Spatial multi-omics identifies early synaptic pruning and context-specific dopaminergic vulnerability in synucleinopathies.
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- [1] § Methods › Data processing and analysis ↔ 01_run_BASS.R, the whole file · a weak match · score 0.79 · raw probe, log normalized, expressed genes, BASS, barcode, batch
- [2] § Methods › Data processing and analysis ↔ 02_make_seurat.R, lines 1–80 · score 0.75 · Cluster assignments, raw probe, Spaceranger, BASS, barcode, Seurat
- [3] § Results › Spatial transcriptomic profiling reveals regional gene expression changes and cellular composition in Parkinson’s disease progression ↔ 02_make_seurat.R, lines 82–115 · score 0.63 · SNtrans, CerPed, SNpr, reticulata, nigra, SNpc
- [4] § Results › Impact of lewy body pathology on regional gene expression ↔ Figure03.Rmd, lines 229–260 · score 0.58 · SNtrans, CerPed, SNpr, SNpc, Fiber, LBP
- [5] § Results › Early synaptic dysfunction in iLBD: C1QC-associated tagging of inhibitory synapses in the SNpc ↔ Figure05.Rmd, lines 284–293 · score 0.58 · Inh_PAX5_VCAN, MG_TSPO_VIM, GAD1, iLBD
- [6] § Results › Spatial transcriptomic profiling reveals regional gene expression changes and cellular composition in Parkinson’s disease progression ↔ Figure03.Rmd, lines 229–260 · score 0.57 · SNtrans, CerPed, SNpr, SNpc, fibers, genes
- [7] § Results › Spatial transcriptomic profiling reveals regional gene expression changes and cellular composition in Parkinson’s disease progression ↔ 02_make_seurat.R, lines 82–115 · score 0.57 · SNtrans, CerPed, SNpr, reticulata, nigra, SNpc
- [8] § Results › Dopaminergic neuron loss and misfolded αSyn pathology across disease cohorts ↔ make_metad.R, the whole file · a weak match · score 0.54 · Braak tau, median AUC, SAA, cohorts, AD
- [9] § Results › Dopaminergic neuron loss and misfolded αSyn pathology across disease cohorts ↔ Figure03.Rmd, lines 40–164 · score 0.54 · Braak tau, median AUC, SAA, model, AD
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- library(BASS)
- library(Seurat)
- library(tidyverse)
- library(sctransform)
- library(future)
- source('../ggplot_theme_FLS.R')
- plan("multisession", workers = 24)
- plan()
- set.seed(42)
- ##### Get metadata #####
- metad <- read_tsv('resources/essential_metad_combined_cohorts.txt') %>%
- mutate(case = case_when(
- group %in% c('AD', 'ADLBD') ~ paste0('NBB', str_replace(case, '-', '_')),
- TRUE ~ case
- ))
- excludesamples <- read_lines('resources/excludesamples.txt')
- filterprobes <- read_lines('resources/drop_probes.txt') %>% str_sub(., start = 17L)
- ##### Load BASS object and extract cluster assignments #####
- mybass <- readRDS('resources/mybass_batchcorr.rds')
- zlabels <- mybass@results$z # spatial domain labels
- znames <- lapply(mybass@xy, rownames)
- zlabels_named <- mapply(function(zlabel, zname) {
- res <- data.frame(barcode = zname, cluster = zlabel)
- return(res)
- }, zlabel = zlabels, zname = znames, SIMPLIFY = FALSE)
- names(zlabels_named) <- names(znames)
- zlabels_named <- data.table::rbindlist(zlabels_named, idcol = 'sample') %>%
- mutate(cluster = paste0('c', cluster)) %>%
- mutate(joincol = paste0(sample, '_', barcode))
- ##### Load Spaceranger output and make Seurat object list #####
