino modifier C12 (5AmMC12), or a derivative thereof. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide is attached to the secreted analyte-binding reagent. In some embodiments, the secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotide is covalently attached to the secreted analyte-binding reagent. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide is non-covalently attached to the secreted analyte-binding reagent. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide is conjugated to the secreted analytebinding reagent. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide is conjugated to the secreted analyte-binding reagent through a chemical group, such as a UV photocleavable group, a streptavidin, a biotin, an amine, or a combination thereof.

[0039] The secreted analyte can comprise a lymphokine, an interleukin, a chemokine, or any combination thereof. For example, the secreted analyte can comprise a cytokine, a hormone, a molecular toxin, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte comprises a nerve growth factor, a hepatic growth factor, a fibroblast growth factor, a vascular endothelial growth factor, a platelet-derived growth factor, a transforming growth factor, an osteoinductive factor, an interferon, a colony stimulating factor, or any combination thereof.

[0040] The secreted analyte-binding reagents and the capture reagent can be capable of binding to distinct epitopes of the same secreted analyte. In some embodiments, one or more of the secreted analyte-binding reagents, the capture reagent, and the isolation reagent comprise an antibody or fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the antibody or fragment thereof comprises a monoclonal antibody. In some embodiments, the antibody or fragment thereof comprises a Fab, a Fab', a F(ab')2. a Fv, a scFv, a dsFv, a diabody, a triabody, a tetrabody, a multispecific antibody formed from antibody fragments, a single-domain antibody (sdAb), a single chain comprising complementary scFvs (tandem scFvs) or bispecific tandem scFvs, an Fv construct, a disulfide-linked Fv, a dual variable domain immunoglobulin (DVD-Ig) binding protein or a nanobody, an aptamer, an affibody, an affilin, an affitin, an affimer, an alphabody, an anticalin, an avimer, a DARPin, a Fynomer, a Kunitz domain peptide, a monobody, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the capture reagent and/or the isolation reagent is conjugated to the first solid support and/or the second solid support by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction, a nucleophilic substitution reaction, a nonaldol type carbonyl reaction, an addition to carbon-carbon multiple bond, an oxidation reaction, a click reaction, or any combination thereof.

[0041] In some embodiments, the surface cellular target comprises a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, an extracellular protein, a cell-surface protein, a cell marker, a B-cell receptor, a T-cell receptor, a major histocompatibility complex, a tumor antigen, a receptor, an intracellular protein, or any combination thereof.

[0042] In some embodiments, the composition comprises a DNA polymerase (e.g., a Klenow Fragment) lacking at least one of 5’ to 3’ exonuclease activity ⁷ and 3’ to 5’ exonuclease activity. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a reverse transcriptase, such as a viral reverse transcriptase. The composition can comprise a buffer, a cartridge, or both. [0043] The composition can comprise a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes, each oligonucleotide barcode of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes comprises a target-binding region. The target-binding region can comprise a poly(dA) region, a poly(dT) region, a random sequence, a gene-specific sequence, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a molecular label. The molecular label can comprise at least 6 nucleotides. In some embodiments, at least 10 of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes comprise different molecular label sequences. The plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes can be associated with a third solid support. In some embodiments, the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a cell label. In some embodiments, oligonucleotide barcodes of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes associated with the same third solid support comprise the same cell label. In some embodiments, oligonucleotide barcodes of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes associated with different third solid supports comprise different cell labels.

[0044] In some embodiments, the first solid support, second solid support, and/or third solid support comprises a synthetic particle or a planar surface. The at least one of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes can be immobilized or partially immobilized on the synthetic particle, or the at least one of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes is enclosed or partially enclosed in the synthetic particle. The synthetic particle can be disruptable, e.g., a disruptable hydrogel particle.

[0045] In some embodiments, each of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes comprises a linker functional group, the synthetic particle comprises a solid support functional group, and the support functional group and the linker functional group are associated with each other. The linker functional group and the support functional group can be individually selected from C6, biotin, streptavidin, primary amine(s), aldehyde(s), ketone(s), and a combination thereof.

[0046] In some embodiments, each of the plurality of isolation reagents comprises a linker functional group, the synthetic particle comprises a solid support functional group, and the support functional group and the linker functional group are associated with each other. The linker functional group and the support functional group can be individually selected from C6, biotin, streptavidin, primary amine(s), aldehyde(s), ketone(s), and any combination thereof.

[0047] In some embodiments, each of the plurality of capture reagents comprises a linker functional group, the synthetic particle comprises a solid support functional group, and the support functional group and the linker functional group are associated with each other. The linker functional group and the support functional group can be individually selected from C6, biotin, streptavidin, primary amine(s), aldehyde(s), ketone(s). and any combination thereof. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0048] FIG. 1 illustrates a non-limiting exemplary barcode.

[0049] FIG. 2 shows a non-limiting exemplary workflow of barcoding and digital counting.

[0050] FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration showing a non-limiting exemplary process for generating an indexed library of targets barcoded at the 3 ’-ends from a plurality of targets.

[0051] FIGS. 4A-4G show a schematic illustration of a non-limiting exemplary workflow for measurement of the number of copies of one or more secreted analytes secreted by a single cell.

[0052] FIG. 5 shows a non-limiting exemplary design of a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide (antibody oligonucleotide illustrated here) that is associated with a secreted analyte-binding reagent (antibody illustrated here).

[0053] FIG. 6 depicts data related to use of the solid supports provided herein in a Rhapsody cartridge. Arrow #1 depicts cells stained with calcein (bright green). Arrow #2 depicts dragon green 0.5 micron beads. Arrow #3 depicts CBA beads (7.5 microns). Arrow #4 depicts 15 microns beads.

[0054] FIG. 7 depicts a schematic illustration of a non-limiting exemplary workflow (top panel) and data (bottom panel) related to the feasibility of a single-cell secretome workflow on the BD Rhapsody™ system.

[0055] FIGS. 8A-8C depict a schematic illustration of a non-limiting exemplary workflow (FIG. 8A) and data (FIGS. 8B-8C) related to a novel flow cytometry-based method to validate single-cell Secretome (scS) beads and detector antibody.

[0056] FIGS. 9A-9B depict a schematic illustration of a non-limiting exemplary workflow (FIG. 9A) and data (FIG. 9B) related to detection of the cytokine secretion using realtime PCR on the BD Rhapsody™ system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0057] In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In the drawings, similar symbols typically identify similar components, unless context dictates otherwise. The illustrative embodiments described in the detailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to be limiting. Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made, without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matter presented herein. It will be readily understood that the aspects of the present disclosure, as generally described herein, and illustrated in the Figures, can be arranged, substituted, combined, separated, and designed in a wide variety of different configurations, all of which are explicitly contemplated herein and made part of the disclosure herein.

[0058] All patents, published patent applications, other publications, and sequences from GenBank, and other databases referred to herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety with respect to the related technology.

[0059] Quantifying small numbers of nucleic acids, for example messenger ribonucleotide acid (mRNA) molecules, is clinically important for determining, for example, the genes that are expressed in a cell at different stages of development or under different environmental conditions. However, it can also be very challenging to determine the absolute number of nucleic acid molecules (e.g.. mRNA molecules), especially when the number of molecules is very small. One method to determine the absolute number of molecules in a sample is digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Ideally, PCR produces an identical copy of a molecule at each cycle. However, PCR can have disadvantages such that each molecule replicates with a stochastic probability, and this probability varies by PCR cycle and gene sequence, resulting in amplification bias and inaccurate gene expression measurements. Stochastic barcodes with unique molecular labels (also referred to as molecular indexes (Mis)) can be used to count the number of molecules and correct for amplification bias. Stochastic barcoding, such as the Precise™ assay (Cellular Research, Inc. (Palo Alto. CA)) and Rhapsody™ assay (Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, NJ)), can correct for bias induced by PCR and library preparation steps by using molecular labels (MLs) to label mRNAs during reverse transcription (RT).

[0060] The Precise™ assay can utilize a non-depleting pool of stochastic barcodes with large number, for example 6561 to 65536, unique molecular label sequences on poly(T) oligonucleotides to hybridize to all poly(A)-mRNAs in a sample during the RT step. A stochastic barcode can comprise a universal PCR priming site. During RT, target gene molecules react randomly with stochastic barcodes. Each target molecule can hybridize to a stochastic barcode resulting to generate stochastically barcoded complementary ribonucleotide acid (cDNA) molecules). After labeling, stochastically barcoded cDNA molecules from microwells of a microwell plate can be pooled into a single tube for PCR amplification and sequencing. Raw sequencing data can be analyzed to produce the number of reads, the number of stochastic barcodes with unique molecular label sequences, and the numbers of mRNA molecules.

[0061] There are provided, in some embodiments, methods for measuring the number of copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell. The method can comprise: partitioning a plurality of first solid supports and one or more single cells to a plurality of partitions, wherein a partition of the plurality of partitions comprises one or more first solid support(s) of the first plurality of first solid supports and a single cell of the one or more single cells, wherein the one or more single cells are capable of secreting a plurality of secreted analytes, wherein each first solid support comprises a plurality of capture reagents capable of specifically binding to at least one of the plurality of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell; contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with a plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent, wherein each of the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents comprises a secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent; contacting a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes with the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides for hybridization, wherein the oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a first molecular label; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides to generate a plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the unique analyte identifier sequence and the first molecular label; and obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, to determine the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells.

[0062] There are provided, in some embodiments, methods for measuring the number of copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell and the number of copies of a nucleic acid target in a single cell. The method can comprise: partitioning a plurality of first solid supports and one or more single cells to a plurality of partitions, wherein a partition of the plurality of partitions comprises one or more first solid support(s) of the first plurality’ of first solid supports and a single cell of the one or more single cells, wherein the one or more single cells comprise copies of a nucleic acid target, wherein the one or more single cells are capable of secreting a plurality ⁷ of secreted analytes, wherein each first solid support comprises a plurality ⁷ of capture reagents capable of specifically binding to at least one of the plurality of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell; contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with a plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent, wherein each of the plurality ⁷ of secreted analyte-binding reagents comprises a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent; contacting a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes with the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides and the copies of the nucleic acid target for hybridization, wherein the oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a first molecular label; extending the plurality ⁷ of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the copies of a nucleic acid target to generate a plurality ⁷ of barcoded nucleic acid molecules each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the nucleic acid target and the first molecular label; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides to generate a plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the unique analyte identifier sequence and the first molecular label; obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules, or products thereof, to determine the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells; and obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, to determine the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells.

[0063] There are provided, in some embodiments, compositions (e.g., kits). In some embodiments, the composition comprises: a plurality of first solid supports comprising a plurality of capture reagents capable of specifically binding to at least one of a plurality of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell; and a plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent, wherein each of the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents comprises a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagents and the capture reagent are capable of binding to distinct epitopes of the same secreted analyte. The composition can comprise: a plurality ⁷ of second solid supports comprising isolation reagents capable of specifically binding to a surface cellular target.

Definitions

[0064] Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. See, e.g., Singleton et al., Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology 2nd ed.. J. Wiley & Sons (New York, NY 1994); Sambrook et al.. Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Press (Cold Spring Harbor, NY 1989). For purposes of the present disclosure, the following terms are defined below.

[0065] As used herein, the term “adaptor"’ can mean a sequence to facilitate amplification or sequencing of associated nucleic acids. The associated nucleic acids can comprise target nucleic acids. The associated nucleic acids can comprise one or more of spatial labels, target labels, sample labels, indexing label, or barcode sequences (e.g., molecular labels). The adaptors can be linear. The adaptors can be pre-adenylated adaptors. The adaptors can be double- or single-stranded. One or more adaptor can be located on the 5’ or 3’ end of a nucleic acid. When the adaptors comprise known sequences on the 5’ and 3’ ends, the known sequences can be the same or different sequences. An adaptor located on the 5’ and/or 3’ ends of a polynucleotide can be capable of hybridizing to one or more oligonucleotides immobilized on a surface. An adaptor can, in some embodiments, comprise a universal sequence. A universal sequence can be a region of nucleotide sequence that is common to two or more nucleic acid molecules. The two or more nucleic acid molecules can also have regions of different sequence. Thus, for example, the 5’ adaptors can comprise identical and/or universal nucleic acid sequences and the 3’ adaptors can comprise identical and/or universal sequences. A universal sequence that may be present in different members of a plurality’ of nucleic acid molecules can allow- the replication or amplification of multiple different sequences using a single universal primer that is complementary to the universal sequence. Similarly, at least one, two (e.g., a pair) or more universal sequences that may be present in different members of a collection of nucleic acid molecules can allow the replication or amplification of multiple different sequences using at least one, two (e.g., a pair) or more single universal primers that are complementary to the universal sequences. Thus, a universal primer includes a sequence that can hybridize to such a universal sequence. The target nucleic acid sequence-bearing molecules may be modified to attach universal adaptors (e.g., non-target nucleic acid sequences) to one or both ends of the different target nucleic acid sequences. The one or more universal primers attached to the target nucleic acid can provide sites for hybridization of universal primers. The one or more universal primers attached to the target nucleic acid can be the same or different from each other.

[0066] As used herein the term ‘‘associated'’ or “associated with"’ can mean that two or more species are identifiable as being co-located at a point in time. An association can mean that two or more species are or were within a similar container. An association can be an informatics association. For example, digital information regarding two or more species can be stored and can be used to determine that one or more of the species w ere co-located at a point in time. An association can also be a physical association. In some embodiments, two or more associated species are “tethered”, “attached”, or “immobilized” to one another or to a common solid or semisolid surface. An association may refer to covalent or non-covalent means for attaching labels to solid or semi-solid supports such as beads. An association may be a covalent bond between a target and a label. An association can comprise hybridization between two molecules (such as a target molecule and a label).

[0067] As used herein, the term “complementary” can refer to the capacity ⁷ for precise pairing between two nucleotides. For example, if a nucleotide at a given position of a nucleic acid is capable of hydrogen bonding with a nucleotide of another nucleic acid, then the two nucleic acids are considered to be complementary to one another at that position. Complementarity between two single-stranded nucleic acid molecules may be ‘'partial,” in which only some of the nucleotides bind, or it may be complete when total complementarity exists between the single-stranded molecules. A first nucleotide sequence can be said to be the “complement” of a second sequence if the first nucleotide sequence is complementary to the second nucleotide sequence. A first nucleotide sequence can be said to be the “reverse complement” of a second sequence, if the first nucleotide sequence is complementary to a sequence that is the reverse (i.e., the order of the nucleotides is reversed) of the second sequence. As used herein, a “complementary” sequence can refer to a “complement” or a “reverse complement” of a sequence. It is understood from the disclosure that if a molecule can hybridize to another molecule it may be complementary, or partially complementary, to the molecule that is hybridizing.

[0068] As used herein, the term “digital counting” can refer to a method for estimating a number of target molecules in a sample. Digital counting can include the step of determining a number of unique labels that have been associated with targets in a sample. This methodology, which can be stochastic in nature, transforms the problem of counting molecules from one of locating and identifying identical molecules to a series of yes/no digital questions regarding detection of a set of predefined labels.

[0069] As used herein, the term “label” or “labels” can refer to nucleic acid codes associated with a target within a sample. A label can be, for example, a nucleic acid label. A label can be an entirely or partially amplifiable label. A label can be entirely or partially sequencable label. A label can be a portion of a native nucleic acid that is identifiable as distinct. A label can be a known sequence. A label can comprise a junction of nucleic acid sequences, for example a junction of a native and non-native sequence. As used herein, the term “label” can be used interchangeably with the terms, '‘index”, “tag,” or “label-tag.” Labels can convey information. For example, in various embodiments, labels can be used to determine an identify of a sample, a source of a sample, an identity of a cell, and/or a target.

[0070] As used herein, the term “non-depleting reservoirs” can refer to a pool of barcodes (e.g., stochastic barcodes) made up of many different labels. A non-depleting reservoir can comprise large numbers of different barcodes such that when the non-depleting reservoir is associated with a pool of targets each target is likely to be associated with a unique barcode. The uniqueness of each labeled target molecule can be determined by the statistics of random choice, and depends on the number of copies of identical target molecules in the collection compared to the diversity of labels. The size of the resulting set of labeled target molecules can be determined by the stochastic nature of the barcoding process, and analysis of the number of barcodes detected then allows calculation of the number of target molecules present in the original collection or sample. When the ratio of the number of copies of a target molecule present to the number of unique barcodes is low, the labeled target molecules are highly unique (i.e., there is a very ⁷ low probability that more than one target molecule will have been labeled with a given label).

[0071] As used herein, the term “nucleic acid” refers to a polynucleotide sequence, or fragment thereof. A nucleic acid can comprise nucleotides. A nucleic acid can be exogenous or endogenous to a cell. A nucleic acid can exist in a cell-free environment. A nucleic acid can be a gene or fragment thereof. A nucleic acid can be DNA. A nucleic acid can be RNA. A nucleic acid can comprise one or more analogs (e.g., altered backbone, sugar, or nucleobase). Some non-limiting examples of analogs include: 5 -bromouracil, peptide nucleic acid, xeno nucleic acid, morpholinos, locked nucleic acids, glycol nucleic acids, threose nucleic acids, dideoxynucleotides, cordycepin, 7-deaza-GTP, fluorophores (e.g., rhodamine or fluorescein linked to the sugar), thiol containing nucleotides, biotin linked nucleotides, fluorescent base analogs, CpG islands, methyl-7-guanosine, methylated nucleotides, inosine, thiouridine, pseudouridine, dihydrouridine, queuosine, and wyosine. “Nucleic acid”, “polynucleotide, “target polynucleotide”, and “target nucleic acid” can be used interchangeably.

[0072] A nucleic acid can comprise one or more modifications (e.g., a base modification, a backbone modification), to provide the nucleic acid with a new or enhanced feature (e g., improved stability ). A nucleic acid can comprise a nucleic acid affinity tag. A nucleoside can be a base-sugar combination. The base portion of the nucleoside can be a heterocyclic base. The two most common classes of such heterocyclic bases are the purines and the pyrimidines. Nucleotides can be nucleosides that further include a phosphate group covalently linked to the sugar portion of the nucleoside. For those nucleosides that include a pentofuranosyl sugar, the phosphate group can be linked to the 2’, the 3’, or the 5’ hydroxyl moiety of the sugar. In forming nucleic acids, the phosphate groups can covalently link adjacent nucleosides to one another to form a linear polymeric compound. In turn, the respective ends of this linear polymeric compound can be further joined to form a circular compound; however, linear compounds are generally suitable. In addition, linear compounds may have internal nucleotide base complementarity and may therefore fold in a manner as to produce a fully or partially double-stranded compound. Within nucleic acids, the phosphate groups can commonly be referred to as forming the intemucleoside backbone of the nucleic acid. The linkage or backbone can be a 3’ to 5’ phosphodiester linkage.

[0073] A nucleic acid can comprise a modified backbone and/or modified intemucleoside linkages. Modified backbones can include those that retain a phosphorus atom in the backbone and those that do not have a phosphorus atom in the backbone. Suitable modified nucleic acid backbones containing a phosphorus atom therein can include, for example, phosphorothioates, chiral phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, phosphotriesters, aminoalkyl phosphotriesters, methyl and other alkyl phosphonate such as 3’-alkylene phosphonates, 5’- alkylene phosphonates, chiral phosphonates, phosphinates, phosphorami dates including 3’- amino phosphoramidate and aminoalkyl phosphoramidates. phosphorodiamidates, thionophosphoramidates, thionoalkylphosphonates, thionoalk lphosphotriesters. selenophosphates, and boranophosphates having normal 3’-5‘ linkages, 2’ -5’ linked analogs, and those having inverted polarity wherein one or more intemucleotide linkages is a 3’ to 3’, a 5' to 5' or a 2’ to 2’ linkage.

[0074] A nucleic acid can comprise polynucleotide backbones that are formed by short chain alkyl or cycloalkyl intemucleoside linkages, mixed heteroatom and alkyl or cycloalkyl intemucleoside linkages, or one or more short chain heteroatomic or heterocyclic intemucleoside linkages. These can include those having morpholino linkages (formed in part from the sugar portion of a nucleoside); siloxane backbones; sulfide, sulfoxide and sulfone backbones; formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; methylene formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; riboacetyl backbones; alkene containing backbones; sulfamate backbones; methyleneimino and methylenehydrazino backbones; sulfonate and sulfonamide backbones; amide backbones; and others having mixed N, O, S and CH2 component parts.

[0075] A nucleic acid can comprise a nucleic acid mimetic. The term ‘'mimetic’’ can be intended to include polynucleotides wherein only the furanose ring or both the furanose ring and the intemucleotide linkage are replaced with non-furanose groups, replacement of only the furanose ring can also be referred as being a sugar surrogate. The heterocyclic base moiety or a modified heterocyclic base moiety can be maintained for hybridization with an appropriate target nucleic acid. One such nucleic acid can be a peptide nucleic acid (PNA). In a PNA, the sugar-backbone of a polynucleotide can be replaced with an amide containing backbone, in particular an aminoethylglycine backbone. The nucleotides can be retained and are bound directly or indirectly to aza nitrogen atoms of the amide portion of the backbone. The backbone in PNA compounds can comprise two or more linked aminoethylglycine units which gives PNA an amide containing backbone. The heterocyclic base moieties can be bound directly or indirectly to aza nitrogen atoms of the amide portion of the backbone.

[0076] A nucleic acid can comprise a morpholino backbone structure. For example, a nucleic acid can comprise a 6-membered morpholino ring in place of a ribose ring. In some of these embodiments, a phosphorodiamidate or other non-phosphodiester intemucleoside linkage can replace a phosphodiester linkage.

[0077] A nucleic acid can comprise linked morpholino units (e.g., morpholino nucleic acid) having heterocyclic bases attached to the morpholino ring. Linking groups can link the morpholino monomeric units in a morpholino nucleic acid. Non-ionic morpholino-based oligomeric compounds can have less undesired interactions with cellular proteins. Morpholinobased polynucleotides can be nonionic mimics of nucleic acids. A variety of compounds within the morpholino class can be joined using different linking groups. A further class of polynucleotide mimetic can be referred to as cyclohexenyl nucleic acids (CeNA). The furanose ring normally present in a nucleic acid molecule can be replaced with a cyclohexenyl ring. CeNA DMT protected phosphoramidite monomers can be prepared and used for oligomeric compound synthesis using phosphoramidite chemistry. The incorporation of CeNA monomers into a nucleic acid chain can increase the stability of a DNA/RNA hybrid. CeNA oligoadenylates can form complexes with nucleic acid complements with similar stability to the native complexes. A further modification can include Locked Nucleic Acids (LNAs) in which the 2’-hydroxyl group is linked to the 4’ carbon atom of the sugar ring thereby forming a 2’-C, 4’-C-oxymethylene linkage thereby forming a bicyclic sugar moiety. The linkage can be a methylene (-CH2), group bridging the 2’ oxygen atom and the 4’ carbon atom wherein n is 1 or 2. LNA and LNA analogs can display very' high duplex thermal stabilities with complementary' nucleic acid (Tm=+3 to +10 °C), stability towards 3‘-exonucleolytic degradation and good solubility properties.

