Starfysh tutorial on simulated ST dataset

Azizi Lab

Siyu He, Yinuo Jin

11-8-2022

This is a tutorial on a simple simulated ST data (simulated_ST_data_1) generated from scRNA-seq data.

[1]:
import sys
IN_COLAB = "google.colab" in sys.modules
if IN_COLAB:
    !pip3 install scanpy
    #!pip3 install histomicstk
    from google.colab import drive
    drive.mount('/content/drive')
    import sys
    sys.path.append('/content/drive/MyDrive/SpatialModelProject/model_test_colab/')
[2]:
import os
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import torch
[3]:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.font_manager
from matplotlib import rcParams

font_list = []
fpaths = matplotlib.font_manager.findSystemFonts()
for i in fpaths:
    try:
        f = matplotlib.font_manager.get_font(i)
        font_list.append(f.family_name)
    except RuntimeError:
        pass

font_list = set(font_list)
plot_font = 'Helvetica' if 'Helvetica' in font_list else 'FreeSans'

rcParams['font.family'] = plot_font
rcParams.update({'font.size': 10})
rcParams.update({'figure.dpi': 300})
rcParams.update({'figure.figsize': (3,3)})
rcParams.update({'savefig.dpi': 500})

import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')

Load starfysh

[4]:
from starfysh import (utils,
                      plot_utils,
                      starfysh,
                      post_analysis,
                      AA
                     )
2022-11-08 22:18:46.657301: W tensorflow/stream_executor/platform/default/dso_loader.cc:64] Could not load dynamic library 'libcudart.so.11.0'; dlerror: libcudart.so.11.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
2022-11-08 22:18:46.657321: I tensorflow/stream_executor/cuda/cudart_stub.cc:29] Ignore above cudart dlerror if you do not have a GPU set up on your machine.

(1). load data and marker genes:

File Input: - Spatial transcriptomics - Count matrix: adata - (Optional): Paired histology & spot coordinates: img, map_info

  • Annotated signatures (marker genes) for potential cell types: gene_sig

Starfysh is built upon scanpy and Anndata. The common ST/Visium data sample folder consists a expression count file (usually filtered_feature_bc_matrix.h5), and a subdirectory with corresponding H&E image and spatial information, as provided by Visium platform.

For example, our example ST data + marker genes has the following structure:

├── ../data
    tnbc_signature.csv

    ├── simulated_ST_data_1:
        \__ counts.st_synth.csv

        ├── (Optional) spatial:
            \__ aligned_fiducials.jpg
                detected_tissue_image.jpg
                scalefactors_json.json
                tissue_hires_image.png
                tissue_lowres_image.png
                tissue_positions_list.csv

For data that doesn’t follow the common visium data structure (e.g. missing filtered_featyur_bc_matrix.h5 or the given .h5ad count matrix file lacks spatial metadata), please construct the data as Anndata synthesizing information as the example simulated data shows:

[5]:
# Loading expression counts and signature gene sets
data_path = '../data/'
sample_id = 'simulated_ST_data_1'
adata, adata_normed = utils.load_adata(data_folder=data_path,  # root data directory
                                       sample_id=sample_id,  # sample_id
                                       n_genes=2000  # number of highly variable genes to keep
                                      )


