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Association Between Relational Mobility and DNA Methylation in Oxytocin Receptor Gene: A Social Epigenetic Study 关系流动性与催产素受体基因 DNA 甲基化之间的关系:一项社会表观遗传学研究
Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.27.609977
Shubing Li, Junko Yamada, Toru Ishihara, Kuniyuki Nishina, Shota Nishitani, Tetsuhiko Sasaki, Tetsuya Matsuda, Miho Inoue-Murayama, Haruto Takagishi
DNA methylation is a type of epigenetic modification known to exhibit fluctuations in response to environmental factors. The association of macrosocial factors, such as interpersonal mobility, on methylation has seldom been investigated. This study aimed to examine the association of relational mobility, defined as the extent to which individuals can form and replace social relationships, on the DNA methylation of oxytocin receptor genes. DNA was extracted from the buccal cells of 95 adult participants (50 men and 45 women) and subjected to microarray analysis of DNA methylation using Illumina EPIC v2.0. The findings indicate that the oxytocin receptor gene's methylation level was higher in individuals residing in low relational mobility social environments. The CpG site associated with relational mobility is an enhancer region, indicating that social environments with low relational mobility exert a suppressive effect on the transcriptional efficiency of the oxytocin receptor gene.
众所周知,DNA 甲基化是一种表观遗传修饰,会随着环境因素的变化而波动。宏观社会因素(如人际流动性)与甲基化之间的关联还很少被研究。本研究旨在探讨人际流动性(即个人可以建立和更换社会关系的程度)与催产素受体基因 DNA 甲基化的关联。研究人员从 95 名成年参与者(50 名男性和 45 名女性)的口腔细胞中提取了 DNA,并使用 Illumina EPIC v2.0 对 DNA 甲基化进行了芯片分析。研究结果表明,在关系流动性较低的社会环境中,催产素受体基因的甲基化水平较高。与关系流动性相关的 CpG 位点是一个增强区,表明关系流动性低的社会环境对催产素受体基因的转录效率有抑制作用。
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Epididymis-specific RNase A family genes regulate fertility and small RNA processing 附睾特异性 RNase A 家族基因调控生育能力和小 RNA 处理过程
Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.26.608813
Joshua F Shaffer, Alka Gupta, Geetika Kharkwal, Edgardo E Linares, Andrew D Holmes, Upasna Sharma
Sperm small RNAs are implicated in intergenerational transmission of paternal environmental effects. Small RNAs generated by cleavage of tRNAs, known as tRNA fragments (tRFs), are an abundant class of RNAs in mature sperm, and can be modulated by environmental conditions. The ribonuclease(s) responsible for the biogenesis of tRFs in the male reproductive tract remains unknown. Angiogenin, a member of the Ribonuclease A superfamily (RNase A), cleaves tRNAs to generate tRFs in response to cellular stress. Four paralogs of Angiogenin, namely Rnase9, Rnase10, Rnase11, and Rnase12, are specifically expressed in the epididymis -a long, convoluted tubule where sperm mature and acquire fertility and motility. The biological functions of these genes remain largely unknown. Here, by generating mice deleted for all four genes (Rnase9-12-/-, termed KO for Knock Out), we report that these genes regulate fertility and RNA processing. KO mice showed complete male sterility. KO sperm fertilized oocytes in vitro but failed to efficiently fertilize oocytes in vivo, likely due to an inability of sperm to pass through the utero-tubular junction. Intriguingly, there were decreased levels of fragments of tRNAs (tRFs) and rRNAs (rRNA-derived small RNAs or rsRNAs) in the KO epididymis and epididymal luminal fluid, implying that Rnase9-12 regulate the biogenesis and/or stability of tRFs and rsRNAs. Importantly, KO sperm showed a dramatic decrease in the levels of tRFs, demonstrating a role of Rnase9-12 in regulating sperm RNA composition. Together, our results reveal an unexpected role of four epididymis-specific non-canonical RNase A family genes in fertility and RNA processing.
