Crick-2023

"Lessons from working on the edge of human brain transcriptomics with spatially-resolved transcriptomics and deconvolution" seminar on 2023-05-23 at The Francis Crick Institute

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1. @lcolladotor lcolladotor.github.io lcolladotor.github.io/bioc_team_ds Lessons from working on the edge of human brain transcriptomics with spatially-resolved transcriptomics and deconvolution Leonardo Collado Torres, Investigator The Francis Crick Institute May 23 2023 Slides available at speakerdeck.com/lcolladotor
2. doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.06.005 Michael Gandal @mikejg84 Transcriptomic Insight Into the Polygenic Mechanisms Underlying Psychiatric Disorders
3. Background: Human DLPFC 3 slideshare.net Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
4. doi.org/10.1186/s12859-021-04142-3 Nicholas J Eagles @Nick-Eagles (GitHub) Upcoming LIBD Data portal built on top of SPEAQeasy & PopTop & BiocMAP
5. https://twitter.com/lcolladotor/status/1506998412809412612 Keri Martinowich @martinowk
6. Zoom in: snRNA-seq → deconvolution of bulk RNA-seq Matthew N Tran @mattntran Kristen R Maynard @kr_maynard Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki Keri Martinowich @martinowk Stephanie C Hicks @stephaniehicks
7. What is Deconvolution? • Inferring the composition of different cell types in a bulk RNA-seq data Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
8. Interaction eQTLs with cell type proportions github.com/LieberInstitute/goesHyde_mdd_rnaseq/tree/master/eqtl/code
9. Reference Single Cell Data 9 deconvolution(Y, Z) = Proportion of Cell Types Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
10. 10x snRNA-seq Reference Data Tran, Maynard et al., Neuron, 2021 AMY DLPFC HPC NAc sACC Astro 1638 782 1170 1099 907 Endo 31 0 0 0 0 Macro 0 10 0 22 0 Micro 1168 388 1126 492 784 Mural 39 18 43 0 0 Oligo 6080 5455 5912 6134 4584 OPC 1459 572 838 669 911 Tcell 31 9 26 0 0 Excit 443 2388 623 0 4163 Inhib 3117 1580 366 11476 3974 @mattntran Matthew N Tran
11. Marker Finding 11 deconvolution(Y, Z) = Proportion of Cell Types Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
12. 1vAll Markers vs. Mean Ratio Markers 12 Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki research.libd.org/DeconvoBuddies/
13. 1vAll Markers vs. Mean Ratio Markers 13 Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki research.libd.org/DeconvoBuddies/
14. Methods 14 deconvolution(Y, Z) = Proportion of Cell Types Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
15. Method Summary Method Regression Correction for Technical Variation Other Features MuSiC Wang et al, Nature Communications, 2019 W-NNLS regression (Weighted - Non-negative least squares) None Tree guided deconvolution, good for closely related cell types Bisque Jew et al, Nature Communications, 2020 NNLS regresion Gene specific transformation of bulk data Leverage overlapping bulk & sc data SCDC Dong et al, Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2020 W-NNLS framework proposed by MuSiC Option for Gene specific transformation of bulk data (from Bisque) Multiple reference datasets can be used, results combined with ENSEMBL weights DWLS Tsoucas, Nature Communications, 2019 Dampened Weighted least squares None 15
16. Method Regression Method Run Time Marker Evaluation Adjust for snRNA-seq vs. Bulk Tissues Tested Consider Cell Size Reference Set MuSiC W-NNLS Min. Internal Weighting No Pancreatic Islet, Rat & Mouse Kidney Yes Bisque NNLS Min. No Yes Adipose, DLPFC Recommend 3+ donors SCDC W-NNLS Min. Internal Weighting Yes Pancreatic Islet, mouse mammary Can input multiple references DWLS DWLS Hours Internal Selection No Mouse kidney, lung, liver, small intestine 16
17. Which Method is the Most Accurate? • Benchmarking shows that different methods perform best on different data sets (Cobos et al, Nature Communications, 2020) • Benchmarking results from different papers on “real” data ◦ MuSiC paper: MuSiC > NNLS > BSEQ-sx > CIBERSORT ▪ Pancreatic Islet: Beta cells vs. HbA1c (Fig 2a) ◦ Bisque paper: Bisque > MuSiC > CIBERSORT ▪ DLPFC: Microglia vs. Braak stage, Neuron vs. Cognitive diagnostic category (Fig 4) ◦ SCDC paper: SCDC > MuSiC > Bisque > DWLS > CIBERSORT ▪ Pancreatic Islet: Beta cells vs. HbA1c (Fig 4b) ◦ Cobos benchmark: DWLS > MuSiC > Bisque > deconvoSeq ▪ Human PMBC flow sorted (Fig 7) 17 Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
18. Results + Validation 18 deconvolution(Y, Z) = Proportion of Cell Types Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
