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  • HISAT2 vs. TopHat2: Discrepancies between Hg19 & Hg38

    Hello everyone,

    I have around 150 RNA-Seq datasets created using the Lexogen SENSE mRNA-Seq Library Prep Kit for Illumina, as well as around 50 Trueseq Illumina samples. I aligned one sample using both HISAT2 and TopHat2 for both Hg19 and Hg38. The reason for that is that I wish to run all samples with Hg38 (since it is the newest reference) and HISAT2, but using Hg19 I get a far better alignment rate:

    Lexogen Sample:
    HISAT2 (Hg19): Paired Rate = 82.68%, Overall Rate = 90.31%
    HISAT2 (Hg38): Paired Rate = 73.87%, Overall Rate = 81.01%
    TopHat2 (Hg19): Paired Rate = 74.74%, Overall Rate = 87.4%
    TopHat2 (Hg38): Paired Rate = 77.68%, Overall Rate = 87.7%

    It is interesting to notice, that TopHat2 does not seem to be negatively affected by the change of reference. On the contrary it actually "likes" it.
    This got even more strange, when I run a control sample created with the TrueSeq Illumina Kit and got the following results:

    Trueseq Sample:
    HISAT2 (Hg19): Paired Rate = 94.86%, Overall Rate = 97.22%
    HISAT2 (Hg38): Paired Rate = 93.15%, Overall Rate = 95.47%
    TopHat2 (Hg19): Paired Rate = 93.46%, Overall Rate = 96.50%
    TopHat2 (Hg38): Paired Rate = 88.07%, Overall Rate = 97.00%

    I can accept a difference in the alignment rate as "random" if its less than 5% but a drop from 90.31% to 81.01% I cannot accept. Has anyone tested HISAT2 on those different reference genomes and if so had similar results? I have been struggling with this for a long time so any help is greatly appreciated!!

    Additional Info:
    - The whole analysis was run on the Galaxy Platform
    - The Lexogen Samples are strand-specific (second strand) and the Trueseq samples are unstranded
    - I tested 4 additional samples (2 Lexogen + 2 Trueseq) gaining similar results
    - The references were downloaded from the USCS directly

    Thanks in advance!
    Sbamo

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