Single-cell multi-omics defines the cell-type-specific impact of splicing aberrations in human hematopoietic clonal outgrowths

Mariela Cortés-López, Paulina Chamely, Allegra G Hawkins, Robert F Stanley, Ariel D Swett, Saravanan Ganesan, Tarek H Mouhieddine, Xiaoguang Dai, Lloyd Kluegel, Celine Chen, Kiran Batta, Nili Furer, Rahul S Vedula, John Beaulaurier, Alexander W Drong, Scott Hickey, Neville Dusaj, Gavriel Mullokandov, Adam M Stasiw, Jiayu SuRonan Chaligné, Sissel Juul, Eoghan Harrington, David A Knowles, Catherine J Potenski, Daniel H Wiseman, Amos Tanay, Liran Shlush, Robert C Lindsley, Irene M Ghobrial, Justin Taylor, Omar Abdel-Wahab, Federico Gaiti, Dan A Landau

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Abstract

RNA splicing factors are recurrently mutated in clonal blood disorders, but the impact of dysregulated splicing in hematopoiesis remains unclear. To overcome technical limitations, we integrated genotyping of transcriptomes (GoT) with long-read single-cell transcriptomics and proteogenomics for single-cell profiling of transcriptomes, surface proteins, somatic mutations, and RNA splicing (GoT-Splice). We applied GoT-Splice to hematopoietic progenitors from myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients with mutations in the core splicing factor SF3B1. SF3B1mut cells were enriched in the megakaryocytic-erythroid lineage, with expansion of SF3B1mut erythroid progenitor cells. We uncovered distinct cryptic 3' splice site usage in different progenitor populations and stage-specific aberrant splicing during erythroid differentiation. Profiling SF3B1-mutated clonal hematopoiesis samples revealed that erythroid bias and cell-type-specific cryptic 3' splice site usage in SF3B1mut cells precede overt MDS. Collectively, GoT-Splice defines the cell-type-specific impact of somatic mutations on RNA splicing, from early clonal outgrowths to overt neoplasia, directly in human samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1262-1281.e8
JournalCell Stem Cell
Volume30
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2023

Keywords

  • Humans
  • RNA Splice Sites
  • Multiomics
  • RNA Splicing/genetics
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes/genetics
  • RNA Splicing Factors/genetics
  • Mutation/genetics
  • Phosphoproteins/genetics

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