19. Mean Proportions By Region: Tran et al, bioRxiv, 2020 (5 donors, 6 cell types) Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
20. Peric = Mural + Endo Mean Proportions By Region: Tran et al, Neuron, 2021 (8 donors, 10 cell types) Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
21. • Run with set of 20 & 25 marker genes per cell type • Bisque is more robust to changes in the marker set than MuSiC Method Sensitivity to Marker Set 25 vs. 20 Genes Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
22. Sean Maden @MadenSean Sang Ho Kwon @sanghokwon17 #deconvochallenge doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.06501
23. #deconvochallenge Challenges and opportunities to computationally deconvolve heterogeneous tissue with varying cell sizes using single cell RNA-sequencing datasets doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.06501 Sean Maden @MadenSean
24. Sean Maden @MadenSean Sang Ho Kwon @sanghokwon17 #deconvochallenge doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.06501
25. Motivation • Improve Deconvolution algorithms by considering differences in size and RNA content between cell types • Use smFISH with RNAscope to establish data set of: ◦ Cellular composition ◦ Nuclei sizes of major cell types ◦ Average nuclei RNA content of major cell types How do we measure total RNA content of a cell if we can only observe a few genes at a time? Use a TREG Data-driven Identification of Total RNA Expression Genes (TREGs) for Estimation of RNA Abundance in Heterogeneous Cell Types research.libd.org/TREG/ doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.28.489923 Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki #TREG
26. What is a TREG? • Total RNA Expression Gene • Expression is proportional to the overall RNA expression in a nucleus • In smFISH the count of TREG puncta in a nucleus can estimate the RNA content Data-driven Identification of Total RNA Expression Genes (TREGs) for Estimation of RNA Abundance in Heterogeneous Cell Types research.libd.org/TREG/ doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.28.489923 #TREG
27. Validate with RNAscope • DLPFC from control, sectioned at 10μm • 3 slides with 3 sections each ◦ TREG candidate + cell type marker genes • Images analyzed with HALO TREG Gene AKT3 ARID1B MALAT1/ POLR2A Cell Type Markers GAD1, SLC17A7, MBP GAD1, SLC17A7, MBP SLC17A7, MBP Cell Type Marker Excit SLC17A7 Inhib GAD1 Oligo MBP Kelsey D Montgomery Sang Ho Kwon research.libd.org/TREG/ doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.28.489923
28. Patterns of Observed Puncta • TREGs were expressed in most cells • AKT3 tracks really well with pattern of expression seen in snRNA-seq (ARID1B is also pretty good) snRNA-seq RNAscope Gene Mean Prop. Cells with Expression Prop. non-zero in DLPFC snRNA Standardized β (95% CI) AKT3 0.948 0.92 -1.38 (-1.39,-1.37) ARID1B 0.908 0.94 -0.62 (-0.62,-0.61) MALAT1 0.910 1.00 -0.11 (-0.12,-0.11) POLR2A 0.853 0.30 -0.98 (-0.99,-0.98) snRNA-seq NA NA -1.33 (-1.35,-1.31) Remember: MALAT1’s puncta data is unreliable research.libd.org/TREG/ doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.28.489923
29. research.libd.org/TREG/ doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.28.489923 Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
30. #deconvochallenge Challenges and opportunities to computationally deconvolve heterogeneous tissue with varying cell sizes using single cell RNA-sequencing datasets doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.06501 Sean Maden @MadenSean
31. Sean Maden @MadenSean #deconvochallenge doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.06501
32. Zoom in: spatial omics Kristen R Maynard @kr_maynard Keri Martinowich @martinowk Stephanie C Hicks @stephaniehicks Andrew E Jaffe @andrewejaffe Stephanie C Page @CerceoPage
33. Visium Platform for Spatial Gene Expression Image from 10x Genomics - A slide contains 4 capture areas, each full of thousands of 55um-wide “spots” (often containing 1-10 cells) - Unique barcodes in each spot bind to particular genes; after sequencing, gene expression can be tied back to exact spots, forming a spatial map Kristen R. Maynard 33
34. bioconductor.org/packages/spatialLIBD Pardo et al, 2022 DOI 10.1186/s12864-022-08601-w Maynard, Collado-Torres, 2021 DOI 10.1038/s41593-020-00787-0 Brenda Pardo Abby Spangler @PardoBree @abspangler Louise A. Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