- probefiles <- list.files('data', pattern = 'raw_probe_bc_matrix.h5', recursive = TRUE, full.names = TRUE)
- probefiles <- probefiles[grepl('outs', probefiles, ignore.case = FALSE)]
- barcodefiles <- list.files('data', pattern = 'barcodes.tsv.gz', recursive = TRUE, full.names = TRUE)
- barcodefiles <- barcodefiles[grepl('outs', barcodefiles, ignore.case = FALSE)]
- barcodefiles <- barcodefiles[grepl('filtered_feature_bc_matrix', barcodefiles)]
- filterprobes <- read_lines('resources/drop_probes.txt') %>% str_sub(., start = 17L)
- imagefiles <- str_sub(list.files('data', pattern = 'spatial', recursive = TRUE, full.names = TRUE), end = -24L)
- excludesamples <- read_lines('resources/excludesamples.txt')
- imagefiles <- imagefiles[grepl('outs', imagefiles, ignore.case = FALSE)]
- probefiles <- probefiles[!grepl(paste(excludesamples, collapse = '|'), probefiles)]
- imagefiles <- imagefiles[!grepl(paste(excludesamples, collapse = '|'), imagefiles)]
- imagefiles <- imagefiles[!grepl(paste(excludesamples, collapse = '|'), imagefiles)]
- barcodefiles <- barcodefiles[!grepl(paste(excludesamples, collapse = '|'), barcodefiles)]
- ## sanity check:
- test <- data.frame(image = imagefiles, probes = probefiles, barcodes = barcodefiles)
- seurat_list <- mapply(function(probes, barcodes, images) {
- myid <- str_sub(images, start = 6L, end = -14L) # extract sample ID
- print(paste0('----> working on: ', myid))
- bc <- read_tsv(barcodes, col_names = FALSE) %>% pull(X1)
- print(paste0(myid, ': Filtering out ', length(bc), ' spots'))
- mat <- Read10X_h5(probes)
- print(paste0(myid, ': dims before filtering :', paste0(dim(mat), collapse = ', ')))
- mat <- mat[!rownames(mat) %in% filterprobes,bc]
- mat <- mat[,colSums(mat) != 0]
- print(paste0(myid, ': dims before filtering :', paste0(dim(mat), collapse = ', ')))
- matched_probes <- str_sub(rownames(mat), end = -9L)
- mat_aggr <- list(Matrix.utils::aggregate.Matrix(mat, groupings = matched_probes, FUN = sum))
- assay.names <- 'spatial'
- slice.names <- myid
- image.list <- mapply(Read10X_Image, images, assay = assay.names, slice = slice.names, image.name = "tissue_hires_image.png")
- object.list <- mapply(CreateSeuratObject, mat_aggr, assay = assay.names)
- object.list <- mapply(function(.object, .image, .assay,
- .slice) {
- .image <- .image[Cells(.object)]
- .object[[.slice]] <- .image
- return(.object)
- }, object.list, image.list, assay.names, slice.names)
- seurat <- merge(object.list[[1]], y = object.list[-1])
- return(seurat)
- }, probes = probefiles, barcodes = barcodefiles, images = imagefiles, SIMPLIFY = FALSE)
- names(seurat_list) <- str_sub(names(seurat_list), start = 6L, end = -29L)
- saveRDS(seurat_list, 'resources/seurat_list_raw.rds', compress = FALSE)
- ##### Concatenate Seurat objects, normalize and add metadata #####
- seurat <- merge(seurat_list[[1]], seurat_list[2:28], add.cell.ids = c(names(seurat_list[1]), names(seurat_list[2:28])), merge.data = TRUE, merge.dr = FALSE, project = 'spatial_nigra')
- seurat$orig.ident <- str_sub(names(seurat$orig.ident), end = -20L)
- seurat$group <- metad[match(seurat$orig.ident, metad$case),]$group
- seurat$sex <- metad[match(seurat$orig.ident, metad$case),]$sex
- seurat <- seurat %>%
- NormalizeData(.) %>%
- ScaleData(.)