gene_sig = pd.read_csv(os.path.join('../data','tnbc_signature.csv'),index_col=0)
gene_sig = utils.filter_gene_sig(gene_sig,adata.to_df()) # filter out low-quality marker genes
gene_sig.head()
[2022-11-08 22:18:54] Preprocessing1: delete the mt and rp
[2022-11-08 22:18:55] Preprocessing2: Normalize
[2022-11-08 22:18:55] Preprocessing3: Logarithm
[2022-11-08 22:18:56] Preprocessing4: Find the variable genes
[5]:
CAFs Cancer Epithelial Myeloid Normal Epithelial T-cells
0 DCN SCGB2A2 C1QB KRT14 CCL5
1 COL1A1 CD24 LYZ KRT17 IL7R
2 LUM MUCL1 C1QA LTF GNLY
3 COL1A2 KRT19 C1QC KRT15 NKG7
4 SFRP2 SCGB1D2 TYROBP PTN CD3E
[6]:
adata
[6]:
AnnData object with n_obs × n_vars = 2551 × 2000
    obs: 'n_genes_by_counts', 'log1p_n_genes_by_counts', 'total_counts', 'log1p_total_counts', 'pct_counts_in_top_50_genes', 'pct_counts_in_top_100_genes', 'pct_counts_in_top_200_genes', 'pct_counts_in_top_500_genes', 'total_counts_mt', 'log1p_total_counts_mt', 'pct_counts_mt'
    var: 'highly_variable'
[7]:
# Load spatial information
# [Note]:
# For simulated data without spatial coordinates, we replace them the umap location:
umap_df = utils.get_umap(adata, display=True)
map_info = utils.get_simu_map_info(umap_df)
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_9_0.png

(2). Preprocessing (finding anchor spots)

  • Identify anchor spot locations For simulated data without spatial coordinates, we replace them the umap location:

Instantiate parameters for Starfysh model training: - Raw & normalized counts after taking highly variable genes - filtered signature genes - library size & spatial smoothed library size (log-transformed) - Anchor spot indices (anchors_df) for each cell type & their signature means (sig_means)

[8]:
# Parameters for training
visium_args = utils.VisiumArguments(adata,
                                    adata_normed,
                                    gene_sig,
                                    map_info,
                                    n_anchors=60,
                                    window_size=3
                                   )

adata, adata_normed = visium_args.get_adata()
[2022-11-08 22:19:00] Filtering signatures not highly variable...
[2022-11-08 22:19:00] Smoothing library size by taking averaging with neighbor spots...
         The number of original variable genes in the dataset (2000,)
         The number of siganture genes in the dataset (146,)
         After filter out some genes in the signature not in the var_names ... (135,)
         After filter out some genes not highly expressed in the signature ... (135,)
         Combine the varibale and siganture, the total unique gene number is ... 2000
         The number of original variable genes in the dataset (2000,)
         The number of siganture genes in the dataset (146,)
         After filter out some genes in the signature not in the var_names ... (135,)
         After filter out some genes not highly expressed in the signature ... (135,)
         Combine the varibale and siganture, the total unique gene number is ... 2000
[2022-11-08 22:19:01] Retrieving & normalizing signature gene expressions...
[2022-11-08 22:19:02] Identifying anchor spots (highly expression of specific cell-type signatures)...
  • Visualize the spatial data

[9]:
plot_utils.plot_spatial_feature(adata,
                                map_info,
                                visium_args.log_lib,
                                label='log library size'
                               )
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_14_0.png
[10]:
plot_utils.plot_spatial_feature(adata,
                                map_info,
                                visium_args.win_loglib,
                                label='windowed log library size',
                                )
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_15_0.png

plot raw gene expression:

[11]:
plot_utils.plot_spatial_gene(adata,
                             map_info,
                             gene_name='COL1A1'
                            )
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_17_0.png
  • Visuliaze anchor spots

[12]:
plot_utils.plot_anchor_spots(umap_df,
                             visium_args.pure_spots,
                             visium_args.sig_mean,
                             bbox_x=2
                            )
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_19_0.png

(3). Optional: appending anchor spots with archetypal analysis

Overview: If users don’t provide annotated gene signature sets with cell types, Starfysh annotates cell types via archetypal analysis (AA). The underlying assumption is that the geometric “extremes” are identified as the purest cell types, whereas all other spots are mixture of the “archetypes”. If the users provide the gene signature sets, they can still optionally apply AA to refine marker genes and update anchor spots for known cell types. In addition, AA can identify potential novel cell types / states. Here are the overview features provided by the AA step: - Finding archetypal spots & assign 1-1 mapping to their closest anchor spot neighbors - Finding archetypal marker genes & append them to marker genes of annotated cell types - Find novel cell type / cell states as the most distant archetypes

Note: - Intrinsic Dimension (ID) estimator is implemented to estimate the lower-bound for the number of archetypes \(k\), followed by elbow method with iterations to identify the optimal \(k\). By default, a conditional number is set as 30; if you believe there are potentially more / fewer cell types, please increase / decrease cn accordingly.

