7  Reactome enrichment analysis

ReactomePA is designed for reactome pathway based analysis (Yu and He 2016). Reactome is an open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.

7.1 Supported organisms

Currently ReactomePA supports several model organisms, including ‘celegans’, ‘fly’, ‘human’, ‘mouse’, ‘rat’, ‘yeast’ and ‘zebrafish’. The input gene ID should be Entrez gene ID. We recommend using clusterProfiler::bitr() to convert biological IDs.

7.2 Reactome pathway over-representation analysis

Enrichment analysis is a widely used approach to identify biological themes. ReactomePA implemented enrichPathway() that uses hypergeometric model to assess whether the number of selected genes associated with a reactome pathway is larger than expected.

library(ReactomePA)
data(geneList, package="DOSE"
)
de <- names(geneList)[abs(geneList) > 1.5]
head(de)
[1] "4312"  "8318"  "10874" "55143" "55388" "991"  
x <- enrichPathway(gene=de, pvalueCutoff = 0.05, readable=TRUE)
head(x)
                         ID
R-HSA-69620     R-HSA-69620
R-HSA-69618     R-HSA-69618
R-HSA-2500257 R-HSA-2500257
R-HSA-141424   R-HSA-141424
R-HSA-141444   R-HSA-141444
R-HSA-9648025 R-HSA-9648025
                                                                                       Description
R-HSA-69620                                                                 Cell Cycle Checkpoints
R-HSA-69618                                                             Mitotic Spindle Checkpoint
R-HSA-2500257                                              Resolution of Sister Chromatid Cohesion
R-HSA-141424                                         Amplification of signal from the kinetochores
R-HSA-141444  Amplification  of signal from unattached  kinetochores via a MAD2  inhibitory signal
R-HSA-9648025                                           EML4 and NUDC in mitotic spindle formation
              GeneRatio   BgRatio RichFactor FoldEnrichment    zScore
R-HSA-69620      38/340 292/11230  0.1301370       4.298348 10.090554
R-HSA-69618      22/340 113/11230  0.1946903       6.430505 10.251365
R-HSA-2500257    23/340 129/11230  0.1782946       5.888965  9.867946
R-HSA-141424     20/340  96/11230  0.2083333       6.881127 10.225079
R-HSA-141444     20/340  96/11230  0.2083333       6.881127 10.225079
R-HSA-9648025    20/340 119/11230  0.1680672       5.551162  8.818916
                    pvalue     p.adjust qvalue
R-HSA-69620   1.923682e-14 3.256793e-11     NA
R-HSA-69618   2.342233e-12 1.982700e-09     NA
R-HSA-2500257 5.036854e-12 2.167812e-09     NA
R-HSA-141424  6.402279e-12 2.167812e-09     NA
R-HSA-141444  6.402279e-12 2.167812e-09     NA
R-HSA-9648025 3.854310e-10 1.087558e-07     NA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      geneID
R-HSA-69620   ZWINT/EXO1/CDK1/ORC1/CCNB1/AURKB/CDCA8/UBE2C/PLK1/CHEK1/CDC25A/CENPM/NDC80/SKA1/CCNE1/UBE2S/CCNA2/CCNB2/MCM10/MAD2L1/CENPU/MCM2/BIRC5/CDC45/CENPE/TAOK1/CENPI/CENPN/GTSE1/MCM5/KIF18A/CDC20/ORC6/CDC6/KIF2C/SPC25/ERCC6L/BUB1B
R-HSA-69618                                                                                             ZWINT/AURKB/CDCA8/UBE2C/PLK1/CENPM/NDC80/SKA1/UBE2S/MAD2L1/CENPU/BIRC5/CENPE/TAOK1/CENPI/CENPN/KIF18A/CDC20/KIF2C/SPC25/ERCC6L/BUB1B
R-HSA-2500257                                                                                      ZWINT/CDK1/CCNB1/AURKB/CDCA8/PLK1/CENPM/NDC80/SKA1/CCNB2/MAD2L1/CENPU/BIRC5/CENPE/TAOK1/CENPI/CENPN/KIF18A/CDC20/KIF2C/SPC25/ERCC6L/BUB1B
R-HSA-141424                                                                                                        ZWINT/AURKB/CDCA8/PLK1/CENPM/NDC80/SKA1/MAD2L1/CENPU/BIRC5/CENPE/TAOK1/CENPI/CENPN/KIF18A/CDC20/KIF2C/SPC25/ERCC6L/BUB1B
R-HSA-141444                                                                                                        ZWINT/AURKB/CDCA8/PLK1/CENPM/NDC80/SKA1/MAD2L1/CENPU/BIRC5/CENPE/TAOK1/CENPI/CENPN/KIF18A/CDC20/KIF2C/SPC25/ERCC6L/BUB1B
R-HSA-9648025                                                                                                       ZWINT/AURKB/CDCA8/PLK1/CENPM/NDC80/SKA1/MAD2L1/CENPU/BIRC5/CENPE/TAOK1/CENPI/CENPN/KIF18A/CDC20/KIF2C/SPC25/ERCC6L/BUB1B
              Count
R-HSA-69620      38
R-HSA-69618      22
R-HSA-2500257    23
R-HSA-141424     20
R-HSA-141444     20
R-HSA-9648025    20