精子小 RNA 与父代环境影响的代际传递有关。由 tRNA 分裂产生的小 RNA 被称为 tRNA 片段(tRNA fragments,tRFs),是成熟精子中含量丰富的一类 RNA,可受环境条件的影响。在男性生殖道中负责 tRFs 生物生成的核糖核酸酶仍然未知。Angiogenin是核糖核酸酶A超家族(RNase A)的成员,它能在细胞受压时裂解tRNA以生成tRFs。Angiogenin的四个旁系亲属,即Rnase9、Rnase10、Rnase11和Rnase12,在附睾中特异性表达,附睾是精子成熟、获得生育能力和运动能力的长而曲折的小管。这些基因的生物学功能在很大程度上仍然未知。在这里,我们通过产生全部四个基因都被删除的小鼠(Rnase9-12-/-,称为KO,意为 "敲除"),报告了这些基因对生育力和RNA处理的调控作用。KO 小鼠表现出完全雄性不育。KO精子在体外能使卵母细胞受精,但在体内却不能有效地使卵母细胞受精,这可能是由于精子无法通过子宫管交界处。耐人寻味的是,KO附睾和附睾管腔液中的tRNAs(tRFs)和rRNAs(rRNA衍生的小RNAs或rsRNAs)片段水平降低,这意味着Rnase9-12调节tRFs和rsRNAs的生物生成和/或稳定性。重要的是,KO精子中的tRFs水平急剧下降,这证明了Rnase9-12在调节精子RNA组成中的作用。总之,我们的研究结果揭示了四个附睾特异性非经典 RNase A 家族基因在生育和 RNA 处理中的意想不到的作用。
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The KU70-SAP domain has an overlapping function with DNA-PKcs in limiting the lateral movement of KU along DNA KU70-SAP 结构域在限制 KU 沿 DNA 横向移动方面与 DNA-PKcs 的功能重叠
Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.26.609806
Yimeng Zhu, Brian J Lee, Shingo Fujii, Sagun Jonchhe, Hanwen Zhang, Angelina Li, Kyle J Wang, Eli Rothenberg, Mauro Modesti, Shan Zha
The non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway is critical for DNA double-strand break repair and is essential for lymphocyte development and maturation. The Ku70/Ku80 heterodimer (KU) binds to DNA ends, initiating NHEJ and recruiting DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunits (DNA-PKcs) that caps the ends. To investigate the function of Ku70 C-terminal SAP domain, we generated a mouse model with knock-in deletion (Ku70delSAP/delSAP). Ku70delSAP supports KU stability and its recruitment to DNA damage sites. Contrary to the growth retardation and immunodeficiency of Ku70-/- mice, Ku70delSAP/delSAP mice have normal size and lymphocyte development. Structural modeling of KU on long dsDNA suggests that the SAP domain binds to an adjacent major groove and potentially limits KU rotation and lateral movement on dsDNA. Accordingly, with the loss of DNA-PKcs that caps the ends, Ku70delSAP fails to form stable damage foci. In DNA-PKcs-/-mice, Ku70delSAP abrogates the leaky T-cell development and compromises residual end-joining in vivo. In the absence of DNA-PKcs, purified Ku70delSAP has reduced affinity for DNA ends, dissociates more readily at lower concentrations, and accumulates as multimers at high concentrations. These findings revealed the role of the KU SAP domain in restricting KU rotation and lateral movement on DNA that is largely masked by DNA-PKcs.