35. 2 pairs spatial adjacent replicates x subject = 12 sections 35 Subject 1 Subject 2 Subject 3 Adjacent spatial replicates (0μm) Adjacent spatial replicates (300μm) PCP4 Maynard, Collado-Torres, et al, Nat Neuro, 2021
36. “Pseudo-bulking” collapses data: spot to layer level 36 Maynard, Collado-Torres, et al, Nat Neuro, 2021
37. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-00787-0 twitter.com/lcolladotor/status/1233661576433061888 from 2020-02-29 Andrew E Jaffe @andrewejaffe Kristen R Maynard @kr_maynard Keri Martinowich @martinowk
38. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-00787-0 twitter.com/lcolladotor/status/1233661576433061888 from 2020-02-29 DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac299 Since Feb 2020 spatialLIBD::fetch_data() provides access to SpatialExperiment R/Bioconductor objects Stephanie C Hicks @stephaniehicks Lukas M Weber @lmweber
39. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-00787-0 twitter.com/lcolladotor/status/1233661576433061888 from 2020-02-29 twitter.com/CrowellHL/status/1597579271945715717 DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac299 Since Feb 2020 spatialLIBD::fetch_data() provides access to SpatialExperiment R/Bioconductor objects
40. #spatialDLPFC 40 doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.15.528722 Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki Abby Spangler @abspangler Nicholas J Eagles @Nick-Eagles (GitHub)
41. BayesSpace clustering with batch correction worked best for multiple samples 41 doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.15.528722 twitter.com/CrowellHL/status/1597579271945715717
42. Different Resolutions of BayesSpace Clustering k = number of clusters • k=2: separate white vs. grey matter • k=9: best reiterated histological layers • k=16: data-driven optimal k based on fast H+ statistic 42 More Clusters = More Complexity doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.15.528722
43. Spatial Registration Adds Anatomical Context • Validate detection of laminar structure • Correlate enrichment t-statistics for top marker genes of reference ◦ Cluster vs. manual annotation • Annotate with strongly associated histological layer 43 Sp k D d ~L doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.15.528722
44. Spatial Registration of Spatial Domains • Map SpDs to Maynard et al. manual annotated layers • Highlight most strongly associated histological layer to add biological context 44 doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.15.528722
45. Identify Layer Associated Neuron Populations 45 • Apply Spatial Registration with manual layers • 13 layer-level cell types ◦ Assign Excitatory Neurons histological layers ◦ Pool other cell type groups Kelsey D Montgomery
46. Layer-level Cell Type Marker genes 46 Louise A Huuki-Myers @lahuuki
47. Spot Deconvolution 47 Cell 1 Cell 2 … Cell N Gene 1 0 0 … 0 Gene 2 2 5 … 3 … … … … … Gene i 1 0 … 0 Spot 1 Spot 2 … Spot M Gene 1 1 0 … 3 Gene 2 0 1 … 0 … … … … … Gene j 4 2 … 2 Astro Excit … Inhib Spot 1 1 1 … 1 Spot 2 … … … … … … Spot N 1 0 … 2 Single- Nucleus Spatial Deconvolved Results Spot 1 Nicholas J Eagles @Nick-Eagles (GitHub)
48. Existing Spot Deconvolution Software - Explored 3 novel software methods from the literature Software name Overall approach Input Cell Counts Output Tangram (Biancalani et al.) Mapping individual cells Every spot Integer counts Cell2location (Kleshchevnikov et al.) Matching gene-expression profile Average across spots Decimal counts SPOTlight (Elosua-Bayes et al.) Matching gene-expression profile Not used Proportions 48 Excit L5 Counts
49. Benchmarking Spot Deconvolution Software: Theory - How do we measure performance or accuracy of cell-type predictions? - Make orthogonal measurements*: image-derived counts - Leverage prior knowledge: neurons localize to gray matter? - Self-consistency of results: broad vs. fine cell-type results 49 Nicholas J Eagles @Nick-Eagles (GitHub) doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.15.528722
50. Visium Spatial Proteogenomics (SPG) Images as an Orthogonal Measurement 50
51. Visium Spatial Proteogenomics (Visium-SPG) Visium-SPG = Visium SRT + immunofluorescence (using identical tissue samples) Sang Ho Kwon @sanghokwon17
52. Visium-SPG for Paired Imaging and Gene Expression - Channels measure proteins marking for broad cell types: microglia, neurons, oligodendrocytes, and astrocytes Kristen R. Maynard doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.15.528722
