Network analysis of large-scale ImmGen and Tabula Muris datasets highlights metabolic diversity of tissue mononuclear phagocytes

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Contributors

  • ITMO Univ, ITMO University, Mech & Opt, St Petersburg Natl Res Univ Informat Technol
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Washington University St. Louis
  • Ghent University
  • Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN)
  • Duke-NUS Medical School
  • Cornell University
  • Harvard Medical School (HMS)
  • Ulm University Medical Center
  • National Health Research Institutes Taiwan
  • Immunology Institute and Tisch Cancer Institute
  • University Hospitals of Lyon (HCL)
  • Sorbonne Paris North University
  • National Yang-Ming University

Abstract

The diversity of mononuclear phagocyte (MNP) subpopulations across tissues is one of the key physiological characteristics of the immune system. Here, we focus on understanding the metabolic variability of MNPs through metabolic network analysis applied to three large-scale transcriptional datasets: we introduce (1) an ImmGen MNP open-source dataset of 337 samples across 26 tissues; (2) a myeloid subset of ImmGen Phase I dataset (202 MNP samples); and (3) a myeloid mouse single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) dataset (51,364 cells) assembled based on Tabula Muris Senis. To analyze such large-scale datasets, we develop a network-based computational approach, genes and metabolites (GAM) clustering, for unbiased identification of the key metabolic subnetworks based on transcriptional profiles. We define 9 metabolic subnetworks that encapsulate the metabolic differences within MNP from 38 different tissues. Obtained modules reveal that cholesterol synthesis appears particularly active within the migratory dendritic cells, while glutathione synthesis is essential for cysteinyl leukotriene production by peritoneal and lung macrophages.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number112046
Pages (from-to)1-22
Number of pages23
JournalCell reports
Volume42
Issue number2
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 28 Feb 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMedCentral PMC10372199
Scopus 85147216145

Keywords

Keywords

  • Animals, Mice, Phagocytes, Single-Cell Analysis