Program in Epithelial Biology, Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Program in Epithelial Biology, Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
J Invest Dermatol. 2024 Jun;144(6):1368-1377.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.10.040. Epub 2023 Dec 28.
Although basal cell carcinomas arise from ectopic Hedgehog pathway activation and can be treated with pathway inhibitors, sporadic basal cell carcinomas display high resistance rates, whereas tumors arising in patients with Gorlin syndrome with germline Patched (PTCH1) alterations are uniformly suppressed by inhibitor therapy. In rare cases, patients with Gorlin syndrome on long-term inhibitor therapy will develop individual resistant tumor clones that rapidly progress, but the basis of this resistance remains unstudied. In this study, we report a case of an SMO inhibitor-resistant tumor arising in a patient with Gorlin syndrome on suppressive SMO inhibitor for nearly a decade. Using a combination of multiomics and spatial transcriptomics, we define the tumor populations at the cellular and tissue level to conclude that Gorlin tumors can develop resistance to SMO inhibitors through the previously described basal to squamous cell carcinoma transition. Intriguingly, through spatial whole-exome genomic analysis, we nominate PCYT2, ETNK1, and the phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthetic pathway as genetic suppressors of basal to squamous cell carcinoma transition resistance. These observations provide a general framework for studying tumor evolution and provide important clinical insight into mechanisms of resistance to SMO inhibitors for not only Gorlin syndrome but also sporadic basal cell carcinomas.
虽然基底细胞癌起源于异位 Hedgehog 通路的激活,并且可以用通路抑制剂治疗,但散发性基底细胞癌显示出高耐药率,而在具有种系 Patched(PTCH1)改变的 Gorlin 综合征患者中发生的肿瘤则被抑制剂治疗均匀抑制。在极少数情况下,长期接受抑制剂治疗的 Gorlin 综合征患者会出现个别耐药肿瘤克隆,这些肿瘤克隆会迅速进展,但这种耐药性的基础仍未得到研究。在这项研究中,我们报告了一例 Gorlin 综合征患者在接受 SMO 抑制剂抑制治疗近十年后出现的 SMO 抑制剂耐药肿瘤。我们采用多组学和空间转录组学的组合方法,在细胞和组织水平上定义了肿瘤群体,得出结论,Gorlin 肿瘤可以通过先前描述的基底细胞癌向鳞状细胞癌的转变对 SMO 抑制剂产生耐药性。有趣的是,通过空间全外显子组基因组分析,我们提名 PCYT2、ETNK1 和磷脂酰乙醇胺生物合成途径作为基底细胞癌向鳞状细胞癌转变耐药性的遗传抑制剂。这些观察结果为研究肿瘤进化提供了一个通用框架,并为 Gorlin 综合征和散发性基底细胞癌的 SMO 抑制剂耐药机制提供了重要的临床见解。
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