changeseq 1.2.4

Bioinformatic pipeline for the CHANGE-seq assay.

CHANGE-seq: Circularization for High-throughput Analysis Nuclease Genome-wide Effects by Sequencing

This is a repository for CHANGE-seq analytical software, which takes sample-specific paired-end FASTQ files as input and produces a list of CHANGE-seq detected off-target cleavage sites as output.

Summary

This package implements a pipeline that takes in reads from the CHANGE-seq assay and returns detected cleavage sites as output. The individual pipeline steps are:

1. Merge: Merge read1 an read2 for easier mapping to genome.
2. Read Alignment: Merged paired end reads from the assay are aligned to the reference genome using the BWA-MEM algorithm with default parameters (Li. H, 2009).
3. Cleavage Site Identification: Mapped sites are analyzed to determine which represent high-quality cleavage sites.
4. Visualization of Results: Identified on-target and off-target cleavage sites are rendered as a color-coded alignment map for easy analysis of results.

Installation

The most easiest way to install change-seq pipeline is via conda.

conda create -n changeseq -c tsailabSJ changeseq

source activate changeseq

changeseq.py -h

Alternatively, you can git clone this repository and install

git clone https://github.com/tsailabSJ/changeseq

cd changeseq

pip install -r requirements.txt

python setup.py install

changeseq.py -h

## Please install BWA and samtools if you choose this option

Download Reference Genome

The CHANGEseq package requires a reference genome for read mapping. You can use any genome of your choosing, but for all of our testing and original CHANGE-seq analyses we use hg19 (download). Be sure to (g)unzip the FASTA file before use if it is compressed.

Usage

The change-seq pipeline requires a manifest yaml file specifying input files, output directory, and pipeline parameters. Once the yaml file is created, users can simply run change_seq.py all --manifest /path/to/manifest.yaml

Below is an example manifest.yaml file::

reference_genome: /data/joung/genomes/Homo_sapiens_assembly19.fasta
analysis_folder: /data/joung/CHANGE-Seq/test2

bwa: bwa
samtools: samtools

read_threshold: 4
window_size: 3
mapq_threshold: 50
start_threshold: 1
gap_threshold: 3
mismatch_threshold: 6
search_radius: 30
merged_analysis: True

samples:
    U2OS_exp1_VEGFA_site_1:
        target: GGGTGGGGGGAGTTTGCTCCNGG
        read1: /data/joung/sequencing_fastq/150902_M01326_0235_000000000-AHLT8/fastq/1_S1_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz
        read2: /data/joung/sequencing_fastq/150902_M01326_0235_000000000-AHLT8/fastq/1_S1_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz
        controlread1: /data/joung/sequencing_fastq/150902_M01326_0235_000000000-AHLT8/fastq/4_S4_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz
        controlread2: /data/joung/sequencing_fastq/150902_M01326_0235_000000000-AHLT8/fastq/4_S4_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz
        description: U2OS_exp1
    U2OS_exp1_EMX1:
        target: GAGTCCGAGCAGAAGAAGAANGG
        read1: /data/joung/sequencing_fastq/150902_M01326_0235_000000000-AHLT8/fastq/2_S2_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz
        read2: /data/joung/sequencing_fastq/150902_M01326_0235_000000000-AHLT8/fastq/2_S2_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz
        controlread1: /data/joung/sequencing_fastq/150902_M01326_0235_000000000-AHLT8/fastq/4_S4_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz
        controlread2: /data/joung/sequencing_fastq/150902_M01326_0235_000000000-AHLT8/fastq/4_S4_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz
        description: U2OS_exp1

Quickstart

git clone https://github.com/tsailabSJ/changeseq

cd changeseq/test

changeseq.py all --manifest CIRCLEseq_MergedTest.yaml

Writing A Manifest File

When running the end-to-end analysis functionality of the CHANGEseq package a number of inputs are required. To simplify the formatting of these inputs and to encourage reproducibility, these parameters are inputted into the pipeline via a manifest formatted as a YAML file. YAML files allow easy-to-read specification of key-value pairs. This allows us to easily specify our parameters. The following fields are required in the manifest:

• reference_genome: The absolute path to the reference genome FASTA file.
• output_folder: The absolute path to the folder in which all pipeline outputs will be saved.
• bwa: The absolute path to the bwa executable
• samtools: The absolute path to the samtools executable
• read_threshold: The minimum number of reads at a location for that location to be called as a site. We recommend leaving it to the default value of 4.
• window_size: Size of the sliding window, we recommend leaving it to the default value of 3.
• mapq_threshold: Minimum read mapping quality score. We recommend leaving it to the default value of 50.
• start_threshold: Tolerance for breakpoint location. We recommend leaving it to the default value of 1.
• gap_threshold: Distance between breakpoints. We recommend leaving it to the default value of 3 for Cas9.
• mismatch_threshold: Number of tolerated gaps in the fuzzy target search setp. We recommend leaving it to the default value of 6.
• merged_analysis: Whether or not the paired read merging step should takingTrue
• samples: Lists the samples you wish to analyze and the details for each. Each sample name should be nested under the top level samples key, and each sample detail should be nested under the sample name. See the sample manifest for an example.
  • For each sample, you must provide the following parameters:
    • target: Target sequence for that sample. Accepts degenerate bases.
    • read1: The absolute path to the .FASTQ(.gz) file containing the read1 reads.
    • read2: The absolute path to the .FASTQ(.gz) file containing the read2 reads.
    • controlread1: The absolute path to the .FASTQ(.gz) file containing the control read1 reads.
    • controlread2: The absolute path to the .FASTQ(.gz) file containing the control read2 reads.
    • description: A brief description of the sample

Pipeline Output

When running the full pipeline, the results of each step are outputted to the output_folder in a separate folder for each step. The output folders and their respective contents are as follows:

• output_folder/aligned: Contains an alignment .sam, alignment .bam, sorted bam, and .bai index file for each sample.
• output_folder/fastq: Merged .fastq.gz files for each sample.
• output_folder/identified: Contains tab-delimited .txt files for each sample containing the identified DSBs, control DSBs, filtered DSBs, and read quantification.
• output_folder/visualization: Contains a .svg vector image representing an alignment of all detected off-targets to the targetsite for each sample.

FAQ

None yet, we will keep this updated as needed.