SpiDe-Sr: blind super-resolution network for precise cell segmentation and clustering in spatial proteomics imaging

Abstract Spatial proteomics elucidates cellular biochemical changes with unprecedented topological level. Imaging mass cytometry (IMC) is a high-dimensional single-cell resolution platform for targeted spatial proteomics. However, the precision of subsequent clinical analysis is constrained by imagi...

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Main Authors: Rui Chen, Jiasu Xu, Boqian Wang, Yi Ding, Aynur Abdulla, Yiyang Li, Lai Jiang, Xianting Ding
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46989-z
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author Rui Chen
Jiasu Xu
Boqian Wang
Yi Ding
Aynur Abdulla
Yiyang Li
Lai Jiang
Xianting Ding
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Jiasu Xu
Boqian Wang
Yi Ding
Aynur Abdulla
Yiyang Li
Lai Jiang
Xianting Ding
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description Abstract Spatial proteomics elucidates cellular biochemical changes with unprecedented topological level. Imaging mass cytometry (IMC) is a high-dimensional single-cell resolution platform for targeted spatial proteomics. However, the precision of subsequent clinical analysis is constrained by imaging noise and resolution. Here, we propose SpiDe-Sr, a super-resolution network embedded with a denoising module for IMC spatial resolution enhancement. SpiDe-Sr effectively resists noise and improves resolution by 4 times. We demonstrate SpiDe-Sr respectively with cells, mouse and human tissues, resulting 18.95%/27.27%/21.16% increase in peak signal-to-noise ratio and 15.95%/31.63%/15.52% increase in cell extraction accuracy. We further apply SpiDe-Sr to study the tumor microenvironment of a 20-patient clinical breast cancer cohort with 269,556 single cells, and discover the invasion of Gram-negative bacteria is positively correlated with carcinogenesis markers and negatively correlated with immunological markers. Additionally, SpiDe-Sr is also compatible with fluorescence microscopy imaging, suggesting SpiDe-Sr an alternative tool for microscopy image super-resolution.
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spelling doaj.art-7136ac4011884686a4468ef3583bd5e52024-03-31T11:24:59ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-03-0115111610.1038/s41467-024-46989-zSpiDe-Sr: blind super-resolution network for precise cell segmentation and clustering in spatial proteomics imagingRui Chen0Jiasu Xu1Boqian Wang2Yi Ding3Aynur Abdulla4Yiyang Li5Lai Jiang6Xianting Ding7Department of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityDepartment of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityDepartment of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityDepartment of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityDepartment of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityState Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Institute for Personalized Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityDepartment of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityDepartment of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityAbstract Spatial proteomics elucidates cellular biochemical changes with unprecedented topological level. Imaging mass cytometry (IMC) is a high-dimensional single-cell resolution platform for targeted spatial proteomics. However, the precision of subsequent clinical analysis is constrained by imaging noise and resolution. Here, we propose SpiDe-Sr, a super-resolution network embedded with a denoising module for IMC spatial resolution enhancement. SpiDe-Sr effectively resists noise and improves resolution by 4 times. We demonstrate SpiDe-Sr respectively with cells, mouse and human tissues, resulting 18.95%/27.27%/21.16% increase in peak signal-to-noise ratio and 15.95%/31.63%/15.52% increase in cell extraction accuracy. We further apply SpiDe-Sr to study the tumor microenvironment of a 20-patient clinical breast cancer cohort with 269,556 single cells, and discover the invasion of Gram-negative bacteria is positively correlated with carcinogenesis markers and negatively correlated with immunological markers. Additionally, SpiDe-Sr is also compatible with fluorescence microscopy imaging, suggesting SpiDe-Sr an alternative tool for microscopy image super-resolution.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46989-z
spellingShingle Rui Chen
Jiasu Xu
Boqian Wang
Yi Ding
Aynur Abdulla
Yiyang Li
Lai Jiang
Xianting Ding
SpiDe-Sr: blind super-resolution network for precise cell segmentation and clustering in spatial proteomics imaging
Nature Communications
title SpiDe-Sr: blind super-resolution network for precise cell segmentation and clustering in spatial proteomics imaging
title_full SpiDe-Sr: blind super-resolution network for precise cell segmentation and clustering in spatial proteomics imaging
title_fullStr SpiDe-Sr: blind super-resolution network for precise cell segmentation and clustering in spatial proteomics imaging
title_full_unstemmed SpiDe-Sr: blind super-resolution network for precise cell segmentation and clustering in spatial proteomics imaging
title_short SpiDe-Sr: blind super-resolution network for precise cell segmentation and clustering in spatial proteomics imaging
title_sort spide sr blind super resolution network for precise cell segmentation and clustering in spatial proteomics imaging
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46989-z
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