53. Using IF to Quantify Cell Types - Visium-SPG IF images mark for several proteins - Fluorescence in image channels correlates with counts of measured cell types Can measure 5 distinct cell types: 53 • Astrocyte (GFAP) • Neuron (NeuN) • Oligodendrocyte (OLIG2) • Microglia (TMEM119) • Other (low signal in all channels) doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.28.525943 Sriworarat, 2023. samuibrowser.com Sang Ho Kwon @sanghokwon17
54. Segmenting Cells on Visium-SPG IF Images 1. Segment cells on IF image 2. Manually label N cells 3. Train cell-type classifier and apply on remaining data Sriworarat, 2023. samuibrowser.com 54 Nicholas J Eagles @Nick-Eagles (GitHub) doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.28.525943
55. Constructing Dataset of Labeled Cells 1. Segment cells on IF image 2. Manually label example cells 3. Train cell-type classifier and apply on remaining data Image Channels Classified Cell Type Cell Mask 55 Annie B. Nguyen
56. Constructing Dataset of Labeled Cells 56 1. Segment cells on IF image 2. Manually label N cells 3. Train cell-type classifier and apply on remaining data Annie B. Nguyen 4 sections * 5 cell types * 30 cells = 600 manually labeled cells doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.28.525943 Sriworarat, 2023. samuibrowser.com
57. Addressing Bias in Cell Selection - Trained logistic regression model on 600-cell dataset - Broke cells into 4 quartiles based on model confidence - Labelled 320 more cells, evenly sampled from all 4 quartiles 57 Cell Type Probability Astro 0.2 Oligo 0.3 Micro 0.1 Neuron 0.45 Other 0.05 4 quartiles * 4 sections * 5 cell types * 4 cells = 320 new cells total 600 old cells + 320 new cells = 920 labeled cells Nicholas J Eagles @Nick-Eagles (GitHub)
58. Training Cell-Type Classifier 58 Model Test Precision Test Recall Decision tree 0.86 0.87 Dataset # Training # Test Split Old 600 480 120 80/20 New 320 240 80 75/25 Combined 920 720 200 ~78/22 1. Segment cells on IF image 2. Manually label N cells 3. Train cell-type classifier and apply on remaining data Grid search with 5-fold CV for each model to select hyperparameters Data Model Final model chosen
59. Benchmark Results: Make Orthogonal Measurements 59 Micro (Br6522_Ant_IF) All points in A -> one point in B
60. Layer-level: collapse Excit_L* into 1 for broad-level 60 Then combine Excitatory and Inhibitory into Neurons to compare vs CART-calculated counts from Visium_SPG
61. Benchmark Results: Make Orthogonal Measurements 61 Broad cell type level Layer level (Excit by layer)
62. Benchmark Results: Leverage Prior Knowledge - Manually annotate spots with histological layer - Explore how cell-type predictions map to annotated layers Kristen R. Maynard A B C
63. Benchmark Results: Self-Consistency of Results Counts from software results using both broad and layer-level cell types were compared, by “collapsing” onto just 4 major cell types. We expect results perfectly on the diagonal! 63
64. Viewing Spot Deconvolution Results: Samui Browser - View: - Fluorescence channels - Spot deconvo results - Segmented cells - Gene expression - Interactive - Quickly zoom/scroll - Full-resolution images samuibrowser.com/from?url=data2.loopybrowser.com/VisiumIF/&s=Br2720_Ant_IF&s=Br6432_Ant_IF&s=Br6522_Ant_IF&s=Br8667_Post_IF Sriworarat, 2023. 64
65. Viewing Spot Deconvolution Results: spatialLIBD apps - View: - spot deconvolution results - spatial domains/ clusters - gene expression - Huge amount of aesthetic customization 65 https://libd.shinyapps.io/spatialDLPFC_Visium_SPG/
66. How Spot Deconvolution Results Were Used A. Better characterize unsupervised spatial domains B. Cell-cell communication; cell-type-informed ligand-receptor interactions in the context of schizophrenia risk A 66 Boyi Guo Melissa Grant-Peters
67. Visium spatial clustering works for variables with high % variance explained. But what about other ones? DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-00787-0
68. twitter.com/sanghokwon17/status/1650589385379962881 from 2023-04-24 Sang Ho Kwon @sanghokwon17 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.20.537710 #Visium_SPG_AD
69. Experimental design & study overview Braak V-VI & CERAD frequent Sang Ho Kwon
70. AD pathology signal is too small to detect by spatially-resolved gene expression alone research.libd.org/Visium_SPG_AD/
71. Identifying transcriptional signatures of AD-related neuropathology Sang Ho Kwon
72. Some challenges ⚠ with Visium 72
73. sc/snRNA-seq QC metrics such as # detected genes, # UMI, mitochondria expression % are likely biologically related!
