wrmXpress: A modular package for high-throughput image analysis of parasitic and free-living worms.

Autor: Wheeler NJ; Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin United States of America., Gallo KJ; Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin United States of America., Rehborg EJG; Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin United States of America., Ryan KT; Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin United States of America., Chan JD; Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin United States of America.; Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin United States of America., Zamanian M; Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PLoS neglected tropical diseases [PLoS Negl Trop Dis] 2022 Nov 18; Vol. 16 (11), pp. e0010937. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 18 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010937
Abstrakt: Advances in high-throughput and high-content imaging technologies require concomitant development of analytical software capable of handling large datasets and generating relevant phenotypic measurements. Several tools have been developed to analyze drug response phenotypes in parasitic and free-living worms, but these are siloed and often limited to specific instrumentation, worm species, and single phenotypes. No unified tool exists to analyze diverse high-content phenotypic imaging data of worms and provide a platform for future extensibility. We have developed wrmXpress, a unified framework for analyzing a variety of phenotypes matched to high-content experimental assays of free-living and parasitic nematodes and flatworms. We demonstrate its utility for analyzing a suite of phenotypes, including motility, development/size, fecundity, and feeding, and establish the package as a platform upon which to build future custom phenotypic modules. We show that wrmXpress can serve as an analytical workhorse for anthelmintic screening efforts across schistosomes, filarial nematodes, and free-living model nematodes and holds promise for enabling collaboration among investigators with diverse interests.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2022 Wheeler et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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