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Single-cell RNA-Seq Investigation of Foveal and Peripheral Expression in the Human Retina

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Single-cell RNA sequencing has revolutionized cell-type specific gene expression analysis. The goals of this study are to compare cell specific gene expression patterns between retinal cell types originating from the fovea and the periphery of human eyes. Methods: Independent libraries were prepared for foveal and peripheral samples of neural retina from three donors using the 10x Chromium system. Libraries were sequenced on a HiSeq4000. Sequenced reads were mapped to the human genome build hg19 will CellRanger(v3.0.1) and filters removed cells likely to be doublets or cells with a high proportion of mitochondrial reads. Clustering of cells with similar expression profiles was performed with Seurat (v2.3.4). Results: Independent libraries were prepared for foveal and peripheral samples of neural retina from three donors using the 10x Chromium system. Libraries were sequenced on a HiSeq4000. Sequenced reads were mapped to the human genome build hg19 will CellRanger(v3.0.1) and filters removed cells likely to be doublets or cells with a high proportion of mitochondrial reads. Clustering of cells with similar expression profiles was performed with Seurat (v2.3.4). Conclusions: Our study generates a large atlas of human retinal transcriptomes at the single cell level. We identified the majority of expected neural and supportive cell types, and describe regional differences in gene expression between the fovea and the periphery. Our results show that that single-cell RNA sequencing can be performed on human retina after cryopreservation, and that cone photoreceptors and Muller cells demonstrate region-specific patterns of gene expression.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE130636 | GEO | 2019/05/17

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Purpose: The goals of this study were to identify cell specific expression patterns from a donor with a presumed diagnosis of autoimmune retinopathy (AIR). A particular focus of this study was to identify expression signatures of Müller glia and astrocytes in AIR. Methods: Independent libraries were prepared for foveal and peripheral retina from five human donors in two experiments. Foveal and peripheral samples in donors 1-3 were acquired, analyzed, and uploaded in a previous experiment (GSE130636). In donors 4-5, new reads were acquired from a 2-mm fovea-centered punch and an 8-mm peripheral punch from the inferotemporal region in each donor. Donor 4 had no documented history of retinal disease. Donor 5 was followed for 19 years at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for progressive visual field loss and pigmentary changes and was given a presumptive diagnosis of autoimmune retinopathy. Foveal and peripheral retinal tissue were gently dissociated in papain for 1.25 hours before cryopreservation. In both experiments, libraries were sequenced on a HiSeq4000. Sequenced reads were mapped to the human genome build hg19 with CellRanger(v3.0.1) and filtered to remove cells likely to be doublets or cells with a high proportion of mitochondrial reads. Libraries from all five donors were aggregated to the same effective sequencing depth, and log-normalization of aggregated reads was performed with Seurat (v2.3.4) using a scale factor of 10,000. Results: A total of 23,429 cells were recovered after filtering with 117,885,744 corresponding reads. A total of 9,801 cells were recovered from the fovea while 13,628 cells were recovered from the periphery. A total of 7,189 cells were recovered from the donor with presumed AIR. In total, 23 clusters were identified and corresponded to all retinal cell types. The proportion of recovered cells was compared between the control (donors 1-4) and AIR (donor 5) patients. In addition, differential expression analysis identified genes enriched in each population of cells originating from the AIR donor. Particular emphasis was given to the expression profiles of glial cells (Müller cells and astrocytes) that originated from the AIR donor. Conclusions: This study provides a complementary clinical and molecular interrogation of the retina in a blinding inflammatory condition. Glial cells from the AIR donor were enriched in genes implicated in reactive gliosis, including ANXA1. Clinical, histologic, and transcriptomic evidence identify the loss of cone and rod photoreceptor cells with relative preservation of inner retinal cell types.

Project description:Purpose: The goals of this study were to identify cell specific expression patterns from infant and aged choroid, with a particular emphasis on how endothelial gene expression changes with age. Methods: Independent libraries were prepared for infant and adult choroidal cells from four human donors. Macular and peripheral samples from single-cell donors 18-21 were acquired, analyzed, and uploaded in a previous experiment (GSE135922). In single-cell donors 22-25, new reads were acquired from a 12-mm macula-centered punch. Choroidal punches gently dissociated in collagenase II for 1 hours before cryopreservation. Thawed cells were enriched endothelial cells by incubating with anti-CD31-microbeads. Both CD31-positive and CD31-negative libraries from single-cell donors 22-25 were sequenced on an Illumina NovaSeq system. Sequenced reads were mapped to the human genome build hg19 with CellRanger(v3.0.1) and filtered to remove cells likely to be doublets or cells with a high proportion of mitochondrial reads. Libraries from single-cell donors 22-25 were aggregated with donors 18-21 using canonical correlation analysis. Feature selection was performed with the variance stabilizing transformation before integration was performed with Seurat (v3.0.1). Results: A total of 37,070 cells were recovered after filtering with 415,740,738 corresponding reads. A total of 17,229 cells were recovered from infant libraries while 19,841 cells were recovered from the adult libraries. Clusters were assigned to known choroidal cell types based on expression of distinguishing marker genes. Differential expression analysis identified genes enriched in each population of cells originating from infant versus adult libraries. Particular emphasis was given to genes enriched in infant choriocapillaris endothelial cells. Conclusions: This study provides a transcriptomic comparison of infant and aged human donor choroid at the bulk and single-cell levels. The aged choroid, in particular the aged vasculature, is enriched in pro-inflammatory genes.

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