Anandan Shamundeeswari, Thomsen Liv Cecilie V, Gullaksen Stein-Erik, Abdelaal Tamim, Kleinmanns Katrin, Skavland Jørn, Bredholt Geir, Gjertsen Bjørn Tore, McCormack Emmet, Bjørge Line
Centre for Cancer Biomarkers, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
Cancers (Basel). 2021 Feb 11;13(4):755. doi: 10.3390/cancers13040755.
Improved molecular dissection of the tumor microenvironment (TME) holds promise for treating high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), a gynecological malignancy with high mortality. Reliable disease-related biomarkers are scarce, but single-cell mapping of the TME could identify patient-specific prognostic differences. To avoid technical variation effects, however, tissue dissociation effects on single cells must be considered. We present a novel Cytometry by Time-of-Flight antibody panel for single-cell suspensions to identify individual TME profiles of HGSOC patients and evaluate the effects of dissociation methods on results. The panel was developed utilizing cell lines, healthy donor blood, and stem cells and was applied to HGSOC tissues dissociated by six methods. Data were analyzed using Cytobank and X-shift and illustrated by t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding plots, heatmaps, and stacked bar and error plots. The panel distinguishes the main cellular subsets and subpopulations, enabling characterization of individual TME profiles. The dissociation method affected some immune ( = 1), stromal ( = 2), and tumor ( = 3) subsets, while functional marker expressions remained comparable. In conclusion, the panel can identify subsets of the HGSOC TME and can be used for in-depth profiling. This panel represents a promising profiling tool for HGSOC when tissue handling is considered.
对肿瘤微环境(TME)进行更精细的分子剖析有望用于治疗高级别浆液性卵巢癌(HGSOC),这是一种死亡率很高的妇科恶性肿瘤。可靠的疾病相关生物标志物稀缺,但TME的单细胞图谱可以识别患者特异性的预后差异。然而,为避免技术变异效应,必须考虑组织解离对单细胞的影响。我们提出了一种用于单细胞悬液的新型飞行时间流式细胞术抗体组合,以识别HGSOC患者的个体TME图谱,并评估解离方法对结果的影响。该组合利用细胞系、健康供体血液和干细胞开发,并应用于通过六种方法解离的HGSOC组织。使用Cytobank和X-shift分析数据,并通过t分布随机邻域嵌入图、热图、堆叠柱状图和误差图进行展示。该组合可区分主要细胞亚群和亚种群,从而能够对个体TME图谱进行表征。解离方法影响了一些免疫(=1)、基质(=2)和肿瘤(=3)亚群,而功能标志物表达仍具有可比性。总之,该组合可以识别HGSOC TME的亚群,并可用于深入分析。考虑到组织处理时,该组合是一种很有前景的HGSOC分析工具。