非同源末端连接(NHEJ)途径是DNA双链断裂修复的关键,对淋巴细胞的发育和成熟至关重要。Ku70/Ku80异源二聚体(KU)与DNA末端结合,启动NHEJ,并招募DNA依赖性蛋白激酶催化亚基(DNA-PKcs)对末端进行封顶。为了研究Ku70 C端SAP结构域的功能,我们建立了一个基因敲入缺失的小鼠模型(Ku70delSAP/delSAP)。Ku70delSAP支持KU的稳定性及其在DNA损伤位点的招募。与 Ku70-/- 小鼠的生长迟缓和免疫缺陷相反,Ku70delSAP/delSAP 小鼠的体型和淋巴细胞发育正常。KU在长dsDNA上的结构模型表明,SAP结构域与相邻的主沟结合,可能会限制KU在dsDNA上的旋转和横向移动。因此,由于失去了覆盖末端的 DNA-PKcs,Ku70delSAP 无法形成稳定的损伤灶。在DNA-PKcs-/-小鼠中,Ku70delSAP会导致T细胞漏性发育,并损害体内残余的末端连接。在缺乏DNA-PKcs的情况下,纯化的Ku70delSAP对DNA末端的亲和力降低,在低浓度时更容易解离,在高浓度时以多聚体形式积累。这些发现揭示了 KU SAP 结构域在 DNA 上限制 KU 旋转和横向移动的作用,而 DNA-PKcs 在很大程度上掩盖了这一作用。
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Functional and evolutionary constraints of wtf killer meiotic drivers wtf杀手减数分裂驱动因子的功能和进化限制
Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.27.609905
Ananya Nidamangala Srinivasa, Samuel Campbell, Shriram Venkatesan, Nicole L Nuckolls, Jeffrey J Lange, Randal Halfmann, Sarah E Zanders
Killer meiotic drivers are selfish DNA loci that sabotage the gametes that do not inherit them from a driver+/driver- heterozygote. These drivers often employ toxic proteins that target essential cellular functions to cause the destruction of driver- gametes. Identifying the mechanisms of drivers can expand our understanding of infertility and reveal novel insights about the cellular functions targeted by drivers. In this work, we explore the molecular mechanisms underlying the wtf family of killer meiotic drivers found in fission yeasts. Each wtf killer acts using a toxic Wtfpoison protein that can be neutralized by a corresponding Wtfantidote protein. The wtf genes are rapidly evolving and extremely diverse. Here we found that self-assembly of Wtfpoison proteins is broadly conserved and associated with toxicity across the gene family, despite minimal amino acid conservation. In addition, we found the toxicity of Wtfpoison assemblies can be modulated by protein tags designed to increase or decrease the extent of the Wtfpoison assembly, implicating assembly size in toxicity. We also identified a conserved, critical role for the specific co-assembly of the Wtfpoison and Wtfantidote proteins in promoting effective neutralization of Wtfpoison toxicity. Finally, we engineered wtf alleles that encode toxic Wtfpoison proteins that are not effectively neutralized by their corresponding Wtfantidote proteins. The possibility of such self-destructive alleles reveals functional constraints on wtf evolution and suggests similar alleles could be cryptic contributors to infertility in fission yeast populations. As rapidly evolving killer meiotic drivers are widespread in eukaryotes, analogous self-killing drive alleles could contribute to sporadic infertility in many lineages.
减数分裂驱动因子是一种自私的 DNA 基因座,它们会破坏那些没有从驱动因子+/驱动因子-杂合子中继承这些基因座的配子。这些驱动因子通常利用针对重要细胞功能的毒性蛋白来破坏驱动配子。识别驱动因子的机制可以拓展我们对不育症的理解,并揭示驱动因子所针对的细胞功能的新见解。在这项研究中,我们探索了裂殖酵母中减数分裂杀手驱动蛋白 wtf 家族的分子机制。每种 wtf 杀手都使用一种有毒的 Wtfpoison 蛋白起作用,这种蛋白可被相应的 Wtfantidote 蛋白中和。wtf 基因进化迅速,种类繁多。在这里,我们发现尽管氨基酸的保守性极小,但 Wtfpoison 蛋白的自组装在整个基因家族中具有广泛的保守性并与毒性相关。此外,我们还发现 Wtfpoison 组装的毒性可以通过蛋白质标签来调节,从而增加或减少 Wtfpoison 组装的范围,这说明组装的大小与毒性有关。我们还发现,Wtfpoison 和 Wtfantidote 蛋白的特异性共同组装在促进有效中和 Wtfpoison 毒性方面起着保守而关键的作用。最后,我们设计出了编码毒性 Wtfpoison 蛋白的 wtf 等位基因,这些等位基因不能被相应的 Wtfantidote 蛋白有效中和。这种自毁等位基因的可能性揭示了 wtf 进化的功能限制,并表明类似的等位基因可能是导致裂殖酵母种群不育的隐性因素。由于快速进化的杀伤性减数分裂驱动因子在真核生物中广泛存在,类似的自毁驱动等位基因可能会导致许多品系的零星不育。
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BICC1 Interacts with PKD1 and PKD2 to Drive Cystogenesis in ADPKD BICC1 与 PKD1 和 PKD2 相互作用,推动 ADPKD 的囊肿发生
Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.27.608867
