Cell lineage and communication network inference via optimization for single-cell transcriptomics

Wang, Shuxiong; Karikomi, Matthew; MacLean, Adam L.; Nie, Qing

doi:10.1093/nar/gkz204

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“…from the scRNA-seq data [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] , such as SingleCellSignalR 7 , iTALK 8 and NicheNet 11 . However, these and other similar methods usually use only one ligand /one receptor gene pairs, often neglecting that many receptors function as multi-subunit complexes.…”

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Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat

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Zhang³

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Understanding global communications among cells requires accurate representation of cell-cell signaling links and effective systems-level analyses of those links. We constructed a database of interactions among ligands, receptors and their cofactors that accurately represents known heteromeric molecular complexes. Based on mass action models, we then developed CellChat, a tool that is able to quantitively infer and analyze intercellular communication networks from single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. CellChat predicts major signaling inputs and outputs for cells and how those cells and signals coordinate for functions using network analysis and pattern recognition approaches. Through manifold learning and quantitative contrasts, CellChat classifies signaling pathways and delineates conserved and context-specific pathways across different datasets. Applications of CellChat to several mouse skin scRNA-seq datasets for embryonic development and adult wound healing shows its ability to extract complex signaling patterns, both previously known as well as novel. Our versatile and easy-to-use toolkit CellChat and a web-based Explorer (http://www.cellchat.org/) will help discover novel intercellular communications and build a cell-cell communication atlas in diverse tissues.

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“…Among these four methods, Zhou's and Skelly's methods are similar, which consider the gene expression levels of a ligand and its receptor separately. Based on Zhou's method 3 , for each gene i, we calculated the mean 7 h and standard deviation ! of the gene expression values across all cell types.…”

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“…of the gene expression values across all cell types. If the average expression values of the ligand gene in cell type A and the receptor gene in cell type B are both larger than 7 h + 3 ! , this ligand-receptor pair is predicted to be active by Zhou's method.…”

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“…We compared CytoTalk to six published algorithms, four designed for predicting ligand-receptor pairs 1-4 and two designed for predicting full signaling pathways based on known pathway annotations 7,8 . Since a comprehensive list of true ligand-receptor pairs are not available for the three cell type pairs, we first asked what fractions of the predicted ligand-receptor pairs are shared among the six methods.…”

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“…Due to these two features, simply examining expression levels of ligand and receptor genes cannot reliably capture the overall activities of signaling pathways and interactions among them 5,6 . As a step forward, Wang et al 7 developed SoptSC and Browaeys et al 8 developed NicheNet to identify both ligandreceptor pairs and genes downstream of them. However, these methods are based on known annotations of signaling pathways.…”

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CytoTalk:De novoconstruction of signal transduction networks using single-cell RNA-Seq data

Peng

Gao

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Single-cell technology has opened the door for studying signal transduction in a complex tissue at unprecedented resolution. However, there is a lack of analytical methods for de novo construction of signal transduction pathways using single-cell omics data. Here we present CytoTalk, a computational method for de novo constructing cell type-specific signal transduction networks using single-cell RNA-Seq data. CytoTalk first constructs intracellular and intercellular gene-gene interaction networks using an information-theoretic measure between two cell types. Candidate signal transduction pathways in the integrated network are identified using the prizecollecting Steiner forest algorithm. We applied CytoTalk to a single-cell RNA-Seq data set on mouse visual cortex and evaluated predictions using high-throughput spatial transcriptomics data generated from the same tissue. Compared to published methods, genes in our inferred signaling pathways have significantly higher spatial expression correlation only in cells that are spatially closer to each other, suggesting improved accuracy of CytoTalk. Furthermore, using single-cell RNA-Seq data with receptor gene perturbation, we found that predicted pathways are enriched for differentially expressed genes between the receptor knockout and wild type cells, further validating the accuracy of CytoTalk. In summary, CytoTalk enables de novo construction of signal transduction pathways and facilitates comparative analysis of these pathways across tissues and conditions.

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Understanding cell‐cell communication and signaling in the colorectal cancer microenvironment

AlMusawi

Ahmed

Nateri

2021

Clinical & Translational Med

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Carcinomas are complex heterocellular systems containing epithelial cancer cells, stromal fibroblasts, and multiple immune cell‐types. Cell‐cell communication between these tumor microenvironments (TME) and cells drives cancer progression and influences response to existing therapies. In order to provide better treatments for patients, we must understand how various cell‐types collaborate within the TME to drive cancer and consider the multiple signals present between and within different cancer types. To investigate how tissues function, we need a model to measure both how signals are transferred between cells and how that information is processed within cells. The interplay of collaboration between different cell‐types requires cell‐cell communication. This article aims to review the current in vitro and in vivo mono‐cellular and multi‐cellular cultures models of colorectal cancer (CRC), and to explore how they can be used for single‐cell multi‐omics approaches for isolating multiple types of molecules from a single‐cell required for cell‐cell communication to distinguish cancer cells from normal cells. Integrating the existing single‐cell signaling measurements and models, and through understanding the cell identity and how different cell types communicate, will help predict drug sensitivities in tumor cells and between‐ and within‐patients responses.

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Cell lineage and communication network inference via optimization for single-cell transcriptomics

Cited by 119 publications

References 85 publications

Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat

Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat

CytoTalk:De novoconstruction of signal transduction networks using single-cell RNA-Seq data

Understanding cell‐cell communication and signaling in the colorectal cancer microenvironment

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