#!/usr/bin/env python """Validate scPTR gamma estimates against sci-fate metabolic labeling ground truth. sci-fate (Cao et al. 2020, Nature Biotechnology) provides both total and newly synthesized mRNA counts per cell via 4sU metabolic labeling. This allows us to compute ground-truth degradation rates and compare them against scPTR's gamma estimates from splicing kinetics alone. Key idea: - old RNA = total - new (pre-existing mRNA) - degradation_rate ~ new / old (high ratio = fast turnover) - We expect: genes with high scPTR gamma should have high new/old ratio Data: A549 cells treated with dexamethasone (0-10h), GEO GSE131351. """ from __future__ import annotations import gzip import json import sys from io import BytesIO from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np import pandas as pd import scanpy as sc from scipy import stats from scipy.io import mmread from scipy.sparse import csc_matrix sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent)) from _common import set_figure_style import scptr OUTPUT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "output" / "scifate_validation" CACHE_DIR = Path.home() / ".cache" / "scptr" / "scifate" def save_fig(fig, name, subdir="figures"): """Save a matplotlib figure to output dir.""" if fig is None: print(f" [WARNING] {name}: plot returned None, skipping save") return out_dir = OUTPUT_DIR / subdir out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) path = out_dir / f"{name}.png" fig.savefig(path, dpi=150, bbox_inches="tight") plt.close(fig) print(f" Saved: {path}") def load_scifate_data(): """Load sci-fate data from GEO-downloaded files. Returns AnnData with: - X: total gene counts (sparse) - layers['new']: newly synthesized counts (sparse) - obs: cell annotations (treatment_time, etc.) - var: gene annotations (gene_id, gene_short_name) """ print("Loading sci-fate data from GEO files...") # Load cell annotations cell_ann = pd.read_csv(CACHE_DIR / "GSM3770930_A549_cell_annotate.txt.gz", compression="gzip") print(f" Cells: {len(cell_ann)}") # Load gene annotations gene_ann = pd.read_csv(CACHE_DIR / "GSM3770930_A549_gene_annotate.txt.gz", compression="gzip") print(f" Genes: {len(gene_ann)}") # Load total count matrix (MatrixMarket format, gzipped) print(" Loading total count matrix...") with gzip.open(CACHE_DIR / "GSM3770930_A549_gene_count.txt.gz", 'rb') as f: total_mat = mmread(f) # genes x cells total_mat = csc_matrix(total_mat).T # -> cells x genes # Load newly synthesized count matrix print(" Loading newly synthesized count matrix...") with gzip.open(CACHE_DIR / "GSM3770930_A549_gene_count_newly_synthesised.txt.gz", 'rb') as f: new_mat = mmread(f) # genes x cells new_mat = csc_matrix(new_mat).T # -> cells x genes print(f" Total matrix: {total_mat.shape}") print(f" New matrix: {new_mat.shape}") # Build AnnData import anndata as ad adata = ad.AnnData( X=total_mat, obs=cell_ann.set_index("sample"), var=gene_ann.set_index("gene_id"), ) adata.layers["new"] = new_mat adata.var_names_make_unique() # Use gene short names adata.var["gene_id_full"] = adata.var_names.tolist() adata.var_names = adata.var["gene_short_name"].values adata.var_names_make_unique() print(f" AnnData shape: {adata.shape}") print(f" Treatment times: {adata.obs['treatment_time'].value_counts().to_dict()}") return adata def compute_ground_truth_degradation(adata): """Compute per-gene ground-truth degradation rate from labeled/unlabeled RNA. Ground truth: degradation_rate_proxy = mean(new) / mean(old) where old = total - new. Genes with high turnover have high new/old ratio. """ total = np.asarray(adata.X.toarray() if hasattr(adata.X, 'toarray') else adata.X) new = np.asarray(adata.layers["new"].toarray() if hasattr(adata.layers["new"], 'toarray') else adata.layers["new"]) old = total - new # Per-gene: mean across cells mean_new = new.mean(axis=0) mean_old = old.mean(axis=0) mean_total = total.mean(axis=0) # Degradation rate proxy: new/old ratio (high = fast turnover) # Only for genes with sufficient expression