[0078] A nucleic acid may also include nucleobase (often referred to simply as “base”) modifications or substitutions. As used herein, “unmodified” or “natural” nucleobases can include the purine bases, (e.g., adenine (A) and guanine (G)), and the pyrimidine bases, (e.g., thymine (T), cytosine (C) and uracil (U)). Modified nucleobases can include other synthetic and natural nucleobases such as 5-methylcytosine (5-me-C), 5-hydroxymethyl cytosine, xanthine, hypoxanthine, 2-aminoadenine, 6-methyl and other alkyd derivatives of adenine and guanine, 2-propyl and other alkyl derivatives of adenine and guanine, 2-thiouracil, 2-thiothymine and 2-thiocytosine, 5-halouracil and cytosine, 5-propynyl ( — C=C — CH3) uracil and cytosine and other alkynyl derivatives of pyrimidine bases, 6-azo uracil, cytosine and thymine, 5-uracil (pseudouracil), 4-thiouracil, 8-halo, 8-amino, 8-thiol, 8-thioalkyl, 8-hydroxyl and other 8-substituted adenines and guanines, 5-halo particularly 5-bromo, 5-trifluoromethyl and other 5-substituted uracils and cytosines, 7-methylguanine and 7-methyladenine, 2-F- adenine, 2-aminoadenine, 8-azaguanine and 8-azaadenine. 7-deazaguanine and 7-deazaadenine and 3-deazaguanine and 3-deazaadenine. Modified nucleobases can include tricyclic pyrimidines such as phenoxazine cytidine(lH-pyrimido(5,4-b)(l,4)benzoxazin-2(3H)-one), phenothiazine cytidine (lH-pyrimido(5,4-b)(l,4)benzothiazin-2(3H)-one), G-clamps such as a substituted phenoxazine cytidine (e.g., 9-(2-aminoethoxy)-H-pyrimido(5,4-(b) (l,4)benzoxazin- 2(3H)-one), phenothiazine cytidine (lH-pyrimido(5,4-b)(l,4)benzothiazin-2(3H)-one), G- clamps such as a substituted phenoxazine cytidine (e.g., 9-(2-aminoethoxy)-H-pyrimido(5,4-(b) (l,4)benzoxazin-2(3H)-one), carbazole cytidine (2H-pyrimido(4,5-b)indol-2-one), pyridoindole cytidine (H-pyrido(3’,2’ :4.5)pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-2-one).

[0079] As used herein, the term "sample’’ can refer to a composition comprising targets. Suitable samples for analysis by the disclosed methods, devices, and systems include cells, tissues, organs, or organisms.

[0080] As used herein, the term “sampling device” or “device” can refer to a device which may take a section of a sample and/or place the section on a substrate. A sample device can refer to, for example, a fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) machine, a cell sorter machine, a biopsy needle, a biopsy device, a tissue sectioning device, a microfluidic device, a blade grid, and/or a microtome.

[0081] As used herein, the term “solid support” can refer to discrete solid or semisolid surfaces to which a plurality of barcodes (e.g., stochastic barcodes) may be attached. A solid support may encompass any type of solid, porous, or hollow sphere, ball, bearing, cylinder, or other similar configuration composed of plastic, ceramic, metal, or polymeric material (e.g., hydrogel) onto which a nucleic acid may be immobilized (e.g., covalently or non-covalently). A solid support may comprise a discrete particle that may be spherical (e.g., microspheres) or have anon-spherical or irregular shape, such as cubic, cuboid, pyramidal, cylindrical, conical, oblong, or disc-shaped, and the like. A bead can be non-spherical in shape. A plurality' of solid supports spaced in an array may not comprise a substrate. A solid support may be used interchangeably with the term “bead.”

[0082] As used herein, the term “stochastic barcode” can refer to a polynucleotide sequence comprising labels of the present disclosure. A stochastic barcode can be a polynucleotide sequence that can be used for stochastic barcoding. Stochastic barcodes can be used to quantify targets within a sample. Stochastic barcodes can be used to control for errors which may occur after a label is associated with a target. For example, a stochastic barcode can be used to assess amplification or sequencing errors. A stochastic barcode associated with a target can be called a stochastic barcode-target or stochastic barcode-tag-target.

[0083] As used herein, the term “gene-specific stochastic barcode” can refer to a polynucleotide sequence comprising labels and a target-binding region that is gene-specific. A stochastic barcode can be a polynucleotide sequence that can be used for stochastic barcoding. Stochastic barcodes can be used to quantify' targets within a sample. Stochastic barcodes can be used to control for errors which may occur after a label is associated with a target. For example, a stochastic barcode can be used to assess amplification or sequencing errors. A stochastic barcode associated with a target can be called a stochastic barcode-target or stochastic barcodetag-target.

[0084] As used herein, the term “stochastic barcoding” can refer to the random labeling (e g., barcoding) of nucleic acids. Stochastic barcoding can utilize a recursive Poisson strategy to associate and quantify labels associated with targets. As used herein, the term “stochastic barcoding” can be used interchangeably with “stochastic labeling.”

[0085] As used here, the term “target” can refer to a composition which can be associated with a barcode (e g., a stochastic barcode). Exemplary suitable targets for analysis by the disclosed methods, devices, and systems include oligonucleotides, DNA. RNA, mRNA, microRNA, tRNA, and the like. Targets can be single or double stranded. In some embodiments, targets can be proteins, peptides, or polypeptides. In some embodiments, targets are lipids. As used herein, “target” can be used interchangeably with “species.”

[0086] As used herein, the term “reverse transcriptases” can refer to a group of enzymes having reverse transcriptase activity (i.e., that catalyze synthesis of DNA from an RNA template). In general, such enzymes include, but are not limited to, retroviral reverse transcriptase, retrotransposon reverse transcriptase, retroplasmid reverse transcriptases, retron reverse transcriptases, bacterial reverse transcriptases, group II intron-derived reverse transcriptase, and mutants, variants or derivatives thereof. Non-retroviral reverse transcriptases include non-LTR retrotransposon reverse transcriptases, retroplasmid reverse transcriptases, retron reverse transcriptases, and group II intron reverse transcriptases. Examples of group II intron reverse transcriptases include the Lcictococcus lactis LI.LtrB intron reverse transcriptase, the Thermosynechococcus elongatus TeI4c intron reverse transcriptase, or the Geobacillus stearothermophilus GsI-IIC intron reverse transcriptase. Other classes of reverse transcriptases can include many classes of non-retroviral reverse transcriptases (i.e., retrons, group II introns, and diversify -generating retroelements among others).

[0087] The terms “universal adaptor primer,” “universal primer adaptor” or “universal adaptor sequence” are used interchangeably to refer to a nucleotide sequence that can be used to hybridize to barcodes (e.g., stochastic barcodes) to generate gene-specific barcodes. A universal adaptor sequence can, for example, be a known sequence that is universal across all barcodes used in methods of the disclosure. For example, when multiple targets are being labeled using the methods disclosed herein, each of the target-specific sequences may be linked to the same universal adaptor sequence. In some embodiments, more than one universal adaptor sequences may be used in the methods disclosed herein. For example, when multiple targets are being labeled using the methods disclosed herein, at least two of the target-specific sequences are linked to different universal adaptor sequences. A universal adaptor primer and its complement may be included in two oligonucleotides, one of which comprises a target-specific sequence and the other comprises a barcode. For example, a universal adaptor sequence may be part of an oligonucleotide comprising a target-specific sequence to generate a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a target nucleic acid. A second oligonucleotide comprising a barcode and a complementary sequence of the universal adaptor sequence may hybridize with the nucleotide sequence and generate a target-specific barcode (e.g., a target-specific stochastic barcode). In some embodiments, a universal adaptor primer has a sequence that is different from a universal PCR primer used in the methods of this disclosure.

Barcodes

[0088] Barcoding, such as stochastic barcoding, has been described in, for example, Fu et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci U.S.A., 2011 May 31,108(22):9026-31; US2011/0160078; Fan et al., Science, 2015 February' 6, 347(6222): 1258367; US2015/0299784; and WO2015/031691; the content of each of these, including any supporting or supplemental information or material, is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In some embodiments, the barcode disclosed herein can be a stochastic barcode which can be a polynucleotide sequence that may be used to stochastically label (e.g., barcode, tag) a target. Barcodes can be referred to stochastic barcodes if the ratio of the number of different barcode sequences of the stochastic barcodes and the number of occurrence of any of the targets to be labeled can be, or be about, 1 : 1, 2: 1, 3: 1. 4: 1, 5: 1, 6: 1, 7: 1, 8: 1, 9: 1, 10: 1, 11: 1, 12: 1, 13: 1, 14: 1, 15: 1, 16: 1, 17: 1, 18: 1, 19: 1, 20: 1, 30: 1, 40: 1, 50: 1, 60: 1, 70:1, 80:1, 90:1, 100: 1, or a number or a range between any two of these values. A target can be an mRNA species comprising mRNA molecules with identical or nearly identical sequences. Barcodes can be referred to as stochastic barcodes if the ratio of the number of different barcode sequences of the stochastic barcodes and the number of occurrence of any of the targets to be labeled is at least, or is at most, 1: 1, 2: 1, 3:1, 4: 1, 5: 1, 6: 1, 7: 1, 8: 1, 9: 1, 10: 1, 11 : 1, 12: 1, 13: 1, 14: 1, 15: 1, 16: 1, 17: 1, 18: 1, 19: 1, 20: 1, 30: 1, 40: 1, 50: 1, 60: 1, 70: 1, 80: 1, 90: 1, or 100: 1. Barcode sequences of stochastic barcodes can be referred to as molecular labels.

[0089] A barcode, for example a stochastic barcode, can comprise one or more labels. Exemplary labels can include a universal label, a cell label, a barcode sequence (e.g., a molecular label), a sample label, a plate label, a spatial label, and/or a pre-spatial label. FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary barcode 104 with a spatial label. The barcode 104 can comprise a 5 'amine that may link the barcode to a solid support 105. The barcode can comprise a universal label, a dimension label, a spatial label, a cell label, and/or a molecular label. The order of different labels (including but not limited to the universal label, the dimension label, the spatial label, the cell label, and the molecule label) in the barcode can vary. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the universal label may be the 5 ’-most label, and the molecular label may be the 3 ’-most label. The spatial label, dimension label, and the cell label may be in any order. In some embodiments, the universal label, the spatial label, the dimension label, the cell label, and the molecular label are in any order. The barcode can comprise a target-binding region. The targetbinding region can interact with a target (e.g., target nucleic acid, RNA, mRNA, DNA) in a sample. For example, a target-binding region can comprise an oligo(dT) sequence which can interact with poly(A) tails of mRNAs. The labels of the barcode (e.g., universal label, dimension label, spatial label, cell label, and barcode sequence) can be separated, for example, by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 or more nucleotides.

[0090] A label, for example the cell label, can comprise a unique set of nucleic acid sub-sequences of defined length, e.g., seven nucleotides each (equivalent to the number of bits used in some Hamming error correction codes), which can be designed to provide error correction capability. The set of error correction sub-sequences comprise seven nucleotide sequences can be designed such that any pairwise combination of sequences in the set exhibits a defined “genetic distance” (or number of mismatched bases), for example, a set of error correction sub-sequences can be designed to exhibit a genetic distance of three nucleotides. In this case, review of the error correction sequences in the set of sequence data for labeled target nucleic acid molecules (described more fully below) can allow one to detect or correct amplification or sequencing errors. In some embodiments, the length of the nucleic acid subsequences used for creating error correction codes can vary, for example, they can be, or be about I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 30, 31, 40, 50, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, nucleic acid sub-sequences of other lengths can be used for creating error correction codes.

[0091] The barcode can comprise a target-binding region. The target-binding region can interact with a target in a sample. The target can be, or comprise, ribonucleic acids (RNAs), messenger RNAs (mRNAs), microRNAs, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), RNA degradation products, RNAs each comprising a poly(A) tail, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the plurality of targets can include deoxyribonucleic acids (DNAs).

[0092] In some embodiments, a target-binding region can comprise an oligo(dT) sequence which can interact with poly(A) tails of mRNAs. One or more of the labels of the barcode (e.g., the universal label, the dimension label, the spatial label, the cell label, and the barcode sequences (e.g.. molecular label)) can be separated by a spacer from another one or two of the remaining labels of the barcode. The spacer can be, for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20, or more nucleotides. In some embodiments, none of the labels of the barcode is separated by spacer.

Universal Labels [0093] A barcode can comprise one or more universal labels. In some embodiments, the one or more universal labels can be the same for all barcodes in the set of barcodes attached to a given solid support. In some embodiments, the one or more universal labels can be the same for all barcodes attached to a plurality of beads. In some embodiments, a universal label can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that is capable of hybridizing to a sequencing primer. Sequencing primers can be used for sequencing barcodes comprising a universal label. Sequencing primers (e.g., universal sequencing primers) can comprise sequencing primers associated with high-throughput sequencing platforms. In some embodiments, a universal label can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that is capable of hybridizing to a PCR primer. In some embodiments, the universal label can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that is capable of hybridizing to a sequencing primer and a PCR primer. The nucleic acid sequence of the universal label that is capable of hybridizing to a sequencing or PCR primer can be referred to as a primer binding site. A universal label can comprise a sequence that can be used to initiate transcription of the barcode. A universal label can comprise a sequence that can be used for extension of the barcode or a region within the barcode. A universal label can be, or be about, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. For example, a universal label can comprise at least about 10 nucleotides. A universal label can be at least, or be at most, 1. 2, 3, 4. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 100, 200, or 300 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, a cleavable linker or modified nucleotide can be part of the universal label sequence to enable the barcode to be cleaved off from the support.

Dimension Labels

[0094] A barcode can comprise one or more dimension labels. In some embodiments, a dimension label can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that provides information about a dimension in which the labeling (e.g., stochastic labeling) occurred. For example, a dimension label can provide information about the time at which a target was barcoded. A dimension label can be associated with a time of barcoding (e.g.. stochastic barcoding) in a sample. A dimension label can be activated at the time of labeling. Different dimension labels can be activated at different times. The dimension label provides information about the order in which targets, groups of targets, and/or samples were barcoded. For example, a population of cells can be barcoded at the GO phase of the cell cycle. The cells can be pulsed again with barcodes (e.g., stochastic barcodes) at the G1 phase of the cell cycle. The cells can be pulsed again with barcodes at the S phase of the cell cycle, and so on. Barcodes at each pulse (e.g., each phase of the cell cycle), can comprise different dimension labels. In this way, the dimension label provides information about which targets were labelled at which phase of the cell cycle. Dimension labels can interrogate many different biological times. Exemplary biological times can include, but are not limited to, the cell cycle, transcription (e.g., transcription initiation), and transcript degradation. In another example, a sample (e.g., a cell, a population of cells) can be labeled before and/or after treatment with a drug and/or therapy. The changes in the number of copies of distinct targets can be indicative of the sample’s response to the drug and/or therapy.

[0095] A dimension label can be activatable. An activatable dimension label can be activated at a specific time point. The activatable label can be, for example, constitutively activated (e.g., not turned off). The activatable dimension label can be, for example, reversibly activated (e.g.. the activatable dimension label can be turned on and turned off). The dimension label can be, for example, reversibly activatable at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more times. The dimension label can be reversibly activatable, for example, at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9„ 10 or more times. In some embodiments, the dimension label can be activated with fluorescence, light, a chemical event (e.g., cleavage, ligation of another molecule, addition of modifications (e.g., pegylated, sumoylated, acetylated, methylated, deacetylated, demethylated), a photochemical event (e.g., photocaging), and introduction of a non-natural nucleotide.

[0096] The dimension label can, in some embodiments, be identical for all barcodes (e.g., stochastic barcodes) attached to a given solid support (e.g., a bead), but different for different solid supports (e.g., beads). In some embodiments, at least 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 99% or 100%, of barcodes on the same solid support can comprise the same dimension label. In some embodiments, at least 60% of barcodes on the same solid support can comprise the same dimension label. In some embodiments, at least 95% of barcodes on the same solid support can comprise the same dimension label.

[0097] There can be as many as 10 ⁶ or more unique dimension label sequences represented in a plurality of solid supports (e.g., beads). A dimension label can be, or be about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. A dimension label can be at least, or be at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15. 20. 25. 30. 35, 40, 45, 50, 100. 200. or 300. nucleotides in length. A dimension label can comprise between about 5 to about 200 nucleotides. A dimension label can comprise between about 10 to about 150 nucleotides. A dimension label can comprise between about 20 to about 125 nucleotides in length.

Spatial Labels

[0098] A barcode can comprise one or more spatial labels. In some embodiments, a spatial label can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that provides information about the spatial orientation of a target molecule which is associated with the barcode. A spatial label can be associated with a coordinate in a sample. The coordinate can be a fixed coordinate. For example, a coordinate can be fixed in reference to a substrate. A spatial label can be in reference to a two or three-dimensional grid. A coordinate can be fixed in reference to a landmark. The landmark can be identifiable in space. A landmark can be a structure which can be imaged. A landmark can be a biological structure, for example an anatomical landmark. A landmark can be a cellular landmark, for instance an organelle. A landmark can be a non-natural landmark such as a structure with an identifiable identifier such as a color code, bar code, magnetic property, fluorescents, radioactivity, or a unique size or shape. A spatial label can be associated with a physical partition (e.g., A well, a container, or a droplet). In some embodiments, multiple spatial labels are used together to encode one or more positions in space.

[0099] The spatial label can be identical for all barcodes attached to a given solid support (e.g., a bead), but different for different solid supports (e.g., beads). In some embodiments, the percentage of barcodes on the same solid support comprising the same spatial label can be, or be about, 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 99%, 100%, or a number or a range between any two of these values. In some embodiments, the percentage of barcodes on the same solid support comprising the same spatial label can be at least, or be at most, 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 99%, or 100%. In some embodiments, at least 60% of barcodes on the same solid support can comprise the same spatial label. In some embodiments, at least 95% of barcodes on the same solid support can comprise the same spatial label.

[0100] There can be as many as 10 ⁶ or more unique spatial label sequences represented in a plurality ⁷ of solid supports (e.g., beads). A spatial label can be, or be about, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. A spatial label can be at least or at most 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 100, 200, or 300 nucleotides in length. A spatial label can comprise between about 5 to about 200 nucleotides. A spatial label can comprise between about 10 to about 150 nucleotides. A spatial label can comprise between about 20 to about 125 nucleotides in length.

Cell labels

[0101] A barcode (e.g., a stochastic barcode) can comprise one or more cell labels. In some embodiments, a cell label can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that provides information for determining which target nucleic acid originated from which cell. In some embodiments, the cell label is identical for all barcodes attached to a given solid support (e.g., a bead), but different for different solid supports (e.g., beads). In some embodiments, the percentage of barcodes on the same solid support comprising the same cell label can be, or be about 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 99%, 100%, or a number or a range between any two of these values. In some embodiments, the percentage of barcodes on the same solid support comprising the same cell label can be, or be about 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%. 99%, or 100%. For example, at least 60% of barcodes on the same solid support can comprise the same cell label. As another example, at least 95% of barcodes on the same solid support can comprise the same cell label.

[0102] There can be as many as 10 ⁶ or more unique cell label sequences represented in a plurality of solid supports (e.g., beads). A cell label can be, or be about, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. A cell label can be at least, or be at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 100, 200, or 300 nucleotides in length. For example, a cell label can comprise between about 5 to about 200 nucleotides. As another example, a cell label can comprise between about 10 to about 150 nucleotides. As yet another example, a cell label can comprise between about 20 to about 125 nucleotides in length.

Barcode Sequences

[0103] A barcode can comprise one or more barcode sequences. In some embodiments, a barcode sequence can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that provides identifying information for the specific type of target nucleic acid species hybridized to the barcode. A barcode sequence can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that provides a counter (e.g., that provides a rough approximation) for the specific occurrence of the target nucleic acid species hybridized to the barcode (e.g., target-binding region).

[0104] In some embodiments, a diverse set of barcode sequences are attached to a given solid support (e.g., a bead). In some embodiments, there can be, or be about, 10 ² , 10 ³ , 10 ⁴ , 10 ⁵ , 10 ⁶ , 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ , 10 ⁹ , or a number or a range between any two of these values, unique molecular label sequences. For example, a plurality of barcodes can comprise about 6561 barcodes sequences with distinct sequences. As another example, a plurality of barcodes can comprise about 65536 barcode sequences with distinct sequences. In some embodiments, there can be at least, or be at most, 10 ² , 10 ³ , 10 ⁴ , 10 ⁵ , 10 ⁶ , 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ , or 10 ⁹ , unique barcode sequences. The unique molecular label sequences can be attached to a given solid support (e.g., a bead). In some embodiments, the unique molecular label sequence is partially or entirely encompassed by a particle (e g., a hydrogel bead).

[0105] The length of a barcode can be different in different implementations. For example, a barcode can be, or be about, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15. 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. As another example, a barcode can be at least, or be at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 100, 200, or 300 nucleotides in length.

Molecular Labels

[0106] A barcode (e g., a stochastic barcode) can comprise one or more molecular labels. Molecular labels can include barcode sequences. In some embodiments, a molecular label can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that provides identifying information for the specific type of target nucleic acid species hybridized to the barcode. A molecular label can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that provides a counter for the specific occurrence of the target nucleic acid species hybridized to the barcode (e.g.. target-binding region).

[0107] In some embodiments, a diverse set of molecular labels are attached to a given solid support (e.g., a bead). In some embodiments, there can be, or be about, 10 ² , 10 ³ , 10 ⁴ , 10 ⁵ , 10 ⁶ , 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ , 10 ⁹ , or a number or a range between any two of these values, of unique molecular label sequences. For example, a plurality of barcodes can comprise about 6561 molecular labels with distinct sequences. As another example, a plurality of barcodes can comprise about 65536 molecular labels with distinct sequences. In some embodiments, there can be at least, or be at most, 10 ² , 10 ³ , 10 ⁴ , 10 ⁵ , 10 ⁶ , 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ , or 10 ⁹ , unique molecular label sequences. Barcodes with unique molecular label sequences can be attached to a given solid support (e.g., a bead).

[0108] For barcoding (e.g., stochastic barcoding) using a plurality of stochastic barcodes, the ratio of the number of different molecular label sequences and the number of occurrence of any of the targets can be, or be about, 1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1, 4: 1, 5: 1, 6: 1, 7: 1, 8: 1, 9: 1, 10: 1. 11 : 1, 12: 1, 13: 1, 14: 1, 15: 1, 16: 1, 17: 1, 18: 1, 19: 1, 20: 1, 30: 1, 40: 1, 50: 1, 60: 1, 70: 1, 80: 1, 90: 1, 100: 1, or a number or a range between any two of these values. A target can be an mRNA species comprising mRNA molecules with identical or nearly identical sequences. In some embodiments, the ratio of the number of different molecular label sequences and the number of occurrence of any of the targets is at least, or is at most, 1: 1, 2: 1. 3: 1, 4: 1, 5: 1. 6: 1, 7: 1, 8: 1. 9: 1, 10: 1, 11 : 1, 12: 1, 13: 1, 14: 1, 15: 1, 16: 1, 17: 1, 18: 1, 19: 1, 20: 1, 30: 1, 40: 1, 50: 1, 60: 1, 70: 1, 80: 1, 90: 1, or 100: 1.

[0109] A molecular label can be, or be about, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50. or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. A molecular label can be at least, or be at most, 1. 2, 3, 4. 5, 10. 15. 20. 25. 30. 35. 40. 45, 50, 100, 200, or 300 nucleotides in length.

