通过单细胞拷贝数分析研究神经内分泌前列腺癌中的循环肿瘤细胞异质性

Circulating tumor cell heterogeneity in neuroendocrine prostate cancer by single cell copy number analysis.

作者信息

Conteduca Vincenza, Ku Sheng-Yu, Fernandez Luisa, Dago-Rodriquez Angel, Lee Jerry, Jendrisak Adam, Slade Megan, Gilbertson Cole, Manohar Jyothi, Sigouros Michael, Wang Yipeng, Dittamore Ryan, Wenstrup Rick, Mosquera Juan Miguel, Schonhoft Joseph D, Beltran Himisha

机构信息

Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy.

出版信息

NPJ Precis Oncol. 2021 Aug 12;5(1):76. doi: 10.1038/s41698-021-00211-1.

Abstract

Neuroendocrine prostate cancer is an aggressive variant of prostate cancer that may arise de novo or develop from pre-existing prostate adenocarcinoma as a mechanism of treatment resistance. The combined loss of tumor suppressors RB1, TP53, and PTEN are frequent in NEPC but also present in a subset of prostate adenocarcinomas. Most clinical and preclinical studies support a trans-differentiation process, whereby NEPC arises clonally from a prostate adenocarcinoma precursor during the course of treatment resistance. Here we highlight a case of NEPC with significant intra-patient heterogeneity observed across metastases. We further demonstrate how single-cell genomic analysis of circulating tumor cells combined with a phenotypic evaluation of cellular diversity can be considered as a window into tumor heterogeneity in patients with advanced prostate cancer.

摘要

神经内分泌前列腺癌是前列腺癌的一种侵袭性变体,可能原发产生,也可能由先前存在的前列腺腺癌发展而来,作为一种治疗抵抗机制。肿瘤抑制因子RB1、TP53和PTEN的联合缺失在神经内分泌前列腺癌中很常见,但也存在于一部分前列腺腺癌中。大多数临床和临床前研究支持一种转分化过程,即神经内分泌前列腺癌在治疗抵抗过程中从前列腺腺癌前体克隆性产生。在此,我们重点介绍一例神经内分泌前列腺癌病例,该病例在转移灶中观察到显著的患者内异质性。我们进一步证明,循环肿瘤细胞的单细胞基因组分析与细胞多样性的表型评估相结合,可被视为晚期前列腺癌患者肿瘤异质性的一个窗口。

https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/blobs/4163/8361159/ca7c6e708727/41698_2021_211_Fig1_HTML.jpg

文献AI研究员

20分钟写一篇综述,助力文献阅读效率提升50倍

立即体验

用中文搜PubMed

大模型驱动的PubMed中文搜索引擎

马上搜索