min_expr = 0.5 # minimum mean total expression reliable = (mean_total >= min_expr) & (mean_old > 0.1) deg_rate = np.full(adata.n_vars, np.nan) deg_rate[reliable] = mean_new[reliable] / mean_old[reliable] # Also compute fraction-new (new/total), another degradation proxy frac_new = np.full(adata.n_vars, np.nan) frac_new[reliable] = mean_new[reliable] / mean_total[reliable] result = pd.DataFrame({ "gene": adata.var_names, "mean_total": mean_total, "mean_new": mean_new, "mean_old": mean_old, "new_old_ratio": deg_rate, "frac_new": frac_new, }) return result def prepare_for_scptr(adata_scifate): """Prepare sci-fate data for scPTR pipeline. sci-fate doesn't have unspliced/spliced layers from velocity-style preprocessing. Instead, we use: - spliced = old RNA (pre-existing, ~steady-state pool) - unspliced = new RNA (recently transcribed, proxy for nascent) This mapping makes biological sense: newly synthesized RNA is analogous to the unspliced pool (recently produced), while old RNA represents the mature steady-state pool (analogous to spliced). """ import anndata as ad total = adata_scifate.X.toarray() if hasattr(adata_scifate.X, 'toarray') else np.asarray(adata_scifate.X) new = adata_scifate.layers["new"].toarray() if hasattr(adata_scifate.layers["new"], 'toarray') else np.asarray(adata_scifate.layers["new"]) old = total - new # Filter to protein-coding genes with sufficient expression mean_total = total.mean(axis=0) keep = mean_total >= 0.5 # min mean expression if "gene_type" in adata_scifate.var.columns: is_pc = adata_scifate.var["gene_type"] == "protein_coding" keep = keep & is_pc.values adata = ad.AnnData( X=total[:, keep].astype(np.float32), obs=adata_scifate.obs.copy(), var=adata_scifate.var.iloc[keep].copy(), ) # Map: unspliced=new, spliced=old adata.layers["unspliced"] = new[:, keep].astype(np.float32) adata.layers["spliced"] = old[:, keep].astype(np.float32) print(f" Prepared AnnData: {adata.shape}") print(f" Protein-coding genes with mean expr >= 0.5: {keep.sum()}") return adata def main(): set_figure_style() OUTPUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) res_dir = OUTPUT_DIR / "results" res_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) # ========================================================================= # LOAD SCI-FATE DATA # ========================================================================= print("=" * 60) print("LOADING SCI-FATE DATA") print("=" * 60) adata_raw = load_scifate_data() # ========================================================================= # GROUND TRUTH DEGRADATION RATES # ========================================================================= print("\n" + "=" * 60) print("COMPUTING GROUND TRUTH DEGRADATION RATES") print("=" * 60) gt = compute_ground_truth_degradation(adata_raw) n_reliable = gt["new_old_ratio"].notna().sum() print(f" Reliable genes: {n_reliable} / {len(gt)}") print(f" New/old ratio: median={gt['new_old_ratio'].median():.4f}, " f"mean={gt['new_old_ratio'].mean():.4f}") print(f" Frac new: median={gt['frac_new'].median():.4f}") gt.to_csv(res_dir / "ground_truth_degradation.csv", index=False) # ========================================================================= # PER-TIMEPOINT ANALYSIS # ========================================================================= print("\n" + "=" * 60) print("PER-TIMEPOINT GROUND TRUTH") print("=" * 60) timepoints = sorted(adata_raw.obs["treatment_time"].unique()) gt_by_time = {} for tp in timepoints: mask = adata_raw.obs["treatment_time"] == tp sub = adata_raw[mask].copy() gt_tp = compute_ground_truth_degradation(sub) gt_by_time[tp] = gt_tp n_rel = gt_tp["new_old_ratio"].notna().sum() med_ratio = gt_tp["new_old_ratio"].median() print(f" {tp}: {mask.sum()} cells, {n_rel} reliable genes, " f"median new/old ratio = {med_ratio:.4f}") # Check consistency across timepoints print("\n--- Cross-timepoint consistency ---") tp_list = list(gt_by_time.keys()) for i in range(len(tp_list)): for j in range(i + 1, len(tp_list)): a = gt_by_time[tp_list[i]].set_index("gene") b = gt_by_time[tp_list[j]].set_index("gene") shared = a.index.intersection(b.index) va = a.loc[shared, "new_old_ratio"].values vb = b.loc[shared, "new_old_ratio"].values valid = np.isfinite(va) & np.isfinite(vb) if valid.sum() > 10: r, p = stats.spearmanr(va[valid], vb[valid]) print(f" {tp_list[i]} vs {tp_list[j]}: Spearman r = {r:.4f} (n={valid.sum()})") # ========================================================================= # RUN SCPTR PIPELINE # ========================================================================= print("\n" + "=" * 60) print("RUNNING SCPTR PIPELINE ON SCI-FATE DATA") print("=" * 60) adata = prepare_for_scptr(adata_raw) # Preprocessing scptr.pp.filter_genes(adata) print(f" After gene filtering: {adata.shape}") scptr.pp.normalize_layers(adata) print(" Normalized layers") scptr.pp.neighbors(adata, n_neighbors=30) print(" Built kNN graph") scptr.pp.smooth_layers(adata) print(" Smoothed layers") # Core analysis scptr.tl.estimate_beta(adata) beta = adata.var["beta"].values print(f" Beta: median={np.median(beta):.4f}, max={np.max(beta):.4f}") scptr.tl.estimate_gamma(adata) gamma = adata.layers["gamma"] gamma_med = np.median(gamma, axis=0) print(f" Gamma: shape={gamma.shape}, median of medians={np.median(gamma_med):.4f}") print(f" Gamma max: {np.max(gamma):.4f}") # ========================================================================= # CORRELATION: SCPTR GAMMA vs GROUND TRUTH # ========================================================================= print("\n" + "=" * 60) print("SCPTR GAMMA vs GROUND TRUTH DEGRADATION RATES") print("=" * 60) print(" NOTE: Since gamma = beta * unspliced/spliced and we map") print(" new→unspliced, old→spliced, the gamma-vs-new/old correlation") print(" is partially tautological. The independent validation is the") print(" correlation with published half-lives (Schofield 2018).") # Build gene-level comparison gamma_series = pd.Series(gamma_med, index=adata.var_names) gt_indexed = gt.set_index("gene") shared = gamma_series.index.intersection(gt_indexed.index) print(f" Shared genes: {len(shared)}") g = gamma_series[shared].values.astype(float) gt_ratio = gt_indexed.loc[shared, "new_old_ratio"].values.astype(float) gt_frac = gt_indexed.loc[shared, "frac_new"].values.astype(float) # Filter: need both values finite and positive valid_ratio = np.isfinite(g) & np.isfinite(gt_ratio) & (g > 0) & (gt_ratio > 0) valid_frac = np.isfinite(g) & np.isfinite(gt_frac) & (g > 0) & (gt_frac > 0) results = {} # Correlation with new/old ratio if valid_ratio.sum() > 10: g_r = g[valid_ratio] gt_r = gt_ratio[valid_ratio] sp_r, sp_p = stats.spearmanr(g_r, gt_r) pe_r, pe_p = stats.pearsonr(np.log1p(g_r), np.log1p(gt_r)) print(f"\n vs new/old ratio (n={valid_ratio.sum()}):") print(f" Spearman r = {sp_r:.4f} (p = {sp_p:.2e})") print(f" Pearson r = {pe_r:.4f} (p = {pe_p:.2e}) [log-space]") results["new_old_ratio"] = { "spearman_r": float(sp_r), "spearman_p": float(sp_p), "pearson_r": float(pe_r), "pearson_p": float(pe_p), "n_genes": int(valid_ratio.sum()), } else: print(" Not enough shared genes for new/old ratio correlation.") results["new_old_ratio"] = {"n_genes": int(valid_ratio.sum())} # Correlation with fraction new if valid_frac.sum() > 10: g_f = g[valid_frac] gt_f = gt_frac[valid_frac] sp_r, sp_p = stats.spearmanr(g_f, gt_f) pe_r, pe_p = stats.pearsonr(np.log1p(g_f), np.log1p(gt_f)) print(f"\n vs fraction new (n={valid_frac.sum()}):") print(f" Spearman r = {sp_r:.4f} (p = {sp_p:.2e})") print(f" Pearson r = {pe_r:.4f} (p = {pe_p:.2e}) [log-space]") results["frac_new"] = { "spearman_r": float(sp_r), "spearman_p": float(sp_p), "pearson_r": float(pe_r), "pearson_p": float(pe_p), "n_genes": int(valid_frac.sum()), } else: print(" Not enough shared genes for fraction new correlation.") results["frac_new"] = {"n_genes": int(valid_frac.sum())} # ========================================================================= # INDEPENDENT VALIDATION: PUBLISHED HALF-LIVES (not