[13]:
aa_model = AA.ArchetypalAnalysis(adata_orig=adata_normed)
archetype, arche_dict, major_idx, evs = aa_model.compute_archetypes(cn=10, converge=1e-2, display=False)
# (1). Find archetypal spots & archetypal clusters
arche_df = aa_model.find_archetypal_spots(major=True)

# (2). Find marker genes associated with each archetypal cluster
markers_df = aa_model.find_markers(n_markers=30, display=False)

# (3). Map archetypes to closest anchors (1-1 per cell type)
anchors_df = visium_args.get_anchors()
map_df, map_dict = aa_model.assign_archetypes(anchors_df)

# (4). Optional: Find the most distant archetypes that are not assigned to any annotated cell types
distant_arches = aa_model.find_distant_archetypes(anchors_df, n=3)
[2022-11-08 22:19:03] Computing intrinsic dimension to estimate k...
4 components are retained using conditional_number=10.00
[2022-11-08 22:19:03] Estimating lower bound of # archetype as 3...
[2022-11-08 22:19:11] Calculating UMAPs for counts + Archetypes...
[2022-11-08 22:19:18] Calculating UMAPs for counts + Archetypes...
[2022-11-08 22:19:23] 0.7838 variance explained by raw archetypes.
Merging raw archetypes within 20 NNs to get major archetypes
[2022-11-08 22:19:23] Finding 20 nearest neighbors for each archetype...
[2022-11-08 22:19:24] Finding 30 top marker genes for each archetype...
[16]:
plot_utils.plot_evs(evs, kmin=aa_model.kmin)

../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_23_0.png
  • Visualize archetypes

[17]:
aa_model.plot_archetypes(do_3d=True, major=True, disp_cluster=True)
[17]:
(<Figure size 1200x800 with 1 Axes>,
 <Axes3DSubplot:xlabel='UMAP1', ylabel='UMAP2'>)
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_25_1.png
  • Visualize overlapping ratio between archetypal & anchor spots:

[18]:
aa_model.plot_mapping(map_df)
[18]:
<seaborn.matrix.ClusterGrid at 0x7f760ed3bb20>
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_27_1.png
  • Application: appending marker genes Append archetypal marker genes with the best-aligned anchors:

[19]:
visium_args = utils.refine_anchors(
    visium_args,
    aa_model,
    map_info,
    n_genes=5,
    n_iters=1
)
[2022-11-08 22:30:13] Finding 50 top marker genes for each archetype...
[2022-11-08 22:30:15] Filtering signatures not highly variable...
[2022-11-08 22:30:15] Smoothing library size by taking averaging with neighbor spots...
Refining round 1...
appending 5 genes in arch_1 to CAFs...
appending 5 genes in arch_5 to CAFs...
appending 5 genes in arch_6 to Myeloid...
appending 5 genes in arch_3 to Normal Epithelial...
appending 5 genes in arch_0 to T-cells...
         The number of original variable genes in the dataset (2000,)
         The number of siganture genes in the dataset (157,)
         After filter out some genes in the signature not in the var_names ... (145,)
         After filter out some genes not highly expressed in the signature ... (145,)
         Combine the varibale and siganture, the total unique gene number is ... 2000
         The number of original variable genes in the dataset (2000,)
         The number of siganture genes in the dataset (157,)
         After filter out some genes in the signature not in the var_names ... (145,)
         After filter out some genes not highly expressed in the signature ... (145,)
         Combine the varibale and siganture, the total unique gene number is ... 2000
[2022-11-08 22:30:16] Retrieving & normalizing signature gene expressions...
[2022-11-08 22:30:16] Identifying anchor spots (highly expression of specific cell-type signatures)...
  • Application: re-defining marker genes In the annotated gene signatures provided by Wu et al., we found that the marker from normal and cancer epithelials highly overlaps, thus creating confusions to separate those cell types. Here we re-define markers and update new anchor spots for Cancer Epithelials from the most distant archetype unmapped to any cell-type specific anchor spots:

