tiger.py

import argparse
import os
import gzip
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import tensorflow as tf
from Bio import SeqIO

GUIDE_LEN = 23
CONTEXT_5P = 3
CONTEXT_3P = 0
TARGET_LEN = CONTEXT_5P + GUIDE_LEN + CONTEXT_3P
NUCLEOTIDE_TOKENS = dict(zip(['A', 'C', 'G', 'T', 'N'], [0, 1, 2, 3, 255]))
NUCLEOTIDE_COMPLEMENT = dict(zip(['A', 'C', 'G', 'T'], ['T', 'G', 'C', 'A']))
NUM_TOP_GUIDES = 10
NUM_MISMATCHES = 3
REFERENCE_TRANSCRIPTS = ('gencode.v19.pc_transcripts.fa.gz', 'gencode.v19.lncRNA_transcripts.fa.gz')

# configure GPUs
for gpu in tf.config.list_physical_devices('GPU'):
    tf.config.experimental.set_memory_growth(gpu, enable=True)
if len(tf.config.list_physical_devices('GPU')) > 0:
    tf.config.experimental.set_visible_devices(tf.config.list_physical_devices('GPU')[0], 'GPU')


def load_transcripts(fasta_files):

    # load all transcripts from fasta files into a DataFrame
    transcripts = pd.DataFrame()
    for file in fasta_files:
        try:
            if os.path.splitext(file)[1] == '.gz':
                with gzip.open(file, 'rt') as f:
                    df = pd.DataFrame([(t.id, str(t.seq)) for t in SeqIO.parse(f, 'fasta')], columns=['id', 'seq'])
            else:
                df = pd.DataFrame([(t.id, str(t.seq)) for t in SeqIO.parse(f, 'fasta')], columns=['id', 'seq'])
        except Exception as e:
            print(e, 'while loading', file)
            continue
        transcripts = pd.concat([transcripts, df])

    # set index
    transcripts['id'] = transcripts['id'].apply(lambda s: s.split('|')[0])
    transcripts.set_index('id', inplace=True)
    assert not transcripts.index.has_duplicates

    return transcripts


def sequence_complement(sequence: list):
    return [''.join([NUCLEOTIDE_COMPLEMENT[nt] for nt in list(seq)]) for seq in sequence]


def one_hot_encode_sequence(sequence: list, add_context_padding: bool = False):

    # stack list of sequences into a tensor
    sequence = tf.ragged.stack([tf.constant(list(seq)) for seq in sequence], axis=0)

    # tokenize sequence
    nucleotide_table = tf.lookup.StaticVocabularyTable(
        initializer=tf.lookup.KeyValueTensorInitializer(
            keys=tf.constant(list(NUCLEOTIDE_TOKENS.keys()), dtype=tf.string),
            values=tf.constant(list(NUCLEOTIDE_TOKENS.values()), dtype=tf.int64)),
        num_oov_buckets=1)
    sequence = tf.RaggedTensor.from_row_splits(values=nucleotide_table.lookup(sequence.values),
                                               row_splits=sequence.row_splits).to_tensor(255)

    # add context padding if requested
    if add_context_padding:
        pad_5p = 255 * tf.ones([sequence.shape[0], CONTEXT_5P], dtype=sequence.dtype)
        pad_3p = 255 * tf.ones([sequence.shape[0], CONTEXT_3P], dtype=sequence.dtype)
        sequence = tf.concat([pad_5p, sequence, pad_3p], axis=1)

    # one-hot encode
    sequence = tf.one_hot(sequence, depth=4)

    return sequence


def process_data(transcript_seq: str):

    # convert to upper case
    transcript_seq = transcript_seq.upper()

    # get all target sites
    target_seq = [transcript_seq[i: i + TARGET_LEN] for i in range(len(transcript_seq) - TARGET_LEN + 1)]

    # prepare guide sequences
    guide_seq = sequence_complement([seq[CONTEXT_5P:len(seq) - CONTEXT_3P] for seq in target_seq])

    # model inputs
    model_inputs = tf.concat([
        tf.reshape(one_hot_encode_sequence(target_seq, add_context_padding=False), [len(target_seq), -1]),
        tf.reshape(one_hot_encode_sequence(guide_seq, add_context_padding=True), [len(guide_seq), -1]),
        ], axis=-1)

    return target_seq, guide_seq, model_inputs


def predict_on_target(transcript_seq: str, model: tf.keras.Model):

    # parse transcript sequence
    target_seq, guide_seq, model_inputs = process_data(transcript_seq)

    # get predictions
    normalized_lfc = model.predict_step(model_inputs)
    predictions = pd.DataFrame({'Guide': guide_seq, 'Normalized LFC': tf.squeeze(normalized_lfc).numpy()})
    predictions = predictions.set_index('Guide').sort_values('Normalized LFC')

    return predictions


def find_off_targets(guides, batch_size=500):

    # load reference transcripts
    reference_transcripts = load_transcripts([os.path.join('transcripts', f) for f in REFERENCE_TRANSCRIPTS])

    # one-hot encode guides to form a filter
    guide_filter = one_hot_encode_sequence(sequence_complement(guides), add_context_padding=False)
    guide_filter = tf.transpose(guide_filter, [1, 2, 0])
    guide_filter = tf.cast(guide_filter, tf.float16)

    # loop over transcripts in batches
    i = 0
    print('Scanning for off-targets')
    df_off_targets = pd.DataFrame()
    while i < len(reference_transcripts):
        # select batch
        df_batch = reference_transcripts.iloc[i:min(i + batch_size, len(reference_transcripts))]
        i += batch_size

        # find and log off-targets
        transcripts = one_hot_encode_sequence(df_batch['seq'].values.tolist(), add_context_padding=False)
        transcripts = tf.cast(transcripts, guide_filter.dtype)
        num_mismatches = GUIDE_LEN - tf.nn.conv1d(transcripts, guide_filter, stride=1, padding='SAME')
        loc_off_targets = tf.where(tf.round(num_mismatches) <= NUM_MISMATCHES).numpy()
        df_off_targets = pd.concat([df_off_targets, pd.DataFrame({
            'Guide': np.array(guides)[loc_off_targets[:, 2]],
            'Isoform': df_batch.index.values[loc_off_targets[:, 0]],
            'Mismatches': tf.gather_nd(num_mismatches, loc_off_targets).numpy().astype(int),
            'Midpoint': loc_off_targets[:, 1],
            'Target': df_batch['seq'].values[loc_off_targets[:, 0]],
        })])

        # progress update
        print('\rPercent complete: {:.2f}%'.format(100 * min(i / len(reference_transcripts), 1)), end='')
    print('')

    # trim transcripts to targets
    dict_off_targets = df_off_targets.to_dict('records')
    for row in dict_off_targets:
        start_location = row['Midpoint'] - (GUIDE_LEN // 2)
        if start_location < CONTEXT_5P:
            row['Target'] = row['Target'][0:GUIDE_LEN + CONTEXT_3P]
            row['Target'] = 'N' * (TARGET_LEN - len(row['Target'])) + row['Target']
        elif start_location + GUIDE_LEN + CONTEXT_3P > len(row['Target']):
            row['Target'] = row['Target'][start_location - CONTEXT_5P:]
            row['Target'] = row['Target'] + 'N' * (TARGET_LEN - len(row['Target']))
        else:
            row['Target'] = row['Target'][start_location - CONTEXT_5P:start_location + GUIDE_LEN + CONTEXT_3P]
        if row['Mismatches'] == 0 and 'N' not in row['Target']:
            assert row['Guide'] == sequence_complement([row['Target'][CONTEXT_5P:TARGET_LEN-CONTEXT_3P]])[0]
    df_off_targets = pd.DataFrame(dict_off_targets)

    return df_off_targets


def predict_off_target(off_targets: pd.DataFrame, model: tf.keras.Model):
    if len(off_targets) == 0:
        return pd.DataFrame()

    # append predictions off-target predictions
    model_inputs = tf.concat([
        tf.reshape(one_hot_encode_sequence(off_targets['Target'], add_context_padding=False), [len(off_targets), -1]),
        tf.reshape(one_hot_encode_sequence(off_targets['Guide'], add_context_padding=True), [len(off_targets), -1]),
        ], axis=-1)
    off_targets['Normalized LFC'] = model.predict_step(model_inputs)

    return off_targets.set_index('Guide').sort_values('Normalized LFC')


def tiger_exhibit(transcript):

    # load model
    if os.path.exists('model'):
        tiger = tf.keras.models.load_model('model')
    else:
        print('no saved model!')
        exit()

    # on-target predictions
    on_target_predictions = predict_on_target(transcript, model=tiger)

    # keep only top guides
    on_target_predictions = on_target_predictions.iloc[:NUM_TOP_GUIDES]

    # predict off-target effects for top guides
    off_targets = find_off_targets(on_target_predictions.index.values.tolist())
    off_target_predictions = predict_off_target(off_targets, model=tiger)

    return on_target_predictions, off_target_predictions


if __name__ == '__main__':

    # simple test case
    print(tiger_exhibit('ATGCAGGACGCGGAGAACGTGGCGGTGCCCGAGGCGGCCGAGGAGCGCGC'.lower()))  # first 50 from EIF3B-003's CDS