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  • 1Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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Spatial transcriptomics lacks protein data. We developed DGAT, a deep learning framework, to predict spatial protein expression from spatial transcriptomic data, revealing new biological insights.

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Area of Science:

  • Spatial biology
  • Genomics
  • Proteomics
  • Deep learning

Background:

  • Spatial transcriptomics (ST) offers genome-wide RNA profiles within tissue context.
  • ST lacks direct protein measurements crucial for understanding cellular function and tissue organization.
  • Bridging this gap is essential for comprehensive spatial biology research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a deep learning framework for imputing spatial protein expression from ST data.
  • To leverage RNA-protein relationships from integrated datasets.
  • To enable protein-level interpretation of spatial transcriptomic data.

Main Methods:

  • Developed DGAT (Dual-Graph Attention Network), a deep learning framework.
  • Constructed heterogeneous graphs integrating transcriptomic, proteomic, and spatial information using graph attention networks.
  • Employed task-specific decoders to reconstruct mRNA and predict protein abundance from a shared latent representation.

Main Results:

  • DGAT demonstrated superior protein imputation accuracy compared to existing methods across multiple datasets.
  • The framework successfully revealed spatially distinct cell states, immune phenotypes, and tissue architectures.
  • DGAT enabled protein-level interpretation from transcriptomics-only spatial data, uncovering insights not apparent from transcriptomics alone.

Conclusions:

  • DGAT accurately reconstructs spatial protein landscapes from spatial transcriptomic data.
  • The framework enhances the understanding of tissue organization and cellular functions.
  • DGAT provides a powerful tool for protein-level interpretation in transcriptomics-only spatial studies.