Target-Binding Region

[0110] A barcode can comprise one or more target binding regions, such as capture probes. In some embodiments, a target-binding region can hybridize with a target of interest. In some embodiments, the target binding regions can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that hybridizes specifically to a target (e.g., target nucleic acid, target molecule, e.g., a cellular nucleic acid to be analyzed), for example to a specific gene sequence. A target binding region can, e.g., comprise a nucleic acid sequence that can attach (e g., hybridize) to a specific location of a specific target nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the target binding region can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that is capable of specific hybridization to a restriction enzyme site overhang (e.g., an EcoRI sticky-end overhang). The barcode can then ligate to any nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence complementary’ to the restriction site overhang.

[0111] In some embodiments, a target binding region can comprise a non-specific target nucleic acid sequence. A non-specific target nucleic acid sequence can refer to a sequence that can bind to multiple target nucleic acids, independent of the specific sequence of the target nucleic acid. For example, target binding region can comprise a random multimer sequence, a poly(dA) sequence, a poly(dT) sequence, a poly(dG) sequence, a poly(dC) sequence, or a combination thereof. For example, the target binding region can be an oligo(dT) sequence that hybridizes to the poly(A) tail on mRNA molecules. A random multimer sequence can be, for example, a random dimer, trimer, quatramer, pentamer, hexamer, septamer, octamer, nonamer, decamer, or higher multimer sequence of any length. In some embodiments, the target binding region is the same for all barcodes attached to a given bead. In some embodiments, the target binding regions for the plurality of barcodes attached to a given bead can comprise two or more different target binding sequences. A target binding region can be, or be about, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. A target binding region can be at most about 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or more nucleotides in length. For example, an mRNA molecule can be reverse transcribed using a reverse transcriptase, such as Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) reverse transcriptase, to generate a cDNA molecule with a poly(dC) tail. A barcode can include a target binding region with a poly(dG) tail. Upon base pairing between the poly(dG) tail of the barcode and the poly(dC) tail of the cDNA molecule, the reverse transcriptase switches template strands, from cellular RNA molecule to the barcode, and continues replication to the 5’ end of the barcode. By doing so, the resulting cDNA molecule contains the sequence of the barcode (such as the molecular label) on the 3 ’ end of the cDNA molecule.

[0112] In some embodiments, a target-binding region can comprise an oligo(dT) which can hybridize with mRNAs comprising poly adenylated ends. A target-binding region can be gene-specific. For example, a target-binding region can be configured to hybridize to a specific region of a target. A target-binding region can be, or be about, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 13. 14. 15. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 27, 28, 29, 30, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. A target-binding region can be at least, or be at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 27, 28, 29, or 30, nucleotides in length. A target-binding region can be about 5-30 nucleotides in length. When a barcode comprises a gene-specific target-binding region, the barcode can be referred to herein as a gene-specific barcode.

Orientation Property’

[0113] A stochastic barcode (e.g., a stochastic barcode) can comprise one or more orientation properties which can be used to orient (e.g., align) the barcodes. A barcode can comprise a moiety for isoelectric focusing. Different barcodes can comprise different isoelectnc focusing points. When these barcodes are introduced to a sample, the sample can undergo isoelectric focusing in order to orient the barcodes into a known way. In this way, the orientation property can be used to develop a known map of barcodes in a sample. Exemplar}' orientation properties can include, electrophoretic mobility (e.g., based on size of the barcode), isoelectric point, spin, conductivity, and/or self-assembly. For example, barcodes with an orientation property of self-assembly, can self-assemble into a specific orientation (e.g., nucleic acid nanostructure) upon activation.

Affinity Property

[0114] A barcode (e.g., a stochastic barcode) can comprise one or more affinity properties. For example, a spatial label can comprise an affinity property. An affinity property can include a chemical and/or biological moiety that can facilitate binding of the barcode to another entity (e.g., cell receptor). For example, an affinity property can comprise an antibody, for example, an antibody specific for a specific moiety (e.g.. receptor) on a sample. In some embodiments, the antibody can guide the barcode to a specific cell type or molecule. Targets at and/or near the specific cell type or molecule can be labeled (e.g., stochastically labeled). The affinity property can, in some embodiments, provide spatial information in addition to the nucleotide sequence of the spatial label because the antibody can guide the barcode to a specific location. The antibody can be a therapeutic antibody, for example a monoclonal antibody or a polyclonal antibody. The antibody can be humanized or chimeric. The antibody can be a naked antibody or a fusion antibody.

[0115] The antibody can be a full-length (i.e., naturally occurring or formed by normal immunoglobulin gene fragment recombinatorial processes) immunoglobulin molecule (e.g., an IgG antibody) or an immunologically active (i.e., specifically binding) portion of an immunoglobulin molecule, like an antibody fragment.

[0116] The antibody fragment can be, for example, a portion of an antibody such as F(ab’)2, Fab’, Fab, Fv, sFv and the like. In some embodiments, the antibody fragment can bind with the same antigen that is recognized by the full-length antibody. The antibody fragment can include isolated fragments consisting of the variable regions of antibodies, such as the “Fv” fragments consisting of the variable regions of the heavy and light chains and recombinant single chain polypeptide molecules in which light and heavy variable regions are connected by a peptide linker C'scFv proteins”). Exemplary antibodies can include, but are not limited to, antibodies for cancer cells, antibodies for viruses, antibodies that bind to cell surface receptors (CD8, CD34, CD45), and therapeutic antibodies.

Universal Adaptor Primer

[0117] A barcode can comprise one or more universal adaptor primers. For example, a gene-specific barcode, such as a gene-specific stochastic barcode, can comprise a universal adaptor primer. A universal adaptor primer can refer to a nucleotide sequence that is universal across all barcodes. A universal adaptor primer can be used for building gene-specific barcodes. A universal adaptor primer can be, or be about, 1. 2, 3, 4. 5, 6, 7. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 27, 28, 29, 30, or a number or a range between any two of these nucleotides in length. A universal adaptor primer can be at least, or be at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 27, 28, 29, or 30 nucleotides in length. A universal adaptor primer can be from 5-30 nucleotides in length.

Linker

[0118] When a barcode comprises more than one of a type of label (e.g, more than one cell label or more than one barcode sequence, such as one molecular label), the labels may be interspersed with a linker label sequence. A linker label sequence can be at least about 5, 10, 15. 20. 25. 30. 35. 40. 45, 50 or more nucleotides in length. A linker label sequence can be at most about 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or more nucleotides in length. In some instances, a linker label sequence is 12 nucleotides in length. A linker label sequence can be used to facilitate the synthesis of the barcode. The linker label can comprise an error-correcting (e.g., Hamming) code.

Solid Supports

[0119] Barcodes, such as stochastic barcodes, disclosed herein can, in some embodiments, be associated with a solid support. The solid support can be, for example, a synthetic particle. In some embodiments, some or all of the barcode sequences, such as molecular labels for stochastic barcodes (e.g., the first barcode sequences) of a plurality of barcodes (e.g., the first plurality of barcodes) on a solid support differ by at least one nucleotide. The cell labels of the barcodes on the same solid support can be the same. The cell labels of the barcodes on different solid supports can differ by at least one nucleotide. For example, first cell labels of a first plurality of barcodes on a first solid support can have the same sequence, and second cell labels of a second plurality of barcodes on a second solid support can have the same sequence. The first cell labels of the first plurality of barcodes on the first solid support and the second cell labels of the second plurality of barcodes on the second solid support can differ by at least one nucleotide. A cell label can be, for example, about 5-20 nucleotides long. A barcode sequence can be, for example, about 5-20 nucleotides long. The synthetic particle can be, for example, a bead.

[0120] The bead can be, for example, a silica gel bead, a controlled pore glass bead, a magnetic bead, a Dynabead, a Sephadex/Sepharose bead, a cellulose bead, a polystyrene bead, or any combination thereof. The bead can comprise a material such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), polystyrene, glass, polypropylene, agarose, gelatin, hydrogel, paramagnetic, ceramic, plastic, glass, methylstyrene, acrylic polymer, titanium, latex, Sepharose, cellulose, nylon, silicone, or any combination thereof.

[0121] In some embodiments, the bead can be a polymeric bead, for example a deformable bead or a gel bead, functionalized with barcodes or stochastic barcodes (such as gel beads from 10X Genomics (San Francisco, CA). In some implementation, a gel bead can comprise a polymer based gels. Gel beads can be generated, for example, by encapsulating one or more polymeric precursors into droplets. Upon exposure of the polymeric precursors to an accelerator (e.g., tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED)), a gel bead may be generated.

[0122] The particle can be disruptable (e.g., dissolvable, degradable). For example, the polymeric bead can dissolve, melt, or degrade, for example, under a desired condition. The desired condition can include an environmental condition. The desired condition may result in the polymeric bead dissolving, melting, or degrading in a controlled manner. A gel bead may dissolve, melt, or degrade due to a chemical stimulus, a physical stimulus, a biological stimulus, a thermal stimulus, a magnetic stimulus, an electric stimulus, a light stimulus, or any combination thereof.

[0123] Analytes and/or reagents, such as oligonucleotide barcodes, for example, may be coupled/immobilized to the interior surface of a gel bead (e.g., the interior accessible via diffusion of an oligonucleotide barcode and/or materials used to generate an oligonucleotide barcode) and/or the outer surface of a gel bead or any other microcapsule described herein. Coupling/immobilization may be via any form of chemical bonding (e.g., covalent bond, ionic bond) or physical phenomena (e.g.. Van der Waals forces, dipole-dipole interactions, etc.). In some embodiments, coupling/immobilization of a reagent to a gel bead or any other microcapsule described herein may be reversible, such as, for example, via a labile moiety (e.g., via a chemical cross-linker, including chemical cross-linkers described herein). Upon application of a stimulus, the labile moiety may be cleaved and the immobilized reagent set free. In some embodiments, the labile moiety is a disulfide bond. For example, in the case where an oligonucleotide barcode is immobilized to a gel bead via a disulfide bond, exposure of the disulfide bond to a reducing agent can cleave the disulfide bond and free the oligonucleotide barcode from the bead. The labile moiety may be included as part of a gel bead or microcapsule, as part of a chemical linker that links a reagent or analyte to a gel bead or microcapsule, and/or as part of a reagent or analyte. In some embodiments, at least one barcode of the plurality of barcodes can be immobilized on the particle, partially immobilized on the particle, enclosed in the particle, partially enclosed in the particle, or any combination thereof.

[0124] A gel bead can comprise a wide range of different polymers including but not limited to: polymers, heat sensitive polymers, photosensitive polymers, magnetic polymers, pH sensitive polymers, salt-sensitive polymers, chemically sensitive polymers, polyelectrolytes, polysaccharides, peptides, proteins, and/or plastics. Polymers may include but are not limited to materials such as poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm), polystyrene sulfonate) (PSS), poly(allyl amine) (PAAm), poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), poly(ethylene imine) (PEI), poly(diallyldimethyl-ammonium chloride) (PDADMAC), poly(pyrolle) (PPy), poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVPON), poly(vinyl pyridine) (PVP), poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polystyrene (PS), poly (tetrahydrofuran) (PTHF), poly(phthaladehyde) (PPA), poly(hexyl viologen) (PHV), poly(L-lysine) (PLL), poly(L- arginine) (PARG), poly(lactic-co-gly colic acid) (PLGA).

[0125] Numerous chemical stimuli can be used to trigger the disruption, dissolution, or degradation of the beads. Examples of these chemical changes may include, but are not limited to pH-mediated changes to the bead wall, disintegration of the bead wall via chemical cleavage of crosslink bonds, triggered depolymerization of the bead wall, and bead wall switching reactions. Bulk changes may also be used to trigger disruption of the beads.

[0126] Bulk or physical changes to the microcapsule through various stimuli also offer many advantages in designing capsules to release reagents. Bulk or physical changes occur on a macroscopic scale, in which bead rupture is the result of mechano-physical forces induced by a stimulus. These processes may include, but are not limited to pressure induced rupture, bead wall melting, or changes in the porosity' of the bead wall.

[0127] Biological stimuli may also be used to trigger disruption, dissolution, or degradation of beads. Generally, biological triggers resemble chemical triggers, but many examples use biomolecules, or molecules commonly found in living systems such as enzymes, peptides, saccharides, fatty acids, nucleic acids and the like. For example, beads may comprise polymers with peptide cross-links that are sensitive to cleavage by specific proteases. More specifically, one example may comprise a microcapsule comprising GFLGK peptide cross links. Upon addition of a biological trigger such as the protease Cathepsin B, the peptide cross links of the shell well are cleaved and the contents of the beads are released. In other cases, the proteases may be heat-activated. In another example, beads comprise a shell wall comprising cellulose. Addition of the hydrolytic enzyme chitosan serves as biologic trigger for cleavage of cellulosic bonds, depolymerization of the shell wall, and release of its inner contents.

[0128] The beads may also be induced to release their contents upon the application of a thermal stimulus. A change in temperature can cause a variety changes to the beads. A change in heat may cause melting of a bead such that the bead wall disintegrates. In other cases, the heat may increase the internal pressure of the inner components of the bead such that the bead ruptures or explodes. In still other cases, the heat may transform the bead into a shrunken dehydrated state. The heat may also act upon heat-sensitive polymers within the wall of a bead to cause disruption of the bead.

[0129] Inclusion of magnetic nanoparticles to the bead wall of microcapsules may allow triggered rupture of the beads as well as guide the beads in an array. A device of this disclosure may comprise magnetic beads for either purpose. In one example, incorporation of FesOr nanoparticles into polyelectrolyte containing beads triggers rupture in the presence of an oscillating magnetic field stimulus.

[0130] A bead may also be disrupted, dissolved, or degraded as the result of electrical stimulation. Similar to magnetic particles described in the previous section, electrically sensitive beads can allow for both triggered rupture of the beads as well as other functions such as alignment in an electric field, electrical conductivity or redox reactions. In one example, beads containing electrically sensitive material are aligned in an electric field such that release of inner reagents can be controlled. In other examples, electrical fields may induce redox reactions within the bead wall itself that may increase porosity.

[0131] A light stimulus may also be used to disrupt the beads. Numerous light triggers are possible and may include systems that use various molecules such as nanoparticles and chromophores capable of absorbing photons of specific ranges of wavelengths. For example, metal oxide coatings can be used as capsule triggers. UV irradiation of polyelectrolyte capsules coated with SiCh may result in disintegration of the bead wall. In yet another example, photo switchable materials such as azobenzene groups may be incorporated in the bead wall. Upon the application of UV or visible light, chemicals such as these undergo a reversible cis-to- trans isomerization upon absorption of photons. In this aspect, incorporation of photon switches result in a bead wall that may disintegrate or become more porous upon the application of a light trigger.

[0132] For example, in a non-limiting example of barcoding (e.g., stochastic barcoding) illustrated in FIG. 2, after introducing cells such as single cells onto a plurality of microwells of a microwell array at block 208, beads can be introduced onto the plurality of microwells of the microwell array at block 212. Each microwell can comprise one bead. The beads can comprise a plurality of barcodes. A barcode can comprise a 5’ amine region attached to a bead. The barcode can comprise a universal label, a barcode sequence (e.g., a molecular label), a target-binding region, or any combination thereof.

[0133] The barcodes disclosed herein can be associated with (e.g., attached to) a solid support (e.g., a bead). The barcodes associated with a solid support can each comprise a barcode sequence selected from a group comprising at least 100 or 1000 barcode sequences with unique sequences. In some embodiments, different barcodes associated with a solid support can comprise barcode with different sequences. In some embodiments, a percentage of barcodes associated with a solid support comprises the same cell label. For example, the percentage can be, or be about 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%. 90%. 95%, 97%, 99%, 100%, or a number or a range between any two of these values. As another example, the percentage can be at least, or be at most 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 99%, or 100%. In some embodiments, barcodes associated with a solid support can have the same cell label. The barcodes associated with different solid supports can have different cell labels selected from a group comprising at least 100 or 1000 cell labels with unique sequences.

[0134] The barcodes disclosed herein can be associated to (e.g., attached to) a solid support (e.g., a bead). In some embodiments, barcoding the plurality of targets in the sample can be performed with a solid support including a plurality of synthetic particles associated with the plurality of barcodes. In some embodiments, the solid support can include a plurality of synthetic particles associated with the plurality of barcodes. The spatial labels of the plurality of barcodes on different solid supports can differ by at least one nucleotide. The solid support can, for example, include the plurality ⁷ of barcodes in two dimensions or three dimensions. The synthetic particles can be beads. The beads can be silica gel beads, controlled pore glass beads, magnetic beads, Dynabeads, Sephadex/Sepharose beads, cellulose beads, polystyrene beads, or any combination thereof. The solid support can include a polymer, a matrix, a hydrogel, a needle array device, an antibody, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the solid supports can be free floating. In some embodiments, the solid supports can be embedded in a semi-solid or solid array. The barcodes may not be associated with solid supports. The barcodes can be individual nucleotides. The barcodes can be associated with a substrate.

[0135] As used herein, the terms “tethered,’’ “attached,” and “immobilized,” are used interchangeably, and can refer to covalent or non-covalent means for attaching barcodes to a solid support. Any of a variety of different solid supports can be used as solid supports for attaching pre-synthesized barcodes or for in situ solid-phase synthesis of barcode.

[0136] In some embodiments, the solid support is a bead. The bead can comprise one or more ty pes of solid, porous, or hollow sphere, ball, bearing, cylinder, or other similar configuration which a nucleic acid can be immobilized (e.g., covalently or non-covalently). The bead can be, for example, composed of plastic, ceramic, metal, polymeric material, or any combination thereof. A bead can be, or comprise, a discrete particle that is spherical (e.g., microspheres) or have a non-spherical or irregular shape, such as cubic, cuboid, pyramidal, cylindrical, conical, oblong, or disc-shaped, and the like. In some embodiments, a bead can be non-spherical in shape.

[0137] Beads can comprise a variety of materials including, but not limited to, paramagnetic materials (e.g., magnesium, molybdenum, lithium, and tantalum), superparamagnetic materials (e.g., ferrite (Festh: magnetite) nanoparticles), ferromagnetic materials (e.g.. iron, nickel, cobalt, some alloys thereof, and some rare earth metal compounds), ceramic, plastic, glass, polystyrene, silica, methylstyrene, acrylic polymers, titanium, latex. Sepharose, agarose, hydrogel, polymer, cellulose, nylon, or any combination thereof.

[0138] In some embodiments, the bead (e.g., the bead to which the labels are attached) is a hydrogel bead. In some embodiments, the bead comprises hydrogel.

[0139] Some embodiments disclosed herein include one or more particles (for example, beads). Each of the particles can comprise a plurality of oligonucleotides (e.g., barcodes). Each of the plurality of oligonucleotides can comprise a barcode sequence (e.g., a molecular label sequence), a cell label, and a target-binding region (e.g., an oligo(dT) sequence, a gene-specific sequence, a random multimer. or a combination thereof). The cell label sequence of each of the plurality of oligonucleotides can be the same. The cell label sequences of oligonucleotides on different particles can be different such that the oligonucleotides on different particles can be identified. The number of different cell label sequences can be different in different implementations. In some embodiments, the number of cell label sequences can be, or be about 10, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 10000, 20000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 60000, 70000, 80000, 90000, 100000, 10 ⁶ , 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ , 10 ⁹ , a number or a range between any two of these values, or more. In some embodiments, the number of cell label sequences can be at least, or be at most 10, 100, 200, 300. 400, 500, 600. 700, 800, 900. 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000. 5000, 6000, 7000. 8000, 9000, 10000, 20000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 60000, 70000, 80000, 90000, 100000, 10 ⁶ , 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ , or 10 ⁹ . In some embodiments, no more than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, or more of the plurality of the particles include oligonucleotides with the same cell sequence. In some embodiment, the plurality of particles that include oligonucleotides with the same cell sequence can be at most 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.4%, 0.5%, 0.6%, 0.7%, 0.8%, 0.9%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10%, or more. In some embodiments, none of the plurality of the particles has the same cell label sequence. [0140] The plurality of oligonucleotides on each particle can comprise different barcode sequences (e.g., molecular labels). In some embodiments, the number of barcode sequences can be, or be about 10, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 10000, 20000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 60000, 70000, 80000, 90000. 100000, 10 ⁶ . 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ , 10 ⁹ , or a number or a range between any two of these values. In some embodiments, the number of barcode sequences can be at least, or be at most 10, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 10000. 20000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 60000, 70000, 80000, 90000, 100000. 10 ⁶ , 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ , or 10 ⁹ . For example, at least 100 of the plurality of oligonucleotides comprise different barcode sequences. As another example, in a single particle, at least 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10000, 15000, 20000, 50000, a number or a range between any two of these values, or more of the plurality of oligonucleotides comprise different barcode sequences. Some embodiments provide a plurality of the particles comprising barcodes. In some embodiments, the ratio of an occurrence (or a copy or a number) of a target to be labeled and the different barcode sequences can be at least 1 : 1, 1:2, 1 :3, 1 :4, 1:5, 1 :6, 1:7, 1 :8, 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1 : 12, 1 : 13, 1 : 14, 1: 15, 1: 16, 1: 17, 1: 18, 1 : 19, 1:20, 1:30, 1 :40, 1 :50, 1 :60, 1:70, 1:80, 1 :90, or more. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of oligonucleotides further comprises a sample label, a universal label, or both. The particle can be. for example, a nanoparticle or microparticle.

[0141] The size of the beads can vary. For example, the diameter of the bead can range from 0. 1 micrometer to 50 micrometer. In some embodiments, the diameter of the bead can be, or be about, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 micrometer, or a number or a range between any two of these values.

[0142] The diameter of the bead can be related to the diameter of the wells of the substrate. In some embodiments, the diameter of the bead can be, or be about, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, or a number or a range between any two of these values, longer or shorter than the diameter of the well. The diameter of the beads can be related to the diameter of a cell (e.g.. a single cell entrapped by a well of the substrate). In some embodiments, the diameter of the bead can be at least, or be at most, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 100% longer or shorter than the diameter of the well. The diameter of the beads can be related to the diameter of a cell (e.g., a single cell entrapped by a well of the substrate). In some embodiments, the diameter of the bead can be, or be about, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 250%, 300%, or a number or a range between any two of these values, longer or shorter than the diameter of the cell. In some embodiments, the diameter of the beads can be at least, or be at most, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%. 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 250%. or 300% longer or shorter than the diameter of the cell.

[0143] A bead can be attached to and/or embedded in a substrate. A bead can be attached to and/or embedded in a gel, hydrogel, polymer and/or matrix. The spatial position of a bead within a substrate (e.g.. gel, matrix, scaffold, or polymer) can be identified using the spatial label present on the barcode on the bead which can serve as a location address.

[0144] Examples of beads can include, but are not limited to, streptavidin beads, agarose beads, magnetic beads, Dynabeads®, MACS® microbeads, antibody conjugated beads (e.g., anti-immunoglobulin microbeads), protein A conjugated beads, protein G conjugated beads, protein A/G conjugated beads, protein L conjugated beads, oligo(dT) conjugated beads, silica beads, silica-like beads, anti-biotin microbeads, anti-fluorochrome microbeads, and BcMag™ Carboxyl-Terminated Magnetic Beads.

[0145] A bead can be associated with (e.g., impregnated with) quantum dots or fluorescent dyes to make it fluorescent in one fluorescence optical channel or multiple optical channels. A bead can be associated with iron oxide or chromium oxide to make it paramagnetic or ferromagnetic. Beads can be identifiable. For example, a bead can be imaged using a camera. A bead can have a detectable code associated with the bead. For example, a bead can comprise a barcode. A bead can change size, for example, due to swelling in an organic or inorganic solution. A bead can be hydrophobic. A bead can be hydrophilic. A bead can be biocompatible.