[20]:
gene_sig_updated = utils.append_sigs(
    gene_sig=visium_args.gene_sig,
    factor='Cancer Epithelial',
    sigs=markers_df[distant_arches[0]],
    n_genes=30
)

markers = gene_sig_updated['Cancer Epithelial']
markers = markers[~pd.isna(markers)][-30:]
gene_sig_updated.drop('Cancer Epithelial', axis=1, inplace=True)
gene_sig_updated['Cancer Epithelial'] = markers.reset_index(drop=True)
gene_sig_updated.sort_index(inplace=True, axis=1)

  • Re-calculate anchor spots:

[21]:
visium_args = utils.VisiumArguments(visium_args.adata,
                                    visium_args.adata_norm,
                                    gene_sig_updated,
                                    map_info,
                                    n_anchors=60,
                                    window_size=3
                                   )


plot_utils.plot_anchor_spots(umap_df,
                             visium_args.pure_spots,
                             visium_args.sig_mean,
                             bbox_x=2
                            )


[2022-11-08 22:30:16] Filtering signatures not highly variable...
[2022-11-08 22:30:16] Smoothing library size by taking averaging with neighbor spots...
         The number of original variable genes in the dataset (2000,)
         The number of siganture genes in the dataset (157,)
         After filter out some genes in the signature not in the var_names ... (148,)
         After filter out some genes not highly expressed in the signature ... (148,)
         Combine the varibale and siganture, the total unique gene number is ... 2000
         The number of original variable genes in the dataset (2000,)
         The number of siganture genes in the dataset (157,)
         After filter out some genes in the signature not in the var_names ... (148,)
         After filter out some genes not highly expressed in the signature ... (148,)
         Combine the varibale and siganture, the total unique gene number is ... 2000
[2022-11-08 22:30:18] Retrieving & normalizing signature gene expressions...
[2022-11-08 22:30:18] Identifying anchor spots (highly expression of specific cell-type signatures)...
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_33_3.png

Compared with the previous visualization, we observe that Cancer & Normal epithelial anchor spots are separated this time.

Run starfysh

We perform n_repeat random restarts and select the best model with lowest loss for parameter c (inferred cell-type proportions):

(1). Model parameters

[22]:
n_repeats = 3
epochs = 100
patience = 10
device = torch.device('cuda')

(2). Model training

[23]:
# Run models
model, loss = utils.run_starfysh(visium_args,
                                 n_repeats=n_repeats,
                                 epochs=epochs,
                                 patience=patience,
                                 poe=False,
                                 device=device
                                )
[2022-11-08 22:30:18] Running Starfysh with 3 restarts, choose the model with best parameters...
[2022-11-08 22:30:18]  ===  Restart Starfysh 1 ===

