PMID- 29183987 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231005 IS - 1943-4456 (Electronic) IS - 0091-7451 (Print) IS - 0091-7451 (Linking) VI - 82 DP - 2017 TI - SpotLearn: Convolutional Neural Network for Detection of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Signals in High-Throughput Imaging Approaches. PG - 57-70 LID - 10.1101/sqb.2017.82.033761 [doi] AB - DNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is the technique of choice to map the position of genomic loci in three-dimensional (3D) space at the single allele level in the cell nucleus. High-throughput DNA FISH methods have recently been developed using complex libraries of fluorescently labeled synthetic oligonucleotides and automated fluorescence microscopy, enabling large-scale interrogation of genomic organization. Although the FISH signals generated by high-throughput methods can, in principle, be analyzed by traditional spot-detection algorithms, these approaches require user intervention to optimize each interrogated genomic locus, making analysis of tens or hundreds of genomic loci in a single experiment prohibitive. We report here the design and testing of two separate machine learning-based workflows for FISH signal detection in a high-throughput format. The two methods rely on random forest (RF) classification or convolutional neural networks (CNNs), respectively. Both workflows detect DNA FISH signals with high accuracy in three separate fluorescence microscopy channels for tens of independent genomic loci, without the need for manual parameter value setting on a per locus basis. In particular, the CNN workflow, which we named SpotLearn, is highly efficient and accurate in the detection of DNA FISH signals with low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). We suggest that SpotLearn will be useful to accurately and robustly detect diverse DNA FISH signals in a high-throughput fashion, enabling the visualization and positioning of hundreds of genomic loci in a single experiment. CI - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. FAU - Gudla, Prabhakar R AU - Gudla PR AD - High-Throughput Imaging Facility, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. AD - Cell Biology of Genomes Group, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. FAU - Nakayama, Koh AU - Nakayama K AD - Cell Biology of Genomes Group, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. AD - Oxygen Biology Laboratory, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan 1138510. FAU - Pegoraro, Gianluca AU - Pegoraro G AD - High-Throughput Imaging Facility, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. AD - Cell Biology of Genomes Group, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. FAU - Misteli, Tom AU - Misteli T AD - Cell Biology of Genomes Group, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. LA - eng GR - ZIA BC010309-16/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - ZIA BC010309-17/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171128 PL - United States TA - Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol JT - Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology JID - 1256107 PMC - PMC6350914 MID - NIHMS999233 EDAT- 2017/12/01 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/01 06:01 PMCR- 2019/01/29 CRDT- 2017/11/30 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - sqb.2017.82.033761 [pii] AID - 10.1101/sqb.2017.82.033761 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2017;82:57-70. doi: 10.1101/sqb.2017.82.033761. Epub 2017 Nov 28.