[0146] A solid support (e.g., a bead) can be visualized. The solid support can comprise a visualizing tag (e.g., fluorescent dye). A solid support (e.g., a bead) can be etched with an identifier (e.g., a number). The identifier can be visualized through imaging the beads.

[0147] A solid support can comprise an insoluble, semi-soluble, or insoluble material. A solid support can be referred to as '‘functionalized” when it includes a linker, a scaffold, a building block, or other reactive moiety attached thereto, whereas a solid support may be “nonfunctionalized'’ when it lack such a reactive moiety ⁷ attached thereto. The solid support can be employed free in solution, such as in a microtiter well format; in a flow-through format, such as in a column; or in a dipstick.

[0148] The solid support can comprise a membrane, paper, plastic, coated surface, flat surface, glass, slide, chip, or any combination thereof. A solid support can take the form of resins, gels, microspheres, or other geometric configurations. A solid support can comprise silica chips, microparticles, nanoparticles, plates, arrays, capillaries, flat supports such as glass fiber filters, glass surfaces, metal surfaces (steel, gold silver, aluminum, silicon and copper), glass supports, plastic supports, silicon supports, chips, filters, membranes, microwell plates, slides, plastic materials including multiwell plates or membranes (e.g., formed of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyvinylidenedifluoride), and/or wafers, combs, pins or needles (e.g., arrays of pins suitable for combinatorial synthesis or analysis) or beads in an array of pits or nanoliter wells of flat surfaces such as wafers (e.g., silicon wafers), wafers with pits with or without filter bottoms.

[0149] The solid support can comprise a polymer matrix (e.g., gel, hydrogel). The polymer matrix may be able to permeate intracellular space (e.g., around organelles). The polymer matrix may able to be pumped throughout the circulatory system.

Substrates and Microwell Array

[0150] As used herein, a substrate can refer to a ty pe of solid support. A substrate can refer to a solid support that can comprise barcodes or stochastic barcodes of the disclosure. A substrate can, for example, comprise a plurality of microwells. For example, a substrate can be a well array comprising two or more microwells. In some embodiments, a microwell can comprise a small reaction chamber of defined volume. In some embodiments, a microwell can entrap one or more cells. In some embodiments, a microwell can entrap only one cell. In some embodiments, a microwell can entrap one or more solid supports. In some embodiments, a microwell can entrap only one solid support. In some embodiments, a microwell entraps a single cell and a single solid support (e.g., a bead). A microwell can comprise barcode reagents of the disclosure.

Methods of Barcoding

[0151] The disclosure provides for methods for estimating the number of distinct targets at distinct locations in a physical sample (e.g., tissue, organ, tumor, cell). The methods can comprise placing barcodes (e.g., stochastic barcodes) in close proximity with the sample, lysing the sample, associating distinct targets with the barcodes, amplifying the targets and/or digitally counting the targets. The method can further comprise analyzing and/or visualizing the information obtained from the spatial labels on the barcodes. The method can comprise visualizing the plurality ⁷ of targets in the sample. Mapping the plurality ⁷ of targets onto the map of the sample can include generating a two dimensional map or a three dimensional map of the sample. The two dimensional map and the three dimensional map can be generated prior to or after barcoding (e.g., stochastically barcoding) the plurality ⁷ of targets in the sample. Visualizing the plurality of targets in the sample can include mapping the plurality of targets onto a map of the sample. Mapping the plurality of targets onto the map of the sample can include generating a two dimensional map or a three dimensional map of the sample. The two dimensional map and the three dimensional map can be generated prior to or after barcoding the plurality of targets in the sample, in some embodiments, the two dimensional map and the three dimensional map can be generated before or after lysing the sample. Lysing the sample before or after generating the two dimensional map or the three dimensional map can include heating the sample, contacting the sample with a detergent, changing the pH of the sample, or any combination thereof.

[0152] In some embodiments, barcoding the plurality of targets comprises hybridizing a plurality of barcodes with a plurality of targets to create barcoded targets (e.g., stochastically barcoded targets). Barcoding the plurality of targets can comprise generating an indexed library of the barcoded targets. Generating an indexed library of the barcoded targets can be performed with a solid support comprising the plurality of barcodes (e.g., stochastic barcodes).

Contacting a Sample and a Barcode

[0153] The disclosure provides for methods for contacting a sample (e.g., cells) to a substrate of the disclosure. A sample comprising, for example, a cell, organ, or tissue thin section, can be contacted to barcodes (e.g., stochastic barcodes). The cells can be contacted, for example, by gravity ⁷ flow wherein the cells can settle and create a monolayer. The sample can be a tissue thin section. The thin section can be placed on the substrate. The sample can be onedimensional (e.g., forms a planar surface). The sample (e.g., cells) can be spread across the substrate, for example, by growing/ culturing the cells on the substrate.

[0154] When barcodes are in close proximity ⁷ to targets, the targets can hybridize to the barcode. The barcodes can be contacted at a non-depletable ratio such that each distinct target can associate with a distinct barcode of the disclosure. To ensure efficient association between the target and the barcode, the targets can be cross-linked to barcode.

Cell Lysis

[0155] Following the distribution of cells and barcodes, the cells can be lysed to liberate the target molecules. Cell lysis can be accomplished by any of a variety of means, for example, by chemical or biochemical means, by osmotic shock, or by means of thermal lysis, mechanical lysis, or optical lysis. Cells can be lysed by' addition of a cell lysis buffer comprising a detergent (e.g., SDS, Li dodecyl sulfate, Triton X-100, Tween-20, or NP-40), an organic solvent (e.g., methanol or acetone), or digestive enzymes (e.g., proteinase K, pepsin, or trypsin), or any combination thereof. To increase the association of a target and a barcode, the rate of the diffusion of the target molecules can be altered by for example, reducing the temperature and/or increasing the viscosity' of the lysate.

[0156] In some embodiments, the sample can be lysed using a filter paper. The filter paper can be soaked with a lysis buffer on top of the filter paper. The filter paper can be applied to the sample with pressure which can facilitate lysis of the sample and hybridization of the targets of the sample to the substrate.

[0157] In some embodiments, lysis can be performed by mechanical lysis, heat lysis, optical lysis, and/or chemical lysis. Chemical lysis can include the use of digestive enzymes such as proteinase K, pepsin, and trypsin. Lysis can be performed by the addition of a lysis buffer to the substrate. A lysis buffer can comprise Tris HC1. A lysis buffer can comprise at least about 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, or 1 M or more Tris HC1. A lysis buffer can comprise at most about 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, or 1 M or more Tris HCL. A lysis buffer can comprise about 0. 1 M Tris HC1. The pH of the lysis buffer can be at least about 1. 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, or more. The pH of the lysis buffer can be at most about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, or more. In some embodiments, the pH of the lysis buffer is about 7.5. The lysis buffer can comprise a salt (e.g., LiCl). The concentration of salt in the lysis buffer can be at least about 0.1, 0.5, or 1 M or more. The concentration of salt in the lysis buffer can be at most about 0.1, 0.5, or 1 M or more. In some embodiments, the concentration of salt in the lysis buffer is about 0.5M. The lysis buffer can comprise a detergent (e.g., SDS, Li dodecyl sulfate, triton X, tween, NP-40). The concentration of the detergent in the lysis buffer can be at least about 0.0001%, 0.0005%, 0.001%, 0.005%, 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%. 5%, 6%, or 7%, or more. The concentration of the detergent in the lysis buffer can be at most about 0.0001%, 0.0005%, 0.001%, 0.005%, 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, or 7%, or more. In some embodiments, the concentration of the detergent in the lysis buffer is about 1% Li dodecyl sulfate. The time used in the method for lysis can be dependent on the amount of detergent used. In some embodiments, the more detergent used, the less time needed for lysis. The lysis buffer can comprise a chelating agent (e.g., EDTA and EGTA). The concentration of a chelating agent in the lysis buffer can be at least about 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 mM or more. The concentration of a chelating agent in the lysis buffer can be at most about 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30mM or more. In some embodiments, the concentration of chelating agent in the lysis buffer is about 10 mM. The lysis buffer can comprise a reducing reagent (e.g., beta-mercaptoethanol, DTT). The concentration of the reducing reagent in the lysis buffer can be at least about 1, 5, 10, 15, or 20 mM or more. The concentration of the reducing reagent in the lysis buffer can be at most about 1, 5, 10, 15, or 20 mM or more. In some embodiments, the concentration of reducing reagent in the lysis buffer is about 5 mM. In some embodiments, a lysis buffer can comprise about 0.1M TrisHCl, about pH 7.5, about 0.5M LiCl, about 1% lithium dodecyl sulfate, about lOmM EDTA, and about 5mM DTT.

[0158] Lysis can be performed at a temperature of about 4. 10, 15. 20, 25. or 30 °C. Lysis can be performed for about 1. 5, 10, 15, or 20 or more minutes. A lysed cell can comprise at least about 100000, 200000, 300000, 400000, 500000, 600000, or 700000 or more target nucleic acid molecules. A lysed cell can comprise at most about 100000, 200000, 300000, 400000, 500000, 600000, or 700000 or more target nucleic acid molecules.

Attachment of Barcodes to Target Nucleic Acid Molecules [0159] Following lysis of the cells and release of nucleic acid molecules therefrom, the nucleic acid molecules can randomly associate with the barcodes of the co-localized solid support. Association can comprise hybridization of a barcode’s target recognition region to a complementary portion of the target nucleic acid molecule (e.g., oligo(dT) of the barcode can interact with a poly (A) tail of a target). The assay conditions used for hybridization (e.g.. buffer pH, ionic strength, temperature, etc.) can be chosen to promote formation of specific, stable hybrids. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid molecules released from the lysed cells can associate with the plurality of probes on the substrate (e.g., hybridize with the probes on the substrate). When the probes comprise oligo(dT), mRNA molecules can hybridize to the probes and be reverse transcribed. The oligo(dT) portion of the oligonucleotide can act as a primer for first strand synthesis of the cDNA molecule. For example, in a non-limiting example of barcoding illustrated in FIG. 2, at block 216, mRNA molecules can hybridize to barcodes on beads. For example, single-stranded nucleotide fragments can hybridize to the target-binding regions of barcodes.

[0160] Attachment can further comprise ligation of a barcode’s target recognition region and a portion of the target nucleic acid molecule. For example, the target binding region can comprise a nucleic acid sequence that can be capable of specific hybridization to a restriction site overhang (e.g.. an EcoRI sticky-end overhang). The assay procedure can further comprise treating the target nucleic acids with a restriction enzyme (e.g., EcoRI) to create a restriction site overhang. The barcode can then be ligated to any nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence complementary to the restriction site overhang. A ligase (e.g., T4 DNA ligase) can be used to join the two fragments.

[0161] For example, in a non-limiting example of barcoding illustrated in FIG. 2, at block 220, the labeled targets from a plurality of cells (or a plurality of samples) (e.g., targetbarcode molecules) can be subsequently pooled, for example, into a tube. The labeled targets can be pooled by, for example, retrieving the barcodes and/or the beads to which the targetbarcode molecules are attached.

[0162] The retrieval of solid support-based collections of attached target-barcode molecules can be implemented by use of magnetic beads and an externally-applied magnetic field. Once the target-barcode molecules have been pooled, all further processing can proceed in a single reaction vessel. Further processing can include, for example, reverse transcription reactions, amplification reactions, cleavage reactions, dissociation reactions, and/or nucleic acid extension reactions. Further processing reactions can be performed within the microwells, that is, without first pooling the labeled target nucleic acid molecules from a plurality of cells.

Reverse Transcription or Nucleic Acid Extension [0163] The disclosure provides for a method to create a target-barcode conjugate using reverse transcription (e.g., at block 224 of FIG. 2) or nucleic acid extension. The targetbarcode conjugate can comprise the barcode and a complementary sequence of all or a portion of the target nucleic acid (i.e., a barcoded cDNA molecule, such as a stochastically barcoded cDNA molecule). Reverse transcription of the associated RNA molecule can occur by the addition of a reverse transcription primer along with the reverse transcriptase. The reverse transcription primer can be an oligo(dT) primer, a random hexanucleotide primer, or a targetspecific oligonucleotide primer. Oligo(dT) primers can be, or can be about, 12-18 nucleotides in length and bind to the endogenous poly (A) tail at the 3' end of mammalian mRNA. Random hexanucleotide primers can bind to mRNA at a variety of complementary sites. Target-specific oligonucleotide primers typically selectively prime the mRNA of interest.

[0164] In some embodiments, reverse transcription of an mRNA molecule to a labeled-RNA molecule can occur by the addition of a reverse transcription primer. In some embodiments, the reverse transcription primer is an oligo(dT) primer, random hexanucleotide primer, or a target-specific oligonucleotide primer. Generally, oligo(dT) primers are 12-18 nucleotides in length and bind to the endogenous poly (A) tail at the 3’ end of mammalian mRNA. Random hexanucleotide primers can bind to mRNA at a variety of complementary' sites. Target-specific oligonucleotide primers typically selectively prime the mRNA of interest.

[0165] A target can be, e.g., a cDNA molecule. For example, an mRNA molecule can be reverse transcribed using a reverse transcriptase, such as Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) reverse transcriptase, to generate a cDNA molecule with a poly(dC) tail. A barcode can include a target binding region yvith a poly(dG) tail. Upon base pairing between the poly(dG) tail of the barcode and the poly(dC) tail of the cDNA molecule, the reverse transcriptase switches template strands, from cellular RNA molecule to the barcode, and continues replication to the 5’ end of the barcode. By doing so, the resulting cDNA molecule contains the sequence of the barcode (such as the molecular label) on the 3’ end of the cDNA molecule.

[0166] Reverse transcription can occur repeatedly to produce multiple labeled-cDNA molecules. The methods disclosed herein can comprise conducting at least about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 reverse transcription reactions. The method can comprise conducting at least about 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or 100 reverse transcription reactions.

Amplification

[0167] One or more nucleic acid amplification reactions (e.g., at block 228 of FIG. 2) can be performed to create multiple copies of the labeled target nucleic acid molecules. Amplification can be performed in a multiplexed manner, wherein multiple target nucleic acid sequences are amplified simultaneously. The amplification reaction can be used to add sequencing adaptors to the nucleic acid molecules. The amplification reactions can comprise amplifying at least a portion of a sample label, if present. The amplification reactions can comprise amplifying at least a portion of the cellular label and/or barcode sequence (e.g., a molecular label). The amplification reactions can comprise amplifying at least a portion of a sample tag, a cell label, a spatial label, a barcode sequence (e.g., a molecular label), a target nucleic acid, or a combination thereof. The amplification reactions can comprise amplifying 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%. 5%, 6%. 7%, 8%. 9%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%. 30%. 35%. 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 100%, or a range or a number between any two of these values, of the plurality of nucleic acids. The method can further comprise conducting one or more cDNA synthesis reactions to produce one or more cDNA copies of target-barcode molecules comprising a sample label, a cell label, a spatial label, and/or a barcode sequence (e.g., a molecular label).

[0168] In some embodiments, amplification can be performed using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). As used herein, PCR can refer to a reaction for the in vitro amplification of specific DNA sequences by the simultaneous primer extension of complementary strands of DNA. As used herein. PCR can encompass derivative forms of the reaction, including but not limited to, RT-PCR, real-time PCR, nested PCR, quantitative PCR, multiplexed PCR, digital PCR, and assembly PCR.

[0169] Amplification of the labeled nucleic acids can comprise non-PCR based methods. Examples of non-PCR based methods include, but are not limited to, multiple displacement amplification (MDA), transcription-mediated amplification (TMA), nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA), strand displacement amplification (SDA), real-time SDA, rolling circle amplification, or circle-to-circle amplification. Other non-PCR-based amplification methods include multiple cycles of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase-driven RNA transcription amplification or RNA-directed DNA synthesis and transcription to amplify DNA or RNA targets, a ligase chain reaction (LCR), and a Q|3 replicase (Q3) method, use of palindromic probes, strand displacement amplification, oligonucleotide-driven amplification using a restriction endonuclease, an amplification method in which a primer is hybridized to a nucleic acid sequence and the resulting duplex is cleaved prior to the extension reaction and amplification, strand displacement amplification using a nucleic acid polymerase lacking 5’ exonuclease activity, rolling circle amplification, and ramification extension amplification (RAM). In some embodiments, the amplification does not produce circularized transcripts.

[0170] In some embodiments, the methods disclosed herein further comprise conducting a polymerase chain reaction on the labeled nucleic acid (e.g., labeled-RNA, labeled- DNA, labeled-cDNA) to produce a labeled amplicon (e.g., a stochastically labeled amplicon). The labeled amplicon can be double-stranded molecule. The double-stranded molecule can comprise a double-stranded RNA molecule, a double-stranded DNA molecule, or a RNA molecule hybridized to a DNA molecule. One or both of the strands of the double-stranded molecule can comprise a sample label, a spatial label, a cell label, and/or a barcode sequence (e.g., a molecular label). The labeled amplicon can be a single-stranded molecule. The singlestranded molecule can comprise DNA, RNA, or a combination thereof. The nucleic acids of the disclosure can comprise synthetic or altered nucleic acids.

[0171] Amplification can comprise use of one or more non-natural nucleotides. Nonnatural nucleotides can comprise photolabile or triggerable nucleotides. Examples of non-natural nucleotides can include, but are not limited to, peptide nucleic acid (PNA), morpholino and locked nucleic acid (LNA), as well as glycol nucleic acid (GNA) and threose nucleic acid (TNA). Non-natural nucleotides can be added to one or more cycles of an amplification reaction. The addition of the non-natural nucleotides can be used to identify products as specific cycles or time points in the amplification reaction.

[0172] Conducting the one or more amplification reactions can comprise the use of one or more primers. The one or more primers can comprise, for example, 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 15 or more nucleotides. The one or more primers can comprise at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 15 or more nucleotides. The one or more primers can comprise less than 12-15 nucleotides. The one or more primers can anneal to at least a portion of the plurality of labeled targets (e.g., stochastically labeled targets). The one or more primers can anneal to the 3’ end or 5’ end of the plurality of labeled targets. The one or more primers can anneal to an internal region of the plurality of labeled targets. The internal region can be at least about 50, 100, 150, 200, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 400, 410, 420, 430. 440, 450, 460. 470, 480, 490. 500, 510, 520. 530, 540, 550, 560. 570, 580, 590. 600, 650, 700, 750, 800. 850, 900 or 1000 nucleotides from the 3’ ends the plurality of labeled targets. The one or more primers can comprise a fixed panel of primers. The one or more primers can comprise at least one or more custom primers. The one or more primers can comprise at least one or more control primers. The one or more primers can comprise at least one or more gene-specific primers.

[0173] The one or more primers can comprise a universal primer. The universal primer can anneal to a universal primer binding site. The one or more custom primers can anneal to a first sample label, a second sample label, a spatial label, a cell label, a barcode sequence (e.g., a molecular label), a target, or any combination thereof. The one or more primers can comprise a universal primer and a custom primer. The custom primer can be designed to amplify one or more targets. The targets can comprise a subset of the total nucleic acids in one or more samples. The targets can comprise a subset of the total labeled targets in one or more samples. The one or more primers can comprise at least 96 or more custom primers. The one or more primers can comprise at least 960 or more custom primers. The one or more primers can comprise at least 9600 or more custom primers. The one or more custom primers can anneal to two or more different labeled nucleic acids. The two or more different labeled nucleic acids can correspond to one or more genes.

[0174] Any amplification scheme can be used in the methods of the present disclosure. For example, in one scheme, the first round PCR can amplify molecules attached to the bead using a gene specific primer and a primer against the universal Illumina sequencing primer 1 sequence. The second round of PCR can amplify the first PCR products using a nested gene specific primer flanked by Illumina sequencing primer 2 sequence, and a primer against the universal Illumina sequencing primer 1 sequence. The third round of PCR adds P5 and P7 and sample index to turn PCR products into an Illumina sequencing library. Sequencing using 150 bp x 2 sequencing can reveal the cell label and barcode sequence (e.g., molecular label) on read 1 , the gene on read 2, and the sample index on index 1 read.

[0175] In some embodiments, nucleic acids can be removed from the substrate using chemical cleavage. For example, a chemical group or a modified base present in a nucleic acid can be used to facilitate its removal from a solid support. For example, an enzy me can be used to remove a nucleic acid from a substrate. For example, a nucleic acid can be removed from a substrate through a restriction endonuclease digestion. For example, treatment of a nucleic acid containing a dUTP or ddUTP with uracil-d-glycosylase (UDG) can be used to remove a nucleic acid from a substrate. For example, a nucleic acid can be removed from a substrate using an enzyme that performs nucleotide excision, such as a base excision repair enzyme, such as an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonuclease. In some embodiments, a nucleic acid can be removed from a substrate using a photocleavable group and light. In some embodiments, a cleavable linker can be used to remove a nucleic acid from the substrate. For example, the cleavable linker can comprise at least one of biotin/avidin, biotin/streptavidin, biotin/neutravidin, Ig-protein A, a photo-labile linker, acid or base labile linker group, or an aptamer.

[0176] When the probes are gene-specific, the molecules can hybridize to the probes and be reverse transcribed and/or amplified. In some embodiments, after the nucleic acid has been synthesized (e.g., reverse transcribed), it can be amplified. Amplification can be performed in a multiplex manner, wherein multiple target nucleic acid sequences are amplified simultaneously. Amplification can add sequencing adaptors to the nucleic acid. [0177] In some embodiments, amplification can be performed on the substrate, for example, with bridge amplification. cDNAs can be homopolymer tailed in order to generate a compatible end for bridge amplification using oligo(dT) probes on the substrate. In bridge amplification, the primer that is complementary to the 3’ end of the template nucleic acid can be the first primer of each pair that is covalently attached to the solid particle. When a sample containing the template nucleic acid is contacted with the particle and a single thermal cycle is performed, the template molecule can be annealed to the first primer and the first primer is elongated in the forward direction by addition of nucleotides to form a duplex molecule consisting of the template molecule and a newly formed DNA strand that is complementary to the template. In the heating step of the next cycle, the duplex molecule can be denatured, releasing the template molecule from the particle and leaving the complementary DNA strand attached to the particle through the first primer. In the annealing stage of the annealing and elongation step that follows, the complementary strand can hybridize to the second primer, which is complementary to a segment of the complementary strand at a location removed from the first primer. This hybridization can cause the complementary strand to form a bridge between the first and second primers secured to the first primer by a covalent bond and to the second primer by hybridization. In the elongation stage, the second primer can be elongated in the reverse direction by the addition of nucleotides in the same reaction mixture, thereby converting the bridge to a double-stranded bridge. The next cycle then begins, and the doublestranded bridge can be denatured to yield two single-stranded nucleic acid molecules, each having one end attached to the particle surface via the first and second primers, respectively, with the other end of each unattached. In the annealing and elongation step of this second cycle, each strand can hybridize to a further complementary primer, previously unused, on the same particle, to form new single-strand bridges. The two previously unused primers that are now hybridized elongate to convert the two new ⁷ bridges to double-strand bridges.

[0178] The amplification reactions can comprise amplifying at least 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%. 7%, 8%, 9%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, or 100% of the plurality of nucleic acids.