7.3 Reactome pathway gene set enrichment analysis

y <- gsePathway(geneList, 
                pvalueCutoff = 0.2,
                pAdjustMethod = "BH", 
                verbose = FALSE)
head(y)
                       ID                          Description setSize
R-HSA-453279 R-HSA-453279 Mitotic G1 phase and G1/S transition     132
R-HSA-69620   R-HSA-69620               Cell Cycle Checkpoints     238
R-HSA-69206   R-HSA-69206                      G1/S Transition     114
R-HSA-69239   R-HSA-69239                     Synthesis of DNA      99
R-HSA-69481   R-HSA-69481                     G2/M Checkpoints     125
R-HSA-69306   R-HSA-69306                      DNA Replication     133
             enrichmentScore      NES       pvalue    p.adjust      qvalue rank
R-HSA-453279       0.7117138 3.025468 3.343233e-12 2.76814e-10 2.76814e-10 1155
R-HSA-69620        0.6508575 2.986713 3.963758e-12 2.76814e-10 2.76814e-10 1905
R-HSA-69206        0.7163844 2.933267 3.270100e-12 2.76814e-10 2.76814e-10 1155
R-HSA-69239        0.7192759 2.931970 3.041954e-12 2.76814e-10 2.76814e-10 1905
R-HSA-69481        0.6968898 2.922103 3.142439e-12 2.76814e-10 2.76814e-10 1905
R-HSA-69306        0.6877315 2.906139 3.559293e-12 2.76814e-10 2.76814e-10 1769
                               leading_edge
R-HSA-453279  tags=43%, list=9%, signal=40%
R-HSA-69620  tags=42%, list=15%, signal=36%
R-HSA-69206   tags=45%, list=9%, signal=41%
R-HSA-69239  tags=57%, list=15%, signal=48%
R-HSA-69481  tags=50%, list=15%, signal=43%
R-HSA-69306  tags=47%, list=14%, signal=41%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  core_enrichment
R-HSA-453279                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     8318/55388/4605/7153/6241/890/983/81620/891/4174/4171/993/990/7083/898/23594/4998/1163/9134/4175/4173/10926/6502/7298/4609/5111/28227/5688/5709/26271/51053/1869/1029/1719/4067/5693/8317/5427/23649/4176/5713/11047/5557/5691/1871/1031/5685/1019/5558/4172/5690/5684/5686/5695/7027/10213/1875
R-HSA-69620  8318/55143/55388/991/1062/9133/10403/11065/220134/79019/55839/27338/890/983/54821/4085/81930/332/9212/1111/891/4174/4171/11004/993/990/5347/701/51512/9156/11130/79682/57405/2491/898/23594/4998/9134/4175/4173/10926/5984/1058/699/1063/85236/5688/5709/55055/641/1029/1763/8970/5693/8317/4176/5713/79980/5982/9735/11047/2810/5691/9088/995/5685/7468/4172/7336/5690/5684/83990/5686/5695/11200/10213/8345/7534/80010/5983/7979/54908/6396/4683/63967/3018/5714/5702/3014/9978/5905/3619/5708/55166/5692/10393/8290/5704/580/6119
R-HSA-69206                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    8318/55388/6241/890/983/81620/891/4174/4171/993/990/7083/898/23594/4998/1163/9134/4175/4173/10926/6502/7298/4609/5111/28227/5688/5709/26271/51053/1869/1719/5693/8317/5427/23649/4176/5713/11047/5557/5691/5685/1019/5558/4172/5690/5684/5686/5695/7027/10213/1875
R-HSA-69239                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     8318/11065/27338/890/9837/81620/51659/4174/4171/990/898/23594/4998/9134/4175/4173/2237/6502/5984/84296/5111/5688/64785/5709/51053/1763/5693/5427/23649/4176/5713/5982/11047/5557/5691/5685/5558/4172/5424/5690/5684/5686/5695/10213/5983/7979/5714/5702/9978/5425/5708/5692/10393/54107/5704/6119
R-HSA-69481                                                                                                                                                                                                         8318/55388/9133/890/983/1111/891/4174/4171/993/990/51512/9156/23594/4998/4175/4173/10926/5984/85236/5688/5709/641/1763/8970/5693/8317/4176/5713/5982/11047/2810/5691/9088/995/5685/7468/4172/7336/5690/5684/83990/5686/5695/11200/10213/8345/7534/80010/5983/7979/4683/63967/3018/5714/5702/3014/5708/5692/8290/5704/580/6119
R-HSA-69306                                                                                                                                                                                               8318/55388/11065/27338/890/9837/81620/51659/4174/4171/990/898/23594/4998/9134/4175/4173/2237/10926/6502/5984/84296/85236/5111/5688/64785/5709/51053/1763/8970/8357/5693/8317/5427/23649/4176/5713/5982/11047/5557/5691/5685/5558/4172/5424/5690/5684/5686/5695/10213/8345/5983/7979/3018/5714/5702/3014/9978/5425/5708/5692/10393/54107

7.4 Pathway Visualization

ReactomePA implemented the viewPathway() to visualize selected reactome pathways. More general purpose visualization methods for ORA and GSEA results are provided in the enrichplot package and are documented in Chapter 13.

(ref:viewpathwayscap) Visualize reactome pathway.

(ref:viewpathwaycap) Visualize reactome pathway.

viewPathway("E2F mediated regulation of DNA replication", 
            readable = TRUE, 
            foldChange = geneList)

(ref:viewpathwaycap)

References

Yu, Guangchuang, and Qing-Yu He. 2016. ReactomePA: An r/Bioconductor Package for Reactome Pathway Analysis and Visualization.” Molecular BioSystems 12 (2): 477–79. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5MB00663E.