[2022-11-08 22:30:20] Initializing model parameters...
[2022-11-08 22:30:38] Epoch[10/100], train_loss: 655.5768, train_reconst: 510.0832, train_z: 18.5745,train_c: 103.1167,train_n: 23.8024
[2022-11-08 22:30:58] Epoch[20/100], train_loss: 602.1007, train_reconst: 479.2338, train_z: 18.2735,train_c: 82.0321,train_n: 22.5614
[2022-11-08 22:31:16] Epoch[30/100], train_loss: 581.5545, train_reconst: 461.5871, train_z: 18.0160,train_c: 81.7311,train_n: 20.2203
[2022-11-08 22:31:33] Epoch[40/100], train_loss: 547.4213, train_reconst: 449.3862, train_z: 18.1031,train_c: 62.1278,train_n: 17.8043
[2022-11-08 22:31:51] Epoch[50/100], train_loss: 534.5642, train_reconst: 440.8028, train_z: 18.5148,train_c: 59.1030,train_n: 16.1436
[2022-11-08 22:32:09] Epoch[60/100], train_loss: 533.4422, train_reconst: 435.5213, train_z: 18.9099,train_c: 64.2547,train_n: 14.7563
[2022-11-08 22:32:27] Epoch[70/100], train_loss: 537.3146, train_reconst: 431.5519, train_z: 19.2053,train_c: 72.9320,train_n: 13.6253
[2022-11-08 22:32:29] Epoch[71/100], train_loss: 524.7252, train_reconst: 429.9532, train_z: 19.1646,train_c: 62.1613,train_n: 13.4462
[2022-11-08 22:32:29] Saving best-performing model; Early stopping...
[2022-11-08 22:32:29]  === Finished training ===

[2022-11-08 22:32:29]  ===  Restart Starfysh 2 ===

[2022-11-08 22:32:29] Initializing model parameters...
[2022-11-08 22:32:46] Epoch[10/100], train_loss: 680.2851, train_reconst: 510.2155, train_z: 17.9185,train_c: 127.9181,train_n: 24.2330
[2022-11-08 22:33:03] Epoch[20/100], train_loss: 639.6529, train_reconst: 480.0023, train_z: 18.0551,train_c: 117.8746,train_n: 23.7209
[2022-11-08 22:33:20] Epoch[30/100], train_loss: 612.1261, train_reconst: 460.6211, train_z: 18.2702,train_c: 109.6447,train_n: 23.5902
[2022-11-08 22:33:37] Epoch[40/100], train_loss: 591.7097, train_reconst: 446.8400, train_z: 18.7927,train_c: 102.4639,train_n: 23.6131
[2022-11-08 22:33:54] Epoch[50/100], train_loss: 568.2457, train_reconst: 438.1950, train_z: 19.1654,train_c: 87.3013,train_n: 23.5840
[2022-11-08 22:34:12] Epoch[60/100], train_loss: 557.3712, train_reconst: 431.1862, train_z: 19.3716,train_c: 83.2699,train_n: 23.5435
[2022-11-08 22:34:29] Epoch[70/100], train_loss: 543.7206, train_reconst: 426.2142, train_z: 19.7060,train_c: 74.2834,train_n: 23.5169
[2022-11-08 22:34:47] Epoch[80/100], train_loss: 540.3623, train_reconst: 421.1373, train_z: 19.9307,train_c: 75.9067,train_n: 23.3875
[2022-11-08 22:35:04] Epoch[90/100], train_loss: 538.1380, train_reconst: 418.1798, train_z: 20.1273,train_c: 76.5179,train_n: 23.3130
[2022-11-08 22:35:13] Epoch[95/100], train_loss: 534.3902, train_reconst: 417.4068, train_z: 20.2424,train_c: 73.4439,train_n: 23.2971
[2022-11-08 22:35:13] Saving best-performing model; Early stopping...
[2022-11-08 22:35:13]  === Finished training ===

[2022-11-08 22:35:13]  ===  Restart Starfysh 3 ===

[2022-11-08 22:35:13] Initializing model parameters...
[2022-11-08 22:35:30] Epoch[10/100], train_loss: 658.1376, train_reconst: 514.0520, train_z: 18.6906,train_c: 101.4899,train_n: 23.9051
[2022-11-08 22:35:48] Epoch[20/100], train_loss: 614.6407, train_reconst: 483.8436, train_z: 18.2809,train_c: 88.9706,train_n: 23.5456
[2022-11-08 22:36:05] Epoch[30/100], train_loss: 576.6551, train_reconst: 463.4027, train_z: 18.4038,train_c: 71.3774,train_n: 23.4712
[2022-11-08 22:36:22] Epoch[40/100], train_loss: 561.5131, train_reconst: 451.2387, train_z: 18.8049,train_c: 67.8744,train_n: 23.5950
[2022-11-08 22:36:40] Epoch[50/100], train_loss: 549.1690, train_reconst: 441.3891, train_z: 19.0527,train_c: 65.3118,train_n: 23.4154
[2022-11-08 22:36:43] Epoch[52/100], train_loss: 540.8472, train_reconst: 439.0015, train_z: 18.9280,train_c: 59.5507,train_n: 23.3670
[2022-11-08 22:36:43] Saving best-performing model; Early stopping...
[2022-11-08 22:36:43]  === Finished training ===