Uyen Tran, Andrew J Streets, Devon Smith, Eva Decker, Annemarie Kirschfink, Lahoucine Izem, Jessie Hassey, Briana Ruthland, Manoj K Valluru, Jan Hinrich Bräsen, Elisabeth Ott, Daniel Epting, Tobias Eisenberger, Albert CM Ong, Carsten Bergmann, Oliver Wessely
Background: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is primarily of adult-onset and caused by pathogenic variants in PKD1 or PKD2. Yet, disease expression is highly variable and includes very early-onset PKD presentations in utero or infancy. In animal models, the RNA-binding molecule Bicc1 has been shown to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of PKD. Methods: To study the interaction between BICC1, PKD1 and PKD2 we combined biochemical approaches, knockout studies in mice and Xenopus, genetic engineered human kidney cells as well as genetic association studies in a large ADPKD cohort. Results: We first demonstrated that BICC1 physically binds to the proteins Polycystin-1 and -2 encoded by PKD1 and PKD2 via distinct protein domains. Furthermore, PKD was aggravated in loss-of-function studies in Xenopus and mouse models resulting in more severe disease when Bicc1 was depleted in conjunction with Pkd1 or Pkd2. Finally, in a large human patient cohort, we identified a sibling pair with a homozygous BICC1 variant and patients with very early onset PKD (VEO-PKD) that exhibited compound heterozygosity of BICC1 in conjunction with PKD1 and PKD2 variants. Genome editing demonstrated that these BICC1 variants were hypomorphic in nature and impacted disease-relevant signaling pathways. Conclusions: These findings support the hypothesis that BICC1 cooperates functionally with PKD1 and PKD2, and that BICC1 variants may aggravate disease severity highlighting RNA metabolism as an important new concept for disease modification in ADPKD.
背景:常染色体显性多囊肾病(ADPKD)主要是由 PKD1 或 PKD2 的致病变异引起的成人发病。然而,疾病的表现形式千变万化,包括在子宫内或婴儿期发病的早期 PKD。在动物模型中,RNA结合分子Bicc1已被证明在PKD的发病机制中起着至关重要的作用。研究方法为了研究 BICC1、PKD1 和 PKD2 之间的相互作用,我们结合了生化方法、小鼠和爪蟾基因敲除研究、基因工程人类肾细胞以及大型 ADPKD 群体的遗传关联研究。结果:我们首先证明了 BICC1 可通过不同的蛋白结构域与 PKD1 和 PKD2 编码的多囊卵巢蛋白-1 和-2 进行物理结合。此外,在爪蟾和小鼠模型的功能缺失研究中,当 Bicc1 与 Pkd1 或 Pkd2 一起被剥夺时,PKD 会恶化,导致更严重的疾病。最后,在一个大型人类患者队列中,我们发现了一对同卵BICC1变体的兄弟姐妹和极早发性PKD(VEO-PKD)患者,他们的BICC1与PKD1和PKD2变体表现出复合杂合性。基因组编辑结果表明,这些BICC1变异具有低态性,会影响与疾病相关的信号通路。结论这些发现支持了 BICC1 与 PKD1 和 PKD2 在功能上合作的假设,而且 BICC1 变异可能会加重疾病的严重程度。
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The genetic architecture of cell-type-specific cis-regulation 细胞类型特异性顺式调控的基因结构
Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.17.608383
Alexandre P. Marand, Luguang Jiang, Fabio A Gomez-Cano, Mark A.A. Minow, Xuan Zhang, John Pablo Mendieta, Ziliang Luo, Sohyun Bang, Haidong Yan, Cullan Meyer, Luca Schlegel, Frank Johannes, Robert J. Schmitz
Gene expression and complex phenotypes are determined by the activity of cis-regulatory elements. However, an understanding of how extant genetic variants affect cis-regulatory activity remains limited. Here, we investigated the consequences of cis-regulatory diversity using single-cell genomics of >0.7 million nuclei across 172 maize inbreds. Our analyses pinpointed cis-regulatory elements distinct to domesticated maize and how transposons rewired the regulatory landscape. We found widespread chromatin accessibility variation associated with >4.6 million genetic variants with largely cell-type-specific effects. Variants in TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR binding sites were the most prevalent determinants of chromatin accessibility. Finally, integration of genetic variants associated with chromatin accessibility, organismal trait variation, and population differentiation revealed how local adaptation has rewired regulatory networks in unique cellular context to alter maize flowering phenotypes.