[0179] Amplification of the labeled nucleic acids can comprise PCR-based methods or non-PCR based methods. Amplification of the labeled nucleic acids can comprise exponential amplification of the labeled nucleic acids. Amplification of the labeled nucleic acids can comprise linear amplification of the labeled nucleic acids. Amplification can be performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR can refer to a reaction for the in vitro amplification of specific DNA sequences by the simultaneous primer extension of complementary strands of DNA. PCR can encompass derivative forms of the reaction, including but not limited to, RT- PCR, real-time PCR, nested PCR, quantitative PCR, multiplexed PCR, digital PCR, suppression PCR, semi-suppressive PCR and assembly PCR.

[0180] In some embodiments, amplification of the labeled nucleic acids comprises non-PCR based methods, e.g., MDA, TMA, NASBA, SDA, real-time SDA, rolling circle amplification, circle-to-circle amplification, multiple cycles of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase-driven RNA transcription amplification or RNA-directed DNA synthesis and transcription to amplify DNA or RNA targets, a ligase chain reaction (LCR), a QP replicase (QP), use of palindromic probes, strand displacement amplification, oligonucleotide-driven amplification using a restriction endonuclease, an amplification method in which a primer is hybridized to a nucleic acid sequence and the resulting duplex is cleaved prior to the extension reaction and amplification, strand displacement amplification using a nucleic acid polymerase lacking 5’ exonuclease activity, rolling circle amplification, and/or ramification extension amplification (RAM).

[0181] In some embodiments, the methods disclosed herein further comprise conducting a nested polymerase chain reaction on the amplified amplicon (e.g., target). The amplicon can be double-stranded molecule. The double-stranded molecule can comprise a double-stranded RNA molecule, a double-stranded DNA molecule, or a RNA molecule hybridized to a DNA molecule. One or both of the strands of the double-stranded molecule can comprise a sample tag or molecular identifier label. Alternatively, the amplicon can be a singlestranded molecule. The single-stranded molecule can comprise DNA, RNA, or a combination thereof. The nucleic acids of the present invention can comprise synthetic or altered nucleic acids.

[0182] In some embodiments, the method comprises repeatedly amplifying the labeled nucleic acid to produce multiple amplicons. The methods disclosed herein can comprise conducting at least about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amplification reactions. Alternatively, the method comprises conducting at least about 25, 30, 35. 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95. or 100 amplification reactions.

[0183] Amplification can further comprise adding one or more control nucleic acids to one or more samples comprising a plurality of nucleic acids. Amplification can further comprise adding one or more control nucleic acids to a plurality of nucleic acids. The control nucleic acids can comprise a control label.

[0184] Amplification can comprise use of one or more non-natural nucleotides. Nonnatural nucleotides can comprise photolabile and/or triggerable nucleotides. Examples of nonnatural nucleotides include, but are not limited to, peptide nucleic acid (PNA), morpholino and locked nucleic acid (LNA), as well as glycol nucleic acid (GNA) and threose nucleic acid (TNA). Non-natural nucleotides can be added to one or more cycles of an amplification reaction. The addition of the non-natural nucleotides can be used to identify products as specific cycles or time points in the amplification reaction.

[0185] Conducting the one or more amplification reactions can comprise the use of one or more primers. The one or more primers can comprise one or more oligonucleotides. The one or more oligonucleotides can comprise at least about 7-9 nucleotides. The one or more oligonucleotides can comprise less than 12-15 nucleotides. The one or more primers can anneal to at least a portion of the plurality of labeled nucleic acids. The one or more primers can anneal to the 3' end and/or 5’ end of the plurality of labeled nucleic acids. The one or more primers can anneal to an internal region of the plurality of labeled nucleic acids. The internal region can be at least about 50, 100, 150, 200, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 400, 410, 420, 430, 440, 450, 460, 470, 480, 490, 500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550. 560, 570, 580, 590, 600, 650, 700, 750. 800, 850, 900 or 1000 nucleotides from the 3’ ends the plurality of labeled nucleic acids. The one or more primers can comprise a fixed panel of primers. The one or more primers can comprise at least one or more custom primers. The one or more primers can comprise at least one or more control primers. The one or more primers can comprise at least one or more housekeeping gene primers. The one or more primers can comprise a universal primer. The universal primer can anneal to a universal primer binding site. The one or more custom primers can anneal to the first sample tag, the second sample tag, the molecular identifier label, the nucleic acid or a product thereof. The one or more primers can comprise a universal primer and a custom primer. The custom primer can be designed to amplify one or more target nucleic acids. The target nucleic acids can comprise a subset of the total nucleic acids in one or more samples. In some embodiments, the primers are the probes attached to the array of the disclosure.

[0186] In some embodiments, barcoding (e.g., stochastically barcoding) the plurality of targets in the sample further comprises generating an indexed library of the barcoded targets (e.g.. stochastically barcoded targets) or barcoded fragments of the targets. The barcode sequences of different barcodes (e.g., the molecular labels of different stochastic barcodes) can be different from one another. Generating an indexed library of the barcoded targets includes generating a plurality of indexed polynucleotides from the plurality of targets in the sample. For example, for an indexed library of the barcoded targets comprising a first indexed target and a second indexed target, the label region of the first indexed polynucleotide can differ from the label region of the second indexed polynucleotide by, by about, by at least, or by at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides. In some embodiments, generating an indexed library of the barcoded targets includes contacting a plurality of targets, for example mRNA molecules, with a plurality of oligonucleotides including a poly(T) region and a label region; and conducting a first strand synthesis using a reverse transcriptase to produce single-strand labeled cDNA molecules each comprising a cDNA region and a label region, wherein the plurality of targets includes at least two mRNA molecules of different sequences and the plurality of oligonucleotides includes at least two oligonucleotides of different sequences. Generating an indexed library of the barcoded targets can further comprise amplifying the single-strand labeled cDNA molecules to produce double-strand labeled cDNA molecules; and conducting nested PCR on the double-strand labeled cDNA molecules to produce labeled amplicons. In some embodiments, the method can include generating an adaptor-labeled amplicon.

[0187] Barcoding (e.g., stochastic barcoding) can include using nucleic acid barcodes or tags to label individual nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA) molecules. In some embodiments, it involves adding DNA barcodes or tags to cDNA molecules as they are generated from mRNA. Nested PCR can be performed to minimize PCR amplification bias. Adaptors can be added for sequencing using, for example, next generation sequencing (NGS). The sequencing results can be used to determine cell labels, molecular labels, and sequences of nucleotide fragments of the one or more copies of the targets, for example at block 232 of FIG. 2.

[0188] FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration showing a non-limiting exemplary process of generating an indexed library of the barcoded targets (e.g., stochastically barcoded targets), such as barcoded mRNAs or fragments thereof. As shown in step 1, the reverse transcription process can encode each mRNA molecule with a unique molecular label sequence, a cell label sequence, and a universal PCR site. In particular, RNA molecules 302 can be reverse transcribed to produce labeled cDNA molecules 304, including a cDNA region 306, by hybridization (e.g., stochastic hybridization) of a set of barcodes (e.g., stochastic barcodes) 310 to the poly(A) tail region 308 of the RNA molecules 302. Each of the barcodes 310 can comprise a target-binding region, for example a poly(dT) region 312, a label region 314 (e.g.. a barcode sequence or a molecule), and a universal PCR region 31 .

[0189] In some embodiments, the cell label sequence can include 3 to 20 nucleotides. In some embodiments, the molecular label sequence can include 3 to 20 nucleotides. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of stochastic barcodes further comprises one or more of a universal label and a cell label, wherein universal labels are the same for the plurality of stochastic barcodes on the solid support and cell labels are the same for the plurality of stochastic barcodes on the solid support. In some embodiments, the universal label can include 3 to 20 nucleotides. In some embodiments, the cell label comprises 3 to 20 nucleotides. [0190] In some embodiments, the label region 314 can include a barcode sequence or a molecular label 318 and a cell label 320. In some embodiments, the label region 314 can include one or more of a universal label, a dimension label, and a cell label. The barcode sequence or molecular label 318 can be, can be about, can be at least, or can be at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, or a number or a range between any of these values, of nucleotides in length. The cell label 320 can be, can be about, can be at least, or can be at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, or a number or a range between any of these values, of nucleotides in length. The universal label can be, can be about, can be at least, or can be at most. 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, or a number or a range between any of these values, of nucleotides in length. Universal labels can be the same for the plurality of stochastic barcodes on the solid support and cell labels are the same for the plurality of stochastic barcodes on the solid support. The dimension label can be, can be about, can be at least, or can be at most 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, or a number or a range between any of these values, of nucleotides in length.

[0191] In some embodiments, the label region 314 can comprise, comprise about, comprise at least, or comprise at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, or a number or a range between any of these values, different labels, such as a barcode sequence or a molecular label 318 and a cell label 320. Each label can be, can be about, can be at least, or can be at most 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, or a number or a range between any of these values, of nucleotides in length. A set of barcodes or stochastic barcodes 310 can contain, contain about, contain at least, or can be at most, 10, 20, 40, 50, 70, 80, 90, 10 ² , 10 ³ . 10 ⁴ , 10 ⁵ , 10 ⁶ , 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ . 10 ⁹ , 10 ¹⁰ , 10 ¹¹ , 10 ¹² , 10 ¹³ , 10 ¹⁴ , 10 ¹⁵ , IO ²⁰ , or a number or a range between any of these values, barcodes or stochastic barcodes 310. And the set of barcodes or stochastic barcodes 310 can, for example, each contain a unique label region 314. The labeled cDNA molecules 304 can be purified to remove excess barcodes or stochastic barcodes 310. Purification can comprise Ampure bead purification.

[0192] As shown in step 2, products from the reverse transcription process in step 1 can be pooled into 1 tube and PCR amplified with a 1 ^st PCR primer pool and a 1 ^st universal PCR primer. Pooling is possible because of the unique label region 314. In particular, the labeled cDNA molecules 304 can be amplified to produce nested PCR labeled amplicons 322. Amplification can comprise multiplex PCR amplification. Amplification can comprise a multiplex PCR amplification with 96 multiplex primers in a single reaction volume. In some embodiments, multiplex PCR amplification can utilize, utilize about, utilize at least, or utilize at most. 10. 20. 40. 50, 70, 80, 90, 10 ² , 10 ³ , 10 ⁴ . 10 ⁵ , 10 ⁶ , 10 ⁷ , 10 ⁸ , 10 ⁹ , 10 ¹⁰ . 10 ¹¹ , 10 ¹² , 10 ¹³ , 10 ¹⁴ , 10 ¹⁵ , IO ²⁰ , or a number or a range between any of these values, multiplex primers in a single reaction volume. Amplification can comprise using a 1 ^st PCR primer pool 324 comprising custom primers 326A-C targeting specific genes and a universal primer 328. The custom primers 326 can hybridize to a region within the cDNA portion 306’ of the labeled cDNA molecule 304. The universal primer 328 can hybridize to the universal PCR region 316 of the labeled cDNA molecule 304.

[0193] As show n in step 3 of FIG. 3, products from PCR amplification in step 2 can be amplified with a nested PCR primers pool and a 2 ^nd universal PCR primer. Nested PCR can minimize PCR amplification bias. In particular, the nested PCR labeled amplicons 322 can be further amplified by nested PCR. The nested PCR can comprise multiplex PCR with nested PCR primers pool 330 of nested PCR primers 332a-c and a 2 ^nd universal PCR primer 328’ in a single reaction volume. The nested PCR primer pool 328 can contain, contain about, contain at least, or contain at most, 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, or a number or a range between any of these values, different nested PCR primers 330. The nested PCR primers 332 can contain an adaptor 334 and hybridize to a region within the cDNA portion 306” of the labeled amplicon 322. The universal primer 328’ can contain an adaptor 336 and hybridize to the universal PCR region 316 of the labeled amplicon 322. Thus, step 3 produces adaptor-labeled amplicon 338. In some embodiments, nested PCR primers 332 and the 2 ^nd universal PCR primer 328’ may not contain the adaptors 334 and 336. The adaptors 334 and 336 can instead be ligated to the products of nested PCR to produce adaptor-labeled amplicon 338.

[0194] As shown in step 4, PCR products from step 3 can be PCR amplified for sequencing using library amplification primers. In particular, the adaptors 334 and 336 can be used to conduct one or more additional assays on the adaptor-labeled amplicon 338. The adaptors 334 and 336 can be hybridized to primers 340 and 342. The one or more primers 340 and 342 can be PCR amplification primers. The one or more primers 340 and 342 can be sequencing primers. The one or more adaptors 334 and 336 can be used for further amplification of the adaptor-labeled amplicons 338. The one or more adaptors 334 and 336 can be used for sequencing the adaptor-labeled amplicon 338. The primer 342 can contain a plate index 344 so that amplicons generated using the same set of barcodes or stochastic barcodes 310 can be sequenced in one sequencing reaction using next generation sequencing (NGS).

Methods and Compositions for Single Cell Secretomics

[0195] Disclosed herein include methods for measuring the number of copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell. There are provided, in some embodiments, compositions and methods for bead-based single cell secretome analysis in combination with CITE-seq/AbSeq, using scRNA-seq (e.g., Rhapsody) systems. Single cell secretome analysis methods and compositions employing scRNA-seq (e.g.. Rhapsody) components and/or workflows are employed.

[0196] Disclosed herein include single cell Secretome (scS) beads and methods of using. The compositions and methods provided herein enable characterizing proteins secreted by single cells (e.g., using Rhapsody platform) and can be combined with single cell multiomics information (e.g., surface antigen and transcriptome data obtained by AbSeq/CITE-seq). The disclosed methods are compatible with current single cell RNA-seq workflows (e.g., a Rhapsody workflow using Rhapsody cartridges) with few additional steps. The compositions and methods provided herein complement current omics platforms. Embodiments of using AbOs to determine protein expression profiles in single cells and tracking sample origins have been described in US 2018/0088112, and US2018/0346970; the content of each is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

[0197] There are provided, in some embodiments, scS beads (e.g., first solid supports), which can be about 0.5 microns and can be made of ferromagnetic material. The scS beads (e.g., first solid supports) can be conjugated with antigen specific capture antibodies (e.g., capture reagents). Single cells can be incubated with multiple scS beads (e.g., first solid supports) in microwells of a scRNA-seq cartridge (e.g.. Rhapsody cartridge). The proteins secreted by single cells can be captured by antibodies on scS beads. The captured antigens on the scS beads (e.g., first solid supports) can be detected by detection antibodies (e.g., secreted analyte-binding reagents) that are conjugated to specific oligonucleotides (e.g., secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotide). In some embodiments, the subsequent steps can be the same as AbSeq/CITE-seq workflows. The methods and compositions provided herein can be sensitive and can quantitate multiple secreted proteins at single cell level.

[0198] In some embodiments, a single cell is incubated with multiple scS beads (e.g., first solid supports). Capture antibodies (e.g., capture reagents) can be conjugated on scS beads (e.g.. first solid supports). sCS beads can be directed to different secreted products. The captured antigens can be detected by Detector antibodies (e g., secreted analyte-binding reagents) that are conjugated with oligos (e.g., secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide) and evaluated by current scRNA-seq (e.g., Rhapsody) workflows. Each detector antibody (e.g., secreted analyte-binding reagent) can have a unique index sequence (e.g., a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent) along with a primer binding site (e.g., universal sequence) and polyA sequence. Poly T sequences of Cell Capture Bead oligos (e.g., oligonucleotide barcodes) can basepair with poly A of detector antibody oligos and result in product (e.g., barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides) that can have a unique sequence to identify the cell and secreted factor when present. Cell capture bead derived unique sequence (e.g., cell label) can be shared between the cDNA of mRNA target, Ab- seq oligos, Detector antibody Ab-seq oligos, and sample tag oligos derived from the same well.

[0199] In some embodiments, the single cell secretome analysis workflow provided herein comprises one or more of the following steps. (Step 1) scS beads (e.g., first solid supports) can be added to the scRNA-seq (e.g., Rhapsody) cartridge. The number of scS beads can be calculated by Poisson distribution to obtain a mean of 8 beads per well, and this can reduce the wells with no scS beads to 0.0003 % (Table 1). In some embodiments, a mixture of scS beads is added to detect multiple secreted proteins or different scS beads are added multiple times. (Step 2) Cells obtained from in vitro culture or ex-vivo can be contacted (e.g., mixed) with second solid supports (e.g., BD iMag beads) comprising a plurality' of isolation reagents targeting cells of interest. (Step 3) The single cells associated with a second solid support (e.g., cells with bound iMag beads) can be dispensed in a scRNA-seq (e.g., Rhapsody) cartridge to obtain single cells in well (e.g., same as in current scRNA-seq (e.g., Rhapsody) workflows). (Step 4) The cells with scS beads (e.g., first solid supports) can be incubated in scRNA-seq cartridge for 60-90 minutes. (Step 5) Detection antibodies conjugated with specific nucleotide tags (e.g., secreted analyte-binding reagents that are conjugated with secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides) can be added and incubated for 20-30 minutes. (Step 6) A user can irrigate with 30-50ml of wash buffer with magnet in position to wash off unbound detection antibodies. (Step 7) A user can dispense Rhapsody beads (e.g., third solid supports) and continue with current scRNA-seq (e.g., Rhapsody) workflow to lyse cells and perform subsequent steps.

Table 1 : Cumulative Poisson distribution of scS beads with target mean of 8 beads per well.

[0200] Current methods to combine proteomics and transcriptomics are limited to surface antigens (e.g., CITE-seq). Intracellular staining of cytokines and other secreted factors involve blocking the secretion and performing intracellular staining, which may interfere with integrity of RNA transcripts. The disclosed compositions and methods leverage existing scRNA- seq (e.g., Rhapsody) systems and allow' users to capture mRNA, surface protein and secreted substances information simultaneously.

[0201] A currently available method employs bi-specific antibodies that are directed to CD45 and specific anti-cytokine antibody. However, this method is associated with high background and cross talk between cytokine secreting cells and bystander cells. Additionally, the number of secreted proteins that can be detected by this method is limited to a few antigens. Background noise is better when cells are rare, but still present. This is critical when identifying antigen specific cells and identifying associated TCR or Antibody producing B cells, for downstream applications. Thus, there is a need for alternative methods of single cell secretome analysis. Currently available methods have cross talk concerns between cells and secreted cytokines present in the supernatant. Additionally, surrogate surface markers are available for some intracellular or secreted factors, but there is a poor correlation for most.

[0202] A currently available Optofluidics assay comprises screening single cells and identifying cells of interest based on what they secrete (B cells) but is tedious and labor intensive and cannot be used to characterize large number of cells or identify rare cells. Similar methods to detect multiple secreted proteins are not available, especially for T cells. The disclosed composition and methods enable parallel analysis of thousands of single cells - their secreted proteins and associated RNA transcripts.

[0203] A currently available Isoplexis assay to identify secreted proteins in single cells is low throughput, and combining with transcriptome information includes additional steps. The disclosed composition and methods enable analysis of secretome, RNA transcripts and cellular protein information is a single workflow and is ultra-sensitive and quantitative.

[0204] The disclosed compositions and methods can be employed for characterizing the CAR-T cells based on what they secrete, antigen markers, TCR sequence and transcriptome profile, all of which is important to evaluate the response and immunotherapeutic outcome. The disclosed compositions and methods are also important for other applications, such as characterizing T regulatory cells, Tumor associated macrophages, and NK cells. Additional applications of the disclosed compositions and methods include characterizing differentiated cells from the population of stem cells (e.g., cancer, regenerative medicine (based on what they secrete)). Secretome characterization along with CITE-seq/AbSeq (e.g., measurement of cellular component targets) can expand biomarker development applications. In some embodiments, first solid supports (e.g., scS beads) are conjugated directly to antigen or antigen epitope/competition assay - and can be employed for characterizing B cells and/or identifying sequences of antibodies (e.g., neutralizing antibodies). Including single cells along with multiple scS beads in a scRNA-seq (e.g.. Rhapsody) cartridge can help eliminate/minimize cross talk between cells and from cytokines present in the supernatant. In some embodiments provided herein, any background if present can be detected by presence of capture Ab-seq PCR product in wells with no cells. [0205] The disclosed compositions and methods support drug development activities where the effect of small molecules or therapeutics can be evaluated in multiple patient samples. Each patient sample can be identified by Sample Tag sequence, the cells can be dispensed in scRNA-seq (e.g., Rhapsody) wells to obtain single cells and treated with the small molecule of interest. There can be analysis of 5000 to 10.000 single cells in a cartridge and can support evaluating effect in 50-100 cells of 100 patients. Additionally, samples from multiple scRNA- seq (e.g., Rhapsody) cartridges can be combined to include in a single RNA-seq run.

[0206] The disclosed compositions and methods can be employed with existing scRNA-seq cartridges (e.g., Rhapsody cartridge) to separate single cells and can use scRNA-seq workflow^ elements to enable a ultra-sensitive and quantitative method to evaluate secretome information along with RNA, and surface proteins. With current single cell methods to detect secreted factors, there is high background and cross talk between cytokine secreting cells and bystander cells. Additionally, the number of secreted proteins that can be detected by currently available methods is limited to a few secreted antigens or the method is low throughput and tedious. Including single cells along with multiple scS beads in a scRNA-seq cartridge (e.g.. Rhapsody cartridge) will help eliminate/ minimize cross talk between cells and from cytokines present in the supernatant. In some embodiments, any background (if present) can be detected by presence of capture Ab-seq PCR product in wells with no cells. The disclosed scRNA-seq (e g., Rhapsody) workflow can enable high-throughput analysis and the combining cells from multiple samples, donors, etc.

[0207] Characterizing cells based on their secretion at single cell level can be highly important to identify optimal polyfunctional antigen specific CD4 and CD8 T cells and associated T cell receptor (TCR) sequence. Methods provided herein can identify the TCR sequences that are associated with functionally effective cells. Additionally, the effectiveness of CAR-T cells are dependent on their ability to react to antigen by secreting immune factors and their long-term fate. This is dependent on multiple factors, such as donor cells, processing methods, chimeric antigenic receptor type and their subdomains, endogenous TCR and others. The methods and compositions provided herein can be employed to improve the effectiveness of CAR T cells.

[0208] The disclosed compositions and methods can employ one or more technical principles of ELISA/ELISPOT. CBA array, IMag and Ab-seq, and can be integrated with a scRNA-seq (e.g.. Rhapsody) workflow to evaluate single cells. There are provided, in some embodiments, beads conjugated to antibodies that detect intracellular proteins to enable sensitive, high throughput estimation of proteins, phospho forms and other conjugated states, at single cell level. Some embodiments of the compositions and methods provided herein employ a cell lysis buffer that does not affect cellular proteins. The disclosed compositions and methods can address the current need for a sensitive method to detect secreted factors along with RNA and surface proteins in a scRNA-seq (e.g., Rhapsody) workflow. Characterizing cells based on their secretion/proteins released can be highly important to differentiate polyfunctional antigen specific CD4 and CD8 T cells and associated T cell receptor (TCR) sequence, transcriptome profile, as well as to evaluate the response and immunotherapeutic outcome.

