Construction of a multi-tissue cell atlas reveals cell-type-specific regulation of molecular and complex phenotypes in pigs
Chen, L.; Li, H.; Teng, J.; Wang, Z.; Qu, X.; Chen, Z.; Cai, X.; Zeng, H.; Bai, Z.; Li, J.; Pan, X.; Yan, L.; Wang, F.; Lin, L.; Luo, Y.; Sahana, G.; Lund, M.; Ballester, M.; Crespo-Piazuelo, D.; Karlskov-Mortensen, P.; Fredholm, M.; Clop, A.; Amills, M.; Loving, C.; Tuggle, C.; Madsen, O.; Li, J.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, G.; Jiang, J.; Fang, L.; Yi, G.
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The systematic characterization of cellular heterogeneity among tissues and cell-type-specific regulation underlying complex phenotypes remains elusive in pigs. Within the Pig Genotype-Tissue Expression (PigGTEx) project, we present a single-cell transcriptome atlas of adult pigs encompassing 229,268 high-quality nuclei from 19 tissues, annotated to 67 major cell types. Besides cellular heterogeneity within and across tissues, we further characterize prominent tissue-specific features and functions of muscle, epithelial, and immune cells. Through deconvoluting 3,921 bulk RNA-seq samples from 17 matching tissues, we dissect thousands of genetic variants with cell-type interaction effects on gene expression (ieQTL). By colocalizing these ieQTL with variants associated with 268 complex traits, we provide new insights into the cellular mechanisms behind these traits. Moreover, we highlight that orthologous genes with cell-type-specific regulation in pigs exhibit significant heritability enrichment for some human complex phenotypes. Altogether, our work provides a valuable resource and highlights novel insights in cellular regulation of complex traits for accelerating pig precision breeding and human biomedical research.
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