Cancer phylogenetic tree inference at scale from 1000s of single cell genomes Journal Article


Authors: Salehi, S.; Dorri, F.; Chern, K.; Kabeer, F.; Rusk, N.; Funnell, T.; Williams, M. J.; Lai, D.; Andronescu, M.; Campbell, K. R.; Aparicio, S.; McPherson, A.; Roth, A.; Shah, S. P.; Bouchard-coté, A.
Article Title: Cancer phylogenetic tree inference at scale from 1000s of single cell genomes
Abstract: A new generation of scalable single cell whole genome sequencing (scWGS) methods allows unprecedented high resolution measurement of the evolutionary dynamics of cancer cell populations. Phylogenetic reconstruction is central to identifying sub-populations and distinguishing the mutational processes that gave rise to them. Existing phylogenetic tree building models do not scale to the tens of thousands of high resolution genomes achievable with current scWGS methods. We constructed a phylogenetic model and associated Bayesian inference procedure, sitka, specifically for scWGS data. The method is based on a novel phylogenetic encoding of copy number (CN) data, the sitka transformation, that simplifies the site dependencies induced by rearrangements while still forming a sound foundation to phylogenetic inference. The sitka transformation allows us to design novel scalable Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms. Moreover, we introduce a novel point mutation calling method that incorporates the CN data and the underlying phylogenetic tree to overcome the low per-cell coverage of scWGS. We demonstrate our method on three single cell datasets, including a novel PDX series, and analyse the topological properties of the inferred trees.
Keywords: evolution; model; sequencing reveals
Journal Title: Peer Community Journal
Volume: 3
ISSN: 2804-3871
Publisher: Peer Community In  
Date Published: 2023-07-21
Start Page: e63
Language: English
ACCESSION: WOS:001347693900003
DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal.292
PROVIDER: wos
Notes: The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledge in the PDF -- Source: Wos
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  1. Sohrab Prakash Shah
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  2. Tyler Funnell
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  3. Nicole Rusk
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  4. Sohrab Salehi
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