基因表达和复杂表型是由顺式调节元件的活性决定的。然而,人们对现存遗传变异如何影响顺式调控活性的了解仍然有限。在这里,我们利用对 172 个玉米近交系中 70 万个细胞核的单细胞基因组学研究了顺式调控多样性的后果。我们的分析确定了与驯化玉米不同的顺式调控元件,以及转座子是如何重新连接调控景观的。我们发现广泛的染色质可及性变异与 460 万个遗传变异有关,这些变异在很大程度上具有细胞类型特异性效应。TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR结合位点的变异是染色质可及性最普遍的决定因素。最后,整合与染色质可及性、生物体性状变异和种群分化相关的基因变异,揭示了局部适应如何在独特的细胞环境中重新构建调控网络,从而改变玉米开花表型。
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Improved genetic discovery and fine-mapping resolution through multivariate latent factor analysis of high-dimensional traits 通过对高维性状进行多变量潜在因子分析,提高基因发现和精细绘图的分辨率
Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.23.609452
Feng Zhou, William J Astle, Adam S Butterworth, Jennifer Lea Asimit
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of high-dimensional traits, such as molecular phenotypes or imaging features, often use univariate approaches, ignoring information from related traits. Biological mechanisms generating variation in high-dimensional traits can be captured parsimoniously through GWAS of a smaller number of latent factors from factor analysis. Here, we introduce a zero-correlation multi-trait fine-mapping approach, flashfmZero, for any number of latent factors. In our application to 25 latent factors derived from 99 blood cell traits in the INTERVAL cohort, we show how GWAS of latent factors enables detection of signals that have sub-threshold associations with several blood cell traits. FlashfmZero resulted in 99% credible sets with the same size or fewer variants than those for blood cell traits in 87% of our comparisons, and all latent trait fine-mapping credible sets were subsets of those from flashfmZero. These analysis techniques give enhanced power for discovery and fine-mapping for many traits.
分子表型或成像特征等高维性状的全基因组关联研究(GWAS)通常使用单变量方法,忽略了相关性状的信息。产生高维性状变异的生物学机制可以通过因子分析中较少数量的潜在因子的 GWAS 准确捕捉。在这里,我们介绍了一种零相关多性状精细绘图方法--flashfmZero,可用于任意数量的潜在因子。在对 INTERVAL 队列中 99 个血细胞性状得出的 25 个潜因子的应用中,我们展示了潜因子的 GWAS 如何能够检测出与多个血细胞性状有亚阈值关联的信号。在87%的比较中,FlashfmZero产生的99%可信集的变异大小与血细胞性状的可信集相同或更少,所有潜在性状精细映射可信集都是flashfmZero产生的可信集的子集。这些分析技术增强了发现和精细绘制许多性状的能力。
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Common DNA sequence variation influences epigenetic aging in African populations 常见的 DNA 序列变异影响非洲人群的表观遗传衰老
Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.26.608843
Gillian L Meeks, Brooke Scelza, Hana M Asnake, Sean Prall, Etienne Patin, Alain Froment, Maud Fagny, Lluis Quintana-Murci, Brenna M Henn, Shyamalika Gopalan
Aging is associated with genome-wide changes in DNA methylation in humans, facilitating the development of epigenetic age prediction models. However, most of these models have been trained primarily on European-ancestry individuals, and none account for the impact of methylation quantitative trait loci (meQTL). To address these gaps, we analyzed the relationships between age, genotype, and CpG methylation in 3 understudied populations: central African Baka (n = 35), southern African ≠Khomani San (n = 52), and southern African Himba (n = 51). We find that published prediction methods yield higher mean errors in these cohorts compared to European-ancestry individuals, and find that unaccounted-for DNA sequence variation may be a significant factor underlying this loss of accuracy. We leverage information about the associations between DNA genotype and CpG methylation to develop an age predictor that is minimally influenced by meQTL, and show that this model remains accurate across a broad range of genetic backgrounds. Intriguingly, we also find that the older individuals and those exhibiting relatively lower epigenetic age acceleration in our cohorts tend to carry more epigenetic age-reducing genetic variants, suggesting a novel mechanism by which heritable factors can influence longevity.
