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Cell type-agnostic transcriptomic signatures enable uniform comparisons of neural maturation.

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  2. [2] § Materials and methods › Developmental age predictions in external datasets ↔ code/ageprediction_Paulsen_ASD_organoids.ipynb, lines 92–103 · score 0.67 · ARID1B, SUV420H1, Paulsen, CHD8, ASD, mutant
  3. [3] § Results › Cell type-agnostic model trained on primary tissue predicts developmental progression in human neural organoids › Detecting disease-related shifts and atlas-scale maturation in neural organo ↔ code/ageprediction_Paulsen_ASD_organoids.ipynb, lines 92–103 · score 0.67 · ARID1B, CHD8 mutants, SUV420H1 mutants, ASD, organoids, ages
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  7. [7] § Materials and methods › Cell-autonomous age prediction models ↔ code/fetal_hypothalamus_processing.r, lines 1–42 · score 0.59 · AggregateExpression, assigned cell, Seurat, Herb, meta, age
  8. [8] § Materials and methods › Developmental age predictions in external datasets ↔ code/ageprediction_newfetaldatasets_modeltraining.ipynb, lines 42–56 · score 0.57 · log normalized, aggregated expression, Seurat, days, brain, Age
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  1. # %% [markdown]
  2. # # Age prediction in Paulsen et al., 2022 human neural organoids with ASD mutations
  3. # ><b> This notebook contains R code to predict developmental stage in cells from Paulsen et al., 2022, a human neural organoid dataset with ASD mutations.<br> Part 2 uses the pre-trained celltype agnostic model to predict developmental age of mutant and wildtype organoid cells from the transcriptome </b>
  4. # <br> <br>First download Paulsen et al 2022 dataset from https://www.synapse.org/Synapse:syn26346581 and run Paulsen_preprocessing.r
  5. # %% [markdown]
  6. # ## <i> Part 1. Load preprocessed data and get metadata
  7. # %%
  8. setwd("/home/sridevi/inkwell03_sridevi//metadevorganoid/werneranalysis/DevTime_gitub_repo/") #change to the working directory
  9. # %%
  10. library(Seurat)
  11. library(caret)
  12. library(dplyr)
  13. library(Matrix)
  14. library(readr)
  15. library(ggplot2)
  16. library(stringr)
  17. library(ggpubr)
  18. library(tidyr)
  19. # %%
  20. final_common_genes<-readRDS("models/commongenes.rds")#list of common genes
  21. # %%
  22. # Load preprocessed data obtained using the R script Paulsen_preprocessing.r
  23. # %%
  24. load("processed_data/Paulsen2022_processed.Rdata")
  25. load("processed_data/Paulsen2022_metadata.Rdata")
  26. # %%
  27. #obtain metadata for each cell type per sample
  28. rep_times <- lapply(Paulsen_pb_celltypes,ncol) # e.g., replicate the first row 3 times, the second row 2 times
  29. # Replicate rows based on specified times
  30. metadata_full <- metadata[rep(1:nrow(metadata), times = rep_times), ]
  31. dim(metadata_full)
  32. # %%
  33. #get the lognormalized counts
  34. merged_paulsen_normalized<-lapply(Paulsen_pb_celltypes,function(x){
  35. data<-GetAssayData(x,layer="data")
  36. })%>%do.call(cbind,.)
  37. # %%
  38. #get additional metadata from the colnames
  39. temp=colnames(merged_paulsen_normalized)%>%str_split(.,"_") #gives the annotations; age and other annotations come from the file name
  40. celltypeinfo<- do.call(rbind, lapply(temp, function(x) { length(x) <- 3; return(x) }))
  41. celltypeinfo <- as.data.frame(celltypeinfo, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
  42. # Assign column names
  43. colnames(celltypeinfo) <- c("organoid", "celltype", "mutant_wt")
  44. celltypeinfo
  45. # %%
  46. metadata_final<-cbind(metadata_full,celltypeinfo)
  47. head(metadata_final)
  48. # %%
  49. metadata_final$age_months<-parse_number(metadata_final$age)
  50. metadata_final$age_months[metadata_final$age_months>6]<-metadata_final$age_months[metadata_final$age_months>6]/30
  51. table(metadata_final$age_months)
  52. # %%
  53. metadata_final$age_mut<-paste0(round(metadata_final$age_months,2),"_",metadata_final$mutant_wt)
  54. metadata_final$line_age<-paste0(metadata_final$line,"_",round(metadata_final$age_months,2))
  55. # %% [markdown]
  56. # ---
  57. # %% [markdown]
  58. # ## <i>Part 2. Predict age in organoid cell types using celltype agnostic model
  59. # %%
  60. celltypeagnosticmodel<-readRDS("models/original_celltypeagnostic_model.rds")
  61. #check model coefficients
  62. coefs<-as.data.frame(coef(celltypeagnosticmodel$finalModel, celltypeagnosticmodel$finalModel$lambdaOpt))%>%dplyr::filter(s1!=0)
  63. coefs$genes<-rownames(coefs)
  64. coefs
  65. # %%
  66. #Use pretrained model to predict the ages of the organoid cell types in weeks
  67. metadata_final$predicted_ages_Paulsen<-predict(celltypeagnosticmodel,t(merged_paulsen_normalized[final_common_genes,]))
  68. # %%
  69. split_predictions<-split(metadata_final,metadata_final$gene)
  70. # %%
  71. ggplot(split_predictions$ARID1B,aes(y=predicted_ages_Paulsen,col=mutant_wt,x=celltype))+geom_boxplot(outlier.shape = NA,position = position_dodge(width = 1))+
  72. geom_point(size=1,alpha=0.5,aes(col=mutant_wt),position = position_jitterdodge(jitter.width = 0.15, dodge.width = 1))+facet_wrap(~line_age)+xlab("")+
  73. ggtitle("Predicted age distributions by celltype in ARIDB1 mutant")+theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90, hjust = 1))
  74. ggplot(split_predictions$CHD8,aes(y=predicted_ages_Paulsen,x=celltype,col=mutant_wt))+geom_boxplot(outlier.shape = NA,position = position_dodge(width = 1))+
  75. geom_point(size=1,alpha=0.5,aes(col=mutant_wt),position = position_jitterdodge(jitter.width = 0.15, dodge.width = 1))+facet_wrap(~line_age)+xlab("")+
  76. ggtitle("Predicted age distributions by celltype in CHD8 mutant")+theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90, hjust = 1))
  77. ggplot(split_predictions$SUV420H1,aes(y=predicted_ages_Paulsen,x=celltype,col=mutant_wt))+geom_boxplot(outlier.shape = NA)+
  78. geom_point(size=1,alpha=0.5,aes(col=mutant_wt),position = position_jitterdodge(jitter.width = 0.15, dodge.width = 1))+facet_wrap(~line_age)+xlab("")+
  79. ggtitle("Predicted age distributions by celltype in SUV420H1 mutant")+theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90, hjust = 1))
  80. # %%
  81. datatoplot_gabaergicprog<-metadata_final%>%filter(str_detect(celltype,"GABAergic Progenitors") ==TRUE)
  82. # %%
  83. gabaprog_plt_paulsen<- ggplot(datatoplot_gabaergicprog,aes(y=predicted_ages_Paulsen,x=age_mut))+
  84. geom_boxplot(outlier.shape = NA,position = position_dodge(width = 1))+
  85. geom_jitter(size=2,aes(col=round(age_months,2),shape=line),width=0.2)+scale_color_viridis_c()+
  86. facet_wrap(~gene)+xlab("")+
  87. ggtitle("Predicted age distributions in GABAergic Progenitors")+theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90, hjust = 1))
  88. gabaprog_plt_paulsen
  89. # %%
  90. png(file="figures/Paulsen2022_predictions.png")
  91. gabaprog_plt_paulsen
  92. dev.off()
  93. # %%
  94. result<-datatoplot_gabaergicprog%>%group_by(gene,age)%>%summarise(
  95. p_value = ifelse(
  96. length(unique(mutant_wt)) == 2,
  97. wilcox.test(predicted_ages_Paulsen ~ mutant_wt)$p.value,
  98. NA
  99. ),
  100. .groups = "drop"
  101. )
  102. result$adj_p<-p.adjust(result$p_value,method='fdr')
  103. result