tautological) # ========================================================================= print("\n--- Independent validation: published half-life correlations ---") print(" (This is the key result — fully independent ground truth)") hl_human = scptr.datasets.schofield2018_halflives() corr_human = scptr.benchmark.correlate_with_halflives(adata, hl_human) print(f" Human half-lives (Schofield 2018): Spearman r = {corr_human['spearman_r']:.4f} " f"(p={corr_human['spearman_p']:.2e}, n={corr_human['n_genes']})") results["halflife_human"] = { k: v for k, v in corr_human.items() if k != "matched_genes" } hl_mouse = scptr.datasets.herzog2017_halflives() corr_mouse = scptr.benchmark.correlate_with_halflives(adata, hl_mouse) print(f" Mouse half-lives (Herzog 2017): Spearman r = {corr_mouse['spearman_r']:.4f} " f"(p={corr_mouse['spearman_p']:.2e}, n={corr_mouse['n_genes']})") results["halflife_mouse"] = { k: v for k, v in corr_mouse.items() if k != "matched_genes" } with open(res_dir / "scifate_validation.json", "w") as f: json.dump(results, f, indent=2) # ========================================================================= # SCATTER PLOTS # ========================================================================= print("\n" + "=" * 60) print("GENERATING FIGURES") print("=" * 60) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(18, 5)) # Panel 1: gamma vs new/old ratio if valid_ratio.sum() > 10: g_r = g[valid_ratio] gt_r = gt_ratio[valid_ratio] axes[0].scatter(gt_r, g_r, alpha=0.15, s=8, c="steelblue") axes[0].set_xscale("log") axes[0].set_yscale("log") axes[0].set_xlabel("Ground truth: new/old RNA ratio") axes[0].set_ylabel("scPTR median gamma") sp_r = results["new_old_ratio"]["spearman_r"] sp_p = results["new_old_ratio"]["spearman_p"] axes[0].set_title(f"vs New/Old ratio\n(Spearman r={sp_r:.3f}, p={sp_p:.1e})") # Panel 2: gamma vs fraction new if valid_frac.sum() > 10: g_f = g[valid_frac] gt_f = gt_frac[valid_frac] axes[1].scatter(gt_f, g_f, alpha=0.15, s=8, c="darkorange") axes[1].set_xscale("log") axes[1].set_yscale("log") axes[1].set_xlabel("Ground truth: fraction new RNA") axes[1].set_ylabel("scPTR median gamma") sp_r = results["frac_new"]["spearman_r"] sp_p = results["frac_new"]["spearman_p"] axes[1].set_title(f"vs Fraction new\n(Spearman r={sp_r:.3f}, p={sp_p:.1e})") # Panel 3: Distribution comparison ax3 = axes[2] # Log-transform and z-score both, show rank correlation if valid_ratio.sum() > 10: g_log = np.log1p(g[valid_ratio]) gt_log = np.log1p(gt_ratio[valid_ratio]) # Rank both g_rank = stats.rankdata(g_log) gt_rank = stats.rankdata(gt_log) ax3.scatter(gt_rank / len(gt_rank), g_rank / len(g_rank), alpha=0.1, s=5, c="purple") ax3.plot([0, 1], [0, 1], "k--", alpha=0.3, lw=1) ax3.set_xlabel("Ground truth rank (fractional)") ax3.set_ylabel("scPTR gamma rank (fractional)") ax3.set_title("Rank-rank plot") fig.suptitle("sci-fate Validation: scPTR Gamma vs Ground Truth Degradation", fontsize=13, y=1.02) fig.tight_layout() save_fig(fig, "scifate_gamma_vs_ground_truth") # ========================================================================= # PER-TIMEPOINT VALIDATION # ========================================================================= print("\n" + "=" * 60) print("PER-TIMEPOINT VALIDATION") print("=" * 60) tp_results = {} fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 3, figsize=(16, 10)) axes = axes.flatten() for idx, tp in enumerate(timepoints): gt_tp = gt_by_time[tp].set_index("gene") shared_tp = gamma_series.index.intersection(gt_tp.index) g_tp = gamma_series[shared_tp].values.astype(float) gt_tp_ratio = gt_tp.loc[shared_tp, "new_old_ratio"].values.astype(float) valid = np.isfinite(g_tp) & np.isfinite(gt_tp_ratio) & (g_tp > 0) & (gt_tp_ratio > 0) if valid.sum() > 10: sp_r, sp_p = stats.spearmanr(g_tp[valid], gt_tp_ratio[valid]) print(f" {tp}: Spearman r = {sp_r:.4f} (n={valid.sum()})") tp_results[tp] = {"spearman_r": float(sp_r), "spearman_p": float(sp_p), "n_genes": int(valid.sum())} if idx < len(axes): axes[idx].scatter(gt_tp_ratio[valid], g_tp[valid], alpha=0.1, s=5, c="steelblue") axes[idx].set_xscale("log") axes[idx].set_yscale("log") axes[idx].set_xlabel("New/old ratio") axes[idx].set_ylabel("scPTR gamma") axes[idx].set_title(f"DEX {tp} (r={sp_r:.3f}, n={valid.sum()})") else: print(f" {tp}: Not enough genes ({valid.sum()})") # Remove unused axes for idx in range(len(timepoints), len(axes)): axes[idx].set_visible(False) fig.suptitle("sci-fate: Per-timepoint scPTR gamma vs ground truth", fontsize=13, y=1.02) fig.tight_layout() save_fig(fig, "scifate_per_timepoint") with open(res_dir / "scifate_per_timepoint.json", "w") as f: json.dump(tp_results, f, indent=2) # ========================================================================= # TOP/BOTTOM GENE ANALYSIS # ========================================================================= print("\n" + "=" * 60) print("TOP/BOTTOM GENE ANALYSIS") print("=" * 60) if valid_ratio.sum() > 100: # Compare top/bottom gamma genes with ground truth ranking gene_df = pd.DataFrame({ "gene": shared[valid_ratio], "gamma": g[valid_ratio], "new_old_ratio": gt_ratio[valid_ratio], }) gene_df = gene_df.sort_values("gamma", ascending=False) # Top 10% gamma genes n10 = max(10, len(gene_df) // 10) top_gamma = gene_df.head(n10) bot_gamma = gene_df.tail(n10) top_gt_med = top_gamma["new_old_ratio"].median() bot_gt_med = bot_gamma["new_old_ratio"].median() print(f"\n Top {n10} gamma genes: median new/old ratio = {top_gt_med:.4f}") print(f" Bottom {n10} gamma genes: median new/old ratio = {bot_gt_med:.4f}") print(f" Fold difference: {top_gt_med / bot_gt_med:.2f}x") # Mann-Whitney test u_stat, mw_p = stats.mannwhitneyu( top_gamma["new_old_ratio"].values, bot_gamma["new_old_ratio"].values, alternative="greater" ) print(f" Mann-Whitney p-value (top > bottom): {mw_p:.2e}") results["top_bottom_analysis"] = { "n_per_group": n10, "top_gamma_median_gt": float(top_gt_med), "bottom_gamma_median_gt": float(bot_gt_med), "fold_difference": float(top_gt_med / bot_gt_med), "mann_whitney_p": float(mw_p), } # Save updated results with open(res_dir / "scifate_validation.json", "w") as f: json.dump(results, f, indent=2) # Boxplot fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6, 5)) positions = [1, 2] bp = ax.boxplot( [top_gamma["new_old_ratio"].values, bot_gamma["new_old_ratio"].values], positions=positions, widths=0.6, patch_artist=True, ) bp["boxes"][0].set_facecolor("salmon") bp["boxes"][1].set_facecolor("lightblue") ax.set_xticks(positions) ax.set_xticklabels([f"Top {n10}\n(high gamma)", f"Bottom {n10}\n(low gamma)"]) ax.set_ylabel("Ground truth: new/old RNA ratio") ax.set_title(f"High-gamma genes have higher turnover\n" f"(fold={top_gt_med/bot_gt_med:.1f}x, p={mw_p:.1e})") fig.tight_layout() save_fig(fig, "scifate_top_bottom_boxplot") # ========================================================================= # SUMMARY # ========================================================================= print("\n" + "=" * 60) print("SUMMARY") print("=" * 60) print(f" Dataset: sci-fate A549 ({adata_raw.n_obs} cells, {adata_raw.n_vars} genes)") print(f" scPTR pipeline: {adata.n_obs} cells, {adata.n_vars} genes") if "new_old_ratio" in results and "spearman_r" in results["new_old_ratio"]: print(f" Gamma vs new/old ratio: Spearman r = {results['new_old_ratio']['spearman_r']:.4f}") if "frac_new" in results and "spearman_r" in results["frac_new"]: print(f" Gamma vs frac new: Spearman r = {results['frac_new']['spearman_r']:.4f}") if "halflife_human" in results: print(f" Human half-life (INDEPENDENT): Spearman r = {results['halflife_human']['spearman_r']:.4f}") if "halflife_mouse" in results and "spearman_r" in results["halflife_mouse"]: print(f" Mouse half-life (INDEPENDENT): Spearman r = {results['halflife_mouse']['spearman_r']:.4f}") if "top_bottom_analysis" in results: tb = results["top_bottom_analysis"] print(f" Top vs bottom gamma: {tb['fold_difference']:.1f}x fold diff (p={tb['mann_whitney_p']:.1e})") print(f"\nAll results saved to: {OUTPUT_DIR.resolve()}") if __name__ == "__main__": main()