74. Prashanthi Ravichandran @prashanthi-ravichandran (GH) Artifacts in general are normalized away by library size, though there are caveats
75. Diffusion issues: could be related to permeabilization step
76. Having more data is useful to provide context! Here 4 new samples have low sequencing saturation (outliers) but are within range of good samples from other studies
77. Having more data is useful to provide context! Those 4 samples have great median UMI counts per spot ^_^
78. Software keeps evolving and as leaders in the field we aim to use the best methods 78 Moses, L., Pachter, L. Museum of spatial transcriptomics. Nat Methods 19, 534–546 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01409-2
79. The Development Process - Making a module - New, experimental software can change dramatically (function and syntax) between versions - Promotes collaboration by allowing two researchers to share exact code and instantly run software without special set-up SpatialExperiment release 3.14 SpatialExperiment devel 3.15 module load tangram/1.0.2 module load cell2location/0.8a0 module load spagcn/1.2.0 https://github.com/LieberInstitute/jhpce_mod_source https://github.com/LieberInstitute/jhpce_module_config Nicholas J Eagles @Nick-Eagles (GitHub)
80. The Development Process - Regular interaction with software authors to clarify functionality and report bugs - Documentation for code and author responsiveness on GitHub can be critical in successfully applying software to our data Nicholas J Eagles @Nick-Eagles (GitHub)
81. Documentation + wrapper functions + tests (GitHub Actions + Bioconductor) 81 bioconductor.org/packages/spatialLIBD
82. More challenges ahead Working with multiple capture areas per tissue Nicholas J Eagles @Nick-Eagles (GitHub) Prashanthi Ravichandran @prashanthi-ravichandran (GH) Spot diameter error: ~1.8 → ~1.1 Another pair: ~2.8 → ~0.76
83. lcolladotor.github.io/#projects • Every assay has caveats • We re-use tricks: think adding 0, multiplying by 1 • It nearly always takes a team • Data sharing accelerates science + democratizes access to it • Zooming in allows us to reduce the heterogeneity • We can learn from each other: from uniformly processing our data & re-using it → replicate / validate?
84. jhpce.jhu.edu/knowledge-base/knowledge-base-articles-from-lieber-institute/ research.libd.org/rstatsclub/ Join us Fridays at 9 AM (check the code of conduct please!)
85. www.youtube.com/@lcolladotor/playlists Videos allow us to multiply ourselves We can make you custom selections of videos for a specific problem on DSgs sessions
86. 20 chapters and counting! lcolladotor.github.io/bioc_team_ds
87. Melissa Grant-Peters @mgrantpeters Endorsed by your UCL colleague:
88. lcolladotor.github.io/pkgs lcolladotor.github.io/biocthis
89. @MadhaviTippani Madhavi Tippani @HeenaDivecha Heena R Divecha @lmwebr Lukas M Weber @stephaniehicks Stephanie C Hicks @abspangler Abby Spangler @martinowk Keri Martinowich @CerceoPage Stephanie C Page @kr_maynard Kristen R Maynard @lcolladotor Leonardo Collado-Torres @Nick-Eagles (GH) Nicholas J Eagles Kelsey D Montgomery Sang Ho Kwon Image Analysis Expression Analysis Data Generation Thomas M Hyde @lahuuki Louise A Huuki-Myers @BoyiGuo Boyi Guo @mattntran Matthew N Tran @sowmyapartybun Sowmya Parthiban Slides available at speakerdeck.com /lcolladotor + Many more LIBD, JHU, and external collaborators @mgrantpeters Melissa Grant-Peters @prashanthi-ravichandran (GH) Prashanthi Ravichandran
90. #GBD23 Thank you for having us over in the UK 󰏅!
91. lcolladotor.github.io @lcolladotor