衰老与人类 DNA 甲基化的全基因组变化有关,这促进了表观遗传年龄预测模型的开发。然而,这些模型大多主要是针对欧洲血统的个体进行训练的,而且都没有考虑甲基化定量性状位点(meQTL)的影响。为了填补这些空白,我们分析了 3 个未被充分研究的人群中年龄、基因型和 CpG 甲基化之间的关系:非洲中部的巴卡人(n = 35)、非洲南部的≠Khomani San 人(n = 52)和非洲南部的 Himba 人(n = 51)。我们发现,与欧洲血统的个体相比,已发表的预测方法在这些群体中产生的平均误差更大,并发现未计算在内的 DNA 序列变异可能是导致准确性下降的重要因素。我们利用 DNA 基因型与 CpG 甲基化之间的关联信息,开发出了一种受 meQTL 影响最小的年龄预测方法,并证明该模型在广泛的遗传背景下仍然准确。有趣的是,我们还发现,在我们的队列中,年龄较大的个体和表观遗传年龄加速度相对较低的个体往往携带更多的表观遗传年龄降低基因变异,这表明遗传因素可以通过一种新的机制影响寿命。
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Adversarial learning enables unbiased organism-wide cross-species alignment of single-cell RNA data 逆向学习实现了单细胞 RNA 数据的无偏全生物体跨物种配准
Pub Date : 2024-08-11 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.11.607498
Samuel Cooper, Juan Javier Diaz-Mejia, Brendan Innes, Elias Williams, Dylan Mendonca, Octavian Focsa, Allison Nixon, Swechha Singh, Ronen Schuster, Boris Hinz, Matthew Buechler
Today's single-cell RNA (scRNA) datasets remain siloed, due to significant challenges associated with their integration at scale. Moreover, most scRNA analysis tools that operate at scale leverage supervised techniques that are insufficient for cell-type identification and discovery. Here we demonstrate that alignment of scRNA data using unsupervised models is accurate at both an organism wide scale and between species. To do this we show how adversarial training of a deep-learning model we term batch-adversarial single-cell variational inference (BA-scVI) can be employed to align standardized benchmark datasets that comprise dozens of scRNA studies and span tissues in both humans and mice. Analysis of the learnt cell-type space then enables us to identify evolutionarily conserved cell-types, including underappreciated complement expressing macrophage and fibroblast types, paving the way to larger phylogenetic analysis of cell-type evolution. Finally, we provide broad access to scREF, scREF-mu and the BA-scVI model via an online interface for atlas exploration and drag-and-drop alignment of new data.
当今的单细胞 RNA(scRNA)数据集仍然各自为政,这是因为大规模整合这些数据集面临巨大挑战。此外,大多数大规模运行的 scRNA 分析工具利用的是监督技术,而监督技术不足以进行细胞类型鉴定和发现。在这里,我们证明了使用无监督模型对scRNA数据进行配准在生物体范围内和物种之间都是准确的。为此,我们展示了如何利用我们称之为批量对抗性单细胞变异推理(BA-scVI)的深度学习模型的对抗性训练来对齐标准化的基准数据集,这些数据集由数十个 scRNA 研究组成,横跨人类和小鼠的组织。对所学细胞类型空间的分析使我们能够确定进化上保守的细胞类型,包括未得到充分重视的补体表达巨噬细胞和成纤维细胞类型,从而为细胞类型进化的大型系统发育分析铺平道路。最后,我们通过一个在线界面提供了对 scREF、scREF-mu 和 BA-scVI 模型的广泛访问,以便进行图谱探索和新数据的拖放比对。
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Long-read transcriptomic identification of synaptic adaptation to amyloid pathology in the App(NL-G-F) knock-in mouse model of the earliest phase of Alzheimer's disease 在阿尔茨海默病最早阶段的 App(NL-G-F) 基因敲入小鼠模型中,对突触适应淀粉样病理学的长读数转录组鉴定
Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.10.607237
Umran Yaman, Gareth Banks, Emil K Gustavsson, Paige Mumford, Naciye Magusali, Orjona Stella Taso, Hannah Macpherson, Susana Carmona, Malgorzata Murray, Rasneer Sonia Bains, Hamish Forrest, Michelle Stewart, Connor Scott, Tatiana V Lipina, Zhao Cheng, Anna L Tierney, Richard D Unwin, Juan A Botia, Carlo Sala Frigerio, Sara E Wells, John Hardy, Lilach Soreq, Frances K Wiseman, Dervis A Salih