[0209] Systems, methods, compositions, and kits for measuring secreted analytes from cells are described in US20210222244A1 entitled “METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SINGLE CELL SECRETOMICS’; the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The systems, methods, compositions, and kits provided herein can, in some embodiments, be employed in concert with the systems, methods, compositions, and kits for secretome analysis described in US20220178909A1 and US20220178909A1, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0210] In some embodiments of the methods and compositions provided herein, a DNA cellular component binding reagent specific oligonucleotide (e.g., an antibody oligonucleotide) is hybridized to an oligonucleotide barcode and extended to enable a separate, but parallel workflow for protein quantitation and mRNA quantitation from the same beads, as described in U.S. Patent No. 11649497B2, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Some embodiments of the methods and compositions provided herein employ the separate, but parallel workflow concept described in 17147272; for example, in some embodiments, a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide (e.g., an antibody oligonucleotide) is hybridized to an oligonucleotide barcode and extended to enable a separate, but parallel workflow for secreted analyte quantitation and mRNA quantitation from the same beads.

[0211] In some embodiments of the methods and compositions provided herein, the oligonucleotide barcode comprises a cleavage region (comprising, for example, one or more cleavage sites such as a non-canonical nucleotide (e.g., deoxyuridine) or a restriction enzyme recognition sequence) as described in US20210214770A1, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[0212] FIGS. 4A-4G show a schematic illustration of a non-limiting exemplary' workflow for measurement of the number of copies of one or more secreted analytes secreted by a single cell. The workflow can comprise 400a partitioning first solid supports (404a, 404b, 404c, 404d) to a partition 402 of a plurality of partitions. Each first solid support can comprise a plurality' of capture reagents (406a, 406b, 406c, 406d) capable of specifically binding to at least one of the plurality of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell. The workflow can comprise 400b contacting a plurality of single cells (401a and 401b) (e.g., T cells, B cells, tumor cells, myeloid cells, blood cells, normal cells, fetal cells, maternal cells, or a mixture thereof) with a plurality ⁷ of second solid supports 403 to generate one or more single cells associated with a second solid support. Single cells 401a can comprise a surface cellular target 408. Single cells 401b can lack surface cellular target 408. Second solid supports 403 can comprise isolation reagents 406 capable of specifically binding to the surface cellular target 408. A cell 401a can comprise secretory' vesicles 410 comprising unreleased secreted analytes 412a, 412b, 412c, 412d. Secreted analytes 412a. 412b, 412c, and 412d can be different secreted analytes. A cell 401a can capable of secreting secreted analytes 412a, 412b, 412c, and 412d. A cell 401a can comprise copies of a nucleic acid target 418. The workflow can comprise 400c isolation of single cells associated with a second solid support (e.g., cells of interest). The workflow can comprise 400d partitioning said cells to a partition 402 of a plurality of partitions. A partition of the plurality of partitions comprises one or more first solid support(s) of the first plurality of first solid supports and a single cell of the one or more single cells. The method can comprise an incubation step 400e to allow secretion of secreted analytes 412a, 412b, 412c, and 412d and capture by capture reagents 406a, 406b, 406c, and 406d. The workflow can comprise 400f contacting secreted analyte-binding reagents (418a, 418b, 418c, and 418d) each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent. Each of the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents (418a, 418b, 418c, and 418d) can comprise a secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotide (420a, 420b, 420c, and 420d) comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent. The workflow can comprise an incubation step 400g (to allow binding between secreted analyte-binding reagents and secreted analytes bound by a capture reagent). The workflow can comprise a wash step 400h to remove unbound secreted analyte-binding reagents. The workflow can comprise application of a magnetic field to the plurality of partitions during the wash step. The solid supports (e.g., first solid supports, second solid supports, third solid supports,) provided herein can comprise a magnetic material, and therefore can remain in the partitions during the wash step. The workflow can comprise 400i contacting a third solid support 422. A partition of the plurality of partitions can comprise a single third solid support 422. Third solid support 422 can comprise a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes 424. Oligonucleotide barcodes 424 can comprise a first molecular label and/or cellular label. The workflow can comprise contacting oligonucleotide barcodes 424 with the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides 420 for hybridization. The workflow can comprise barcoding, library preparation, and/or sequencing 400j as described herein. For example, the workflow can comprise extending oligonucleotide barcodes 424 hybridized to the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides 420 to generate a plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the unique analyte identifier sequence and the first molecular label. The method can comprise obtaining sequence information of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, to determine the number of copies of a secreted analyte 412 secreted by each of the one or more single cells 401a. The workflow can comprise performing the steps with a plurality of cells (e.g., in bulk).

[0213] FIG. 5 shows a non-limiting exemplary design of a secreted analyte binding reagent specific oligonucleotide (antibody oligonucleotide illustrated here) that is associated with a secreted analyte-binding reagent (antibody illustrated here). The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide 504 can be associated with secreted analyte-binding reagent 502 through linker 516. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide 504 can be detached from the secreted analyte-binding reagent 502 using chemical, optical or other means. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide 504 can be an mRNA mimic. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide 504 can include a second universal sequence 506 (e.g., a primer adapter), a second molecular label 508 (e.g., a unique molecular label sequence), an antibody barcode 510 (e.g., a unique analyte identifier sequence), an alignment sequence 512. and a poly(A) tail 514.

[0214] There are provided, in some embodiments, methods for measuring the number of copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell. The method can comprise: partitioning a plurality of first solid supports and one or more single cells to a plurality of partitions, wherein a partition of the plurality of partitions comprises one or more first solid support(s) of the first plurality of first solid supports and a single cell of the one or more single cells, wherein the one or more single cells are capable of secreting a plurality of secreted analytes, wherein each first solid support comprises a plurality of capture reagents capable of specifically binding to at least one of the plurality of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell; contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with a plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent, wherein each of the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents comprises a secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent; contacting a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes with the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides for hybridization, wherein the oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a first molecular label; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides to generate a plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the unique analyte identifier sequence and the first molecular label; and obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, to determine the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells. In some embodiments, the methods provided herein comprise isolating complexes from the plurality of partitions. A complex can comprise a third solid support, first solid support(s), and/or secreted analyte-binding reagent(s). Isolating complexes can comprise use of a magnetic field.

[0215] There are provided, in some embodiments, methods for measuring the number of copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell and the number of copies of a nucleic acid target in a single cell. The method can comprise: partitioning a plurality of first solid supports and one or more single cells to a plurality of partitions, wherein a partition of the plurality of partitions comprises one or more first solid support(s) of the first plurality’ of first solid supports and a single cell of the one or more single cells, wherein the one or more single cells comprise copies of a nucleic acid target, wherein the one or more single cells are capable of secreting a plurality’ of secreted analytes, wherein each first solid support comprises a plurality’ of capture reagents capable of specifically binding to at least one of the plurality of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell; contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with a plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent, wherein each of the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents comprises a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent; contacting a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes with the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides and the copies of the nucleic acid target for hybridization, wherein the oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a first molecular label; extending the plurality ⁷ of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the copies of a nucleic acid target to generate a plurality ⁷ of barcoded nucleic acid molecules each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the nucleic acid target and the first molecular label; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides to generate a plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides each comprising a sequence complementary ⁷ to at least a portion of the unique analyte identifier sequence and the first molecular label; obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules, or products thereof, to determine the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells; and obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, to determine the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells.

[0216] In some embodiments, the one or more single cells comprise one or more single cells associated with a second solid support, and wherein the method comprises, prior to the partitioning step: contacting a population of single cells with a plurality of second solid supports to generate the one or more single cells associated with a second solid support, wherein the one or more single cells comprise a surface cellular target, wherein each second solid support comprises a plurality' of isolation reagents, and wherein each of the plurality of isolation reagents is capable of specifically binding to the surface cellular target, optionally the method comprises removing single cells of the populations of single cells which are not associated with a second solid support. In some embodiments, the one or more single cells are one or more cell types of interest, optionally said cell types of interest comprise a surface cellular target capable of being bound by an isolation reagent of a second solid support. In some embodiments, the one or more cell types of interest comprise hemogenic endothelium cells, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSC), hematopoietic multipotent progenitor cell (MPP), pre-T cell progenitor cells, pre- K cell progenitor cells, T cell progenitor cells, NK cell progenitor cells, T cells, NK cells, NKT cells, B cells, macrophage, neutrophils, CD4 cells, CD8 cells, naive T-cells, memory' stem T-cells, central memory T- cells, double negative T-cells, effector memory T-cells, effector T-cells, ThO cells, TcO cells, Thl cells, Tel cells, Th2 cells, Tc2 cells, Thl7 cells, Th22 cells, gamma/delta T-cells, natural killer (NK) cells, natural killer T (NKT) cells, hematopoietic stem cells pluripotent stem cells, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the one or more cell types of interest comprise or more immune cell types, optionally naive CD4 T cells, effector memory CD4 T cells, naive CD8 T cells, effector memory' CD8 T cells, naive CD4 Treg cells, effector memory CD4 Treg cells, naive B cells, memory B cells, CD16 DC, plasmacytoid DC, or any combination thereof.

[0217] The method can comprise, after contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents, removing one or more secreted analyte-binding reagents of the plurality' of secreted analyte-binding reagents that are not contacted with the one or more first solid support(s). In some embodiments, removing the one or more secreted analyte-binding reagents not contacted with the one or more first solid support(s) comprises: removing the one or more secreted analyte-binding reagents not contacted with the respective at least one of the secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent. In some embodiments, the first solid support and/or second solid support comprises a magnetic material, optionally a ferromagnetic material. In some embodiments, the removing step comprises applying a magnetic field to the plurality of partitions, optionally single cells associated with a second solid support and the one or more first solid support(s) are capable of remaining in a partition upon application of the magnetic field. In some embodiments, the method comprise one or more incubation steps for a period of time, optionally the period of time is about 5 min, about 10 min, about 20 min, about 30 min, about 40 min, about 50 min, about 60 min, about 90 min, about 120 min, or about 240 min, further optionally said incubations occur after (i) contacting single cells with first solid supports, and/or (ii) contacting the one or more first solid support(s) with a plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents.

[0218] In some embodiments, a partition of the plurality' of partitions comprises between about 2 and about 20 first solid supports, optionally about 8 first solid supports, optionally the first solid supports are the same or different, further optionally the first solid supports each comprise a single type of capture reagent and/or comprise different types of capture reagents. In some embodiments, the first solid supports and/or second solid supports are less than about 15 microns, 12 microns, 10 microns, 9 microns, 8 microns, 7 microns, 6 microns, 5 microns, 4 microns, 3 microns, 2 microns, 1 microns, 0.8 microns, 0.6 microns, 0.5 microns, 0.4 microns, 0.2 microns, 0.1 microns, or 0.01 microns.

[0219] Some embodiments disclosed herein provide a plurality of compositions each comprising a secreted analyte binding reagent (such as a protein binding reagent). The secreted analyte binding reagent can be conjugated with an oligonucleotide, wherein the oligonucleotide comprises a unique analyte identifier for the secreted analyte binding reagent that it is conjugated with. The unique analyte identifiers can be, for example, a nucleotide sequence having any suitable length, for example, from about 4 nucleotides to about 200 nucleotides. In some embodiments, the unique analyte identifier is a nucleotide sequence of 25 nucleotides to about 45 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the unique analyte identifier can have a length that is, is about, is less than, is greater than, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200 nucleotides, or a range that is between any two of the above values.

[0220] In some embodiments, the unique analyte identifiers are selected from a diverse set of unique analyte identifiers. The diverse set of unique analyte identifiers can comprise, or comprise about, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 5000, or a number or a range between any two of these values, different unique analyte identifiers. The diverse set of unique analyte identifiers can comprise at least, or comprise at most, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, or 5000, different unique analyte identifiers. In some embodiments, the set of unique analyte identifiers is designed to have minimal sequence homology to the DNA or RNA sequences of the sample to be analyzed. In some embodiments, the sequences of the set of unique analyte identifiers are different from each other, or the complement thereof by, or by about, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotides, or a number or a range between any two of these values. In some embodiments, the sequences of the set of unique analyte identifiers are different from each other, or the complement thereof, by at least, or by at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotides. In some embodiments, the sequences of the set of unique analyte identifiers are different from each other, or the complement thereof, by at least 3%, at least 5%, at least 8%, at least 10%, at least 15%, at least 20%, or more.

[0221] Any suitable secreted analyte binding reagents, isolation reagents, and capture reagents are contemplated in this disclosure, such as protein binding reagents, antibodies or fragments thereof, aptamers, small molecules, ligands, peptides, oligonucleotides, etc., or any combination thereof. The secreted analyte binding reagents, isolation reagents, and/or capture reagents can be polyclonal antibodies, monoclonal antibodies, recombinant antibodies, single chain antibody (sc-Ab), or fragments thereof, such as Fab, Fv, etc. In some embodiments, the plurality of secreted analyte binding reagents can comprise, or comprise about, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 5000, or a number or a range between any two of these values, different secreted analyte binding reagents. In some embodiments, the plurality of secreted analyte binding reagents can comprise at least, or comprise at most, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60. 70. 80. 90. 100, 200, 300. 400, 500, 600, 700. 800, 900, 1000, 2000, or 5000, different secreted analyte binding reagents. In some embodiments, the plurality of isolation reagents can comprise, or comprise about, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 5000, or a number or a range between any two of these values, different isolation reagents. In some embodiments, the plurality of isolation reagents can comprise at least, or comprise at most, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, or 5000, different isolation reagents. In some embodiments, the plurality of capture reagents can comprise, or comprise about, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60. 70, 80, 90, 100, 200. 300, 400, 500, 600. 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 5000, or a number or a range between any two of these values, different capture reagents. In some embodiments, the plurality of capture reagents can comprise at least, or comprise at most, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, or 5000, different capture reagents.

[0222] The oligonucleotide can be conjugated with the secreted analyte binding reagent through various mechanisms. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotide can be conjugated with the secreted analyte binding reagent covalently. In some embodiment, the oligonucleotide can be conjugated with the secreted analyte binding reagent non-covalently. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotide is conjugated with the secreted analyte binding reagent through a linker. The linker can be, for example, cleavable or detachable from the secreted analyte binding reagent and/or the oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the linker can comprise a chemical group that reversibly attaches the oligonucleotide to the secreted analyte binding reagents. The chemical group can be conjugated to the linker, for example, through an amine group. In some embodiments, the linker can comprise a chemical group that forms a stable bond with another chemical group conjugated to the secreted analyte binding reagent. For example, the chemical group can be a UV photocleavable group, a disulfide bond, a streptavidin, a biotin, an amine, etc. In some embodiments, the chemical group can be conjugated to the secreted analyte binding reagent through a primary amine on an amino acid, such as lysine, or the N-terminus. Commercially available conjugation kits, such as the Protein-Oligo Conjugation Kit (Solulink, Inc., San Diego, California), the Thunder-Link® oligo conjugation system (Innova Biosciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom), etc., can be used to conjugate the oligonucleotide to the secreted analyte binding reagent.

[0223] The oligonucleotide can be conjugated to any suitable site of the secreted analyte binding reagent (e.g., a protein binding reagent), as long as it does not interfere with the specific binding between the secreted analyte binding reagent and its secreted analyte. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte binding reagent is a protein, such as an antibody. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte binding reagent is not an antibody. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotide can be conjugated to the antibody anywhere other than the antigen-binding site, for example, the Fc region, the Cui domain, the CH2 domain, the CH3 domain, the CL domain, etc. Methods of conjugating oligonucleotides to binding reagents (e.g., antibodies) have been previously disclosed, for example, in U.S. Patent. No. 6,531,283, the content of which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference in its entirety. Stoichiometry of oligonucleotide to secreted analyte binding reagent can be varied. To increase the sensitivity of detecting the secreted analyte binding reagent specific oligonucleotide in sequencing, it may be advantageous to increase the ratio of oligonucleotide to secreted analyte binding reagent during conjugation. In some embodiments, each secreted analyte binding reagent can be conjugated with a single oligonucleotide molecule. In some embodiments, each secreted analyte binding reagent can be conjugated with more than one oligonucleotide molecule, for example, at least, or at most, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 1000, or a number or a range between any two of these values, oligonucleotide molecules wherein each of the oligonucleotide molecule comprises the same, or different, unique analyte identifiers. In some embodiments, each secreted analyte binding reagent can be conjugated with more than one oligonucleotide molecule, for example, at least, or at most, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 1000, oligonucleotide molecules, wherein each of the oligonucleotide molecule comprises the same, or different, unique analyte identifiers. [0224] In some embodiments, the plurality of secreted analyte binding reagents are capable of specifically binding to a plurality of secreted analytes in a sample, such as a single cell, a plurality of cells, a tissue sample, a tumor sample, a blood sample, or the like. In some embodiments, the plurality of secreted analytes can comprise, or comprise about, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20. 30. 40. 50, 100. 1000, 10000, or a number or a range between any two of these values, different secreted analytes. In some embodiments, the plurality of secreted analytes can comprise at least, or comprise at most, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 1000, 10000, different secreted analytes.

[0225] In some embodiments, the secreted analyte binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a nucleotide sequence of, or a nucleotide sequence of about, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 128, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290,

300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370. 380, 390, 400. 410, 420, 430. 440, 450, 460. 470, 480,

490, 500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580, 590, 600, 610, 620, 630, 640, 650, 660, 670,

680, 690, 700, 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, 770, 780, 790, 800, 810, 820, 830, 840, 850, 860,

870, 880, 890, 900, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 970, 980, 990, 1000, or a number or a range between any two of these values, nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequence of at least, or of at most, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 128, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260,

270, 280, 290, 300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 400, 410, 420, 430, 440, 450,

460, 470, 480, 490, 500, 510, 520, 530. 540, 550, 560. 570, 580, 590. 600, 610, 620. 630, 640,

650, 660, 670, 680, 690, 700, 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, 770, 780, 790, 800, 810, 820, 830,

840, 850, 860, 870, 880, 890, 900, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 970, 980, 990, or 1000, nucleotides in length.

Oligonucleotide-Conjugated Antibodies

[0226] Some embodiments disclosed herein provide a plurality of compositions each comprising a cellular component binding reagent (such as a protein binding reagent) that is conjugated with an oligonucleotide, wherein the oligonucleotide comprises a unique identifier for the cellular component binding reagent that it is conjugated with. Cellular component binding reagents (such as barcoded antibodies) and their uses (such as sample indexing of cells) have been described in US2018/0088112 and US2018/0346970; the content of each of these is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The are provided, in some embodiments provided herein, secreted analyte-binding reagents capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte. Secreted analyte-binding reagents can comprise a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide. There are provided, in some embodiments, methods for simultaneous quantitative analysis of a plurality of cellular component targets (e.g., protein targets) and copies of a secreted analyte secreted by a single cell. The methods and systems described herein can be used with methods and systems using antibodies associated with (e.g., attached to or conjugated with) oligonucleotides (also referred to herein as AbOs or AbOligos). Embodiments of using AbOs to determine protein expression profiles in single cells and tracking sample origins have been described in US2018/0088112, and US2018/0346970; the content of each is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

Unique molecular label sequence

[0227] In some embodiments, the methods and compositions provided herein comprise an oligonucleotide associated with a cellular component-binding reagent (e.g., antibody oligonucleotide (“AbOligo” or “AbO”), binding reagent oligonucleotide, cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, sample indexing oligonucleotides) as described in U.S. Application No. 16/747,737, filed on January 21, 2020, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety ⁷ . In some embodiments, the oligonucleotide associated with a cellular component-binding reagent (e.g., antibody oligonucleotide (“AbOligo"’ or “AbO"’). binding reagent oligonucleotide, a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide, cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, sample indexing oligonucleotides) comprises a unique molecular label sequence (also referred to as a molecular index (MI), “molecular barcode,” or Unique Molecular Identifier (UMI)). In some embodiments, binding reagent oligonucleotide species comprising molecule barcodes as described herein reduce bias by increasing sensitivity, decreasing relative standard error, or increasing sensitivity and/or reducing standard error. The molecule barcode can comprise a unique sequence, so that when multiple sample nucleic acids (which can be the same and/or different from each other) are associated one-to-one with molecule barcodes, different sample nucleic acids can differentiated from each other by the molecule barcodes. As such, even if a sample comprises two nucleic acids having the same sequence, each of these two nucleic acids can be labeled with a different molecule barcode, so that nucleic acids in the population can be quantified, even after amplification. The molecule barcode can comprise a nucleic acid sequence of at least 5 nucleotides, for example at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. 33. 34. 35. 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides, including ranges between any two of the listed values, for example 5-50, 5-45, 5-40, 5-35, 5-30, 5-25, 5-20, 5-15, 5-14, 5-13, 5-12, 5-11, 5-10, 5-9, 5-8, 5- 7, 5-6, 6-50, 6-45, 6-40, 6-35, 6-30, 6-25, 6-20, 6-15, 6-14, 6-13, 6-12, 6-11, 6-10, 6-9, 6-8, 6-7, 7-50, 7-45, 7-40. 7-35. 7-30. 7-25, 7-20, 7-15, 7-14, 7-13, 7-12, 7-11, 7-10, 7-9, 7-8, 8-50, 8-45, 8-40, 8-35, 8-30, 8-25, 8-20, 8-15, 8-14, 8-13, 8-12, 8-11, 8-10, 8-9, 9-50, 9-45, 9-40, 9-35, 9- 30, 9-25, 9-20, 9-15, 9-14, 9-13, 9-12, 9-11, 9-10, 10-50, 10-45, 10-40, 10-35, 10-30, 10-25, 10- 20, 10-15, 10-14, 10-13, 10-12, or 10-11 nucleotides. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid sequence of the molecule barcode comprises a unique sequence, for example, so that each unique oligonucleotide species in a composition comprises a different molecule barcode. In some embodiments, two or more unique oligonucleotide species can comprise the same molecule barcode, but still differ from each other. For example, if the unique oligonucleotide species include sample barcodes, each unique oligonucleotide species with a particular sample barcode can comprise a different molecule barcode. In some embodiments, a composition comprising unique oligonucleotide species comprises a molecule barcode diversity of at least 1000 different molecule barcodes, and thus at least 1000 unique oligonucleotide species. In some embodiments, a composition comprising unique oligonucleotide species comprises a molecule barcode diversity of at least 6,500 different molecule barcodes, and thus at least 6,500 unique oligonucleotide species. In some embodiments, a composition comprising unique oligonucleotide species comprises a molecule barcode diversity of at least 65,000 different molecule barcodes, and thus at least 65,000 unique oligonucleotide species.

[0228] In some embodiments, the unique molecular label sequence is positioned 5’ of the unique identifier sequence without any intervening sequences between the unique molecular label sequence and the unique identifier sequence. In some embodiments, the unique molecular label sequence is positioned 5’ of a spacer, which is positioned 5’ of the unique identifier sequence, so that a spacer is between the unique molecular label sequence and the unique identifier sequence. In some embodiments, the unique identifier sequence is positioned 5’ of the unique molecular label sequence without any intervening sequences between the unique identifier sequence and the unique molecular label sequence. In some embodiments, the unique identifier sequence is positioned 5' of a spacer, which is positioned 5’ of the unique molecular label sequence, so that a spacer is between the unique identifier sequence and the unique molecular label sequence.