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Overview

Authors: Sridevi Venkatesan1,2,3, Jonathan M Werner3, Yun Li2,4, Jesse Gillis1,3,4
  1. Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  2. Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
  3. Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  4. Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Institutions: University of Toronto (Canada); Hospital for Sick Children (Canada)
Journal: PLoS biology, volume 24, issue 4, article e3003757
Dates: received 11 July 2025; accepted 31 March 2026; published online 15 April 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY
Identifiers: DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003757 · PMID 41984978 · PMCID PMC13095120 · OpenAlex W7154508420
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: code verified
Categories: genetics / omics (modality), human (organism), mouse (organism)
Methods: Statistics, Machine learning, Connectivity, fMRI & imaging
MeSH: Neurogenesis*, Neurons*, Transcriptome*, Animals, Astrocytes, Brain, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Humans, Machine Learning, Mice, Neurodevelopment, Single-Cell Analysis, Single-Cell Gene Expression Analysis (* major topic)
Topic: Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Schmidt Science Fellows; Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (PJT-180565); Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (U24MH130968, R01MH113005, R01MH133181)
Citations: cited by 1 paper (Europe PMC); 93 references in the paper
Research resources: RRID:SCR_026651

Abstract

Understanding where a cell sits along developmental time is as important as identifying its type. While single-cell transcriptomics has catalogued the diversity of neural cell types, aligning them along a shared temporal axis across studies, species, and model systems remains a fundamental challenge. Here, we develop a single-cell transcriptomic ‘clock’ that predicts true developmental age, enabling standardized, cross-context comparisons of neural maturation. Through a meta-analysis of over 2.8 million cells from the developing human brain, we identify robust tissue-level and cell-autonomous predictors of developmental age. We find that bulk tissue composition predicts age within individual studies but lacks generalizability, whereas specific cell type proportions, particularly astrocytes and progenitors, track age reliably across studies. Using machine learning, we develop a cell type-agnostic predictor based on 462 genes that robustly tracks developmental dynamics across diverse cell types and datasets (error = 2.6 weeks). Our model accurately estimates developmental age in human neural organoids and detects disease-associated shifts. Model predictions further generalize across species, revealing 10-fold accelerated neurodevelopment in mice relative to humans. Our approach provides a robust framework to assess neural maturation across contexts, with broad relevance for developmental biology and disease modeling.

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Venkatesan, S., Werner, J. M., Li, Y., & Gillis, J. (2026). Cell type-agnostic transcriptomic signatures enable uniform comparisons of neural maturation. PLoS biology, 24(4), e3003757. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003757

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@article{venkatesan2026cell,
author = {Venkatesan, Sridevi and Werner, Jonathan M and Li, Yun and Gillis, Jesse},
title = {{Cell type-agnostic transcriptomic signatures enable uniform comparisons of neural maturation}},
journal = {PLoS biology},
year = {2026},
month = apr,
volume = {24},
number = {4},
pages = {e3003757},
publisher = {PLOS},
issn = {1544-9173},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3003757},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003757},
pmid = {41984978},
pmcid = {PMC13095120}
}

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