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a transcriptional network of Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk genes that are primarily expressed in microglia and are associated with AD pathology. However, traditional short-read sequencers have limited our ability to fully characterize how GWAS variants exert their effects on gene expression regulation or alternative splicing in response to the pathology, particularly resulting in inaccurate detection of splicing. To address this gap, we utilized long-read RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) in the App(NL-G-F) knock-in mouse model to identify changes in splicing and novel transcript isoforms in response to amyloid-β. We show that long-read RNA-seq can recapitulate the expected induction of microglial expressed risk genes such as Trem2 in response to amyloid-β at 9 months of age associated with ageing-dependent deficiencies in spatial short-term memory in the App(NL-G-F) knock-in mice. Our results not only identified novel splicing events and transcript isoform abundance in genes associated with AD, but also revealed the complex regulation of gene expression through splicing in response to amyloid plaques. Surprisingly, the regulation of alternative splicing in response to amyloid was seen in genes previously not identified as AD risk genes, expressed in microglia, neurons and oligodendrocytes, and included genes such as Syngr1 that modulate synaptic physiology. We saw alternative splicing in genes such as Ctsa, Clta, Dennd2a, Irf9 and Smad4 in mice in response to amyloid, and the orthologues of these genes also showed transcript usage changes in human AD brains. Our data suggests a model whereby induction of AD risk gene expression associated with microglial proliferation and activation is concomitant with alternative splicing in a different class of genes expressed by microglia and neurons, which act to adapt or preserve synaptic activity in response to amyloid-β during early stages of the disease. Our study provides new insights into the mechanisms and effects of the regulation of genes associated with amyloid pathology, which may ultimately enable better disease diagnosis, and improved tracking of disease progression. Additionally, our findings identify new therapeutic avenues for treatment of AD.
全基因组关联研究(GWAS)发现了阿尔茨海默病(AD)风险基因的转录网络,这些基因主要在小胶质细胞中表达,并与 AD 病理相关。然而,传统的短线程测序仪限制了我们全面描述 GWAS 变异如何影响基因表达调控或替代剪接以应对病理变化的能力,特别是导致剪接检测不准确。为了填补这一空白,我们在 App(NL-G-F) 基因敲入小鼠模型中利用长线程 RNA 测序(RNA-seq)来鉴定剪接和新型转录本异构体在淀粉样β作用下的变化。我们的研究表明,长读程 RNA-seq 能够再现小胶质细胞表达的风险基因(如 Trem2)在 9 个月大时对淀粉样蛋白-β 的预期诱导,这种诱导与 App(NL-G-F) 基因敲入小鼠空间短时记忆的衰老依赖性缺陷有关。我们的研究结果不仅在与AD相关的基因中发现了新的剪接事件和转录本异构体丰度,还揭示了在淀粉样蛋白斑块作用下通过剪接对基因表达的复杂调控。令人惊讶的是,在小胶质细胞、神经元和少突胶质细胞中表达的、以前未被确定为AD风险基因的基因也出现了对淀粉样蛋白的替代剪接调控,其中包括诸如Syngr1等调节突触生理学的基因。我们在小鼠体内发现了Ctsa、Clta、Dennd2a、Irf9和Smad4等基因在淀粉样蛋白作用下的替代剪接,这些基因的直向同源物在人类AD大脑中也显示出转录本使用的变化。我们的数据提出了一个模型,即在诱导与小胶质细胞增殖和激活相关的阿德氏病风险基因表达的同时,小胶质细胞和神经元表达的另一类基因也发生了替代剪接。我们的研究为了解淀粉样蛋白病理相关基因的调控机制和影响提供了新的视角,这最终可能有助于更好地诊断疾病和跟踪疾病进展。此外,我们的研究结果还为治疗注意力缺失症找到了新的治疗途径。
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