[0229] The unique molecular label sequence can comprise a nucleic acid sequence of at least 3 nucleotides, for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47. 48, 49, 50 nucleotides, including ranges between any two of the listed values, for example 3-50, 3-45, 3-40, 3-35, 3-30, 3-25, 3-20, 3-15, 3-14, 3-13, 3-12, 3-11, 3-10, 3-9, 3-8, 3- 7, 3-6, 3-5, 3-4, 4-50, 4-45, 4-40, 4-35, 4-30, 4-25, 4-20, 4-15, 4-14, 4-13, 4-12, 4-11, 4-10, 4-9, 4-8, 4-7, 4-6, 4-5, 5-50, 5-45, 5-40, 5-35, 5-30, 5-25, 5-20, 5-15, 5-14, 5-13, 5-12, 5-11, 5-10, 5- 9, 5-8, 5-7. 5-6, 6-50, 6-45, 6-40, 6-35, 6-30, 6-25, 6-20, 6-15, 6-14, 6-13, 6-12, 6-11, 6-10, 6-9, 6-8, 6-7, 7-50, 7-45, 7-40, 7-35, 7-30, 7-25, 7-20, 7-15, 7-14, 7-13, 7-12, 7-1 1, 7-10, 7-9, 7-8, 8- 50, 8-45, 8-40, 8-35, 8-30, 8-25, 8-20, 8-15, 8-14, 8-13, 8-12, 8-11, 8-10, 8-9, 9-50, 9-45, 9-40,

9-35, 9-30, 9-25, 9-20, 9-15, 9-14, 9-13, 9-12, 9-11, 9-10, 10-50, 10-45, 10-40, 10-35, 10-30,

10-25, 10-20, 10-15, 10-14, 10-13, 10-12, or 10-11 nucleotides. In some embodiments, the unique molecular label sequence is 2-20 nucleotides in length.

[0230] In some embodiments, the unique molecular label sequence of the binding reagent oligonucleotide comprises the sequence of at least three repeats of the doublets ”VN" and/or “NV” (in which each “V” is any of A, C, or G. and in which “N” is any of A, G, C, or T), for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. 16. 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. Examples of multiple repeats of the doublet “VN” include VN, VNVN, VNVNVN, and VNVNVNVN. It is noted that while the formulas “VN"’ and “NV” describe constraints on the base content, not every V or every N has to be the same or different. For example, if the molecule barcodes of unique oligonucleotide species in a composition comprised VNVNVN, one molecule barcode can comprise the sequence ACGGCA, while another molecule barcode can comprise the sequence ATACAT, while another molecule barcode could comprise the sequence ATACAC. It is noted that any number of repeats of the doublet “VN” would have a T content of no more than 50%. In some embodiments, at least 95% of the unique oligonucleotide species of a composition comprising at least 1000 unique oligonucleotide species comprise molecule barcodes comprising at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. In some embodiments, at least 99% of the unique oligonucleotide species of a composition comprising at least 1000 unique oligonucleotide species comprise molecule barcodes comprising at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. In some embodiments, at least 99.9% of the unique oligonucleotide species of a composition comprising at least 1000 unique oligonucleotide species comprise molecule barcodes comprising at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. In some embodiments, at least 95% of the unique oligonucleotide species of a composition comprising at least 6500 unique oligonucleotide species comprise molecule barcodes comprising at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. In some embodiments, at least 99% of the unique oligonucleotide species of a composition comprising at least 6500 unique oligonucleotide species comprise molecule barcodes comprising at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. In some embodiments, at least 99.9% of the unique oligonucleotide species of a composition comprising at least 6500 unique oligonucleotide species comprise molecule barcodes comprising at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. In some embodiments, at least 95% of the unique oligonucleotide species of a composition comprising at least 65,000 unique oligonucleotide species comprise molecule barcodes comprising at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. In some embodiments, at least 99% of the unique oligonucleotide species of a of composition comprising at least 65,000 unique oligonucleotide species comprise molecule barcodes comprising at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. In some embodiments, at least 99.9% of the unique oligonucleotide species of a composition comprising at least 65,000 unique oligonucleotide species comprise molecule barcodes comprising at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” for example at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 repeats, including ranges between any two of the listed values. In some embodiments, the composition consists of or consists essentially of at least 1000, 6500, or 65,000 unique oligonucleotide species that each have a molecule barcode comprising the sequence VNVNVN. In some embodiments, the composition consists of or consists essentially of at least 1000, 6500, or 65,000 unique oligonucleotide species that each has a molecule barcode comprising the sequence VNVNVNVN. In some embodiments, at least 95%, 99%, or 99.9% of the barcode regions of the composition as described herein comprise at least three repeats of the doublets “VN” and/or “NV,” as described herein. In some embodiments, unique molecular label sequences comprising repeated “doublets “VN” and/or “NV” can yield low bias, while providing a compromise between reducing bias and maintaining a relatively large quantity of available nucleotide sequences, so that relatively high diversity can be obtained in a relatively short sequence, while still minimizing bias. In some embodiments, unique molecular label sequences comprising repeated “doublets “VN” and/or “NV” can reduce bias by increasing sensitivity, decreasing relative standard error, or increasing sensitivity and reducing standard error. In some embodiments, unique molecular label sequences comprising repeated “doublets “VN” and/or “NV” improve informatics analysis by serving as a geomarker. In some embodiments, the repeated doublets “VN” and/or “NV” described herein reduce the incidence of homopolymers within the unique molecular label sequences. In some embodiments, the repeated doublets “VN” and/or “NV” described herein break up homopolymers.

[0231] In some embodiments, the sample indexing oligonucleotide comprises a first molecular label sequence. In some embodiments, the first molecular label sequences of at least two sample indexing oligonucleotides are different, and the sample indexing sequences of the at least two sample indexing oligonucleotides are identical. In some embodiments, the first molecular label sequences of at least two sample indexing oligonucleotides are different, and the sample indexing sequences of the at least two sample indexing oligonucleotides are different. In some embodiments, the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a second molecular label sequence. In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and the unique identifier sequences of the at least two cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are identical. In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and the unique identifier sequences of the at least two cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different. In some embodiments, the number of unique second molecular label sequences associated with the unique identifier sequence for the cellular componentbinding reagent capable of specifically binding to the at least one cellular component target in the sequencing data indicates the number of copies of the at least one cellular component target in the one or more of the plurality of cells. In some embodiment, a combination (e.g., minimum, average, and maximum) of (1) the number of unique first molecular label sequences associated with the unique identifier sequence for the cellular component-binding reagent capable of specifically binding to the at least one cellular component target in the sequencing data and (2) the number of unique second molecular label sequences associated with the unique identifier sequence for the cellular component-binding reagent capable of specifically binding to the at least one cellular component target in the sequencing data indicates the number of copies of the at least one cellular component target in the one or more of the plurality of cells.

Alignment sequence

[0232] In some embodiments, the binding reagent oligonucleotide comprises an alignment sequence (e.g., the alignment sequence 825bb) adjacent to the poly(dA) region. The alignment sequence can be 1 or more nucleotides in length. The alignment sequence can be 2 nucleotides in length. The alignment sequence can comprise a guanine, a cytosine, a thymine, a uracil, or a combination thereof. The alignment sequence can comprise a poly(dT) region, a poly(dG) region, a poly(dC) region, a poly(dU) region, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the alignment sequence is 5’ to the poly(dA) region. Advantageously, in some embodiments, the presence of the alignment sequence enables the poly(A) tail of each of the binding reagent oligonucleotides to have the same length, leading to greater uniformity ⁷ of performance. In some embodiments, the percentage of binding reagent oligonucleotides with an identical poly(dA) region length within a plurality of binding reagent oligonucleotides, each of which comprise an alignment sequence, can be, or be about, 80%, 90%, 91%, 93%, 95%, 97%, 99.9%, 99.9%, 99.99%, or 100%, or a number or a range between any two of these values. In some embodiments, the percentage of binding reagent oligonucleotides with an identical poly(dA) region length within the plurality of binding reagent oligonucleotides, each of which comprise an alignment sequence, can be at least, or be at most, 80%, 90%, 91%, 93%, 95%, 97%, 99.9%, 99.9%, 99.99%, or 100%.

[0233] The length of the alignment sequence can be different in different implementations. In some embodiments, the length of the alignment sequence can be. or can be about, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,

28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53,

54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,

80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94. 95. 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, or a number or a range between any two of these values. In some embodiments, the length of the alignment sequence can be at least, or can be at most, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,

18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43,

44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69,

70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82. 83. 84. 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95,

96, 97, 98, 99, or 100. The number of guanine(s), cytosine(s), thymine(s), or uracil(s) in the alignment sequence can be different in different implementations. The number of guanine(s), cytosine(s), thymine(s), or uracil(s) can be, or can be about, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. 26. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38,

39. 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,

65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90,

91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, or a number or a range between any two of these values.

The number of guanine(s), cytosine(s), thymine(s), or uracil(s) can be at least, or can be at most, 1, 2, 3, 4. 5, 6, 7. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. 18. 19. 20. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,

30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,

56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81,

82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, or 100. In some embodiments, the sample indexing oligonucleotide comprises an alignment sequence. In some embodiments, the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide and/or secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises an alignment sequence.

Linker

[0234] The binding reagent oligonucleotide (e g., secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide) can be conjugated with the cellular component binding reagent through various mechanisms. In some embodiments, the binding reagent oligonucleotide can be conjugated with the cellular component binding reagent covalently. In some embodiments, the binding reagent oligonucleotide can be conj ugated with the cellular component binding reagent non-covalently. In some embodiments, the binding reagent oligonucleotide is conjugated with the cellular component binding reagent through a linker. In some embodiments, the binding reagent oligonucleotide can comprise the linker. The linker can comprise a chemical group. The chemical group can be reversibly, or irreversibly, attached to the molecule of the cellular component binding reagent. The chemical group can be selected from a UV photocleavable group, a disulfide bond, a streptavidin, a biotin, an amine, and a combination thereof. The linker can comprise a carbon chain. The carbon chain can comprise, for example, 5-50 carbon atoms. The carbon chain can have different numbers of carbon atoms in different embodiments. In some embodiments, the number of carbon atoms in the carbon chain can be, or can be about, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. 20. 21. 22. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, or a number or a range between any two of these values. In some embodiments, the number of carbon atoms in the carbon chain can be at least, or can be at most, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 31. 32. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50. In some embodiments, the carbon chain comprises 2-30 carbons. In some embodiments, the carbon chain comprises 12 carbons. In some embodiments, amino modifiers employed for binding reagent oligonucleotide can be conjugated to the cellular component binding reagent. In some embodiments, the linker comprises 5' amino modifier C6 (5AmMC6). In some embodiments, the linker comprises 5’ amino modifier C12 (5AmMCI2). In some embodiments, the linker comprises a derivative of 5AmMC12. In some embodiments, a longer linker achieves a higher efficiency of conjugation. In some embodiments, a longer linker achieves a higher efficiency of modification prior to conjugation. In some embodiments, increasing the distance between the functional amine and the DNA sequence yields a higher efficiency of conjugation. In some embodiments, increasing the distance between the functional amine and the DNA sequence yields a higher efficiency of modification prior to conjugation. In some embodiments, the use of 5AmMC12 as a linker yields a higher efficiency of modification (prior to conjugation) than the use of 5AmMC6 as a linker. In some embodiments the use of 5AmMC12 as a linker yields a higher efficiency of conjugation than the use of 5AmMC6 as a linker. In some embodiments, the sample indexing oligonucleotide is associated with the cellular component-binding reagent through a linker. In some embodiments, the cellular componentbinding reagent specific oligonucleotide and/or secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide is associated with the cellular component-binding reagent through a linker. Antibody-specific barcode sequence

[0235] Disclosed herein, in several embodiments, are improvements to the design of the unique identifier sequence (e.g., antibody-specific barcode sequence) of a binding reagent oligonucleotide (e.g., secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide). In some embodiments the unique identifier sequence (e.g, sample indexing sequence, unique analyte identifier sequence, a unique identifier sequence of a cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide) is designed to have a Hamming distance greater than 3. In some embodiments, the Hamming distance of the unique identifier sequence can be. or be about, 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or a number or a range between any two of these values. In some embodiments, the unique identifier sequences has a GC content in the range of 40% to 60% and does not have a predicted secondary structure (e.g., hairpin). In some embodiments, the unique identifier sequence does not comprise any sequences predicted in silico to bind to the mouse and/or human transcripts. In some embodiments, the unique identifier sequence does not comprise any sequences predicted in silico to bind to Rhapsody™ and/or SCMK system primers. In some embodiments, the unique identifier sequence does not comprise homopolymers. Primer Adapter

[0236] In some embodiments, the binding reagent oligonucleotide (e.g., secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide) comprises a primer adapter. In some embodiments, the primer adapter comprises the sequence of a first universal primer, a complimentary sequence thereof, a partial sequence thereof, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the first universal primer comprises an amplification primer, a complimentary sequence thereof, a partial sequence thereof, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the first universal primer comprises a sequencing primer, a complimentary sequence thereof, a partial sequence thereof, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the sequencing primer comprises an Illumina sequencing primer. In some embodiments, the sequencing primer comprises a portion of an Illumina sequencing primer. In some embodiments, the sequencing primer comprises a P7 sequencing primer or a portion of P7 sequencing primer. In some embodiments, the primer adapter comprises an adapter for Illumina P7 or a partial adapter for Illumina P7. In some embodiments, the amplification primer is an Illumina P7 sequence or a subsequence thereof. In some embodiments, the sequencing primer is an Illumina R2 sequence or a subsequence thereof. In some embodiments, the first universal primer is 5-50 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, The primer adapter can comprise a nucleic acid sequence of at least 5 nucleotides, for example at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides, including ranges between any two of the listed values, for example 5- 50, 5-45, 5-40, 5-35, 5-30, 5-25, 5-20, 5-15, 5-14, 5-13, 5-12, 5-11, 5-10, 5-9, 5-8, 5-7, 5-6, 6- 50, 6-45, 6-40, 6-35, 6-30. 6-25, 6-20, 6-15, 6-14, 6-13, 6-12, 6-11, 6-10, 6-9, 6-8, 6-7, 7-50, 7- 45, 7-40, 7-35. 7-30. 7-25. 7-20. 7-15. 7-14. 7-13. 7-12. 7-11. 7-10. 7-9, 7-8. 8-50. 8-45. 8-40. 8- 35, 8-30, 8-25, 8-20, 8-15, 8-14, 8-13, 8-12, 8-11, 8-10, 8-9, 9-50, 9-45, 9-40, 9-35, 9-30, 9-25,

9-20, 9-15, 9-14, 9-13, 9-12, 9-11, 9-10, 10-50, 10-45, 10-40, 10-35, 10-30, 10-25, 10-20, 10-15,

10-14, 10-13, 10-12, or 10-11 nucleotides. The primer adapter can comprise a nucleic acid sequence of at least 5 nucleotides of the sequence of a first universal primer, an amplification primer, a sequencing primer, a complimentary sequence thereof, a partial sequence thereof, or a combination thereof, for example at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides, including ranges between any two of the listed values, for example 5-50. 5-45. 5-40. 5-35. 5-30. 5-25. 5-20, 5-15, 5-14, 5-13, 5-12, 5-11, 5-10, 5-9, 5-8, 5-7, 5-6. 6- 50, 6-45, 6-40, 6-35, 6-30, 6-25, 6-20, 6-15, 6-14, 6-13, 6-12, 6-11, 6-10, 6-9, 6-8, 6-7, 7-50, 7- 45, 7.40, 7-35, 7-30, 7-25, 7-20, 7-15, 7-14, 7-13, 7-12, 7-11, 7-10, 7-9, 7-8, 8-50, 8-45, 8-40, 8- 35, 8-30, 8-25, 8-20, 8-15, 8-14, 8-13, 8-12, 8-11, 8-10, 8-9, 9-50, 9-45, 9-40, 9-35, 9-30, 9-25,

9-20. 9-15. 9-14. 9-13. 9-12. 9-11. 9-10. 10-50, 10-45, 10-40. 10-35, 10-30, 10-25. 10-20, 10-15,

10-14, 10-13, 10-12, or 10-11 nucleotides of the sequence of a first universal primer, an amplification primer, a sequencing primer, a complimentary sequence thereof, a partial sequence thereof, or a combination thereof.

[0237] A conventional amplification workflow for sequencing library preparation can employ three rounds of PCR, such as. for example: a first round (“PCR 1”) employing a target-specific primer and a primer against the universal Illumina sequencing primer 1 sequence; a second round (“PCR 2”) using a nested target-specific primer flanked by Illumina sequencing primer 2 sequence, and a primer against the universal Illumina sequencing primer 1 sequence; and a third round (“PCR 3”) adding Illumina P5 and P7 and sample index. Advantageously, in some embodiments, the primer adapter disclosed herein enables a shorter and simpler workflow in library preparation as compared to if the starting template (e.g., a sample indexing oligonucleotide attached to a bead) does not have a primer adapter. In some embodiments, the primer adapter reduces pre-sequencing PCR amplification of a template by one round (as compared to if the template does not comprise a primer adapter). In some embodiments, the primer adapter reduces pre-sequencing PCR amplification of the template to one round (as compared to if the template does not comprise a primer adapter). In some embodiments, a template comprising the primer adapter does not require a PCR amplification step for attachment of Illumina sequencing adapters that would require pre-sequencing if the template did not comprise a primer adapter. In some embodiments, the primer adapter sequence (or a subsequence thereof) is not part of the sequencing readout of a sequencing template comprising a primer adapter sequence and therefore does not affect read quality of a template comprising a primer adapter. In some embodiments, a template comprising the primer adapter has decreased sequencing diversity as compared to if the template does not comprise a primer adapter.

[0238] In some embodiments, the sample indexing oligonucleotide comprises a primer adapter. In some embodiments, replicating a sample indexing oligonucleotide, a barcoded sample indexing oligonucleotide, or a product thereof, comprises using a first universal primer, a first primer comprising the sequence of the first universal primer, or a combination thereof, to generate a plurality of replicated sample indexing oligonucleotides. In some embodiments, replicating a sample indexing oligonucleotide, a barcoded sample indexing oligonucleotide, or a product thereof, comprises using a first universal primer, a first primer comprising the sequence of the first universal primer, a second universal primer, a second primer comprising the sequence of the second universal primer, or a combination thereof, to generate the plurality of replicated sample indexing oligonucleotides. In some embodiments, the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide and/or secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprises a primer adapter, the sequence of a first universal primer, a complementary sequence thereof, a partial sequence thereof, or a combination thereof. Solid Supports

[0239] The first solid support, second solid support, and/or third solid support can comprise a synthetic particle or a planar surface. At least one of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes can be immobilized or partially immobilized on the synthetic particle. At least one of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes can be enclosed or partially enclosed in the synthetic particle. The synthetic particle can be disruptable. The synthetic particle can comprise a bead. The bead can comprise: a sepharose bead, a streptavidin bead, an agarose bead, a magnetic bead, a conjugated bead, a protein A conjugated bead, a protein G conjugated bead, a protein A/G conjugated bead, a protein L conjugated bead, an oligo(dT) conjugated bead, a silica bead, a silica-like bead, an anti-biotin microbead, an anti-fluorochrome microbead, or any combination thereof; a material selected from polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), polystyrene, glass, polypropylene, agarose, gelatin, hydrogel, paramagnetic, ceramic, plastic, glass, methylstyrene, acrylic polymer, titanium, latex, sepharose, cellulose, nylon, silicone, and any combination thereof; or a disruptable hydrogel particle.

[0240] In some embodiments, each of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes comprises a linker functional group, the synthetic particle comprises a solid support functional group, and the support functional group and the linker functional group are associated with each other. The linker functional group and the support functional group can be individually selected from C6, biotin, streptavidin, primary' amine(s), aldehyde(s), ketone(s), and a combination thereof.

[0241] In some embodiments, each of the plurality of isolation reagents comprises a linker functional group, the synthetic particle comprises a solid support functional group, and the support functional group and the linker functional group are associated with each other. The linker functional group and the support functional group can be individually selected from C6, biotin, streptavidin, primary amine(s), aldehyde(s), ketone(s). and any combination thereof.

[0242] In some embodiments, each of the plurality of capture reagents compnses a linker functional group, the synthetic particle comprises a solid support functional group, and the support functional group and the linker functional group are associated with each other. The linker functional group and the support functional group can be individually selected from C6, biotin, streptavidin, primary amine(s). aldehyde(s), ketone(s). and any combination thereof.

[0243] The secreted analyte-binding reagent and the capture reagent can be capable of binding to distinct epitopes of the same secreted analyte. In some embodiments, one or more of the secreted analyte-binding reagents, the capture reagent, and the isolation reagent comprise an antibody or fragment thereof. The antibody or fragment thereof can comprise a monoclonal antibody. The antibody or fragment thereof can comprise a Fab, a Fab’, a F(ab')2, a Fv, a scFv, a dsFv, a diabody, a triabody, a tetrabody, a multispecific antibody formed from antibody fragments, a single-domain antibody (sdAb), a single chain comprising complementary scFvs (tandem scFvs) or bispecific tandem scFvs, an Fv construct, a disulfide-linked Fv, a dual variable domain immunoglobulin (DVD-Ig) binding protein or a nanobody, an aptamer, an affibody, an affilin, an affitin, an affimer, an alphabody, an anticalin, an avimer, a DARPin, a Fynomer, a Kunitz domain peptide, a monobody, or any combination thereof. The capture reagent and/or the isolation reagent can be conjugated to the first solid support and/or the second solid support by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction, a nucleophilic substitution reaction, a non-aldol type carbonyl reaction, an addition to carboncarbon multiple bond, an oxidation reaction, a click reaction, or any combination thereof.

[0244] The at least one secreted analyte can comprise a lymphokine, an interleukin, a chemokine, or any combination thereof. The at least one secreted analyte can comprise a cytokine, a hormone, a molecular toxin, or any combination thereof. The at least one secreted analyte can comprise a nerve growth factor, a hepatic growth factor, a fibroblast growth factor, a vascular endothelial growth factor, a platelet-derived growth factor, a transforming growth factor, an osteoinductive factor, an interferon, a colony stimulating factor, or any combination thereof. The at least one secreted analyte can comprise angiogenin. angiopoietin-1. angiopoietin- 2, bNGF, cathepsin S, Galectin-7, GCP-2, G-CSF, GM-CSF, PAI-1, PDGF-AA, PDGF-BB, PDGF-AB, P1GF, P1GF-2, SDF-1, Tie2, VEGF-A, VEGF-C, VEGF-D, VEGF-R1, VEGF-R2, VEGF-R3, 6Ckine, angiopoietin-1, angiopoietin-2, BLC, BRAK, CD186, ENA-78, Eotaxin-1, Eotaxin-2, Eotaxin-3, EpCAM, GDF-15, GM-CSF, GRO, HCC-4, 1-309. IFN-y, IL-la, IL-ip, IL-1R4 (ST2), IL-2, IL-2R, IL-3, IL-3Ra, IL-5, IL-6, IL-6R, IL-7, IL-8, IL-8 RB, IL-11, IL-12, IL-12p40, IL-12p70, IL-13, IL-13 Rl, IL-13R2, IL-15, IL-15Ra, IL-16, IL-17, IL-17C, IL-17E, IL-17F, IL-17R, IL-18, IL-18BPa, IL-18 Ra, IL-20, IL-23, IL-27, IL-28, IL-31, IL-33, IP-10, I- TAC, LIF, LIX. LRP6, MadCAM-1, MCP-1, MCP-2, MCP-3, MCP-4, M-CSF, MIF, MIG, MIP-1 gamma, MIP-la, MIP-ip, MIP-15, MIP-3a, MIP-3 , MPIF-1, PARC, PF4, RANTES, Resistin, SCF, SCYB16, TACI, TARC, TSLP, TNF-a, TNF-R1, TRAIL-R4, TREM-1, Activin A, Amphiregulin, Axl, BDNF, BMP4, cathepsin S, EGF, FGF-1, FGF-2, FGF-7, FGF-21, Follistatin, Galectin-7, Gas6, GDF-15, HB-EGF, HGF, IGFBP-1. IGFBP-3, LAP, NGF R, NrCAM. NT-3, NT-4, PAI-1. TGF-a, TGF-p. TGF- 3. TRAIL-R4, ADAMTS1, cathepsin S, FGF-2, Follistatin, Galectin-7, GCP-2, GDF-15, IGFBP-6, LIF, MMP-9, pro-MMP9, RANK, RANKL, RANTES, SDF-1, CXCR4, or any combination thereof.