(3). Downstream analysis

Extract Starfysh inference

[24]:
inference_outputs, generative_outputs, px = starfysh.model_eval(model,
                                                                adata,
                                                                visium_args.sig_mean,
                                                                device,
                                                                visium_args.log_lib,
                                                               )
u = post_analysis.get_z_umap(inference_outputs,map_info)
u = pd.DataFrame(u,columns=['umap1','umap2'])
u.index = map_info.index

Visualize starfysh deconvolution results

Gene sig mean vs. inferred prop
[25]:
for idx in range(5):
    post_analysis.gene_mean_vs_inferred_prop(inference_outputs,
                                             visium_args,
                                             idx=idx ## the order of the cell types
                                            )



../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_44_0.png
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_44_1.png
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_44_2.png
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Compare the deconvolution against the ground-truth proportions
[26]:
member = pd.read_csv(os.path.join('../data','simulated_ST_data_1','members.st_synth.csv'),index_col=0)
proportions = pd.read_csv(os.path.join('../data','simulated_ST_data_1','proportions.st_synth.csv'),index_col=0)
[27]:
post_analysis.plot_type_all(inference_outputs,np.array(u),proportions)
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_47_0.png
[28]:
post_analysis.get_corr_map(inference_outputs,proportions)
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_48_0.png

Spatial visualizations:

Inferred density
[29]:
plot_utils.pl_spatial_inf_feature(adata,
                                  map_info,
                                  inference_outputs,
                                  feature='ql_m',
                                  idx=0,
                                  plt_title='',
                                  label='Estimated tissue density',
                                  s=4,
                                  cmap='Blues'
                                  #vmax=3
                                 )
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_51_0.png
Inferred proportions

Cell-type: Cancer epithelial

[30]:
idx=1
plot_utils.pl_spatial_inf_feature(adata,
                   map_info,
                   inference_outputs,
                   feature='qc_m',
                   idx=idx,
                   plt_title=gene_sig.columns[idx],
                   label='Inferred proportion',
                   s=4,
                   vmax=0.8
                   )
../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_54_0.png
[31]:
idx=0
plot_utils.pl_umap_feature(adata,
                   u,
                   inference_outputs,
                   feature='qc_m',
                   idx=idx,
                   plt_title=gene_sig.columns[idx],
                   label='Inferred proportion',
                   s=4,
                   vmax=0.8)

../_images/notebooks_Starfysh_tutorial_simulation_55_0.png
Inferred cell-type specific expressions for each spot
[32]:
pred_exp = {}
for i, label in enumerate(gene_sig.columns):
    pred_exp[label] = starfysh.model_ct_exp(model,
                                            adata,
                                            visium_args.sig_mean_znorm,
                                            device,
                                            visium_args.log_lib,
                                            ct_idx=i
                                           ).tolist()

Plot example spot-level expression of TMEM33 from Activated CD8+:

[33]:
idx = list(adata.var_names[adata.var['highly_variable']]).index('CD69')
plot_utils.pl_spatial_inf_gene(adata,
                   map_info,
                   feature=np.asarray(pred_exp['Cancer Epithelial']),
                   idx= idx,
                   plt_title=list(adata.var_names[adata.var['highly_variable']])[idx],
                   label='Predicted expression',
                   s=3,
                   vmax=2)

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