- table(colnames(seurat) %in% zlabels_named$joincol) # sanity check
- seurat$cluster <- zlabels_named[match(colnames(seurat), zlabels_named$joincol),]$cluster
- ##### Name clusters upon histological examination #####
- zlabels_named <- zlabels_named %>%
- dplyr::mutate(cluster_anno = case_when(
- cluster == 'c1' ~ 'Fibers',
- cluster == 'c2' ~ 'SNtrans',
- cluster == 'c3' ~ 'SNpr',
- cluster == 'c4' ~ 'CerPed',
- cluster == 'c5' ~ 'SNpc'
- ))
- ##### Run MAGIC #####
- reticulate::use_condaenv('~/miniforge3/bin/python3.10')
- library(Rmagic)
- seurat_magic <- magic(JoinLayers(seurat), n.jobs = 24, verbose = TRUE, seed = 42)
- saveRDS(seurat_magic, 'resources/seurat_clustered_annotated_4excludesamples_MAGIC.rds', compress = FALSE)
- seurat$cluster_anno <- zlabels_named[match(colnames(seurat), zlabels_named$joincol),]$cluster_anno
- ##### Get marker genes #####
- DefaultAssay(seurat) <- 'spatial'
- Idents(seurat) <- seurat$cluster_anno
- allmarkers <- FindAllMarkers(seurat, assay = 'spatial', logfc.threshold = 0.5)
- write_tsv(allmarkers, 'resources/seurat_spatial_allmarkers_4exludesamples.tsv')
02_make_seurat.R at commit 7ccda3f, no license · at the source
Overview
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany
- Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
- Department of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Neuroproteomics, School of Medicine and Health, TUM University Hospital, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Laboratorio di Neuropatologia, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, MD 20815 Chevy Chase, USA
- Centre for Neuropathology and Prion Research, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
Abstract
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta, but the molecular events preceding neuronal loss remain unclear. Here, we combine spatial transcriptomics, spatial proteomics, and α-synuclein (αSyn) seed amplification assays to profile post-mortem midbrain tissue from controls, incidental Lewy body disease (iLBD), PD, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and AD with Lewy body pathology (AD + LBP). We find that αSyn seeding activity correlates with dopaminergic neuron loss in PD-spectrum cases but not in AD-associated LBP, indicating disease-context dependent relationships between αSyn pathology and neurodegeneration. In iLBD, before overt substantia nigra Lewy pathology or detectable αSyn aggregation, we detect increased expression of the complement component C1QC together with loss of inhibitory synaptic markers. These findings support early complement-associated remodeling of inhibitory synapses as a potential pathogenic event preceding overt αSyn aggregation and neuronal degeneration in PD.
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- 01_run_BASS.R, R, 81 lines, 1 match
- 02_make_seurat.R, R, 115 lines, 3 matches
- 03_run_RCTD.R, R, 82 lines
- 04_run_nicheDE.R, R, 88 lines
- Figure02.Rmd, R, 289 lines
- Figure03.Rmd, R, 375 lines, 3 matches
- Figure04.Rmd, R, 466 lines
- Figure05.Rmd, R, 459 lines, 1 match
- helper_functions.R, R, 466 lines
- make_metad.R, R, 37 lines, 1 match
- README.md, Text, 2 lines
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Data Availability Statement
Spatial transcriptomics data generated in this study have been deposited in the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under accession code PRJNA1357890. Raw data accessions (fastq files) range from SRX31009153 to SRX31009184 and can be found under the associated BioProject accession ID PRJNA1357890 (https://
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Rumpf, S.-L., Strübing, F. L., Nalbach, K., Vargiu, C. M., Berg, G., Lichtenthaler, S. F., Parchi, P., Gao, P., Chen, W., Brendel, M., Gnörich, J. S., Bernhardt, A., Dias Rodrigues, L., Höglinger, G. U., Herms, J., & Koeglsperger, T. (2026). Spatial multi-omics identifies early synaptic pruning and context-specific dopaminergic vulnerability in synucleinopathies. Nature communications, 17(1), 6976. https://
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@article{rumpf2026spatia
author = {Rumpf, Svenja-Lotta and Strübing, Felix L and Nalbach, Karsten and Vargiu, Claudia Marina and Berg, Giacomo and Lichtenthaler, Stefan F and Parchi, Piero and Gao, Pan and Chen, Weilin and Brendel, Matthias and Gnörich, Johannes S and Bernhardt, Alexander and Dias Rodrigues, Léa and Höglinger, Günter U and Herms, Jochen and Koeglsperger, Thomas},
title = {{Spatial multi-omics identifies early synaptic pruning and context-specific dopaminergic vulnerability in synucleinopathies}},
journal = {Nature communications},
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publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
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doi = {10.1038/
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