[0245] The surface cellular target can comprise a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, an extracellular protein, a cell-surface protein, a cell marker, a B-cell receptor, a T-cell receptor, a major histocompatibility complex, a tumor antigen, a receptor, an intracellular protein, or any combination thereof. The surface cellular target can comprise a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, or any combination thereof. The surface cellular target can comprise CD la, CD lb, CDlc, CDld, CDle, CD2, CD3, CD3d. CD3e, CD3g, CD4, CD5, CD6, CD7, CD8a. CD8b. CD9, CD10, CDl la. CDl lb, CDl lc, CDl ld. CDwl2, CD13, CD14. CD15, CD15u, CD15s, CD15su, CD16, CD16b, CD17, CD18, CD19, CD20, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD30, CD31, CD32, CD33, CD34, CD35, CD36, CD37, CD38, CD39, CD40, CD41, CD42a. CD42b, CD42c. CD42d, CD43, CD44, CD45, CD45RA. CD45RB, CD45RC, CD45RO, CD46, CD47. CD48, CD49a. CD49b, CD49c, CD49d, CD49e, CD49f, CD50, CD51, CD52, CD53, CD54, CD55, CD56, CD57, CD58, CD59, CD60a, CD60b, CD60c, CD61, CD62E, CD62L, CD62P, CD63, CD64, CD65, CD65s, CD66a, CD66b, CD66c, CD66d, CD66e, CD66f, CD68, CD69, CD70, CD71, CD72, CD73, CD74, CD75, CD75s, CD77, CD79a, CD79b, CD80, CD81, CD82, CD83, CD84, CD85a, CD85d, CD85j, CD85k, CD86, CD87, CD88, CD89, CD90, CD91, CD92, CD93, CD94, CD95, CD96, CD97, CD98, CD99, CD99R, CD100, CD101, CD102, CD103, CD104, CD105, CD106, CD107a, CD107b, CD108, CD109, CD110, CD111, CD112, CD113, CD114, CD115, CD116, CD117, CD118, CD119, CD120a, CD120b, CD121a, CD121b, CD122. CD123, CD124, CD125, CD126, CD127, CD129, CD130. CD131, CD132. CD133, CD134, CD135. CD136, CD137. CD138, CD139, CD140a, CD140b, CD141, CD142, CD143, CD144, CDwl45, CD146, CD147, CD148, CDwl49, CD150, CD151, CD152, CD153, CD154, CD155, CD156a, CD156b, CD156c, CD157, CD158e, CD158i, CD158k, CD159a, CD159c, CD160, CD161, CD162, CD163, CD164, CD165, CD166, CD167a, CD167b, CD168. CD169. CD170. CD171, CD172a, CD172b, CD172g, CD173, CD174, CD175, CD175s, CD176, CD177, CD178, CD179a, CD179b, CD180, CD181, CD182, CD183, CD184, CD185, CD186, CD191, CD192, CD193, CD194, CD195, CD196, CD197, CDwl98, CD199, CD200, CD201, CD202b, CD203c, CD204, CD205, CD206, CD207, CD208, CD209, CD210, CDw210b, CD212, CD213al, CD213a2, CD215, CD217a, CD218a, CD218b, CD220, CD221, CD222, CD223, CD224, CD225, CD226, CD227, CD228, CD229, CD230, CD231, CD232, CD233, CD234, CD235a, CD235b, CD236, CD236R, CD238, CD239, CD240CE, CD240DCE, CD240D, CD241, CD242, CD243, CD244, CD245, CD246, CD247, CD248. CD249, CD252, CD253, CD254, CD256. CD266, CD267, CD268, CD269. CD270, CD271. CD272, CD273, CD274. CD275, CD276. CD277, CD278, CD279, CD280, CD281, CD282, CD283, CD284, CD286, CD289, CD290, CD292, CDw293, CD294, CD295, CD296, CD297, CD298, CD299, CD300a, CD3OOc, CD3OOe, CD3O1, CD302, CD303, CD304, CD305, CD306, CD307a, CD3O7b, CD307c, CD307d, CD3O7e, CD308, CD309, CD312, CD314, CD315. CD316, CD317, CD318, CD319, CD320. CD321, CD322,

CD324, CD325, CD326, CD327, CD328, CD329, CD33L CD332, CD333, CD334, CD335,

CD336, CD337, CD338, CD339, CD340, CD344, CD349, CD350, CD351, CD352, CD353,

CD354, CD355, CD357, CD358, CD360, CD361, CD362, CD363, CD364, CD365, CD366,

CD367, CD368, CD369, CD370. CD371, BCMA, a HLA protein, p2-microglobulin, or any combination thereof.

Simultaneous single cell secretome. proteome. and transcriptome analysis

[0246] There are provided, in some embodiments, methods for quantitative analysis of the transcriptome and/or proteome of the single cells. The methods and systems described herein can be used with methods and systems using antibodies associated with (e.g., attached to or conjugated with) oligonucleotides (also referred to herein as AbOs or AbOligos). Embodiments of using AbOs to determine protein expression profiles in single cells and tracking sample origins have been described in U.S. Patent Application No. 15/715,028, published as US2018/0088112, and US2018/0346970; the content of each is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. The one or more single cells can comprise a plurality of cellular component targets. The method can comprise: contacting a plurality of cellular component-binding reagents with the one or more single cells, each of the plurality of cellular component-binding reagents comprises a cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique identifier sequence for the cellular component-binding reagent, and the cellular componentbinding reagent is capable of specifically binding to at least one of the plurality' of cellular component targets; contacting a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes with the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides for hybridization, the oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a molecular label and a first universal sequence; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides to generate a plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides each comprising a sequence complementary to at least a portion of the unique identifier sequence and the molecular label; and obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, to determine the number of copies of at least one cellular component target of the plurality of cellular component targets in each of the one or more single cells. The cellular componentbinding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a sequence complementary to the capture sequence configured to capture the cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide. The sequence complementary to the capture sequence can comprise a poly(dA) region.

[0247] In some embodiments, the plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides comprise a complement of the first universal sequence. The cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a fourth universal sequence. In some embodiments, obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, comprises: amplitying the plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, using a primer capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence, or a complement thereof, and a primer capable of hybridizing to the fourth universal sequence, or a complement thereof, to generate a plurality of amplified barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides; and obtaining sequencing data of the plurality of amplified barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof. Obtaining the sequence information can comprise attaching sequencing adaptors to the plurality of barcoded cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof. The method can comprise after contacting the plurality of cellular component-binding reagents with the one or more single cells, removing one or more cellular component-binding reagents of the plurality of cellular component-binding reagents that are not contacted with the one or more single cells. Removing the one or more cellular component-binding reagents not contacted with the one or more single cells can comprise: removing the one or more cellular component-binding reagents not contacted with the respective at least one of the plurality of cellular component targets. The cellular component target can comprise an intracellular protein, a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, an extracellular protein, a cell-surface protein, a cell marker, a B-cell receptor, a T-cell receptor, a major histocompatibility complex, a tumor antigen, a receptor, an intracellular protein, or any combination thereof. The cellular component target can comprise a housekeeping protein, and the detection of said housekeeping protein can indicate the presence of a single cell in the partition.

[0248] In some embodiments, the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes are associated with a third solid support. A partition of the plurality of partitions can comprise a single third solid support. The partition can be a well or a droplet. Each oligonucleotide barcode can comprise a first universal sequence. The oligonucleotide barcode can comprise a targetbinding region comprising a capture sequence. The target-binding region can comprise a poly(dT) region. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a sequence complementary to the capture sequence configured to capture the secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotide. The sequence complementary to the capture sequence can comprise a poly(dA) region. In some embodiments, the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides comprise a complement of the first universal sequence. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a second universal sequence.

[0249] In some embodiments, obtaining sequence information of the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, comprises: amplifying the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof, using a primer capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence, or a complement thereof, and a primer capable of hybridizing to the second universal sequence, or a complement thereof, to generate a plurality of amplified barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides: and obtaining sequencing data of the plurality of amplified barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof.

[0250] The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a second molecular label. In some embodiments, at least ten of the plurality of secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotides comprise different second molecular label sequences. In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two secreted analytebinding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and the unique identifier sequences of the at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are identical. In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and the unique identifier sequences of the at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different. In some embodiments, the number of unique first molecular label sequences associated with the unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent capable of specifically binding to the at least one secreted analyte in the sequencing data indicates the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells. In some embodiments, the number of unique second molecular label sequences associated with the unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent capable of specifically binding to the at least one secreted analyte in the sequencing data indicates the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels and/or second molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining the number of copies of the at least one secreted analyte secreted by each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels and/or second molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the plurality of amplified barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof. In some embodiments, obtaining the sequence information comprises attaching sequencing adaptors to the plurality of barcoded secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides, or products thereof. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can be configured to be detachable from the secreted analyte-binding reagent. The method can comprise dissociating the secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide from the secreted analyte-binding reagent.

[0251] The systems, methods, compositions, and kits provided herein can, in some embodiments, be employed in concert with the systems, methods, compositions, and kits for flow proxy assays described in WO2023172977, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. For example, provided herein include a plurality of detectable conjugates, wherein each of the plurality of detectable conjugates comprises a detectable moiety, or precursor thereof and a unique identifier specific oligonucleotide comprising a sequence configured to bind a unique analyte identifier sequence, wherein detectable conjugates capable of binding the same unique analyte identifier sequence comprise the same detectable moiety, or a precursor thereof, and wherein detectable conjugates capable of binding different unique analyte identifier sequences comprise different detectable moieties, or precursors thereof. Methods provided herein can comprise measuring emissions of the detectable moiety of each detectable conjugate with an instrument as an indication of the amount each of secreted analytebinding reagent bound to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent.

[0252] Determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells can comprise determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels with distinct sequences, complements thereof, or a combination thereof, associated with the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules, or products thereof. The method can comprise: contacting random primers with the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules, each of the random primers comprises a third universal sequence, or a complement thereof; and extending the random primers hybridized to the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules to generate a plurality of extension products. The method can comprise amplifying the plurality of extension products using primers capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence or complements thereof, and primers capable of hybridizing the third universal sequence or complements thereof, thereby generating a first plurality of barcoded amplicons. Ampli Tying the plurality of extension products can comprise adding sequences of binding sites of sequencing primers and/or sequencing adaptors, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof, to the plurality of extension products. The method can comprise determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the first plurality of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof. Determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells can comprise determining the number of each of the plurality of nucleic acid targets in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of the first molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with barcoded amplicons of the first plurality of barcoded amplicons comprising a sequence of the each of the plurality of nucleic acid targets. The sequence of the each of the plurality of nucleic acid targets can comprise a subsequence of the each of the plurality of nucleic acid targets. The sequence of the nucleic acid target in the first plurality of barcoded amplicons can comprise a subsequence of the nucleic acid target.

[0253] The method can comprise amplifying the first plurality of barcoded amplicons using primers capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence or complements thereof, and primers capable of hybridizing the third universal sequence or complements thereof, thereby generating a second plurality of barcoded amplicons. Amplifying the first plurality of barcoded amplicons can comprise adding sequences of binding sites of sequencing primers and/or sequencing adaptors, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof, to the first plurality of barcoded amplicons. The method can comprise determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the second plurality of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof. In some embodiments, the first plurality of barcoded amplicons and/or the second plurality of barcoded amplicons comprise whole transcriptome amplification (WTA) products.

[0254] The method can comprise synthesizing a third plurality of barcoded amplicons using the plurality of barcoded nucleic acid molecules as templates to generate a third plurality of barcoded amplicons. Synthesizing a third plurality of barcoded amplicons can comprise performing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the plurality of the barcoded nucleic acid molecules. Synthesizing a third plurality of barcoded amplicons can comprise PCR amplification using primers capable of hybridizing to the first universal sequence, or a complement thereof and a target-specific primer. The method can comprise obtaining sequence information of the third plurality of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof. Obtaining the sequence information can comprise attaching sequencing adaptors to the third plurality of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof. The method can comprise determining the copy number of the nucleic acid target in each of the one or more single cells based on the number of first molecular labels with distinct sequences associated with the third plurality of barcoded amplicons, or products thereof.

[0255] The nucleic acid target can comprise a nucleic acid molecule. The nucleic acid molecule can comprise ribonucleic acid (RNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), microRNA, small interfering RNA (siRNA), RNA degradation product, RNA comprising a poly(A) tail, a sample indexing oligonucleotide, a cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, extending the plurality' of oligonucleotide barcodes comprising extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes using a reverse transcriptase and/or a DNA polymerase lacking at least one of 5’ to 3‘ exonuclease activity and 3’ to 5’ exonuclease activity. The DNA polymerase can comprise a Klenow Fragment. The reverse transcriptase can comprise a viral reverse transcriptase (e.g., a murine leukemia virus (MLV) reverse transcriptase or a Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) reverse transcriptase). In some embodiments, the first universal sequence, the second universal sequence, the third universal sequence, and/or the fourth universal sequence are the same. In some embodiments, the first universal sequence, the second universal sequence, the third universal sequence, and/or the fourth universal sequence are different. In some embodiments, the first universal sequence, the second universal sequence, the third universal sequence, and/or the fourth universal sequence comprise the binding sites of sequencing primers and/or a sequencing adaptor, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. In some embodiments, the sequencing adaptors comprise a P5 sequence, a P7 sequence, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. In some embodiments, the sequencing primers comprise a Read 1 sequencing primer, a Read 2 sequencing primer, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. In some embodiments, at least 10 of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes comprise different first molecular label sequences. In some embodiments, the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes each comprise a cell label. Each cell label of the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes can comprise at least 6 nucleotides. In some embodiments, oligonucleotide barcodes associated with the same third solid support comprise the same cell label. In some embodiments, oligonucleotide barcodes associated with different third solid supports comprise different cell labels.

Compositions and Kits

[0256] There are provided, in some embodiments, compositions (e.g., kits). In some embodiments, the composition comprises: a plurality of first solid supports comprising a plurality of capture reagents capable of specifically binding to at least one of a plurality of secreted analytes secreted by a single cell; and a plurality ⁷ of secreted analyte-binding reagents each capable of specifically binding to a secreted analyte bound by a capture reagent, wherein each of the plurality of secreted analyte-binding reagents comprises a secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide comprising a unique analyte identifier sequence for the secreted analyte-binding reagent. In some embodiments, the secreted analyte-binding reagents and the capture reagent are capable of binding to distinct epitopes of the same secreted analyte. The composition can comprise: a plurality of second solid supports comprising isolation reagents capable of specifically binding to a surface cellular target.

[0257] The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a second molecular label sequence. The second molecular label sequence can be 2-20 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and wherein the unique identifier sequences of the at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are identical. In some embodiments, the second molecular label sequences of at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different, and wherein the unique identifier sequences of the at least two secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotides are different.

[0258] The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a second universal sequence. The second universal sequence can comprise a binding site of a sequencing primers and/or sequencing adaptor, complementary ⁷ sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. The sequencing adaptor can comprise a P5 sequence, a P7 sequence, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof. The sequencing primer can comprise a Read 1 sequencing primer, a Read 2 sequencing primer, complementary sequences thereof, and/or portions thereof.

[0259] The cellular component-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise a poly(dA) region. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can comprise an alignment sequence adjacent to the poly(dA) region. The alignment sequence can be one or more nucleotides in length. The alignment sequence can be two or more nucleotides in length. The alignment sequence can comprise a guanine, a cytosine, a thymine, a uracil, or a combination thereof. The alignment sequence can comprise a poly(dT) sequence, a poly(dG) sequence, a poly(dC) sequence, a poly(dU) sequence, or a combination thereof. The alignment sequence can be 5’ to the poly(dA) region.

[0260] The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can be associated with the secreted analyte-binding reagent through a linker. The linker can comprise a carbon chain. The carbon chain can comprise 2-30 carbons. The carbon chain can comprise 12 carbons. The linker can comprise 5’ amino modifier C12 (5AmMC12), or a derivative thereof. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can be attached to the secreted analyte-binding reagent. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can be covalently attached to the secreted analyte-binding reagent. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can be non-covalently attached to the secreted analyte-binding reagent. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can be conjugated to the secreted analyte-binding reagent. The secreted analyte-binding reagent specific oligonucleotide can be conjugated to the secreted analyte-binding reagent through a chemical group selected from a UV photocleavable group, a streptavidin, a biotin, an amine, and a combination thereof.

[0261] The composition can comprise a DNA polymerase (e.g., a Klenow Fragment) lacking at least one of 5’ to 3’ exonuclease activity and 3‘ to 5' exonuclease activity. The composition can comprise a reverse transcriptase, such as a viral reverse transcriptase (e.g., murine leukemia virus (MLV) reverse transcriptase or a Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) reverse transcriptase). The composition can comprise a buffer, a cartridge, or both. The composition can comprise a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes. The plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes are associated with a third solid support. The composition can comprise third solid supports.

EXAMPLES

[0262] Some aspects of the embodiments discussed above are disclosed in further detail in the following examples, which are not in any way intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

Example 1

Solid support-based compositions and methods

[0263] This example describes non-limiting exemplary solid support-based compositions and methods provided herein. This example provides data demonstrating the feasibility of loading Calcein positive single peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) (green) along with CBA beads (7.5 microns) in a Rhapsody cartridge. FIG. 6 depicts data related to use of the solid supports provided herein in a Rhapsody cartridge. This example shows 0.5 microns size (dragon green) beads can be included along with cells in Rhapsody cartridge in a sequential manner. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were stained with Calcein and loaded on Rhapsody cartridge to obtain single cells. Beads that var ⁷ in size and green fluorescence - CBA beads (7.5 microns), 15 microns beads and dragon green beads (0.5 microns) were loaded sequentially. Images obtained by Rhapsody scanner were overlayed using ImageJ software. Arrow #1 depicts cells stained with calcein (bright green). Arrow #2 depicts dragon green 0.5 micron beads. Arrow #3 depicts CBA beads (7.5 microns). Arrow #4 depicts 15 microns beads. Additionally, data also suggested that PBMC can be cultured in Rhapsody cartridge for 48 hours.

Example 2

Single-cell Secretome Workflow Proof of Principle

[0264] The feasibility of the cartridge loading workflow on a BD Rhapsody™ system was tested employing compositions and methods provided herein. The feasibility of single-cell secretome workflows provided herein were examined on a BD Rhapsody™ system. Magnetic bead (BD iMag) bound peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were loaded onto a BD Rhapsody™ cartridge (FIG. 7). Subsequently the single-cell secretome beads (scS beads) were loaded followed by loading of BD Rhapsody™ beads (FIG. 7). Cell lysis was performed according to protocol. Lastly, the complex of BD Rhapsody™ bead and scS bead were successfully retrieved for downstream library preparation as evidenced by BD Rhapsody™ scanner (FIG. 7), demonstrating the feasibility ⁷ of the compositions and methods provided herein.

[0265] Next, a novel flow cytometry -based method was used to validate/QC singlecell Secretome (scS) beads and detector antibodies (FIGS. 8A-8C). FIG. 8A depicts a schematic illustration of a non-limiting exemplary workflow. scS beads were generated and incubated with recombinant IFNy (FIG. 8A). The beads were washed to remove unbound IFNy, detector antibodies with a unique oligo sequence were added followed by addition of Alexa Fluor 647 (AF647)-dT which can bind with the detector Ab (FIG. 8A). The bead complexes were acquired using flow cytometry to confirm the formation of the complex (FIGS. 8B-8C). FIG. 8B shows that a positive signal was detected upon addition of AF647-dT, suggesting both the scS bead and detector Ab are functional. FIG. 8C shows increased AF647 signal was detected with an increasing amount of IFNy which confirms the binding specificity. As seen in FIG. 8B. a positive signal is detected, validating the scS beads and detector antibodies. As seen in FIG. 8C, scS beads can capture an increasing amount of IFNy cytokines.

[0266] Finally, the compositions and workflows provided herein were tested using real-time PCR. FIG. 9A depicts a schematic illustration of a non-limiting exemplary workflow (FIG. 9A) related to detection of the cytokine secretion using real-time PCR on the BD Rhapsody™ system. scS beads bound with or without recombinant IFNy were added onto a BD Rhapsody™ cartridge. After addition of detector antibody, the bead complex were retrieved from the cartridge. Real-time PCR was performed using the two samples, and a significantly higher level of PCR signal was detected from the “with IFN sample"’ compared to “without IFN sample” - 2 ¹² fold more signal in ‘+IFNy’ compared to '- IFNy’.

[0267] Collectively, these results provide proof of principle for the single-cell secretome methods and compositions provided herein.

Terminology

[0268] In at least some of the previously described embodiments, one or more elements used in an embodiment can interchangeably be used in another embodiment unless such a replacement is not technically feasible. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various other omissions, additions and modifications may be made to the methods and structures described above without departing from the scope of the claimed subject matter. All such modifications and changes are intended to fall within the scope of the subject matter, as defined by the appended claims.

[0269] One skilled in the art will appreciate that, for this and other processes and methods disclosed herein, the functions performed in the processes and methods can be implemented in differing order. Furthermore, the outlined steps and operations are only provided as examples, and some of the steps and operations can be optional, combined into fewer steps and operations, or expanded into additional steps and operations without detracting from the essence of the disclosed embodiments.

[0270] With respect to the use of substantially any plural and/or singular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate from the plural to the singular and/or from the singular to the plural as is appropriate to the context and/or application. The various singular/plural permutations may be expressly set forth herein for sake of clarity. As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Any reference to “or” herein is intended to encompass “and/or” unless otherwise stated.

[0271] It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to embodiments containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “ a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A. B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “ a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A. B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”

[0272] In addition, where features or aspects of the disclosure are described in terms of Markush groups, those skilled in the art will recognize that the disclosure is also thereby described in terms of any individual member or subgroup of members of the Markush group.

[0273] As will be understood by one skilled in the art, for any and all purposes, such as in terms of providing a written description, all ranges disclosed herein also encompass any and all possible sub-ranges and combinations of sub-ranges thereof. Any listed range can be easily recognized as sufficiently describing and enabling the same range being broken down into at least equal halves, thirds, quarters, fifths, tenths, etc. As a non-limiting example, each range discussed herein can be readily broken down into a lower third, middle third and upper third, etc. As will also be understood by one skilled in the art all language such as “up to,” “at least,” “greater than,” “less than,” and the like include the number recited and refer to ranges which can be subsequently broken down into sub-ranges as discussed above. Finally, as will be understood by one skilled in the art, a range includes each individual member. Thus, for example, a group having 1-3 articles refers to groups having 1, 2, or 3 articles. Similarly, a group having 1-5 articles refers to groups having 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 articles, and so forth.

[0274] From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that various embodiments of the present disclosure have been described herein for purposes of illustration, and that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the various embodiments disclosed herein are not intended to be limiting, with the true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims.