Differential Protein Abundance
MSstats Group Comparison
r
library(MSstats)
# After dataProcess()
comparison_matrix <- matrix(c(1, -1, 0, 0,
1, 0, -1, 0,
0, 1, -1, 0),
nrow = 3, byrow = TRUE)
rownames(comparison_matrix) <- c('Treatment1-Control', 'Treatment2-Control', 'Treatment1-Treatment2')
colnames(comparison_matrix) <- c('Control', 'Treatment1', 'Treatment2', 'Treatment3')
results <- groupComparison(contrast.matrix = comparison_matrix, data = processed)
# Significant proteins
sig_proteins <- results$ComparisonResult[results$ComparisonResult$adj.pvalue < 0.05 &
abs(results$ComparisonResult$log2FC) > 1, ]
limma for Proteomics
r
library(limma) # Log2 intensities matrix (proteins x samples) design <- model.matrix(~ 0 + condition, data = sample_info) colnames(design) <- levels(sample_info$condition) fit <- lmFit(protein_matrix, design) contrast_matrix <- makeContrasts(Treatment - Control, levels = design) fit2 <- contrasts.fit(fit, contrast_matrix) fit2 <- eBayes(fit2) results <- topTable(fit2, number = Inf, adjust.method = 'BH') sig_results <- results[results$adj.P.Val < 0.05 & abs(results$logFC) > 1, ]
QFeatures/proDA (Modern Alternative)
r
library(QFeatures) library(proDA) # proDA handles missing values probabilistically fit <- proDA(protein_matrix, design = ~ condition, data = sample_info) # Test differential abundance results <- test_diff(fit, contrast = 'conditionTreatment') results$adj_pval <- p.adjust(results$pval, method = 'BH') sig_results <- results[results$adj_pval < 0.05 & abs(results$diff) > 1, ]
Python: scipy/statsmodels
python
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from scipy import stats
from statsmodels.stats.multitest import multipletests
def differential_test(intensities, group1_cols, group2_cols):
results = []
for protein in intensities.index:
g1 = intensities.loc[protein, group1_cols].dropna()
g2 = intensities.loc[protein, group2_cols].dropna()
if len(g1) >= 2 and len(g2) >= 2:
stat, pval = stats.ttest_ind(g1, g2)
log2fc = g2.mean() - g1.mean()
results.append({'protein': protein, 'log2FC': log2fc, 'pvalue': pval})
df = pd.DataFrame(results)
df['adj_pvalue'] = multipletests(df['pvalue'], method='fdr_bh')[1]
return df
# Significance thresholds
sig = results[(results['adj_pvalue'] < 0.05) & (abs(results['log2FC']) > 1)]
Visualization
r
# Volcano plot
library(ggplot2)
ggplot(results, aes(x = log2FC, y = -log10(adj.P.Val))) +
geom_point(aes(color = significant), alpha = 0.6) +
geom_hline(yintercept = -log10(0.05), linetype = 'dashed') +
geom_vline(xintercept = c(-1, 1), linetype = 'dashed') +
scale_color_manual(values = c('grey', 'red')) +
theme_minimal()
Related Skills
- •quantification - Prepare normalized data for testing
- •differential-expression/deseq2-basics - Similar concepts for RNA-seq
- •data-visualization/specialized-omics-plots - Volcano plots, MA plots